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How does this integration work?

The Envoy + Kisi integration streamlines the access control for visitors. With customization options, you're in control to decide not only which visitor flows receive access but also the level of access they are granted.

Envoy will generate temporary permission shares in Kisi for your enabled visitors based on your criteria with automatic expiration, enforced by permission expiration in Kisi and customization in Envoy. Kisi access is emailed by Kisi to permitted visitor flows based on the email they provide during sign in.

Enabling the Envoy + Kisi integration

Note: You will need administrative or group manage access in Kisi to complete this integration. Ensure you have sufficient access or work with a local administrator before proceeding with the following steps:

 1. Copy the API Secret from your Kisi Admin panel.

• If you do not see a secret key, look for a link titled Show API Secret Key below the Kisi admin username.

2. Navigate to the Kisi for Envoy integration, go to Integrations > All integrations in the Envoy dashboard and click "Install" on the Kisi integration.

3. In the API Key step, paste the Kisi API Secret which you copied in step one.

4. The Places step allows you to determine which Kisi places (and their related groups from Kisi) should be available in the next step.

5. Within the Visitor Access step you can assign Kisi groups to individual visitor flows in Envoy. Note: Visitor flows which do not have a Kisi group mappings will not receive Kisi credentials.

6. The Customization step allows you to finalize the integration and define basic behavior, this includes the following:

• ONLY ALLOW INVITED GUESTS: Toggling this option on will restrict Kisi permission creation to only visitors with an invite, at time of invite. When this option is toggled off both impromptu visitors and invited visitors receive Kisi access, based on their Visitor Flow in Envoy.
• ACCESS DURATION: This is the length of time the Kisi permission will work for. After the access duration expires the Kisi permission will be terminated.
• ADVANCE ACCESS: This option is intended for invited visitors who may need time prior to the scheduled meeting to navigate to the meeting room. This can extend to areas where visitors may need access to enter a larger building or parking garage.
• SIGN OUT: Toggling this option will allow Kisi permission to immediately expire upon visitor sign out in Envoy, regardless of the duration defined in "Access Duration". When this option is toggled off access will only automatically expire at the end of the duration defined in "Access Duration".
• APP ACCESS: Toggling this option on will grant "app access" to Kisi members created by Envoy.
• ENVOY GUEST INDICATOR: Toggling this option on will postpend " (Envoy Guest)" to visitos created by the Kisi / Envoy integration.

How Envoy Visitors entries look in Kisi

In the example below, individual visitors are listed per group in Kisi. This list can be found in Kisi under the Home > Your Place > Groups menu.