Question: How is calendar data between Act! and Google mapped?
Product:
Product Family: Act!
Product: Act! Pro, Act! Premium, Act! Premium (access via web), Act! Premium Cloud
Version: 2013 and later
Environment:
Third Party: Google
Answer:
Since Act! uses activity types such as Meeting or Call, while Google uses calendar types of events and tasks. As these are different types, they require mapping during synchronization. When synchronizing Act! activities to your Google calendar, the following mapping occurs:
When synchronizing Google calendar types with Act! , the following mapping occurs:
The Act! Schedule Activity dialog box contains fields that you use to enter information about the activity, such as the invitees, Regarding item, and details. To see this information in your Google calendar, the following field mapping occurs during synchronization:
Note: Since Google does not support Rich Text Formatting (RTF), any formatting you may apply to the text in the activity's Details tab in Act! will not be available in the Google Description field.
Product:
Product Family: Act!
Product: Act! Pro, Act! Premium, Act! Premium (access via web), Act! Premium Cloud
Version: 2013 and later
Environment:
Third Party: Google
Answer:
Since Act! uses activity types such as Meeting or Call, while Google uses calendar types of events and tasks. As these are different types, they require mapping during synchronization. When synchronizing Act! activities to your Google calendar, the following mapping occurs:
| Default Act! Activity Type | Becomes Google Type |
| Meeting | Event |
| Appointment | Event |
| Call | Event |
| To-Do | Event |
| Personal Activity | Event |
| Vacation | Event |
| Custom | Event |
| Timeless Activity | Task with date, but no time |
| To-do | Task with date, but no time |
When synchronizing Google calendar types with Act! , the following mapping occurs:
| Google Type | Becomes Act! Activity Type |
| Event with no additional attendees | Appointment |
| Event with additional attendees | Meeting |
| Task | None - Does not sync |
| All Day Event | Timeless activity |
The Act! Schedule Activity dialog box contains fields that you use to enter information about the activity, such as the invitees, Regarding item, and details. To see this information in your Google calendar, the following field mapping occurs during synchronization:
| Act! Schedule Activity Fields | Becomes Google Event Field |
| General tab - Schedule With | Guests |
| General tab - Regarding | Title of event |
| General Tab - Location | Event details - Where |
| General tab - Ring Alarm | Event details - Reminder: Pop up |
| Details tab - Details text box | Event details - Description |
| Recurrence tab - Occurs & Range | Repeat box checked with occurrence details |
Note: Since Google does not support Rich Text Formatting (RTF), any formatting you may apply to the text in the activity's Details tab in Act! will not be available in the Google Description field.