Keep staffing assumptions visible during planning
Document the numbers and assumptions behind staffing plans so future reviews have useful context.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Why this helps
Staffing decisions lose context when the assumptions behind them are not recorded.
- Preserve the context behind staffing decisions.
- Make assumptions easier to revisit during planning.
- Keep dated planning notes together in Drive.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect 7shifts and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to turn the staffing and labor assumptions you provide into a dated planning note.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real example and include the assumptions you want recorded.
Questions about this workflow
Does this calculate staffing costs from 7shifts?
No. Provide the figures and assumptions you want recorded; Notis can organize them into a document.
Can it show what has changed since last month?
Only if you provide the earlier baseline or prior notes for comparison.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link 7shifts to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
7shifts triggers
Google Drive actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
7shifts and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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