Data Import - Occupation Values (bulk)

Values for the Occupation field on the employee details page are able to be bulk imported by the Support Team. If you only require a handful of new Occupations then all client users with the Payroll Administrator role are able to import a single Occupation value at a time via the tool on the Company Options page in DataPay. For more information on this please see the Data Import - Occupation (single) article.

Information for filling out the template:

• Do not remove, rename, or add any columns to the import file.
• The file must be .csv format - not .xslx or .xlx
• Column 1 "dropdownname": use this column to list all the new Occupation values you need to import. Please ensure correct spelling as values cannot be edited once imported. The import does not check for duplicate values.
• Column 2 "bucketTypeName": the value for every row must be "Employee Occupation"
• Column 3 "companyCode": enter the company code the new Occupation values are to be imported to. This column needs to be completed for every row, and there can only be one company per imported file. If you wish to have Occupation values imported into multiple companies you will need to supply multiple files.

This tool is only designed to import new values into the Occupation drop down box - it is not able to assign Occupations to employees. To do this you will need to use the Bulk Change Wizard.

Please note:

• Datacom charges our standard consulting rate for any imports completed on behalf of clients. There is a minimum charge of 1 hour.
• We are not able to alter / modify / make corrections to any data supplied.
• Data to import must be supplied in the correct format for our system to accept using the supplied templates. We cannot convert data into this format on your behalf.