Can you integrate Paylocity with SharePoint?

Explore a Paylocity and SharePoint integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Paylocity and SharePoint is not established by the connector documentation reviewed for this page. Start with one record and the update your business needs to identify an implementation path.

Can Paylocity and SharePoint sync in both directions?

Confirm two-way support with Stacksync for the records and fields you need in both systems. Access to a vendor API does not confirm that its Stacksync connector supports write-back.

What should be ready before the Paylocity and SharePoint initial load?

Prepare both accounts, the selected object schemas, stable source and destination IDs, and the expected outcome. Identify the Paylocity account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access. Identify the SharePoint account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access. Use the pair worksheet to record ownership and acceptance criteria.

How fast does the Paylocity to SharePoint sync run?

Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.

Will existing duplicates merge automatically?

No. Stacksync documents that pre-existing duplicates are not merged automatically when two-way sync begins. Review the initial dataset and matching plan before enabling it; an empty destination can simplify the first load.

How do I map Paylocity fields to SharePoint?

Start with one business entity and a stable record ID. Map a small set of editable fields with compatible types, test required values and relationships, then expand after the pilot passes.

What should I do if a record fails to sync?

Check the destination error, field constraints, permissions, and current source value. The Stacksync issues dashboard supports retry and revert; retry reads current source values, so verify the intended record state before acting.

What does a Paylocity and SharePoint integration cost?

Use the current Stacksync pricing page and confirm the supported implementation with the team. Scope the required objects, record volume, update frequency, initial load, and support needs when comparing a managed connector with native or custom development.

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Paylocity and SharePoint integration

Plan how Paylocity and SharePoint should share data across your business. Work with Stacksync engineers on record mapping, system access, and the requirements for running the integration.

Set this up from Claude or ChatGPT

Scope your workflow with an integration engineer
Review the systems, records, and updates you need

Integration planning

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Proposed workflow

Worker lifecycle planning for Paylocity and SharePoint

This is an evaluation scenario; connector and operation support require confirmation.

Starting eventA worker joins, moves, or leaves in Paylocity; a downstream process in SharePoint needs the approved context.

Identify the worker and employment record represented by Employees. Retain effective dates and organizational scope.
Determine what Drive items (document libraries) represents: an operational task, a user identity, or a reporting row. Define a relationship; do not map these records as if they were the employee itself.
Require the process owner to approve any access, payroll, or account action and assign an exception owner.

What to verifyRehires and concurrent assignments keep distinct employment context; delayed updates do not reverse a newer effective state.

Review records and field ownership

AI assistant

Set up Paylocity and SharePoint from Claude or ChatGPT

Connect the Stacksync MCP server to your AI assistant, then ask for the sync in plain language. You only sign in; there is no code to write and no API key to paste.

1. Add the Stacksync MCP server

Server URL

https://mcp.stacksync.com/mcp

In Claude

Open Customize → Connectors, select + Add, then Add custom connector.
Name it Stacksync and enter https://mcp.stacksync.com/mcp.
Select Connect, sign in to Stacksync and choose your workspace.

In ChatGPT

Open Settings → Apps → Advanced settings and turn on Developer mode.
Select Create app, name it Stacksync, enter https://mcp.stacksync.com/mcp and choose OAuth.
Sign in to Stacksync, then enable Stacksync from the tools menu in a chat.

Set up Codex or Claude Code

Codex

codex mcp add stacksync --url https://mcp.stacksync.com/mcp
codex mcp login stacksync

Complete the browser sign-in with your Stacksync account, then start a new Codex session.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http stacksync https://mcp.stacksync.com/mcp

Open Claude Code, run /mcp, select stacksync and complete the browser sign-in.

Then ask: “List my Stacksync workspaces.” Sign-in connects your assistant; it does not create a sync yet.

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Gemini CLI and other assistants: setup steps in the docs.

2. Ask your assistant

Create a sync between my Paylocity and SharePoint.

Also from the same chat

You can also ask for workflows and AI agents (Genies) that use Paylocity and SharePoint. The assistant checks what each app supports, for example:

“Build a workflow that messages our team in Slack when a Paylocity record changes.”
“Create a Genie that answers questions about our SharePoint data in Slack.”

What happens next

Signs you in with your Stacksync login (OAuth). No API key is pasted into the chat.
Gives you a secure sign-in link for each app it connects; you open it and sign in to that app.
Builds the sync with your permissions in Stacksync, nothing more. Turn on Ask before every change in the MCP settings to approve each change first.

New to Stacksync? Create an account first, then sign in from your assistant.

Proposed record relationships

Records to connect

Use these examples to define record matching and field ownership for your technical review.

Download the mapping worksheet

CSV · No email required

Start with one Paylocity record and the result you want in SharePoint: a report, a linked record, or an approved action. The listed record types do not identify a direct match, so define that relationship with your integration team before mapping fields.

Record coverage to review

Use documented coverage where available. Catalog record types are starting points for review and do not confirm Stacksync support.

Paylocity

Connection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record types	Coverage and requirements
Employees Onboarding Deductions (Pay Setup) Earnings (Pay Setup) Local and State Taxes Direct Deposit	Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss Paylocity requirements

SharePoint

Connection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record types	Coverage and requirements
Sites Lists List items Drive items (document libraries) Columns and content types Permissions and sharing	Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss SharePoint requirements

Connection essentials

Confirm Stacksync support and account requirements for undocumented connections. Interface information alone does not establish connector availability.

View setup requirements and limits

Connection requirement	Paylocity	SharePoint
Integration interface	REST API (v1 and v2), JSON payloads	Microsoft Graph REST API (graph.microsoft.com/v1.0 and beta) covering SharePoint sites, lists, list items, columns, content types, and document-library drives and drive items; plus the classic SharePoint REST API (_api/web) and CSOM. Supports Graph JSON $batch (up to 20 requests per call).
Authentication	Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Paylocity.	Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for SharePoint.
Change detection	Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.	Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access	Confirm with Stacksync	Confirm with Stacksync
Write access	Confirm with Stacksync	Confirm with Stacksync

Enterprise controls

Security and control for your integrations

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Compliance and data transfers

As a data company, we understand the importance of keeping your data secure. Stacksync is built with security best practices to keep your data safe at every layer, and is DPF-certified for US, EU, UK and CH data transfers.

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ISO 27001
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SSO & SCIM

Let your users access Stacksync from your centralized user management systems. Works with Okta, Azure, Google SSO and more.

Alerts

Immediately get alerted about record syncing issues over email, Slack, PagerDuty and WhatsApp. Resolve issues from a centralized dashboard with retry and revert options.

Secure connection options

Securely connects to your systems with:

Record-level recovery

Inspect sync errors and use retry and revert controls to resolve failed updates.

Read the recovery guide

Implementation

Technical reference

Review setup, record relationships, testing, and recovery for your implementation.

Authentication, permissions and API limits

Connection requirements and limits

Paylocity

Integration interface: REST API (v1 and v2), JSON payloads
Authentication: Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Paylocity.
Change detection: Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access: Confirm with Stacksync
Write access: Confirm with Stacksync

Setup requirements

Identify the Paylocity account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Paylocity, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

Limitations to check

Confirm Stacksync support for Paylocity and the record types your workflow needs.
Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

SharePoint

Integration interface: Microsoft Graph REST API (graph.microsoft.com/v1.0 and beta) covering SharePoint sites, lists, list items, columns, content types, and document-library drives and drive items; plus the classic SharePoint REST API (_api/web) and CSOM. Supports Graph JSON $batch (up to 20 requests per call).
Authentication: Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for SharePoint.
Change detection: Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access: Confirm with Stacksync
Write access: Confirm with Stacksync

Setup requirements

Identify the SharePoint account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for SharePoint, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

Limitations to check

Confirm Stacksync support for SharePoint and the record types your workflow needs.
Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

Prepare Paylocity and SharePoint access

Set up both accounts before testing the mapping. Use test records where available, and identify the account administrator who can approve access and help resolve setup errors.

Paylocity setup checklist

Identify the Paylocity account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Paylocity, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

SharePoint setup checklist

Identify the SharePoint account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for SharePoint, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

Prepare to go live

Record the fields each system can update, the first-load cutoff, both record IDs, the expected update delay, and who handles errors. Complete the tests before production before expanding to more records.

Use the Paylocity and SharePoint planning worksheet to capture these decisions. Record the access owner in the worksheet and enter credentials only in the connection setup.

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Record identity and field ownership

Use these data-model references to describe the records your connection needs. They are planning examples; connector availability and supported operations must be established before implementation.

Download the mapping worksheet · CSV, no email required

Compare integration approaches

Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Define how the Paylocity source record should appear or trigger work in SharePoint. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.

Stacksync managed sync

Best fit: Review compatibility with a Stacksync engineer using an example of the records and updates you need.
Operating responsibility: Fits ongoing record synchronization when the required operations are supported. Add workflow steps for approvals or business actions that go beyond copying fields.
Before you choose: Provide your table or object schemas and one example update; confirm the supported keys, fields, and direction.

Native vendor integration

Best fit: A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Paylocity and SharePoint record types.
Operating responsibility: Can reduce setup for a supported workflow. You may need another method for records or business steps it does not cover.
Before you choose: First check whether either vendor offers this integration. If available, verify your record types, update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.

Custom API or workflow

Best fit: Consider when Paylocity and SharePoint need a transformation, approval, or action outside a direct record sync.
Operating responsibility: Provides control over business steps; the team owns credentials, version changes, error queues, and reconciliation.
Before you choose: Verify endpoint permissions, pagination, quotas, duplicate detection, and failure recovery.

File or scheduled snapshot

Best fit: Consider for a one-time Paylocity / SharePoint migration or a reporting need with an explicit freshness window.
Operating responsibility: Can simplify a bounded transfer; later changes and deletion history require another extraction or a separately designed incremental process.
Before you choose: Record the extraction cutoff, source IDs, encoding, date/number formats, and reconciliation totals. Distinguish binary files from metadata and links.

Workflow scenarios and expected results

Worker lifecycle planning for Paylocity and SharePoint

This is an evaluation scenario; connector and operation support require confirmation.

Starting event: A worker joins, moves, or leaves in Paylocity; a downstream process in SharePoint needs the approved context.

Identify the worker and employment record represented by Employees. Retain effective dates and organizational scope.
Determine what Drive items (document libraries) represents: an operational task, a user identity, or a reporting row. Define a relationship; do not map these records as if they were the employee itself.
Require the process owner to approve any access, payroll, or account action and assign an exception owner.

Expected result: Rehires and concurrent assignments keep distinct employment context; delayed updates do not reverse a newer effective state.

If it fails: Inspect employment identity and effective dates before retrying the downstream action.

Initial load and acceptance testing

Keep both record IDs with the expected and actual result. Reconcile the same filters and time window in each system.

Direction and permissions

Test case

Bring an example source record and the intended destination operation to the compatibility review. Confirm the supported route before granting write access.

Expected result

Only an approved, supported direction and permitted fields are written.

Freshness and reconciliation

Test case

Measure source and destination times for the selected records under normal load and a burst. Reconcile IDs and values using the same filters and cutoff.

Expected result

The process meets its agreed freshness target and reconciliation has no unexplained differences.

Failed updates, retries and recovery

Start with the failed record and the destination error, then inspect the source value, field requirements, and access.

A record type or update is unavailable

Investigate

Check the Paylocity and SharePoint connector guides, account permissions, and any operations marked On Request.

Next action

Ask the integration team to confirm a supported way to handle that record. Verify whether it needs connector configuration or a separate workflow step.

Source and destination disagree after a retry

Investigate

Compare current source values, destination validation, identity mappings, and any side effects already completed.

Next action

Stacksync issue retry reads the current source state. Decide the intended state before retrying or reverting; reconcile downstream effects separately.

Read the Stacksync issues dashboard guide for retry and revert behavior.

Change detection and update delivery

How updates move between Paylocity and SharePoint

See how each system detects changes and which updates the other system can receive. Each direction has its own permissions and record requirements.

Paylocity SharePoint Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in SharePoint.

SharePoint Paylocity Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Paylocity.

Update timing and record limits

Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

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