Make recurring document processing easier to review
Turn each scheduled document run into a concise Drive summary you can scan when you have time.
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
Recurring document work creates a trail of details that is difficult to catch up on between busy days.
- Leave a readable summary after each processing run.
- Make recurring document work easier to catch up on.
- Keep a consistent record in Google Drive.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Affinda and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create a new automation and name it for recurring document summaries.
- 3Tell Notis to process the documents supplied for each run with Affinda and save a concise dated summary file in Google Drive.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real document and review the summary file.
Questions about this workflow
Can this automatically discover new documents in Drive?
The trigger is a Notis schedule and the available workflow does not include a Drive event trigger. Specify how the documents are supplied for each run.
What should the summary contain?
State the fields or decisions you want summarized in the plain language instruction, such as document type, extracted details, and items needing review.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Affinda to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Affinda 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.
Affinda and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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