Zoho People
Connect Zoho People to Siit to sync your employee directory and lifecycle events. Zoho People is a flexible HRIS used globally, especially in mid‑market and growing companies.
What you get
Live People directory — Zoho People employees appear in Siit with role, manager, department, and lifecycle dates.
Lifecycle triggers — Date of joining, Date of exit, Work anniversary, and Birthday flow into Siit as workflow triggers.
Manager resolution — Zoho People's reporting structure powers auto‑selected approvers in workflows.
Pre‑hires — future employees with a date of joining in Zoho People appear in Siit ahead of Day 1.
What syncs from Zoho People
Identity
First name, last name, work email, employee ID
Role
Designation (job title), department
Org structure
Reporting manager, location, legal entity
Employment
Employment type, status
Lifecycle dates
Date of joining, date of exit, date of birth
Work email is the canonical identifier across systems.
Before you connect
A Zoho People admin with permission to authorize third‑party apps.
Work email populated for every active employee in Zoho People.
Note your Zoho data center region (zoho.com, zoho.eu, zoho.in, etc.) — Siit needs the right region during connect.
Connect Zoho People
In Siit, go to Settings → Integrations, find Zoho People in the HRIS section, and click Connect.
Pick your Zoho data center region.
Sign in with your Zoho admin account and approve the requested read scopes.
Review the imported people and field mapping, then click Finish setup.
Need a more detailed walkthrough? Reach out to support via the in‑app chat.
After the connection
Confirm your People list matches Zoho People's active workforce.
In Settings → People → Fields, set Zoho People as the source of truth for HR‑owned fields if you're also connected to an IdP.
Build a Day‑1 onboarding workflow using the Date of joining trigger.
Sync frequency
Zoho People data refreshes automatically every few hours. Trigger an immediate refresh from Settings → Integrations → Zoho People → Sync now.
Common workflows
Day‑1 onboarding. Trigger: Date of joining. Actions: create IdP account, assign apps by department, ship equipment, DM reporting manager.
Offboarding on exit. Trigger: Date of exit. Actions: revoke sessions, remove app access, equipment pickup, notify reporting manager.
Troubleshooting
Employees missing. Only active employees and future hires sync by default. Confirm status and work email in Zoho People.
Wrong data center region. Disconnect and reconnect with the correct region for your Zoho tenant.
Manager field empty. In Zoho People, check the employee has a reporting manager assigned.
Connection shows "needs reauthorization". Reconnect from Settings → Integrations → Zoho People.
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