Protect time for the fundraising work behind the events
Have Notis look for open planning time on the calendars you specify, using the planning window your team provides.
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
Important preparation work can be squeezed out when time is never deliberately found and protected on the calendar.
- Find candidate blocks for planning in a defined window.
- Make preparation time easier to spot before schedules fill.
- Search across the calendars that affect the work.
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 find free slots on the specified calendars within the supplied Blackbaud planning window and return options of the requested duration.
- 4Pick notis_cron and choose the recurring planning cadence.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test with one real planning window and review the options.
Questions about this workflow
Does this block the slots it finds?
No. It returns free slot options for review. It does not create events or reserve the time.
What does the time window need?
Provide a start and end, with the start earlier than the end, and specify which calendars should be considered.
Can it make a recurring focus block?
This action finds free slots. It does not create recurring events; use Create Event for a chosen slot and define recurrence handling separately.
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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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