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If I update a field on my employee page, what happens?

The following assumes that the employee page has been ingested and not manually created.

If a field is blank in the origin database and information is added in Brightspot, that data will not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next.

  1. Name: if existing data is manually updated in Brightspot, that data will take priority and not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next
  2. First Name: if existing data is manually updated in Brightspot, that data will take priority and not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next
  3. Last Name: if existing data is manually updated in Brightspot, that data will take priority and not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next
  4. Image: not included in the ingestion and won’t be overriden by the ingestion
  5. Title: if existing data is manually updated in Brightspot, that data will take priority and not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next
  6. Email: data will be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next
  7. Short Biography: not included in the ingestion and won’t be overriden by the ingestion
  8. Full Biography: not included in the ingestion and won’t be overriden by the ingestion
  9. Website: not included in the ingestion and won’t be overriden by the ingestion
  10. Phone Number: if existing data is manually updated in Brightspot, that data will take priority and not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next
  11. Employee Groups: can be added for ingested employees at Sites & Settings > Directory Ingestion. If you manually override this on an individual employee, it will be reset to the employee group set from Sites & Settings on the next ingestion.
  12. Curriculum Vitae: not included in the ingestion and won’t be overriden by the ingestion
  13. Address: if existing data is manually updated in Brightspot, that data will take priority and not be overriden by the ingestion when the ingestion runs next