How to Create Notifications in Coda

Quick summary

Coda lets you create automated email notifications directly from your doc by connecting a button to Gmail. You can define recipients, subject lines, and email content using Coda formulas and live data from your tables.

Steps

1. Click the add icon to begin adding a new button to your Coda doc.
2. Click the New button option to create a button element.
3. Select Send email as the button action.
4. Define the email content, recipients, and subject line using Coda formulas and data from your doc.
5. Click Sign in with Gmail to connect your Gmail account.
6. Follow the prompts and click Continue to complete the Gmail connection on first setup.
7. Enter the recipient, subject, and content of the email in the configuration panel.
8. Your Coda notification button is ready — clicking it will send the email directly via Gmail.