360Works Zulu syncs FileMaker to iOS, OS X, Google Calendar, and Exchange/Office 365 calendars. Turn any FileMaker Server into a shared calendar server in a few clicks.
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Zulu integrates with FileMaker Server to publish FileMaker event records to iOS, OS X, Google, Exchange and Office 365 calendars. Simply subscribe to the Zulu calendar and instantly your calendar is reading FileMaker records from the server.
iOS, Android, Windows Phone - Zulu supports them all. Simply subscribe to the calendar published by Zulu and instantly view and edit your FileMaker event data. Zulu event respect’s FileMaker’s record-locking, preventing conflicting changes!
Use alarms to control native iOS notifications. Take advantage of location based reminders, trigger a notification when a user arrives at a job site, or when leaving. Track completion of reminders and when it's been seen by a user.
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Zulu is an application that keeps your calendar events in sync with FileMaker records. It is able to sync with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Exchange Outlook Calendar. You can manipulate the events in your calendar, and Zulu will write these changes to FileMaker records. The opposite is also true, updates to FileMaker records will be written to your calendar's events. Zulu will even respect FileMaker’s record level access privileges and record locking so you can filter records based on privilege set.
| Supported | |
|---|---|
| Apple Calendar (iCal, iOS, OS X) |  |
| Google Calendar | |
| Microsoft Exchange Calendar | |
| Apple Reminders App | |
| Calendars on all mobile devices: iOS, Android, Windows Phone | |
Zulu requires FileMaker Server 11 or higher; FileMaker Server Advanced is not required. OS X
10.6 or higher required for Calendar app/iCal sync.
Zulu is... SMOKING and I'm getting another client ready to purchase as I write this! We are running 250+ calendars syncing Google Calendar on a Mac Mini Core 2 Duo!!! Keep up the fantastic work.
— Greg Huber, Byte Insight
In all these years I have never seen anyone do anything like this. The application is rock solid and the syncing is working perfectly.
— Paul Thomann
I just bought Zulu from you guys. It is the BOMB. It's going to change the way my client does business... It's very very cool.
— Greg
360Works Zulu is a Web Application designed to run alongside FileMaker and sync calendar and event information from Google, Office 365, and Apple Calendars to a FileMaker Database. As such, Zulu requires access to your Google and Office 365 Calendars to function properly. You can see more details in our Privacy Policy
Zulu can integrate with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Office 365 Calendars. For Apple Calendar integrations, Zulu acts as the Calendar Server, and iOS devices will connect directly to Zulu to retrieve calendar information. For Google and Office 365 calendars, Zulu performs a sync between FileMaker and Google/Office 365. When you integrate with Google or Exchange (not Apple Calendar), you need to set up a Sync Configuration in the Zulu Admin Console. See more about setting up the different types of calendar configurations on the Zulu Documentation Page
The recommended approach is to have one events table, then serve a subset of that table to each user, with each user getting a different subset of the events. This really helps on the backend, as it would be downright painful to manage a different events table for each user. We recommend using the built-in Zulu calendar filtering, which allows you to filter the events for each calendar based on a field and value of your choosing. For more information, visit the Filtering Documentation Page
There are 2 easy setup options: if you only want your users to see the events and prevent them from editing (read-only), then you will want to make use of Calendar Subscriptions. See how you can make use of Calendar Subscriptions here: Claris - Integrate FileMaker with the Calendar of Your Choice
Alternatively, if you want your users to be able to edit events as well, you will want to setup a CalDAV account on their device, which is easily accomplishable using Zulu's AutoDiscovery feature. See how to use AutoDiscovery and add CalDAV accounts here: Integrating Apple Calendars
Yes, the Zulu_PostEdit script is called after every event is inserted or updated. You can add your own logic to this script to modify the event, add additional information to the description, or add an FMP url to the event so it can open FileMaker from the calendar. See more about the Zulu_PostEdit script, and all other event hooks here: Zulu - Event Hooks
Also, check out how you can use the Zulu_PostEdit script to add an FMP url to the event after inserting it into FileMaker: How to Sync FileMaker with Apple Calendar Appointments Using FMP URLs
This is often caused by Apple refusing to connect to a server that either does not have an SSL certificate, or has an invalid SSL certificate. We have documented a few workarounds here:
Zulu - Troubleshooting Adding Calendars
Alternatively, if you need assistance aqcuiring and installing an SSL certificate, contact us for help.
FileMaker does not store any time zone information, so by default, Zulu will use the time zone of the machine it is running on. In cases where your server is in a different time zone than your users, you can customize which time zone Zulu will use when evaluating dates and times from FileMaker. See more info in the documentation here: Zulu Advanced Settings - Timezone
