Understand when your team is around the channel
Use presence history to see coordination patterns and choose a better time for document handoffs.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Query Batch Presence History
Retrieves presence history for members across multiple channels.
Why this helps
Repeated handoffs can land when nobody is around to respond, but teams lack a simple view of channel participation patterns.
- Review presence history across multiple channels in one action.
- Summarize observed patterns without assuming why they happened.
- Help teams choose more workable handoff times.
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 channels and period to review and to summarize the presence history for coordination planning.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with a real channel and a period with presence history.
Questions about this workflow
Does presence history identify why someone was unavailable?
No. It shows recorded presence events and cannot explain a person's reason or availability.
Can it review multiple channels?
Yes. The Ably action supports querying presence history across multiple channels.
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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.
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Affinda and Ably, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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