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!Raffle Entry for Pipelines Qrew Meet Up May 14th, 2025
Enter the Pipelines Qrews Raffle by answering the following question in the thread below: "What helpful tip or resource did you learn from Mike Frishman in today's Pipelines Meet Up? Or: Share a helpful tip or resource that is related to today's Pipelines Meet Up. Or: Ask a question about what you saw in the meeting or recording." Enter by May 28th be part of the raffle. We will pick winners at the next Pipelines Qrew Meet up in June. Thank you for participating!Pipelines Qrew Meet Up Oct 18th - What Does This Qrew Want to Do?
Hey Everyone, For those of you who attended the August 28th Pipelines meetup, some of this will be a repeat. Quickbase is hosting a virtual end user conference in October. We're calling it EmpowerPro. On day 4, we'll have a Pipelines Qrew Meetup. What are some ideas for what we can do with our hour together on October 18th? Here are some ideas that were shared in the chat of the Aug 28th call: Pipelines and Versioning, Version Control, ALM, Sandboxes, etc Service Accounts, how to use them, what to do about transitioning existing pipelines ownership over to Service Accounts Pipelines Error Messages: What Do They Mean, What Should I Do When I See Them? There may be others I've missed but these appear to be the top three categories of what people are wanting more of. What do we think? Let's also keep in mind that for many individuals, the October Pipelines Meet Up will be their first time interacting with this Qrew. I personally like the idea of breaking down different error messages since if I were an end user that would be super frustrating to deal with. But all three of these are valuable topics that I'm sure would make for a meaningful meet up. Share your thoughts, please. I want this session to be designed based off feedback from The Qrew.
