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Create time-blocked launch, prep, and testing calendar events

Automatically monitors completed onboarding activity across Close and Google Calendar. Create and update time-blocked launch, list cleaning, test, and build events when onboarding completes or custom activity completes or campaigns activateβ€”so you can schedule sessions, assign attendees, and keep the team calendar current without manual scheduling.

How this automation creates time-blocked calendar events

When completed onboarding activities land in separate systems, launch plans slip and the team misses testing windows. This automation finds the activity and lead, calculates business-day adjusted start and end times, and creates detailed Google Calendar eventsβ€”so your team stays aligned without chase.

  1. 1.Detect completed onboarding activity

    Integrate Close and data mapping tools to retrieve the completed activity, related lead, and user, and to map timestamps and owner fields.

    Closeor swap with your favorite app
  2. 2.Build start times for sessions

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and datetime tools to map activity datetime to static offsets and generate intended session start time candidates.

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Adjust for business days

    Integrate Code by Zapier and business-day logic to roll dates off weekends and holidays and return previous business-day ISO datetimes.

    Code by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  4. 4.Format timezone and end times

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and timezone tools to apply the team timezone and add duration math for end datetime results.

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  5. 5.Create detailed team events

    Integrate Google Calendar and calendar planning tools to create events with start and end, summaries, and attendee mapping on the team calendar.

    Google Calendaror swap with your favorite app

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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