Discover the tables in your research spreadsheet
Have Notis review the pages you follow and discover the spreadsheet tables available for organizing that research.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
List Tables in Spreadsheet
This action is used to list all tables in a google spreadsheet, call this action to get the list of tables in a spreadsheet. discover all tables in a google spreadsheet by analyzing sheet structure and detecting data patterns. uses heuristic analysis to find header rows, data boundaries, and table structures.
Why this helps
As a spreadsheet evolves, it can be unclear which tabs contain a usable table for a recurring review.
- See which tables a spreadsheet currently contains
- Prepare recurring research against current sheet structure
- Reduce time spent searching through tabs manually
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect CaptureKit and Google Sheets once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Research Table Discovery.
- 3Tell Notis which pages to capture, which spreadsheet to inspect, and what to do with the discovered table details.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real spreadsheet and confirm the discovered tables are relevant.
Questions about this workflow
How are tables identified?
The action analyzes spreadsheet structure heuristically to find headers, data boundaries, and tables.
Does discovery return the table's full contents?
It discovers tables. Use a schema or query action to inspect table structure or retrieve matching data.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link CaptureKit to Google Sheets. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
CaptureKit 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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