>I have a calendar in which many custom views have been created.
>
> The custom views sorts and displays the appointments/events based on
> filters
> which use the "Catagory" fields. This had been working fine until
> recently.
> (We just upgraded to exchange 2007 from 2003, problem may be related)
>
> Now we are noticing that appointments added to the calendar via an invite
> do
> not show up in the custom views. After doing a lot of tests and
> expieriments
> to find the problem, it has been identified. It seems that the "Catagory"
> setting is removed from the accepted invite in the calendar that accepts
> it.
>
> The catagory remains in the original calendar that sent the invite.
>
> In other words, Ralph sends an invitation for Lunch to Sally. In the
> appointment category, he selects "Luncheon", then sends the invite. Sally
> accepts the invitation. The appointment is saved in her calendar. Now she
> goes to view the calendar using a "Custom View" that shows "only
> appointments
> that have a category of "Luncheon". Knowing that Ralph just sent a
> "Luncheon"
> invite she expects it to be shown in the "Luncheon" custom view, but it is
> not. If Sally looks at "All" the appointments in her calendar, the
> "Luncheon"
> appointment is there, however, when she opens it, she notices that the
> "Category" is blank, not "luncheon" which is how it was sent. This is why
> it
> did not show up in her custom "Luncheon" view.
>
> What I need to know is what is causing the "Category" to be deleted from
> the
> appointment when it is accepted and how do I stop it from doing that.
>
> Is this a "Bug", or is there a setting that must have been inadvertently
> changed some where that will cause this to happen?
>
> Has anyone else seen this kind of problem?
>
> Any help anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ralph Malph