BalkanID for Slack

Request access, complete reviews, and receive BalkanID notifications in Slack.

BalkanID for Slack

BalkanID for Slack brings access requests, review tasks, and risk alerts into Slack.

Set up BalkanID for Slack

You must be a BalkanID administrator and Slack workspace administrator. Each BalkanID tenant connects to one Slack workspace.

1. Sign in to BalkanID and select the tenant.

2. Go to Configure → System Notifications.

   
3. Under Notification Channels, select Install BalkanID for Slack. This will take you to the Slack page for installing a new app.

4. Select your workspace and select Allow.

   

You can find BalkanID for Slack under Apps in your Slack workspace after installation.

BalkanID matches each Slack user to a BalkanID user by email address. The email addresses must match exactly — i.e., the user's primary slack email should match their user's employee email on BalkanID.

Commands

Run /help in Slack to view all available commands.

• /request-access creates an access request. You can use this command to open an access request for yourself, or on behalf of another user. See Access requests with BalkanID for Slack and Access requests for more information.

• /access-requests lists access requests. Search, filter, and open request details.

• /my-tasks lists work awaiting your action. Filter by Access requests & consent, Campaign reviews, Finding rules, or Unresolved comments.

• /purposes lists purposes available in your tenant.

• /my-purposes lists purposes assigned to you.

/access-requests and /my-tasks are searchable and filterable across multiple dimensions such as requester, assignee, involved apps, etc. /access-requests shows your requests by default. Administrators, risk managers, and reviewers with broader visibility can view organization-wide requests. Each request shows the subject, requester, reason, duration, and requested date. /my-tasks always shows only tasks that are assigned to you.

Home tab

Open the app’s Home tab in Slack to view your BalkanID identity and roles. The tab also links to the app’s Messages tab and the BalkanID web app.

It includes two personal widgets:

• Your Access Request Tasks shows up to five pending items.

• Your Recent Access Requests shows up to five requests you created.

Notifications and actioning

Reviewers receive direct messages when their approval tier becomes active. Consent subjects receive direct messages when a request needs their decision. Notifications appear in the app’s Messages tab in Slack.

For access requests, reviewers can approve or deny individual line items. They can select Approve All, Deny All, or Reassign. Notifications identify the active tier for multi-tier reviews.

If enabled for your tenant, the request subject must grant consent before review begins. Denying consent closes the request permanently. Consent is skipped for self-requests.

Requesters and subjects receive a completion notification after a classic request is approved or denied.

You can use the /my-tasks command to go through older requests or campaigns that you've already actioned on, or to action on an older, incomplete review.

See access requests with BalkanID for Slack for the request flow. See access review campaign notifications and reminders for campaign notifications. See Findings daily alerts for risk alerts.