> ## Documentation Index
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> Use British English (organisation, not organization).
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> Start with /index and /get-started/quickstart.

# Float

> Read Float people, projects, allocations, time off, capacity and logged time in Hebno, and create or update allocations after you confirm.

The Float integration makes the resource schedule available in your client work. Ask who is free for three days next week, how heavily a consultant is booked in November, or whether a project has the people it needs before the readout, and Hebno answers from Float with each person, project and allocation cited. When a request implies a change, such as booking Sarah Chen on the Contoso pricing review, Hebno shows a confirmation card and writes to Float only after you confirm.

## At a glance

| | |
| - | - |
| **Connection** | Organisation connection, made by an owner or admin with the Float account owner's API key. |
| **Default access** | Read and write. Rates and budgets are visible to owners and admins until you share them with teams. |
| **Attach** | People, projects, a person's schedule for a period, a project's allocations |
| **Search** | Hebno searches Float when a request mentions a person, project, client, availability, capacity, time off or allocations |
| **Link** | A project links to one or more Float projects |
| **Write** | Create an allocation, update an allocation. Every write needs a person to confirm. |

## Before you start

You need:

* An owner or admin role in Hebno.
* The Float account owner, or a person with the account owner's access, to copy the API key.
* Float time tracking turned on in your account if you want logged time in answers.

The account owner finds the API key in Float under **Team settings → Integrations**, in the **Float API** section. Float issues one key per account. It has no scopes and gives access to the whole schedule, which is why Hebno narrows what members see with teams and data areas.

> [!TIP]
>
> Regenerating the API key in Float ends the Hebno connection straight away. If you rotate the key, paste the new one on the Float card under **Admin → Connectors** at the same time.

## Connect Float

**1. Allow the integration**

Open **Admin → Connectors → Catalogue**, find **Float** under **PSA, time and resourcing**, and set it to **Allow**.

**2. Connect the organisation**

Select **Connect**, paste the Float API key, then select **Test connection**. Hebno checks that it can read people, projects and allocations, and shows the Float account name.

**3. Choose teams and data areas**

Under **Who can use it**, choose **All teams** or pick teams. Under **Data areas**, choose what members can see. See [Data areas](#data-areas).

**4. Set access**

Leave **Access** on **Read and write** to let members propose new and changed allocations, or choose **Read only**.

The card shows **Connected** with the Float account name. Members in the selected teams can use Float in chat straight away.

Float has one key per account, so members do not link their own Float accounts. Every write goes through the organisation connection, and Hebno records which member confirmed it.

## Data areas

Data areas control what members of the allowed teams can see through the organisation connection.

| Data area | Includes | Default |
| - | - | - |
| **People** | Names, roles, departments, tags, people type, work days and hours | All allowed teams |
| **Schedule** | Allocations, phases, milestones, capacity and availability by person | All allowed teams |
| **Time off** | Time off by person and date, public and team holidays | All allowed teams |
| **Logged time** | Logged hours by person, project and phase | All allowed teams |
| **Financials** | Project budgets, budget used, cost rates and bill rates | Owners and admins |

![Admin connector panel showing who can use it, access and data areas](https://mintcdn.com/hebno/A7yItabWdPf4lOIs/images/org-connection.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=A7yItabWdPf4lOIs\&q=85\&s=8d965e9c74747db0c182b004d569b236)

An organisation connection with team access and data areas. Financial figures default to owners and admins.

To share budgets with resource managers, open the Float card in **Admin → Connectors**, select **Financials** and add the teams that should see them.

> [!NOTE]
>
> Hebno reads who is away and when. It does not read time off notes.

## What Hebno reads

| Float object | Fields Hebno uses | Typical questions |
| - | - | - |
| **Person** | Name, role, department, tags, employee, contractor or placeholder, work days, hours per day, active flag | "Which senior analysts do we have in the pricing team?" |
| **Project** | Name, client, project manager, status (draft, tentative, confirmed), tags, start and end dates, budget | "Which Contoso projects are confirmed for November?" |
| **Phase** and **Milestone** | Name, project, dates, budget for phases | "When is the Contoso readout milestone?" |
| **Allocation** | Person, project, phase, start and end dates, hours per day, status, notes | "Who is allocated to Contoso in the week of 16 November?" |
| **Capacity** | Scheduled hours against available hours by person and week, overtime | "Who is free for three days in the week of 16 November?" |
| **Time off** | Person, type, start and end dates, full or part day | "Is Priya out at any point before the readout?" |
| **Logged time** | Person, project, phase, date, hours, notes | "How many hours did the team log on Contoso last week?" |

Capacity is worked out from each person's work days and hours, minus time off and holidays, at the time of the request, so it matches the Float schedule. Reads are live. Hebno queries Float when a request needs it. Only what a reply used is stored with the conversation as its sources.

## What Hebno writes

Every write appears first as a confirmation card. You can change any field before you select **Confirm**.

| Action | Float object | Fields on the card |
| - | - | - |
| **Create an allocation** | Allocation | Person, project, phase, start and end dates, hours per day, status, notes |
| **Update an allocation** | Allocation | Start and end dates, hours per day, status, notes |

![Confirmation card for Float with editable fields](https://mintcdn.com/hebno/JIjAXWoGoB3PLSSb/images/card-float.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=JIjAXWoGoB3PLSSb\&q=85\&s=7e571bfc585e285fe00f935184494283)

A Float change pending confirmation. Nothing is written until you confirm.

The card shows a warning when an allocation would put the person into overtime or overlap their time off. Hebno never deletes allocations, adds or removes people, changes rates or budgets, or approves time off in Float.

```mermaid theme={"system"}
sequenceDiagram
  participant You
  participant Hebno
  participant Float
  You->>Hebno: Book Sarah on Contoso for three days from 16 November
  Hebno->>Float: Read Sarah Chen's schedule and time off
  Float-->>Hebno: 3 free days, no time off
  Hebno-->>You: Confirmation card with person, project, dates, hours
  You->>Hebno: Confirm
  Hebno->>Float: Create allocation
  Float-->>Hebno: Allocation created
  Hebno-->>You: Done, with a link to the schedule
```

Writes are made with the account's API key, so Float shows the API as the creator. Hebno adds your name to the allocation notes and records the write against you in **Admin → Logs → Integrations**.

## Link a project to a Float project

Linking marks which Float projects belong to a Hebno project, so you can ask "who is on this next week?" without naming them.

1. Open the project and select **Brain**.
2. Under **Linked records**, select **Link record**, then **Float**.
3. Search by project name or client, and select the project. Repeat for each Float project in the engagement.

In chats tagged to the project, Hebno starts with the linked projects for any staffing or capacity question, and allocation cards default to them. See [Linked records](https://hebno.com/docs/projects/linked-records.md).

## Use Float in chat

* **Attach**: open the **+** menu, choose **Sources → Float**, and pick a person, a project or a schedule period. Or type `/` and choose **Float**.

* **Ask**: name the person, project or week in your request. For example:

  > Who in the pricing team has at least three free days in the week of 16 November?

  > Show everyone allocated to the Contoso pricing review until the readout, and flag anyone in overtime.

  > Move Priya's Contoso allocation to start on 18 November at 6 hours a day.

* **Research runs** show a **Checking Float** step, with a chip for each person, project and allocation it read.

* **Agents** can read Float on a schedule, for example a Monday list of people under 50 per cent scheduled for the next fortnight. Writes an agent proposes appear in [agent approvals](https://hebno.com/docs/automate/agent-approvals.md) for review.

## Troubleshooting

| Symptom | Fix |
| - | - |
| **Test connection** fails with `401 Unauthorized` | The key was regenerated or mistyped. Copy the current key from **Team settings → Integrations** and reconnect. |
| An allocation fails with `422` and a date message | The end date is before the start date, or the dates fall outside the project or phase. Fix the dates on the card. |
| A person is missing | The person is archived in Float, or the member's team is not in the **People** data area. |
| Logged time is missing from answers | Time tracking is turned off in the Float account, or the member's team is not in the **Logged time** data area. |
| Budgets or rates are missing | The member's team is not in the **Financials** data area. |
| Requests fail with `429 Too Many Requests` | Float limits requests per minute for each key. Wait a minute, or narrow the request to one team or week. |

## Related

* [How integrations work](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/index.md)
* [Permissions and access](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/permissions-and-access.md)
* [Linked records](https://hebno.com/docs/projects/linked-records.md)
* [Kantata](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/kantata.md)
* [Productive](https://hebno.com/docs/integrations/productive.md)


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