Page Comparison

When working with the Single Resource Calendar, you might want to link to a specific calendar directly, or embed a specific calendar into a custom page you created. This is possible using URL parameters with the Single Resource Calendar.

Single Resource Calendar page parameters

Single Resource calendar page structure and naming

The Single Resource Calendar consists of two separate pages:

Linking to a specific calendar

/B25__SingleResourceCalendarWrapper?recordId=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

/one/one.app#/alohaRedirect/B25__SingleResourceCalendarWrapper?recordId=XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

You can link to a specific calendar by specifying the View and Start date in the URL. For example, to create a link to the calendar from a Reservation detail page that wil show the Single Resource Calendar on the week where the reservation starts proceed as follows:

1. Go to the View record that specifies the week view on the Single Resource Calendar and copy the unique identifier, for example: SingleResourceCalendarWeekView
2. Go to Salesforce Setup and create a new button or link on the Reservation object
3. The URL to be used in this example would be
   

    /apex/B25__SingleResourceCalendarWrapper?recordId={!B25__Reservation__c.B25__ResourceId__c}&view=SingleResourceCalendarWeekView&start={!TEXT(B25__Reservation__c.B25__Start__c)}
   
   

4. Save the new link and add it to the Reservation Page Layout
5. The button / link should open the calendar on the week that the reservation starts, for the resource the reservation was made in.

Embedding the Single Resource Calendar in a Visualforce page

It is possible to embed the Single Resource Calendar into your own Visualforce pages and in the detail pages in the standard Salesforce ui.

In this example, we will show how to make a page that can be embedded into a Contact detail page. This Contact record has a lookup to the Staff record that represents this Contact, named Staff__c. This page will show the Contact's calendar for the current week.

<apex:page standardController="Contact">
	<style>
	 html, body, iframe {
		width: 100%;
		height: 100%;
		margin: 0px !important;
        padding: 0px !important;
  	}
	</style>
	<iframe frameborder="0" src="{!$Page.B25__SingleResourceCalendar + '?recordId=' + Contact.Staff__c + '&start=TODAY&view=SingleResourceCalendarWeekView'}" />
</apex:page>

Note how we used the B25__SingleResourceCalendar instead of B25__SingleResourceCalendarWrapper, to avoid the standard Salesforce header being shown within the Contact detail page. Also passing TODAY to the start parameter is optional, since when no parameter is passed it defaults to the current date.

Bookmarking calendars and linking calendars

The Single Resource Calendar can be bookmarked and linked, as the app keeps the URL up to date with the current the View and Start parameters. This means that if you copy the current URL and distribute it to other users, they wil get the same calendar you are viewing (if they are logged in to Salesforce and their Permissions allow for this).