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The default behavior is that only current information is returned. Some fields, such as department and supervisor, are not returned until the employee start date is reached. However, if you add the query parameter "onlyCurrent=False" to the URI then non-current (e.g. future information) is returned. Of course, has to be used only when you want future information, such as for new hires before their hire date.

So. this could be a new option to the API entry point to request non-current information when it is needed.

So, this enhancement request may be useful.

From the BambooHR API change log for 2016.09:

FUTURE DATING
Currently, any time you future date a hire date, termination date, or tabular data (Job Information, Compensation etc.) we recognize that information in Bamboo immediately. With the coming change we will only recognize the date when the date arrives.

Hey! Thanks so much for your little wrapper. I found a small little issue and I'm too lazy to do a fork/pull request for it. I was scheduling a script that uses this and running it under a service account, and got this error:

Invoke-WebRequest : The response content cannot be parsed because the Internet Explorer engine is not available, or
Internet Explorer's first-launch configuration is not complete. Specify the UseBasicParsing parameter and try again.
At C:\Scripts\Modules\Bamboozled\Bamboozled.psm1:91 char:30
+ ... Directory = Invoke-WebRequest $directoryUrl -method POST -Credential  ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotImplemented: (:) [Invoke-WebRequest], NotSupportedException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletIEDomNotSupportedException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestComman
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A quick google showed that you can add the -UseBasicParsing switch to Invoke-WebRequest if the user can't launch IE, and that seemed to worked just fine!