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Opportunity Collaboration Folders

Instead of manually creating a new Google Drive folder for each opportunity and searching for the link later, let Notis create it automatically. Every new opportunity in Salesforce instantly gets its own collaboration folder, ready for your team to populate with proposals, notes, and assets.

Trigger

New or Updated Opportunity

Triggers when a Salesforce Opportunity is created or updated.

Action

Create a folder

Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.

Why this helps

Founders waste time manually creating Drive folders for each deal, then hunting for the link to share with the sales team, causing delays and fragmented collaboration.

  • Cut folder creation time from minutes to zero
  • Ensure consistent folder structure across all active deals
  • Give sales teams an instant central workspace for each opportunity
  • Reduce missed collaboration due to missing folder links

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Salesforce and Google Drive to Notis once through the portal.
  • 2Create an automation by asking Notis 'When a new opportunity is created in Salesforce, create a folder in Google Drive' or use the portal Automations menu.
  • 3Specify your trigger as 'New or Updated Opportunity' and pick your notification channel.
  • 4In the same plain-language instruction, ask Notis to name the folder from the opportunity name and deal stage.
  • 5Test with a new opportunity to confirm the folder appears in your Google Drive.

Questions about this workflow

How are the folders named?

Describe your naming convention in the automation prompt (e.g., '[Company Name] - [Deal Size]' or '[Opportunity Name] [Close Date]'). Notis applies that pattern automatically.

Can I organize folders by sales stage or account?

Yes. In your prompt, specify how you want folders organized (e.g., 'Create the folder under the customer's account folder' or 'Put all folders in a Proposals directory'). Notis handles the organization automatically.

What if I want sub-folders inside each opportunity folder?

Include that in your prompt (e.g., 'Create Proposals, Notes, and Contracts sub-folders'). Notis will set up the full structure immediately.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

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

Salesforce triggers

Google Drive actions

Account Created or Updated

Triggers when an Account is created or updated in Salesforce. Uses LastModifiedDate high-watermark to capture both creations and updates.

TriggerPolling

Add file sharing preference

Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.

ActionInstant

Contact Updated

Triggers when an existing Salesforce Contact record is modified. Emits changed fields alongside relevant timestamps.

TriggerPolling

Copy file

Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.

ActionInstant

Record Updated (Generic SObject)

Triggers when monitored fields change on any Salesforce SObject. You specify the SObject type and which field values should be returned in the payload. The trigger uses SystemModstamp to detect changes regardless of which specific field changed.

TriggerPolling

Create Comment

Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.

ActionInstant

New Contact Trigger

Triggers when a new Contact is Created in Salesforce.

TriggerPolling

Create Shared Drive

Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.

ActionInstant

New Lead Trigger

Triggers when a new Lead is created in Salesforce.

TriggerPolling

Create File or Folder

Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).

ActionInstant

New or Updated Opportunity

Triggers when a Salesforce Opportunity is created or updated.

TriggerPolling

Create a File from Text

Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.

ActionInstant

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.

TriggerPolling

Create a folder

Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.

ActionInstant

Create Reply

Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.

ActionInstant

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