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Start your review with an Apilio health brief

Choose a recurring schedule for Notis to review the Apilio devices or variables you specify and save a concise status brief in Drive.

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

A routine status review takes extra effort when device and variable details are scattered across checks.

  • Create a recurring place to review requested Apilio state
  • Keep returned information in Drive
  • Reduce the effort of preparing a status check

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Apilio and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name the recurring health brief.
  • 3Tell Notis which Apilio devices or variables to check and to save the returned status summary as a Drive document.
  • 4Pick the notis_cron trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real example and confirm the brief in Drive.

Questions about this workflow

Can the brief report device health metrics Apilio does not expose?

No. It can only summarize available Apilio data and information you provide.

Can I choose how often it runs?

Choose a recurring schedule when setting the notis_cron trigger.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Apilio to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Apilio triggers

Google Drive actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Add file sharing preference

Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Copy file

Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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).

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

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.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Apilio and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

When this happens · Trigger

Do this · Action

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