💡Note: In doing so, you will also qualify for a lower cost estimate click cost from Workia, as Workia is no longer supplying data for your cost estimates.
Steps to enable Bring Your Own Data (BYOD):
First, contact AIRINC or Mercer and inform them that you would like to use your own data in Workia, so that they can prepare the data in Workia format.
Next, send a message to the Workia team in the Help Center to ask for it to be turned on. Once turned on, you’ll no longer have access to the standard AIRINC data pre-loaded by Workia.
AIRINC or Mercer will provide your data according to your data update schedule and will provide the data in either a .zip file or several Excel spreadsheets. There’s no need to prepare or modify these files—they can be uploaded as-is!
Finally, a Workia Admin will need to upload/drag and drop the files in the Cost Estimates Data Upload Page.
You can access this page by clicking on your Profile Icon > Settings > Imports > and select the Cost Estimate Data (BYOD) tab.
What is considered as Custom Data in BYOD?
Custom data can include all the items that Workia has calculations for, such as:
COLA
Per Diem
Education and Hardship Allowances
Rental Car and Transportation Allowances
Housing Lease Costs
Utility Allowances
Deductions for Housing and Utilities
Storage
Medical Insurance
Tax Services
Airfare
Shipments
Excess Baggage
Cultural and Language Training
Hotel and Temporary Living Costs
Immigration
Job Level
Managing your Custom Data
Viewing your Custom Data
Users can view the data they’ve uploaded and easily filter and search for specific data points by clicking on the View Data button.
Downloading your Custom Data
Users can download their custom data by clicking on the Download button.
Deleting your Custom Data
To delete your custom data, click on the Delete button and select Delete in the confirmation screen.
Updating your Custom Data
You can update your custom data by simply uploading a new set of data. It automatically moves the old data on to Archived and puts the new one as Active.
