Guidelines for Loading Candidates
This topic describes the considerations for loading Candidates using HCM Data Loader (HDL).
Candidate Number
You should provide the candidate number as a combination of alphanumeric and special characters underscore (_) or hyphen (-).
Candidate Confirmed indicator and Start Date
You should set the candidate confirmed indicator to 'Y' and ensure that the start date of the candidate isn't greater than the current date for the candidate to be searchable.
Deleting External Candidate
You can delete an external candidate only if there are no confirmed active job applications for the candidate.
Setting the Preferred Mode of Communication
You can either set the email address or the phone number of the candidate as a preferred mode of communication. If the preferred mode isn't specified in the candidate.dat file, then the email address of the candidate is chosen by default. Duplicate checks are run on the preferred mode.
AddToPoolName Attribute
You should remove this attribute while loading the Candidate.dat file for a specific candidate for the second time. This attribute is provided as a quick measure to add the candidate to a pool and therefore should not be reused on the same candidate in the second HDL load.