Custom object date field token as a calendar file token

[omarsanchez]

Hello everybody!

I got an interesting use case. I got external info provided via API from a subscriber's appointment (date, details, address, email). To not create more DB fields thought that the best option will be to create a custom object with the details of the appointment since is going to be a "one-time thing". So one of the custom object fields is the appointment date. I'm able to drag it as a local program token but as an email script token.

Is there a way to convert this date field into a sendable calendar file? perhaps something with a Velocity script?

If you guys have a better workaround than using the custom object, any idea is helpful.

Thanks!

[SanfordWhiteman]

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I'm able to drag it as a local program token but as an email script token.

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Do you mean "not" for one of those?

Anyway, if they're Custom Object fields, they can be accessed (only) in Velocity. You can't build a sendable file that way. But of course, Marketo's ICS {{my.tokens}} aren't attached as files, they're just links. So you can build an Agical link in Velocity using all the constituent parts. It's highly recommended.

If they were Program Member Custom Fields — which might be applicable here, I'm not sure, depends on whether there's one appointment per program and if you're using programs at all for this process — then potentially the corresponding {{program.tokens}} could be used in an ICS calendar {{my.token}}.