Update to push notifications?

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Hi all - is there any update to push notification enhancements? I’ve read there currently is no time set push notifications :frowning:

Does anyone know how I can enable the following reminders?

  1. Weekly (or every 3 days), etc. - ex, Every saturday a push reminder goes out to everyone automatically
  2. Overdue - whenever a specific task goes overdue a reminder gets sent that the item is overdue

I feel i understand how to get a push notification if someone uploads a post or has a comment on it, but not the above 2 scenarios.

Thank you

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Time-based actions are not available now. Same answer for your “overdue” question.

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ok, thanks. Is there any work around or options you recommend? I just am reading about Make and i know there’s zapier. I’m a maker member now so not sure if that matters on other available options.

Thanks

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You can use automation tools to trigger scheduled notifications and deliver via email or text. But you cannot trigger scheduled push notifications.

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ok,thank you. So I’m looking at make now and trying to figure out how to have scheduled notifications via webhooks. Is that the right approach?

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No, not really.
You would need something like:

  • Fetch the data you need via the API
  • Iterate through it, and send notifications to those users that match whatever criteria you set.
  • Schedule the above to run at an interval of your choosing.
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Could you guide me a little more? I’m just looking to send a reminder notification to all users to login every other day.

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Which plan do you have?

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maker, i just signed up for the year not realizing no time notifications yet. Trying to work around this

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I think you might struggle to do this on Maker, as you really need access to the Glide API.

Unless you are using a Google Sheet as a data source?

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I’m using both Google sheets and tables in glide.

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Okay, so given the below goal:

  • your Users table needs to be a Google Sheet. Assuming that it is, the steps would be as follows:
  • Start with a Google Sheets module to return all rows in your Users Sheet
  • Use an Iterator module to process the returned rows one by one
  • Use a GMail module to send an email to each user
  • Schedule the scenario to run once per day
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Thanks, i’ve tried this method through Make now. Hoping it works well as an intermediary!

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Hi all - anyone know if there’s any update to glide non-action based push notifications?

I’ve used Make to email users a time based reminder, but would love to have push notifications sent to each user based on overdue task items (non-action push).

Thanks!

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Time-based actions: not as of yet natively in the action editor.

I quote @NoCodeAndy

There are issues with web push notifications on iOS, which is why it’s still in Preview mode. Twilio should be a more reliable alternative, or routing through another 3rd party via Zapier.

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