Sync calendar to pipedrive with ical

Thomas Klar
Thomas Klar Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER

Does anyone know if it´s possible to sync the Pipedrive calendar with ical. I just checked the site from Nylas.Inc and there it´s an option. Is it not integrated with Pipedrive? Thx.

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  • Inês Batata
    Inês Batata Posts: 2,011 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited August 2020 #2

    Hi @Thomas Klar !

    Unfortunately at the moment syncing with iCal is not supported, but Google, Exchange, Outlook, or Office are. A good workaround is to sync your iCal to Google Calendar and then Google to Pipedrive.

    Right now there are no concrete short term plans to make these improvements. Unfortunately with many customers and requests and with limited development resources we need to prioritise and make choices what to deliver first. We will make sure however our team will consider your suggestion. Thank you for your understanding!

    Here are some pro tips to stay on top of things:

     

  • Cibrán Beiras
    Cibrán Beiras Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited July 2022 #3

    Hi there,

    There's really a need to sync the calendar with further providers other than Google and Microsoft. How come such a numerous amount of Apple users are able to sync directly the calendar? And the CalDAV protocol is quite extended.

    You're forcing us to use Google, who already knows too much about any of us. There's really no need for them to have an eye on all the business meetings that we have.

    I've already forwarded this request to the development team over 1 year ago. Please make it happen!

    Thanks!

  • Mike van der Valk
    Mike van der Valk Pipedrive Team Posts: 3,049 PIPEDRIVE TEAM
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    edited December 23 #4

    Hi @Cibrán Beiras 

    Thanks for writing here. I've passed this on to our team. However, it's currently not on the roadmap. I'll do my best to convince them.

    I personally actually use a google account as apple ID keeping everything in sync, could this work for you?

  • Jade_28044
    Jade_28044 Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #5

    Hi Mike, 

    Could use some help here. My business email and calendar is with Apple. How can I sync with Pipedrive so all my follow ups and existing client calls are in the same calendar? 

  • Cibrán Beiras
    Cibrán Beiras Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #6

    Hi @Cibrán Beiras 

    Thanks for writing here. I've passed this on to our team. However, it's currently not on the roadmap. I'll do my best to convince them.

    I personally actually use a google account as apple ID keeping everything in sync, could this work for you?

    Hi Mike,

    No, it could not work for me, I simply don’t want to use Google or any Google product more than strictly necessary. As already stated in my first message, Google does already know enough from us. And having such a big community as Apple users and a so simple and extended standard as CalDAV I can really not understand how come Pipedrive is forcing us to use Google. I love Pipedrive, but these integration issues really piss me off.

  • Mike van der Valk
    Mike van der Valk Pipedrive Team Posts: 3,049 PIPEDRIVE TEAM
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    edited December 23 #7

    Hi @Cibrán Beiras and @Jade 

    Unfortunately there's no other solution besides the hack with syncing Apple to Google and then Google to Pipedrive..

    I'll do my best to highlight the need for this to our team!

  • Andreas Bachmann
    Andreas Bachmann Member Posts: 3 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #8

    Hi Mike,

    I would like to support this case. A perfect solution would be if I could simply subscribe the Pipedrive Calendar via caldav into my regular Calendar Client. In our case our Exchange is only reachable via VPN, so a Sync Integration is not possible.

    Kind regards

    Andreas

  • Helio
    Helio Pipedrive Team Posts: 88 PIPEDRIVE TEAM
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    edited December 23 #9

    Hi Mike,

    I would like to support this case. A perfect solution would be if I could simply subscribe the Pipedrive Calendar via caldav into my regular Calendar Client. In our case our Exchange is only reachable via VPN, so a Sync Integration is not possible.

    Kind regards

    Andreas

    Hello @Andreas Bachmann ,

     

    Thank you! I have submitted this feedback internally so that our team can have visibility!

  • Andreas Bachmann
    Andreas Bachmann Member Posts: 3 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #10

    Hi Mike,

    I would like to support this case. A perfect solution would be if I could simply subscribe the Pipedrive Calendar via caldav into my regular Calendar Client. In our case our Exchange is only reachable via VPN, so a Sync Integration is not possible.

    Kind regards

    Andreas

    Hi @Helio 

    thank you! Another idea - if one is not able to sync a calendar - would be the ability to accept invitations via email ics into the Pipedrive calendar.

    Cheers

    Andreas

  • Matthias Rosenberg
    Matthias Rosenberg Member Posts: 4 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #11

    Hi @Cibrán Beiras 

    Thanks for writing here. I've passed this on to our team. However, it's currently not on the roadmap. I'll do my best to convince them.

    I personally actually use a google account as apple ID keeping everything in sync, could this work for you?

    Apart from Google's hunger for information or possible misuse... in our case, this use is not permitted at all for data protection reasons. It is really surprising why the integration of another format should cause such a problem. Our own developers estimate the effort at a few days...

  • Andreas Bachmann
    Andreas Bachmann Member Posts: 3 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #12

    Hi @Cibrán Beiras 

    Thanks for writing here. I've passed this on to our team. However, it's currently not on the roadmap. I'll do my best to convince them.

    I personally actually use a google account as apple ID keeping everything in sync, could this work for you?

    The same for us. Google is just plain simple not permitted.

  • Aviv Ben-Yosef
    Aviv Ben-Yosef Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #13

    I'd like to put another vote in favor of this as well. 

  • Sam Tuke
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    edited December 23 #14

    Same here: CalDav is a must for us. It's a longstanding Open Standard -- well documented and supported by numerous off-the-shelf software libraries, all of which should making supporting it relatively straightforward. You know, when you prioritise supporting the tech giants over Open Standards you undermine us all by putting power in their hands, until the Open Standards alternatives like CalDav, which benefit everyone including Pipedrive, cease to be viable. Please support it.

  • Alejandro Szita
    Alejandro Szita Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited June 2022 #15

    It would be great if Pipedrive supported 2-way iCloud/iCal Synching Functionality.

  • Ian_45565
    Ian_45565 Member Posts: 6 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #16

    I've been looking at Daylite which is much more Mac friendly. Has anyone else tried it? 

     

    Throuble is, it only works via Apple Mail which I've always found very troublesome and unstable.

  • Amina Djelloul
    Amina Djelloul Member Posts: 3 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited June 2022 #17

    Hi Pipedrive Team, 

    It will be great if we had the ability to add an icalendar to our emailing, so the receiver can save the event directely to his agenda.

    Thanks. 

  • Mouzaya Dabboussy
    Mouzaya Dabboussy Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #18

    This would be incredibly helpful! 

  • Boris Tsibelman
    Boris Tsibelman Member Posts: 827 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #19

    If you're sending a calendar invite [even through PD] it would include the calendar formatting. 

  • Sérgio Costa
    Sérgio Costa Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #20

    Hello

    I have tested a few tools and now I am trying pipedrive. I really need a CRM tool, and integration with Apple Calendar and Mail is a must to me. 
     

    I do hope Pipedrive will turn its eyes to this much needed integration. The number is users will increase as Daylite is much more expensive.

    Thanks

    Sergio Costa

  • lemone3
    lemone3 Member Posts: 4 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #21

    Hi, chiming in as well. We're looking for CalDav as well as also posted in another thread.

    Please let's not forget about the security and privacy minded Pipedrive users!

  • Jess
    Jess Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #22

    Hello together,

    i would also like to emphasise here how important it would be to accept .ics files directly in pipedrive. since calendar sync only works with outlook or google, neither of which we would like to use, it should be possible to accept external calendar invitations in pipedrive. for us as a company, pipdrive also fits wonderfully, but unfortunately cannot be an option if we cannot even read calendar invitations, let alone accept them.

    I hope that the topic will soon have a high relevance for you.

    Best regards

    Jess

  • Justin Gregg
    Justin Gregg Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #23

    Yes! CalDAV support, please.

  • David Wilkinson
    David Wilkinson Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #24

    Same here - CalDAV support Pleeeeeease

  • Richard
    Richard Member Posts: 15 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #25

    Another vote for CalDAV support 👍️

  • patrick.clancy
    patrick.clancy Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #26

    yes, please support. It's my 3rd day using pipedrive and so far I can't integrate with my mac calendar or my mac contacts. So far I'm not impressed, with Pipedrive.

  • Günter Schreckenberg
    Günter Schreckenberg Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #27

    I wish the same!!!

    Günter

  • Aurélie Laval
    Aurélie Laval Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #28

    We are in 2023 and still nothing done about it... laborious !!!

  • Günter Schreckenberg
    Günter Schreckenberg Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #29

    I also find it very sad. You always have to take the detour via google, but I have several synchronizations on it. Unstable ...

  • Christian Young
    Christian Young Member Posts: 2 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited June 2023 #30

    We use iCal to host our calendars. Supporting that would be awesome

  • Wolfgang Schwarz
    Wolfgang Schwarz Member Posts: 1 VERIFIED MEMBER
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    edited December 23 #31

    I fully support this request! We are a medical institution in Germany using only Mac and, due to the sensibility of medical data, cannot use Google or Microsoft Cloud based products. It is simply unacceptable that Pipedrive ignores the large Apple community with many professional users. Not only with regards to the calendar but also online storage (no iCloud connection).