STEP 1
Select SimplePay in workflow
Pick SimplePay app in the workflow builder [4] - just one click to select the app.
SimplePay Integration
Cloud payroll and leave management for employers and pay runs. Keep SimplePay people data consistent across the systems your organization relies on. Start from Watch Clients and automatically continue with Calculate Employee Data or Calculate Payslip.
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Supported triggers and actions for SimplePay integration
Triggers can detect changes in SimplePay and run actions that can create, search or modify data inside SimplePay automatically [3] — exactly how you set them.
- Watch ClientsTriggers when a new client is added or updated.
- Watch EmployeesTriggers when there is a new employee event.
- Watch Leave DaysTriggers when a leave day is recorded.
- Watch Pay PointsTriggers when a pay point event occurs.
- Watch Payment FrequenciesTriggers when there are changes in payment frequencies.
- Calculate Employee DataCalculates information related to an employee, such as salary, benefits, or working hours.
- Calculate PayslipCalculates the details of a payslip, including deductions and net pay, based on input data.
- Create a Comparison Leave ReportCreates a comparison leave report to analyze and contrast leave records.
- Create a Tracked Balances ReportCreates a tracked balances report to monitor financial transactions and balances over a specified period.
- Create a Transaction History ReportGenerates a report of transaction history for analysis.
- Create a Variance ReportCreates a variance report comparing planned versus actual performance or figures.
- Create an Employment Tax Incentive (ETI) ReportGenerates a report for the Employment Tax Incentive.
- Get a Leave Liabilities ReportRetrieves a leave liabilities report, providing details on leave balances and liabilities.
- Get a Pay Run's Accounting Journal InfoRetrieves the accounting journal information for a specific pay run.
- Get a Payslip for an EmployeeRetrieves a payslip for a specific employee by their ID.
- Get a Specific CalculationRetrieves a specific calculation based on given parameters.
- Get a Specific EmployeeRetrieves the details of a specific employee by ID.
- Get an Async ReportRetrieves an asynchronous report that has been generated.
- Get an Employee's Leave BalancesRetrieves an employee's leave balances for a specified date.
- Get Available Leave TypesRetrieves available leave types from the service.
How to integrate SimplePay in automation workflow?
3 simple steps to make your SimplePay connected with other apps in automation workflows on WEXTL. Up to 10 minutes integration set up.
STEP 2
Connect SimplePay
When prompted, authorize access to SimplePay in WEXTL once. SimplePay credentials are encrypted and never shared with WEXTL. Authorization will be reused in any future API calls [3].
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STEP 3
Build a workflow
Build your workflow with SimplePay yourself or with WEXTL® AI Builder. Connect SimplePay to any available integrations [5], or use HTTP node to go beyond them.
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How SimplePay connects and integrates with WEXTL
Save and approve your credentials once — WEXTL® stores authorization information encrypted and reuses the authentication whenever SimplePay app is called in workflows. That allows your hr automations to run without your attention, per defined schedule [7]. Explore documentation [6] for a detailed list of fields that SimplePay supports.
The following table illustrates what fields SimplePay integration require during authorization flow inside our workflow builder [4].
Connect SimplePay
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Demonstration of SimplePay connection step inside WEXTL Workflow Builder [4].
| Field | Type | Help |
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API KeyRequired | password | To get your API key, log into your account and go to https://payroll.simplepay.cloud/external_users. In the 'API Users' section, click on the 'Add' button to create a new API user and an associated authorization key. |
Connect SimplePay to popular apps on WEXTL
Enter a name of the other app you want to sync with SimplePay below. Click on selected app to explore integration options with SimplePay. If the app you search for is not available in WEXTL yet, you can use HTTP node [10] instead to integrate it directly.
Example automation with SimplePay integration
Select Watch Employees trigger from SimplePay - this will be a starting point in your automation. Whenever event happens in SimplePay, workflow will start [7] from Watch Employees node.
Search for Create an Employee Calculation, connect it as the next step of integration sequence. You can use filters between Watch Employees and Create an Employee Calculation, so only important data pass from Watch Employees to the next step. WEXTL gives you full control over the process of SimplePay automation. All parts of workflow are visible on the canvas [4].
SimplePay on WEXTL has 45 modules for combining hr automations. Explore SimplePay documentation for more.
Video slide demonstrates how Watch Employees and Create an Employee Calculation [6] nodes are used in SimplePay workflow.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about automating SimplePay in your workflows.
SimplePay has 5 triggers, including "Watch Clients", "Watch Employees", and "Watch Leave Days", and more. Triggers are start points of the workflow, and automations may start from them.
Integration has 40 actions, including "Calculate Employee Data", "Calculate Payslip", and "Create a Comparison Leave Report", and more. Refer to our SimplePay Documentation for detailed inputs and outputs.
No. Most automations are built visually on the canvas by picking triggers, actions, and mapping fields. You can add custom JavaScript with Functions when advanced logic is needed — but our customers do that in rare cases [4].
Yes. Connections are authenticated per account, credentials are encrypted at rest, and you can enforce approvals and team-level access controls on any automation.
The SimplePay integration on WEXTL runs directly on its vendor public API — every field name, authentication method, and rate limit is controlled by SimplePay official API and covered in documentation [3]. WEXTL handles the request signing and pagination for you.
Absolutely. Where SimplePay provides native webhooks, you can use instant triggers to eliminate polling delay. For custom webhooks, WEXTL offers Custom Webhook node, so you can start automation whenever SimplePay or any other service sends event to webhook URL.
WEXTL is an AI-first visual canvas. The platform allows you to describe automation in plain text — and AI will wire nodes for SimplePay inside the workflow builder [4]. You can also use built-in workflow nodes (AI Agent, Human in the Loop, Condition, Aggregate Results) in pair with SimplePay modules to craft complex integration flows with branches, filtering, and conditional logic. There are absolutely no limits of what you can build.
References
List of sources used to gather information about the SimplePay integration.
- SimplePay integration source code, module specs and credentials implementation.
- Internal SimplePay integration documentation, structured input and output parameters, scopes, and authentication methods.
- Official SimplePay vendor API documentation — used to verify field meanings, authentication flows, and anything our own specs don't fully capture.
- WEXTL® Visual Workflow Builder, anonymized data from our technical support team.
- WEXTL® Apps Library
- WEXTL® SimplePay App Documentation
- WEXTL® Workflow Scheduler
- WEXTL® HTTP node documentation