Connect new Box files with your Beeminder goals
A new file can signal work worth tracking. Get your current Beeminder goals beside it so you can decide what deserves attention.
Trigger
New File Added to Folder
Triggers when a new file is added to a folder in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box folder and fires when new files are detected. Only files (not folders or web links) are monitored.
Action
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Why this helps
New project files are easy to file away and forget, especially when your goals live in another app.
- See current Beeminder goals when a file is added to a monitored Box folder.
- Get a short report that helps you decide whether the file relates to a goal.
- Reduce the need to switch apps just to recall what you are tracking.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Box and Beeminder once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve your Beeminder goals when a new file arrives and report which goals may relate to the file, without claiming a match when the context is unclear.
- 4Choose the New File Added to Folder trigger for the Box folder you want to monitor.
- 5Choose a report channel, test with one real file, and review the result.
Questions about this workflow
Does this add progress to a Beeminder goal?
No. The available Beeminder action retrieves your goals; it does not add datapoints or change goal progress.
Will Notis know what a Box file means?
Notis can use the event details available to it. If the file context is too limited to identify a connection, ask it to say so rather than guess.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
Collaboration Details Changed
Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Comment Changed
Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
New File Comment Added
Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
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.
File Shared Link Changed
Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Box and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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