# Participation behavior for Meetings

**URL:** <https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participation-behavior-for-meetings/23020>\
**Category:** API and Webhooks\
**Created:** [July 2, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participation-behavior-for-meetings/23020 "2020-07-02T11:57:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![vjetha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@vjetha](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vjetha)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 11:57am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participation-behavior-for-meetings/23020/1 "2020-07-02T11:57:57Z")

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**Description**  
I need to know how are participations marked? I am specifically trying to understand how may participation records I would see in the API response for a person who joins the meeting for lest say 3-mins and he leaves the same meeting and re-joins it and this time for 5-mins.  
Should we expect 2 entries with 2 different sets of Join-Leave time or just one collaborated entry for 5 mins?

**Error**  
N/A

**Which App Type (OAuth / Chatbot / JWT / Webhook)?**  
JTW using API Key?Secret.

**Which Endpoint/s?**

> **[Get Meeting Participant Reports - Reports - Zoom API - API Reference](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/zoom-api/reports/reportmeetingparticipants)**
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> Get participant report for a past meeting.
> Scopes: report:read:admin
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> Rate Limit Label: Heavy
> Prerequisites:
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> Pro or a higher plan.
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> Authorization
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> Flo...

**How To Reproduce (If applicable)**  
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Start a meeting and join it with a participant and stay in the meeting for a few mins then leave.
2. Now re-join the same meeting and stay there for a few mins.
3. Check the participation report.

**Screenshots (If applicable)**  
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**Additional context**  
Add any other context about the problem here.

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**Author:** ![vjetha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ea666f/32.png) [@vjetha](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/vjetha)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participation-behavior-for-meetings/23020/2 "2020-07-02T15:04:29Z")

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Also if there are multiple entries the is there any particular sequence in which the data will be returned, for e.g maybe arranged on the basis highest duration (5mins , 3mins 2mins ) or the Join time basis (1pm, 2pm, 3pm)?

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**Author:** ![tommy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/tommy/32/72769_2.png) [@tommy](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/tommy)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 10:50pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participation-behavior-for-meetings/23020/3 "2020-07-06T22:50:02Z")

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Hey @vjetha,

> [@vjetha](#):
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> Should we expect 2 entries with 2 different sets of Join-Leave time or just one collaborated entry for 5 mins?

Yes, you can expect 2 entries. 🙂

> [@vjetha](#):
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> Also if there are multiple entries the is there any particular sequence in which the data will be returned, for e.g maybe arranged on the basis highest duration (5mins , 3mins 2mins ) or the Join time basis (1pm, 2pm, 3pm)?

It should be chronological based on when the user joined.

Thanks,  
Tommy

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**Post date:** [August 21, 2020, 10:35pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/participation-behavior-for-meetings/23020/4 "2020-08-21T22:35:25Z")

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Closed on August 21, 2020, 10:35pm UTC