Guidelines for Loading Canadian Reporting Information Cards

Create Reporting Information Calculation Cards to capture reporting information for employees.

Note: Even if you are updating an existing calculation card and the calculation card itself is not being updated, still include the calculation card record to group other related data supplied in the file.

Reporting Information Calculation Card Attributes

The Reporting Information calculation card for employees uses these attributes:

HCM Data Loader Attribute Alternative User Key Attributes Functional Description
SourceSystemId CardSequence, AssignmentNumber, DirCardDefinitionName, LegislativeDataGroupName A unique identifier for the Reporting Information calculation card. For new calculation card supply the source key attributes. You can also identify calculation cards with the user key attributes.
SourceSystemOwner N/A The name of the source application owner used to generate the source application ID.
EffectiveStartDate N/A The start date of the Reporting Information card. Format YYYY/MM/DD.
LegislativeDataGroupName N/A The name of the legislative data group for the calculation card.
DirCardDefinitionName N/A The name of the card definition. Specify ‘Reporting Information’
CardSequence N/A A number to uniquely identify this card when multiple calculation cards for the same card definition exist for the employee. Not required when source keys are used.
AssignmentId(SourceSystemId) AssignmentNumber Either supply the source system ID, or assignment number that identifies the employee assignment this calculation card is for.

Supply these attributes against the CalculationCard file discriminator. For example:

METADATA|CalculationCard|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|EffectiveStartDate|LegislativeDataGroupName|DirCardDefinitionName|AssignmentNumber
MERGE|CalculationCard|VISION|RI8182267|2022/01/31|CA LDG|Reporting Information|E8182267