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HR & People Integration
CMap + PeopleHR
Add a new starter once, in PeopleHR.
They arrive in CMap as a user, ready to work.
Built on Zapier, switched on in an afternoon.
People, resourcing & timesheets
Ready to work
New starters become users
Details travel with them
Office and team set
PeopleHR, your HR record
Your source of truth
What syncs
New PeopleHR employees, created as users in CMap
How it runs
Automatically through Zapier, usually within minutes of the employee being added
Works with
Your existing PeopleHR and Zapier accounts. No development
Included in
Every CMap plan, Consulting & AEC editions
What the integrations does
One new starter. One place to enter them.
PeopleHR is where your people records begin. This integration carries every new employee straight into CMap, so the person who needs to be resourced, booked and billed already exists by the time their first day arrives.
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New starters become users
When an employee is added in PeopleHR, a matching user is created in CMap. No form to fill in twice, and no request to your CMap administrator.
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PeopleHR
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Details travel with them
Name, work email, job title and start date come across on creation, so the user record is usable straight away rather than a placeholder someone has to finish later.
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PeopleHR
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Office and team set
Map your PeopleHR values to CMap offices and teams and new users land in the right part of the business, ready to appear in resource plans.
Why it matters
Ready to be resourced on day one.
Onboarding stalls when a new starter exists in HR but not in the system that plans their work. This closes that gap without anyone having to remember to.
No double entry
Your HR team enters a new starter once. CMap picks it up without anyone re-typing a name or an email address.
Nobody gets missed
Every new employee is created, not just the ones someone remembered to raise a request for.
Plannable immediately
New users can be added to a resource plan and can start filling in timesheets from their first day.
Yours to adjust
The workflow sits in your own Zapier account, so you can change the mapping or add conditions whenever your process changes.
getting set up
Two steps in Zapier, then it runs.
Start from CMap’s published Zapier template and you are most of the way there. Connect the two accounts, check the field mapping, turn it on. This is a supported Zapier integration: CMap publishes and maintains the template, so there is no development work and nothing to install.
Connect your accounts
Authorise PeopleHR and CMap in Zapier.
Open the CMap template
Start from “Create CMap users for new PeopleHR employees”.
Map and switch on
Check the fields, test with one employee, turn it on.
Frequently asked questions
Is the PeopleHR integration included in my CMap plan?
Yes. It is available on every CMap plan, on both the Consulting and AEC editions. You will need your own Zapier account, and Zapier’s plan limits apply to conditions and extra steps.
Will it create users for employees who already exist in CMap?
There is no matching step, so it always attempts to create. If the work email address is already in use by a CMap user the run fails and you can correct it; if the address differs, you end up with a second user for the same person. Load your current people into CMap before switching it on, and add a condition in Zapier if you only want part of your workforce included.
What happens when someone leaves?
Nothing automatic. The workflow only runs when an employee is added, so deactivating a leaver in CMap remains a manual step or a separate automation you build.
Does it work the other way round, from CMap to PeopleHR?
No. This is a one-way flow, from PeopleHR into CMap. PeopleHR stays your system of record for people data, and nothing is written back to it.
What data comes across from PeopleHR?
The employee’s core details: name, work email, job title and start date, plus the office and team values you choose to map to CMap. Any other field on CMap’s Create User step can be mapped once your accounts are connected.
Does CMap integrate with PeopleHR?
Yes, through Zapier. CMap publishes a ready-made template called "Create CMap users for new PeopleHR employees". When a new employee is added in PeopleHR, a user is created in CMap automatically. You need your own Zapier account, and the workflow runs in that account.
integrations
CMap, embedded in your wider tech stack
PeopleHR is one of the HR and people systems CMap connects to, alongside the accounting, CRM and collaboration tools your teams already use.
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