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Updating Google Calendar event without not deleting old event

  • February 9, 2022
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Question: How do you set-up a Google Calendar to Google Calendar zap that fully updates new events including time/day updates and either adjusting the current event or at least deleting the old one?

 

Use Case: I have two work emails, thus two Google Calendars. When I have a new event created in one, I’d like it to copy that event to the other calendar as well. In addition to creating a new event on the other calendar, I’d like for it to also to update when an update is made such as a time change. 

When using the steps seen here, it’s seems to work except when I tested updated an event time, it just creates a new event in the other calendar and leaves the other old event as-is so I have two events on the new calendar: one that is the updated correct one and the other old, not correct one. I thought the zap would just move that event like if you were dragging or manually adjusting the time in Google Calendar yourself. 

 

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Troy Tessalone
Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
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  • February 9, 2022

Hi @bohashi 

Why not share your GCals?

https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37082?hl=en


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  • February 9, 2022

They are both mine for two different companies. Certain people have access to one but not the other so I need the event to copy so it shows I’m busy.


Troy Tessalone
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  • February 10, 2022

@bohashi 

Can you post screenshots with how your Zap steps are currently configured?


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  • February 14, 2022

 


Troy Tessalone
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  • Zapier Orchestrator & Solution Partner
  • February 14, 2022

@bohashi 

Please post screenshots with how each Zap step is configured with the variables mapped between steps.