Synchronizing organizational data across a plurality of third-party applications

A computer-implemented method of implementing an organizational management application policy, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• accessing, by a computing system comprising one or more processors, organizational data having a graph comprising of a plurality of employee data objects, wherein the graph defines relationships among the employee data objects;
• receiving, over a communications network, first software application data from a first third-party software application of a plurality of applications, wherein the first software application data is descriptive of an update to data stored in the first software third-party application;
• accessing, by the computing system, application policy data associated with implementing an application policy, wherein the application policy data comprises one or more rules associated with implementing the application policy by using the organizational data associated with the plurality of applications, wherein the application policy comprises a user-defined query, wherein the application policy associated with a second third-party software application describes how the update to data stored in the first third-party software application causes an action to be performed to an account in the second third-party application, and wherein the plurality of applications comprises at least one of:
• (i) a time entry and management application, (ii) an instant messaging application among employees, (iii) an information technology management application, (iv) an accounting application, (v) a workflow management application, (vi) an email application, or (vii) an employee management application;
• determining, by the computing system, based at least in part on the application policy data, and the graph, one or more organizational records of the organizational data that satisfy the one or more rules, wherein one or more of the organizational records is descriptive of an update to data stored in the first third-party application;
• accessing, by the computing system, the plurality of applications associated with the one or more organizational records that satisfy the one or more rules;
• automatically performing, by the computing system over a communications network, based at least in part on the application policy and the one or more organizational records, the one or more operations associated with implementing the application policy and the one or more satisfied rules, wherein the one or more operations includes executing the user-defined query relative to the graph to determine an employee object for which an action is to be taken in the second third-party application, the employee object being associated with the account;
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• communicating by the computer system over the communications network, to the second third-party application, automatically causing the action to be taken on the account associated with the determined employee object in the second third-party software application.

A organizational management computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that when executed by the one or more processors cause the one or more processors to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• accessing organizational data having a graph comprising of a plurality of employee data objects, wherein the graph defines relationships among the employee data objects;
• receiving, over a communications network, first software application data from a first third-party software application of a plurality applications, wherein the first software application data is descriptive of an update to data stored in the first software third-party application;
• accessing application policy data associated with implementing an application policy, wherein the application policy data comprises one or more rules associated with implementing the application policy by using organizational data associated with the plurality of applications, wherein the application policy comprises a user-defined query, wherein the application policy associated with a second third party software application describes how the update to data stored in the first third-party software application causes an action to be performed to an account in the second third-party application, and wherein the plurality of applications comprises at least one of:
• (i) a time entry and management application, (ii) an instant messaging application among employees, (iii) an information technology management application, (iv) an accounting application, (v) a workflow management application, (vi) an email application, or (vii) an employee management application;
• determining, based at least in part on the application policy data and the graph, one or more organizational records of the organizational data that satisfy the one or more rules, wherein one or more of the organizational records is descriptive of an update to data stored in the first third-party application;
• accessing the plurality of applications associated with the one or more organizational records that satisfy the one or more rules;
• automatically performing, based at least in part on the application policy and the one or more organizational records, the one or more operations associated with implementing the application policy and the one or more satisfied rules, wherein the one or more operations includes executing the user-defined query relative to the graph to determine an employee object for which an action is to be taken in the second third-party application, the employee object being associated with the account;
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• communicating by the computer system over a communications network, to the second third-party application, automatically causing the action to be taken on the account associated with the determined employee object of the second third-party software application.