Abstract: An automated intelligent assistant receives user input including free-form text entered into a user interface (UI). The automated intelligent assistant can parse the free-form text to identify an intent of the user. The intent can be a request for employee data, employer data, and execution of tasks relating to employment of the employee by the employer. The automated intelligent assistant can deploy an extensible markup language (XML) file corresponding to the identified intent. The XML file can define a parameter and an application program interface (API) each required for implementation of that intent. The deploying can include the automated intelligent assistant prompting the user to enter the parameter defined by the XML file into the UI, calling the API defined by the XML file and passing the entered parameter thereto, and receiving an output from the API. The automated intelligent assistant can generate a response based on the API output.

Abstract: A technique for managing changes to individual entities, such as employees, in a business execution context. When a first user, such as a manager or a human resources (HR) administrator, desires to change characteristics of an individual entity, such as an employee, the first user inputs into a software application the desired characteristic changes to be made. The software application receives the input from the first user and analyzes the information. The software application then identifies and initiates a “workflow” that corresponds to the input and effects the desired changes.