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Give Box version reviews their Canva context

When an updated file arrives, surface the Canva design details that help reviewers understand what to check next.

Trigger

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.

Action

Fetch design metadata and access information

Gets the metadata for a design. this includes owner information, urls for editing and viewing, and thumbnail information.

Why this helps

A new Box version can trigger review work without an obvious pointer to the related Canva design.

  • Make design ownership and review links easier to find.
  • Reduce time spent searching Canva after a Box version changes.
  • Give reviewers a clearer starting point for follow-up.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Box and Canva once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation from Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
  • 3Describe in one plain-language instruction how Notis should use a new Box version to find and share relevant Canva design details.
  • 4Pick the Box New File Version Uploaded trigger, choose a report channel, and test with one real version update.

Questions about this workflow

Will Notis always identify the right Canva design?

Not necessarily. The instruction should describe how to identify the related design using information available from Box and Canva, and the result should be reviewed.

What details can this share?

The Canva action retrieves design metadata and access information, including owner details and edit or view URLs when available.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Box to Canva. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Box triggers

Canva actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Access user specific brand templates list

This year, brand template ids will change; integrations storing them must update within 6 months. also, api use requires canva enterprise membership.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create canva design with optional asset

Create a new canva design using a preset or custom dimensions, and add an asset with `asset id` from a user's project using relevant apis.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create comment reply in design

This preview api allows replying to comments within a design on canva, with a limit of 100 replies per comment. users should note potential unannounced changes, and that preview apis are not eligible for public integrations.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create design comment in preview api

This api is in preview and may change without notice; integrations using it won't pass review. it allows creating comments on a design, with a limit of 1000 comments per design.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create user or sub folder

This api creates a folder in a canva user's projects at the top level or within another folder, returning the new folder's id and additional details upon success.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Delete asset by id

You can delete an asset by specifying its `assetid`. this operation mirrors the behavior in the canva ui. deleting an item moves it to the trash. deleting an asset doesn't remove it from designs that already use it.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Exchange oauth 2 0 access or refresh token

The oauth 2.0 endpoint issues time-limited (4-hour) access tokens of up to 4kb for user authorization via codes or refresh tokens. it requires client id/secret for authentication.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Fetch asset upload job status

Summarize asset upload outcome by repeatedly calling the endpoint until a 'success' or 'failed' status is received after using the create asset upload job api.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Box and Canva, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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