IN a sharepoint list I have a column with a color value. I want to use that value in a json column format. How do I do that?

Question

We need to color code a calendar of training events. Each training class has a column with the hex value of the color to use. How do I reference that field to set the background color of my column?

Answer 1

Per my research, it is not possible to format a calendar view with color hex codes.

JSON formatting capabilities are very limited for calendar view. You can only add additional classes to events using additionalEventClass and additionalEventClass only supports the naming conventions: ms-[location]-[color].

References:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/dev/declarative-customization/view-calendar-formatting

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365dev/mvp-article-using-theme-colors-in-list-formatting/

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