Link previews & synced databases

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Bring your favorite tools into Notion with link previews and synced databases, to keep all of your info in one easily accessible hub 📬

Note: On Enterprise plans, the following can be restricted to workspace owners:

The ability to add connections
The ability to install workspace-wide security and compliance integrations

Link previews

Link previews allow you to see live, synced visualizations of links directly in Notion. This is currently supported for several platforms:

GitHub
Jira
Slack
Asana
Trello
Linear
Zoom
Figma
Adobe XD
Dropbox
OneDrive & Sharepoint
Pitch
Amplitude
Hex
GRID
GitLab
Box
Lucid (Lucidspark and Lucidchart)
Whimsical
ClickUp
Zendesk

Pasting a link as a preview

Copy a link from any of the supported platforms. Paste it into Notion and you'll see the option to Paste as preview. Select this!

Note: Specific link and content types may not support previews. For example: Jira project URLs do not have an associated preview, but Jira issue URLS do.

The first time that you paste a link from one of these platforms, you'll see a button that asks you to connect to the app.

Once you click the button to connect, you'll be redirected to a browser window. Here, the app will ask for authentication and permission to display content in Notion.

When you've authenticated with the app, you'll see a detailed preview of the linked content. This preview updates as changes are made to any relevant fields.

Note: Once you've authenticated a connected app, anyone who can view your Notion page will be able to see corresponding content that you've pasted as a link preview.

In some cases, information will be abstracted (e.g., channel names from Slack private channels and DMs).

Pasting a link as a mention

In addition to previews, you can also paste links from these platforms as mentions. These provide a more condensed visualization of the content in the link.

Copy a link from any of the supported platforms. Paste it into Notion and you'll see the option to Paste as mention.

Similarly to previews, you'll have to authenticate the app the very first time you paste a corresponding link in Notion. Click the button to open the authentication window and grant the necessary permissions. Afterward, you'll see the link mention pop up!

Tip: You can paste links as mentions directly inline, next to other text!

Connected properties

Similar to a link preview, you can bring all your important documents, like Google Drive or Figma, into your Notion database with connected properties.

Connect Google Drive files

In a Notion database, click the + at the far right to add a new property.
Search for and click Google Drive File.
Click on an empty cell and click Connect to Google Drive. Go through the authentication flow. You will be redirected to the database when you're finished.
Paste a Google Drive file link into the cell, or select the empty cell to choose a file from your Drive.

Connect Figma files

In a Notion database, click the + at the far right to add a new property.
Search for and click Figma File.
Click on an empty cell and click Connect to Figma. Go through the authentication flow. You will be redirected to the database when you're finished.
Paste a Figma link into the cell to connect it.

Connect Zendesk tickets

In a Notion database, click the + at the far right to add a new property.
Search for and click Zendesk Ticket.
Click on an empty cell and click Connect to Zendesk. Go through the authentication flow. You will be redirected to the database when you're finished.
Paste a Zendesk link into the cell to connect it.

Connect GitHub pull requests

In a Notion database, click + to add a new property.
Search for and click GitHub Pull Requests to add this property to your database.
The Unique ID property will be added to your database if it doesn’t already have one.
To use the GitHub Pull Request property, make sure you’ve connected your GitHub account with Notion. Then, either add the Unique ID of the Notion task to the pull request, or paste the GitHub pull request URL into the property.

Learn more about the GitHub integration here →

Synced databases allow you to sync data from other platforms as Notion databases. Syncs are continuous but only go one direction, meaning that data changes will need to happen on the original platform in order for updates to appear in Notion.

Platforms include:

Jira boards and projects
GitHub PRs and issues
Asana projects and tasks
GitLab merge requests and issues

More apps will be supported in the future!

Learn how you can use Synced Databases to break team silos:

Synced Databases bridge the gap between different tools

Creating a synced database

Jira

Learn how to set up a synced database for Jira and what else you can do with our Jira integration here →

GitHub

In GitHub, copy the link to a PR or issue.
Paste the link into Notion and select Paste as database.
- If you haven't already, you will be prompted to sign in and connect Notion with your GitHub account.
The synced database will created in a table view, with all GitHub properties automatically added.
The database will begin populating automatically and will continue to sync if you navigate away from the page.

Asana

In Asana, copy the link to a project.
Paste the link into Notion and select Paste as database.
- If you haven't already, you will be prompted to sign in and connect Notion with your Asana account.
The synced database will created in a table view, with all Asana properties automatically added.
The database will begin populating automatically and will continue to sync if you navigate away from the page.

Note: At this time, only updates from Jira and GitHub will sync to your Notion database — not the other way around. Any changes you make in your Notion database won’t sync to Jira or GitHub.

Adding a new property to a synced database

You can add any Notion property to a synced database. There are two things to know when adding an additional Notion property onto a synced database.

If a property is deleted on the third-party app (i.e. you delete a task in Jira), the associated synced database row and all properties will be deleted. They will be accessible in the trash to view what was deleted, but cannot be restored.
If an added Notion property shares a name with any third-party properties (Jira, GitHub, GitLab, or Asana), that property will not sync.

People properties in synced databases

Synced databases will include people properties! Now, you can use identity mapping to connect third party GitHub and JIRA identities to your team's Notion profiles.