Zapier Integration

Topics included in this article:

• Overview
• Integration Setup
  • Rhombus API Key
  • Zapier Account and Configuration
  • Example Workflow
  • Example Videos
• Zapier Pricing
• Helpful Links
• Contact Support or Sales

Overview

Zapier is the leader in workplace automation, empowering organizations to automate workflows. When integrated with Rhombus it streamlines daily tasks by connecting the Rhombus Rules Engine to any app in minutes. This integration is connecting Rhombus to over 7000 apps, to learn more visit our website.

Integration Setup

For this integration, you need:

1. Rhombus API Key
2. Zapier account and configuration

Rhombus API Key

1. In the Rhombus Console, navigate to "Settings," and select "API Management."

2. Click "Add API Key."

3. Fill in the fields and click "Submit" to add the API key.

Zapier Account and Configuration

 1. Navigate to Zapier and log in. 

2. Click "Create," and select "Zaps" from the dropdown.

3. Search "Rhombus" as the initial trigger. Configure the additional workflow for the tasks you are trying to complete. 

4. Select the initial trigger of the workflow, like the Rhombus App, and select "Sign In" next to the Account section.

5. Zapier will redirect you to a page to input your name, email, and Rhombus API Key.

Example Workflow

This example demonstrates how to add an Excel row each time a serial number encountered is in a pending registration state.

1. To start configuring the automation flow, click "Trigger." If the trigger is physical (such as a button press), you can skip scheduling the timeframe. For this example, let's add a scheduled frequency.

2. Move to the next step, "Configure," and set your frequency type, interval, start date, and time of day. Lastly, you can choose to test the trigger.

3. Next, configure an action. In this example, the trigger was the time-frequency, but we could also choose a Rhombus trigger, like a button press, a new camera clip, a new sensor event, etc. 

Press on the action button and type in Rhombus as your app. After choosing your action event, you will have to choose your Rhombus account.

4. To link a Rhombus account to Zapier for the first time, go to "Connect a new account".

5. Test your Rhombus action and click "Continue" in the bottom right.

6. To add a secondary action, click the plus icon below your last action. Another action bounding box will appear. For this example, we have chosen Microsoft Excel. Choose an action event and an account. Zapier will redirect you to your Microsoft Excel login page.

7. Go to the "Configure" step and choose further conditions based on the use case.

8. Click "Publish."

Example Videos

Here is a short video showing the setup explained above, and an additional instructional video on how to create a screenshot of a specific camera during a specific time and save it to OneDrive.

Zapier Pricing

The Rhombus integration with Zapier is free of cost, but Zapier has different subscription types. Learn more about Zapier pricing here.

Helpful Links

• Rhombus Zapier Blog Post
• Zapier support doc for Rhombus Integration

Contact Support or Sales

Have more questions? Contact Rhombus Support at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 2 or support@rhombus.com.

Interested in learning more? Contact Rhombus Sales at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 1 or sales@rhombus.com.