Find time to act on proximity marketing insights
When scan analytics call for discussion, Notis can check your calendar for open slots in the time window you specify.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find free slots
Finds free/busy time slots in google calendars for specified calendars within a defined time range (defaults to the current day utc if `time min`/`time max` are omitted), enhancing busy intervals with event details; `time min` must precede `time max` if both are provided.
Why this helps
Knowing a campaign needs attention is only half the job; finding open time to work on it adds another step.
- Find available slots within the date range you provide.
- Tie campaign review work to real calendar availability.
- Reduce the back and forth involved in choosing a planning time.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Beaconstac and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, with a clear name and prompt.
- 3Tell Notis when campaign activity warrants planning time and what availability window to check.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real campaign and verify the suggested slots.
Questions about this workflow
Can this reserve a slot automatically?
No. Find free slots returns availability. The listed action does not create or reserve an event.
What does the time window need?
Provide a start and end time, with the start earlier than the end. The action otherwise defaults to the current UTC day.
Can event details be included with busy periods?
The action description says it enhances busy intervals with event details, subject to data available from the calendars.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Beaconstac to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Beaconstac 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.
Beaconstac and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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