Method:Classic General Q&A

Re: Method to Google Calendar Appointment Field Mapping

Method_Ashur — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:02:42 GMT

Hey Blake,

There isn't an identifier you can utilize specifically for google calendar, however if you check out the CRM_ActivityTypeList screen you'll notice a Show On Calendar? option for each activity type. This yes/no field determines whether or not the activity will show on the activity calendar. So as long as it's not app specific and shows up on the standard activity calendar, then it'll show up on the Google Calendar as well. Hope this helps!

- Ashur

Re: Method to Google Calendar Appointment Field Mapping

Blake C — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 03:47:16 GMT

Thx.

Any thoughts on my other comment re: a google calendar identifier I can get access to somewhere in the Method db?

Re: Method to Google Calendar Appointment Field Mapping

Method_Ashur — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:02:29 GMT

Hey Blake,

I'll put in a request ticket for this feature but keep in mind that it would first need to be approved, and since we're working on new upcoming projects, this request will take some time to get around to.

Regards,

Ashur

Re: Method to Google Calendar Appointment Field Mapping

Blake C — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 21:06:53 GMT

If I can't control this data within Method using the current tools available, there must be some unique Google calendar identifier stored in Method for each Activity, correct? If I have access to this, I might be able to post an update to via the Google Calendar API to make it read the way I want.

Thoughts?

Thx

Method to Google Calendar Appointment Field Mapping

Blake C — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 20:47:22 GMT

I see on the Help Center (http://www.methodintegration.com/method/kb.aspx?folder=methodcrm&article=How-Google-Calendar-sync-works&id=214) how Calendar Appointment Fields are mapped to/from Method & Google.

I'm working on customizing our Field Services Work Order (Activity) process. Specifically, I need to assign multiple users - resources - to an Activity. But since Method doesn't allow this (from what I can tell it's a 1:1 relationship), I plan to create new individual Activities and assign one to each user so the Method generated calendar for each employee is updated to show their WO assignment. This wwould work just fine but the problem is the current appointment field mapping to Google calendar is insufficient.

The Method Appointment Type, Contact, Contact Phone >> Google Event Title is not what I need. I need the ability to build my own custom Event Title, Description, etc.

Not having this ability is keeping me from evolving from our paper-based company calendar to an electronically created/managed calendar within Method.

Am I missing something? If there's a way I can control the calendar Event Title and Description in the current version, please let me know.

If not, I would think this should be a very easy feature to implement for Method devs and should only involve the code that interacts with the Google Calendar API along with adding a field or two to the Activity table.

Thx