Activate Central

Activate Central is the centralized location where you can access and view the status of the various wizards. This page opens when you:

• Complete the Getting Started wizard.
• Complete any of the other Activate wizards.
• Click Quit Progress & Go Back to Central in the Profile Menu.

Note: You can click the Home button () in the top-left corner of any Activate page to go directly to Activate Central.

Status

Project status indicators

Icon	Description
	A blue flashing icon to the left of a wizard name indicates that the wizard is currently in progress.
	A green checkmark to the left of a wizard name indicates that the wizard has completed the installation.

Information about the wizards

Beneath the name of each wizard, Activate Central shows information about the wizard, including:

• A description of the wizard.
• The length of time it might take to complete the wizard.
• For completed wizards, it shows:
  • The date and time the wizard was last completed.
  • The user who last completed the wizard.
  • The environment in which the wizard was last completed.
  • The I want to add more link, which enables you to reuse a wizard, is available only for certain wizards.
  • Links to download reports. The links are only available for certain wizards.

Wizards

The Activate wizards are grouped by task and include:

Build Dayforce

Use the Build Dayforce wizards to add best practice configuration that aligns Dayforce with the business. The Build Dayforce wizards are:

• Getting Started
• Pay Group Editor
• WFM to Payroll Mapping
• Third Party Payees
• Organizational Hierarchy
• Org Unit Address
• Pay Holiday & Holiday Group
• Job Rate Data
• Time Entry Policies
• Pay Policies
• Entitlement Policies
• NZ Holiday Act Starter Build
• UK Statutory and Occupational Sick Pay
• Time Off Policies
• Worker's Compensation
• Pay Category & Pay Code
• Payroll Deduction Codes
• Payroll Deduction Codes (Asia Pacific)
• Payroll Earning Codes
• Payroll Earning Codes (Asia Pacific)
• Payroll Tax Codes
• Deferred Compensation and Pension (USA/CAN)
• Employee Benefits
• Benefit Enrollments (USA/CAN)
• Year-to-Date Payroll Totals (USA/CAN)
• Year-to-Date Payroll Totals (CAN) - Only visible for Canadian organizations with fewer than 300 employees.
• Year-to-Date Payroll Totals (UK/IRL)
• Year-to-Date Payroll Totals (AUS/NZL)
• Recruitment Management
• Job Requisitions and Postings
• Competencies
• Goals
• Manage Countries

Load Your Data

Use the Load Your Data wizards to add and update employee information. The Load Your Data wizards are:

• Employee HR Data Hub
• Employees
• Employee Compensation History
• Employee Job History & Secondary Work Assignment
• Employee Personal Data
• Employee Confidential Information
• Employee Work Contract & Work Pattern
• Direct Deposit Data for US Employees
• Direct Deposit Data for Canadian Employees
• Bank Details for UK Employees
• Direct Deposit Data for New Zealand Employees
• Direct Deposit Data for Australian Employees
• Direct Deposit Data for Ireland Employees
• Direct Deposit Data for Singapore Employees
• Direct Deposit Data for Asia Pacific Employees
• Employees
• Employee Addresses
• Preceda Centralized Data Loads
• Employee Contact Information
• Employee Emergency Contacts
• Employee Management Structure
• Employee Balances
• Time Away From Work
• Employee Time Entry
• Employee Schedule Data
• Employee Insurable Hours and Earnings for Canadian Employees
• Current Canadian Tax Credit (TD1) and Source Deduction Returns
• Current US Federal and State Tax Exemptions
• Current UK Employee HMRC Data
• Current IRL Employee RPN Data
• Current Australian Employee TFN Declarations
• Superannuation Data For Australian Employees
• Kiwi Saver for New Zealand Employees
• Current New Zealand Employee Tax Codes
• Current Singapore Employee Tax Definitions
• Employee Payroll Elections
• Benefit Elections for Employees, Dependents, and Beneficiaries
• Dependent and Beneficiary Personal Data
• Candidates
• Employee Goals

Change Employee Data

Use the Change Employee Data wizards to apply changes to groups of employees. The Change Employee Data wizards are:

• Mass Employee Compensation Changes
• Mass Employee Policy Changes
• Mass Employee Property Changes
• Mass Employee Union Changes
• Mass Role Changes
• Mass Location Access Changes
• Mass Global Property Changes

Manage Your Data

Use the Manage Your Data wizards to update or remove targeted data records in Dayforce. The Manage Your Data wizards are:

• Mass Configuration Changes
• Targeted Data Removal
• Benefit Rate Importer

Prepare Environment for Parallel or Go Live

Use the Prepare Environment for Parallel or Go Live wizards to remove unnecessary data and verify the accuracy of payroll configuration. The Prepare Environment for Parallel or Go Live wizards are:

• Transactional and Test Data Cleanup
• Clean Up Data for Parallel or Go Live
• Payroll Comparison

Testing Dashboard

The Testing Dashboard Wizard is a category by itself. Use this wizard for centralized access to Manual, Day in the Life, and Automated Test Cases.