Getting Started with React Schedule Component

12 Jul 202424 minutes to read

This section briefly explains how to create React Scheduler component and configure its available functionalities in React environment, using Essential JS 2 quickstart seed repository.

To get start quickly with React Scheduler using the Create React App, you can check on this video:

Dependencies

The following list of dependencies are required to use the Scheduler component in your application.

|-- @syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-base
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-data
    |-- @syncfusion/ej2-schedule
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-compression
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-excel-export
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-file-utils
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-navigations
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-calendars
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-inputs
            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-split-buttons
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-lists
          |-- @syncfusion/ej2-popups
            |-- @syncfusion/ej2-buttons
        |-- @syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns

Installation and configuration

Setup for local development

To set-up a React application, choose any of the following ways. The best and easiest way is to use the create-react-app. It sets up your development environment in JavaScript and improvise your application for production. Refer to the installation instructions of create-react-app.

npx create-react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start

yarn create react-app my-app
cd my-app
yarn start

To set-up a React application in TypeScript environment, run the following command.

npx create-react-app my-app --template typescript
cd my-app
npm start

Besides using the npx package runner tool, also create an application from the npm init. To begin with the npm init, upgrade the npm version to npm 6+.

npm init react-app my-app
cd my-app
npm start

Adding Syncfusion packages

All the available Essential JS 2 packages are published in npmjs.com public registry.
To install Scheduler component, use the following command

npm install @syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule --save

Adding CSS reference

Add scheduler component’s styles as given below in src/App.css.

@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-base/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-buttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-calendars/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-dropdowns/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-inputs/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-lists/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-navigations/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-popups/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-splitbuttons/styles/material.css";
@import "../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css";

To refer App.css in the application then import it in the src/App.tsx file.

In case, if you want to make use of the combined CSS files of entire components, then you can avail it from the root folder of Essential JS 2 package and reference it with the code shown below.

@import '../../node_modules/@syncfusion/ej2/material.css';

Module injection

Each view types available in scheduler are maintained as individual modules and to work with those views, it is necessary to inject the required modules. The following modules are available in scheduler namely,

Day - Inject this module to work with the day view.
Week - Inject this module to work with the week view.
WorkWeek - Inject this module to work with the work week view.
Month - Inject this module to work with the month view.
Agenda - Inject this module to work with the agenda view.
MonthAgenda - Inject this module for displaying month agenda view.
TimelineViews - Inject this module to work with the timeline day, timeline week, timeline work week view.
TimelineMonth - Inject this module to work with the timeline month view.

These modules should be injected into the schedule using the Inject method within the app.tsx file as shown below. On doing so, only the injected views will be loaded and displayed on the schedule.

[src/app/app.tsx]

<Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, MonthAgenda, TimelineViews, TimelineMonth ]} />

Initialize the schedule

Import the Scheduler component to your app.tsx file using following code.

index.jsx
index.tsx
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
const App = () => {
    return (<ScheduleComponent>
      <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda]}/>
    </ScheduleComponent>);
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';

const App = () => {
  return (
    <ScheduleComponent>
      <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda]} />
    </ScheduleComponent>
  );
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));

Now, run the application in the browser using the following command.

npm start

Above demo will display the empty scheduler.

Populating appointments

To populate the empty Scheduler with appointments, bind the event data to it by assigning the dataSource property either with valid JSON data or else with remote URL, from where the data will be fetched.

Here, the local JSON data is assigned to Scheduler’s dataSource.

[src/app/app.tsx]

import * as React from 'react';
import {
  ScheduleComponent } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';

const App = () => {
  const data: object [] = [
    {
      Id: 1,
      Subject: 'Meeting - 1',
      StartTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 10, 0),
      EndTime: new Date(2018, 1, 16, 12, 30),
      IsAllDay: false
    },
  ];
  const eventSettings = { dataSource: data }

  return (
    <ScheduleComponent height='550px' selectedDate= {new Date(2018, 1, 15)}
      eventSettings={eventSettings}>
    </ScheduleComponent>
  );
}
export default App;

You can also provide different names to these default fields, for which the custom names of those fields must be mapped appropriately within fields property as shown below.

index.jsx
index.tsx
index.html
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
const App = () => {
    const data = [
        {
            Id: 2,
            Subject: 'Meeting',
            StartTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 10, 0),
            EndTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 12, 30),
            IsAllDay: false,
            Status: 'Completed',
            Priority: 'High'
        },
    ];
    const fieldsData = {
        id: 'Id',
        subject: { name: 'Subject' },
        isAllDay: { name: 'IsAllDay' },
        startTime: { name: 'StartTime' },
        endTime: { name: 'EndTime' }
    }
    const eventSettings = { dataSource: data, fields: fieldsData }

    return (<ScheduleComponent height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 1, 15)} eventSettings={eventSettings}>
        <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda]} />
    </ScheduleComponent>);
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, Inject
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';

const App = () => {
  const data: object[] = [
    {
      Id: 2,
      Subject: 'Meeting',
      StartTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 10, 0),
      EndTime: new Date(2018, 1, 15, 12, 30),
      IsAllDay: false,
      Status: 'Completed',
      Priority: 'High'
    },
  ];
  const fieldsData = {
    id: 'Id',
    subject: { name: 'Subject' },
    isAllDay: { name: 'IsAllDay' },
    startTime: { name: 'StartTime' },
    endTime: { name: 'EndTime' }
  }
  const eventSettings = { dataSource: data, fields: fieldsData }

  return (
    <ScheduleComponent height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 1, 15)} eventSettings={eventSettings} >
      <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda]} />
    </ScheduleComponent>
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>

The other fields available in Scheduler can be referred from here.

Setting date

Scheduler usually displays the system date as its current date. To change the current date of Scheduler with specific date, define the selectedDate property.

[src/app/app.tsx]

index.jsx
index.tsx
index.html
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { defaultData } from './datasource';

const App = () => {
  const eventSettings = { dataSource: defaultData }

  return (<ScheduleComponent height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 1, 15)} eventSettings={eventSettings}>
    <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda]} />
  </ScheduleComponent>);
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda, Inject } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { defaultData } from './datasource';

const App = () => {
  const eventSettings = { dataSource: defaultData }

  return (
    <ScheduleComponent height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 1, 15)} eventSettings={eventSettings}>
      <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Month, Agenda]} />
    </ScheduleComponent>
  )
};
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>

Setting view

Scheduler displays week view by default. To change the current view, define the applicable view name to the currentView property. The applicable view names are,

Day
Week
WorkWeek
Month
Year
Agenda
MonthAgenda
TimelineDay
TimelineWeek
TimelineWorkWeek
TimelineMonth
TimelineYear

import * as React from 'react';
import {
  ScheduleComponent, Day, Week, WorkWeek, Agenda, Month, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import './App.css';

const App = () => {
    return (
      <ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' currentView='Month'
      selectedDate={new Date(2017, 11, 15)}>
          <ViewsDirective>
            <ViewDirective option='Day' />
            <ViewDirective option='Week' />
            <ViewDirective option='WorkWeek' />
            <ViewDirective option='Month' />
            <ViewDirective option='Agenda' />
          </ViewsDirective>
        <Inject services={[Day, Week, WorkWeek, Agenda, Month]} />
      </ScheduleComponent>
    )
};
export default App;

Individual view customization

Each individual Scheduler views can be customized with its own options such as setting different start and end hour on Week and Work Week views, whereas hiding the weekend days on Month view alone. This can be achieved by defining views property to accept the array of object type, where each object depicts the individual view customization.

The output will display the Scheduler with the specified view configuration.

index.jsx
index.tsx
index.html
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import { ScheduleComponent, WorkWeek, Week, Month, Inject, ViewsDirective, ViewDirective } from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { defaultData } from './datasource';
const App = () => {
    const eventSettings = { dataSource: defaultData }

    return (<ScheduleComponent width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 1, 15)} eventSettings={eventSettings}>
      <ViewsDirective>
        <ViewDirective option='WorkWeek' startHour='10:00' endHour='18:00'/>
        <ViewDirective option='Week' startHour='07:00' endHour='15:00'/>
        <ViewDirective option='Month' showWeekend={false}/>
      </ViewsDirective>
      <Inject services={[WorkWeek, Week, Month]}/>
    </ScheduleComponent>);
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
import * as React from 'react';
import * as ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
import {
  ScheduleComponent, WorkWeek, Week, Month, Inject,
  ViewsDirective, ViewDirective
} from '@syncfusion/ej2-react-schedule';
import { defaultData } from './datasource';

const App = () => {
  const eventSettings = { dataSource: defaultData }
  return (
    <ScheduleComponent
      width='100%' height='550px' selectedDate={new Date(2018, 1, 15)}
      eventSettings={eventSettings}
    >
      <ViewsDirective>
        <ViewDirective option='WorkWeek' startHour='10:00' endHour='18:00' />
        <ViewDirective option='Week' startHour='07:00' endHour='15:00' />
        <ViewDirective option='Month' showWeekend={false} />
      </ViewsDirective>
      <Inject services={[WorkWeek, Week, Month]} />
    </ScheduleComponent>
  );
}
export default App;
ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById("schedule"));
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <title>Syncfusion React Schedule</title>
    <meta charset="utf-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
    <meta name="description" content="Essential JS 2 for React Components" />
    <meta name="author" content="Syncfusion" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-base/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-buttons/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-calendars/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-dropdowns/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-inputs/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-navigations/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-popups/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/27.2.2/ej2-react-schedule/styles/material.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/3.3.7/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <link href="index.css" rel="stylesheet" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/systemjs/0.19.38/system.js"></script>
    <script src="systemjs.config.js"></script>
     <style>
        #loader {
            color: #008cff;
            height: 40px;
            left: 45%;
            position: absolute;
            top: 45%;
            width: 30%;
        }
    </style>
<script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/syncfusion-helper.js" type ="text/javascript"></script>
</head>

<body>
        <div id='schedule'>
            <div id='loader'>Loading....</div>
        </div>
</body>

</html>

You can also explore our React Scheduler example that shows how to use the toolbar buttons to play with Scheduler functionalities.