Notion Databases – Notis

Creating Notion Databases

Notis can create a new database. You can ask Notis to add properties as part of creation, pick icons, and name the database.

The first time you ask Notis to create a new database, you’ll be asked to share the Notion link to the page where you want the database to be added. Make sure you share a page Notis has access. This page will be saved in your user settings and used as the default location for any new database unless you instruct Notis otherwise.

Examples you can ask Notis:

"Create a database called Team Tasks with properties: Status (status), Due date (date), Priority (select) and People."

Editing Databases

Notis can also update an existing database’s schema, including:

Title

Description: very useful for storing extra instructions for when Notis needs to write or query this database.

Properties: See bellow for the full list

Icon

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Examples you can ask Notis:

"Add a Priority property as a select with Low, Medium, High."

"Create a one-way relation from Tasks to Projects."

"Rename ‘Owner’ to ‘Assignee’."

"Can you add a property email to my personal CRM?"

Creating and Editing Databases Properties

Notis can add, rename, or remove properties of your Notion databases. Supported property types:

title

rich_text (text)

url

email

phone_number

file

number

date (single date or range)

select

multi_select

people

relation (one-way by default; ask for two-way if needed)

rollup

formula

checkbox

created_time

created_by

last_edited_time

last_edited_by

place

Working with Relations

Notis can create one-way or two-way relations between data sources.

One-way: Adds a relation on only the source data source. Best for simpler linking.

Two-way: Adds relation properties on both data sources. Ask for this explicitly.

Examples you can ask Notis:

"Link Tasks to Projects with a two-way relation."

"Add a one-way relation from Meetings to People."

Known Limitations

The Notion API has a few limitations that restrict what Notis can or cannot do.

Access

Notis can only create new databases or edit databases in pages it has access. Learn how to manage the Notion pages Notis has access to here.

Property types not supported

“Status” property type is not supported when creating a database.

Also, the following database properties cannot be updated:

formula

select

status

Synced content

A multi_select database property’s options values. An option can be removed, but not updated.

Note that the property type of the title cannot be changed.

Views

Creating and managing your view is not supported.

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Use Notion version history to restore content accidentally edited by Notis.