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JoshVHJoshVH 

IsGroupEvent always False

Can anyone tell me why the IsGroupEvent field on the Event object is always false in the After Insert/Update Trigger.  I am trying to perform logic only on events that are not group events.  This field is always false no matter what type of event I create.
trigger trgEvent on Event (after insert, after update) {
	
	if (Trigger.isAfter) {
		
		for(Event newRec : Trigger.new) {
			System.debug('Group Event: ' + newRec.isGroupEvent); //this is always false
		
			if (!newRec.isGroupEvent)  //not working
			{
			}
	 	}
	}
}
 


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NirAdminNirAdmin
Hi JoshVH,
 
Did you get the soluution to this? 
I am trying to populate a Owner's custom field in group activity through a trigger but surprisingly, the trigger doesn't catch the Invitee event records seperately. Instead, It populated the parent Event's owner field in all the events that are created for Invitees. 


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NirAdminNirAdmin
Hi JoshVH,
 
Did you get the soluution to this? 
I am trying to populate a Owner's custom field in group activity through a trigger but surprisingly, the trigger doesn't catch the Invitee event records seperately. Instead, It populated the parent Event's owner field in all the events that are created for Invitees. 
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JoshVHJoshVH
Sorry I should have posted.  I logged a case and it was confirmed a bug that the IsGroupEvent field value is invalid in the After Trigger.  The workaround is to create a custom field(do not put it on a page layout) to hold the value and populate it in the before trigger.  Then in the the after trigger use the custom field instead of the system field.  I have included a sample below.
 
trigger trgEvent on Event (before insert, after insert, after update) {
	
         if (Trigger.isBefore) {
		
		for(Event newRec : Trigger.new) {
			newRec.isGroupEvent__c = newRec.isGroupEvent;
	 	}
	}

	else if (Trigger.isAfter) {
		
		for(Event newRec : Trigger.new) {
			System.debug('Group Event: ' + newRec.isGroupEvent); //this is always false
                        System.debug('Group Event: ' + newRec.isGroupEvent__c); //this is correct
		
			if (!newRec.isGroupEvent__c)  //this works
			{
			}
	 	}
	}
}