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Zoho People Make integrationAutomate Zoho People with Make.

Can Make keep Zoho People up to date without anyone retyping HR data? The Zoho People Make integration gives you 11 modules, 9 actions and 2 searches, covering form records, attendance and employee files. This guide links your account and walks you through a first scenario.

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What you can automate

What does the Zoho People Make integration let you automate?

The Zoho People Make integration links your Zoho People account to Make, a no-code tool where you build a scenario: an automation made of modules, each module being one brick such as an action or a search. Other apps can then write records, log attendance and manage employee files in Zoho People while nobody copies data by hand.

Onboarding without retyping. When a hire is confirmed in your recruiting tool, Add a Record writes the new employee into the right Zoho People form. What travels from one module to the next is called a bundle: here, one employee.

Attendance fed from the field. Check-ins captured by a badge app or a shared sheet become entries through Create an Attendance Entry, and Get an Attendance Entry reads them back when a manager needs the figures for one person.

A clean document space. Upload a File stores a signed contract, Search Files finds a document ID, and Update a File or Delete a File keeps only the current version.

What Make does not do here: Zoho People has no trigger module, so it cannot start a scenario by itself. The flow opens on another app or on the schedule of its first module. Every module run counts as an operation on your plan, detailed in Make pricing. For anything the listed modules skip, Make an API Call reaches the rest of the Zoho People API with the same connection.

Weighing the alternatives? The n8n vs Make page lays out the criteria, and Make training starts from the very first scenario.

Connect

How do you connect Zoho People to Make?

  1. 01

    Add a Zoho People module

    In your scenario, click the +, search Zoho People and pick any module, Add a Record for instance. Then click Create a connection. A connection is your Zoho People account linked to Make once, then reused by every Zoho People module.

  2. 02

    Name the connection

    The Connection name field is optional. A clear name, such as the team or the Zoho People workspace it belongs to, spares you guesswork when you pick a connection from the list in a later scenario.

  3. 03

    Authorize access

    Enter the credentials you copied from your Zoho People account, or follow the instructions Make shows on screen. The account has to be active for this to work. Once saved, Make can show the Zoho People data it is allowed to read.

First scenario

Your first scenario: a new hire becomes a Zoho People record

GoalWhen a hire is confirmed in another app, Make adds the employee as a record in a Zoho People form.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the + to add the first module. Zoho People has no trigger, so start with the app where the hire gets confirmed, such as your recruiting tool.

  2. 02

    Add Zoho People

    Click the + on the right of that first module, search Zoho People and choose Add a Record. If this is your first Zoho People module, click Create a connection and follow the three steps above.

  3. 03

    Map the hire's details

    Choose the target form, then fill each field by mapping data from the first module. Click a field and pick the matching value from the bundle the recruiting app sends, no typing needed.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once. Make executes the scenario one time and shows the bundles each module received. Open Zoho People and check that the record looks right before going further.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Set the schedule on the first module, every 15 minutes by default, then switch the scenario on. From then on, each confirmed hire turns into a Zoho People record without anyone opening the form.

Modules

What can each Zoho People module do?

Zoho People gives you 11 modules. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Zoho People1

Add a Record

Action

In Make“Adds a record to a form.”

Add a Record writes a new entry into a Zoho People form, so data born in another tool lands in your HR base without copy and paste.

When to use it
a hire confirmed in your recruiting app needs an employee record before onboarding starts.
Watch out
every run creates a fresh record, so test on a dummy employee before switching the scenario on.
Zoho People2

Create an Attendance Entry

Action

In Make“Creates a new attendance entry.”

Logging presence from outside Zoho People becomes possible here: this module adds a new attendance line for an employee.

When to use it
check-ins are captured by another tool, a badge app or a web form, and should show up in Zoho People attendance.
Watch out
one bundle creates one entry, so a list of check-ins costs as many operations as it has lines.
Zoho People3

Delete a File

Action

In Make“Deletes a file specified by ID.”

Obsolete documents disappear from Zoho People with this module, which removes a file identified by its ID and keeps the employee space tidy.

When to use it
a draft contract was replaced by the signed version and the draft has to go.
Watch out
a deletion cannot be undone from the scenario, so find the exact ID with Search Files first and test on a spare file.
Zoho People4

Get a File

Action

In Make“Retrieves a single file specified by ID.”

Get a File fetches one Zoho People document by its ID and hands it to the next module, ready to be sent or stored somewhere else.

When to use it
an HR document must be copied to a shared drive or attached to an email for a manager.
Watch out
the module needs the file ID; when you only know a name, place Search Files right before it.
Zoho People5

Get an Attendance Entry

Action

In Make“Retrieves attendance information of an employee.”

Reading an employee's attendance from another app is what this module gives you: it retrieves the attendance information of one person.

When to use it
a payroll check or a manager report needs the presence data of a given employee.
Watch out
it only returns what Zoho People holds, so if check-ins were never logged there, feed them first with Create an Attendance Entry.
Zoho People6

Make an API Call

Action

In Make“Performs an arbitary authorized API call.”

When the ten other modules fall short, Make an API Call reaches any endpoint of the Zoho People API through the connection you already have.

When to use it
you need an operation that none of the listed modules offers.
Watch out
you write the request yourself, so keep the Zoho People API documentation open next to the module while you build it.
Zoho People7

Update a File

Action

In Make“Updates a file specified by ID.”

Keeping the latest version in place is the job of Update a File: it changes a document already stored in Zoho People, found by its ID.

When to use it
a revised policy or a renewed certificate has to take the place of the old one.
Watch out
files stop at 5 MB on the Free plan. A heavy scan needs a paid plan or a lighter export.
Zoho People8

Update a Record

Action

In Make“Updates a record of a specific form.”

Changes decided elsewhere reach Zoho People through Update a Record, which edits an existing record of a specific form instead of creating a duplicate.

When to use it
a promotion recorded in another tool must show on the employee record, and so must a move to another department.
Watch out
aim at the right record. A List Records step placed just before it is often the simplest way to find the one to change.
Zoho People9

Upload a File

Action

In Make“Adds / Uploads a file.”

Signed contracts and scanned IDs join the employee space without a manual upload: Upload a File sends a document into Zoho People.

When to use it
an e-signature tool returns a signed contract and HR wants it stored next to the employee record.
Watch out
the Free plan caps files at 5 MB and transfer at 512 MB, which a batch of scans can fill quickly.
Zoho People10

List Records

Search

In Make“Lists all records of a specified form.”

List Records returns every record of the form you choose, one bundle per record, which gives another tool a full copy of that form.

When to use it
a spreadsheet or a reporting tool must mirror the current employee list.
Watch out
each following module runs once per bundle, so operations add up quickly on a large form.
Zoho People11

Search Files

Search

In Make“Searches for files or lists them all.”

Finding a document without knowing its ID starts here: Search Files looks for files in Zoho People, or lists them all, and returns zero, one or several bundles.

When to use it
you need a file ID before Get a File, Update a File or Delete a File.
Watch out
a broad search can return many files, so narrow it until the next module acts only on the ones you mean.
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FAQ

Zoho People and Make: common questions

01Is the Zoho People Make integration free?
Yes, Zoho People is a standard app in Make, available from the Free plan. That plan allows 2 active scenarios, runs a scheduled scenario at most every 15 minutes, stops an execution after 5 minutes and handles files up to 5 MB with 512 MB of transfer. Each module run is an operation counted on your plan. Paid plans (Core, Pro, Teams and Enterprise) lower the minimum interval to 1 minute, lift the cap on active scenarios and allow 40 minutes of execution. You still need your own active Zoho People subscription.
02What do you need to connect Zoho People to Make?
An active Zoho People account and a Make account are enough to start. You add any Zoho People module, click Create a connection, optionally name it, then enter the credentials copied from Zoho People or follow the instructions on screen. If Make asks for a Client ID and a Client secret, you create a client in the Zoho Developer Console, enter the callback URI given in the Make documentation and copy both values. The connection is made once and reused by all 11 modules.
03Does Zoho People trigger Make scenarios in real time?
No, the integration has no trigger module, so Zoho People cannot start a scenario on its own. There are two ways around it. The first module can come from another app, such as the recruiting or badge tool where the event happens, with Zoho People modules after it. Or the scenario runs on its schedule, set on the first module and every 15 minutes by default, with a search such as List Records opening the flow. On the Free plan, 15 minutes is also the shortest gap between two scheduled runs.
04What if a Zoho People module is missing in Make?
Use Make an API Call. It calls any endpoint of the Zoho People API with the same connection, so an operation that none of the other modules offers stays within reach. You write the request yourself from the Zoho People API documentation. Keep one caveat in mind: the Make documentation for this app is flagged as AI-generated from the official Zoho People documentation and may contain mistakes, so confirm important details with Zoho People directly before relying on them in a live scenario.
05Should you use Make or n8n for Zoho People?
It depends on the criteria that matter to your team. In Make, Zoho People offers 11 modules, 9 actions and 2 searches, plus the API call module for the rest, and a first scenario is built from the visual editor without code. The same app often has an n8n node as well, so check that the actions you need exist on both sides before choosing. Then compare on the modules you would actually use, the way your team prefers to build and where your other apps already run.
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