Know whether your document channel is active
Get a scheduled view of channel activity so you can spot where coordination may need attention.
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
A shared channel can go quiet or become unexpectedly busy without anyone noticing until a handoff slips.
- Review channel details such as activity or occupancy when available.
- Bring relevant document context from Affinda into the run when needed.
- Make coordination patterns easier to notice.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinda and Ably once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis which Ably channel details to review and what document context from Affinda to include in a short update.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real channel and available document context.
Questions about this workflow
Does this reveal message contents?
This action retrieves channel details. Use the channel history action if your intended review needs message history.
Can it tell why a channel is quiet?
No. It can report available channel details, but the reason needs human context.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Ably. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda triggers
Ably actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Query Batch Presence
Retrieves presence states for members across multiple channels.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Query Batch Presence History
Retrieves presence history for members across multiple channels.
Delete Channel Subscription
Unsubscribes devices or clients from channel push notifications.
Get Channel Details
Retrieves a channel’s status, activity, and occupancy details.
Get Channel History
Retrieves the message history for a channel.
Get Channel Presence
Get the members currently connected and active on a channel.
Get Channel Presence History
Retrieves the presence event history for a channel.
Get Message Versions
Retrieve all historical versions of a channel message, including updates and deletions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Affinda and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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