Magic Cell Notifications
Use this add-on to setup email notifications on a Google Sheet when specific cells reach set values
This add-on will load a sidebar menu for you and you can then begin to set up notification rules on your Google Sheet. You can add as many rules as you like and the add-on will keep a track of them. You can track single cell references on a worksheet called ‘Notification Rules’ and you now have the option to track across Rows , Columns or Ranges entirely. You can view these worksheets and even amend the rules directly on the sheet.
Once the spreadsheet is changed and the values reach the notification rules you have set you will automatically receive an notification via your chosen method to inform you. You can also add multiple email addresses to one notification rule simply by separating them by a comma.
You can also use webhook notifications instead of emails if you prefer. Webhooks you can use are:
Email
Slack
IFTTT (76 characters)
Zapier
Discord
Google Chat
Microsoft Teams
Magic Cell Notifications is free for up to 5 Rules (Single Cell & Multi Rule) or 1 Rule (Row, Column, Range) however for unlimited rules there is an annual subscription charge £9.99. Domain wide subscriptions are £59.99 for unlimited accounts within your domain. Please see our pricing page for more information.
How do you setup Google Sheet Notifications?
Firstly you need to load your Google Sheet
Go to 'Extensions' - 'Add-ons' - Get Add-ons'
Search the Google Workspace Marketplace for Magic Cell Notifications
Install the add-on Magic Cell Notifications
Load the sidebar menu to setup your notifications
More Information - Store Listing
Use Magic Cell Notifications to monitor cells within your Google Sheet and automatically notify you via email or webhook such as Slack/Discord/Google Chat/Microsoft Teams when pre-set criteria or values are reached. The applications for this add-on are vast and the additional options allow for personalisation and flexibility to meet your needs.
There are 4 different types of monitoring that you can setup using MCN
Single cell notifications (Monitor one specific cell)
Row (Monitor an entire row)
Column (Monitor an entire column)
Range (Monitor a specific range of cells)
Each one of these methods allows you to monitors cells using the following criteria:
equal to
greater than
less than
not equal to
changes
contains
When using this add-on you can load a sidebar menu to set up notification rules on your Google Sheet. You can add as many rules as you like and the add-on will keep a track of them on a dedicated worksheet. You can view this worksheet and even amend the rules directly on the sheet.
Once the spreadsheet is changed and the values reach the notification rules you have set you will automatically receive an email/Slack notification to inform you. You can also add multiple email addresses to one notification rule simply by separating them by a comma. If you are using email notifications you can now also add CC and BCC addresses to your notifications easily
MCN runs on 4 occasions, which you can turn on and off using the menu, and these are the triggers of the add-on.
Edit (A user edit to the Google Sheet)
Form Submission (A linked Google Form is submitted)
Hourly (Once per hour)
Daily (Once a day)
You can also personalise the email or webhook notifications using your own text and can even use HTML to format and improve the look and layout of your messages. MCN also gives you the ability to insert fields from your Google Sheet directly into the email but please see the user guide for more information on what fields you can insert:
Additional features of the add-on include the ability to turn off and deactivate rules from your rule sheets at the click of a button. You can now get MCN to highlight in your worksheets where the latest match or change has taken place. MCN does web hooks and it has been tested and also works with Slack, IFTTT (76 characters), Zapier, Discord, Google Chat & Microsoft Teams.
**Paid Features**
Magic Cell Notifications has now become a subscription service for all of the features available. The free version (Basic) still exists and should solve many users' needs however the Basic version is limited by the number of each type of rule you can have.
Basic Free Version
Single & Multi Rules - Limited to 5 rules
Column, Row & Range Rules - Limited to 1 rule
Annual Subscription Chargers
£9.99 per year single user (Unlimited Rules)
£59.99 per year domain* wide subscription (Unlimited Users & Rules)
* Domain subscriptions cannot be for ‘gmail.com’ accounts but where you have a paid Google Domain and you would like all users to have Full accounts.