Deleted Files Escalation: Never Lose Track of Critical Documents

When someone deletes a file from Drive, Notis immediately creates a task in Salesforce so you can investigate and respond. Compliance and accountability built in.

Trigger

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

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Action

Create task

Creates a new task in salesforce to track activities, to-dos, and follow-ups related to contacts, leads, or other records.

Why this helps

Critical files disappear from Drive without warning. You don't notice until a client asks about a contract. By then, you're scrambling to recover it or recreate it.

  • Instant notification when files vanish
  • Reduce risk of lost client contracts or proposals
  • Built-in audit trail of deletions
  • Protect against accidental overwrites

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Google Drive and Salesforce to Notis.
  • 2Tell Notis: 'If a file is deleted from my Drive, create an urgent task so I can follow up.'
  • 3Specify which folders or file types are critical to monitor.
  • 4Notis will immediately alert you if a deletion happens.

Questions about this workflow

What counts as deleted—moved to trash or permanently deleted?

Both. Notis flags files moved to trash or permanently removed.

How quickly do I get the alert?

Notis checks Drive every few minutes and creates a task within that window.

Can I auto-restore deleted files?

No, but the task reminder ensures you check the trash or contact your admin right away.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Salesforce. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

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Google Drive triggers

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Salesforce actions

Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)

Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.

TriggerPolling

Create Salesforce Account

Deprecated: creates a new salesforce account using a json post request, requiring 'name'; specific fields (e.g., custom, dunsnumber) may have org-level prerequisites.

ActionInstant

File Created

Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Add contact to campaign

Adds a contact to a campaign by creating a campaignmember record, allowing you to track campaign engagement.

ActionInstant

File Deleted or Trashed

Triggers when a file is moved to trash or permanently deleted in Drive.

TriggerPolling

Add lead to campaign

Adds a lead to a campaign by creating a campaignmember record, allowing you to track campaign engagement.

ActionInstant

File Shared (Permissions Added)

Triggers when new sharing permissions are granted to a file or folder. Uses Drive's `changes.list` endpoint with inline `permissions` in the `fields` mask so each change carries the file's current permission set provider-atomically. We diff that against `seen_permission_keys` to identify newly added grants. Drive page tokens are the primary cursor; if Drive rejects a stored token, the trigger raises `PollingTriggerError` without clearing state rather than silently re-baselining and dropping events. Limitation: truly ephemeral permissions (added and revoked between two polls without any other file modification in between) are not detected. Drive Activity API would catch those but requires an additional OAuth scope and a different payload contract.

TriggerPolling

Add product to opportunity

Adds a product (line item) to an opportunity. the product must exist in a pricebook entry that's associated with the opportunity's pricebook.

ActionInstant

File Updated

Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Apply lead assignment rules

Applies configured lead assignment rules to a specific lead, automatically routing it to the appropriate owner based on your organization's rules.

ActionInstant

Google Drive Changes

Triggers when changes are detected in a Google Drive.

TriggerPolling

Associate contact to account

Associates a contact with an account by updating the contact's accountid field.

ActionInstant

New File Matching Query

Triggers when a new Google Drive file matches a provided query. This is the legacy query-centric trigger: it preserves Drive API query config such as ``corpora`` / ``driveId`` aliases and emits the historical ``file_matching_query`` event type. ``FileCreatedTrigger`` covers the broader "new file" case and emits ``file_created``.

TriggerPolling

Clone opportunity with products

Clones an opportunity and optionally its products (line items). creates a new opportunity with the same field values and products as the original.

ActionInstant

Clone record

Creates a copy of an existing salesforce record by reading its data, removing system fields, and creating a new record. optionally apply field updates to the clone.

ActionInstant

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