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Mela Works Zapier integrationAutomate Mela Works with Zapier.

The Mela Works Zapier integration gives you 10 triggers, 5 actions and 1 search. All 10 triggers are instant, so tasks, checklists, images and signatures logged on your construction sites and maintenance works reach your other tools without waiting on a timer.

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Overview

What the Mela Works Zapier integration actually does

Mela Works keeps track of construction sites and maintenance works. Linking it to Zapier means one thing: when something changes in a Mela Works task, another tool reacts, and when something happens elsewhere, Mela Works gets a task, a checklist line or a note without anyone typing it twice.

A signed-off job that files itself. New or Updated Signature fires when a signature lands in Mela Works, so the Zap can copy that sign-off into your spreadsheet or post a message that the job is signed on the ground.

Tasks that come from outside. A request typed in a form or a ticket raised in another tool can become a Mela Works task through Create Task, which needs nothing more than a Task Name.

A clean record of what disappears. Item Deleted and Task Archived let you keep a log outside Mela Works of what was removed or put away, handy when someone asks where an image went.

Now the limits. Zapier offers no action that updates, archives or deletes a task, so a Zap can only add to Mela Works, never tidy it. The only search reads a task by its id, not by name. Accounting items can be created, but none of the triggers listed here watches them. If those gaps matter, see our n8n vs Zapier comparison before you build anything.

Vocabulary

Zapier words in one minute

Eight words come back all over this page. Here they are in plain English, once.

Zap
The automation you build on Zapier: one trigger, then one or more actions that run each time the trigger event happens.
Trigger
The event in an app that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier waits for it and nothing else.
Action
What the Zap does once it has started: the step that writes, sends or moves something for you in an app.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task is one action your Zap completes successfully, and your plan counts those.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked by Zapier on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself the moment the event happens.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap go on only when what arrived meets the condition you set, and stops it otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something that already exists in an app, so the steps after it can use what it found.
Connection
Your Mela Works account linked to Zapier once, then reused by every step that talks to Mela Works.
Cost

What a Mela Works Zap really costs

Mela Works is not a premium app, so it works on the free plan. What you pay for is tasks, and only some steps make them.

  • Free plan100 tasks a month, unlimited Zaps
  • Steps per Zap on Free2 (one trigger, one action)
  • Trigger0 tasks
  • Premium appNo

The trigger never costs a task, and watching for new events costs nothing either. Each action that goes through counts once; an action that fails is not counted. A Zap with three actions uses three times what a one-action Zap uses. The catch on the free plan: Zaps stop at two steps. Adding a filter, a search or a second action makes it a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. The grid below is how often Zapier checks a polling trigger; all 10 Mela Works triggers are instant, so it does not apply to them.

Connect

Connect your Mela Works account

  1. 01

    Open the Apps page

    In your Zapier account, go to the Apps page and click + Add connection. A dialog opens with a search box: type Mela Works and pick it from the results.

  2. 02

    Sign in to Mela Works

    Click Add connection. A new tab opens on Mela Works: sign in with the account the Zaps should act as. You need an account on the app before you start.

  3. 03

    Grant access

    Allow Zapier to use the account. The connection is then saved once and reused by every Zap step that touches Mela Works, so you will not repeat this for each new Zap.

First Zap

Your first Zap: log every Mela Works signature in a spreadsheet

GoalEach signature captured in Mela Works adds a row to your spreadsheet, but only when it passes the condition you set in a filter.

  1. 01

    Create the Zap

    Start a new Zap, pick Mela Works as the trigger app and New or Updated Signature as the event, then choose your Mela Works connection.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent signatures of the connected account, so you set up the next steps on a real one and see which details it carries.

  3. 03

    Add a filter

    Click the plus icon and add Filter. Pick the field to look at, the rule and the value to compare with. Mind the rule type: a text rule only works on text.

  4. 04

    Add the spreadsheet step

    Add your spreadsheet app with its add-a-row action and map the signature details you saw at the test into the columns you want to fill.

  5. 05

    Test, then publish

    Test each step and check the new row. The filter makes this a multi-step Zap, so it needs a paid plan. Then click Publish to switch it on.

Triggers

Mela Works triggers

10 events start a Zap when something happens in Mela Works, and 10 of them are instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

1

Item Deleted

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when an item gets deleted”

Starts a Zap when an item gets deleted in Mela Works, so the deletion leaves a trace somewhere outside the app.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
keep a log row for each deleted item, so you can answer when someone asks where a note or an image went.
Watch out
check at the test what the trigger brings back about the deleted item before you map anything.
2

New Task

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when a new task is created.”

Fires each time a task is created in Mela Works. It is the natural starting point for anything that must happen when a new job opens on a site.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
post the new task in your team chat, or add a standard first checklist line to it with Create Checklist Item.
Watch out
as a general precaution, a Zap that writes back where its own trigger looks can start itself again; check at the test what your action creates.
3

New or Updated Audio

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when an Audio is created or updated”

Reacts when an audio recording is created or updated. Voice notes left in the field can then travel to wherever your team actually listens to them.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
send a message to whoever follows the job each time a recording lands in Mela Works.
Watch out
creation and update share this trigger, so the same recording can start the Zap more than once; check at the test whether anything tells the two apart before you add a filter.
4

New or Updated Checklist

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when a Checklist is created or updated”

Watches checklists: a new one, or a change to an existing one, starts the Zap.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
mirror checklist progress in a spreadsheet that people outside Mela Works can read.
Watch out
if the same Zap also writes into Mela Works, check at the test that what it writes does not start it again; a Zap that writes where its trigger looks can loop.
5

New or Updated Files

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when a Files is created or updated”

Goes off when files are created or updated in Mela Works. Documents dropped on a job then have a way to leave the app.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
copy each new file to the shared folder where the rest of your paperwork already lives.
Watch out
an update fires it too, so a replaced file may start the Zap a second time; check at the test what an update sends before you pick the destination.
6

New or Updated Image

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when an Image is created or updated”

Catches every image created or updated in Mela Works. Pictures taken on site become the raw material of a photo log elsewhere.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
build a photo record per site in your file storage, one entry per image.
Watch out
a huge batch of images arriving at once, after a bulk import or a migration, can be held back by Zapier's flood protection.
7

New or Updated Signature

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when a Signature is created or updated”

Runs when a signature is created or changes in Mela Works. When your process ends a job with a signature, this is the trigger for closing work elsewhere.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
tell whoever follows the job that it has been signed on site, so nothing waits for someone to notice.
Watch out
check at the test which details come back with the signature before you rely on them in a message.
8

New or Updated Text

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when a Text is created or updated”

Picks up text items, new or edited. Instructions, remarks and incident notes can then leave the app as plain text.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
forward every note to a shared inbox so it is read outside the field.
Watch out
if your Zap also writes items into Mela Works, look at the test at what it produces: a Zap that writes where its trigger looks can restart itself.
9

New or Updated Video

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when a Video is created or updated”

Fires when a video is created or modified in Mela Works. A clip filmed on site can explain a problem that is hard to put into words.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
alert the person who follows a job each time a clip shows up in Mela Works.
Watch out
like the other media triggers, an edit can start the Zap again; decide whether you want one message per clip or one per change, and test both cases.
10

Task Archived

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggered when a task is archived”

Starts when a task is archived in Mela Works. If archiving closes a job in your process, follow-up work can begin here.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan
When to use it
mark the matching row as finished in the spreadsheet that tracks your open jobs.
Watch out
tasks archived before the Zap was switched on never come through; only archiving that happens afterwards starts it.
Actions

Mela Works actions

Mela Works gives you 5 actions. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Create Accounting Item

Action

In Zapier“Creates an accounting item”

Records an accounting item on a task. Two fields are required: the Task it belongs to and the Accounting Section it goes into.

When to use it
log an expense entered elsewhere against the job it was spent on.
Watch out
check at the test that the item lands on the right task and in the right section.
2

Create Action

Action

In Zapier“Creates an action in Mela”

Adds an action in Mela Works. It needs a Name for the action and an Item Message, the description of the parent item created along with it.

When to use it
record a follow-up that must be done on a job, set off by an event in another tool.
Watch out
both fields are required, so map something into each and check the result at the test.
3

Create Checklist Item

Action

In Zapier“Create a checklist item”

Adds a checklist item in Mela Works. The Task field is required, so the Zap has to know which task it is writing into.

When to use it
drop a standard first check on every new task, with the task mapped from New Task.
Watch out
the Task value comes from an earlier step; check at the test that it points to the task you expect.
4

Create Task

Action

In Zapier“Creates a task in Mela”

Opens a new task in Mela Works from whatever your Zap received. Task Name is the only required field, so even a short request is enough.

When to use it
turn a ticket, a form entry or an email into a job your team will see in Mela Works.
Watch out
a Zap that writes where its own trigger looks can restart itself, so check at the test which trigger sits in front of it.
5

Create Text Item

Action

In Zapier“Create a text item”

Writes a text item into Mela Works. Message is the required field, and it carries the words you want to see in the app.

When to use it
keep the full wording of an outside message inside Mela Works, then check at the test where the item lands.
Watch out
map a real value into Message, the field that carries the words, and check the result at the test.
Searches

Mela Works search

1 search step looks for data that already exists in Mela Works, so a later step can use it.

A search step reads something that already exists in Mela Works and hands it to the steps that follow. In the action list, searches sit at the bottom, under SEARCH. Three settings decide what happens when the result is not what you expected.

1

Get Task by Id

Search

In Zapier“Gets task by task id”

Fetches one task from its Task Id, the only required field, and passes its details to the next steps.

When to use it
a trigger hands you a task id but not the task details you want to put in a message or a spreadsheet.
Watch out
it looks up by id only, not by name, so the id must come from an earlier step; check at the test that the value you map really is a task id.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left as is, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap and skips the steps that depended on it. Switched on, the Zap carries on with nothing in hand.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    This box turns a search into a find-or-create. Mela Works exposes no find-or-create variant, so its search only ever looks things up.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Keep the first match, which is the default, stop the Zap, or pass all the matches on at once.
When it breaks

When a Mela Works Zap breaks

Zapier attaches no help article to Mela Works and lists no limit of its own for it. What breaks is what breaks on every app.

Here are the general limits to know. If a Zap misbehaves anyway, our Zapier troubleshooting page is the next stop.

  • Nothing from before the Zap

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after you switch it on. Tasks, images or signatures already in Mela Works are never picked up; moving that backlog is a separate job.

  • A Zap that sets itself off

    A Zap that writes into the very place its own trigger watches can set itself off again and again and burn through your tasks fast. Check at the test what each action writes before you publish.

  • Flood protection after a bulk change

    If many items change at once, after an import for example, Zapier can hold the batch back with its flood protection. Plan bulk work outside your live Zaps.
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FAQ

Mela Works Zapier integration: questions

01Is the Mela Works Zapier integration free?
Yes, it works on the free Zapier plan, because Mela Works is not a premium app. The free plan gives you 100 tasks a month and an unlimited number of Zaps, with one hard limit: each Zap is a trigger plus one action, nothing more. Add a second action, a filter or a search, and the Zap becomes multi-step, which needs a paid plan. A New Task to Create Checklist Item Zap fits in the free plan; the signature Zap above, with its filter, does not.
02How many tasks does a Mela Works Zap use?
One per action that succeeds, and nothing for the trigger. A Zap that starts on New or Updated Image and adds one row in a spreadsheet costs one task per image. A Zap that creates a task and then a text item costs two per run. Watching for events is free, however many fire, and an action that fails is not counted. The media triggers are described as firing on creation or update, so an edited image may start the Zap again and cost another task; check it at the test before you publish.
03Does Mela Works trigger Zaps in real time?
Yes. All 10 Mela Works triggers are instant: the app tells Zapier the moment the event happens, and the Zap starts right away whatever your plan. The interval grid, 15 minutes on Free down to 1 minute on Team and Enterprise, applies to polling triggers only, and Mela Works has none. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt. The type is set by the app and cannot be changed from Zapier.
04What does connecting Mela Works to Zapier require?
Two things: an account on Mela Works, plus read or write access on anything you do not own yourself and want the Zap to touch. The second point comes up fast here, since Create Checklist Item and Create Accounting Item both write onto a Task. You link the account once, from the Apps page with + Add connection, and every Mela Works step reuses that connection. Sign in with the account the Zaps should act as, since everything they create in Mela Works is written through it.
05Where does the Task Id for Get Task by Id come from?
From an earlier step of the same Zap. Get Task by Id looks a task up by its id only, never by its name, so the value has to arrive with the trigger or a previous action. Map that value into the Task Id field, run the test, and check that a real task comes back. Keep in mind that adding this search makes the Zap multi-step, so it needs a paid plan.
06What if the Mela Works action you want is not there?
Then this integration does not offer it. The Mela Works page on Zapier shows the current list of operations, so check there first. In the list read for this page, the 5 actions all create something: a task, an action, a checklist item, a text item or an accounting item. None updates, archives or deletes a task. A creation step can sometimes stand in, for example a text item that records a status instead of changing it. If it cannot, see whether another automation tool covers that step for Mela Works.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Mela Works?
Decide on three criteria rather than a ranking. First, coverage: on Zapier, Mela Works brings 10 instant triggers, 5 creation actions and one search by id, so check that the other tools list the operations your process needs. Second, the shape of your Zaps: on Zapier's free plan, anything beyond a trigger and one action is out. Third, who will maintain it: a tool your team already knows is cheaper to keep alive than the one that looks best on paper.
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