Keep Your Drive Clean with Automatic Monthly Archives
Every month, Notis moves files older than 60 days or marked as 'Done' into your archive folder. Your active workspace stays focused, but nothing gets lost.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Move File
Tool to move a file from one folder to another in google drive. use when you need to reorganize files by changing their parent folder(s).
Why this helps
Your Drive gets cluttered with completed projects and old files. You know you should archive them, but the mental overhead of sorting through everything stops you cold.
- Your Drive stays organized without manual effort
- Old files are preserved but out of the way
- Reduces decision fatigue around file management
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive to Notis
- 2Tell Notis: 'Every [time period], move files older than [X days] or marked as 'Done' to my archive folder'
- 3Specify the criteria for archiving (age, status, label, etc.)
- 4Choose your archive folder destination
- 5Select your notification channel to see what gets archived
Questions about this workflow
Can I change the archiving schedule?
Yes. You can archive weekly, monthly, quarterly, or on any custom schedule.
What if I don't want something archived?
You can add a label or mark files to prevent them from being archived.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Google Drive. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Google Drive actions
Aggregate Metric Changed
Triggers when an aggregate metric (SUM/COUNT/AVG/MIN/MAX) changes in a Google Sheets spreadsheet. This trigger monitors an aggregate calculation on a target column (optionally filtered by a search column/value) and fires when the calculated result changes.
Add file sharing preference
Modifies sharing permissions for an existing google drive file, granting a specified role to a user, group, domain, or 'anyone'.
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
Copy file
Duplicates an existing file in google drive, identified by its `file id`.
Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create Comment
Tool to create a comment on a file. use when you need to add a new comment to a specific file in google drive.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create Shared Drive
Tool to create a new shared drive. use when you need to programmatically create a new shared drive for collaboration or storage.
Developer Metadata Changed
Triggers when developer metadata entries change (new/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Create File or Folder
Creates a new file or folder with metadata. use to create empty files or folders, or files with content by providing it in the request body (though this action primarily focuses on metadata creation).
Filtered Range Values Changed
Polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets filtered ranges for value changes. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect when values matching a data filter change. Emits the matched values when changes are detected.
Create a File from Text
Creates a new file in google drive from provided text content (up to 10mb), supporting various formats including automatic conversion to google workspace types.
New Rows in Google Sheet
Simple polling trigger that monitors Google Sheets for new rows. Detects when new rows are added and returns the complete row data. Perfect for triggering any workflow based on new sheet entries.
Create a folder
Creates a new folder in google drive, optionally within a parent folder specified by its id or name; if a parent name is provided but not found, the action will fail.
New Sheet Added in Google Spreadsheet
Polling trigger that detects when a new sheet is added to a Google Spreadsheet.
Create Reply
Tool to create a reply to a comment in google drive. use when you need to respond to an existing comment on a file.
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