Contents of the Talent Management Form

Use the form to enable Talent Management Integration, to set which data is transferred from Vantagepoint to Talent Management, and to view the history of all data run transfers.

Actions Bar

Field Description
Run Click this option to start the data transfer job. The options selected determine which data is imported to Vantagepoint or updated in Talent Management.
Schedule You can submit a data transfer job to a queue or profile via the Process Server. Click this button to open the Schedule dialog box and schedule the data transfer job. For more details, see Scheduling Process Server Jobs.
Save Click this option to save changes to selected items and settings.

Integration Setup

Field Description
Enable Talent Management Integration Select this option to enable the Talent Management web service.
Talent Management Web Service URL Enter the Talent Management URL to connect the web service to the Talent Management database. Contact your system administrator if you need assistance.
Password (Authentication Token) Enter the encrypted authentication token for the Talent Management web service. Contact your system administrator if you need assistance.
Number of Rows Per Call Enter the number of records that are sent to Talent Management in a single call. The maximum number of records in a call is 24,999. If there are more records to be sent, Vantagepoint automatically makes multiple calls and sends data in batches.
Request Timeout (Milliseconds) Enter the time in milliseconds that it takes for Vantagepoint to establish a connection to the Talent Management Web Service URL and wait for a response.
Test Connection Click this button to test the connection between Vantagepoint and the Talent Management web service.

Options

Field Description
New Hires Select this option to transfer new hire records from Talent Management into Vantagepoint as new employee records. If selected, Vantagepoint retains this setting for the next data run.
Audit User Enter a user name that will be used for the audit trail of employee records that were loaded into Vantagepoint.
  • When you import a new hire record from Talent Management into a table in Vantagepoint, the value for the Audit User field becomes the value for create user and mod user.
  • When you generate the Employee Audit Detail report, the user who ran or scheduled the process server job is indicated in the report.
Changes Since Last Send Select this option to synchronize the changes that have been made in Vantagepoint with the records in Talent Management since the last data run. If selected, Vantagepoint retains the setting for the next data run.

Clear this option when loading employee records from Vantagepoint to Talent Management for the first time. Doing so loads employees in Vantagepoint as new users in Talent Management.

Employees Select this option to send employee data to Talent Management. If you are sending employee data to Talent Management for the first time, Talent Management creates new records and loads the employees as new users in the system.

You should maintain employee records in Vantagepoint. When you want to synchronize records between Vantagepoint and Talent Management, select this option and the Changes Since Last Send option. Changes are synchronized on the next data run.

Exclude Employees with Termination Date Before This option is available when you select Employees. Specify the date. Records of employees that have a termination date before the selected date are not synchronized with Talent Management on the next data run.
Limit by Labor Type

This option displays if the Employees check box is selected.

Select this option to send employee records of a specific labor type, such as Principal or Management. Select an item in the Labor Types drop-down menu. You can select more than one labor type.

Organizations Select this option to send organization data to Talent Management. This option displays when you have set up organization codes in your company. You should maintain the organization records in Vantagepoint. When you want to synchronize records between Vantagepoint and Talent Management, select this option and the Changes Since Last Send option. Changes are synchronized on the next data run.

If you run a key conversion or make changes to the key formats of organizations in your company, you must first run the Talent Management Web Service with Organizations selected before running the web service a second time to send changes made to employee data.

Only Send Organizations with Employees

This option displays if the Organizations check box is selected.

Select this option to send organization records of only those organizations that have employees assigned to them.

Talent Management Integration Call Log

Field Description
Clear Log Select this option to clear the transfer jobs that have finished running or were stopped. This option does not clear transfer jobs that are scheduled to run.
Status This column indicates if a transfer job is pending, has failed, or has been completed.
Start After This column displays the date and time when a scheduled transfer job will run.
Started This column displays the date and time when a transfer job has started.
Finished This column displays the date and time when a transfer job has finished.
Submitter This column displays the user who initiated or scheduled the transfer job.