Keep track of your benchmark reporting workbook
Review the key details of a reporting spreadsheet without opening and clicking through it each time.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get spreadsheet info
Retrieves comprehensive metadata for a google spreadsheet using its id, excluding cell data.
Why this helps
Important spreadsheet details can be hard to recall when a workbook has many tabs or reporting cycles.
- Review workbook details from a recurring report.
- Make spreadsheet structure easier to track.
- Reduce navigation when checking reporting files.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bench and Google Sheets once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Benchmark Spreadsheet Inventory in Automations, New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis: Retrieve metadata for the benchmark reporting spreadsheet and summarize its title, worksheet names, and relevant configuration details.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real spreadsheet id and review the returned details.
Questions about this workflow
Does the metadata include cell contents?
No. This action retrieves spreadsheet metadata and excludes cell data.
What should I provide so it finds the workbook?
Provide the spreadsheet id, or first use a separate search workflow to locate the spreadsheet.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bench to Google Sheets. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bench triggers
Google Sheets actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Sheet to Spreadsheet
Adds a new sheet (worksheet) to a spreadsheet. use this tool to create a new tab within an existing google sheet, optionally specifying its title, index, size, and other properties.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Aggregate Column Data
Searches for rows where a specific column matches a value and performs mathematical operations on data from another column.
Append Dimension
Tool to append new rows or columns to a sheet, increasing its size. use when you need to add empty rows or columns to an existing sheet.
Batch get spreadsheet
Retrieves data from specified cell ranges in a google spreadsheet; ensure the spreadsheet has at least one worksheet and any explicitly referenced sheet names in ranges exist.
Batch update spreadsheet
Updates a specified range in a google sheet with given values, or appends them as new rows if `first cell location` is omitted; ensure the target sheet exists and the spreadsheet contains at least one worksheet.
Batch Update Values by Data Filter
Tool to update values in ranges matching data filters. use when you need to update specific data in a google sheet based on criteria rather than fixed cell ranges.
Clear Basic Filter
Tool to clear the basic filter from a sheet. use when you need to remove an existing basic filter from a specific sheet within a google spreadsheet.
Clear spreadsheet values
Clears cell content (preserving formatting and notes) from a specified a1 notation range in a google spreadsheet; the range must correspond to an existing sheet and cells.
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