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What is a User Crosstab? Workday’s BIRT (Business Intelligence and Reporting Tools) is a powerful way to generate reports from all the data within Workday. The types of reports that can be generated with BIRT range from simple, department-level information to...
What is Workday Extend? Workday Extend, previously known as Workday Cloud Platforms, was announced at Workday Altitude 2017 as a toolset that enables developers to build, deploy, and share apps that extend core Workday features. With Extend, custom apps run on...
There is a truism that most Business Analysts try to take to heart - to get to the right solution, you’ve got to start by asking the right questions. We know from experience that this wisdom applies to data integration projects. Knowing the right questions to ask...
Does your integration need to be a work of art? When should you use an out-of-the-box integration instead of building a custom one? On the surface, integrations seem so simple: move data from system A to system B. Done. In many cases, it is as simple as entering your...
The Challenge of Special Characters for Integrations At Dispatch, the integrations we build range from relatively simple (moving data from field A in system A to field B in system B) to extremely sophisticated, involving data transformations, enrichment, and advanced...
Data security is one of the most important priorities for any organization. Loss of employee, business, or customer data can have drastic consequences ranging from negative impacts on brand reputation, all the way to the complete destruction of the business. Security...
The final piece of Dispatch Integrations DIVE Methodology is called Empower because our objective is to put our clients in the driver’s seat with the integrations we’ve built. Empower is about enabling ongoing success by providing the training, documentation, and...
Dispatch Integration’s project management philosophy is built on our DIVE methodology, which is an acronym for Discover, Innovate, Validate, and Empower. Part 3 of this blog series focuses on Validate and the criticality of testing throughout an entire project...
At Dispatch, we’ve used Internal.io to help our clients move their historical HR data from legacy systems into secure databases they host themselves.
For organizations considering dipping their toes into the Machine Learning (ML) waters, what has changed since ML and Big Data first emerged, and how can ML change your application development? What use cases are best suited for ML? How can I identify scenarios not only where ML can be used, but in fact should be used?
Dispatch Integration’s project management philosophy is built on our DIVE methodology, which is an acronym for Discover, Innovate, Validate, and Empower. In the first of a 4-part series, we discussed the Discovery phase. Part-2 of this series takes us into the world...
When upgrading or implementing new software platforms, it's easy to underestimate how essential integrations are to the success of the project. The focus tends to naturally fall on the setup, configuration, and customization of the software itself. However, virtually...