Anchor scheduled billing tasks to the right local time
Start a scheduled run by checking the current time in the offset you specify, so the next step can use a clear time reference.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get current date and time
Gets the current date and time, allowing for a specific timezone offset.
Why this helps
A scheduled task can be confusing when your billing day and the automation's UTC date differ.
- Get a current date and time using a specified timezone offset.
- Make date interpretation explicit in scheduled billing work.
- Reduce confusion when a run happens near a day boundary.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Altoviz and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it for the billing time check.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve the current date and time using the timezone offset you specify and report it with the run.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real scheduled run and confirm the reported timezone reference.
Questions about this workflow
Does this action read Altoviz invoices?
No. It retrieves the current date and time from Google Calendar. The billing context comes from your instruction or other inputs.
Can it infer my timezone?
Specify the timezone offset you want the action to use.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Altoviz to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Altoviz triggers
Google Calendar actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Altoviz and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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