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title: "HRIS API Integration: How to integrate with UKG Ready or Pro"
description: How to integrate UKG with Pequity
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# HRIS API Integration: How to integrate with UKG Ready or Pro

## This guide outlines how to successfully connect your UKG Ready or UKG Pro account using the API integration features provided by each platform. You’ll find step-by-step instructions to collect your required credentials, configure the correct access settings, and complete the linking flow.

#### ⚠️ **Prerequisites**: You must be an Administrator in your company’s UKG Ready or Pro instance, or have access permissions shared with you.

### **🔁 UKG Ready Integration**

#### **Overview**

#### To authenticate your UKG Ready account, you’ll need:

- **Domain**
- **Company Short Name**
- **API Key**
- **User ID**
- **Password**

#### **Step-by-Step Instructions**

#### **✅ Step 1: Enter Your Domain**

From your login URL (e.g., acme.com/ta/Default.login), extract the domain—acme.com—and enter it into the linking flow.

#### **✅ Step 2: Retrieve Your Company Short Name**

1. Login to UKG Ready.
2. Open the left menu → go to **Settings** → **Global Setup** → **Company Setup**.
3. Open **Company Info** and scroll to **Company Address**.
4. Copy your **Company Short Name** and paste it in the linking flow.

#### **✅ Step 3: Retrieve or Create Your API Key**

1. Go to **Login Config** within Company Setup.
2. Scroll to **API Keys**. Click the 👁️ icon to reveal the key.  
   \*If no key exists, click **Generate** (⚠️ avoid this if other integrations rely on the existing key).
3. Copy and paste the API Key in the linking flow.

#### **✅ Step 4: Create a Security Profile**

1. Navigate to **Settings** → **Profiles/Policies** → **Security** → **New Security Profile**.
2. Ensure the following permissions are enabled:

**HR Tab**:

- Employee Management → Base Compensation → **View**
- Benefit Management (Plans) → **View**
- Cost Centers, Total Compensation, HR Custom Values → **View**

**Leave of Absence Management**:

- Manage Requests → **Enabled** (if applicable)

**Modules Tab** (if applicable):

- Rest API Resources → Employee Demographics, HR Custom Fields, Profiles, Pay Information, Employees → **Enabled**

**Global Tab**:

- Global Setup → Company EINs, Cost Center Definitions, Leave Custom Fields Definitions → **View**
- Object Lists → Company EINs, Cost Centers, Leave Categories, Pay Period Profiles → **View**

**Payroll Tab**:

- Payroll → Create/Edit Payroll, Payroll Prep Process, Payroll Adjustments → **View/Edit/Add**

#### **✅ Step 5: Create a Service Account**

1. Go to **Settings** → **Global Setup** → **Company Setup** → **Edit Tabs**.
2. Drag **Service Accounts** to the **Top section**, then click **Save**.
3. Click **Add Service Account**, provide:

- Username & password
- The Security Profile you created
- Account Group → **All Company Employees**

**✅ Step 6: Complete the Linking Flow**

Use the Service Account’s **User ID** and **Password** to finalize the connection

 

### **🔁 UKG Pro Integration**

#### **Overview**

To integrate with UKG Pro, you’ll need:

#### **Customer API Key**

- **Service Account Username**
- **Service Account Password**
- **Web Service Domain**

#### **Step-by-Step Instructions**

#### **✅ Step 1: Get Your Customer API Key**

1. Log in to UKG Pro.
2. Search **Service Account Administration**.
3. Copy the **Customer API Key** and paste it in the linking flow.

#### **✅ Step 2: Create a Service Account**

1. On the same **Service Account Administration** page, click **+ Add**.
2. Enter the **username and email** of your admin user.
   
     - Scroll to the **Web Service** section and enable: **View Employee Person Details** (mandatory)
3. Click **Save**. A password will be generated—store it securely.  
   Depending on your needs, also enable:
   
   \- Employee Pay Statement
   
   \- Employment Information
   
   \- PTO Plan Integration
   
   \- Company Configuration Integration
   
   \- Payroll/Personnel Integration
   
   \- Job History
   
   \- Compensation Details
4. Enter the **Service Account username and password** into the linking flow

#### **✅ Step 3: Find Your Web Service Domain**

1. Search for **Web Services**.
2. Copy any available URL (e.g., http://Servicet.ultipro.com/services/BIDataService).
3. Paste this domain into the linking flow to complete the setup.

#### **✅ Final Notes**

- Double-check that all credentials are accurate before submitting.
- All permissions listed are based on typical use cases—adjust as needed based on your specific integration goals.
- If issues arise during setup, contact your UKG system administrator or support team.

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