Check for an Existing Follow-Up Before Adding One
Search for the event you are planning and review likely matches before adding another.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Find event
Finds events in a specified google calendar using text query, time ranges (event start/end, last modification), and event types; ensure `timemin` is not chronologically after `timemax` if both are provided.
Why this helps
Repeated follow-up planning can create duplicate calendar entries and confusing reminders.
- Surface matching events before a new entry is made.
- Reduce duplicate follow-up reminders.
- Review results in a scheduled report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect ChMeetings and Google Calendar once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation named Find Existing Events Before Follow-Up.
- 3Tell Notis to search Google Calendar for each supplied follow-up title and date range and report likely matches.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one follow-up that is already on the calendar.
Questions about this workflow
Does this remove duplicates?
No. It finds and reports likely matches so you can review them.
What information should be supplied?
Provide the follow-up title or search terms and an appropriate date range so Notis can search Google Calendar.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Chmeetings to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Chmeetings 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.
Chmeetings and Google Calendar, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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