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Employees datasource specification

This page describes the Workday EIB files for syncing Employees into TechWolf: the Employee baseline, the organisational structure, and every skill-relevant signal attached to an Employee. For each file it gives the S3 location, the fields TechWolf expects, and the Workday field each one comes from. The Employee Baseline file is required and establishes each Employee; every other file on this page references it through employee_id. Two files link out to other entities: the Employee Baseline points to a Job through assigned_position, and Learning History points to a Course through course_id. The Jobs and Courses specifications must be synced as well for those links to resolve. The rules shared by every Workday file (full dumps, dependencies, transformations and how to read the field tables) are described in the EIB Specification. The files from Learning History onwards carry no identifier from Workday. TechWolf generates an external_id for each row as a hash of its content, so the EIB does not need to export one.
The baseline Employee file. Required. Establishes the existence of each Employee; every other file on this page references it.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Employee_Information/TechWolf_Employee_Information_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
The supervisory organisation structure. Highly recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Supervisory_Organization/TechWolf_Supervisory_Organization_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
Courses an Employee has completed. Highly recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Learning_History/TechWolf_Learning_History_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
TechWolf recommends applying these filters to the Learning History export in Workday, so the file only carries completed, skill-relevant learning:
  • Completion Status in the selection list: Completed
  • Learning Content Type in the selection list: Blended Course, Digital Course, Lesson
Mandatory learning should be removed as well.
The Employee’s history of internal Jobs. Highly recommended. Should include the current assigned position and its start date.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Internal_Work_History/TechWolf_Internal_Work_History_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
The Employee’s work experience outside the organisation. Highly recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_External_Work_History/TechWolf_External_Work_History_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
Certifications held by the Employee. Recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Certification/TechWolf_Certification_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
The Employee’s formal education. Recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Education/TechWolf_Education_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
Feedback given to the Employee. Recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Feedback/TechWolf_Feedback_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
Goals set for the Employee. Recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Goal/TechWolf_Goal_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
Only send Goals that carry a relevant Status in Workday, for example Completed and On Track.
Performance records for the Employee. Recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Performance/TechWolf_Performance_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv
The Employee’s resume document. Recommended.File on S3: .../file_based/TechWolf_Resume_Attachment/TechWolf_Resume_Attachment_[yyyy][MM][dd]_[HH][mm][ss].csv