Hi - I’ve created a google calendar event where it updates my calendar. However, I want to add people to this event when given their name and email. I’ve clicked the advance section and i see “Attendees” and i’ve tried that but still not able to get to the point where google calendar events gets sent to user emails.
Any suggestions?
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Look at your toolCalls variable. That’s an array.
When you see an ARRAY, think ITERATOR module.
Then,
Every result (item/record) from trigger/iterator/list/search/match modules will output a bundle. This can result in multiple bundles, which then trigger multiple operations in future modules (one operation per bundle). To “combine” multiple bundles into a single variable, you’ll need to use an aggregator of some sort.
Aggregators are modules that accumulate multiple bundles into one single bundle. An example of a commonly-used aggregator module is the Array aggregator module. The next popular aggregator is the Text Aggregator which is very flexible and can apply to many use-cases like building of JSON, CSV, HTML.
You can find out more about the other types of aggregator modules here:
The Array Aggregator module is very powerful because it allows you to build a complex array of collections for a later module’s field to map multiple items (collections) to it.
This is done using the “Target structure type” field in an Array Aggregator module.
Here is an example:
As you can see, the “Map” toggle on complex fields are used when you have an array. You can easily build an array variable to map to a future module’s field, by using an Array Aggregator module and select the “Target Structure Type” as the future module’s field you have mapped the array into.
Here is an example of how your scenario could look:
This is just an example. Your final solution may or may not look like this depending on your requirements.
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.
I don’t understand how from your response I’m able to generate google calendar invite to a google calendar event.
With my example, I generate a google calendar event based on someone booking an appointment. I want the person who is booking an appointment with me to be invited to a google calendar event.
Currently Im only sending an email confirmation without the google calendar invite.
Following my example, you should use an Iterator module on the “toolCalls” array.
Then, Array Aggregate to the complex “Attendees” field.
Finally, you can map the attendees array variable in the “Attendees” field.
Hope this helps! Let me know if there are any further questions or issues.
— @samliew
P.S.: Investing some effort into the Make Academy will save you lots of time and frustration using Make.
