Thanks to the integration with Factorial, our Premium and Pro customers no longer need to manually manage their users' accounts. Forget about remembering to onboard or offboard employees - Travelperk and Factorial will work in sync.
This article provides you with step-by-step guidance on how to integrate your company's Factorial account with TravelPerk.
- What Factorial does?
- What is this integration for?
- Who can use this integration?
- Step 1 - Enable the integration from the TravelPerk integration page
- Step 2 - Configure the Factorial Integration.
- Optional Steps - Advanced Features
- Last step - Complete the integration
- How to disable the integration
- FAQ's
What Factorial does?
Factorial provides intuitive HR solutions for SMEs around the world. Their tools automate and centralize administrative tasks to provide insights and help organizations run more smoothly.
Founded in Barcelona in 2016, Factorial now serves more than 3,000 growing businesses in 65+ countries. While they got their start as time tracking and time off management software, they quickly saw that HR professionals were juggling too many single-function tools. It became their mission to be the one-stop-shop for all people processes.
Factorial now offers solutions for HR analytics, document management, performance appraisals, goal-tracking, and company culture – all in one effective, easy-to-manage platform. In short, they help organizations take care of their people.
What is this integration for?
- Fully automated user provisioning (onboarding and offboarding) from an employee directory in Factorial HR;
- Auto-enrichment of employee profiles info in TravelPerk;
- Automated account setup (e.g. Cost Centers, or Supervisor Approvals).
Who can use this integration?
This integration is available to all TravelPerk Premium and Pro users.
Please note that you need admin access to both Factorial and TravelPerk in order to set up the integration.
Step 1 - Enable the integration from the TravelPerk integration page
1.1. If you haven't yet logged into your TravelPerk account, do it now, and click on Integrations under the Account settings in the upper menu or follow this link.
1.2. Find Factorial in the list of integrations and click on Set up.
1.3. On the Factorial page that opens up next, click the Enable button.
1.4. You will immediately see a pop-up window detailing the Read permissions TravelPerk will access from Factorial. Click on Continue.
1.5. Another pop-up window will appear. Click Open window and you will be redirected to Factorial’s website.
1.6. You will be redirected to Factorial’s website where you are greeted with a pop up box. Please select Authorize.
1.7. Once you select Authorize, you will be redirected back to TravelPerk where you will be greeted with a pop up box stating that you have successfully set up the integration. The box will then disappear and you are ready to configure the integration.
Step 2 - Configure the Factorial Integration.
Once step 1 is complete, you will automatically be redirected to the Factorial Integration page in TravelPerk to configure the data you would like to sync from Factorial.
2.1. Who do you want to sync?
There is the option to sync All employees or Selected employees. If you select all employees, every active employee will be synced. If you chose selected employees, you are able to filter employees to sync by location.
2.2. What information should be synced?
If you chose sync full employee data, TravelPerk will sync all fields (mandatory and optional) including date of birth, contact number and gender. There is also the option to select employee details to sync from the optional data fields.
Optional Steps - Advanced Features
!! Please note that provisioning of cost centers is not possible with this integration!!
2.3. Automated Approval Groups (Pro Plan Feature) - Pro customers can also enable automatic approval processes. based on managers and policies. Approval groups will be automatically created using the “Manager” field in Factorial. Turning on this feature will create approval groups for line managers with their direct reports automatically added to the group.
You then need to select the preferred approval method:
A. Automatically approve in-policy trips
All trips that fall within the travel policy are automatically approved. Out-of-policy trips require line manager approval
B. Automatically approve in-policy trips and receive notifications
All trips that fall within the travel policy are automatically approved and the line manager will be notified of the trip. Out-of-policy trips require line manager approval.
C. Manually approve all trips
All trips go for line manager approval
!! Please note that any pre-existing approval workflow will be overridden by enabling automatic approval processes. Please contact your TravelPerk Account Manager if you have any doubts !!
Last step - Complete the integration
2.4. From the settings page, you will need to select Run Manual Sync. Below you can see the status of the synchronization under Last imports. If there were any errors during the sync, you will be able to receive more details by downloading the XLS log.
That's it! Now you can see all the synced 🔄employees in your TravelPerk account:
How to disable the integration
Go to Integrations and find Factorial. Click on the Disable button on the right.
What happens after you disable the integration between Factorial and TravelPerk?
The profiles of the employees you imported will remain on TravelPerk however the sync will no longer be possible.
You can reconnect Factorial to TravelPerk again if you need it.
FAQ's
What does Factorial do? Should I get this HR system?
Factorial provides intuitive HR solutions for SMEs across the globe. Their tools are designed to automate and centralize administrative tasks, enabling organizations to run more smoothly. The company was founded in Barcelona in 2016, and it currently serves over 3,000 growing businesses in more than 65 countries. Although Factorial started as a time tracking and time off management software provider, the team soon realized that HR professionals were using too many single-function tools. This realization inspired the company to become the one-stop-shop for all people processes. Factorial now offers solutions for HR analytics, document management, performance appraisals, goal-tracking, company culture, and more, all on one easy-to-manage platform. In summary, Factorial helps businesses take care of their people.
Do I need to be a Factorial client to use the integration?
Yes, it is necessary to be a customer of Factorial.
I still have questions about the integration setup. Whom can I contact to get help?
Please contact your Account Manager at TravelPerk.
I have Single Sign On (SSO) enabled with user creation, will this impact the integration?
It’s great to hear you have connected your TravelPerk account to your SSO provider and SSO will work perfectly fine with your Factorial integration. We do recommend that you turn off the “automatic user creation” and “allow user update” as this could create a conflict with the integration. In the event a user has a different first name, last name or email in the identity provider (IDP) to Factorial, the data from Factorial synced to TravelPerk will be overridden by the IDP.