Slack
Integrating Google Forms and Slack
Send message to Slack channel on Google Form Submission
What is Form Director?
Form Director is a Google Workspace add-on that directs data submitted from Google Forms to applications like Google Docs, Forms, Sheets, Contacts, Calendar, Tasks, Email, Trello, Slack, QuickBooks etc.
Installation:
It is available in the Google workspace Marketplace.
Please check installation instructions to install the add-on.
What is Slack?
Slack is where work flows. It's where the people you need, the information you share, and the tools you use come together to get things done.
Slack is a collaboration hub for work, no matter what work you do. It’s a place where conversations happen, decisions are made and information is always at your fingertips. With Slack, your team are better connected.
Google Forms to Slack: Use Case(s)
> Send message to a Slack channel on Google Form Submission
Google Forms
Send Message on Form Submit
Form Director
Slack
Demo Video: How to send Google Form response to Slack?
Setting up Slack in Form Director
Choose Slack from the list of apps
Name your service
Choose Send Message under services
Configuring Slack
Click on "Add to Slack"
Click on Allow to allow Form Director to access your Slack account for reading your Slack Channels and send message as Form Director
Choose the channel from list or provide the channel id to send the message.
Select the required Message Suffix.
Note: When it takes a long time to load or retrieve channels in Slack, utilizing channel IDs in the integration can help. Instead of relying on the standard channel list, you can directly c specific channels by providing their unique IDs.
How to Find Your Channel Id in Slack
Open any web browser and log in to your Slack account.
Now, go to your workspace main page and view the URL in the search bar at the top.
The URL looks ends with a C and letters. This part of the path represents your Slack Channel ID.
List Private Channels
To use private channels with the Form Director Integration for Slack, you must go into each private channel in Slack and add the Form Director app.
Follow the below instructions to Form Director to add the app to a private channel:
Step 1
Go to your slack account. Open the private channel that you would like to use with the integration.
Locate the "i" in the upper right-hand corner. Click to open the "Details" menu.
From there, click on the three-dot menu "More" and select "Add apps":
Step 2
Search for "Form Director" to locate the Form Director app. Click "Add" to add the app to your private channel
Step 3
The Form Director App will be added in your Private Channel.
Note: You must repeat this process for each private channel that you would like to use with the Form Director integration of Google Forms and Slack.
Now your private channel we get listed on Form Director Add-on.
Mapping
Click Setup Mapping and setup the mapping.
Mapping of form fields to that of app fields is to be done in order to send messages on form submission.
Click on the add icon to add new mapping
Once you have done mapping you can save the service
Note : Mapping should be done between app field and form field of same type.
Notification
Notify your audience with success or error notifications.
Switch on Send Email to send email during execution.
Email Template
Send your own customized emails on form submission to your audience.
Attachment
Select the attachment to email from file upload in Google Form.
Click Pick Drive Files to attach files to Email.
Finish setting up
Save service
You are all set to send message to Slack channels on your Google Form submission
Submit the Form
Submit the Google Form
See Slack Channel
You can see the message appearing in the selected Slack channel
