Know when spreadsheet settings are modified
Someone changes the spreadsheet title, timezone, or locale without telling you. Notis catches it and sends a Telegram alert so you can address misconfigurations before they cause problems.
Trigger
Spreadsheet Properties Changed
Polling trigger that detects when a Google Spreadsheet's top-level properties change. Monitors properties such as title, locale, timeZone, and autoRecalc settings.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Spreadsheet settings or properties change (title renamed, timezone adjusted, autorecalc turned off), and you don't notice until calculations are wrong or the title is confusing to new team members.
- Catch unintended spreadsheet configuration changes before they cause problems
- Maintain consistent spreadsheet naming and settings
- Reduce confusion when spreadsheets are unexpectedly renamed
- Audit trail of who changes what
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Sheets and Telegram to Notis
- 2Tell Notis 'Alert me in Telegram if someone changes my spreadsheet properties'
- 3Write: 'Send a message whenever the spreadsheet title, timezone, or locale changes'
- 4Select 'Spreadsheet Properties Changed' trigger, pick your Telegram channel, and test by changing a spreadsheet property
Questions about this workflow
Will it alert for every property, or can I pick specific ones?
You decide. Say 'only alert if the title or timezone changes' to focus on what matters. Ignore cosmetic changes like locale if they don't affect you.
Should I use this for every spreadsheet?
Only for shared spreadsheets where misconfiguration could impact the team. Personal sheets probably don't need this level of monitoring.
Does this catch permission changes?
No, this monitors spreadsheet-level properties (title, timezone, autorecalc). Permission changes are separate and typically don't get their own alerts.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Telegram actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
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.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
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.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
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.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
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.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
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.
Get Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
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.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Google Sheets and Telegram, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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