Keep Salesforce task activity visible
Notis can publish a Backendless message when a Salesforce task is created or marked completed, helping the team see work move forward.
Trigger
Task Created or Completed
Triggers when a Task is created or when its status changes to Completed in Salesforce. Supports optional filtering by task Status or Subject.
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
Task progress can disappear from view when only the person working in Salesforce sees the status change.
- Make task completion visible to relevant subscribers.
- Reduce manual status updates between tools.
- Use the same workflow for task creation and completion events.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Salesforce and Backendless once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, or tell Notis the outcome in plain language from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to publish a Backendless message with the relevant task details when a Salesforce task is created or completed.
- 4Pick the Salesforce Task Created or Completed trigger and choose where Notis should send run reports.
- 5Test with one real task event and confirm the message is clear.
Questions about this workflow
Which task events start the automation?
It can start when a task is created or when its status changes to Completed.
Can I limit the task events?
The trigger supports optional filtering by task Status or Subject. Pick the trigger options that fit your use case.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Salesforce to Backendless. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Salesforce triggers
Backendless actions
Recurring trigger
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New Contact Trigger
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New Lead Trigger
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