Connect WhatsApp Template Approvals to Campaign Calendar Planning
The moment your WhatsApp message template is approved, Notis creates a calendar event for your campaign launch. No delays, no forgotten launches, no manual reminders.
Trigger
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.
Action
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Why this helps
WhatsApp template reviews can take days or weeks. Founders often miss the approval notification and forget to launch the campaign on time. This creates unplanned gaps in outreach and wastes the marketing timeline.
- Immediately captures when templates are approved
- Ensures campaigns launch on schedule
- Centralizes marketing timeline in Google Calendar
- Reduces administrative overhead
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect WhatsApp Business Account and Google Calendar to Notis.
- 2Create an automation: name it 'Template Approved Schedule', set Trigger to 'Message Template Status Update' from WhatsApp.
- 3Tell Notis: 'When a WhatsApp template is approved, create a Google Calendar event titled with the template name and schedule it for 24 hours after approval as a campaign launch reminder.'
- 4Choose where Notis reports updates (Telegram, email, etc.).
- 5Monitor for template approvals and verify events appear on your calendar at the expected time.
Questions about this workflow
Can I set a specific launch time instead of 24 hours later?
Yes, you can customize the prompt. For example: 'Schedule the launch event for the following Monday at 9am' or 'Schedule it 3 hours after approval.'
What if I want to wait before launching?
You can tell Notis: 'Create the event but mark it as a draft' or 'Create it with a tentative status so I can confirm before launching.'
Does it include template details in the calendar event?
Yes, Notis will include the template name, approval timestamp, and any other metadata available from the WhatsApp approval notification.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Whatsapp to Google Calendar. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Whatsapp triggers
Google Calendar actions
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
Insert Calendar into List
Inserts an existing calendar into the user's calendar list.
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.
Update Calendar List Entry
Updates an existing entry on the user\'s calendar list.
Interactive Reply Received
Triggered when a customer taps a quick-reply button or selects an option from an interactive list message you sent.
Delete Calendar
Deletes a secondary calendar. use calendars.clear for clearing all events on primary calendars.
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.
Update Calendar
Updates metadata for a calendar.
Clear Calendar
Clears a primary calendar. this operation deletes all events associated with the primary calendar of an account.
Create Event
Creates an event on a google calendar, needing rfc3339 utc start/end times (end after start) and write access to the calendar. by default, adds the organizer as an attendee unless exclude organizer is set to true.
Delete event
Deletes a specified event by `event id` from a google calendar (`calendar id`); this action is idempotent and raises a 404 error if the event is not found.
Create a calendar
Creates a new, empty google calendar with the specified title (summary).
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