Data exports and API status
How data leaves Employee Desk today: file exports from the portal. There is no public API or webhook feed yet, and this page says so plainly.
What can be exported
| Export | Format | Who can download |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance register for a date range | CSV or XLSX | Roles with attendance view permission |
| Leave requests | CSV | Roles with leave view permission |
| Daily work reports | CSV | Roles with work report view permission |
| Timesheets | CSV | Roles with timesheet view permission |
| Salary register for a payroll month | XLSX | Roles with payroll view permission |
| Bank transfer sheet | XLSX | Payroll roles that may also see bank details |
| PF / ESI / PT statutory sheet | XLSX | Roles with payroll view permission |
| Payslip | Payroll roles, and each employee for their own payslips |
Month-end with payroll inside Employee Desk
- Attendance, approved leave and holidays for the month are already in the register.
- A payroll run computes each salary from its template and components, deducts loss of pay for unpaid absences and recovers loan or advance EMIs.
- The payslip lists the loss-of-pay days day by day, so an employee can see exactly which dates were deducted and why.
- After approval, download the bank transfer sheet and the salary register, then mark the run paid.
Month-end with an external payroll
Export the attendance register for the payroll period as CSV or XLSX and import it into the payroll you already run. Leave requests export separately as CSV.
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Frequently asked
Is there a public REST API?
Not today. The web portal and the desktop tracker talk to the application’s own internal API, but there are no customer API tokens, no versioned public endpoints and no webhooks. Data moves out through the exports listed on this page.
Can a biometric device post punches?
Not directly. There is no device connector or punch API. Employees check in from the web portal or the desktop tracker, and an administrator can add or correct an entry by hand, which is written to the audit log.
Do we still need a separate payroll tool?
Not necessarily. Payroll runs inside Employee Desk on the paid plans that include it, producing payslip PDFs, a salary register, a bank transfer sheet and a PF/ESI/PT statutory sheet.
Something missing from the docs?
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