Spot busy periods before offering Cal meeting times
Get a focused view of free and busy time across selected Google Calendars before you offer meeting options in Cal.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Query Free/Busy Information
Returns free/busy information for a set of calendars.
Why this helps
Busy intervals spread across calendars can be hard to account for when choosing meeting times.
- See free and busy information for selected calendars.
- Reduce calendar switching before suggesting times.
- Focus on a specific scheduling window.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Cal and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3In one instruction, tell Notis to query and summarize free and busy periods for the calendars and time window you provide for Cal scheduling.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real time window and review the busy-period summary.
Questions about this workflow
How is this different from finding free slots?
This workflow queries free and busy information and summarizes busy intervals. Find free slots instead returns available slots enhanced with event details.
Can it check several calendars?
Yes. Specify the calendars and time range to query in the instruction.
Does the workflow choose a time in Cal?
No. It reports calendar availability information for you to use when scheduling through Cal.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Cal to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Cal 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.
Cal and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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