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Implementing Global HR: From Enterprise Model to Live Workforce · Module 16 · HCM Data Loader and Data Migration

What breaks

Lesson 162 of 175 · 3 min

Eight cases. One. "The second load created duplicates instead of updating." Key strategy wrong — understand source keys before the first load, because by the time you discover this the second load has already happened. Two. "Assignments failed because departments did not exist." Sequence; use the runbook. Three. "Everything failed on effective dates." The most common first-load failure by a wide margin — expect it, and check the dates before you check anything else. Four. "Managers are missing." The hierarchy pass was not run, or was run before all the workers existed. Five. "It loaded fine in test and failed in production." Volume, or configuration differences; prevention is a full-volume dry run, not a sample in test and a hope for production. Six. "Headcount is off by nine." This one is not a failure — it is reconciliation catching a real problem, which is exactly what it is for. Investigate.…

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In this module: Module 16 · HCM Data Loader and Data Migration

  1. 1Migration strategy: what to bringFree preview
  2. 2The loading toolset
  3. 3File structure and business objects
  4. 4Your first load
  5. 5The workforce structures load sequenceFree preview
  6. 6Loading workers
  7. 7Spreadsheet Data Loader
  8. 8Diagnosing failures
  9. 9Reconciliation and cutover
  10. 10What breaks
  11. 11Lab: migrate the workforce and reconcile it