BambooHR setup

Follow these steps to configure and set up the BambooHR connector in Glean. Most setup occurs in the Glean admin console and your BambooHR instance.

Requirements

To use the BambooHR connector, you must meet the following requirements.

• Access to the Glean admin console.
• A BambooHR instance with the Company Directory feature enabled. This feature can be managed or disabled in BambooHR account settings. It must be turned on for Glean to crawl /employees/directory.
• An API token generated in BambooHR is required for authentication. The API token must be created by a service account admin with access to the employee directory and basic employee fields.
• The API token inherits all permissions from the user who creates it.

Generate the API token

Follow these steps to generate the API token:

1. Log into BambooHR, and click your name in the upper right-hand corner to open the user context menu.
2. Select API Keys and create a new API key.
3. Copy the API key.

Connect BambooHR connector to Glean

1. In the Glean Admin console, navigate to the Advanced connector setup.
2. Toggle to Config and add bamboohr.domain as the Key name.
3. Add the domain of your BambooHR project into the Key value field and click Submit.
4. Toggle to Secret.
5. Add the BAMBOOHR_ACCESS_TOKEN as the Key name.
6. Add the BambooHR API key into the Key value field and click Submit. 7.Save all configurations.

For any issues or questions, contact the Glean support team.

See also

• BambooHR overview