--- title: "Connecting Notion" description: "Connect your Notion workspace, share the right databases, and configure how BankSync writes bank data into Notion." section: "Integrations" canonical: "https://banksync.io/docs/integrations/notion" --- Notion is a powerful place to organize and analyze your bank data. Connect your Notion workspace once, choose which pages and databases to share, then point feeds at a shared database. This guide covers connecting Notion, the database requirements, and how sharing and reconnecting work. > **This guide covers:** 'Connecting Notion as an integration and understanding Notion-specific options. For the complete feed setup process (accounts, mapping, schedule), see our Creating Your First Feed guide.' [![Connecting Notion as a feed destination: picking it from the destination catalog, authorizing the workspace, and searching for and selecting the database to sync into (after sharing it with the BankSync connection in Notion).](https://cdn.banksync.io/videos/connect-notion.poster.279fa373e2e1ccdd.png)](https://cdn.banksync.io/videos/connect-notion.4bf819fb3c597d50.mp4) [Watch: Connecting Notion as a feed destination: picking it from the destination catalog, authorizing the workspace, and searching for and selecting the database to sync into (after sharing it with the BankSync connection in Notion).](https://cdn.banksync.io/videos/connect-notion.4bf819fb3c597d50.mp4) ## Connect Notion Notion connects via OAuth: you authorize BankSync in a Notion popup and pick which pages and databases to share. BankSync can only ever see the databases you explicitly share during this step. **Connect Notion** 1. **Open the Add Connection dialog** — Go to the Integrations tab and click the add card ("Connect to an Integration"). The "Add Connection" dialog opens. 2. **Pick Notion** — Find Notion under "Spreadsheets & docs" (or type "notion" in the search box) and click it. 3. **Open the authorization link** — Click "Open Authorization Link". Notion's authorization popup opens. 4. **Choose what to share and grant access** — Sign in to the right Notion workspace, select the pages and databases BankSync may access, and approve. BankSync detects the completed authorization and closes the dialog automatically. When it finishes, Notion appears as a card on your Integrations tab with a Connected status. ![The Integrations tab showing a grid of connected integration cards, including a Notion connection named Personal Notion with a green Connected status, alongside Google Sheets, Airtable, Postgres, and Excel cards and a dashed Connect to an Integration tile.](https://cdn.banksync.io/screenshots/integrations/connections.a945ee6270877dde.png "A connected Notion integration on the Integrations tab.") > **Select only what you need:** During authorization, share only the databases you plan to sync into. If a database is missing from the picker in a feed's Destination tab later, it usually wasn't shared: re-run the authorization (Add Connection, Notion, Open Authorization Link) and add it. Re-authorizing does not disturb your existing feeds. ## Notion database requirements In the feed's **Destination** tab you select one of the shared Notion databases as the target. Make sure that database has appropriate property types for your data: - **Date Fields** — Use Notion's Date property type for transaction dates - **Description** — Use Title or Text property type for transaction descriptions - **Amounts** — Use Number property type for debit and credit amounts - **Categories** — Use Select or Multi-select property type for transaction categories ## Field mapping for Notion BankSync fetches your database schema and shows available properties in a dropdown. The system validates that your field types are compatible. - **Type Validation** — BankSync validates field type compatibility. A Date field should map to a Date property, not Text. - **Auto-Fill** — Click "Auto fill" to automatically match fields by name similarity. > **Select Properties:** Category fields work great with Notion's Select properties. BankSync will create new select options automatically as new categories appear. ## If your Notion connection expires Notion access can stop working if the token expires or someone revokes the BankSync connection from Notion's Settings (under Connections). When that happens, feeds writing to Notion stop adding pages and the picker in a feed's Destination tab can't list your databases. **Reconnect Notion** 1. **Re-run the connect flow** — On the Integrations tab, click "Add Connection" and pick Notion again. 2. **Authorize again** — Click "Open Authorization Link", sign in, re-select the databases to share, and approve. This mints a fresh token. 3. **Confirm the feed recovers** — Open a feed that writes to Notion, confirm its Destination tab lists your databases again, then trigger a sync. Feeds, their target databases, and field mappings stay intact; pages already created in Notion are never deleted. ## Tips for Notion **Best practices** 1. **Create a dedicated database** — Keep synced transactions in their own database for cleaner organization. 2. **Use views for analysis** — Create filtered views for expenses by category, monthly summaries, or specific accounts. 3. **Add formula properties** — Create formula columns for net amount, running totals, or expense flags. 4. **Link to related databases** — Use Notion relations to connect transactions to budgets, projects, or categories. ## Next steps Once you've connected Notion, you're ready to create your first feed. [Connect Notion](https://app.banksync.io) ## Related guides - [Creating your first feed](/docs/bank-feeds/creating-first-feed): the complete walkthrough from bank to Notion database. - [Configuring field mappings](/docs/bank-feeds/field-mappings): map bank fields onto your Notion properties. - [How to sync transactions](/docs/bank-feeds/sync-transactions): the most common Notion feed, step by step. - [Managing your integrations](/docs/integrations/managing-integrations): rename, reorder, reconnect, or disconnect this connection later.