UKG Pro to Workday Data Migration
Moving from UKG Pro to Workday? Settle automates the mapping between UKG's unified HCM/payroll model and Workday's worker-centric architecture — preserving employee data, compensation, benefits, and time management records.
Working with enterprise teams on active migration programs
Days
to production-ready mappings
Roughly half
the cost of consulting-led delivery
Every row
validated before go-live
Enterprise migrations routinely run months behind schedule. Yours doesn't have to.
This guide is for VPs of IT, data architects, and migration leads at companies moving data from UKG Pro to Workday — whether you're scoping, planning, or mid-program.
UKG Pro (formerly UltiPro) stores HR, payroll, and talent data in a cloud platform with employee records, pay groups, deduction codes, and benefit plans. Workday uses a different worker-centric model with business process-driven events, compensation plans, and benefit elections. Settle translates UKG's integrated HCM/payroll model to Workday's unified architecture automatically.
Based on the founding team's enterprise migration experience
Last updated July 2026
How Settle automates your UKG Pro to Workday migration
Settle profiles UKG Pro's employee and payroll data exports and maps them to Workday's worker model — translating earnings codes, deduction codes, and pay group configurations to Workday's compensation and payroll framework.
Benefits enrollment data is mapped from UKG's plan structure to Workday's benefit plan model — with plan-to-plan translation, coverage tier mapping, and dependent enrollment preserved.
YTD balance migration is generated with penny-level precision for mid-year transitions — earnings, taxes, and deductions reconciled against UKG's payroll totals.
Time off balances and accrual configurations are mapped to Workday's absence management module with carryover calculations validated at the employee level.
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Migration timeline: manual vs. Settle
Traditional approach
Timeline
6–12 months
Estimated cost
$600K–$1.5M
Team size
4–8 consultants
Typically requires
×Manual field mapping in spreadsheets
×Custom ABAP/SQL extraction scripts
×3–5 mock migration cycles
×Dedicated source system consultants
×Manual reconciliation testing
With Settle
Enterprise benchmarksTimeline
Days
Estimated cost
A fraction of consulting cost
Team size
1–2 internal resources
Included
✓Schema profiling & analysis
✓AI-generated field mappings
✓Transformation SQL
✓Validation & readiness reports
✓Production-ready load files
Common challenges migrating from UKG Pro to Workday
UKG earnings and deduction codes to Workday
UKG Pro uses configurable earnings codes and deduction codes organized by pay group and company. Workday uses compensation plans, earning codes, and deduction codes with different structural patterns. The code-to-code mapping must preserve payroll calculation accuracy.
Explore related migrations →Benefits plan structure translation
UKG Pro's benefits module uses plan types, plan codes, and coverage tiers. Workday uses benefit plans, benefit groups, and coverage types with different enrollment event rules. Active enrollments with dependents must migrate accurately with correct effective dates.
Explore related migrations →Time and attendance data
UKG Pro includes time management (formerly UKG Dimensions/Kronos) with schedules, time cards, and accrual balances. Workday uses its own Time Tracking module or integrates with third-party time systems. Historical time data and current accrual balances need migration planning.
Explore related migrations →UKG data extraction
UKG Pro provides data through BI reporting, Cognos analytics exports, and API access. Direct database access is not available. The extraction method affects data fidelity and completeness. Settle works with whatever export format UKG provides.
Explore related migrations →UKG Pro to Workday field mapping — what data moves
12 data objects typically migrated
| Source Object | → | Target Object |
|---|---|---|
| Employee Record | → | Worker |
| Job / Position | → | Position / Job Profile |
| Department / Location | → | Supervisory Organization |
| Earnings Configuration | → | Compensation Plan |
| Deduction Configuration | → | Deduction Election |
| Benefits Enrollment | → | Benefit Election |
| Dependent | → | Dependent |
| Address / Contact | → | Worker Address / Contact |
| Tax Information | → | Tax Election |
| PTO / Accrual Balance | → | Time Off Balance |
| Performance Review | → | Performance Review |
| YTD Accumulators | → | YTD Balance Load |
Typical enterprise migrations include 500K–10M+ records across these objects. Settle handles profiling and mapping at enterprise scale.
The cost of manual UKG Pro to Workday migration
UKG Pro to Workday migrations happen when companies need deeper HCM capabilities than UKG provides — advanced workforce planning, sophisticated analytics, global payroll consolidation, or the platform extensibility that Workday offers. This migration is common among companies in the 2,000–15,000 employee range that have outgrown UKG Pro's mid-market positioning, or after M&A events where the acquiring company standardizes on Workday.
The technical challenge is translating UKG Pro's integrated HCM/payroll data model to Workday's worker-centric architecture. UKG Pro stores employee data, payroll configurations, benefits enrollment, time management, and talent data in a unified cloud platform. Workday uses a different structural model where every change is an event within a business process. Earnings codes, deduction codes, and tax configurations all need translation.
Companies typically manage this migration through Workday implementation partners over 6–12 months. The payroll and benefits data conversion — ensuring accurate pay calculations and benefit elections on day one — is the highest-risk workstream.
Consulting-led delivery for migrations in this class typically runs $600K–$1.5M. Settle prices it fixed and scoped — read the full cost breakdown. For HR and payroll paths specifically, see the UKG migration guide.
Frequently asked questions
Related migration paths
Exceptions surface before the first load, not after the third.
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