Kronos Workforce Ready (WFR) Time & Attendance

The Kronos WFR Time & Attendance integration allows organizations to provide a seamless experience to their employees via Single Sign-On (SSO). Simply setup an outbound data feed from your Cornerstone portal to Kronos and enable this integration to allow your employees to log in to Kronos and access their time and attendance information from within their Cornerstone Universal Profile.

In addition, basic user profile information and organizational unit (OU) data is synchronized from the Cornerstone HR system to Kronos. When a new user or OU is added to the Cornerstone HR system, the user or OU is automatically be added to the organization's Kronos system as well. In addition, when an existing OU or user is updated in the Cornerstone HR system, the OU or user's profile is updated in the organization's Kronos system.

This functionality is only available to organizations using Cornerstone HR.

Integration Guide

Select this link to download the Kronos Workforce Ready (WFR) Time & Attendance Integration Guide.

Report Time via Kronos

When the Kronos Time & Attendance integration is enabled for a portal, users are able to quickly log in to their Kronos account from within Cornerstone.

To log in to Kronos from the Cornerstone portal, navigate to the Universal Profile. Then, from the Options drop-down menu, select Report Time (Kronos). The user's credentials are passed to Kronos and the user is logged in to Kronos without having to enter their username and password. There, the user can access and update their time and attendance within the Kronos system.

User Sync with Kronos

When the Kronos Time & Attendance integration is enabled for a portal, basic user profile information is synchronized from the Cornerstone HR system to Kronos user profiles. When a new user is added to the Cornerstone HR system, the user will automatically be added to the organization's Kronos system as well. In addition, when an existing user is updated in the Cornerstone HR system, the user's profile is updated in the organization's Kronos system.

To add a new user record, go to Admin > Tools > Core Functions > Users. Then, select the Add User link.

Edit a user's user record in one of the following ways:

  • Go to Admin > Tools > Core Functions > Users and select the name of the appropriate user.
  • Navigate to the user's Universal Profile. Select the User Record tab from the Universal Profile navigation. Then, select the Edit Record button.

User Sync Field Mapping

The following fields are synced from Cornerstone to Kronos:

Cornerstone Field Kronos Field
Username Username (required)
User ID Employee ID
GUID External ID
First Name First Name (required)
Middle Name Middle Name
Last Name Last Name (required)
SSN SSN
Email Primary Email
Home Phone Home Phone
Country Country
Address Line 1 Address Line 1
Address Line 2 Address Line 2
City City
State State
Zip Code Postal Code
Last Hire Date Date Hired (required)
Division Cost Center Trees (mapping based on value provided in integration setup)
Position Cost Center Trees (mapping based on value provided in integration setup)
Cost Center Cost Center Trees (mapping based on value provided in integration setup)
Grade Cost Center Trees (mapping based on value provided in integration setup)
Location Cost Center Trees (mapping based on value provided in integration setup)
Manager ID Manager Information (mapping based on value provided in integration setup)

User Sync Error Handling

If the Kronos integration is enabled and an error occurs when the Cornerstone HR system submits an OU or user record to the Kronos system for synchronization, then the Cornerstone HR system generates an email to the Kronos integration email address. This email contains the error messages that were indicated by Kronos. The email address to which these error emails are sent is the email address that is configured to receive notification messages in the event of sync failures.

Configure Settings for WFR URL Endpoints

The Settings page allows customers to configure settings based on unique WFR URL endpoints as follows:

Settings field field location in workforce ready
 

URL format: https://<Kronos Portal Root URL>/ta/rest

 
Endpoint URL Retrieved from client's UKG Ready tenant: Company Setup > Login Info > Enable Single Sign-on (SAML 2.0) > Service Provider Information
Audience URL Retrieved from client's UKG Ready tenant: Company Setup > Login Info > Enable Single Sign-on (SAML 2.0) > Service Provider Information

Considerations

  • The integration does not sync from Kronos to Cornerstone HR, meaning that if a user is added or updated in Kronos, these users are not added or updated in Cornerstone HR.
  • The system begins syncing OUs and users after the integration is enabled. Any existing Cornerstone HR users must be added in bulk via the Kronos solution. User data sync between Kronos and Cornerstone is not real-time because it uses the outbound or inbound data feed.
  • Cornerstone HR does not share any Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (SPII) with Kronos. Sensitive Personally Identifiable Information (SPII) fields cannot be included in a data load feed. Only manual data loads are supported.
  • User record custom fields in Cornerstone cannot be shared with Kronos with this integration.
  • Custom fields on the OU are not currently shared with Kronos.
  • Custom OUs are not currently shared with Kronos.

Implementation

The Kronos integration is available to try or to purchase via the Edge Marketplace. During this process the administrator must provide their pre-existing Kronos account credentials. To access the Edge Marketplace, go to Admin > Tools > Edge > Marketplace.

This integration is only available to organizations using Cornerstone HR. Organizations must also have a Kronos account. Also, this integration requires that organizations have purchased and configured an outbound or inbound data feed. In order to purchase a data feed, please contact your Sales or Client Executive.

Security

The following existing permissions apply to this functionality:

PERMISSION NAME PERMISSION DESCRIPTION CATEGORY
Edge Integrations - Manage Grants access to the Integrations service for Edge Integrate where the administrator can configure, enable, and disable their third-party integrations that are used within the Cornerstone system. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. Edge
Edge Marketplace - Manage Grants access to the Marketplace service for Edge Integrate where the administrator can browse and purchase integrations that can be used to extend the Cornerstone system. This permission cannot be constrained. This is an administrator permission. Edge