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Time Import Files

Overview

Loading employee pay records from external time-keeping systems into pay entry can be easily accomplished by creating and importing a fixed-length ASCII time file. The time import tool processes the formatted ASCII time file information and uploads this data to pay entry for a payroll.  

A time file needs to meet the following specifications.

• The ASCII file must contain fixed-length data elements where no delimiter characters separate record information.
• To import time via the web-product, the file extension of the ASCII file must be .txt.
• The time import file may be named however you choose where the file name is less than 28 characters. We recommend that you use a familiar naming convention to avoid importing incorrect client time files.
• The ASCII time file must have employee information and needs to be formatted and structured according to the Modified ASCII Time Import File Structure file specification.