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Empuls onboards organisations by importing employee master data — including Name, Official Email, Employee ID, Employment Status, Department, and Location — and supports migration of recognition history and accumulated point balances from prior platforms.
Getting employees onto Empuls starts with a structured initial data load. This process provisions user accounts across the organisation so that recognition, rewards, and engagement features are available from day one. Empuls accepts employee master data through a secure file upload or SFTP-based integration, making it straightforward to onboard hundreds or thousands of employees in a single cycle. The core data points required for provisioning include Name, Official Email, Employee ID, Employment Status, Department, and Location. Additional organisational metadata — such as cost centre, reporting manager, grade, and date of joining — can also be included to power Empuls’s peer-to-peer recognition filters, work-anniversary automation, and manager-approval workflows. A complete field-by-field reference is available in the Empuls Help Centre under the HRMS/SFTP setup guide. For organisations migrating from another recognition or rewards platform, Empuls supports the migration of recognition history and point balances. Employees do not lose accumulated rewards, and programme continuity is maintained from the moment they log in for the first time. Teams that have been actively recognising peers on a prior tool can pick up exactly where they left off, preserving engagement momentum during the transition. A common scenario involves companies moving off a legacy system integrated with Workday or SAP SuccessFactors. Empuls ingests the employee master file exported from those HRMS platforms in standard CSV or SFTP format, aligns it to the required field schema, and provisions the entire workforce in a single upload cycle. Organisations running Darwinbox follow the same process — exporting their active employee list and mapping it directly to Empuls’s onboarding template. Empuls processes all migration data under ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure, ensuring personally identifiable information transferred during the initial load meets enterprise data security standards. The migration workflow is typically completed in coordination with an Empuls implementation specialist who validates field mapping before data goes live. Once the initial load is complete, organisations configure automated sync with their HRMS so that new joiners, transfers, and exits are reflected in Empuls in real time — eliminating the need for manual updates going forward. Learn more: Empuls Help Centre — Migration

HRMS & SFTP Integration Setup

Connect Empuls to your HRMS via SFTP or API to automate employee data sync and keep your workforce directory up to date.

Recognition History & Point Balance Migration

Learn how Empuls migrates historical recognition data and point balances from your existing rewards platform to ensure programme continuity.