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Google Tasks
Google Tasks is an online service that manages to-do lists, and is accessed through your Google account. You can make lists of items or tasks you need to do and cross them out when they are done. You can create multiple lists, so you can have a list for the grocery store, one for the hardware store, and a list of tasks that need to be done before you start your remodeling project.
Google Tasks works alongside Google Calendar, so tasks you create for the remodeling project, for example, can have due dates which appear in your Google Calendar.
The Google Tasks connector Service used to define a connection required for associated actions and start events. Examples include Salesforce and Box. Method of integration to cloud services, business applications and content stores. is used to create connections for Google Tasks actions. Use Google Tasks actions to work with tasks and task lists in Google Tasks.
Create a Google Tasks connection
Note: Your browser-stored credentials are accessed to create connections. Either clear credentials from browser memory or make sure the stored credentials are for the intended environment.
Create a connection from the connections page or from the action configuration panel when configuring the action. For information about creating connections and assigning permissions, see Manage connections.
Google Tasks account requirements:
- Grant permissions to read and write all user task data in the Nintex Automation Cloud - Google Tasks Connector app.
- Ensure that the account you use to create a connection for Google Tasks is the account that has access to the Google Tasks actions.
Create a Google Tasks data source
Use the Google Tasks connector to create a data source to retrieve data from Google Tasks. Data sources are useful when you want to use a form in a workflow and you want to populate a drop-down list in your form with data from Google Tasks. Each data source is configured for a specific account. You can create as many data sources as you need. For more information on creating a data source and assigning permissions to it, see Data sources.
Once you've created the data source, you can use it in a Data lookup control A form control that allows users to select from a drop-down list of values that have been fetched from a third-party service.. to populate the drop-down list field on your form.
When you configure the data source for the Google Tasks connector, you can select one of the following operations:
- Get task list - Use this operation if you want to retrieve a list of task lists from Google Tasks.
- Get the tasks for a task list - Use this operation if you want to to retrieve tasks from a task list from Google Tasks.
Google Tasks data source fields
When you create a Google Tasks data source, you can configure additional fields.
To access the data source fields, in the Add data source section, select the Connector and the Operation.
The following operations are available for the Google Tasks connector:
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Google Tasks - Get task list
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Google Tasks - Get the tasks for a task list
The configuration fields displayed depend on the operation selected.
Operation |
Field or selection |
Description |
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Google Tasks - Get task list | Item limit |
The number of results to retrieve. |
Page token | The item limit sets the number of results to retrieve, and the page token then sets which page gets returned. For example, setting an item limit of 10 and a page token of 2 retrieves the task lists from 11 to 20 in the returned data. | |
Google Tasks - Get the tasks for a task list | Task list | The task list you want to retrieve the tasks from. |
Item limit | The number of results to retrieve. | |
Page token | The item limit sets the number of results to retrieve, and the page token then sets which page gets returned. For example, setting an item limit of 10 and a page token of 2 retrieves the task lists from 11 to 20 in the returned data. | |
Show completed | Selects for the status of the task. | |
Completed start date | The beginning date from which to search from | |
Completed end date | The final date from which to search to. | |
Due start date | The beginning date from which to search from. | |
Due end date | The final date from which to search to. |