Schedule recurring DeskTime team reviews
Get a prepared team data review at the cadence your operations need.
Trigger
Recurring schedule
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Action
Get Employee Data
Tool to fetch data for all employees within the company. use after verifying the api key is valid.
Why this helps
Team reviews become inconsistent when data collection is manual.
- Makes reviews dependable
- Reduces admin effort
- Supports consistent operating rhythms
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slackbot and Desktime in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation for recurring team reviews.
- 3Tell Notis to fetch data for all employees and summarize the findings for the report.
- 4Pick a recurring schedule as the trigger.
- 5Choose a Slack report channel and test with one immediate run.
Questions about this workflow
Can Notis invent missing baselines?
No, any baseline or historical comparison not returned by DeskTime must be supplied by you.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slackbot to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slackbot 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.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
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.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Employee Data
Tool to fetch data for all employees within the company. use after verifying the api key is valid.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
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.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
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."
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Projects List
Tool to retrieve all active projects for the company, including related tasks. use when you need projects overview after authentication.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
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.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slackbot and Desktime, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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