Catch calendar conflicts around upcoming fundraisers
Have Notis check the dates you provide against existing calendar events and report commitments that may need coordination.
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
A fundraiser's date can look clear in its own record while the surrounding calendar is already crowded.
- Review surrounding commitments for upcoming fundraiser dates.
- Catch potential overlaps while there is still time to coordinate.
- Get a scheduled report based on the dates available 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 Google Calendar around each supplied upcoming fundraiser date and report events that may require coordination.
- 4Pick notis_cron and set the review cadence and look-ahead period.
- 5Choose a report channel, then test against one fundraiser date with a known calendar event.
Questions about this workflow
Does this know all Blackbaud fundraiser dates automatically?
Only if the date details are available to Notis at run time. No Blackbaud trigger events are listed in this context.
Does the audit change events?
No. Find event returns matching existing events for review.
How does it identify conflicts?
It searches within time ranges and can use text criteria. Tell Notis what counts as relevant based on the supplied event details.
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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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