Check a Backendless timer alongside a key email
When an email relates to a scheduled server-side task, surface the timer details in the same review flow.
Trigger
New Gmail Message Received Trigger
Triggers when a new message is received in Gmail.
Action
Get Backendless Timer
Tool to retrieve information about a specific timer. use when you need to inspect a timer's schedule and next run details by name.
Why this helps
An important request can arrive while the schedule for related server-side work remains out of sight.
- Bring timer schedule details into email review.
- Make schedule checks easier to remember.
- Give a team a clear prompt to inspect relevant automation timing.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Gmail and Backendless once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis to create one in plain language.
- 3Describe which emails are relevant, name the existing Backendless timer, and say what timer information to report.
- 4Choose the New Gmail Message Received trigger and select where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real email and check the timer details in the run report.
Questions about this workflow
Will this change the timer schedule?
No. The listed action retrieves timer information only. It does not modify the schedule.
What timer details are available?
The action retrieves information about a specific timer, including its schedule and next run details as available in Backendless.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Gmail to Backendless. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Gmail triggers
Backendless actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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