Remove Google Meets link in calendar Integration

[EliK]

Hi everybody,

I use an appsheet app to create new appointments in a shared Google calendar. The problem I'm running into is that it automatically generates a Google meets link for the appointment, and I don't see anyway to turn it off.

It's confusing for users, since there's appointments are not virtual meetings, and we never use Google meets anyway.

Does anyone know how to turn them off?

Thanks! 

[Suvrutt_Gurjar]

You could possibly add a Show_if constraint to the meet link column as below

This will optionally show the "Meet Link" column  if the meeting description contains the words "Google meet". So just in case you wish to set up a few meetings with "Google meet" option you could do so.

Another alternative could be to hide that column altogether with show_if constraint turned off, if you never want meets option to show.

[EliK]

Hi @Suvrutt_Gurjar thanks for responding!

Allow me to clarify what the issue is. I have the [Meet Link] column set to not show, and I also have it set to an initial value of "" (blank).

I generate new appointments in the calendar using an action that adds new rows to the calendar table. The issue is that it doesn't give me the option to insert a value in to the "Meet Link" column, as shown below:

When it makes the new entry in Google Calendar, it always autogenerates a Meet Link for the appointment, so that when you open the appointment in the Google calendar app, it shows up with a meeting link already attached. 

I want to always set the [meet link] column to be blank, which doesn't seem to be an option when using it as an action.

Does anyone have a way to fix this?

[Suvrutt_Gurjar]

The following suggestion is not tested.

Maybe you could enable show_if on the column to explore if you can set it through action?

Also another option could be to set the app formula for the meet column as "" , instead of initial values because anyway you do not want that option. Then show_if could be set to off. So even if action does not set it, it gets set through app formula.

[EliK]

Thanks. I tried that. I actually made the column fully shown, thinking it
would make it editable in the action, but it still didn't show up.

There are a whole bunch of columns in the calendar table that don't seem to
be able to be editable elsewhere in the app, such as [Creator] or [Weblink].

My hunch is that these columns, such as the Google meets integration with
calendar, were added later and somehow aren't part of Appsheet's structure?
Not sure if that's a reasonable explanation though.

Again, the problem is not that it shows up in the appsheet app, that would
be fixable by simply hiding the column. The problem is that it shows up in
the Google calendar app itself.

Thank you so much!

[Suvrutt_Gurjar]

Oh , got it. Thank you for all the details.

Yes, then the solution lies outside Appsheet app.

[EliK]

I just found this post:

https://www.googlecloudcommunity.com/gc/Tips-Tricks/Google-Calendar-Get-rid-of-Hangouts-Meet/m-p/335...

@Fabian did this end up working out for you?

Do I need to get the Workspace Admin to change a setting for me?