Keep planning variables clear after balance updates
Make sure the data behind recurring reports remains understandable.
Trigger
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.
Action
Get Variable Details
Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific variable in a census dataset for a given year. use when you need the label, concept, data type, attribute codes, and valid-value constraints.
Why this helps
Small data definition mistakes create confusion when operational reports are updated.
- Reduce reporting ambiguity
- Document variable meaning
- Catch invalid assumptions early
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Workday and Census bureau once in Notis.
- 2Create an automation for balance report variable audits.
- 3Tell Notis to retrieve metadata for the Census variables named in the prompt and explain any constraints.
- 4Pick the Balance Details Changed trigger and choose where run reports go.
- 5Test with one balance detail update.
Questions about this workflow
Which variables are checked?
The prompt must list the Census variables to inspect.
Does it modify Workday balances?
No. It creates a metadata review.
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Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Workday to Census bureau. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Workday triggers
Census bureau actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
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Absence Balance Changed
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Balance Details Changed
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New Absence Balance
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Get Variable Details
Tool to retrieve metadata for a specific variable in a census dataset for a given year. use when you need the label, concept, data type, attribute codes, and valid-value constraints.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Workday and Census bureau, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
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