Top 5 Google Calendar Automations Using Pabbly Connect: A Complete Guide

Learn how to automate Google Calendar with Pabbly Connect. This guide covers creating events, sending reminders, and more with step-by-step instructions. Learn to create powerful connections between your critical applications without requiring specialized programming knowledge or extensive technical background.

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1. Create Google Calendar Event Using Pabbly Connect

In this section, we will explore how to create a Google Calendar event using Pabbly Connect. This integration allows you to automate the creation of calendar events whenever a new form submission is received.

To start, log in to your Pabbly Connect account and click on the ‘Create Workflow’ button. Name your workflow something like ‘Create Google Calendar Event for New Form Submission’. This will help you identify the automation later. Now, select ‘Elementor’ as your trigger application and choose the event as ‘New Form Submission’.

2. Authorize Pabbly Connect with Google Calendar

Next, we need to connect Pabbly Connect with Google Calendar. Click on the ‘Connect’ button and select ‘Add New Connection’. You will be prompted to sign in to your Google account. Make sure to grant the necessary permissions for Pabbly Connect to access your calendar.

Once connected, select the specific Google Calendar where you want the events to be created. This allows Pabbly Connect to access and manage your calendar events effectively. After selecting the calendar, click on ‘Save and Send Test Request’ to ensure the connection is successful.

3. Send Event Reminders to Telegram Using Pabbly Connect

Now, let’s set up an automation to send reminders for Google Calendar events to Telegram. This is useful for keeping your team informed about upcoming events. In Pabbly Connect, create a new workflow and name it ‘Send Event Reminders to Telegram’.

For the trigger, select Google Calendar and choose the event as ‘New Event Created’. Connect your Google Calendar account again if prompted. Next, set up the action application as Telegram. You will need to create a bot in Telegram and get the bot token to connect it with Pabbly Connect. Once the bot is set up, map the event details to the message you want to send as a reminder.

• Create a new bot in Telegram using BotFather.
• Get the bot token and chat ID.
• Map the event details to the Telegram message.

Finally, test the workflow to ensure that reminders are sent to your Telegram channel as expected.

4. Backup Google Calendar Events to Google Drive Using Pabbly Connect

In this section, we will automate the process of backing up Google Calendar events to Google Drive using Pabbly Connect. This ensures that all your important events are safely stored in your Drive.

Start by creating a new workflow in Pabbly Connect and name it ‘Backup Google Calendar Events to Google Drive’. Set Google Calendar as the trigger application and select ‘New Event Created’ as the trigger event. Connect your Google Calendar account to Pabbly Connect once again.

• Select Google Drive as the action application.
• Choose ‘Create File’ as the action event.
• Map the event details to the file content.

After setting up the action, test the workflow to confirm that new events are backed up to your specified Google Drive folder.

5. Send Google Calendar Event Notifications to Slack Using Pabbly Connect

Lastly, we will set up a workflow to send notifications for Google Calendar events to Slack. This is particularly useful for team collaboration and keeping everyone updated on upcoming events.

Create a new workflow in Pabbly Connect and name it ‘Send Google Calendar Event Notifications to Slack’. Set Google Calendar as the trigger application and choose ‘New Event Created’ as the trigger event. Connect your Google Calendar account and select the Slack app as your action application.

Map the event details such as the event name, date, and time to the message format you want to send in Slack. After configuring the action, test the workflow to ensure notifications are sent to your Slack channel whenever a new event is created in Google Calendar.

Conclusion

In this guide, we explored how to automate Google Calendar with Pabbly Connect. We learned how to create events, send reminders, back up events, and notify teams using various applications. With these automations, managing your schedule becomes much easier and more efficient.