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Use BambooHR actions in workflows to check employee time-off balances and create time-off requests directly from Ravenna.

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Actions

Retrieves the current time-off balance for an employee from BambooHR. Returns balances and usage across all time-off policy types.Output data:
  • Vacation balance and used hours
  • Sick leave balance and used hours
  • Personal time balance and used hours
  • Jury duty balance and used hours
  • Volunteer time balance and used hours
  • Bereavement leave balance and used hours
Common use cases:
  • Check remaining PTO before approving time-off requests
  • Display balance information in agent responses
  • Validate sufficient balance before creating time-off requests
  • Include balance details in approval workflows
Creates a new time-off request in BambooHR on behalf of an employee. Supports configuring the request type, duration, approver, and notes.Input fields:
  • requestType - Type of time off (Vacation, Sick, Personal, Jury Duty, Volunteer, Bereavement)
  • amount - Amount of time off requested
  • units - Time unit (Hours or Days)
  • startTime - Start date of the time-off period
  • endTime - End date of the time-off period
  • approverId - Ravenna user ID of the approver
  • note - Optional reason or note for the request
Output data:
  • Time-off request ID from BambooHR
  • Employee ID
  • Approver ID
Common use cases:
  • Submit time-off requests from Slack or web tickets
  • Automate PTO submissions after manager approval in Ravenna
  • Create requests as part of onboarding or offboarding workflows

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Semantic fields

Employee data synced from BambooHR is available as semantic fields in workflows. You can reference these fields using dynamic values to personalize workflow actions. Available fields:
  • Employee name and email
  • Job title
  • Department
  • Manager
  • Hire date
  • Employment status
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