How to Create Your Google Maps API for SmartScheduler Integration

How to Create Your Google Maps API for SmartScheduler Integration

SmartScheduler extension for Zoho CRM allows for easy appointment-setting, dispositioning, and route optimization, all while writing everything back to your CRM. This integration with Google Maps allows you to schedule and perform routing tasks with ease.

Due to changes within Google, it is now required for ZBrains clients to provide the API key for this integration to us. Please see this video and written instructions below for a quick and straight-forward how-to.

 

How To Generate Google Map API key

 

Step 1 :

 

Step 2:

2a. Create a Project. 
2b. From “Select a Project” dropdown, click “New Project”

2c. Name it “SmartScheduler,” click “Create”

2d. Wait for the project to be created, then select the project from “Notifications”

Step 3:

3a. Then select your recently created project from the “Select a Project” list
3b. Search for “API” and click on “Credentials”

3c. In Credentials, Click on “+ New Credential” and Create API Key

3d. Then close the API Key window
 3e. *click OK if you see Access Forbidden message

Step 4:

4a. Go to the Library 

4b. Search for “Direction”
4c. Click “Directions API” and Enable

 

Step 5:

5a. Go to Credentials

5b. Select edit, then rename API name to”SS Map Key”


5c. Copy key and click Save

End

 

For additional documentation, please see the Using API Keys article from Google

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