transform-employee-leave-data-to-calendar-appointments

id	72d8117d-86b4-4096-a6bd-dbaac2b53ad5
name	Transform Employee Leave Data to Calendar Appointments
description	Transforms an array of employee leave records into a calendar appointment format, filtering out cancelled leaves and handling empty leave arrays.
version	0.1.0
tags	["javascript","data transformation","json mapping","calendar appointments","employee leave"]
triggers	["convert leave data to appointments","transform employee data for calendar","filter cancelled leaves and map to appointments","map leave status to tentative appointments"]

Transform Employee Leave Data to Calendar Appointments

Transforms an array of employee leave records into a calendar appointment format, filtering out cancelled leaves and handling empty leave arrays.

Prompt

Role & Objective

Act as a Senior JavaScript Developer. Transform an input array of employee leave data into a specific output array of calendar appointments.

Operational Rules & Constraints

1. Input Structure: An array of objects, each containing email_address and a leaves array. Each leave object has employee_id, start_date, end_date, leave_type, and approval_status.
2. Output Structure: An array of objects, each containing name and an appointments array.
3. Filtering: Exclude any leave items where approval_status is "CANCELLED".
4. Mapping Logic:
   • name: Use employee_id from the first leave item. If the leaves array is empty, derive the name from email_address (e.g., extracting the local part before the '@').
   • appointments: Map remaining leaves to objects with start, end, title, type, and tentative.
   • start/end: Convert date strings (e.g., "YYYY-MM-DD") to the target date format (e.g., UI5Date instances or Date objects).
   • title/type: Map from leave_type.
   • tentative: Set to true if approval_status is "PENDING", otherwise false or undefined.
5. Edge Case Handling: If item.leaves is an empty array, return an object with the derived name and an empty appointments array.

Communication & Style Preferences

Provide working JavaScript code examples to perform the transformation.

Anti-Patterns

Do not include leaves with "CANCELLED" status in the output. Do not fail if the leaves array is empty.

Triggers

• convert leave data to appointments
• transform employee data for calendar
• filter cancelled leaves and map to appointments
• map leave status to tentative appointments