When integrating a third-party time product with cloud payroll, how can you import time card hours into cloud payroll?

• A. Use the batch Loader task to import time element entries into cloud payroll
• B. Use the Load Time Card process to import time entries into cloud payroll
• C. It is not possible to load time directly from a third-party time product into cloud payroll
• D. Use the Load Time Card process to import time entries into cloud Time and Labour, and then use the batch loader task to import time element entries into cloud payroll

Answer: (A)

The main idea is that cloud payroll consumes hours as time element entries, and the supported way to bring in data from an external time source is to load those time element entries directly into payroll using the batch Loader task. This tool is designed to take the external hours, mapped to the payroll time elements, validate them, and import them so payroll can process them in the normal cycle. The Load Time Card process belongs to Time and Labour and is not the mechanism used to push data into cloud payroll, so relying on it won’t place the hours into payroll for processing. Loading into Time and Labour first would add an extra step and isn’t the standard direct path for payroll integration. Therefore, using the batch Loader task to import time element entries into cloud payroll is the correct approach.