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Writing the configuration script

Added the TransactionTimeOffset option in Connector Pack4.5.0.

A sample configuration script (workday.cfg) is shipped in the samples directory. If you cannot find the sample file, try re-running setup to modify your installation. Sample files are automatically installed with complete (typical) installations. You can select them in custom installations.

The configuration file includes key-value pairs. In general, the left side is the returned attribute name while the right side is the data field path; for example:

"Manager_Employee_ID" = "Worker_Data/Position_Data/
Manager_as_of_last_detected_manager_change_Reference/ID?type=Employee_ID"

means to get the field with path:

"Worker_Data/Position_Data/Manager_as_of_last_detected_manager_change_Reference/ID"

whose attribute "type" is "Employee_ID", this is typically for getting the field value stated below:

 <FieldName type="Fieldtype">
 <ID type="WID">WID_value</ID>
 <ID type="Employee_ID">Employee_ID_value</ID>
 </FieldName>

In this case it gets that second ID value. The value will be populated into the returned attribute as "Manager_Employee_ID".

Additional information for the following options in the workday.cfg sample configuration script:

  • ForwardLookingDays Set the number of forward looking days when listing future hires.

  • TransactionLogPath Set this to the path for an XML output file to export the future hire listing into a separate file for future processing, otherwise the listing will be in the default list database file.

  • TransactionLogPagesize Specify the page size when listing future hires.

  • TransactionTimeOffset Specify a time offset in seconds to accommodate the strict workday API time restriction when listing future hires. Default is 60 seconds.

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