Turn a new spreadsheet entry into a Beeminder goal review
Add a review request to your sheet and get the Beeminder goal list needed to pick up the thread.
Trigger
New Rows in Google Sheet
Simple polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets for new rows. Detects when new rows are added and returns the complete row data. Perfect for triggering any workflow based on new sheet entries.
Action
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
Why this helps
Goal review requests can sit in a spreadsheet while you switch between apps to find the relevant Beeminder goals.
- Bring current goals into a review prompted by a new row.
- Reduce app switching during routine goal check-ins.
- Use the row context to guide what Notis reviews.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Sheets and Beeminder once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis from a channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve the user's Beeminder goals when a review request row is added.
- 4Pick the Google Sheets New Rows trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real review request row.
Questions about this workflow
Does this update a Beeminder goal?
No. The available Beeminder action retrieves the user's goals so Notis can report them for review.
What starts the workflow?
A new row in the Google Sheet starts it. Describe in your instruction how Notis should recognize a review request.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Beeminder. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Beeminder actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Authenticate and Redirect User
Tool to authenticate a user and redirect them to a given url. use when sending a user into the beeminder web ui directly after oauth or token validation.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create Charge
Tool to create a new charge for a user. use when billing a user outside of goal pledges; supports dryrun mode.
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.
Get all goals
Tool to retrieve all goals for a specified user. use when listing a user's active goals.
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.
Get Archived Goals
Tool to retrieve archived goals for a specified user. use when you need to inspect a user's past archived goals.
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.
Get Beeminder User Information
Tool to retrieve information about a specified beeminder user. use when you need to fetch details like timezone, goals, urgency, or deleted goals after authenticating successfully.
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.
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.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Sheets and Beeminder, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Save your first hour today.
7-day trial of any paid plan, with 20$ of usage included.
No card. Works with personal or business Beeminder.