Hi,
we're beginning to look at MDS and while trying it a bit I've run into a small issue:
We're importing people data, and we are wondering how to handle translating stuff like this:
| Employee ID | Country_code | Department | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 123456 | FI | 4310 | Mies |
| 456789 | NO | 4310 | Mann |
| 789456 | DK | 4310 | Mand |
The Department field is a seperate entity - but we're seing that we can only have one code/key for 4310. So the idea is to make 3 different codes (NO4310, DK4310, FI4310 or similar).
But when we import data the field will just have "4310".
Can we use validation rules to set the logic like "If country = "NO" & Department = 4310 then Department = NO4310" during import?
Else we need to build some kind of parser on the import which transforms the national department code to a common value.
Or - is an idea to instead use one department code/key, and then make some kind of other attribute on it which reflects where it belongs? Like "Department_Country_NO" = "Norse Department Name"?
But how to then reflect that back to the employment entries?
Secondly - we have three different values for gender coming into the import, can I easily translate those into the same value, "Male", during an import?
Any great ideas, or pointers where to look? :)