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BambooHR: Creating a Custom Access Level and Non-Employee User

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Written by Shannon DeLange
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Creating a Custom Access Level in BambooHR

  • In your BambooHR account, please click on the gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen. This will take you to your settings page.

  • From there, select Access Levels from the menu on the left, and click on the Add + button, and select Custom Access Level.

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  • On the first page that opens, name the Custom Access Level (such as Vanta Integration Permissions), and a description. Once completed, click Next Step

  • On the second step, What this Access Level Can Do, click on Next Step without changing anything.

  • On the third step What this Access Level Can See, you can set the View Only permissions for Vanta (see below for detail). This will allow Vanta specific attributes from BambooHR.

  • Please set the permissions under "See About Themselves" as follows:

    • Select Yes, Allow Access

    • Under Which Access Level should apply?, choose Full Access

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  • Please set the permissions under See About Other Employees as follows:

    Personal tab:

    • Basic Info

      • View Only: Status, First Name, last Name

    • Contact

      • View Only: Work Email

      • View Only: Home Email

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Job tab:

  • View Only: Hire Date

  • Employment Status

    • View Only: Employment Status: Date, Employment Status

  • Job Information

    • View Only: Job Title, Department, Reporting to

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Time off tab:

  • All fields set to View Only

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Click Save and Finish

Creating a non-employee User in BambooHR

  • In your BambooHR account, please click on the Gear icon in the upper right corner of the screen. This will take you to your settings page.

  • From there, select Access Levels from the menu on the left. This will show the access levels on your BambooHR account.

  • Select the Custom Access Level you created, then select the smaller gear cog with a dropdown arrow. From the menu, select Add a Non-Employee BambooHR User

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  • On the page that opens, give the non-employee a name and an email that you or someone at your organization has access to, set the Access Level to the Custom level created for this integration, and hit save:

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  • Once the user has been created, check the inbox for the account used to make the non-employee user a welcome email. Follow the steps to create a password for the user. This step is essential, as you must sign in to BambooHR with those user credentials to set up the Vanta integration!