Find donor follow-ups already on the calendar
Have Notis search a defined calendar window for follow-up commitments tied to the donor work you are reviewing.
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
Follow-up plans can become hard to track when donor records and calendar commitments need separate checks.
- Search for relevant commitments using a time window and query.
- Reduce the chance of overlooking an already scheduled follow-up.
- Review search results with the planning context supplied to Notis.
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 search the specified Google Calendar and time range for events matching the supplied donor follow-up criteria.
- 4Pick notis_cron and schedule the review cadence.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test with one known calendar commitment and verify the result.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a reminder?
No. Find event searches existing calendar events. Use a separate event creation workflow if a new calendar event is needed.
What criteria can it search?
The action supports text query, time ranges, and event types. Use criteria that are grounded in information supplied to Notis.
Does this access Blackbaud automatically?
Not through a listed Blackbaud trigger. The schedule starts the automation, and relevant Blackbaud context must be available at run time.
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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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