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Give WhatsApp research a regular review in Dovetail

Set a recurring check of Dovetail research data so unanswered questions and unsynthesized feedback are easier to spot.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

List Data

Tool to list data items in dovetail. use when you need to retrieve, filter, sort, or paginate through your workspace data after authentication. supports dovetail filters, sort syntax, and cursor-based pagination.

Why this helps

Feedback captured during busy weeks can accumulate without a reliable moment to review what still needs attention.

  • Create a dependable review rhythm
  • Find research entries that may need follow-up
  • Reduce the effort of searching through accumulated data

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Dovetail once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a clear name.
  • 3Tell Notis to review available Dovetail data for WhatsApp research items that appear to lack synthesis or follow-up, and report the evidence behind each recommendation.
  • 4Pick a Notis recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Run one scheduled review and check that recommendations reflect actual available Dovetail data.

Questions about this workflow

Can the schedule find whether a customer was contacted afterward?

Only if that follow-up history is available in the Dovetail data Notis can access or is supplied in the request. Otherwise, it should report that the history is missing.

Does this workflow create or change research records?

This workflow lists Dovetail data for review and reports potential follow-up needs. It does not create or update records.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Dovetail. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Whatsapp triggers

Dovetail actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Channel

Tool to create a new channel in dovetail. use after confirming channel details.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create Contact

Tool to create a new contact in dovetail. use when you need to register a contact before logging interactions.

ActionInstant

Message Status Updated

Triggers when a WhatsApp message status changes. IMPORTANT LIMITATION: WhatsApp Cloud API does not provide a native polling endpoint for message status. Status updates are ONLY delivered via webhooks in real-time. This trigger cannot directly poll the WhatsApp API for status updates. This trigger will return empty results as WhatsApp does not support this operation. To track message status updates, you must: 1. Set up a webhook endpoint to receive status notifications from WhatsApp 2. Store the webhook data in your own database 3. Use a different mechanism to query your stored webhook data For more information, see: - https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/webhooks

TriggerPolling

Create Data Point

Tool to create a data point within a channel. use after capturing new content to record and classify it in dovetail.

ActionInstant

New Message Received

Triggered in real time when your WhatsApp Business number receives an inbound message from a customer (text, media, location, or contact). Delivered via the Cloud API webhook.

TriggerInstant

Create Insight

Tool to create a new insight in dovetail. use after synthesizing findings when ready to store them. example: "create insight 'q1 user trends' with body '...' for project 'proj 123'."

ActionInstant

Interactive Reply Received

Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.

TriggerInstant

Create Topic

Tool to create a new topic in a channel. use after confirming channel id, title, and optional description.

ActionInstant

Message Template Status Update

Triggered when the review status of a WhatsApp message template changes — for example approved, rejected, or flagged — on your WhatsApp Business Account.

TriggerInstant

Delete Channel

Tool to delete an existing channel. use when you need to remove a channel and move it to the project's trash (restorable for 30 days). confirm the channel id before calling.

ActionInstant

Delete Topic

Tool to delete an existing topic. use when you have confirmed the topic id and want to move it to trash (restorable for 30 days). example: "delete topic with id 123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000."

ActionInstant

Get Note

Tool to retrieve details of a specific note. use when you have confirmed the note id and need full note metadata from dovetail.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Whatsapp and Dovetail, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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