You can enable the HR Import to trigger HR events for new hires, rehires, and primary job assignment or location changes by configuring the following client properties in the General section in the Properties tab of System Admin > Client Properties:
Enable HR Event on HR Import
Select this checkbox for HR imports to be able to trigger the New Hire/Rehire and Assignment Changed HR events. This checkbox is cleared by default.
HR Import Event Threshold in Days
Enter a value to place a boundary on how far back an update in the import can go to trigger the above HR events. This is evaluated as follows:
- For new hires and rehires, Dayforce looks at the Hire Date field in the import file.
- For work assignment changes Dayforce looks at the date that the primary work assignment record changed.
This client property is set to 0 by default so that updates only trigger an HR event if they are on the date that the import is run or future dated.
For example, you leave this field set to zero and run an HR import on February 17, 2020. The import includes employees with the following hire dates:
- Steve, hired on February 16, 2020
- Erin, hired on February 17, 2020
- Kyle, hired on February 18, 2020
As a result, the HR event is only triggered for Erin and Kyle, and not for Steve, whose hire date falls outside of the threshold.
Continuing this example, if you enter 7 in this field, all three employees are included. In this case, hires, rehires, and assignment changes in the file that occurred on February 10, 2020 and onward can have an event triggered for them.
Note: The HR Import Event Threshold in Days field accepts negative values, but entering a negative value sets the system to only generate events for items with an effective date in the future.