Employee and HR ManagementPurpose
1.2. Achieve automated collection, approval, tracking, and notification related to availability changes or shift swaps for efficient workforce management.
1.3. Integrate automation with HR management, real-time notifications, and scheduling systems to eliminate errors and manual follow-up.
1.4. Ensure all staff availability data is consolidated, auditable, and always up to date for optimal resource utilization.
Trigger Conditions
2.2. Manager approval or decline action automatedly updates staff roster.
2.3. New hire or departing staff triggers workflow to update availability pool.
2.4. Scheduled/recurring automation for regular reminders and confirmations of staff schedules.
Platform Variants
• Feature/Setting: Receive SMS requests, trigger automation on inbound message event via Webhook.
3.2. Microsoft Power Automate
• Feature/Setting: Automate staff request email parsing and database entry using “When a new email arrives (V3)” trigger.
3.3. Slack
• Feature/Setting: Automate request intake via Slack Workflow Builder; parsing /availability messages and forwarding to HR.
3.4. Google Forms
• Feature/Setting: Automate creation of availability form responses with “On Form Submit” trigger for downstream processing.
3.5. Zapier
• Feature/Setting: Automate multi-app workflows with Zap triggers for form entry or calendar update.
3.6. BambooHR
• Feature/Setting: Automate self-service time off/availability using BambooHR API endpoint “Time Off Requests.”
3.7. Workday
• Feature/Setting: Automate the employee request update process using Workday HCM API “Submit Staffing Event.”
3.8. G Suite (Google Workspace)
• Feature/Setting: Automate email scanning and sheet entry with Gmail + Sheets “New Email/Row” triggers.
3.9. Outlook/Office 365
• Feature/Setting: Automate requests from emails using “When a new message arrives in a shared mailbox” trigger.
3.10. Trello
• Feature/Setting: Automating card creation for each new availability request using “Create Card” action via API.
3.11. Asana
• Feature/Setting: Automate task creation for each request using “Tasks API” endpoint or “New Task” trigger.
3.12. Salesforce
• Feature/Setting: Automate record management with “Create Record” API for HR Cases.
3.13. Zoho People
• Feature/Setting: Automate availability workflows through the “Leave/Attendance API.”
3.14. Deputy
• Feature/Setting: Automate shifts and availability update using Deputy API “Employee Update” endpoint.
3.15. ADP Workforce Now
• Feature/Setting: Automate entries through the “Time Off Request” function in ADP Developer Portal.
3.16. Monday.com
• Feature/Setting: Automate automator creation of items for each request using “Create Item” mutation in GraphQL API.
3.17. Notion
• Feature/Setting: Automate new page/database item creation for each new availability event using “Create Page” API.
3.18. AirTable
• Feature/Setting: Automate records with “On New Row” trigger in Bases and “Create Record” API.
3.19. Mailgun
• Feature/Setting: Automate mail intake and filtering by auto-forwarding to workflow on new availability emails.
3.20. Calendly
• Feature/Setting: Automate event creation and notifications by integrating “Invitee Created” Webhook with HR system.
3.21. Smartsheet
• Feature/Setting: Automated row addition in sheets for each request processed with “Add Row” API endpoint.
3.22. Freshservice
• Feature/Setting: Automate ticket creation for availability request via the Freshservice Ticket API.
Benefits
4.2. Ensures 24/7 automation of staff availability intake and tracking.
4.3. Real-time automated notifications speed up shift coverage and confirmations.
4.4. Centralized, auditable automation for compliance and easy reporting.
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