Create Employee Records From Drive Onboarding Documents
Add an onboarding document to Drive and let Notis handle the first pass at creating the Breathe HR record, while surfacing gaps for you to resolve.
Trigger
File Created
Triggers when a new file is created in Google Drive.
Action
Create Employee
Tool to create a new employee in BreatheHR. Use when you need to add a new employee record with their personal information, contact details, and employment information. Required fields are first_name, last_name, email, and company_join_date.
Why this helps
New hire details often arrive in documents that someone must manually re-enter into the HR system.
- Reduce repeated entry of new hire information.
- Use the onboarding document as the starting point for a Breathe HR employee record.
- Catch missing required information in the run report.
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Drive and Breathe HR once in the Notis portal.
- 2Create an automation in the portal or tell Notis from any channel what employee record outcome you want.
- 3In one instruction, ask Notis to create an employee from a new onboarding document only when first name, last name, email, and company join date are available, and report missing or unclear details.
- 4Pick the Google Drive File Created trigger and choose where run reports should go.
- 5Test with one real onboarding document and review the employee record and report.
Questions about this workflow
What information is required to create the employee?
Breathe HR requires first name, last name, email, and company join date. Ask Notis to report missing or ambiguous details rather than guessing.
Can a newly created file be something other than an onboarding document?
Yes. Include clear instructions for identifying onboarding documents and have Notis report files that do not match.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Drive to Breathe HR. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Drive triggers
Breathe HR actions
Recurring trigger
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Webhook trigger
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Tool to create a new employee in BreatheHR. Use when you need to add a new employee record with their personal information, contact details, and employment information. Required fields are first_name, last_name, email, and company_join_date.
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File Created
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File Deleted or Trashed
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File Shared (Permissions Added)
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File Updated
Triggers when a file's metadata or content changes in Google Drive.
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Google Drive Changes
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