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Hibob: How do I link my account?

Ready to connect your HRIS? Use this guide to connect your HiBob to Happl

Written by Sandy
Updated over a month ago

Overview

To authenticate HiBob using a Service Account, you will need to provide the following information:

  • Service Account User ID

  • Service Account Token

Prerequisites

Please ensure you fulfil all the requirements to set up the integration:

  • You have Administrator permissions in your company's HiBob instance

Video Guide

Note: The written instructions below are updated more frequently than our video guide, which may not always reflect the latest changes to HiBob's own user interface.

Instructions

Step 1: Create the Service User in your HiBob Account

  1. Navigate to your HiBob System Settings

  2. On the Settings screen, open Integrations and click Manage on the Service users tile

  3. Click on Create service user

  4. Enter any Display name and click Create

  5. On the next screen, HiBob display the credentials for your new service user. Make a note of both the ID and the Token, then click on Go to permission groups and proceed with the next step

Step 2: Create a Permission Group

  1. Click Create permission group, then Service user

  2. Enter any Group name, select your new service user under Select service users and click Create

  3. When asked to confirm the changes, click Confirm

  4. Switch to the People's data tab of the new Permission Group and click Access data for. Click Edit permissions on the top right corner. Pick "Select people by condition" under Whose data can members access?, then click on Edit to select the people the integration can access

  1. In the Select people by condition pop-up, select all relevant Lifecycle Statuses. In most scenarios this will include Hired, Employed, and Terminated. Click Apply twice once done:

  1. Back in the People's Data add the following permissions based on the required fields you need to share for your integration:

  • For each permission category, select the View selected employees' [Permission] sections and View selected employees' [Permission] section histories permission.

  • If you need Date of Birth or the full unobscured SSN fields, you must include both View and Edit access for the appropriate permission. Note that we will NOT edit any employee sections.

  • People > Basic Info Example:

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HiBob Permission

Associated Fields

People > Basic Info (required)

Name

People > Employment

People > Work

Company

Employee Number

Manager

Start Date

Termination Date

Work Email

Work Location

Department

Job Title

Employment Type

FLSA Code

People > Work contact details

Work Email

People > Personal

Date of Birth (requires Edit permission)

Mobile Phone Number

People > Personal contact details

Mobile Phone Number

Personal Email

People > Home

Gender

Marital Status

Personal Email

People > Lifecycle

Employment Status

People > Identification

SSN (requires Edit permission for the full unobscured SSN fields)

People > Address

Home Location

People > EEO

Ethnicity

People > Payroll

Pay Rate

Payroll Runs

People > About

Avatar

People > Financial

Bank Information

Timeoff > Balance

Timeoff

Timeoff > Requests

Timeoff

Timeoff > See who's out today

Timeoff

Once done adding the above permissions, finish creating the Permission Group by selecting Save and Apply the changes.

Head to the Integrations page in Happl

From your home screen head to Settings then Integrations and hit 'Connect' under the HRIS section.

Follow Flow for Adding Your Service User to Happl

Once you have selected HiBob from the HRIS integration list, make sure to click 'Production Data' and follow the flow to set up the connection.

Sync Data to Happl

Once you have completed the above steps the data sync will begin to Happl. Depending on the size of your business this could take a few minutes to an hour. Once complete you will be able to review the data in the 'Data Audit' Section of Settings.

Notes

Hibob allows moving fields into categories other than those listed in the guide above. If some fields are missing after linking your Hibob account, view a sample employee in Hibob and confirm under which category (e.g. Personal, Work, About) the missing field can be found. Then add View permissions under People's data for that category as described above (for particularly sensitive fields you would also need to grant Edit permissions so Merge can read the respective field values).

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