Migrating to Exchange

Schedule Data

Schedule data is one of several types of sections in a secondary file.

The following table describes the schedule file format, which differs in many cases from the standard migration file format.

Property Schedule File Format
Object This starts with a line that describes the type of data (for example, "Projects"), followed by a colon. The next line has an open brace ({). Each line thereafter has a property, followed by a colon and the value. The last line of the table has a close brace (}). The Object property is comparable to a header line and row of data in the migration file format.
Object containing an object An object can contain another object. Within open and close braces of an object, another set of braces can designate another object. For example, recurring appointments can contain exception objects to describe modified or deleted single appointments in the recurring appointment schedule.
Separator Schedule file format uses a colon, instead of a comma (which is used in migration file format), to separate schedule property names from values. A colon must be followed by a space.
Space A space after a colon and before a value are ignored. Therefore, you can use spaces to make the file more readable.
Line continuation character Schedule file format uses a backslash (\), followed by a carriage return and line feed, to indicate that the line continues. Lines cannot exceed 80 characters. You can use two line continuation characters to make a line break in appointment or task descriptions.
Quotation mark Schedule file format encloses all strings and binary data in quotation marks. Quotation marks inside these values are represented by a backslash followed by a quotation mark (\").
Date/Time Date = mm-dd-yyyy and Time = hh:mm, with a 24-hour format. You can join date and time with a space: mm-dd-yyyy hh:mm. For example, 9:00 AM on New Years Day = 01-01-1996 09:00. All times and dates are imported in the time zone of the user.

Tip   To see examples of the schedule file format, create examples in Outlook Calendar and export the calendar.

The following objects can be created in the schedule file format:

Each type of property can occur multiple times within the file. If objects of the same type are kept together, import performance is improved. Example...

SCHEDULE+2 EXPORT VERSION 103
Projects:
{
		data
}
Projects:
{
		data
}
Contacts:
{
		data
}
RecurringAppointments:
{
		data
}
RecurringEvents:
{
		data
}
RecurringTasks:
{
		data
}
SingleAppointments:
{
		data
}
SingleEvents:
{
		data
}
SingleTasks:
{
		data
}

Related Topics

Secondary Files Formatting the Migration Files