Keep your team aware of Backendless user changes
Share a recurring snapshot from the user records Backendless returns, with clear limits on what the data shows.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Post message to channel
Deprecated: posts a message to a slack channel, direct message, or private channel. use `send message` instead.
Why this helps
Teams can lose sight of user changes when they only inspect the backend during ad hoc questions.
- Review available user records on a predictable cadence.
- Share a compact snapshot with the team.
- Avoid overstating growth when there is no baseline.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Backendless and Slack to Notis once.
- 2Create an automation and describe the user data or change window to inspect.
- 3Tell Notis to query that Backendless data on schedule and post a concise Slack snapshot, distinguishing counts from trends unless a baseline is available.
- 4Choose a Notis cron trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test one run and compare the snapshot with the returned records.
Questions about this workflow
Can this report user growth?
Only if the query provides comparable counts or a baseline over time. Otherwise it can share a snapshot of the returned data without calling it growth.
Can the snapshot include user details?
It can summarize returned details. Ask Notis to omit sensitive fields and share only what belongs in the selected Slack channel.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Backendless to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Backendless triggers
Slack actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Backendless and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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