Cross-Platform Migration
Migrate UKG Ready Data to Workday
Move workers, organizations, compensation, payroll, benefits and time data from UKG Ready into Workday, with full payroll reconciliation before cutover.
What Migrates
Project experience
Proven UKG Ready to Workday Delivery
300+ successful enterprise data projects delivered · Migration · Archival · Reconciliation · Decommissioning
Migration, archival, reconciliation and decommissioning experience across ERP, HCM, payroll and enterprise platforms.
Target: Workday EIB and Web Services
Target-ready output is delivered through Workday's Enterprise Interface Builder (EIB) templates and web services, generating the Workday reference IDs the target system needs for workers, positions and organizations. Both full and delta loads are supported, so an initial full load can be followed by incremental delta loads through to cutover.
Payroll reconciliation compares UKG Ready source balances against Workday-initialized balances before go-live is confirmed — this is the step most projects underestimate, since payroll figures that don't tie out are the hardest class of error to catch late.
History That Doesn't Need to Live in Workday
Not every historical UKG Ready record needs to be loaded into Workday itself — some projects choose to migrate only current/active data into Workday and archive the rest, keeping it accessible without inflating the new system's record counts. That decision is made explicitly during scoping, not assumed.
Security and Privacy
Indicative Timeline
| Project Type | Illustrative Range | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| Small payroll archive | 6–10 weeks | Depends on export access, reports and documents |
| Single-system archival | 8–14 weeks | Depends on history, attachments and reporting |
| Cross-platform HCM migration | 10–20 weeks | Depends on objects, payroll and mock cycles |
| Enterprise ERP migration | 12–30+ weeks | Depends on modules, volumes and target readiness |
| Ongoing integration | 6–16 weeks | Depends on API access and interface complexity |
| Multi-country payroll | Discovery required | Country rules and target specifications drive effort |
Ranges above are illustrative starting points, not quotes — every programme is scoped individually.
Information We Need for an Estimate
Product Ownership
DataMove
Extracts UKG Ready data, transforms it to Workday's model, generates EIB/web-service output.
DataVault
Preserves source balances, transformation rules and Workday-loaded results for reconciliation.
DataLens
Shows migration progress and payroll reconciliation status by object and pay group.
UKG to Workday case study
How this works on a real programme.
UKG Ready → Workday for a national contract-security provider →
~8,900 active workers and ~14,000 records across 7 years, phased by data coverage at 60% → 90% → 100%, with guard licences reconciled at 100% and the remaining UKG history archived rather than migrated.
Related Solutions and Systems
Frequently Asked Questions
Does every historical UKG Ready record need to load into Workday?+
No. Many projects load only current/active data into Workday and archive the rest, keeping it accessible without inflating the new system's record counts. That's an explicit scoping decision, not a default.
How is payroll reconciled before go-live?+
Source balances from UKG Ready are compared against Workday-initialized balances at the pay-group and statutory level before cutover is confirmed — this is treated as a required gate, not an optional check.
Can this run as full load plus incremental delta loads?+
Yes. An initial full load is typically followed by incremental delta loads through to the actual cutover date, so the gap between extract and go-live doesn't create a data-freshness problem.
What does SyntraETL generate for the Workday side?+
Target-ready output through Workday's EIB templates and web services, including the Workday reference IDs required for workers, positions and organizations.
Assess Your UKG to Workday Migration
Tell us your UKG Ready modules in scope, pay groups and target go-live date.