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Working with the Employee Central Data Model

Peter Palme
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EC Data Model and Tools used New / Edit
New / Change Object**
Objects Structure Object* 3
2
Employ-
1 Edit or Insert new Record Take Action (Admin or MSS)
ment – few changes
– few changes

Person 5 6
4

HR Data Manage Business Configuration Mass Data Changes: Export Employee Create Mass Changes: For JobInfo
and Import Employee Data and Job Relationsship Changes
Data MDF • Pay Group
Model 8 • Cost Center
Foundat- Manage Data – use for few changes • Business Unit
7
ion Data • Job Classification
9 10 • ………
Job Configure Object Definitions
Import and Export Data Download from Monitor
Organi- – mass data changes Job
zation
XML 12 • Location
Payment • Location Group
Manage Organization, Pay and Job Structure - used • Pay Range
11 for few changes • Pay Grade
13 • Pay Component
Corporate Data Model XML • Frequency
CSF Corsporate Data Model XML Import Foundation Data – mass data changes

*New / Change Structure Object: Use these tools to add fields for example
**New / Edit Object: Use these tools to add content / data to the existing objects
II. Used Functions and Tools
Manage Business Configuration. This is used to configure
1 the HR Data Structures.
New fields and picklists can be added.
Fields can be set to hidden or view only.

Edit or Insert New Record.

2 Use for individually or few changes of
HR data (personal and employment).
II. Used Functions and Tools
Manager Self Service: Take Action – Change Job and
3 Compensation Information.
The manager or the HR Administrator with the permission
can use this feature to change HR data.
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Update User Information > Employee Export.

4 Use this functionality to export a large number of
employee data
II. Used Functions and Tools
5 This feature is used when the data for many employees
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Import Employee Data.
need to change.
You need to download the templates first.
• Basic Import
• Biographical Information
• Employment Details
• Job History
• Compensation Info
• Personal Information

Mass Changes allow changes to job information or job

relationships for multiple employees simultaneously.
6 Typical scenarios are: office location change, corporate
restructuring, assigning a new manager.
II. Used Functions and Tools
Configure Object Defintion to create a MDF (Meta Data Framework)
Object such as a Picklist or change an existing object such as cost
7 center, business unit, etc.
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or an object such as a tuition reimbursement or employee

assets object.

Make Correction to an existing MDF Object in Configure Object

Defintion.
II. Used Functions and Tools
With Manage Data you can populate or manage existing MDF
8 Objects with data, such as making a correction to existing data or
for example add a new cost center.

Import and Export Data is used if a larger number of

data in MDF objects need to change. For example import
9 and Export Data is used to upload new cost centers.
II. Used Functions and Tools

Monitor Job
10 See when downloads and uploads are completed or have
Failed. You need Monitor Job to download exports of MDF
Objects data.

Following Data Models in XML File Format are used:

11 • Corporate Data Model
• Country Specific Corporate Data Model
• Succession Data Model
• Country Specific Succession Data Model
• HRIS Propagation XML File

You can change certain Foundation Objects like location

only via XML, for example if you want to add a new field
or change the label.
II. Used Functions and Tools

Manage Organization, Pay and Job Structure, is used to

12 populate certain foundation object like location with data.

Import Foundation Data is used for example if you need

13 to add a lot of data to the foundation objects such as pay
range or pay grade, etc. There is no export function for these
Objects. For import you need to download a blank csv
template first. If you need to extract existing data for these
objects you need to build a report.