Playroll Integrations

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This “Playbook” will guide you through the process of connecting your Playroll and HiBob account! With this integration, import employees into your company on Playroll and synchronize Leave/Time-off Requests. This will save your team hours in administrative work.

Feel free to jump to the following sections if you have already made some progress or to read the whole article if you are starting from scratch!

What will I need to start?

How do I find/create my HiBob User Service ID and Token?

Import Employee Data from HiBob into Playrol

Enable the Time-Off Synchronization?

What you will need to start?

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You will need:

A valid HiBob account and the correct user permissions to create a User Service ID.

Please note that it may take several hours for Leave/Time-off Requests to appear on the Playroll platform after you have turned on the requests.

What is an API Service User and how do I create a new Service user in HiBob:

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Check out the helpful guide from Hibob on what Service Users are and how to find the relevant credentials: https://apidocs.hibob.com/docs/api-service-users

Configure The integration within the Playroll Platform:

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Step 1:

Navigate to “Integrations” From your Playroll Dashboard

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Step 2:

Click on HiBob

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Step 3:

Click on “Configuration”

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Step 4:

Enter your HiBob User Service ID and Token:

Copy and Paste the User Service ID and Token from the Service Users page in HiBob Automation Settings. See below for more information on how to view this.

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Step 5:

Login to app.playroll.com and from your dashboard, click on “Add an Employee”:

Then click on the “Import from HiBob” button (This button will only be visible after Step 4 is complete) and select the name of the employee you would like to import and then the big purple button that says “Begin Import”!

There you have it! You have imported your first employee and now can continue with adding employees with ease and simplicity.

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Using Service Users in Playroll from HiBob

A service user must be used with basic access authentication.

Tip: To remove a service user, click the three dot menu to the right of the service user you’d like to remove and click Delete.

Tip: You can refresh a user’s token – just click the three-dot menu to the right of the service user and click Refresh Token. Note that the previous token will be revoked.

Enable the Time-Off Syncronisation?

Turn this on by going to the Configuration Tab within the HiBob Integration page

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Connecting Playroll to your HiBob HRIS allows you to onboard your employees into Playroll in just a few clicks. 

Speak to a Bob expert and learn how our integration can help you scale.