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Add an annotation automatically when a New Card added on a board on Trello

It only takes 5 minutes to automate this annotation, and NO coding skills are required.
Trello annotation on GA

Here is how to do it:
 
 
1. Login to your Crystal Ball account here
 
 
2. Create your Zapier account here, you can start FREE
 
 
3. Create a new Zap, click on "MAKE A ZAP" button

Make a ZAP for Trello and Google Analytics

4. Type "Trello" to find the app trigger and select it

Google Analytics Annotation from Trello

5. For Trigger Event, select "New Card"

New Card in Trello

6. Connect your Trello account and test that everything works fine.

Next: Set up the trigger, choose the Board, the List and if it's Open/Close/All
 

GAannotations board

7. Time to test the trigger

Test Trello Connectivity

8. Continue and select the action app, search for "Webhooks by Zapier" and select it.

Weebhooks for GAannotations

9. Select "POST" option

POST selection

10. Add the POST URL

IMPORTANT: Pay attention there is NO extra space after the URL when you paste it

annotations api

The POST URL you can copy it from the documentation page

GAannotations documantation

11. Choose "Form" in the "Payload type" section

Zapier annotations for Trello

12. On the data section, you need to copy/paste the mandatory fields and choose the incoming data from Trello, this will be the data for the annotation

Set Trello annotation for GA

13. Scroll down to the "header", then:
 

  1. - Copy/paste the word "Authorization" on the header section
     

  2. - Copy/paste the word "Bearer" on the undefended section
     

  3. - Go to the API KEYS page and generate a key, copy/paste it after the word "Bearer".

    IMPORTANT :There must be a <space> between the word Bearer and Access Token.
     

  4. - Click Continue & Test

14. Test your ZAP

Test Trello Zap

15. Go back to the annotations page and check if the annotations it's there, it will be also displayed on the Google Analytics account.

You can always edit or delete annotations from your dashboard ; )

Notes for Google Analytics
Trello update annotation on Google Analytics

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