How do I generate and use template files?

Start on the Home page.

You can generate template files and use them as the basis of your own data files.

Click My Client Groups.

Click Data Exchange.

The View Business Objects page lists all business objects that HCM Data Loader supports.

Click View Business Objects.

You can sort the list of business objects, or search for and select the one you want.

In the Business Object search field, enter worker and press Enter.

In the Search Results, click to select the Worker business object.

Once you find the object you want, we recommend refreshing it before you download the template to make sure you have the latest object definition.

Click Refresh Object.

Click Submit.

Click OK.

Click the Refresh icon until the Last Refreshed Date is today’s date.

If you want to generate multiple templates, you can refresh all objects, or just those in specific product areas.

Click Refresh All Objects.

Click the Product Area drop-down list.

Click to close the Product Area drop-down list.

Click Submit.

Click OK.

Once you’ve refreshed the object, download the template file.

In the Worker business object row, click the Download File icon.

Click the browser download icon and then click to open the Worker.dat file.

Template files identify the names of all the available attributes of a business object, including those of environment-specific attributes, such as flexfield segments. When building your data files, we strongly recommend including only the attributes for which you're supplying data. Remove METADATA lines and attribute names that you don't plan to use. Thanks for watching.