Getting Started with ASP.NET Core Scheduler Control

18 Nov 20189 minutes to read

This section briefly explains how to include ASP.NET Core Scheduler control in your ASP.NET Core application using Visual Studio.

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Prerequisites

System requirements for ASP.NET Core controls

Create ASP.NET Core web application with Razor pages

Install ASP.NET Core package in the application

To add ASP.NET Core controls in the application, open the NuGet package manager in Visual Studio (Tools → NuGet Package Manager → Manage NuGet Packages for Solution), search for Syncfusion.EJ2.AspNet.Core and then install it. Alternatively, you can utilize the following package manager command to achieve the same.

Package Manager
Install-Package Syncfusion.EJ2.AspNet.Core -Version 34.1.29

NOTE

Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core controls are available in nuget.org. Refer to NuGet packages topic to learn more about installing NuGet packages in various OS environments. The Syncfusion.EJ2.AspNet.Core NuGet package has dependencies, Newtonsoft.Json for JSON serialization and Syncfusion.Licensing for validating Syncfusion^® license key.

Add Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core Tag Helper

Open ~/Pages/_ViewImports.cshtml file and import the Syncfusion.EJ2 TagHelper. If the file does not exist, create it under the Pages folder.

NOTE

Ensure that the _ViewImports.cshtml file is present at ~/Pages/_ViewImports.cshtml. Without this file, Tag Helpers will not be available in your Razor pages.

~/_ViewImports.cshtml
@addTagHelper *, Syncfusion.EJ2

Add stylesheet and script resources

Here, the theme and script is referred using CDN inside the <head> of ~/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml file as follows,

~/_Layout.cshtml
<head>
    ...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET Core controls styles -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.1.29/fluent.css" />
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET Core controls scripts -->
    <script src="https://cdn.syncfusion.com/ej2/34.1.29/dist/ej2.min.js"></script>
</head>

NOTE

Check out the Themes topic to learn different ways (CDN, NPM package, and CRG) to refer styles in ASP.NET Core application, and to have the expected appearance for Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core controls.

NOTE

Check out the Adding Script Reference topic to learn different approaches for adding script references in your ASP.NET Core application.

Register Syncfusion^® Script Manager

Also, register the script manager <ejs-script> at the end of <body> in the ASP.NET Core application as follows.

~/_Layout.cshtml
<body>
    ...
    <!-- Syncfusion ASP.NET Core Script Manager -->
    <ejs-scripts></ejs-scripts>
</body>

Add ASP.NET Core Scheduler control

Now, add the Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core Scheduler tag helper in ~/Pages/Index.cshtml page.

CSHTML
<ejs-schedule id="schedule"></ejs-schedule>

Press Ctrl+F5 (Windows) or ⌘+F5 (macOS) to run the app. Then, the Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core Scheduler control will be rendered in the default web browser. The Scheduler renders in Week view by default, showing the current week with an empty calendar grid and a header toolbar for date navigation.

ASP.NET Core Scheduler Control

Populating appointments

To populate an empty Scheduler with appointments, bind the event data to it by assigning the DataSource property under e-schedule-eventsettings tag Helper.

CSHTML
CSHTML.cs
@{
    .....
    List<AppointmentData> appData = new List<AppointmentData>();
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 1, Subject = "Explosion of Betelgeuse Star", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 11, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 11, 11, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 2, Subject = "Thule Air Crash Report", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 12, 12, 0, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 12, 14, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 3, Subject = "Blue Moon Eclipse", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 13, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 13, 11, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 4, Subject = "Meteor Showers in 2022", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 14, 13, 0, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 14, 14, 30, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 5, Subject = "Milky Way as Melting pot", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 15, 12, 0, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 15, 14, 0, 0) });
}

<ejs-schedule id="schedule" height="550" selectedDate="new DateTime(2022, 2, 15)">
    <e-schedule-eventsettings dataSource="appData"></e-schedule-eventsettings>
</ejs-schedule>
public class AppointmentData
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Subject { get; set; }
    public DateTime StartTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime EndTime { get; set; }
}

ASP.NET Core Schedule with Appointments

Setting date

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

CSHTML
Data.cs
@{
    .....
    List<AppointmentData> appData = new List<AppointmentData>();
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 1, Subject = "Explosion of Betelgeuse Star", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 11, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 11, 11, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 2, Subject = "Thule Air Crash Report", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 12, 12, 0, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 12, 14, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 3, Subject = "Blue Moon Eclipse", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 13, 9, 30, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 13, 11, 0, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 4, Subject = "Meteor Showers in 2022", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 14, 13, 0, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 14, 14, 30, 0) });
    appData.Add(new AppointmentData
    { Id = 5, Subject = "Milky Way as Melting pot", StartTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 15, 12, 0, 0), EndTime = new DateTime(2022, 2, 15, 14, 0, 0) });
}

<ejs-schedule id="schedule" height="550" selectedDate="new DateTime(2022, 2, 15)">
    <e-schedule-eventsettings dataSource="appData"></e-schedule-eventsettings>
</ejs-schedule>
public class AppointmentData
{
    public int Id { get; set; }
    public string Subject { get; set; }
    public DateTime StartTime { get; set; }
    public DateTime EndTime { get; set; }
}

Specific 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

CSHTML
@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule
@{
    .....
     List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Week },
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.TimelineDay }
    };
}

<ejs-schedule id="schedule" height="550" views="viewOption" selectedDate="new DateTime(2022, 2, 15)">
</ejs-schedule>

ASP.NET Core Scheduler with Specific View

Individual view customization

Building on the previous section, each view can also be further customized individually. Each individual Scheduler view can be configured with its own options such as setting different start and end hours on Week and Work Week views, or hiding the weekend days on Month view alone. This can be achieved by defining the views property to accept an array of objects, where each object depicts the individual view customization.

CSHTML
@using Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule
@{
    .....
    List<ScheduleView> viewOption = new List<ScheduleView>()
    {
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Week, DateFormat = "dd-MMM-yyyy" },
        new ScheduleView { Option = Syncfusion.EJ2.Schedule.View.Month, ShowWeekend = false, Readonly = true }
    };
}

<ejs-schedule id="schedule" height="550" views="viewOption" selectedDate="new DateTime(2022, 2, 15)">
</ejs-schedule>

ASP.NET Core Scheduler with Custom Views

NOTE

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

NOTE

View Sample in GitHub.

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Getting Started with ASP.NET Core Scheduler Control

Prerequisites

Create ASP.NET Core web application with Razor pages

Install ASP.NET Core package in the application

Add Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core Tag Helper

Add stylesheet and script resources

Register Syncfusion^® Script Manager

Add ASP.NET Core Scheduler control

Populating appointments

Setting date

Specific view

Individual view customization

See also

Getting Started with ASP.NET Core Scheduler Control

Prerequisites

Create ASP.NET Core web application with Razor pages

Install ASP.NET Core package in the application

Add Syncfusion® ASP.NET Core Tag Helper

Add stylesheet and script resources

Register Syncfusion® Script Manager

Add ASP.NET Core Scheduler control

Populating appointments

Setting date

Specific view

Individual view customization

See also

Add Syncfusion^® ASP.NET Core Tag Helper

Register Syncfusion^® Script Manager