{"id":18785,"date":"2019-10-23T09:59:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T09:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/?p=18785"},"modified":"2023-10-17T09:47:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T09:47:37","slug":"how-to-upload-employee-records-using-txt-file-in-sage-x3-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/2019\/10\/23\/how-to-upload-employee-records-using-txt-file-in-sage-x3-people\/","title":{"rendered":"How to upload employee records using txt file in Sage X3 People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/africa\/product\/sage-solutions\/sage-300-people\/\"><strong>Sage X3 People<\/strong><\/a> for uploading and updating records a user should use the Import functions to either add a new record or update an existing records. Below is the navigation for import functionality.<br>Navigate: \u2013 Usage -> Imports\/Exports -> Imports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Usage-Screen-1.1-1024x383.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Usage-Screen-1.1-1024x383.png\" alt=\"Usage Screen\"><\/a><\/center>\n<font size=\"2\"><center><i>Usage Screen<\/i><\/center><\/font>\n\n\n\n<p>To upload employee data by using standard functionality below are the steps to be followed. As per the requirement the templates can be selected for instance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table aligncenter has-fixed-layout is-style-regular\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\"><strong>Sr. No<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\"><strong>Template<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\"><strong>Description<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">1.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">SAEMP1<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">This template is used to upload\/ update employee records.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">2.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">SAEMPCTR<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">This template is used to upload\/ update Employee contract.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">3.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">Saemp2<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">This template is used to upload\/ update Employee telephone number,<br>Email Id.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">4.<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">VAREURSA<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left; border: 1px solid #696969;\">This template is used to upload\/ update Variable Import.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong><br>Navigate to Setup -&gt; Usage -&gt; Import\/export -&gt; Import\/export templates<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Import-export-templates-page-1.2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Import-export-templates-page-1.2.jpg\" alt=\"Import-Export Templates Page\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Import-Export Templates Page<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the \u201cFields\u201d tab in Import\/export templates page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Import-export-templates-page-Fields-Tab-1.3.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Import-export-templates-page-Fields-Tab-1.3.jpg\" alt=\"Import-export templates page Fields Tab\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Import-export templates page Fields Tab<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong><br>Click on the action button and select \u201cExcel export\u201d as shown below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Import-export-templates-page-Excel-Eport-1.4.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Import-export-templates-page-Excel-Eport-1.4.jpg\" alt=\"Import-export templates page Excel Export option\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Import-export templates page Excel Export option<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Below file will get generated with all the fields available in the export template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Excel-format-1.5.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Excel-format-1.5.jpg\" alt=\"Excel format\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Excel format<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong><br>Use the excel transpose function (to change vertical data to horizontal format) for the above-shown columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Paste-Special-options-1.6.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Paste-Special-options-1.6.jpg\" alt=\"Excel Paste Special options\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Excel Paste Special options<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Below is the output after using the transpose function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Formatted-Excel-1.7.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Formatted-Excel-1.7.jpg\" alt=\"Formatted Excel file\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Formatted Excel file<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong><br>Fill the data in the formatted columns, below image shows the excel with the employee data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Formatted-Excel-with-employee-records-1.8.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Formatted-Excel-with-employee-records-1.8.jpg\" alt=\"Formatted Excel file with employee records\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Formatted Excel file with employee records<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Use the excel concatenate formula for the data in the fields and paste the concatenated data in a notepad file. While concatenating ensure that the separator (comma \u201c,\u201d) is used to separate the fields. The upload file should look similar to the below data file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Txt-File-format-1.9.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Txt-File-format-1.9.jpg\" alt=\"Txt File format\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Txt File format<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong><br>For uploading the txt file, below are the steps to be followed:-<br>Navigate to Setup-&gt; Imports\/export-&gt; Import<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Imports-Page-1.10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Imports-Page-1.10.jpg\" alt=\"Imports Page\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Imports Page<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Before uploading the records a user can also test the created txt file by using the \u201cTest\u201d functionality. It is recommended that if there are multiple records a user must enter one record and test the format and data. If the records are proper then system will show a message with successful records or it will through a error message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Imports-Page-1.11.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Imports-Page-1.11.jpg\" alt=\"Imports Page\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>Imports Page Test functionality<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the upload template name and click OK button, after clicking OK button the below screen gets appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/File-Upload-Page-1.12.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #A9A9A9; padding: 2px; margin: 2px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greytrix.com\/blogs\/sagex3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/File-Upload-Page-1.12.jpg\" alt=\"File Upload Page\"><\/a><\/center>\n<center><font size=\"2\"><i>File Upload Page<\/i><\/font><\/center>\n\n\n\n<p>Select the notepad file which is created and upload the same. Once txt file is uploaded you can verify the new employee records from personnel administration page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Sage X3 People for uploading and updating records a user should use the Import functions to either add a new record or update an existing records. 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