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Know when Google Sheets worksheet tabs change

Get a clear heads up when someone reorganizes the tabs your team depends on.

Trigger

Worksheet Names Changed

Triggers when the set of worksheet/tab names changes in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when sheets are added, deleted, or renamed.

Action

Publish Message

Tool to publish a message to a specified messaging channel. use when you need to send notifications or events to subscribers after confirming channel and payload.

Why this helps

A renamed or removed worksheet can break team routines before anyone notices the spreadsheet structure changed.

  • Make worksheet additions, removals, and renames visible.
  • Help downstream users respond to a changed sheet structure.
  • Reduce surprises during recurring spreadsheet work.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Sheets and Backendless once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis what you want from any channel.
  • 3In one instruction, ask Notis to publish the detected worksheet name changes and available context to a Backendless channel.
  • 4Pick the Worksheet Names Changed trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test with one real worksheet name change and confirm the alert is understandable.

Questions about this workflow

What worksheet changes are detected?

The event detects changes to the set of worksheet or tab names, including additions, deletions, and renames.

Does this trigger monitor cell contents?

No. Use a cell, row, or range change trigger when the content changes are what matter.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Google Sheets triggers

Backendless actions

Recurring trigger

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

TriggerScheduled

Copy File

Tool to copy a file or directory within backendless file storage. use when duplicating files to a new location after verifying source and destination paths.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

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

TriggerInstant

Create Directory

Tool to create a new directory at the specified path. use when you need to organize files under a new folder structure.

ActionInstant

Aggregate Metric Changed

Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.

TriggerPolling

Create Backendless Hive

Tool to create a new hive. use when you need to provision a new hive resource before performing hive operations. example: create a hive named 'grocerystore'.

ActionInstant

Cell Range Values Changed

Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.

TriggerPolling

Create Backendless Timer

Tool to create a new timer with schedule and code. use when scheduling recurring or one-off tasks to run server-side logic after confirming parameters.

ActionInstant

Conditional Format Rule Changed

Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.

TriggerPolling

Delete Directory

Tool to delete a directory at the specified path in backendless file storage. use when you need to remove folders after confirming the path.

ActionInstant

Data Validation Rule Changed

Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.

TriggerPolling

Delete File

Tool to delete a file at the specified path in backendless file storage. use after confirming the file's relative path and filename.

ActionInstant

Developer Metadata Changed

Triggers when developer metadata entries change (new/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.

TriggerPolling

Delete Backendless Timer

Tool to delete a backendless timer by name. use when you need to remove a scheduled timer after confirming its name.

ActionInstant

Filtered Range Values Changed

Polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets filtered ranges for value changes. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect when values matching a data filter change. Emits the matched values when changes are detected.

TriggerPolling

Directory Listing

Tool to retrieve a listing of files and directories at a given path. use when browsing or filtering file storage directories.

ActionInstant

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