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Welcome to the fourth unit of the “Setting up my first scenario” course within the Make Foundation.
In this unit, you’ll learn how to configure a module.
While reviewing this content, ensure that you have your Make Foundation Use Case open. You will be adding more to it in this session!
If you have not created this yet, you should access the previous units and build out the scenario.
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The best way to describe this is to look at what we have already configured: open your scenario and click the Weather module.
Note that the action here is Get current weather.
In order to configure the Weather module, we have two fields to choose from:
I want to enter a location by and City.
The only configuration we have made here is entering our location into the City field.
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No they are not - different modules require different levels of configuration. A lot of this will depend on how complex the application you are using is.
We will start by configuring a simpler module from the Google Sheets app.
For this you will need a Google account. If you don’t have one, sign up here (it’s free!).
Once you are signed up, click Next to proceed.
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With your scenario open, attempt the following steps.
Please complete each stage of this exercise.
Adding a Google Sheet for this exercise
Once you have signed up for a Google account, open Google Drive.
Navigate to New → Google Sheets → Blank spreadsheet.
Name the new spreadsheet Make Foundation Use Case.
You are doing this now so the next step will run smoother.
That is all you need to do outside of Make.
Adding the Google Sheet module
Within your scenario editor in Make, add a new module. Search for “sheets” and select Google Sheets from the options returned.
You will then be presented with a list of module types - this was briefly viewed in the last unit.
Click the Add a Row module, located under Actions.
Once you have clicked this, you will be greeted with the configuration prompt.
Connecting your Google account to Make
The first step that you should do is click Add next to the Connection.
Name your connection Make Academy and click Save.
As you’re already signed in to Google, the only action here is to ‘Allow’ Make access.
This will allow Make to access Google Sheets.
You will see why this is important on the next step.
First items to configure
Now that the connection has been made, you can start to configure the module.
Let’s stick to the very basic options:
- Search Method: leave this as Search by path.
- Drive: as this is a file within your own Google Drive, leave this option as My Drive.
Next, you’ll see why we had to create the spreadsheet ahead of creating the module.
Selecting your destination sheet
Spreadsheet ID: Select Click here to choose file - you’ll notice that the contents of your Google Drive will load.
Select Make Foundation Use Case.
Sheet Name will then appear. By default you will only have one sheet set up. Select Sheet1.
You’ll notice that more options will appear now below sheet name - leave these alone as they are for your next unit. For the moment, click Save to finish.
…and don’t forget to save! Once you have, you have successfully configured this task. Great job!
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You may need to reauthorize connections after a certain period of time.
For example, a free / regular Gmail account will need to be reauthorized every 7 days, while a Gmail Business account does not need to be reauthorized.
If you change the password on any of your linked accounts, you will also need to reauthorize.
This can be done from the Credentials option in the menu.
Clicking Reauthorize will reset the connections and allow your scenarios to function as intended.
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And that is your fourth unit completed. You have added a new module and configured it. Great job!
By now you should have an understanding of:
- Connections
- Authorizing / reauthorizing
- The basics of how to operate the configuration prompt
Let’s keep this momentum going, and move on to the next unit: Connecting modules.
Or click here to restart this unit.