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Slack Enterprise

This Integration requires Fides Cloud or Fides Enterprise. For more information, talk to our solutions team. (opens in a new tab)

Slack Enterprise (opens in a new tab) is the premium tier of Slack's collaboration and communication platform for teams and workspaces.

Prerequisites

In order to integrate with Slack Enterprise, you'll need to collect the following information:

NameDescription
Domain*Your Slack Enterprise URL (default:slack.com)
Access token*Your User OAuth2 Token. Follow Slack's docs to create a new slack app and retrieve an authentication token (opens in a new tab)
Your Slack Enterprise access token will need the following permissions: users:read, users:read.email, and admin.users:write

Integrating with Slack Enterprise

To integrate an existing system with Slack Enterprise:

  1. Navigate to Data mapView Systems and choose the system that you want to connect.
  2. Click on the Integrations tab.
  3. Pick the vendor or system type that you want to integrate with from the Connection type drop-down menu.
  4. Complete the required fields for the integration and click Save.

You may confirm your connection is working using the Test connection button, if desired.

To learn more, please see our guide for Managing Integrations.

Technical detail

Fides utilizes API endpoints to access the API service for a SaaS application. An API service is the programmatic interface through which Fides can query and update data within an application to access, rectify, or delete personal information. Each SaaS tool will have a unique set of endpoints to enable privacy functions.

Slack Enterprise endpoints

In the table below, you can find which endpoints are used for each type of privacy function. Clicking on the endpoint will take you to the documentation for that endpoint.

Privacy functionEndpointDescription
Access RequestsUser (opens in a new tab)Returns information about a user
Update or Erasure RequestsUser (opens in a new tab)Used to remove a user from a workspace