Hi @vantage 

Good question.

You need to map the GContacts Contact ID from Step 1 so the Zap knows which Contact to add to the Group.

NOTE: You may create an infinite loop, where the action causes the trigger again, so make sure to set your filter conditions correctly.

Hi @Troy Tessalone

because of the Contact ID from Step 1. You mean i have to choose for example the following ID:

… and i have to map this ID in the field of Step 3 (Action) Add Contact to Group in Google Contacts like this:

If i do this, i receive the following error message:

I think, i do some wrong?

Thank you.

@vantage 

You need to use this variable.

OK, but i receive the error message above in my post.

I only can choose between Contact and Custom:
 

When I select "Contact" I can only select one specific contact and thus only add that one contact to a group.

If I select "Custom" then I can select "1. ID people/c242...." but then again I get an error message.

Am I mistaken here?

Thank you.

Hello,

maybe someone of you have allready solve this Zap-Problem?

I want to add new or updated google contacts to a group depending on the "prefix" value.

Thank you .

Hey @vantage!

It sounds like you’d need multiple Zaps, one to check for each of the desired prefixes but as Troy mentioned, you’d need to be careful not to create a Zap loop!

To avoid a Zap loop I’d suggest getting the Zap to check whether the contact is already in the group. To do that you’d set the Filter step to check that none of the groups listed in the groups field for the contact are a match for the group the Zap would add them to. That way if it finds a match, it will halt and not attempt to add them again. 

Here’s an example of how that Filter could look if the group name was TKA:


Let’s say you’d have two prefixes you were wanted to add contacts to TKA and TKB. To handle that you’d create two Zaps that would have the same triggers and actions but check for different prefixes and add the contact to different groups accordingly:

Zap 1 - TKA prefix

• Trigger: New or Updated Contact (Google Contacts) - triggers when any new contact is added or updated.
• Action: Only Continue if (Filter by Zapier) - set to check that the groups field doesn’t contain the TKA group.
• Action: Add Contact to Group (Google Contacts) - set to add the contact to the TKA group.

Zap 2 - TKB prefix

• Trigger: New or Updated Contact (Google Contacts) - triggers when any new contact is added or updated.
• Action: Only Continue if (Filter by Zapier) - set to check that the groups field doesn’t contain the TKB group.
• Action: Add Contact to Group (Google Contacts) - set to add the contact to the TKB group.

Oh and to ensure the correct contact is added to the group, you’d need to select the Original Id field as Troy mentioned previously. Which would look like this:

Hope that helps. Please do keep us in the loop on how you get on with this!