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It happens from time to time that a Customer terminates contract with HRMTS, and wants to export their data from the databases. For this purpose, HRMTS offers (not a requirement or commitment) a Standard Export. An export is a packaging of the data from the whole system.
Before ordering a data export
A data export is not something Talentech is REQUIRED to do, it is an offer if we have time and resources
Ask the customer if they prefer to extract data themselves manually.
This is a big job and a developer will not always be available to deliver.
Before agreeing on a data export with the customer ASK the PO if it is possible. Otherwise to task can be rejected!
Ask the customer if they have a SFTP server we can transfer data to, if no then search for other option
Data export can take some time (months depending on resources and other tasks)
If we agree on doing the export we need this information before proceeding:
SFTP server credentials
This is not part of the data export
- Partial data export.
- Export within a date interval.
We package and export the whole environment
Background
Although all HR systems share some common traits, they differ a lot, especially under the hood. This difference are most obvious in the way these systems organize and store their data in the databases. Therefore, it is always a challenge to migrate all data from one system to another. For one system to read data from another system, it must establish mappings (so called connections) between data fields. E.g. for system A to read first name of a user from system B, it needs to know where and how the first name is stored in system B. The system B might be storing this information in a way that makes sense to system B, but not to system A.
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