Find research questions with little supporting evidence
See where the current research set may not answer the questions your team cares about.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Create Doc
Creates a document in a project; its content is stored but not returned.
Why this helps
Teams can assume a topic is covered without checking the evidence behind it.
- Compare available material against explicit questions.
- Highlight questions with little evidence in the reviewed set.
- Create a focused starting point for further research.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect AnyDB and Dovetail in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation and supply the research questions or criteria to assess.
- 3Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger.
- 4Choose where Notis should send run reports.
- 5Test with real research records and the supplied questions.
Questions about this workflow
Can it find gaps without a question list?
A meaningful coverage review needs questions or criteria supplied in the instruction.
Does a gap mean no evidence exists anywhere?
No. It means the reviewed AnyDB records did not show sufficient evidence; other sources may exist.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link AnyDB to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
AnyDB triggers
Dovetail actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Channel
Create a channel to organize and collect feedback.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Contact
Create a new contact.
Create Data Point
Record and classify a data point in a channel.
Create Data
Creates a research data item in a project.
Create Insight
Save a research insight, optionally linking it to a project.
Create Topic
Create a topic in a channel to organize feedback.
Create Doc
Creates a document in a project; its content is stored but not returned.
Delete Channel
Move a channel to the project trash, where it can be restored for 30 days.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
AnyDB and Dovetail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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