HR import
Enterprise HR systems store and maintain critical information about the people making enterprises run. These systems are updated daily as people join the enterprise, change positions, reorganise, leave and return - to name a few of the very large number of key data elements typically collected and tracked.
All people working in an enterprise need training and development regularly, and most of the training and development they need is directly related to information maintained in the enterprise HR system. The way data is stored in an enterprise's HR system depends greatly on both the enterprise HR system being used and they way the enterprise HR system has been configured for the enterprise.
HR import allows the people, position and organisation data in LearningZone Learn to be regularly and automatically updated with all the relevant data delivered from enterprise HR systems. HR import is a one-way synchronisation process (from the enterprise HR system to LearningZone Learn) supporting two types of data exchanges:
- CSV file.
- External database connection.
Benefits of using HR import
HR import keeps LearningZone Learn up-to-date with enterprise HR systems without the need to manually enter, update, and delete data. The process automatically creates, updates, and deletes these record types: users, positions, organisations, as well as assignments to positions, organisations, and managers.
When HR import is used in combination with LearningZone Learn's Audience management and Report builder features, LearningZone Learn will dynamically deliver access to learning content and learning records to the appropriate people within an enterprise based on current HR information.
Audiences
Audiences can be defined on the basis of rules, where membership and learning assigned to audience members can be updated on a regular basis. Audience rules can be comprised of any HR data field found in LearningZone Learn (i.e. organisation, position, and user data). Audience rules (e.g. 'Organisation name is Corporate Finance') can be combined into rule sets (e.g. 'Organisation name is Corporate Finance AND Position ID is 988 AND User Start Date is less than 12 months ago AND Employment Status is Full-time AND Employee ID is not ADV994'). When LearningZone Learn has up-to-date HR data (via HR import), audiences will keep membership and assigned learning consistent with the current status of every person in the enterprise.
See Audiences for more information.
Report builder
Report builder allows reports to be created and configured to control which columns of data and filters are shown in a given report, as well as which records are shown to a user viewing the report. Similar to audience rules, a report's columns can be comprised of any HR data field found in LearningZone Learn (i.e. organisation, position, and user data). For example, reports can include columns such as User Department, User City, User Country, User Organisation, User Position, User Manager Name, and User Manager ID.
A report's filters can also leverage all of these HR data fields as well as the hierarchical relationships in the HR data. For example, a report viewer can filter a report by organisational hierarchies such as or below organisational levels. Report builder can also leverage hierarchical data to only show records to report viewers based on their relationship to other users (e.g. direct reports, in the same area of the organisational hierarchy, etc). When HR import runs on a daily basis, every report's available records, columns, and filters are up-to-date with the latest HR data.
Upgrading job assignments
If you are upgrading to LearningZone Learn v10 or higher for the first time then you will need to ensure that your HR import data is compatible with the new job assignment import source. The best approach for doing this will depend on if you have been using multiple job assignments prior to upgrading or not. Either way in v10+ you will need to create a jobassignment.csv file, this includes if you are not using multiple jobs but you want to continue to import position, organisation, and manager data.
If you do not use multiple jobs then you should:
- Copy your existing user.csv source file.
- Edit it to remove fields not required for job assignments and add fields that are required for the new job assignment source.
- Re-save the file as jobassignment.csv.
You should then have two files suitable for import (user.csv and jobassignment.csv). When transforming the user file into a job assignment file it is useful to note that any column names that started with 'jobassignment...' can just have that taken away. e.g. jobassignmentfullname becomes fullname.
If you are using database sources for your HR import then you can follow the same process as above, however you might find it more difficult to rename database columns than it is to rename columns in a CSV file. Therefore you may want to make use of the Field mappings section when setting up your database settings for the job assignment source. This means if your database has a field called jobassignmentmanageridnumber which should now be renamed to manageridnumber you can simply enter jobassignmentmanageridnumber into the corresponding field under the Field mappings heading. You can access these settings under Site administration > HR import > Sources > Job assignment > External database. For databases, you don't have to remove the extra user columns that are no longer needed. As long as those field mappings have been configured so that HR import will look for the right columns for job assignment data, any other columns will be ignored.
Whether or not you were using multiple jobs before upgrading there are two columns it is important to to pay attention to, idnumber (was jobassignmentidnumber) and useridnumber as these fields link the user to the job you are creating or updating.
Whilst adjusting your files for the the new import source it is also advisable to review your Element settings for the job assignment imports and ensure each option is set as you prefer.
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