Sync people from Personio
Bring people, departments and managers in from Personio, and keep them up to date.
Polzy team4 min readUpdated 30 Sept 2026Team and up
Before you start
You need to be an admin in Polzy, and able to create API credentials in Personio. People sync is on Team and up.
Polzy only reads from Personio. It never writes back or changes employee records.
Create credentials in Personio
- In Personio, open Settings → API credentials.
- Generate a new credential and name it Polzy.
- Give it read access to employees, departments, offices and supervisors.
- Copy the Client ID and Client secret. The secret is shown once.
Connect in Polzy
- Open Contacts → Sync & fields and click Connect a source.
- Choose Personio and paste the Client ID and Client secret.
- Test the connection, then save. The first sync starts right away.
Choose the fields
Still on Sync & fields, choose which Personio fields to bring in. Department, office and the supervisor come across, and the supervisor becomes each person’s manager.
To compare results by a field such as department, make it a List field and switch on Groups beside it.
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