Keep tabs on validation rules that protect your data
Your data validation rules prevent bad entries (invalid emails, out-of-range numbers, unauthorized choices). If someone accidentally removes a rule, your data quality suffers. Notis alerts Telegram when validation rules change so you can fix it immediately.
Trigger
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.
Action
Send Message
Send a text message to a telegram chat using the bot api.
Why this helps
Data validation rules that protect your spreadsheet data quality are accidentally removed or modified by team members, and you don't find out until bad data has already entered the sheet.
- Catch removed or modified validation rules before bad data enters
- Maintain data quality standards automatically
- Audit trail of who changed validation rules
- Reduce time spent debugging data quality problems
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Sheets and Telegram to Notis
- 2Create an automation: 'Alert me in Telegram when validation rules in my data sheet change'
- 3Write: 'Send a message whenever a data validation rule is added, changed, or removed'
- 4Select 'Data Validation Rule Changed' trigger, pick your Telegram channel, and test by adding or removing a validation rule
Questions about this workflow
Will it alert for every small change, or only significant ones?
It alerts for any change: additions, removals, and modifications. If that's too noisy, filter it: 'only alert for removed rules' or 'only for high-priority columns'.
Should I protect these sheets from editing?
Notis alerts keep you informed, but sheet protection (restricting edit access) is a separate tool in Google Sheets. Use both together for maximum safety.
Can I automatically restore removed rules?
Notis can send you the alert, but restoring rules requires manual action. You could ask Notis to create a task: 'If a rule is removed, remind me to restore it'.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Sheets to Telegram. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Sheets triggers
Telegram 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.
Answer Callback Query
Use this method to send answers to callback queries sent from inline keyboards. the answer will be displayed to the user as a notification at the top of the chat screen or as an alert.
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.
Delete Message
Delete a message, including service messages, with certain limitations.
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.
Edit Message
Edit text messages sent by the bot.
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.
Export Chat Invite Link
Generate a new primary invite link for a chat; any previously generated primary link is revoked. the bot must be an administrator in the chat for this to work and must have the appropriate administrator rights.
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.
Forward Message
Forward messages of any kind. service messages can't be forwarded.
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.
Get Chat Info
Get up to date information about the chat (current name of the user for one-on-one conversations, current username of a user, group or channel, etc.).
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 Chat Administrators
Get a list of administrators in a chat. on success, returns an array of chatmember objects that contains information about all chat administrators except other bots.
New Sheet Added in Google Spreadsheet
Polling trigger that detects when a new sheet is added to a Google Spreadsheet.
Get Chat History
Get chat history messages. note: this uses the getupdates method with specific parameters to retrieve historical messages.
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