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ISSUE 6
For employees When the need for a new system or new features is felt, users of the previous system must be duly considered. Switching systems completely would leave many employees at a loss and would require training sessions – costing time and money. Coupled with the effort of re- learning, training would disrupt the smooth flow of business, and a new system would constitute fertile ground for human errors. How does a SAGE/Workday integration work? A SAGE and Workday integration cannot happen without an API (Application Programming Interface), specifically designed for the purposes and features required for the integration. One example of a feature would be Time & Attendance. SAGE and other payroll software are not Time & Attendance trackers, so companies looking for this feature will have to mention that need. An API essentially functions as a middle person program; as a messenger of sorts between the systems being integrated. Typically, only one of the two HRIS will be “front-facing”. That is, one of the two systems will run in the background, while the other system is used as the interface for the whole integrated system. As such, data is sent, translated, sorted, and processed between the two HRIS. Data that cannot be processed on Workday, for example, will be sent over to SAGE for processing – all the while, it will be the Workday interface which will be used.
What are the time and effort implications?
The development of this API requires specific, highly technical IT knowledge and expertise. Depending on the specifications given for the integration, the development, testing, and implementation of a customised API can take between 1 and 6 months. Before that, another time consideration would be the need for meetings to establish expectations, define system specifications and verify feasibility. Beyond these initial time implications, data migrations must also be considered. If a company only has about 50 employees and does not track a lot of data about them, data migration would not take long. On the other hand, if a company has 1000+ employees and stores a lot of detailed data about them, the volume of data would naturally cause the migration process to last longer. “A SAGE and Workday integration cannot happen without an API (Application Programming Interface), specifically designed for the purposes and features required for the integration. One example of a feature would be Time & Attendance.”
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