Note: If you selected the Ascender HCM option on the Activate Setup page, the Ascender Data Extraction Wizard becomes available in the Profile menu.
The first time you log in to Activate, before you complete Getting Started, you can use the Ascender Data Extraction wizard to review your Ascenderr data and make any necessary adjustments. Then, complete the Getting Started Wizard and either import the updated data or skip the import. You can use this Wizard at any time after Getting Started is complete; however, the imported data might have limited value.
Note: This feature is available only to Dayforce and SI users.
Important: This page is available only to “Ascender HCM” migration projects. One of the following Ascender HCM options must have been selected in Activate Setup for the question “Ascender Migration Type”: Ascender HCM, Ascender HCM + Preceda, or Ascender HCM + Ascender Pay.
Use this wizard to extract the following legacy data directly from an existing Ascender HCM database and migrate it directly into the corresponding Activate wizards for installation into Dayforce:
- Getting Started
- Additional HR data
- Recruiting data
- Performance data
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Learning data
Note: The Learning data section is viewable only if the project has the Learning module populated from Netsuite/Dayforce Services Automation.
Applies to Getting Started, Additional HR, Recruiting, Performance, and Learning polling endpoints
Before you begin
A unique Ascender tenant key must be associated with the customer. This unique identifier allows Activate to extract data from the customer's Ascender database.
Tasks
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In the Profile Menu (
), click Ascender Data Extraction and the Ascender Data Extraction page opens.Note: This menu option is only available to Ascender customers.
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On the Ascender Data Extraction page, click Expand (
) next to the Getting Started data type to expand it.
If there has been a previous data extraction, Activate provides information about it.
Information provided about the last data extraction If the Extract button is...
Data in Getting Started...Blue Hasn’t been extracted previously. Green Was previously extracted. The following text shows next to the green button indicating the last time that the extraction was completed and the user who processed the request: "Last extracted on <DateTime> by <user> in <Environment> environment." -
Click Extract.
The Extract button turns into a temporary progress indicator and Activate sends a request to extract the following template name data from the Ascender Extraction Tool:
- Employee
- Employee Address
- Site Address
- Legal Entity
When the extraction process is complete, you can click the Extract button again to extract a new data set.
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To retrieve the last data set extracted, click Download.
Activate downloads the data in .xlsx format.
Download button indicator If the Download button is... Then... Gray and deactivated No data is available for download. Blue Data is available for download. If you click the Extract button again, the Download button becomes deactivated.
If you want to use a different dataset during Getting Started, click Skip.
- To return to Activate Central, click Done.
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To continue, click Next in the green continuation bar.
Activate sends email notifications to all project resources to indicate the success or failure of the extractions from Ascender.
You can now use the downloaded data sets as input to the corresponding Activate wizards for load into Dayforce.
If you want to extract new Getting Started data, you can re-click the buttons.
Note: After you complete Getting Started, you can do a rollback and extract the data again, if needed.
Note: If you close or log out of Activate, the extraction continues. The next time you log in to Activate, you can click Download to retrieve the data.
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On the Ascender Data Extraction page, click
next to the Additional HR Data data type to expand it.
If there has been a previous data extraction, Activate provides the information about it.
Information provided about the last data extraction If the Extract button is...
Additional HR data has...Blue Not been previously extracted. Green Previously been extracted. The following text shows next to the green button indicating the last time that the extraction was completed and the user who processed the request: "Last extracted on <DateTime> by <user> in <Environment> environment." -
Click Extract.
The Extract button turns into a temporary progress indicator and Activate sends a request to extract the following template name data from the Ascender Extraction Tool:
- Employee
- Employee Address
- Employee Contact
- Emergency Contact
- Employee Manager
- Employee Personal Data
When the extraction process is complete, you can click the Extract button again to extract a new data set.
Note: If the Ascender source doesn’t have any data, Activate returns a blank template.
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To retrieve the last data set extracted, click Download.
Activate downloads the data in .xlsx format.
Download button indicator If the
Download
button is...
Then...Gray and deactivated No data is available for download. Blue Data is available for download. If you click the Extract button again, the Download button becomes deactivated.
If you want to use a different dataset during Getting Started, click Skip.
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To return to Activate Central, click Done.
Activate sends email notifications to all project resources to indicate the success or failure of the extractions from Ascender.
You can now use the downloaded data sets as input to the corresponding Activate wizards for load into Dayforce.
If you want to extract new HR data, you can re-click the buttons.
Note: After completing Getting Started, you can perform a rollback and extract the data again, if needed.
Note: If you close or log out of Activate, the extraction continues. The next time you log in to Activate, you can click Download to retrieve the data.
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On the Ascender Data Extraction page, click
next to the Recruiting data type to expand it.
If there has been a previous data extraction, Activate provides the information about it.
Information provided about the last data extraction If the Extract button is...
Additional recruiting data has...Blue Not been previously extracted. Green Previously been extracted. The following text shows beside the green button, indicating the last time that the extraction was completed and the user who processed the request: "Last extracted on <DateTime> by <user> in <Environment> environment."
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Click Extract.
The Extract button turns into a temporary progress indicator and Activate sends a request to extract the following template name data from the Ascender Extraction Tool:
- Job Requisition Data
- Job Posting Data
- Candidate Data
When the extraction process is complete, you can click the Extract button again to extract a new data set.
Note: If the Ascender source doesn’t have any data, Activate returns a blank template.
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To retrieve the last data set extracted, click Download.
Activate downloads the data in .XLSX format.
Download button indicator If the
Download
button is...
Then...Gray and deactivated No data is available for download. Blue Data is available for download. If you click the Extract button again, the Download button is deactivated.
If you want to use a different dataset during Getting Started, click Skip.
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To return to Activate Central, click Done.
Activate sends email notifications to all project resources to indicate the success or failure of the extractions from Ascender.
You can now use the downloaded data sets as input to the corresponding Activate wizards for load into Dayforce.
If you want to extract new recruiting data, you can re-click the buttons.
Note: After completing Getting Started, you can do a rollback and extract the data again, if needed.
Note: If you close or log out of Activate, the extraction continues. The next time you log in to Activate, you can click Download to retrieve the data.
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On the Ascender Data Extraction page, click next to the Performance data type to expand it.
If there has been a previous data extraction, Activate provides the information about it.
Information provided about the last data extraction If the Extract button is...
Additional performance data has...Blue Not been previously extracted. Green Previously been extracted. The following text shows beside the green button indicating the last time that the extraction was completed and the user who processed the request: "Last extracted on <DateTime> by <user> in <Environment> environment."
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Click Extract.
The Extract button turns into a temporary progress indicator. Activate validates that an Ascender tenant key has been entered for the customer and then extracts data for the following template names:
- Goal Data
- Competency Data
- Employee Goal Data
When the extraction process is complete, you can click the Extract button again to extract a new data set.
Note: If the Ascender source doesn’t have any data, Activate returns a blank template.
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To retrieve the last data set extracted, click Download.
Activate downloads the data in .XLSX format.
Download button indicator If the
Download
button is...
Then...Gray and deactivated No data is available for download. Blue Data is available for download. If you click the Extract button again, the Download button becomes deactivated.
If you want to use a different dataset during Getting Started, click Skip.
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To return to Activate Central, click Done.
Activate sends email notifications to all project resources to indicate the success or failure of the extractions from Ascender.
You can now use the downloaded data sets as input to the corresponding Activate wizards for load into Dayforce.
If you want to extract new performance data, you can re-click the buttons.
Note: After you finish Getting Started, you can do a rollback and extract the data again, if needed.
Note: If you close or log out of Activate, the extraction continues. The next time you log in to Activate, you can click Download to retrieve the data.
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On the Ascender Data Extraction page, click next to the Learning data type to expand it.
If there has been a previous data extraction, Activate provides the information about it.
Information provided about the last data extraction If the Validate button is...
The validation has...Blue Not been previously run. Green Been run and passed. The following text shows beside the green button indicating the last time that the extraction was completed and the user who processed the request: "Last extracted on <DateTime> by <user> in <Environment> environment." -
Click Validate.
Activate validates that:
- Learning is enabled.
- The Dayforce environment is ready for Learning data.
- The API Configuration is set.
- The LMS Org Setup Job is complete.
- The LMS User Setup Job is complete.
Note: You must complete the validation step first to be able to migrate the data.
When the validation is complete, the Library Data button turns blue and is enabled.
Note: If the Ascender source doesn’t have any data, Activate returns a blank template.
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To transfer the library data to Dayforce Learning, click Library Data.
Activate migrates the Course Categories, Courses, Sessions, and Learning Materials.
A spinning progress icon shows until the migration is complete
Activate validates that an Ascender tenant key has been entered for the customer and then extracts data for the following template names:
Activate migrates the following data:
- Course Categories
- Courses
- Sessions
- Learning Materials
When the migration is complete, the User Data button turns blue and is enabled.
- To migrate the Enrollments completions to Dayforce Learning, click User Data. A spinning progress icon shows until the migration is complete.
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To return to Activate Central, click Done.
Activate sends email notifications to all project resources to indicate the success or failure of the extractions from Ascender.
You can now use the downloaded data sets as input to the corresponding Activate wizards for load into Dayforce.
If you want to extract new learning data, you can re-click the buttons.
Note: After completing Getting Started, you can do a rollback and extract the data again, if needed.