Integrate with Google Chat

Send customized Google chat messages directly from a Next Matter process to dedicated channels.

Before you begin

Understand how data references work. See Use data references. This will help you use the captured data in the workflow steps.

Create the Next Matter Bot in your Google Chat room

  1. In your Gmail click Spaces.
  2. At the top, next to the space title, click the down arrow and select Apps & integrations.
  3. Click Manage webhooks.
  4. If this space already has other webhooks, click Add another. Otherwise, skip this step.
  5. Enter the name for the webhook, for example, Next Matter bot.
  6. Click SAVE.

Configure the notification step in a process

  1. In your Next Matter portal, click Workflows, and then click the process you want to send messages to Slack.
  2. Click Edit process.
  3. Click +Add step and select Integration > Custom integration.
  4. Click Settings to configure the step.
  5. Enter the following details:
    • Method: POST
    • URL: Google_Webhook_URL
    • Headers: Content-Type: application/json
    • In the Body enter the text of the message. For example, the body might look like the following.
    {
    {"text":"my_text"}
    }
    
  6. Save your changes.