Applying an existing meeting template after a meeting is scheduled

[kayhil]

When someone sets up a meeting using my Calendly app, it automatically creates a Zoom meeting.  However, I have existing meeting templates that I would like to apply to those meetings, and after the meeting is created, there does not seem to be a way to use "edit" mode to apply a meeting template.  Can this be fixed so that you can retroactively apply the template after scheduling the meeting?   My templates have poll questions in them that it's a pain to recreate, so applying the template is a huge timesaver.   I don't want to have to create a new meeting, because then I'd have to send a new invitation/link to the person who scheduled the meeting using Calendly, and suddenly Calendly is no longer a timesaver.  

[crchan123]

Hi @kayhil! I know it has been a while since you initially posted, but I want to make sure you receive assistance. Are you still having this issue? If so, I'd love to help you get it resolved.

[joliemillerfnp]

Please help us crchan123

[EBBeau]

@crchan123 I have the same question. When I go to edit an existing meeting to apply a template, I see the only option as "none" even though I have meeting templates saved. Please advise on how to retroactively apply a template to an already-scheduled meeting. Thank you!

[joliemillerfnp]

I am looking for the answer to this very question.  Has anyone found the answer?

[Leb86]

I too have the same issue and would like to see the answe.

[Bort]

Hi all, 

Unfortunately, it is not possible to edit an existing meeting and apply a template to that session. Templates must be used to schedule the meeting. 

If you would like to submit any product feedback, I encourage you to visit our Zoom Feedback form, which is the official way to share any feedback or feature requests with the Zoom team. Thanks!

[amich80]

Thank you so much for that information. In a similar manner, I am using templates but still have a few polls that I want to add throughout the semester. Will the scheduled meetings be updated with the template's newer polls, or is it set once you initially merge it to the scheduled meeting?

[joliemillerfnp]

That was the same for me, but I was told it can not be done.  And I gave up on the poll questions, they kept deleting my participants answers unless I downloaded them at the end of the poll.  They would all be there until the session ended then POOF, they all disappeared 😕

[Bort]

Hi @amich80 

The template is only copied upon initial creation of the meeting. Any updates to the template afterwards are not reflected in the meetings already scheduled from that template. 

[joliemillerfnp]

I did not put in an official suggetion since I am only using zoom for my doctorate project, after that, it will only be for personal use to talk to family where I have no need for templates.  So if someone else wants this feature, please suggest it.  I just went to using no template and used google forms for all my surveys, registration changes etc.  I was not about to redo 20 some odd meetings... 

[C23]

Recognizing this is 2 years later, but it is still an issue. As a researcher that runs interviews, I have Zoom meetings created through a standard integration with a service like Calendly, but then I want to apply a template to them with basic settings appropriate for these sessions (e.g. no profile pictures, waiting room, etc) that I don't need for my other meetings. The ability to apply a template to a meeting after the fact would be a huge time saver! What is more frustrating is that only my company's couple standard ones are available, and they are not going to add them for just a few roles usage.

(My company has not enabled feedback from the app, so I cannot log it officially there).