Keep searchable file details current across Box and Algolia
A file gets renamed or moved in Box. Notis updates its existing Algolia record so your team can find it by the right details.
Trigger
File Metadata Changed
Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.
Action
Partial Update Objects
Tool to partially update multiple records in the specified index. use when you need to change only selected fields of many objects without replacing entire records. use after confirming objectids and desired updates.
Why this helps
Renamed or updated files can stay hard to find when their indexed details fall behind.
- Keep indexed file details current after Box changes.
- Reduce manual index maintenance.
- Send run reports to a channel your team already checks.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Algolia once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Describe that Notis should find the existing Algolia record for the changed Box file and update its changed details.
- 4Pick Box File Metadata Changed as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real Box file and review the Algolia record update.
Questions about this workflow
Does this create a new Algolia record if no match exists?
This workflow uses Partial Update Objects, which updates existing records. Have Notis report when it cannot identify an existing record.
What should identify the matching record?
Tell Notis to use a stable identifier shared by the Box file and Algolia record, such as the Box file ID, if your index stores it.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Algolia. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Algolia actions
Recurring trigger
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