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BambooHR

The BambooHR modules allow you to monitor, create, update, retrieve, and delete the employees, employee files, time-offs, and time-off requests in your BambooHR account.

Getting Started with BambooHR

Prerequisites

  • A BambooHR account

In order to use BambooHR with Boost.space Integrator, it is necessary to have a BambooHR account. If you do not have one, you can create a BambooHR account at bamboohr.com/signup/.

[Note] Note
The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Boost.space Integrator scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting BambooHR to Boost.space Integrator

To connect your BambooHR account to Boost.space Integrator you need to obtain the API Key from your BambooHR account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Boost.space Integrator module.

  1. Log in to your BambooHR account.
  2. Click BambooHR icon ( 61f2674761c1d.png) > API Keys > Add New Key.
  3. Enter a name for the API and click Generate.

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  4. Copy the API key to your clipboard and click Done.

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  5. Go to Boost.space Integrator and open the BambooHR module’s Create a connection dialog.

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  6. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.
  7. In the Subdomain field, enter your account’s domain name. For example, if your account login URL address is https://mycompany.bamboohr.com then your domain is the mycompany.
  8. In the API Key field, enter the API Key copied in step 4, and click Continue.

The connection has been established.

Employees

Watch Employees

Watches for added employees.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Limit
Set the maximum number of employees Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

List Employees

Returns a list of employees.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Limit
Set the maximum number of employees Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Get an Employee

Returns employee data by specifying a set of fields.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Fields
Select or map the fields you want to include in the employee details.

Create an Employee

Adds a new employee.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Synced with Trax Payroll
Select whether you want to create a Trax payroll employee.

First Name
Enter (map) the employee’s first name.

Last Name
Enter (map) the employee’s last name.

Employee Number
Enter (map) the employee’s number.

Date of Birth
Enter the employee’s date of birth.

SSN
Enter the employee’s social security number.

Gender
Select or map the employee’s gender. For example, male.

Marital Status
Select or map the employee’s marital status. For example, Single.

Hire Date
Enter the date on which the employee was hired for the job.

Address
Enter the employee’s address.

City
Enter the city name.

State
Enter the state name.

Country
Enter the country name.

Employment Status
Select or map the employment status of the employee.

Exempt
Select whether the employee is exempted from taxes.

Pay Type
Select or map the employee pay type. For example, hourly, weekly.

Pay Rate
Select or map the employee pay rate in US Dollars. For example, if you have selected Pay Type as hourly then enter the employee’s hourly rate.

Pay Per
Select or map the frequency of payment to the employee. For example, Monthly.

Location
Select or map the employee location.

Department
Select or map the department to which the employee belongs to. For example, Human Resources.

Division
Enter (map) the division to which the employee belongs to. For example, Europe.

Update an Employee

Updates a specified employee.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose details you want to update.

Synced with Trax Payroll
Select whether you want to create a Trax payroll employee.

First Name
Enter (map) the employee’s first name.

Last Name
Enter (map) the employee’s last name.

Employee Number
Enter (map) the employee’s number.

Date of Birth
Enter the employee’s date of birth.

SSN
Enter the employee’s social security number.

Gender
Select or map the employee’s gender. For example, male.

Marital Status
Select or map the employee’s marital status. For example, Single.

Hire Date
Enter the date on which the employee was hired for the job.

Address
Enter the employee’s address.

City
Enter the city name.

State
Enter the state name.

Country
Enter the country name.

Employment Status
Select or map the employment status of the employee.

Exempt
Select whether the employee is exempted from taxes.

Pay Type
Select or map the employee pay type. For example, hourly, weekly.

Pay Rate
Select or map the employee pay rate in US Dollars. For example, if you have selected pay type as hourly then enter the employee’s hourly rate.

Pay Per
Select or map the period of payment to the employee. For example, Monthly.

Location
Select or map the employee location.

Department
Select or map the department to which the employee belongs to. For example, Human Resources.

Division
Enter (map) the division to which the employee belongs. For example, Europe.

Employee Files

List Employee Files

Returns a list of employee files.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose files you want to list.

Limit
Set the maximum number of files Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Download an Employee File

Returns a specified employee file.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose files you want to download.

File ID
Select or map the File ID you want to download.

Upload an Employee File

Creates an employee file.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose files you want to list.

File Name
Enter the file name including the file extension. For example, test.txt

File
Enter or map the file data.

Share with Employee
Select the checkbox if you want to share the file with an employee.

Update an Employee File

Updates a specified employee file.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose file you want to update.

File ID
Select or map the File ID whose details you want to update.

Share with Employee
Select the checkbox if you want to share the file with an employee.

Category ID
Select or map the Category ID to which the file belongs to.

Name
Enter a new name for the file.

Delete an Employee File

Deletes a specified employee file.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID whose file you want to delete.

File ID
Select or map the File ID whose details you want to delete.

Time Offs

Watch Time Offs

Watches for newly created time-offs for the specified time boundaries.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Start Time
Enter (map) the start time to watch the time-offs that match the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

End Time
Enter (map) the end time to watch the time-offs that match the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

Limit
Set the maximum number of time-offs Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Get Summary of Who’s Out

Returns a list, sorted by date of employees who will be out and company holidays for a period of time.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Start Time
Enter (map) the start time of the employee off or holiday whose details you want to retrieve. See the list of supported date and time formats.

End Time
Enter (map) the end time of the employee off or holiday whose details you want to retrieve. See the list of supported date and time formats.

Limit
Set the maximum number of employee time offs or holidays Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Time Off Requests

Watch Time Off Requests

Watches for newly created time off requests which can be approved by you.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Start Time
Enter (map) the start time to watch the time-off requests that start on or after the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

End Time
Enter (map) the end time to watch the time-off requests that end on or before the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

Limit
Set the maximum number of time-off requests Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Search Time Off Requests

Returns a list of time off requests with specified options.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Start Time
Enter (map) the start time to search the time-off requests that start on or after the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

End Time
Enter (map) the end time to search the time-off requests that end on or after the specified time. See the list of supported date and time formats.

Time Off Request ID
Select or map the Time-off Request ID whose details you want to search.

Action
Select or map the time-off requests access to search only the requests that match the specified action:


  • View

  • Approve

Employee ID
Select or map the Employee ID to search the specified employee time-off requests.

Type
Select the time-off request type to search only the request that matches the specified type. For example, Bereavement.

Status
Select the status of the time-off request to search only the request that matches the specified status. For example, Approved.

Limit
Set the maximum number of time-off requests Boost.space Integrator should return during one execution cycle.

Change a Time Off Request Status

Changes the status of a time-off request in the system. You can use this to approve or deny, or cancel a time-off request.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

Request ID
Select or map the Request ID whose status you want to change.

Status
Select or map the status to which you want to update the request:


  • Approved

  • Denied

  • Canceled

Note
Enter the details for updating the request status.

Other

Make an API Call

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.


Connection
Establish a connection to your BambooHR account.

URL
Enter a path relative tohttps://api.bamboohr.com/api/gateway.php/<domain>. For example: /v1/meta/fields.

[Note] Note
For the list of available endpoints, refer to the BambooHR API Documentation.

Method
Select the HTTP method you want to use:


GET

to retrieve information for an entry.


POST

to create a new entry.


PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.


PATCH

to make a partial entry update.


DELETE

to delete an entry.


Headers
Enter the desired request headers. You don’t have to add authorization headers; we’ve already done that for you.

Query String
Enter the request query string.

Body
Enter the body content for your API call.

Example of Use – List Company File Categories

The following API call returns all the company file categories from your BambooHR account:

URL:

/v1/files/view

Method:

GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module’s Output under Bundle > Body > Categories.

In our example, 3 categories were returned:

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