Spot calendar conflicts before confirming donor appointments
Have Notis check proposed appointment windows against Google Calendar and report possible conflicts before you confirm the plan.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find event
Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided.
Why this helps
Checking each proposed donor appointment against the calendar adds context switching and makes overlaps easier to miss.
- See likely conflicts before confirming proposed appointments.
- Search a defined time window instead of scanning the calendar manually.
- Receive a run report with the appointment and matching events to review.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Blackbaud and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation, or describe it to Notis in plain language.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to review available Blackbaud appointment requests and search Google Calendar for events overlapping each supplied proposed time range.
- 4Pick notis_cron and set the review schedule.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test with one real request and verify the matching event results.
Questions about this workflow
Does this workflow confirm that a slot is free?
It searches events in a proposed time range and can report likely conflicts. It does not reserve or confirm availability.
What information must be supplied?
Notis needs the appointment's time range and the relevant Blackbaud request details. The search requires valid time bounds, with the start no later than the end.
Why use Find event rather than a free/busy action?
Find event searches using text and time criteria. For explicit free/busy information, use a workflow based on Query Free/Busy Information.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Blackbaud to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Blackbaud 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.
Blackbaud and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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