Example of Processing Change-Only Extract Runs

Here's a high-level example of processing extracts to pick up only changes that occurred between two process runs.

1. Create a benefits carrier and associate it with the required benefits plans.
2. Hire 2 employees. Let's call them Employee 1 and Employee 2 for the purpose of this example.
3. Enroll both the employees in the benefits plans that you associated with the carrier.
4. Run a full extract process with an effective date of today.
5. After the process completes, hire another employee, Employee 3. Enroll Employee 3 in the benefit plans that you associated with the carrier.
6. Make changes to Employee 1's enrollments.
7. Wait for a day, and then run the extract process using the changes-only option, with an effective date of today.
8. Review the 2 files (the log file and the text file) to verify the extract data.