How to update the effective date for some of the staff in existing Employee Hierarchy

How to update the effective date for some of the staff in existing Employee Hierarchy

Symptoms:
To update the effective date for some of the staff in existing Employee Hierarchy 

Possible cause (s):

None

Suggested workaround/ solution(s):

  1. Go to All Menus > Personnel > Processes > Employee Hierarchy, select the organization chart, in <Select Option> section, click 'Download' button to download the details of the staff pertaining to the existing hierarchy   
  2. Next, click on 'Download Template' button under <Select file> section to download the Import template
  3. Open the downloaded details file as per point 1 and copy the required staff information to the appropriate columns in Import template (point 2) accordingly
  4. Format the Effective_date column in the Import template using custom, and type YYYYMMDD and click 'Ok'. Save the Excel file after all the information is inputted
  5. Upload the file in Frontier system, in <Select Option> section, click 'Upload' button 
  6. In <Select file> section, click 'Choose file' to select the saved file as per point 4 and click 'Upload' button besides the chosen file field