Collect DeskTime employee data for a recurring review
Bring employee data into a regular review without having to remember to request it each time.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Employee Data
Why this helps
Manual employee data checks are easy to skip when the week gets busy.
- Retrieve data for all employees on a recurring schedule.
- Use Abstract to process returned text if the review needs a concise summary.
- Make a repeatable review easier to keep up with.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Abstract and DeskTime once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name.
- 3Describe in one instruction how to retrieve DeskTime data for all employees and process the returned text if a summary is useful.
- 4Pick the schedule trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real run and check the retrieved employee data.
Questions about this workflow
Does this action return a specific metric or report format?
The listed action retrieves data for all employees. Specify the review question in your instruction and assess whether the returned data supports it.
Can Abstract create missing employee data?
No. Abstract can process text, but the source data must be returned by DeskTime.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Abstract to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Abstract triggers
Desktime actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Project with Optional Task
Create a project, optionally with an initial task.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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View all active company projects and their tasks.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Abstract and Desktime, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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