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Get a scheduled view of Ably channel activity

Start the day with channel status and occupancy details for the Ably channels your creative workflows depend on.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Get Channel Details

Retrieves a channel’s status, activity, and occupancy details.

Why this helps

Checking channel activity one channel at a time adds another manual routine to an already crowded day.

  • Collect channel status and occupancy details on a schedule.
  • Review channel activity in one run report.
  • Keep a recurring check without relying on memory.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Abyssale and Ably once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
  • 3Tell Notis to retrieve details for the specified Ably channels and summarize their status and occupancy.
  • 4Choose the schedule trigger and select where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real channel before relying on the recurring run.

Questions about this workflow

Can this discover all channels automatically?

This workflow uses Get Channel Details, which retrieves details for a specified channel. Supply the channels you want reviewed in your instruction or run context.

What information is included?

The action returns channel details such as status and occupancy. The summary can only reflect the information returned by Ably.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Abyssale to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Abyssale triggers

Ably actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Query Batch Presence

Retrieves presence states for members across multiple channels.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Query Batch Presence History

Retrieves presence history for members across multiple channels.

ActionInstant

Delete Channel Subscription

Unsubscribes devices or clients from channel push notifications.

ActionInstant

Get Channel Details

Retrieves a channel’s status, activity, and occupancy details.

ActionInstant

Get Channel History

Retrieves the message history for a channel.

ActionInstant

Get Channel Presence

Get the members currently connected and active on a channel.

ActionInstant

Get Channel Presence History

Retrieves the presence event history for a channel.

ActionInstant

Get Message Versions

Retrieve all historical versions of a channel message, including updates and deletions.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Abyssale and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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