Review question-bank categories after an assessment plan update
Keep planning changes connected to the structure of your question bank.
Trigger
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.
Action
List Question Categories
Tool to retrieve all question categories. Use when you need to display or process category hierarchy.
Why this helps
New topics can be planned without anyone checking whether the question-bank category structure still fits.
- Make category structure part of assessment planning updates.
- Reduce time spent manually checking question-bank organization.
- Give the team a current hierarchy to review.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Sheets and ClassMarker once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation and describe how a planning change should prompt a category review.
- 3Pick the Cell Range Values Changed trigger for the planning range and choose a report channel.
- 4Tell Notis what to look for in the category hierarchy after the change.
- 5Test with one real planning update and review the returned categories.
Questions about this workflow
Does listing categories change the question bank?
No. It retrieves the category hierarchy for review.
Can Notis recommend a new category?
Notis can analyze the returned hierarchy and the changed planning data, but any required context or naming policy should be included in your instruction.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Classmarker. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Classmarker actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Access List Item
Tool to add one or more access codes to an access list. Use after obtaining a valid access_list_id to grant exam access.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Create a new question category
Tool to create a new question category. Use after confirming the parent category ID.
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.
Create Group
Tool to create a new group. Use when you need to organize users into a specific group after planning your user structure.
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.
Create Question
Tool to create a new question with specified text, type, and category. Use after finalizing details. Set verify_only=True to validate without creating.
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.
Create ClassMarker User
Tool to create a new user in ClassMarker. Use after gathering user details to provision accounts. Provide user info and optional group assignments. Returns the complete API response.
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.
Delete Access List Item
Tool to delete one or more codes from an access list. Use after confirming the list exists.
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.
Delete API Key
Tool to delete an API key by its ID. Use when you need to revoke an API key immediately.
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.
Delete Group
Tool to delete a group by its ID. Use when you need to remove a group from ClassMarker.
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