If a Payhawk administrator at your company has enabled the Payhawk-Slack connection, you will see the Payhawk app in your company’s Slack workspace.
The Payhawk application, called Travel Agent, can be found in your Apps section and appears as shown in the following image.
This integration allows you to book flights and accommodations for business trips directly within Slack, and ensures that they align with your company's travel policies.
To fully utilize the Payhawk-Slack integration, you must authenticate, granting Slack access to your Payhawk data.
When you are on the go, you can use the Payhawk application from the Slack mobile app or use the Payhawk Mobile app.
Authenticating in Slack
Before you can use Slack to book flights and accommodations, you must first authenticate to Slack.
If your Slack and Payhawk emails match but you haven’t authenticated, you will still see the Payhawk app in Slack, but you won’t be able to take any actions, such as searching for flights and hotels.
If your Slack and Payhawk emails don’t match or you have multiple Slack accounts, you will see the Payhawk app in Slack but won’t be able to take any actions until you authenticate.
As an employee, you can authenticate to Slack in the following way:
Go to Slack and select Travel Agent. If the Payhawk app is not visible in the list, click on Add apps and search for Travel Agent.
To start the authentication flow, enter the
/payhawk-loginSlack command. As a result, you'll get the following reply:
On the next screen, click on Allow.
Alternatively, you will be prompted to authenticate to Slack by the Travel Agent once you try to do your first action.