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Automated Lead Team Sharing

New leads shouldn't wait for manual folder sharing. This automation creates a folder for each new Salesforce lead and immediately shares it with your sales team in Google Drive, so everyone knows about new opportunities instantly.

Trigger

New Lead Trigger

Triggers when a new Lead is created in Salesforce.

Action

Add file sharing preference

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

Why this helps

Leads appear in Salesforce but team members don't know shared context exists in Drive. Manual sharing creates delays and inconsistent team awareness.

  • Give your entire team instant visibility to new leads
  • Eliminate delays caused by manual folder sharing
  • Ensure consistent team access to lead information
  • Reduce missed follow-up due to unknown leads

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Salesforce and Google Drive to Notis in the portal.
  • 2Create an automation by asking Notis 'When a new lead is created in Salesforce, create a folder in Google Drive and share it with the sales team' or use Automations -> New Automation.
  • 3Set your trigger to 'New Lead Trigger' and choose your notification channel.
  • 4Describe who to share with (e.g., 'Share with the sales-team group' or 'Share with my leadership team') and what permission level they should have (e.g., 'with edit access') in plain language.
  • 5Test by creating a new lead in Salesforce and verify the folder appears in Drive and is shared with your team.

Questions about this workflow

How is the folder named for new leads?

Describe your naming preference in the prompt (e.g., 'Name it after the lead's company' or '[Company Name] - [Lead Name]'). Notis applies that pattern.

Can different teams see different lead folders?

Yes. Describe which teams get access to which leads in your prompt (e.g., 'Share with the team member whose territory matches the lead location'). Notis will share accordingly.

What permission level should shared folders have?

Specify in your prompt (e.g., 'Share with edit access so the team can add notes' or 'Share read-only to protect the lead assignment'). Notis will apply the permission.

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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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