Check availability before planning recorded work
See where time is already committed before deciding when to fit in important work.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Query Free/Busy Information
Returns free/busy information for a set of calendars.
Why this helps
Planning from a record alone can overlook the meetings and blocks already occupying your calendar.
- Check availability across specified calendars.
- Use busy information to guide work planning.
- Avoid planning over existing calendar commitments.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect ApptiveGrid and Google Calendar in the Notis portal once.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
- 3Describe in one instruction which commitments need availability checked and for what time range.
- 4Pick the recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real commitment and a defined time range.
Questions about this workflow
Does this find and book a specific slot?
No. Query Free/Busy Information returns availability information. Use Find free slots to search for candidate openings.
Can it check multiple calendars?
Yes, if the calendars to check are specified and available to the connected account.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link ApptiveGrid to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
ApptiveGrid 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.
ApptiveGrid and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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