Google Calendar is a scheduling platform used to organize events and appointments for individuals and teams. Connecting to Cognito Forms turns submissions into events-adding guests, setting details and reminders, and updating or canceling as plans change.
Reduce back-and-forth scheduling—turn form entries into events with guests and reminders, cut manual edits, and prevent double‑bookings.
- Fewer scheduling emails
- Faster confirmations
- Cleaner team calendars
Use this integration to:
- Create events with attendees
- Update or reschedule events
- Cancel events and notify guests
How It Works
- Log into Zapier
- Open zapier.com and sign in
- Start a new Zap
- Click “Make a Zap”
- Set Cognito Forms trigger
- Choose “New Entry” or “Updated Entry”
- Connect form and select it
- Add Google Calendar action
- Pick “Create Detailed Event” or “Update Event”
- Connect your Google account
- Map key fields
- Assign event title, date/time, attendees, description
- Test the Zap
- Run a test with form data and confirm event creation/updating
- Activate the Zap
- Turn it on to automate future calendar updates
Still need help? Check out our Zapier support article.
- Log into Make
- Visit make.com and sign in
- Create a scenario
- Click “Create a new scenario”
- Add Cognito Forms trigger
- Use “Watch New Entries”
- Connect your Cognito Forms account and select the form
- Add Google Calendar action
- Choose actions like “Create Event” or “Update Event”
- Connect your Google account
- Map form fields
- Link form data to calendar fields—title, time, description
- Test your scenario
- Submit a test entry and check Google Calendar
- Activate and monitor
- Enable the scenario and watch execution logs
Still need help? Check out our Make support article.
- Access Power Automate
- Go to flow.microsoft.com and sign in
- Click “Create” > “Automated cloud flow”
- Select Cognito Forms trigger
- Pick “When a new entry is created” trigger
- Connect and pick your form
- Add Google Calendar action
- Choose “Create event” or “Update event”
- Sign in to Google Calendar
- Map event details
- Map form fields to event title, start/end, attendees
- Test flow
- Raise a test entry and verify calendar event
- Enable the flow
- Turn on the flow after successful testing
- Monitor runs
- Check run history and fix mapping issues, if any
Still need help? Check out our Microsoft Power Automate support article.
More questions? Check out Creating events in Google Calendar.