Connect a Google Account
To get started with Google Calendar, connect Automator to your Google account:
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- Visit Automator > Settings in /wp-admin/ on your website.
- In the Google Calendar tab, click Connect Google account.
- In the list of required permissions, make sure everything is checked off. Sometimes the last 2 checkboxes are unchecked by default.
- Click Allow to let Automator access your Google Calendars.
Once this is done, a success message will be displayed on your website and the Google Calendar actions will be available. Once set up, Automator can be used to add new events to a Google Calendar and/or add/remove attendees from existing events.
Note: Only calendars that you have read/write access to will be available for use by Uncanny Automator.
Add an event to a Google Calendar from WordPress
To configure the Add an event to a Google Calendar action:
- Choose the Google Calendar integration in the Actions list.
- Choose the Add an event to a Google Calendar action.
- Select the calendar you would like the event added to.
- Fill out the required fields: Title, Start date and End date.
- If desired, fill out the optional fields: Location, Description, Start time, End time, Attendees, and Notification settings.
- Save your updates and make sure the triggers, actions and recipe are all live.
Add an attendee to or remove an attendee from an event in a Google Calendar
These actions enables you to add an attendee to or remove an attendee from an existing Google Calendar event.
- Choose the Google Calendar integration in the Actions list.
- Choose the desired Google Calendar action.
- Select the calendar that contains the desired event. The Event dropdown is automatically populated.
- Select the desired event.
- Enter the email address of the attendee.
Tips and Troubleshooting
- Attendees will be sent email notifications from Google Calendar.
- Due to limitations in the Google API, the Google account of the connected user will always be the organizer of any events created by Uncanny Automator.
- To create an all-day event, simply leave the Start time and End time fields blank.
- The Add/Remove attendees actions accept a single attendee per action. To add or remove multiple attendees in a single recipe, use multiple actions.
- You can change your connected Google account from the Automator Settings page, but you can only have one connected account at a time. Be very careful changing the account; it may break existing recipes.
- If you are connected to Google but values in the recipe drop-down lists aren’t loading, it’s likely a permissions issue. Try disconnecting and reconnecting your account and make sure ALL checkboxes are checked; sometimes the 2 at the bottom of the permissions page are not.
- If you decide to change your permissions or want to review what Uncanny Automator is allowed to do, please refer to this Google Support article: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3466521?hl=en