Adding exchange room calendars to iPad

Question

I have the following CreateView

class CreateEmailTemplateView(CreateView):

   template_name = 'frontend/emailtemplates/create.html'
   model = Templates
   fields = '__all__'

   def form_valid(self, form):
      form.instance.user = self.request.user
      return super(CreateEmailTemplateView, self).form_valid(form)

And the Templates model looks like this

class Templates(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=128)
    template = models.TextField()
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE)

But when I submit the form it doesn't persist it in the database nor I see any error messages, it simply redirects to the same page, The form method is POST

What am I missing? How can I show some error/success message after the form submission ?

Solution 1

Solved.

The vast majority of this is PowerShell script. (Start > Powershell Modules)

First of all you need to set up the web proxy: (to be honest, I skipped this bit as the iPad in question will never leave the building and an external URL isn't required)

To check settings:

Get-ExchangeServer |fl

To set setting:

Set-ExchangeServer -Identity "MAIL01" -InternetWebProxy "<Webproxy URL>"

Next, the virtual calendar directory needs to be set to shared:

To check settings:

get-owavirtualdirectory |fl

To set setting:

Set-OwaVirtualDirectory -Identity "CAS01" -ExternalUrl "<URL for the CAS01>" -CalendarPublishingEnabled $true

Next, in the Exchange Management Console, go into Organisation Configuration > Mailbox and create a new policy. Set the domain to Anonymous (this is the bit that threw me as I assumed using the * wildcard for domain would do what I was after but no!) and the sharing settings to Calendar sharing with free/busy information and whatever level of access you want to give people.

Assign the new policy to the resource mailbox:

Set-Mailbox -Identity <mailbox alias> -SharingPolicy "<sharing policy>"

Enable publishing on the calendar:

Set-MailboxCalendarFolder -Identity <mailbox alias>:\Calendar -detaillevel fulldetails -publishenabled $true -reseturl

At this point you can see the mailbox's url (both as an html to view and an ics to subscribe to) by running:

get-mailboxcalendarfolder -Identity <mailbox alias>:\calendar

At this point, I believe it's sorted. As an added extra though I figured out how to send an email from the calendar account. First log into OWA as you would normally (note, your account needs to have a level of control of the room account. I had mine set to full control and send as), then change the url to https://<OWA url>/owa/<full email address of room>/#

Apologies for any lack of detail or terminology. Hope it all makes sense.

Solution 2

Check out CalendarONE

It enables you to add all your shared Exchange calendars to the native iOS calendar.

Solution 3

It looks like you'd want to create an account with delegate access to the room mailbox, then add that account.

Comments

[Willem Van Onsem]

I think the problem here is that your form basically requires a user, (since fields='__all__), so that means the form is probably never valid.

[Shobi]

Ahh.... Ok, Now the form_valid method is getting called, How can I show a message after the save in this case?

[Shobi]

How canI show validation errors in case of createview?

[Miles Hayler]

If you have delegate access to the calendar, does that mean that the room calendar items display in your calendar?

[Miles Hayler]

Being the delegate still requires opening the other calendar. Per the link you posted: link

[bb010g]

Is it not able to be enabled on the iPad?

[Miles Hayler]

I cannot add the calendar, regardless of whether the account is a delegate or not.

[Shobi]

I have added a breakpoint in form_valid method, but its not getting called and the log is also not coming, How do I make sure the validity of the form data from create view?

[Bendeberia]

Probably your form is not valid. Try to change view type and submit the same form data, so you can debug your data right after dispatch.

[Shobi]

How can I validate the form in case of the createView?

[schrodingerscatcuriosity]

@ShobiPP you could use ModelForm.