Check calendar availability before proposing a company call
Get a simple availability check for the people and calendars involved in a company conversation.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Action
Query Free/Busy Information
Returns free/busy information for a set of calendars.
Why this helps
Proposing times without checking calendars creates extra coordination and avoidable rescheduling.
- Check free and busy information for specified calendars.
- Use a bounded time window for the call.
- Make it easier to propose times that have a chance of working.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Bigpicture io and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Notis and name it for company call availability.
- 3Tell Notis to check free and busy information for the specified calendars and time range, then summarize available options.
- 4Pick the notis_webhook trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real call request and the calendars to check.
Questions about this workflow
How is this different from finding free slots?
This action returns free and busy information for specified calendars. Ask Notis to summarize it for the proposed call window.
Can it pick attendees for me?
Provide the calendars to check. Bigpicture io research does not itself establish who should attend a meeting.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Bigpicture io to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Bigpicture io 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.
Bigpicture io and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
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