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Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Concept: Expense Credit Card Transaction Data Mapping

Concept: Expense Credit Card Transaction Data Mapping

You can use
Dynamic Map Integration Services
in the credit card integration template to create integrations that load expense credit card transaction files from corporate credit card companies. The integrations enable you to use credit card transaction data to populate expense report transaction details and attributes. You can:
  • Populate expense item details for airlines, hotels, car rental agencies, and travel cities.
  • Create enhanced reporting on total spend by merchant for more visibility.
  • Regulate the maximum amounts workers can spend by individual travel city such as maximum hotel rates and meals.

Load Credit Card Transaction Data

When you load credit card transaction files, the Workday integration matches:
  • Names or alternate names from transaction files to merchant and travel city names in Workday.
  • Airport codes from trip leg data to airport codes in Workday.
  • Merchant category codes (MCCs) from transaction files to MCCs in Workday.
    Not all credit card companies download MCCs with the level of detail needed for matching merchants and cities in Workday.
When Workday matches data from downloaded transactions, we populate expense item attributes on expense reports with data from imported transactions.

Map Merchant Codes and Cities to Expense Item Attributes

Mapping Type
Description
Integration: Exact Match
The integration maps exact matches between:
  • MCCs in the transaction file and airlines, hotels, and car rental agencies in Workday.
  • Airport codes in the transaction file and airport codes in Workday.
Integration: Name Match Based on Intelligence Instance Lookup
If the integration identifies a name in the transaction file that closely matches a name or alternate name, Workday populates the corresponding expense item attribute on expense reports. This action applies to:
  • Airline
  • Hotel
  • Car rental agency
  • City
Manual: Mapping
If the integration doesn't identify a match, you can manually map the values on the
Find Credit Card Transaction Files
report:
  • Map Merchants
    enables you to map merchants at both the transaction and trip leg levels.
  • Map Cities
    enables you to map cities at the transaction level.
  • Map Airports
    enables you to map airports at the trip leg level.
When you manually map values, the integration matches them to transactions on future credit card transaction files.