Hi, I noticed that my pipedream workflow was not triggered when my calendar event started. I looked into the workflow editor and noticed that events are just not populating in the “Select a different event” box, so it seems there’s an issue with the retrieval of events.
Create a new Trigger and select Google Calendar as the app
Select either “New Event Start” or “New Event Created”
Select whichever Google Calendar account you are using > the timer and timezone don’t matter, just select any of the options > go ahead and click “Create source”. The page will load and refresh.
You will now see a new “SELECT EVENT” section with a “Try Now”. Click “Try Now” or click the “Select a different event” dropdown box. The loading icon for both buttons will keep spinning and no event will populate in the “Select a different event” box.
In Google Calendar, create an event for the selected calendar and try step 4 again. The same result will happen.
Hi @nelson.lee, the trigger New Event Created only trigger when the new event is CREATED in your calendar. You can use the New Event Start or New Upcoming Event Alert
I tested the New Event Started source and I see that it still emit event, but the source only emit event when the source is exected at exact time that the event is going to start. So to improve this, you’ll need to set the source to have 1-5 minutes interval so that the event won’t be missed by the source.
I am now sticking to “New Event Start” with an interval of 5 minutes and I am still not seeing any event populating in the test stage of the workflow creation.
However, can you explain how this is related to the test tool? Does this mean that the test event tool is only searching for events after 5 minutes?
Hi @vunguyenhung, thanks for the suggestion but that doesn’t sound very reassuring. I get that the generate test event feature is there for testing but having to rely on that tool seems to tell me that either:
the testing tool will never work
there’s something wrong with my connection but I can’t tell why.
I will try testing it out by deploying the workflow and I will keep my fingers crossed. However, if it still doesn’t work, I don’t think I have enough faith to continue trying Pipedream out.
