Set Up an Onboarding Journey

This topic describes with an example how to configure two onboarding journeys with onboarding tasks that new hires need to complete on their first day and after the first month of employment.

Create First Day Journey

  1. On the My Client Groups tab, click the Journeys Setup app.
  2. In the Journeys Setup page, click the Journey Templates card.
  3. In the Journey Templates page, click Create.
  4. In the New Journey window, select or enter these values as applicable.
    Field Value
    Creation Method New
    Category On Boarding
    Name BC First Day Activities
    Archive after how many months? 12
    Purge after how many months? 12
  5. Click Create Draft.

Add Tasks to First Day Journey

Add the journey tasks that David must complete by creating each task separately.

  1. In the Overview tab, under the Tasks section, click Add > New Task.
  2. In the New Task window, under the Overview tab, select or enter these values as applicable for each task. For other fields, enter suitable values or use default values.
    Field Values for Task: Verify and update personal details Values for Task: Upload photo for access card Values for Task: Select laptop brand
    Task Name Verify and update personal details Upload photo for access card Select laptop brand
    Status Active Active Active
    Sequence 1 2 3
    Make this task mandatory Yes Yes No
    Performer Worker Worker Worker
    Owner Initiator Initiator Initiator
    Task Type Application Task Application Task Manual Task
    Application Task Personal Details Change Photo Not applicable
    When does the task expire? After assigned date After assigned date After assigned date
    After how many days? 30 30 30
    Enable comments No No Yes
  3. Click Save.
Add the manual journey tasks that David’s HR Specialist must complete by creating each task separately.
  1. In the New Task window, under the Overview tab, select or enter these values as applicable for each task. For other fields, enter suitable values or use default values.
    Field Values for Task: Office orientation Values for Task: Computer procurement
    Task Name Office orientation Computer procurement
    Status Active Active
    Sequence 4 5
    Make this task mandatory Yes Yes
    Performer Area of Responsibility Area of Responsibility
    Performer Responsibility Type HR Specialist HR Specialist
    Owner Initiator Initiator
    Task Type Manual Task Manual Task
    When does the task expire? After assigned date After assigned date
    After how many days? 30 30
  2. Click Save.

Once this journey is created, let’s create a second journey for the first month’s activities.

Create First Month Journey

  1. On the My Client Groups tab, click the Journeys Setup app.
  2. In the Journeys Setup page, click the Journey Templates card.
  3. In the Journey Templates page, click Create.
  4. In the New Journey window, select or enter these values as applicable.
    Field Value
    Creation Method New
    Category On Boarding
    Name BC First Month Activities
    Archive after how many months? 12
    Purge after how many months? 12
  5. Click Create Draft.

Add Tasks to First Month Journey

Add the journey tasks that David must complete by creating each task separately. You need to create the questionnaire by using the Questionnaires application before you create this questionnaire task.
  1. In the Overview tab, under the Tasks section, click Add > New Task.
  2. In the New Task window, under the Overview tab, select or enter these values as applicable for each task. For other fields, enter suitable values or use default values.
    Field Values for Task: Collect access card Values for Task: Share onboarding feedback
    Task Name Collect access card Share onboarding feedback
    Status Active Active
    Sequence 1 2
    Make this task mandatory Yes Yes
    Performer Worker Worker
    Owner Initiator Initiator
    Task Type Manual Task Questionnaire
    Questionnaire Not applicable Onboarding Survey
    When does the task expire? After assigned date After assigned date
    After how many days? 30 30
  3. Click Save.