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Can't find the Google Calendar Event for the Trigger

  • June 18, 2025
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I am trying to create a Zap that adds a tag to user in MailChimp a day before a Google Calendar event (which will then kick off a MailChimp journey). However, although there ARE events with this name on the calendar the Zap can’t seem to find them and only has “test events” which then don’t have the right data to set it up. I can’t figure out what I am doing wrong or how to set up a Zap to add a MailChimp tag a 1 day or 1 hour before an event.

 

Best answer by Troy Tessalone

Hi ​@ashland 

Help links for using GCal in Zaps: https://zapier.com/apps/google-calendar/integrations#help

These cover how to test for GCal Events.

 

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  • June 18, 2025

And because it “can’t find the event” I am only get “test events” when trying to set it up:

 


Troy Tessalone
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  • June 18, 2025

Hi ​@ashland 

Help links for using GCal in Zaps: https://zapier.com/apps/google-calendar/integrations#help

These cover how to test for GCal Events.

 


SamB
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  • July 3, 2025

Hi there ​@ashland 👋

Just came across this and wanted to check how things are going. Did the guides Troy shared help you get the correct test event loaded?

Want to make sure your Zap is up and running, so please keep us posted on how it’s going!


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Seems to be working! Any issues I have had since then have been due to user error or bad testing my part. :) Thanks for checking in!


SamB
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  • July 7, 2025

Thanks for the update, ​@ashland! So pleased to hear it’s all sorted. Shout out to ​@Troy Tessalone for pointing you in the right direction 🙌

Feel free to reach back out if we can help with anything else. In the meantime, happy Zapping! ⚡