Loading Business Objects: Overview

This documentation describes the guidelines and examples for loading specific business objects in the Oracle HCM Cloud.

Introduction

HCM Data Loader is a powerful tool for bulk-loading and maintaining data. It supports file-based upload of business objects, components, and component attributes using a flexible, delimited file. It's used for data migration, ongoing maintenance of HCM data, and coexistence scenarios, where core HR data is uploaded regularly.

Oracle HCM Cloud business objects can be complex and usually hierarchical, allowing for multiple child records to exist for a business object.

Each component within a business object hierarchy supplies multiple attributes. These attributes are references to other objects, some of which are lookup-validated, and most are optional. Some are required only for new records, while others are always required.

See Sources of Business-Object Information to understand the structure, supported key systems, data formats, required attributes, and the business rules applicable for the business object when loading a business object or a component.

And here's a tutorial on View Business Objects that helps you review business objects, generate template files, and download business object overview spreadsheets.

Note:

HCM Data loader doesn't support loading of third party organizations. If you want to load any third party organization, take a look at the About Import Management section and the Import Your Organization Data help topic in the "Using Customer Data Management (CDM) for CX Sales and B2B Service" guide on Oracle Help Center.