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OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Zapier integrationAutomate OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management with Zapier.

The OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Zapier integration gives you 1 trigger, 2 actions and 1 search. A record created, updated or deleted in your asset system can start an automation right away, and other apps can create, find or update records in return.

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Overview

What the OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Zapier integration does

It connects OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management, the system public agencies use to manage their assets and the work around them, to Zapier, a tool that runs automations between apps without code. When a record changes in OpenGov, Zapier hears about it and passes it on; when something happens elsewhere, Zapier can write it back into OpenGov.

Three results agencies usually look for. A public works team that knows straight away: Record Event Occurred reports each new, changed or deleted record and the Zap passes it to the tool your crews already read. Requests that arrive by themselves: a form filled in by a resident or a colleague becomes an OpenGov record through Create a Record. Records that stay current: Find a Record locates the right entry and Update a Record writes the change, without anyone retyping it.

The best news for a free-plan reader: the only trigger is instant. OpenGov tells Zapier itself, so the plan's check interval does not apply and nothing waits.

What Zapier does not do here: there is only one trigger, so every event goes through it and you narrow it down with its settings. No action deletes a record. And how records are filtered at the source is set in OpenGov's own Automation Manager, not in Zapier. If you are comparing tools for this kind of public-sector workflow, the Make vs Zapier and n8n vs Zapier pages are a fair starting point.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Eight words come back throughout this page. Here they are in plain English.

Zap
The automation you build in Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for that event and reacts to nothing else.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or updates something on your behalf.
Task
The unit Zapier bills: one action your Zap completed successfully. The number on your plan counts those.
Polling trigger
A trigger Zapier checks on a timer, asking the app for its latest items. How often depends on your plan.
Instant trigger
A trigger the app reports itself the moment the event happens, so nothing waits for a check. That is the case here.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap continue only when what arrived meets your condition, and stops it there otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something already stored in an app, so the steps after it can use what it found.
Cost

What it really costs in tasks

The trigger never costs a task, however many record events OpenGov reports. You pay only for actions that succeed, one task each, and a failed action is not counted.

  • TriggerInstant, never counted
  • Each successful action1 task
  • Free plan100 tasks per month, two-step Zaps
  • Using Find a RecordMakes the Zap multi-step, paid plan

A Zap with three actions uses three times what a one-action Zap uses. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and builds two-step Zaps only: one trigger, one action. Add a filter, a second action or Find a Record, and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management is not reserved to paid plans. The interval grid below concerns polling triggers; this app's trigger is instant, so it does not apply to it.

Connect

Connect OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management to Zapier in 3 steps

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to Apps and click + Add connection. A connection is your OpenGov account linked once, then reused by every Zap step that touches it.

  2. 02

    Pick the app

    Search for OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management in the dialog, select it and click Add connection. Zapier opens a separate tab where the sign-in happens.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Sign in to OpenGov in that tab and let Zapier access the account. Use a login that can read and write the records your Zaps will touch, including those other departments own.

First Zap

Your first Zap: turn selected new records into follow-ups

GoalWhen a record is created in OpenGov, only the ones that meet your condition create a follow-up record.

  1. 01

    Pick the trigger

    Create a Zap, choose OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management as the app that starts it and Record Event Occurred as the event.

  2. 02

    Set the two required boxes

    Choose the Event Type the Zap listens to, here record creation, and give the automation a name you will keep. That name is how you will find it in Automation Manager.

  3. 03

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items from your account, so the following steps are mapped on a real record.

  4. 04

    Add the filter

    From the plus icon, add Filter, then set the field to look at, the rule and the value. Pick a text rule for text and a number rule for numbers, or it never passes.

  5. 05

    Add the action

    Add Create a Record and fill it with what the trigger brought. With a filter in the middle, this Zap needs a paid plan. Map each field you need.

  6. 06

    Test, then publish

    Run each step once, check the new record in OpenGov, then click Publish to switch the Zap on. The trigger then starts the Zap at each new record, on any plan.

Triggers

The OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

Record Event Occurred

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a record is created, updated or deleted.”

One trigger covers the three things that can happen to a record: it is created, updated or deleted. You choose which one the Zap listens to in the Event Type box, and you give the automation a name, which OpenGov then lists in its Automation Manager the first time the Zap is turned on.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
a crew, a supervisor or a reporting sheet should hear about a record change without waiting for anyone to look.
Watch out
never change the Automation Name once the Zap is live, because OpenGov creates a duplicate; to narrow down which records start the Zap, use Automation Manager.
Actions

The 2 OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management actions

OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management gives you 2 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Create a Record

Action

In Zapier“Creates a Record”

Adds a new record in OpenGov from what an earlier step carried, so requests gathered elsewhere end up in the asset system.

When to use it
a service request form, an email or a spreadsheet row should become an OpenGov record without retyping.
Watch out
if the same Zap is triggered by record creation, it can start itself again with every record it adds.
2

Update a Record

Action

In Zapier“Updates a Record”

Changes an existing OpenGov record with new information coming from another app.

When to use it
a status confirmed in a field tool or a date agreed by email should be reflected on the record.
Watch out
the Zap has to know which record to change, which is what Find a Record placed just before is for; a Zap listening to updates and running this action can loop.
Searches

The OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management search

1 search step looks for data that already exists in OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management, so a later step can use it.

A search step changes nothing in OpenGov: it finds an existing record and hands it to the next steps. In the editor, searches sit at the bottom of the Action event list, under SEARCH. Three settings decide what happens when the result is not the expected one.

1

Find a Record

Search

In Zapier“Find a Specific Record in Cartegraph”

Locates one specific record in OpenGov so a later step can read it or change it. Its official description still uses the Cartegraph name.

When to use it
just before Update a Record, when the incoming data says which asset is concerned but not which record.
Watch out
whether it wants an exact value or something close is decided by the app, so test with a real one before publishing.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left on its default, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap there and the steps that depend on it are skipped. Switched on, the Zap carries on empty-handed.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    On apps that offer it, this box turns a search into find-or-create. OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management exposes no find-or-create variant.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Three ways out when several records match: keep the first one, which is the default, stop the Zap, or pass all of them on at once.
When it breaks

When an OpenGov Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to this app. Besides the Automation Name trap, the failures you will meet are the ones every Zap shares.

Each one is easy to avoid once you know it. If a Zap still misbehaves, the Zapier troubleshooting page takes over from here.

  • A duplicate automation appears

    Renaming the Automation Name of a live Zap makes OpenGov create a second automation in Automation Manager. Pick the name once and keep it.

  • Existing records are never picked up

    A Zap only reacts to events after it is switched on. Records already in OpenGov stay out of it, and moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A Zap that restarts itself

    A Zap that listens to record updates and runs Update a Record on the same records sets itself off again and again, and burns through tasks.

  • A bulk import that seems held back

    After a migration or a mass import, a sudden huge batch of events can be held back by Zapier's flood protection.
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FAQ

OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Zapier integration: FAQ

01Is the OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management Zapier integration free?
Yes, it works on the free plan, since Zapier does not reserve this app to paid plans. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and an unlimited number of Zaps. The limit is the size of the Zap: one trigger and one action. Adding a filter, a second action or the Find a Record search turns it into a multi-step Zap, and that needs a paid plan. Because the trigger is instant, the free plan's slower checks are not a concern here.
02How many tasks does an OpenGov Zap use?
One task for each action that completes successfully, nothing more. The trigger never costs a task, however many record events OpenGov sends. An action that fails is not counted against your plan. So a Zap that creates one record for each event uses one task per event, and a Zap that both creates and updates a record uses two. Keep an eye on loops: a Zap that triggers itself burns tasks quickly.
03Is the OpenGov trigger real time?
Yes. Record Event Occurred is an instant trigger: OpenGov tells Zapier itself when the event happens, so the Zap starts right away whatever your plan. The check interval that applies to polling triggers, 15 minutes on the free plan, does not concern it. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt. The type is decided by the app, not something you can change from Zapier.
04What does it take to connect OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management to Zapier?
An OpenGov account with read or write access to the records your Zaps will touch, including those that belong to other teams or departments. You add the connection once from the Apps page, sign in to OpenGov in the tab that opens and grant Zapier access. When you set up the trigger, plan a lasting Automation Name: it is required, it appears in Automation Manager, and changing it later creates a duplicate.
05Why is there a duplicate automation in Automation Manager?
Almost always because the Automation Name of the trigger was changed after the Zap had been turned on. The name entered in that box is what OpenGov displays in Automation Manager the first time the Zap is turned on, and changing it does not rename the existing automation: a new one gets created next to it. Pick a clear, lasting name from the start, and use Automation Manager rather than the name to adjust which records start the Zap.
06What if the OpenGov operation you need is not listed?
Then Zapier does not offer it for this app today. The visible list is short: one trigger for record events, Create a Record, Update a Record and Find a Record. There is no action to delete a record, for example. You can still use the trigger's Event Type to react to deletions made in OpenGov, and send what the Zap receives to another app that does the rest of the job.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for OpenGov Enterprise Asset Management?
Decide on the criteria that matter for your workflow. With Zapier, the trigger is instant on every plan, and a two-step Zap runs on the free plan. Anything with a filter, a search or a second action needs a paid plan. If the workflow has to delete records, Zapier has no action for it with this app. Check what each tool offers for OpenGov on those exact points before you choose.
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