Bring a needed research file back from Drive trash
Recover a mistakenly trashed reference document when you have its Drive id and know it belongs in active research.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Untrash File
Tool to restore a file from the trash. use when you need to recover a deleted file. this action updates the file's metadata to set the 'trashed' property to false.
Why this helps
A useful research file can disappear from working folders after an accidental move to trash.
- Restore a known file without a manual recovery search.
- Reduce interruptions caused by missing research material.
- Act on an explicit file id supplied for the run.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Are.na and Google Drive in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named for restoring research files.
- 3Tell Notis to restore the specified Drive file id from trash when the request identifies it as needed.
- 4Choose a recurring schedule and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with a file you intentionally placed in trash and verify its restored state.
Questions about this workflow
Can this identify trashed files from Are.na automatically?
No. Supply the file id and recovery context for the run. Are.na source triggers are not available.
Will it restore any file that matches a topic?
Use a specific Drive file id so the workflow acts on the intended item. The restore action targets a known file.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Are.na to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Are.na 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.
Are.na and Google Drive, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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