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Follow Up on Data Ingestion From Drive Comments

Keep a review comment from becoming another forgotten follow-up by checking the Databox ingestion it refers to.

Trigger

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

Action

Get Dataset Ingestion Status

Tool to check the status of a specific data ingestion for a dataset. Use when you need to verify whether a data ingestion was successful by providing the dataset ID and ingestion ID returned from the initial POST request.

Why this helps

Comments can contain the cue to verify a reporting update, but remembering to return to Databox later is easy to miss.

  • Turn a document comment into a timely status check for a referenced ingestion.
  • See whether Databox reports the ingestion as successful or otherwise.
  • Capture the check in a run report for easy follow-up.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Databox once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and name it.
  • 3In one instruction, tell Notis how to find the dataset and ingestion references in a comment and check that ingestion's status.
  • 4Pick the Google Drive Comment Added trigger and choose where run reports go.
  • 5Test with one real comment that includes the required references.

Questions about this workflow

Can Notis check status if the comment has no ingestion ID?

The action requires a dataset ID and ingestion ID. Include them in the comment or provide another reliable way for Notis to identify them.

Does the status check retry a failed ingestion?

No. The available action checks status; it does not retry or resend data.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Databox. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Google Drive triggers

Databox actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Dataset

Tool to create a new dataset in Databox data source. Use when you need to initialize a dataset with a title, data source ID, and primary keys for unique record identification.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Data Source

Tool to create a new data source in Databox. Use when you need to create a logical container for datasets within a Databox account. Requires accountId, title, and timezone parameters.

ActionInstant

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

TriggerPolling

Delete Dataset

Tool to delete a dataset by ID in Databox. Use when you need to permanently remove a dataset. This operation is irreversible.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Delete Data Source

Tool to delete a data source by ID in Databox. Use when you need to permanently remove a data source. This operation is irreversible and will delete all associated datasets.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

TriggerPolling

Get Dataset Ingestion Status

Tool to check the status of a specific data ingestion for a dataset. Use when you need to verify whether a data ingestion was successful by providing the dataset ID and ingestion ID returned from the initial POST request.

ActionInstant

File Shared (Permissions Added)

Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.

TriggerPolling

List Accounts

Tool to retrieve all Databox accounts accessible to the authenticated user. Use to identify account IDs required for subsequent API operations like data source creation.

ActionInstant

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Push Data to Dataset (V1)

Tool to push data points to a Databox dataset using the v1 API. Use when you need to ingest data records into a specific dataset by providing the dataset ID and an array of records matching the dataset schema.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Google Drive and Databox, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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