How To Authenticate Individual Resources for Slack Time Entry into Projector

Once both Projector and Slack are configured to communicate for Time Entry, individual resources can connect themselves to Projector<>Slack by working through the following self-authentication workflow.

  • In Slack, type “/Projector Connect” in any channel to initialize the OAuth connection workflow. The Slack channel you use does not matter. You will be able to enter time from any channel, not only the channel you initially used to establish the connection.
    After typing “/Projector Connect”, Slack will present you with a “Connect To Projector” button.

     

  • Click the “Connect To Projector” button to continue. A new browser window should open and work you through a series of three authentication-related pages.

  • Walk through the authentication flow in a new browser window. You should fill out the form with the Projector credentials you want to enter time for.

 

  • …Once you click “Authorize”, you’ll see a confirmation screen like this in your web browser:

  • … if you choose to “Allow” the integration, you will see the following. If not, you won’t be able to enter time into Projector through Slack.

  • The final page is simply a confirmation that the connection request was successful.

 

Now you are connected and ready to learn about Entering Time Through Slack

 

  • When you return to Slack, you should see a brief summary of commands available through the Projector<>Slack App