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Best answer

Google Calendar 403

  • January 14, 2021
  • 3 replies
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Hi champs!

Google Calendar - getting a 403 error when I try to get my zap to publish a new detailed event on someone’s calendar

 

My Zap taps to BambooHR so whenever anyone gets a day off, it should create an full day OOO event in that person’s calendar

My steps are pretty straightforward with Bambooo and I can confirm it’s working well there but

 

When I test Google calendar I’m getting 403 “You need to have writer access to this calendar.”

I’m an admin in our enterprise google account 

I searched online but couldn’t find anything relevant - should I be using a superuser account over at google or is there any other setting I should change?

Already read this article but it doesn’t seem so relevant

Best answer by Danvers

Hi @Gil A! I’ve not seen this done myself. I think even if you’re an admin you can’t add individual events to other users’ calendars. 

 

A possible workaround would be to create a separate ‘Out of Office’ Calendar. You could use the Zap to add the event and invite the relevant employee to the event so it appears on their calendar that way. 

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Troy Tessalone
Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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  • Troy TessaloneZapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
  • Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
  • January 14, 2021

Did you try making the changes suggested in the help article?

https://zapier.com/help/doc/common-problems-google-calendar#403-forbidden-when-adding-events

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Platinum Zapier Solution Partner | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
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  • Gil ABeginner
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  • Beginner
  • January 14, 2021

From what I understand, following the instructions in the article will enable Zapier to post on 1 specific calendar

What I’m trying to do is to post events on calendars that belong to the all the people in the company

so once anyone in the company gets an approved time off in bamboo it’ll magically appear in his calendar

Am I missing something?

Danvers
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  • DanversZapier Staff
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  • January 15, 2021

Hi @Gil A! I’ve not seen this done myself. I think even if you’re an admin you can’t add individual events to other users’ calendars. 

 

A possible workaround would be to create a separate ‘Out of Office’ Calendar. You could use the Zap to add the event and invite the relevant employee to the event so it appears on their calendar that way. 

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