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Common Integration Use Cases

Paylocity partners, such as 401k providers, applicant tracking systems, and benefit administrators, are able to use Paylocity APIs to integrate Paylocity data with company systems. The following table provides a quick reference of common use cases for technology partners and what APIs should be used to solve those needs. In addition to the resources for each use case in the table below, review Integration Implementation Best Practices for additional context around the business needs that can be accomplished with Paylocity APIs.

PartnerUse CaseResource
401k ProvidersRetrieve employee demographic information in order to maintain a list of employees who are participating in the 401k planGet employee
Get all employees
Access employees' processed payroll information in order to know what amounts contributed to the 401k planGet employee pay statement details data for the specified year and check date.
Get employee pay statement details data for the specified year.
Get employee pay statement summary data for the specified year and check date.
Get employee pay statement summary data for the specified year.
Access and/or update employees' scheduled payroll deductions so that elected deferrals will process correctly during payroll processingAdd / Update Deduction
Delete deduction for deduction code / start date
Get All Deductions
Get Deduction for Deduction Code
Receive real time notifications of new hires, terminations, and changes to the clients' employees so that the provider can make necessary system updatesWebhooks Overview
Receive real time notifications of clients processing payroll so that the provider can retrieve the processed payroll information for the companyPayroll Processed Webhooks
Benefit Administration SystemThe provider wants to be able to retrieve/update clients' employees' scheduled payroll deductions so that elected benefits will correctly process during payroll processingAdd / Update Deduction
Delete deduction for deduction code / start date
Get All Deductions
Get Deduction for Deduction Code
Accounting SystemAccess clients' processed payroll information in order to facilitate financial reports and/or GL journal entriesGet employee pay statement details data for the specified year and check date.
Get employee pay statement details data for the specified year.
Get employee pay statement summary data for the specified year and check date.
Get employee pay statement summary data for the specified year.
Timekeeping System Point of Sale (POS) SystemSend clients' time data to Paylocity so that the client can process that company's payroll for employeesCreate New Payroll Batch
Applicant Tracking SystemSend employee applicants from the provider's system to Paylocity's Onboarding applicationOnboarding
Send employee applicants from the provider's system to Paylocity's HR & Payroll application (either directly inserting records or into a staging environment)Add new employee
Employee Staging
Another Software System used by Paylocity ClientsRetrieve employee demographic information in order to create/update user access and employee information in the systemGet employee
Get all employees
Receive real time notifications of new hires, terminations, and changes to the clients' employees so that the provider can make necessary system updatesWebhooks Overview
Know the system level configurations for each companyGet Company-Specific Open API Documentation
Get All Company Codes
Know the allowed values for data elements that will pass via APIGet Company-Specific Open API Documentation
Get All Company Codes
Retrieve/update Custom Fields for employees in the Paylocity HR & Payroll applicationGet All Custom Fields
Get employee
Automatically renew API credentials without contacting the Web Services support teamRenew API Credentials

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