With AccountLinx, you can export your employees' time data from ExakTime Connect into a compatible file for Ceridian. As Ceridian may be customized to fit your company's needs, it is possible that the default AccountLinx export for Ceridian will not match your Ceridian setup exactly. Please read through this article before setting up AccountLinx to understand what is needed ahead of time.

If you have any questions or concerns during setup and/or use, you can contact us with the "Request Support" link at the top of the page and we will try to assist as best as possible. Keep in mind, however, that we are not Ceridian support. We will try to help you as much as we can, but there are aspects of Ceridian that are out of our area of expertise and your questions may be better answered by Ceridian support or your trusted contact to answer/assist.

Selecting Ceridian as your Exporter

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings.... 
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Select Exporter.... 
3. A window with a list of available exporters should open. Select "Ceridian" and click OK.

AccountLinx Settings Unique to Ceridian

The Ceridian export for AccountLinx offers a variety of settings when exporting your time data to help tailor the time data to your company's needs. These settings are unique to AccountLinx and will not affect ExakTime Connect or Mobile. If any of the settings offered do not sound familiar to you, you may not be using the setting in Ceridian and can leave it as <None>. 

1. Go to Tools and click Exporter Settings.... 
2. The Exporter Settings window should open. Click Configure....
3. The Configuration window should open. You should see the following options:
   
   • Required Settings
     • Map Company Number to - Specify if the company number should be associated with the employee, location, or cost code.
     • Default - Enter the default company number that should be used.
     • Output Employee ID Into - Specify if the employee ID should be exported into the Employee Number or SSN column.
   • Default Category Numbers
     • Regular - Enter the default category number for Regular pay.
     • Overtime - Enter the default category number for Overtime pay.
     • Overtime2 - Enter the default category number for Overtime2 (Doubletime) pay.
   • Use Alternative Category Numbers
     • Map Category Numbers to - Specify if an alternate category number should be associated with specific employees, locations, or cost codes. This allows particular employees, locations, or cost codes to have an alternate set of category numbers when exported. The related mapping screen will show fields to enter the category number that should be associated with exported time records. If an entity does not have an alternate category number, it will use the default category number instead.
   • Optional Settings
     • Map Dept to - Specify which entity Dept. should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField1 to - Specify which entity laborfield1 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField2 to - Specify which entity laborfield2 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField3 to - Specify which entity laborfield3 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField4 to - Specify which entity laborfield4 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField5 to - Specify which entity laborfield5 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField6 to - Specify which entity laborfield6 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField7 to - Specify which entity laborfield7 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
     • Map LaborField8 to - Specify which entity laborfield8 should be associated with. The related mapping screen will have additional fields for you to complete.
4. Click OK on the Configuration window and click OK on the Exporter Settings window to return to the main page of AccountLinx.
5. Click the appropriate "Map Employee/Location/Cost Code/Equipment" option to see the columns from the options enabled in Step 3.

General Use of AccountLinx

After setting up the configuration of AccountLinx to better match Ceridian in the previous section, you will need to:

• Map your entities so any time data associated with an ExakTime entity will match with an Ceridian entity and fill in any relevant fields enabled in the previous section. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with mapping your data in AccountLinx.
• After mapping your entities, you can export your time data to import into Ceridian. Refer to the following article if you are unfamiliar with exporting time data from AccountLinx.

Example of AccountLinx Export

An example of an AccountLinx export opened in Excel has been provided below. The columns have been preformatted based on Ceridian's template. The presented values can differ depending on your Excel settings.

While you can manipulate the exported data after it has been exported, it is highly discouraged as it can result in data discrepancies when double-checking any data.

How to Import Time Data into Ceridian

It is recommended to consult with Ceridian for assistance with importing time data as they are more knowledgeable of their best practices.

If you need assistance, please feel free to contact us, but please keep in mind that we are not Ceridian support. We will try to help you as much as we can, but there are aspects of Ceridian that are out of our area of expertise and your questions may be better answered by Ceridian support or your trusted contact to answer/assist.