Get Automatic Linear Issues When Your Google Sheets Metrics Change
Watch your key metrics without staring at a spreadsheet. Notis monitors your aggregate calculations in Google Sheets and creates a Linear issue the moment a sum, count, or average changes. Stay informed without constant manual checking.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
Why this helps
When metrics are buried in spreadsheets, you either miss changes entirely or waste energy manually polling the sheet to notice problems.
- Eliminate manual metric polling by getting a Linear issue the moment an aggregate changes
- Detect problems in real-time instead of discovering them days later in a weekly review
- Reduce cognitive load by letting Notis watch the metrics you specify
- Create a clear audit trail in Linear showing when metrics changed and what you did about it
- Focus on response, not on the checking itself
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect your Google Sheets to Notis if you haven't already.
- 2In the Notis portal, create a new automation with the prompt: 'Monitor the [Column Name] sum/count/average in my [Sheet Name] spreadsheet. When this aggregate metric changes, create a Linear issue with the new value and what changed.'
- 3Select 'Aggregate Metric Changed' as your trigger.
- 4Choose your notification channel to receive confirmations.
- 5Test by adding a row to your sheet that changes your metric, and verify the Linear issue appears.
Questions about this workflow
How often does Notis check my metrics?
Notis polls your sheet every 15 minutes by default. Let us know in your prompt if you need more frequent checks for critical metrics.
Can I trigger alerts for specific threshold ranges, like only when the metric exceeds 100?
Yes. Describe your range in the prompt, e.g., 'Create an issue only if the count exceeds 100.' Notis interprets and implements the logic.
What if my spreadsheet has multiple metrics?
You can create separate automations for each metric, each with its own trigger and notification channel.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Linear. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Linear 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.
Create linear attachment
Creates a new attachment and associates it with a specific, existing linear issue.
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.
Create a comment
Creates a new comment on a specified linear issue.
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 linear issue
Creates a new issue in a specified linear project and team, requiring a title and description, and allowing for optional properties like assignee, state, priority, cycle, and due date.
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.
Get create issue default params
Fetches a linear team's default issue estimate and state, useful for pre-filling new issue forms.
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 a label
Creates a new label in linear for a specified team, used to categorize and organize issues.
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.
Delete issue
Archives an existing linear issue by its id, which is linear's standard way of deleting issues; the operation is idempotent.
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.
Get all teams
Retrieves all teams from the linear workspace without requiring any parameters.
New Sheet Added in Google Spreadsheet
Polling trigger that detects when a new sheet is added to a Google Spreadsheet.
Download issue attachments
Downloads a specific attachment from a linear issue; the `file name` must include the correct file extension.
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