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HiBob Integration

Setup Hibob integration effortlessly and get valuable insights

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Written by Marta Droneva
Updated over 3 weeks ago

Connect your HiBob HRIS to Viio to bring in a clean, always-up-to-date employee roster—perfect for mapping licences and spotting shadow IT gaps.


Capabilities

Capability

What Viio pulls from HiBob

✅ Users

Full name, corporate email, job title, employment status, start & termination dates

✅ Usage

Department, location, manager hierarchy, cost-centre


Prerequisites

  • You must be a HiBob admin (or have permission to create Service users). apidocs.hibob.com

  • Create a Service user and place it in a permission group that grants at least the Default Employee Fields (root, about, employment, work). apidocs.hibob.com

  • Make sure you can copy the Service user ID and Token—you’ll paste both in Viio.


Setup

  1. Go to Viio → Integrations and choose HiBob.

  2. In HiBob, generate a Service user:

    1. Navigate to Settings → Integrations → Service users.

    2. Click Create service user, then copy the User ID and Token.

    3. Add the user to, or create, a permission group with view access to the Default Employee Fields. apidocs.hibob.com

  3. Back in Viio, press Connect HiBob, paste the User ID and Token, then click Save.

  4. Viio kicks off the first sync—it usually finishes within 15 minutes. You’ll see the status turn to Healthy when done.

Need to disconnect?
Open Installed apps → HiBob → Remove in Viio, then delete or revoke the Service user in HiBob if you no longer need the token.


Troubleshooting & FAQ

Symptom

Quick fix

“Invalid credentials” when connecting

The Service user’s token was regenerated or revoked. Copy the new token and update the integration.

403 “Forbidden” after sync starts

The permission group is missing the Default Employee Fields. Add view access and re-run the sync.

Former employees missing

Edit the permission group’s Access data for rule; remove the filter that limits data to Lifecycle status = Employed. apidocs.hibob.com


Technical details

  • Authentication – Service user ID and Token sent via HTTP Authorization header.

  • Primary endpoints called

    • POST /people/search – pull employee directory apidocs.hibob.com

    • GET /people/{id} – fetch extended profile & org metadata

  • Data cadence – Viio refreshes HiBob data daily

  • In order for Viio to be able to fetch usage, audit reports need to be enabled - read more on how here


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