Notion & AlphaSense

Connect Notion to automatically sync your documents and search for insights

This guide explains how to set up, manage, and monitor your Notion integration with AlphaSense. You’ll learn how to connect your account, sync files, manage access, and troubleshoot common issues.

• Accessing the Integration Center
• Setting Up the Integration
• Data Selection
• Managing the Integration

Accessing the Integration Center

To access the Notion integration:

1. Navigate to the Integration Center.
2. Select Notion under the Productivity category.

The Integration Center is your central hub for managing all aspects of the integration.

Setting Up the Integration

Prerequisite:

An admin must complete the initial installation before users can connect their accounts.

Step 1: Connect Your Notion Account

To begin syncing your Notion data with AlphaSense:

1. Click Connect. This opens the Notion authentication UI.
2. Authorize the connection by signing into your Notion account.
3. Select the Teamspaces and pages you want to ingest into AlphaSense.
4. Confirm your selections to start the sync.

NOTE: The current beta supports ingesting one workspace at a time, with plans to support multiple workspaces in the future.

Once connected, the selected data will begin syncing automatically.

Step 2: Tagging and Sharing Configuration

After selecting your data, you're directed to the Tagging & Sharing screen. This screen displays all top-level pages from the selected teamspaces.

You can:

• Tag pages for context and categorization.
• Configure sharing settings to control visibility within AlphaSense.

Step 3: Final Review

1. Click Continue to preview your configuration.
2. The review screen includes:
   • Selected pages
   • Applied tags
   • Sharing settings
3. Review all details before proceeding.

Step 4: Start Sync and Monitor Progress

1. Click Start Sync to begin ingestion.
2. After the sync starts:
   • You are redirected to the Monitoring Dashboard.
   • You can track the sync status and progress in real time.

Data Selection

During the authentication step, users can select the Notion data to sync with AlphaSense.

Users can choose:

• Teamspaces – All pages within the selected teamspaces will sync.
• Individual pages – The selected page and all its child pages will sync.

NOTE: AlphaSense does not require support for “Files not in a folder” in Notion. In addition, only document-type pages will be synced, tables are not supported. 

Managing the Integration

Users can update their Notion data selection at any time.

To add or remove teamspaces or pages:

1. Go to the Integrations Center.
2. Click Manage Configuration.
3. In the configuration popup:
   • Review instructions on how to modify data selection.
   • Click Continue to go to the Tagging and Sharing screen.
4. Update tags or sharing settings if needed.

NOTE:  Newly added data may take up to 24 hours to sync. During this time, new content will not have tags applied.