Do not disturb feature and google calendar

[Carlos E.R.]

Hi,

Android 6 (at least) has a "not disturb" feature which is nice. It syncs
with the Google Calendar automatically: if I make an appointment in the
calendar it automatically sets my mobile phone to "do not disturb"
during that interval.

This is a nice feature, but the problem is that it is set on all events.
If I add an event like "dentist" or "cinema" I do not want phone calls
to disturb me, but if I set one like "send form at 1 PM", it also sets
to not disturb, making me miss messages and calls that I want to notice.

Is there some way to control which events set the "not disturb" feature?
Failing that, it would be better to set none.

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Cheers, Carlos.

[Calum]

On 09/11/2016 12:06, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> Is there some way to control which events set the "not disturb" feature?
> Failing that, it would be better to set none.

AFAIK, your only choices are based on whether you accepted or declined
the 'meeting' -- e.g. you can set DND only if you accepted.

So one option might be to invite yourself to those events (if such a
thing is possible -- I've never tried), then don't reply to the invitation.

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2016-11-09 13:54, Calum wrote:
> On 09/11/2016 12:06, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>
>> Is there some way to control which events set the "not disturb" feature?
>> Failing that, it would be better to set none.
>
> AFAIK, your only choices are based on whether you accepted or declined
> the 'meeting' -- e.g. you can set DND only if you accepted.

I think I read about that setting, accept/decline, but I never saw where.

> So one option might be to invite yourself to those events (if such a
> thing is possible -- I've never tried), then don't reply to the invitation.

Ugh. Very cumbersome...


What about "Show me as: Available/Busy"? I tried, but I'm uncertain of
the result.


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Cheers, Carlos.

[Chris]

That should work.

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2016-11-09 20:36, Chris wrote:

> Carlos E.R. <robin_...@invalid.es> wrote:

>> What about "Show me as: Available/Busy"? I tried, but I'm uncertain of
>> the result.
>
> That should work.

I have just added a 3 minutes test event (named "test disturb") to see
what happens.

I tried before with normal events, but then I forget to check when the
time comes :-}

[... waiting]

Ok, do not disturb was not set. Now I duplicate the event, name the
other as "test not disturb". It automatically had set the check "show as
busy".

Curious... I think Google does some heuristic to decide if the event
should be one type or another.

[... waiting]

Yes, the mobile went automatically to "do not disturb mode" at the exact
time, and back again to normal in three minutes.


Solved... :-)

Till Google sees fit to add an explicit "do not disturb" setting.

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Cheers, Carlos.

[Carlos E.R.]

On 2016-11-09 23:16, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2016-11-09 20:36, Chris wrote:
>> Carlos E.R. <robin_...@invalid.es> wrote:
>
>>> What about "Show me as: Available/Busy"? I tried, but I'm uncertain of
>>> the result.
>>
>> That should work.

...

> Yes, the mobile went automatically to "do not disturb mode" at the exact
> time, and back again to normal in three minutes.
>
>
> Solved... :-)
>
> Till Google sees fit to add an explicit "do not disturb" setting.

Well, new problem. I created the test event above in the computer, using
the web browser pointed to https://calendar.google.com/calendar.
However, on the mobile calendar app I do not see the "show me as
busy/available" setting. What can I do? :-?


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Cheers, Carlos.

[Anssi Saari]

"Carlos E.R." <robin_...@invalid.es> writes:

> This is a nice feature, but the problem is that it is set on all events.
> If I add an event like "dentist" or "cinema" I do not want phone calls
> to disturb me, but if I set one like "send form at 1 PM", it also sets
> to not disturb, making me miss messages and calls that I want to notice.

But "send form at 1 PM" is more like a task? So why not create a task
instead? No idea how it works with this do not disturb thing though.

[Carlos E.R.]

Well, a task that has to be done at a precise time. It was just an
example; it maybe an appointment with the cleaner: obviously I should be
able to receive calls and messages during the "appointment".


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Cheers, Carlos.