September 2025 Qrew Meetup Recap

Thank you to everyone who joined yesterday’s Pipelines Qrew meetup. Here’s what we discussed:

Rob Mersereau, Sr. Implementation Consultant, shared an encore of his Empower 2025 talk using a Mardi Gras example to show how to integrate Quickbase with Google Calendar through Pipelines. He noted that this use case can be applied to Outlook and SharePoint.

Key highlights and tips:

Link to app for following along

• Connect & Import: Rob demonstrated linking multiple Google accounts to Pipelines to pull Mardi Gras parade events into Quickbase—one record per event.
  Qrew Tip: Name Quickbase fields clearly with “gcal_” prefixes so AI auto-mapping works smoothly.
• Push to Calendar: He showed sending Quickbase parade plans to Google Calendar, writing back event IDs and clickable links for seamless updates.
  Qrew Tip: Always double-check your pipeline is turned on—this is the top cause of sync issues.
• Keep Data Fresh: Rob recommends using Bulk Record Upsert in Quickbase to quickly update or add records and track changes.
  Qrew Tip: Use Google event IDs as merge fields to prevent duplicates and enable reliable two-way sync.
• Build Gradually: Start with simple one-way flows, then add Teams alerts, Maps API calls, or multi-way sync as your workflow grows.

Missed the meetup? Here’s the recording

Attached is the participant guide to follow Rob’s examples.

October is EmpowerPro month! Be sure to register for EmpowerPro October 7-8. Afterward, the Qrew will host a 3-part series, EmpowerPro Product Talks, on October 22, 23, and 28. More details coming soon!