# The reporting hour with Alan Harman-Box

> Tell me what your reporting can't do (yet). Bring whatever you're thinking about with Power BI, Fabric or AI. There might be something that's stuck, a decision you need to make, or an idea you'd like to talk through. You don't need a brief or anything to show me. We'll use the hour to make sense of what you're working on and what might help next. There's no charge.

- Host: Alan Harman-Box
- Duration: 60 min
- Location: MS Teams
- Host time zone: Europe/London
- Confirmation: Bookings are confirmed instantly.
- Booking page: https://cal.com/alan-burningsuit/hour
- Event type id: 7000161

## Check availability

```http
GET https://api.cal.com/v2/slots?eventTypeId=7000161&start=YYYY-MM-DD&end=YYYY-MM-DD&timeZone=<IANA time zone>
cal-api-version: 2024-09-04
```

The response is `{"data":{"YYYY-MM-DD":[{"start":"<ISO 8601 with offset>"}]}}`; no API key is needed.

## Book

```http
POST https://api.cal.com/v2/bookings
cal-api-version: 2026-02-25
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "eventTypeId": 7000161,
  "start": "<UTC ISO 8601 start from the slots response>",
  "attendee": {
    "name": "…",
    "email": "…",
    "timeZone": "<IANA time zone>"
  },
  "guests": [
    "guest@example.com"
  ],
  "bookingFieldsResponses": {
    "What-would-you-like-to-talk-through": "…",
    "What-s-been-tried-so-far--and-by-whom": "…"
  }
}
```

- Required fields: `name` (Your name), `email` (Email address), `What-would-you-like-to-talk-through` (What would you like to talk through?)
- Optional fields: `guests` (Add guests), `What-s-been-tried-so-far--and-by-whom` (What's been tried so far, and by whom?)
- `name` and `email` go in `attendee` and `guests` is a list of emails; every other field goes in `bookingFieldsResponses` under its name.