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11 results in Glossary for "HRIS"
- Glossary· Human Resource Information SystemTerm
HRIS
…mples: Workday, BambooHR, Rippling. The HRIS is the ‘source of truth’ that other tools sync from.
- Glossary· Human Capital ManagementTerm
HCM
A broader category than HRIS — adds talent, performance, learning, and sometimes payroll modules. Examples:…
- Glossary· System of RecordTerm
SOR
…ritative. In HR, the SOR is usually the HRIS — every other tool reads from it.
- Glossary· Identity standardsTerm
SSO / SCIM
…rovisioning and deprovisioning from the HRIS. Together they’re the floor for any HR tool at scale.
- Glossary· HR data warehouseTerm
People mart
…a feeding analytics. Sits downstream of HRIS, ATS, payroll, and performance systems.
- Glossary· Granting system accessTerm
Access provisioning
…access to systems. SCIM-driven from the HRIS is the modern baseline; manual provisioning is a security and offboarding risk.
- Glossary· Requisition — approved role to hireTerm
Req
…tion: the approved record in the ATS or HRIS that authorises a recruiter to start hiring.
- Glossary· Legal document for stock/optionsTerm
Equity grant agreement
…Lives in the cap-table system, not the HRIS.
- Glossary· Annual benefits-selection windowTerm
Open enrollment
…life event. Heavy on communications and HRIS load.
- Glossary· Total Cost of OwnershipTerm
TCO
…change costs. The number to compare in HRIS selection — not list price.
- Glossary· Authoritative source for a data domainTerm
System of record
…ed as the truth for a data domain (e.g. HRIS for employee, ATS for candidate). Other systems sync from it; nothing overwrite…