I have a simple notion customer database in with a “follow up” date field. It triggers a google calendar entry.
The problem is that the google event is created everytime I update the customer (for example if I change a contact). So I end up with multiple calendar entries for the same day.
How can I only have it triggered when I change the “follow-up” date field in Notion?
I imagine it has something todo with the zapier-filter item, but I tried alot and cannot figure out the correct setup.
Any help is appraciated
Best answer by SamB
Hey folks 👋 @mfar, I’m so sorry we missed your message here previously.
Thanks for everyone’s patience here, I’m pleased to share that the feature request has been implemented. Sharing the details from the email notification that was sent for anyone that missed it:
We’ve got some great news: we’ve released two new instant Notion triggers that make it easier to automate updates from your data sources in real time!
What’s new:
Updated Properties in Data Source Item – fires when one or more properties in a Notion data source item change.
Updated Content in Data Source Item – fires when the page content (blocks or text) inside a data source item changes.
You can also combine these triggers with Notion search actions (like Get Page and Children, Get Block, Get Page Property or others) to locate related records, filter data, or enrich your workflow before continuing.
Excited for you all to give these new triggers a try! And if you run into any issues with them, feel free to start a new topic or contact our Support team directly for assistance. In the meantime, happy Zapping! 😁⚡
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I did some digging into this, and the "Updated Database in Notion" appears to trigger on all updates. Unfortunately, there isn't an option to specify a particular field to trigger only on that specific field.
We do have an open feature request for the “Updated Database in Notion” to add the ability to select a specific field to check for updates in. I have added you as an interested member to the feature request. That does a few things:
Bring this to the attention of the integration developers
Help track interest in this feature being implemented
Allows us to notify you via email if this feature becomes available in the future
While I don't have an ETA on when this feature might be implemented, we will notify you via email if it is!
Adding a filter step could still work, but you might have to tweak your database a little bit by adding a new column to your database. You can maybe add a “Status” column on your database, and setup the filter step to only continue if the “Status” column is set to “Completed/Updated”.
I haven’t tested this out myself, but it’s worth a try! 😊
Hey folks 👋 @mfar, I’m so sorry we missed your message here previously.
Thanks for everyone’s patience here, I’m pleased to share that the feature request has been implemented. Sharing the details from the email notification that was sent for anyone that missed it:
We’ve got some great news: we’ve released two new instant Notion triggers that make it easier to automate updates from your data sources in real time!
What’s new:
Updated Properties in Data Source Item – fires when one or more properties in a Notion data source item change.
Updated Content in Data Source Item – fires when the page content (blocks or text) inside a data source item changes.
You can also combine these triggers with Notion search actions (like Get Page and Children, Get Block, Get Page Property or others) to locate related records, filter data, or enrich your workflow before continuing.
Excited for you all to give these new triggers a try! And if you run into any issues with them, feel free to start a new topic or contact our Support team directly for assistance. In the meantime, happy Zapping! 😁⚡
