Foundational Data Recurring Ingestion

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We have  introduced two new data entities, Foundational data and Org units, for ingesting a company's core organizational structure. It enables automated, recurring file ingestion (CSV/XML) of foundational data types like departments, business units, and locations, including complex hierarchies and custom attributes. This ensures Eightfold accurately reflects the customer's source systems.

Users

Customer Admins, Implementation Engineers

Requirements

This feature is available only for Talent Tracking.

Needs addressed

• An automated and scalable way to import and maintain complex organizational structures. 

• Moves from limited, manual org unit uploads to a new automated process that supports recurring synchronization of detailed foundational data, including custom attributes and hierarchies. 

•  A customer’s HRIS can automatically export department data daily, which Eightfold ingests to keep the platform's org structure current without manual work. 

• Reduces administrative overhead, improves data accuracy, and enhances features that rely on organizational data.

Impact on existing workflows

No impact on existing workflows and no limitations

Initial setup

This feature will be available to customers by default. Customers don't need to do anything to see this change in their Eightfold environment by the sandbox and GA dates.