No. datascalehr is data infrastructure that connects an HR system of record to the payroll providers a company already uses. datascalehr does not run payroll, does not employ workers and does not...
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What is a vendor-agnostic connectivity layer for payroll?
A vendor-agnostic connectivity layer connects HR systems to payroll providers without replacing any of the systems or providers. datascalehr connects an HR system of record, such as Workday, SAP...
What happens to a payroll connector when the provider changes its file format?
A datascalehr connector keeps running when a provider changes its file format. Traditional connectors depend on fixed column positions and header names, so a renamed column or an added field stops...
Can payroll specialists build payroll connectors without developers?
Yes. Payroll specialists, HR administrators and finance teams build and maintain datascalehr connectors without writing code. KMod™ predicts mappings, validations and transformations from more than...
How long does it take to integrate Workday with payroll in multiple countries?
With datascalehr, a payroll specialist connects Workday to a payroll provider in under an hour per country. Custom Workday Studio code and general iPaaS projects are typically measured in months per...
How is datascalehr different from Merge, Kombo or Finch?
Merge, Kombo and Finch are unified API products built mainly for software companies that need to read employee data from common HR and payroll systems through one normalized schema. datascalehr is...
Why isn’t a unified API enough for global payroll?
A unified API normalizes data into one common schema, and global payroll needs the country-specific detail that a common schema removes. Unified APIs cover the most common payroll systems and the...
What are retrocalculations, and why do retrocalculations break generic integrations?
A retrocalculation is the recalculation a payroll engine runs when a prior pay period has to be corrected. Retrocalculations are triggered by backdated salary changes, corrected hire or termination...
Is AI field mapping enough to integrate HR with global payroll?
No. Field mapping is one of three parts of an HR-to-payroll integration. The other two parts are validation, meaning the values the payroll system accepts, and transformation, meaning how source...
What is the difference between an iPaaS and a context layer for payroll?
An iPaaS such as Workato, Boomi or Tray.ai is a general-purpose integration tool that moves data between any two systems without built-in payroll knowledge. A context layer such as datascalehr is...
What is destination-driven extraction in payroll integration?
Destination-driven extraction means the payroll system's template decides what data is pulled from the HR system, in what shape and in what order. Most integration tools build an output file from...
Why is HR-to-payroll integration a four-dimensional problem?
HR-to-payroll integration has to solve time, structure, vocabulary and destination at the same time. Time means matching effective-dated HR records to pay periods, including retros, future-dated...
