Find CommCare reports from WhatsApp
Give your team a quick answer when they ask where a report lives.
Trigger
New WhatsApp Message Received
Polling trigger that monitors for new messages received in TimelinesAI WhatsApp chats.
Action
List Reports
Tool to retrieve available reports configured in a CommCare project. Use when you need to discover what reports exist before downloading report data via the Download Report Data API.
Why this helps
People ask for report names in chat and wait while someone searches CommCare manually.
- Reduces search time
- Improves report discoverability
- Keeps answers in the original conversation
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect TimelinesAI and CommCare in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation that recognizes report discovery questions and returns the available CommCare report names.
- 3Pick New WhatsApp Message Received as the trigger.
- 4Choose the report channel and test with a real report question.
Questions about this workflow
Does this download report data?
No. It lists configured reports so a person can choose the right one before downloading data.
Can it summarize the list?
Yes. Ask Notis to group or describe reports using only the returned CommCare metadata.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Timelinesai to CommCare. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Timelinesai triggers
CommCare actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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New WhatsApp Message Received
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