Keep a scheduled inventory of research files
Ask Notis to find documents matching a research topic and save a simple inventory in Drive.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find file
Tool to list or search for files and folders in google drive. use when you need to find specific files based on query criteria or list contents of a drive/folder.
Why this helps
Useful research is hard to reuse when nobody knows which documents already exist.
- Make existing research easier to discover.
- Reduce duplicate research effort.
- Keep a dated list of matching Drive files.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Autom and Google Drive once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name the research inventory.
- 3Tell Notis what search terms or criteria to use in Google Drive, then create a document listing matching files and their available details.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with a search term that should match existing Drive files.
Questions about this workflow
Does Autom search the Drive files?
No. This workflow uses Google Drive's find-file action to locate existing files. Autom is connected for this app pair but is not needed for the Drive search itself.
Will it include document contents?
The inventory can use file details returned by the search action. Content analysis requires a separate retrieval step and available file contents.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Autom to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Autom 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.
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