# BambooHR and Volty > Volty answers time off and employee questions from BambooHR and posts who is out each week. Volty answers your HR team's questions about time off and employee details from BambooHR, and posts who is out each week. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## Who's on leave next week The HR manager asks Volty in team chat. HR team Volty · Team chat C Colleague Who in Operations is on leave next week? Called BambooHR · Who's out · Operations · 17 to 21 Nov · 3 people VoltyAPP Three people. Hannah is on vacation Monday to Wednesday, Bryan is off on Thursday, and Kayla has a half day on Friday afternoon. Google Calendar Operations · time off Mon 17 Tue 18 Wed 19 Thu 20 Fri 21 9a · 10a · 11a · 12p · 1p · 2p · 3p · 4p Hannah · Vacation Bryan · Vacation Kayla · Half day ## What Volty does with BambooHR BambooHR is the HR system for employee records and time off. We connect BambooHR to Volty as a custom connection from a BambooHR API key, and what Volty reads and writes is agreed when it is connected. The HR team can then ask Volty in team chat who is on leave or when a new hire starts, without opening BambooHR. - Who is out · Volty reads approved time off for the team or week asked about. - Employee details for HR · Start date, manager and department, read from the record. - A Monday summary · An automation posts the week's leave to a team channel. - Agreed when connected · We build only the tools you ask for, each with its own switch. Connects with A BambooHR API key Volty reads The time off and employee details you agree Volty can change Only what you agree, Off by default Setup Built by our team Category HR & recruiting Who is out this week, posted every Monday. ### A new hire's first day Volty reads the employee record for the HR team. HR team Volty · Team chat C Colleague When does Daniel Wong start, and who is his manager? Called BambooHR · Daniel Wong · Starts 3 Nov · Reports to Grace Miller VoltyAPP Daniel starts on Monday 3 November as a Finance Analyst, reporting to Grace Miller. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Monday leave summary - When · Every Monday at 8am · A scheduled automation - Step 1 · Reads this week's time off · Through the custom connection - Step 2 · Writes a short summary · Who is out, and when - Step 3 · Posts it to #general · For the whole team Start dates and managers read from the record. ## How Volty connects to BambooHR Share a BambooHR API key with our team and say what Volty should read. We build the connection, an admin approves it, and you set the switches. - 01 · Create an API key · In BambooHR, by a user with the access Volty should have. - 02 · Agree the tools · Time off, employee details, or both. - 03 · Approve and set switches · An admin approves the connection once. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Who's out · Reads - Read employee · Reads - Read time off balance · Reads Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes BambooHR starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### How does Volty connect to BambooHR? We connect BambooHR as a custom connection from a BambooHR API key. What Volty reads and writes is agreed when it is connected, and each tool has its own switch. ### How much does it cost to connect BambooHR with Volty? 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