How to Integrate BambooHR with Dots

Learn how to sync your employee data from BambooHR with Dots using API integration.

Step 1: Navigate to the Integration Page in your Dots dashboard.

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Step 2: Select BambooHR and approve access.

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Step 3: Grant Dots permissions to access your BambooHR workspace.

To ensure seamless onboarding, offboarding, and asset management, we kindly request that you approve permissions for the following options:

  1. Import employees’ phone numbers
  2. Import employees’ addresses
  3. Import employees’ private emails

While these permissions are not mandatory, providing them will enable Dots to access & save the necessary employee information for optimal performance.

Click on Allow & Continue.

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Step 4: BambooHR System integration setup can be done in 2 ways:

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1. OpenID:

  • Enter your company sub domain in the “Enter company name” field.
    For example if your URL is:
    https://abc.bamboohr.com/
    You need to enter abc as your company name.
  • Click “Continue“.
    Integration is complete!

2. Token Key:

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  • Log In to your BambooHR dashboard Home Page and click on the left side icon of BambooHR and then choose “API key” from the index.
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  • Click on “Add New Key“.
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  • Give the Key a meaningful name so you will remember what it is for and click “Generate Key“.
  • Copy the API Key.
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  • Past the Key to the dots platform with your company’s HR bamboo subdomain.
    For example: If your BambooHR URL is:
    ​https://acb.bamboohr.com/
    Your subdomain will be abc.
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  • Click “Continue“.
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Congrats, integration is complete!
If you had any issues during this integration please contact our support from your Dots dashboard (Bottom left index) or send us an email to [email protected].

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