Keep your planning workbook easy to navigate
Review the tabs in your scheduling workbook as part of a recurring housekeeping routine.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get sheet names
Lists all worksheet names from a specified google spreadsheet (which must exist), useful for discovering sheets before further operations.
Why this helps
A workbook with renamed or unfamiliar tabs adds friction when you are trying to plan quickly.
- See the worksheet names in a planning workbook.
- Catch unexpected tab changes in a routine review.
- Keep the workbook easier to navigate.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Cal and Google Sheets once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
- 3Tell Notis which planning spreadsheet to inspect and which worksheet names to report.
- 4Select a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with the workbook and compare the returned names to your expected tabs.
Questions about this workflow
Does this inspect tab contents?
No. It lists worksheet names. Use a spreadsheet values action to inspect cell contents.
Can Notis create a missing tab?
This workflow only lists names. Adding a tab requires a separate action and an explicit instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Cal to Google Sheets. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Cal triggers
Google Sheets actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Add Sheet to Spreadsheet
Adds a new sheet (worksheet) to a spreadsheet. use this tool to create a new tab within an existing google sheet, optionally specifying its title, index, size, and other properties.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Aggregate Column Data
Searches for rows where a specific column matches a value and performs mathematical operations on data from another column.
Append Dimension
Tool to append new rows or columns to a sheet, increasing its size. use when you need to add empty rows or columns to an existing sheet.
Batch get spreadsheet
Retrieves data from specified cell ranges in a google spreadsheet; ensure the spreadsheet has at least one worksheet and any explicitly referenced sheet names in ranges exist.
Batch update spreadsheet
Updates a specified range in a google sheet with given values, or appends them as new rows if `first cell location` is omitted; ensure the target sheet exists and the spreadsheet contains at least one worksheet.
Batch Update Values by Data Filter
Tool to update values in ranges matching data filters. use when you need to update specific data in a google sheet based on criteria rather than fixed cell ranges.
Clear Basic Filter
Tool to clear the basic filter from a sheet. use when you need to remove an existing basic filter from a specific sheet within a google spreadsheet.
Clear spreadsheet values
Clears cell content (preserving formatting and notes) from a specified a1 notation range in a google spreadsheet; the range must correspond to an existing sheet and cells.
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