How do BambooHR fields get mapped in Lever?

Streamline the recruiting to HR process by allowing candidate information to flow seamlessly into BambooHR once a candidate is hired in Lever. The candidate data from Lever will dynamically populate a new BambooHR employee profile, minimizing the time spent on manual data entry.

Field Mapping

Lever's native integration with BambooHR has been enhanced to pass more fields than ever before!

The following charts represent the fields that are supported with the standard BambooHR integration.

Updates to these data mappings and custom fields are supported, but will require additional configuration. If you are interested in learning more, please reach out to Lever Support for more details.

Field Mapping

Lever Candidate Fields

The following candidate details will be transferred over by default (fields marked in red are required to create a new BambooHR employee profile record):

In addition, Lever Support can migrate a candidate's entire resume into BambooHR, provided the API key has access to view and upload files in your organization's BambooHR environment. To move a candidate's resume from Lever to BambooHR, contact our support team. Direct your request to Customer Support with the designation "Task > Other" and specify the folder in BambooHR into which you want the resume uploaded.

Lever Offer Fields

If the following fields exist in the signed offer form when the candidate is hired, they will be included.

In addition, Lever Support can migrate a candidate's entire offer letter into BambooHR, provided the API key has access to view and upload files in your organization's BambooHR environment. To move a candidate's offer letter from Lever to BambooHR, contact our support team. Direct your request to Customer Support with the designation "Task > Other" and specify the folder in BambooHR into which you want the offer letter uploaded.

Lever Requisition Fields

If the following fields exist on the associated requisition for the signed offer, they will be included. 

Lever Profile Form Fields

If the following fields exist in a profile form titled "BambooHR New Hire" they will be included.

Custom mapping limitations

• The solution cannot pass fields in specific tabs. Eg: Time Off, Benefits, Performance, and Onboarding

• Fields in a row will not be created if a required field for that row is missing.

• A field will not be passed if it is not the correct field type (e.g. text, int, currency).

• A field will not be passed specifically for dropdown lists if the value does not match the possible options.

• Field types that cannot be passed via API:

  • Information fields

  • Section headers

  • Multiple Selection List field

Configuration

Setting Up the Offer and Requisition Fields

Some of the information on the offer form and requisition are transferred by default, however if you would like to customize additional fields please reach out to Lever Support for assistance with custom mappings. Additionally, you will want to read through the following help articles to learn how to prepare your Offer and Requisition data for custom mapping:

How Do I Customize the Offer Form

How do I Add Requisitions to Lever

Setting up Profile Form Fields

This optional step needs to be completed by a Lever Admin or Super Admin.

• Navigate to the form settings page in Lever Hire
• Add a new form titled “BambooHR New Hire”
• Include all the fields that you would like to send to BambooHR
• Add the form to the desired candidate profile and fill out the form

For more details on setting up a profile form and adding it to the candidate profiles see this help article.

For example, if you want to pass 'First Name', 'Last Name' and 'Preferred Name' fields you would do so by following the above steps and as shown in the screenshot below:

Mapping Dropdown Values in BambooHR

In order to successfully create a candidate profile in BambooHR with job details, you must assure that the values in BambooHR exactly match the corresponding Lever dropdown values. These values are mapped as follows:

The following instructions will guide you in assuring that everything is set up correctly. Start by logging into BambooHR and clicking on the Settings icon at the top of the dashboard.

In the left-hand sidebar, select Employee Fields. Here you will want to assure that all of the values for Department, Division, Employment Status, Job Title and Location match exactly the values that you have configured in Lever.