Date field -> iCal Google/Outlook calendar invite

[Brian Suarez]

Greetings,

We currently use the JSD to initiate IT on-boarding for our new hires.

Our HR team fills out the form on the JSD Portal (see attached) and there is a field called 'Start date' that indicates which day the new hire starts.

Is it possible (with an add-on, or natively) to use the date chosen in the 'Start date' date picker field to create a Google/Outlook (ics file or similar) calendar event who would be sent to request participants and the reporter?

Thank you so much in advance

[Petter Gonçalves]

Hello Brian,

Welcome to Atlassian Community.

Unfortunately, JIRA does not have an easy way to automatically create a google calendar event when an issue is created with the date set in a custom field, however, it may be possible to achieve using JIRA Webhooks.

According to this documentation (Not official, although the steps informed are referring to official Atlassian documentation), you should be able to achieve your need by following the steps below in the Cloud version of JIRA:

• Create and Configure your Jira Web Hook
  • https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/webhooks/
• Enable and set Google Calendar Scope
  • https://developers.google.com/drive/web/scopes
• Generate an application link and connect using Oath authentication with Google
  • https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiracloud/using-applinks-to-link-to-other-applications-779295829.html
• Get your Service Account Name for your Project from Developer Console
  • https://console.developers.google.com/project

Alternatively, there's a plugin that might help you achieve that in an easier way:

- Automate.io - Google Calendar and JIRA integration 

Let me know if this information helps.