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How to limit triggers from Google Calendar?

  • February 16, 2024
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I have a zap set up to trigger on “New or Updated Event” in Google Calendar and the action is to Create or Update a Record in Airtable. It currently works exactly as intended, but the only issue is that the zap is also triggered when guests respond to the calendar invite. For my use case, whether or not someone accepts the invite does not matter but it is triggering the zap regardless.

Is there a way that I can limit the zap to not trigger based on people accepting or declining the invite? My concern is that one event would cause dozens of zap runs for information that is not useful for my use case and would needlessly use up my task limit. 

 

Thanks for the help!

Best answer by Troy TessaloneBest answer by Troy Tessalone

Hi @JMorris 

There would have to be a data point in the returned GCal payload that indicates the type of update made in order to filter against in Step 2.

 

You may wan to try using a different app.

Airtable Automations have a native integration with GCal.

  • Event Created
  • Event Changed
  • Event Cancelled

 

 

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Troy Tessalone
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  • February 16, 2024

Hi @JMorris 

There would have to be a data point in the returned GCal payload that indicates the type of update made in order to filter against in Step 2.

 

You may wan to try using a different app.

Airtable Automations have a native integration with GCal.

  • Event Created
  • Event Changed
  • Event Cancelled