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Review DeskTime project and app time together

See one employee's tracked projects and application usage for a chosen date in a single report.

Trigger

Recurring schedule

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

Action

Get Employee Projects and Apps

Tool to retrieve an employee's tracked projects and application usage. use when you need combined project/app time data for a given employee and date (defaults to current user and today). example: "get projects and apps for employee 711867 on 2025-07-28."

Why this helps

Project and application time can be scattered across separate views when you are trying to understand a workday.

  • Combine tracked project and application usage in one retrieval.
  • Specify an employee and date when you need a focused report.
  • Reduce manual context switching during a workday review.

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect DeskTime once in the Notis portal.
  • 2Create an automation in Automations, New Automation, and give it a name and prompt.
  • 3Ask Notis to retrieve projects and apps for the employee and date you specify.
  • 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger and choose where run reports should go.
  • 5Test one run with an employee and date that have activity.

Questions about this workflow

Can I omit the employee and date?

The action defaults to the current user and today when those details are omitted.

Does this tell me why an employee used an app?

It returns tracked projects and application usage. It does not establish intent or explain why an app was used.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Agent mail to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Agent mail triggers

Desktime actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create Project with Optional Task

Tool to create a new project with an optional initial task. use when you need to set up a new desktime project programmatically.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Get Account Details

Tool to retrieve detailed information about the authenticated user's company account. use after confirming the api key is valid to fetch company name, work settings, account timezone, and timestamp.

ActionInstant

New Email Received

Trigger for new emails in an AgentMail inbox

TriggerPolling

Get All Company Employees

Tool to list all employees in the company, including their roles and statuses. use after confirming valid credentials to fetch the organization’s roster.

ActionInstant

Get Employee Data

Tool to fetch data for all employees within the company. use after verifying the api key is valid.

ActionInstant

Get Employee Projects

Tool to retrieve information about projects assigned to employees, including project names, durations, and statuses. use when you need to fetch per-employee project tracking data for a specific date.

ActionInstant

Get Employee Projects and Apps

Tool to retrieve an employee's tracked projects and application usage. use when you need combined project/app time data for a given employee and date (defaults to current user and today). example: "get projects and apps for employee 711867 on 2025-07-28."

ActionInstant

Get Projects List

Tool to retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks. use when you need projects overview after authentication.

ActionInstant

Ping DeskTime API

Tool to check the api's availability and confirm the service is operational. use when you need to verify that the desktime api is reachable and responsive.

ActionInstant

Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.

Agent mail and Desktime, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.

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