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Limitations for Importing Assignment-Related Data
This topic is part of Exporting and Importing Assignment-Related Data. The following limitations apply when you import assignment-related data:
- General limitations. No insert, update, or delete operations can be performed on records for top-level object types: assignment rules or positions.
- Update limitations. The following limitations apply to updates that are performed as part of import operations:
- User key values cannot be updated as part of an update. For the applicable user keys, see Table 20.
- As noted in Table 20, skill items and criteria items have no static user key fields. You can update such records in an import operation if you use logically unique fields as user keys. For example:
- Delete limitations. The following limitations apply to deletes that are performed as part of import operations:
- As noted in Table 20, skill items and criteria items have no static user key fields. You can delete such records in an import operation if you use logically unique fields as user keys. If multiple records match a specified logical user key, only the first matching record is deleted.
- Records for mid-level object types can be deleted only where all fields of the child object type are empty in the import file. Specifically, this means that criteria records can be deleted only if they have no associated criteria items in the import file, and skill records can be deleted only if they have no associated skill items in the import file.
User Key Fields Relevant to Importing Assignment-Related Data
Table 20 identifies the user key fields that control what happens when you import assignment-related data from a spreadsheet file.
Table 20. User Key Fields Relevant to Importing Assignment-Related Data
Object Types Represented in Import File |
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Positions and associated skills |
Position.Position Position.Division Position Skill.Item |
Assignment rules and associated criteria |
Assignment Group.Name Assignment Group.Rule Group Assignment Rule.Rule Criterion Assignment Rule.Comparison Method Assignment Rule.Inclusion |
Assignment rules and associated position candidates |
Assignment Group.Name Assignment Group.Rule Group Assignment Group Position.Position Assignment Group Position.Division |
Skill items Criteria items |
No static user keys. Specify logically unique fields: skill item or criteria item fields appropriate to the specific skill or criterion. Some examples precede this table. |
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