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Create or Update Hour Records

Bulk add or edit approved hour records in the legacy Hours API. Records whose ID already exists are updated; unrecognized IDs are created. The API can return HTTP 201 even when individual items fail validation — check each item's success flag in the response. Use Create Hour Record for a single record. See the documentation
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IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's BambooHR account once, then configure and run Create or Update Hour Records from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "bamboohr-create-or-update-hour-records",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    bamboohr: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    hourRecords: "Hour Records",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create or Update Hour Records inputs
Property Type Description
hourRecords Hour Records string
Array of hour record objects as a JSON string. Each item requires timeTrackingId, employeeId, dateHoursWorked (YYYY-MM-DD), hoursWorked, and rateType (REG, OT, or DT); optional fields: divisionId, departmentId, jobTitleId, payCode, payRate, jobCode, jobData. E.g. [{"timeTrackingId":"a1b2c3","employeeId":123,"dateHoursWorked":"2026-09-01","hoursWorked":8,"rateType":"REG"}]
Required

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
bamboohr-create-or-update-hour-records
Version
0.0.1
App
BambooHR
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes