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Update coverage assignments after leave changes

Keep handoff work current as availability changes.

Trigger

Worker Leave of Absence Changed

Triggers when a worker's leave of absence record changes. This trigger monitors all leaves of absence for a specific worker and detects: - New leave requests created - Changes to existing leaves (status, dates, comments, etc.) - Deleted or rescinded leaves Uses snapshot-based diffing to track changes between polling intervals.

Action

Edit assignment

Updates an existing assignment in a canvas course (identified by `course id` and `assignment id`); only attributes explicitly provided in the request are modified.

Why this helps

Coverage tasks stay assigned to unavailable people or outdated dates.

  • Reduce missed handoffs
  • Keep ownership current
  • Make changed dates visible

Setup

Build it in a few focused steps.

  • 1Connect Workday and Canvas once in Notis.
  • 2Create an automation and name it.
  • 3Tell Notis to edit the related Canvas assignment with updated coverage details.
  • 4Pick the Workday Worker Leave of Absence Changed trigger.
  • 5Choose where run reports go and test with one changed leave.

Questions about this workflow

Can it update due dates?

Yes, the Canvas edit assignment action supports due date updates when the new date is known.

What if no related assignment exists?

Notis can report the missing assignment so someone can create or route the handoff.

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Supported Triggers and Actions

Notis builds workflows that link Workday to Canvas. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.

Workday triggers

Canvas actions

Recurring trigger

Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.

TriggerScheduled

Create account notification

Creates a global notification within a canvas account, ensuring `end at` is after `start at` and any specified `notification roles` are valid.

ActionInstant

Webhook trigger

Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.

TriggerInstant

Create appointment group

Creates a new appointment group in canvas for schedulable time slots within specified course or group contexts.

ActionInstant

Absence Balance Changed

Triggers when a worker's absence balance changes. This trigger monitors a specific worker's absence plan balance and detects any changes to the balance details including quantity available, effective date, position, or other related fields. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect meaningful changes.

TriggerPolling

Create an assignment

Creates a new assignment within a specified course in canvas lms.

ActionInstant

Balance Details Changed

Triggers when details of a specific balance change (quantity, accruals, adjustments, etc.). This trigger monitors a specific worker's absence plan balance and detects any changes to the balance details including quantity available, effective date, position, or other related fields. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect meaningful field changes.

TriggerPolling

Create assignment override

Creates an assignment override to adjust due/unlock/lock dates for an assignment in a course, targeting specific students (requires `title`), a group, or a course section; at least one target (`student ids`, `group id`, or `course section id`) is required.

ActionInstant

Interview Feedback Submitted or Updated

Triggers when interview feedback is submitted or updated for a specific interview. This trigger monitors a specific interview and fires when new feedback entries are detected or existing feedback is modified.

TriggerPolling

Create Calendar Event

Creates a calendar event with options for recurrence (finite `rrule` series only), section-specific timings, and blackout dates within a specified context.

ActionInstant

Job Posting Changed

Triggers when a specific job posting's details change (title, status, posting dates, location, etc.). This trigger monitors a single job posting and fires when any of its fields are modified.

TriggerPolling

Create communication channel

Creates a new communication channel (e.g., email, sms, push) for an existing canvas user to receive notifications.

ActionInstant

Job Posting Questionnaire Changed

Triggers when a job posting's candidate questionnaire is added or changed. This trigger monitors a specific job posting's questionnaires and detects any changes including additions, removals, or modifications to questionnaires and questions. Uses snapshot-based diffing to detect meaningful changes.

TriggerPolling

Create content share

Shares a canvas content item to specified users, if the sender has necessary permissions and receiver ids are valid.

ActionInstant

New Absence Balance

Triggers when a new absence balance record becomes available for a worker. This trigger monitors a specific worker's absence balances and detects when new balance records appear (e.g., a new plan/bucket becomes available). Uses snapshot-based diffing to compare balance record IDs between polls.

TriggerPolling

Create conversation

Use to send messages in canvas by creating a new conversation or adding to an existing one; an existing conversation with the same recipients (and matching scope/filter, if specified) may be reused unless `force new` is true.

ActionInstant

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