Review DeskTime employee project activity by date
Choose a date in your prompt and let Notis gather DeskTime employee project data for a simpler review.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
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.
Why this helps
Finding project tracking details for a date takes several context switches when you need a quick operational check.
- Retrieve per-employee project data for a specific date.
- Summarize project names, durations, and statuses in one report.
- Make the date explicit so the report has a clear scope.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect DeskTime once in the Notis portal and ensure the account credentials are valid.
- 2Create an automation in Automations, then choose New Automation.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve employee project data for the date you specify and summarize the returned project names, durations, and statuses.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one real run for a known date and check that the report uses that date.
Questions about this workflow
Can this report compare dates?
The action retrieves data for a specific date. A comparison requires separate date-specific runs or historical data supplied to Notis.
Can I leave the date unspecified?
For a useful report, include the date to retrieve in the prompt. The action is intended for project tracking data for a specific date.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Box to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Box 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
Tool to create a new project with an optional initial task. use when you need to set up a new desktime project programmatically.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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.
Collaboration Details Changed
Triggers when a collaboration's details change (e.g., role, status, expiration). This trigger monitors a specific collaboration and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as role, status, expiration date, access type, or acknowledgment status.
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.
Comment Changed
Triggers when a comment's content or details change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box comment and detects when any meaningful field changes, such as message text edits, tagged message changes, or modification timestamp updates.
Get Employee Data
Tool to fetch data for all employees within the company. use after verifying the api key is valid.
New File Comment Added
Triggers when a new comment is added to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new comments are detected.
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.
File Metadata Changed
Triggers when a file's metadata or properties change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when changes are detected in key fields like name, description, size, modification time, parent folder, or status.
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."
File Shared Link Changed
Triggers when a file's shared link settings change in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file's shared link and fires when changes are detected in the shared link configuration, such as access level, permissions, password protection, expiration date, or vanity URL.
Get Projects List
Tool to retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks. use when you need projects overview after authentication.
New File Version Uploaded
Triggers when a new file version is uploaded to a file in Box. This trigger monitors a specific Box file and fires when new versions are detected.
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.
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