Review employee projects after Doc updates
Keep progress reviews close to the documents that drive the work.
Trigger
Document Updated
Triggers when an existing Google Doc is updated or modified. This trigger monitors Google Docs and fires when documents are updated.
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
A brief changes, but checking who is working on it requires separate manual research.
- Connect document changes to current project activity
- Support faster progress reviews
- Reduce cross app context switching
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Google Super and Desktime once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation asking Notis to retrieve employee project data after relevant document updates.
- 3Pick Document Updated as the trigger.
- 4Choose report delivery and test with one real document edit.
Questions about this workflow
What date does the data cover?
Tell Notis which date to inspect when requesting employee project data.
Does it edit the Doc?
No. It reads the update event and retrieves DeskTime project information.
When this happens · Trigger
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Google Super to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Google Super 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
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Webhook trigger
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Aggregate Metric Changed
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Get All Company Employees
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Attendee Response Changed
Polling trigger that fires when any attendee's RSVP changes to accepted, declined, or tentative. Returns attendee info and current status.
Get Employee Data
Tool to fetch data for all employees within the company. use after verifying the api key is valid.
Cell Range Values Changed
Triggers when values in a specified A1 range change in Google Sheets. This trigger monitors a specific cell or range of cells and fires when any values change.
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.
Comment Added (Docs/Sheets/Slides)
Triggers when a new comment is added to Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
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."
Conditional Format Rule Changed
Triggers when conditional formatting rules change in a Google Spreadsheet. Detects when rules are added, updated, or removed. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
Get Projects List
Tool to retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks. use when you need projects overview after authentication.
Data Validation Rule Changed
Triggers when data validation rules change (added/updated/removed) in a Google Spreadsheet. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect changes between polls.
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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