Get an active DeskTime projects overview on schedule
Have the current active projects and related tasks ready for a regular planning review.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Projects List
Tool to retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks. use when you need projects overview after authentication.
Why this helps
A project overview can take time to assemble when it is only checked after someone remembers to look.
- Retrieve active company projects and related tasks in one lookup.
- Get a concise summary on a recurring schedule.
- Make project review easier to include in a planning routine.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect DeskTime once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis what to automate from any channel.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to retrieve active projects and related tasks and summarize the returned list.
- 4Choose the recurring schedule trigger and where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real project list lookup.
Questions about this workflow
Does this list include inactive projects?
The action is described as returning active company projects and related tasks.
Can Notis flag projects that have not changed?
That requires history or change data beyond the active projects list. Provide that information if you want Notis to assess changes over time.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Ably to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Ably triggers
Desktime actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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