Limitations of Unito's Notion Integration

Here's a breakdown of what Unito's Notion integration can't do yet — and a few other considerations.

Unito's Notion integration is designed to get crucial data out of your databases and into other tools. You've seen what Unito can do for Notion users, so this article will cover what it can't do — yet.

What this article covers:

• Unsupported fields
• Other limitations

Unsupported fields

• Sync attachments: You won’t be able to sync attachments to (and from) Notion just yet.
• Rich text: That means no formatted text, no mentions, and no emojis 😞
• Comments: You won't be able to sync comments yet.
• Status: You won't be able to sync this field with Unito's Notion integration.

Other limitations

• Pages must be linked to databases: Unito's Notion integration requires pages to be linked to databases for syncing. Notion tables must first be converted to databases. 
• Character limits: Due to a Notion API limitation, each block of text can only hold 2000 characters. If you try to sync longer text fields from another tool, the excess text will be cut off. In two-way syncs, this can lead to data loss in the original tool as it matches Notion's character limit.  To prevent this, avoid syncing fields with more than 2000 characters to Notion.
• Webhooks: This integration doesn't support webhooks, which means Unito can only sync changes every five minutes.
• Inviting Unito: For this integration to work properly, you'll have to invite Unito in the databases you're syncing and give it Can Edit permissions.
• Assignees / authors: In order to sync assignees properly, they need to have the exact same email address in Notion as they do in other tools.
• Relation: To be able to map the Relation field in a Unito flow, the link in that field needs to be part of the same database you're syncing data from.
• Subtasks: Since Notion doesn't have a work item hierarchy the way some tools do, you won't be able to sync subtasks and other sub-items (e.g. Trello checklists and Asana subtasks) to Notion.
• Syncing Notion with Google Calendar: Syncing times precisely is hard to accomplish, and due to limitations in Notion's API, Unito isn't able to accurately sync times between Notion and Google Calendar.
• Relation fields: While Unito does support syncing Relation fields, you can only sync them if they're referring to another row in the same Notion database. If they're linked to a different Notion page, you won't be able to sync them.