Pair Drive activity with an Affinda usage check
Use a Drive change as a cue to check monthly Affinda credit consumption for a workspace you specify.
Trigger
Google Drive Changes
Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.
Action
Get Usage by Workspace
Tool to retrieve monthly credits consumption for a workspace. use when tracking usage over a specific period before reporting.
Why this helps
It can be hard to remember to review processing usage while documents are moving through Drive.
- Retrieve monthly credits consumed for a specified workspace.
- Tie a usage check to an existing Drive activity signal.
- Send the result to a chosen run report channel.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Affinda once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, for a workspace usage check.
- 3Tell Notis which Affinda workspace to check and to report its monthly credit consumption.
- 4Pick Google Drive Changes as the trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with a real Drive change and review the usage report.
Questions about this workflow
Does this calculate usage caused by that specific Drive change?
No. The action returns monthly credit consumption for a workspace; it does not attribute credits to an individual file or change.
What if I have several workspaces?
Specify the workspace to check in the instruction so Notis retrieves usage for the intended workspace.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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