🆕Integration with Google Calendar

Overview

MangoApps offers a powerful, native integration with Google Calendar, ensuring your schedule stays in sync whether you are working in your Google Workspace or within your company portal.

The Google Calendar integration is a real-time sync that supports three distinct directions:

• Bidirectional (Recommended): Changes made in MangoApps appear in Google, and vice versa.

• MangoApps to Google Only: A one-way push to your Google Calendar.

• Google to MangoApps Only: A one-way pull from Google into your portal.

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What Data is Synced?

The integration captures the core details of your meetings, including:

• Event Essentials: Titles, descriptions, and physical locations.

• Virtual Meetings: Direct links for Google Meet, Zoom, or Microsoft Teams.

• Logic: Recurrence rules (repeating events) and reminder/notification timing.

• Attachments: To keep things light, files are not uploaded to Google. Instead, MangoApps automatically inserts a link to the file within the event description.

This integration is designed for Events (Meetings, Appointments, Team/Company Events, Resource Reservations). For items like Tasks, Birthdays, or LMS sessions, please use the Webcal feed.

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Administrator Setup

To enable this feature, navigate to Admin Portal > Integrations > Built-In Integrations > Meeting Apps.

• Requirements: You will need a Google Cloud service account with Calendar API access and your service JSON key file.

• Configuration: You can scope the integration to specific email domains and select exactly which event types should sync.

• Frequency: While sync is real-time, you can set an automated background refresh interval ranging from every 5 minutes to every 4 hours.

• Verification: Use the Test Connection button and monitor the Last Synced timestamp to ensure data is flowing correctly.

Do not use this native integration at the same time as a Webcal feed or ICS import for the same events. Google treats every source as unique, which will cause your events to appear twice on your calendar.