New hires set up from the offer
An accepted offer prepares the Dayforce record for HR to check, then sets up accounts, equipment and first-day tasks.
Dayforce integration consulting
Connect Dayforce to the rest of your business.
Dayforce runs HR, payroll, scheduling and time for many mid-size and large employers, often across many sites. We build the connections and tools around it, so new hires, job changes and hours reach the systems that need them without being retyped.
Keep it, then extend it
What Dayforce does well, and where teams outgrow it.
Where Dayforce shines
- Pay and time in one system
- Built for shift-based workforces
- A controlled way in
Where teams hit the limits
- Hiring and onboarding sit apartOffer details from the applicant tracking system get keyed into Dayforce, then again into IT and equipment requests.
- Other systems need people dataYour ERP, project and access lists all need current names, roles and managers, and keeping them in step is manual.
- Labor reporting by handOvertime, labor cost by site and schedule coverage usually means exports and a spreadsheet each pay period.
What changes
The same week, with the connection.
Today
- The store manager finds missing punches and unapproved hours the morning payroll closes.
- The HR coordinator updates the ERP by hand days after each transfer in Dayforce.
- The regional director compares labor cost to sales by pulling two reports into Excel.
With the connection
- Missing punches and unusual overtime are flagged before cutoff. The store manager fixes them that week.
- Transfers reach the ERP and project tools the same day. The coordinator checks each change.
- Hours and pay by site arrive with sales figures in one report. The director reviews it weekly.
What we build around it
Connecting Dayforce to the rest of your work.
Job changes reach every system
Transfers, promotions and manager changes update your ERP, project tools and access lists the same day.
Timesheets checked before payroll
Missing punches, unapproved hours and unusual overtime flagged for managers before the payroll cutoff.
Departures handled cleanly
A termination in Dayforce starts the checklist: access removed, equipment returned, final details confirmed.
Labor cost by site and job
Dayforce hours and pay combined with sales or production figures in one scheduled report.
Employee questions answered
Common questions about pay dates, schedules and time off answered from your own policies, with anything personal sent to HR.
How it starts
What happens after you reach out.
You work directly with a senior builder from the first call to launch, not a hand-off to a junior team. How we work
Before we start
What we need from you.
- Someone on your team with admin rights sets up our access. We walk them through it.
- You choose what the connection can see and change, and you can switch it off at any time.
- We build and test on sample data before touching live records.
Technical details for your IT team
Your Dayforce administrator sets up a dedicated user for the connection and gives that user's default role the Web Services feature, with Read Data at a minimum, under System Admin, Roles (see Dayforce's guide). The connection signs in as that user, so it can only reach what the role allows, and turning the user off cuts it off. Dayforce can exchange that sign-in for short-lived tokens, so credentials are not sent with every request. We start with read access and add write access only where your payroll team agrees. Running UKG Pro or Workday elsewhere in the business? See our UKG Pro and Workday pages.
FAQ
Common questions.
Do we have to replace Dayforce?
No. Dayforce stays your HR, payroll and time system. We build around it and connect what it doesn't reach.
Doesn't Dayforce already connect to our other systems?
Dayforce offers its own integration options, and you should use one if it fits. Custom work makes sense when a step spans several systems or needs a person to check it.
Will you change payroll?
Not without your sign-off. Most of what we build reads from Dayforce or prepares changes for HR to review. Anything that writes to pay or time goes through your payroll team first.
What access do you need from us?
A dedicated Dayforce user your administrator creates, with a role limited to what the connection needs. You can switch it off at any time.
Are you a certified Dayforce partner?
No. We're an independent integration consultant and development team. We build with Dayforce's official developer tools and approved access, using the access your team grants, and we work alongside your Dayforce admin or implementation partner rather than replacing them.
Sources
- Dayforce Help: Add the Web Services Role Feature
- Dayforce Help: Authentication
- Dayforce Help: Token-Based Authentication
- Dayforce Help: Request an Access Token
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