Return DeskTime activity data on demand
Your internal tools can request one employee's project and app activity through a Notis webhook.
Trigger
Webhook received
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
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
Repeated activity questions create manual report work and interrupt focused planning.
- Standardize activity requests
- Reduce repeated dashboard work
- Deliver one combined snapshot
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect DeskTime in Notis once.
- 2Create an automation named Employee activity webhook.
- 3Tell Notis to use employee and date values from each webhook request to fetch combined DeskTime projects and apps data.
- 4Choose a Notis webhook trigger and provide its endpoint to the requesting tool.
- 5Choose a report channel and test with one real request.
Questions about this workflow
What inputs are needed?
Provide an employee identifier and date in the webhook request, unless using DeskTime defaults.
Can it analyze trends?
This action returns data for a given employee and date. Add a supplied baseline or prior report if you need trend analysis.
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Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Typeform to Desktime. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Typeform triggers
Desktime actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Webhook trigger
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Get Employee Projects and Apps
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Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
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