Review your site visit route in advance
Give travel planning its own small slot and avoid working out the route while trying to leave.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Route
Calculates one or more routes between two specified locations using various travel modes and preferences; addresses must be resolvable by google maps.
Why this helps
Route decisions left until departure create avoidable urgency and distraction.
- Calculate route options ahead of a visit.
- Consider travel preferences while you have planning time.
- Reduce departure-time decisions.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Seam and Google Maps to Notis once through the portal.
- 2Create a scheduled automation from the portal or ask Notis in plain language.
- 3Write one instruction for Notis to calculate route options from your starting point to the site before the visit.
- 4Pick the schedule that precedes your visit and the channel for run reports.
- 5Test with one upcoming site visit.
Questions about this workflow
How does the automation know the visit date?
Set the schedule around the visit or provide the date and destination in the context Notis receives.
Can I request a preferred travel mode?
Yes. Include it in the plain-language instruction.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Seam to Google Maps. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Seam triggers
Google Maps actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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