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Using the Google Calendar Integration

This is a chargeable module/integration, please speak to your CSM if you would like any more information about this feature.

Please note that the Google Calendar integration cannot be used alongside the Exchange Calendar integration.

Where to find Google Calendar Integration

Once your Google Calendar connection has been set up on the admin console for Google Workspace, you can then configure the Google Calendar settings for each of your Trainers.

Open the ‘Google Calendar Settings’ tab for your Trainer to access these settings.

Common Uses for Google Calendar Integration

1. Pushing appointments to Google
   To send your accessplanit calendar appointments (Courses & Unavailability) to your trainer’s Google Calendar, select the ‘Push’ option or the ‘Push and Pull’ option in their ‘Sync Direction’ setting.
   

   

   
   Courses will send over to Google in the following format

   1. Title: ‘Training: Name of course or alias override’

   2. Start & End time: The start date & end date of the Course

   3. Location: The venue name and address (class courses only)

   4. Body: Course label, course date, venue, venue address, venue phone, venue email, trainer webinar details, a link to view more details about the course
      

      

      
      

2. Pull appointments from Google
   To pull calendar appointments from your trainer’s Google Calendar into their accessplanit calendar, select the ‘Pull’ option or the ‘Push and Pull’ option in their ‘Sync Direction’ setting.
   

   

   Appointments pulled into your trainer’s accessplanit calendar from Google will create unavailability with the following information:

   1. Summary = Unavailability Description

   2. Start Time = Unavailability Start Date / Time

   3. End Time = Unavailability End Date / Time
      
      

3. Deleting Google Appointments
   To remove an appointment from a Trainer’s Google Calendar, find the unavailability that has been created within your trainer’s calendar in accessplanit.
   Right click on this unavailability in the calendar, and select the ‘Delete’ option.

   

Setting up Google Calendar integration in Google Workspace

Once accessplanit has completed their steps to get your Google Integration configured, it is over to your team to complete your steps within the admin console for your Google Workspace.

Once there, complete the following steps:

1. Go to Security > API controls

2. Click “Manage Domain-Wide Delegation” (this should be at the bottom of the page)

3. Click “Add new” (next to API Clients header text)

4. Put the Client ID (provided by accessplanit) in the “Client ID” field

5. In OAuth Scopes, put (as you type one, another field should appear):

   1. https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar

   2. https://www.googleapis.com/auth/calendar.events

6. Click “Authorise”

You are now ready to work with your accessplanit Google Calendar Integration.

FAQs

1. Can I choose to push appointments from accessplanit to Google for some trainers, and pull appointments from Google into accessplanit for others?
   Yes! You define per trainer whether their calendar appointments will be pushed to Google, pulled from Google, or both.
   

2. Who do I need to involve to get my Google Calendar integration configured?
   To set up your Google Calendar Integration you will need to involve a member of your team that has access to the admin console for Google Workspace.
   

3. How often do the calendars sync?
   Appointments are synchronised between accessplanit and Google Calendar every 15 minutes
   

4. Can I stop the calendar pushing and pulling calendar appointments for a specific trainer?
   Yes! For this trainer, access their Google Calendar settings and change their ‘Sync Direction’ setting to ‘No Sync’
   

5. Do you support recurring Google appointments?
   Yes! If a trainer has scheduled a recurring meeting/appointment in their Google Calendar, this will be brought into their accessplanit calendar as individual appointments
   

6. Does the integration work with time zones?
   Yes, the time zone information is used when pushing appointments to Google, and when pulling appointments from Google into accessplanit
   

7. How far in advance do the integration look to pull appointments back from GoogleWhat timeframe of appointments will pull into my trainer’s accessplanit calendar from their Google Calendar?
   The integration will not pull in any historic appointments from your trainers' calendars, however everything included on future dates will be pulled into their accessplanit calendar.
   

8. What timeframe of appointments will push into my trainer’s Google Calendar from their accessplanit calendar?
   The integration will get appointments from your trainer’s calendar to cover the next 3 monthsthe last 90 days of your trainers' accessplanit calendars, and everything included on future dates, and include these in the sync to their Google Calendar.
   

9. Are cancelled courses sent to the trainer’s Google Calendar?
   Yes there are, instead of deleting the course from their calendar, cancelled courses are sent to Google with the title ‘Cancelled Training: Name of course’, this ensures that the trainer is aware that the course is not running

Additional Support

If you would like additional support on any of the above information please raise a ticket with our Support team.