Retire discontinued Algolia items from a Typeform alert
Keep customers from finding products your team has already retired.
Trigger
New Form Response
Triggers when a respondent completes and submits the form.
Action
Delete Multiple Records
Tool to delete multiple records from an algolia index. use when you need to remove multiple objects by their ids.
Why this helps
Discontinued items remain visible because catalog cleanup waits for a manual batch task.
- Prevents stale products from appearing
- Shortens catalog cleanup cycles
- Handles batches of retired object IDs
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Typeform and Algolia in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation that removes every discontinued object ID listed in the response.
- 3Pick the Typeform New Form Response trigger.
- 4Select a report channel and test with an internal alert.
Questions about this workflow
What should the form include?
Include the Algolia object IDs that should be retired and any approval details your team needs.
Can this preserve the rest of the index?
Yes. It deletes only the specified records.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
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