Alert your team when Airtable views are deleted
Someone accidentally deletes a critical Airtable view. Notis alerts your team in Slack immediately, so you can restore it before anyone loses their workflow.
Trigger
View Deleted
Triggers when a previously known Airtable view is deleted.
Action
Find channels
Find channels in a slack workspace by any criteria - name, topic, purpose, or description.
Why this helps
A view gets deleted (accidentally or intentionally), but you don't realize it until someone asks 'where did the view go?', wasting time recovering it.
- Catch accidental deletions immediately
- Enable quick recovery before workflows are disrupted
- Protect against loss of important data perspectives
- Build accountability for changes to shared tools
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Airtable and Slack to Notis (one-time).
- 2Create an automation: 'When a view is deleted from [Airtable base], post an alert to [Slack channel].'
- 3Select 'View Deleted' as the Airtable trigger.
- 4Choose the Slack channel for alerts (often #data-ops or #incidents).
- 5Test by creating and deleting a test view, confirming the alert appears in Slack immediately.
Questions about this workflow
Can I restore the view from this alert?
Notis can't restore it directly, but the alert gives you the view name, creator, and timestamp so you can recover it quickly from Airtable's history.
Does this track views that are soft-deleted vs. permanently deleted?
Yes, Notis tracks both and can alert differently if needed (e.g., 'warn on deletion, alert critically on permanent removal').
Can I restrict alerts to critical views only?
Yes. Tag critical views in Airtable and ask Notis to only alert when those specific views are deleted.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Airtable to Slack. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Airtable triggers
Slack actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Set snooze duration
Deprecated: turns on do not disturb mode for the current user, or changes its duration. use `set dnd duration` instead.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Add a custom emoji to a Slack team
Deprecated: adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url. use `add emoji` instead.
Base Metadata Changed
Triggers when an existing Airtable base changes its name or permission level.
Add an emoji alias
Adds an alias for an existing custom emoji in a slack enterprise grid organization.
Base Schema Changed
Triggers when tables, fields, or views change in an Airtable base.
Add a remote file
Adds a reference to an external file (e.g., google drive, dropbox) to slack for discovery and sharing, requiring a unique `external id` and an `external url` accessible by slack.
User Profile Changed
Triggers when the connected Airtable user's profile information changes.
Add a star to an item
Stars a channel, file, file comment, or a specific message in slack.
View Created
Triggers when a new view is created in an Airtable base.
Add call participants
Registers new participants added to a slack call.
View Deleted
Triggers when a previously known Airtable view is deleted.
Add emoji
Adds a custom emoji to a slack workspace given a unique name and an image url; subject to workspace emoji limits.
View Metadata Changed
Triggers when an Airtable view changes its name or type.
Add reaction to message
Adds a specified emoji reaction to an existing message in a slack channel, identified by its timestamp; does not remove or retrieve reactions.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Airtable and Slack, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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