When a record is created in Airtable, create an event in Google Calendar and send a notification in Slack

■Overview

Do you manually re-enter tasks and event details managed in Airtable into Google Calendar? You also need to notify relevant team members separately, which takes time and can lead to transcription errors. With this workflow, you can automate event creation in Google Calendar and notifications in Slack, triggered by the creation of a new Airtable record. Streamline these routine tasks by effectively connecting Google Calendar and Airtable.

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■Who Is This Template For?

• Anyone using Airtable and Google Calendar together who wants to eliminate the hassle of entering events twice
• Project managers who want to quickly and accurately sync information managed in Airtable to their team's Google Calendar
• Anyone looking to prevent missed updates in Slack and improve information sharing across their team

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■Benefits of This Template

• Automatically create events and send notifications when a record is added to Airtable, reducing the time spent on manual tasks.
• Help prevent human errors such as transcription mistakes when adding events to Google Calendar and missed notifications to relevant team members in Slack.

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■Flowbot Steps

1. First, connect Airtable, Google Calendar, and Slack to Yoom.
2. Next, select Airtable as the trigger and set the action to “When a record is created.”
3. Then, set up the Google Calendar “Create an event” action as an operation and map the information retrieved from Airtable.
4. Finally, set up the Slack “Send a message to a channel” action as an operation and notify the relevant channel of details such as the newly created event.

* “Trigger”: An action that starts the flow. “Operation”: An action that processes data within the flow after the trigger starts.

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■Customization Options

• In the Airtable trigger settings, specify the base ID, table ID, and field information to use for creating events.
• In the Google Calendar operation for creating an event, specify the ID of the calendar where you want to add the event.
• In the Slack operation settings, specify the ID of the channel where you want to post the message.

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■Notes

• Connect Airtable, Google Calendar, and Slack to Yoom.
• You can choose a trigger interval of 5, 10, 15, 30, or 60 minutes.
• The shortest available trigger interval varies by plan. Please take note of this.