{"id":2314,"date":"2022-01-27T00:25:35","date_gmt":"2022-01-27T00:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2022-01-31T20:22:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T20:22:04","slug":"calendar-location-field-sms-reminders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/calendar-location-field-sms-reminders\/","title":{"rendered":"Using the Location Field"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The location field in your Google or Outlook Calendar is very handy.  It is best practice to use this field to represent WHERE the event will take place.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This field should contain:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>A physical address (assuming you will meet in person)<\/li><li>A Phone number (e.g. Jack will call you at XXX-XXX-XXXX)<\/li><li>A Web Meeting Link such as Zoom or Microsoft Teams (e.g. https:\/\/zoom.us\/12345)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"735\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/location_field_google_calendar.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/location_field_google_calendar.jpg 735w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/location_field_google_calendar-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 735px) 100vw, 735px\" \/><figcaption>In Google<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"508\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/location_field_outlook.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2361\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/location_field_outlook.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/location_field_outlook-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><figcaption>In Outlook<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you use this location field in your Calendar, you can use this information in your Reminder Templates.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you want to have the reminder contain the location address add the {{event.location}} variable into your reminder template:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-6.00.10-PM-1024x378.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-6.00.10-PM-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-6.00.10-PM-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-6.00.10-PM-768x284.png 768w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-24-at-6.00.10-PM.png 1916w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>You can find the Event Location variable in the dropdown menu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This variable will pull in the Address or Text that&#8217;s in the Location field on your calendar event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the &#8220;Event Location&#8221; option in the Custom Criteria field to create criteria for building custom reminders tied to location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-26-at-6.03.52-PM-1024x278.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-26-at-6.03.52-PM-1024x278.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-26-at-6.03.52-PM-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screen-Shot-2022-01-26-at-6.03.52-PM-768x209.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If your Location contains URLs or Links, when used in conjunction with our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/articles\/url-shortner-for-sms-reminders\/\">URL Shortner<\/a> it will generate nice short URLs for SMS messages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give it a try and if you have any questions, please contact support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greminders.com\/contact\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy scheduling!<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The location field in your Google or Outlook Calendar is very handy. 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