HRMS migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between ClearCompany and BambooHR. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in BambooHR.
ClearCompany
Source
BambooHR
Destination
Compatibility
7 of 10
objects map 1:1 between ClearCompany and BambooHR.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
4-6 weeks
Overview
Moving from ClearCompany to BambooHR is a scope reduction as much as a platform switch. ClearCompany is a unified talent management suite spanning ATS, onboarding, LMS, and performance; BambooHR is a focused HRIS for small-to-mid-market teams that handles core HR, payroll, benefits tracking, and onboarding but treats ATS and LMS as secondary add-ons. We extract employee records, candidate profiles, job postings, and department hierarchies from ClearCompany via its REST API, resolve the data model differences (ClearCompany candidates become either BambooHR Employees or Applicant records depending on hire status, and ClearCompany onboarding tasks become BambooHR onboarding checklist items), and load through BambooHR's API with rate-limit handling. We do not migrate SCORM packages as code, learning paths as configured objects, performance review templates, or automation workflows; we deliver written inventories of these so your admin can rebuild them in BambooHR.
Every standard and custom field arrives verified.
AI proposes the map; you confirm before any record moves.
Parent–child, lookups, and ownership stay linked.
Calls, emails, meetings — with original timestamps.
Documents, uploads, and inline notes move with the record.
Why teams make this switch
Leaving
What's pushing teams away
Choosing
What's pulling them in
Object mapping
Each row shows how a ClearCompany object lands in BambooHR, including any object-level transformations, lookup resolution, or schema-design dependencies.
Typical mapping — final map is confirmed during the sample migration step.
ClearCompany
Employee
BambooHR
Employee
1:1ClearCompany Employee records map directly to BambooHR Employee records. Employment details, department assignment, manager reference, start date, and custom properties migrate as field-to-field mappings using BambooHR's published field list. The BambooHR employee ID is generated at insert time; we preserve the ClearCompany employee ID in a custom field cc_employee_id__c for reconciliation. Any inactive or terminated employees migrate with their status preserved as BambooHR hire and termination dates.
ClearCompany
Candidate
BambooHR
Employee (if hired) or Applicant (if not hired)
1:manyClearCompany Candidates with a status of hired map to BambooHR Employee records with hire date and onboarding trigger. Candidates who were not hired but have interview history migrate as BambooHR Applicants in the ATS module if that add-on is licensed. We extract the full candidate profile including application answers, source, and rating. Applicants with no hire outcome remain in BambooHR ATS as historical records; we flag these for admin decision on whether to retain them.
ClearCompany
Job/Position
BambooHR
Job
1:1ClearCompany Job records map to BambooHR Job postings. The job title, department, location, status (open/closed), and description migrate directly. Active jobs are set to open status in BambooHR; closed jobs are set to closed. Job-to-candidate associations are preserved as notes on the BambooHR Job record for reference but are not migrated as linked records since BambooHR ATS handles this relationship natively.
ClearCompany
Onboarding Workflow
BambooHR
Onboarding Checklist Item
1:manyClearCompany onboarding task checklists and new-hire workflows map to BambooHR onboarding checklist items. Each ClearCompany task definition becomes a separate checklist item in BambooHR. Conditional branching logic and completion dependencies from ClearCompany are flattened into a sequential task list; conditional logic does not migrate as configured rules. We preserve the original task order, description, and assignee role from ClearCompany.
ClearCompany
Performance Review
BambooHR
Performance Review
1:1Performance review records, goals, and calibration data from ClearCompany are extracted and mapped to BambooHR Performance Review entries. Review templates and rating scales vary by organization configuration and migrate as structured review records with rating values preserved. Review cycle names and review period dates map to BambooHR review metadata. We flag any performance reviews with rating scales that do not have a direct BambooHR equivalent for admin decision during scoping.
ClearCompany
Learning Course and Content
BambooHR
External LMS Reference
lossyClearCompany LMS content including courses, learning paths, and completion records is extracted and catalogued. SCORM packages are flagged explicitly and exported as file packages; we do not re-import SCORM as configured learning content in BambooHR because BambooHR has no native LMS. We deliver a written inventory of all SCORM packages with file references and a recommendation to pair BambooHR with a third-party LMS (360Learning, TalentLMS, or similar) if learning content is critical. Completion records migrate as a reference document for the customer's admin to re-enter in the chosen LMS.
ClearCompany
Department
BambooHR
Department
1:1Organizational structure including departments, offices, and reporting relationships exports from ClearCompany and maps to BambooHR Departments. Parent-child department relationships are preserved using BambooHR's department hierarchy. We resolve the top-level department root and build the hierarchy down using the ClearCompany org chart data. Department names and IDs map directly.
ClearCompany
User
BambooHR
User
1:1ClearCompany user accounts including role assignments, permissions, and active/inactive status are exported. We map ClearCompany roles to BambooHR role equivalents (Admin, Super Admin, Employee) where naming conventions differ. Active users are created in BambooHR during migration; inactive users are flagged for admin decision on whether to provision as inactive or omit.
ClearCompany
Custom Field
BambooHR
Custom Field
1:1Custom fields on Employees, Candidates, and Jobs vary by ClearCompany module and tenant configuration. We discover all field definitions during scoping, flag any with picklist constraints or validation rules, and apply mapping logic per field type against BambooHR's custom field API. Multi-select picklists from ClearCompany map to BambooHR multi-select fields; date fields map to BambooHR date fields; text fields map to text fields. Fields without a BambooHR equivalent are flagged as candidates for a separate configuration pass or as data to be stored in a custom BambooHR field.
ClearCompany
Document and Attachment
BambooHR
Document (via BambooHR Files)
1:1Documents attached to employee records, candidates, and jobs are exported by reference with file content. We upload documents to BambooHR Files and link them to the relevant employee record using BambooHR's file attachment API. We flag any documents exceeding typical size thresholds and confirm with the customer whether oversized files should be migrated or archived separately. Documents attached to candidates that were not hired are flagged for admin decision.
| ClearCompany | BambooHR | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employee | Employee1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Candidate | Employee (if hired) or Applicant (if not hired)1:many | Fully supported | |
| Job/Position | Job1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Onboarding Workflow | Onboarding Checklist Item1:many | Fully supported | |
| Performance Review | Performance Review1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Learning Course and Content | External LMS Referencelossy | Fully supported | |
| Department | Department1:1 | Fully supported | |
| User | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Custom Field | Custom Field1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Document and Attachment | Document (via BambooHR Files)1:1 | Fully supported |
Gotchas + challenges
Platform-specific issues from each side, plus the pair-specific challenges that don't show up on either platform's page on its own.
ClearCompany gotchas
Quote-based pricing with no public tiers
Implementation window is fixed at 6-8 weeks
SCORM content requires explicit handling during LMS migration
Active integrations cannot be exported with credentials
BambooHR gotchas
Undocumented API rate limits can trigger 503 errors
Per-employee pricing model requires active record count verification
API credentials must be sent on every request to avoid extra round trips
Custom field schema varies per account and requires manual inventory
Document and attachment exports are not covered by standard report exports
Pair-specific challenges
Migration approach
Discovery and module licensing confirmation
We audit the source ClearCompany portal across active modules (ATS, onboarding, LMS, performance management), record counts (employees, candidates, jobs, departments), custom field definitions, and integration configurations. We confirm which modules are licensed because ClearCompany operates a modular architecture where ATS, onboarding, LMS, and performance may be licensed independently. We pair this with a BambooHR tier decision: Core ($10/employee/month) for basic HR without ATS or performance; Pro ($17/employee/month) if performance management or ATS add-on is required. The discovery output is a written migration scope specifying which modules to migrate and which to flag for manual rebuild.
Custom field discovery and mapping design
We extract all custom field definitions from ClearCompany including field type, picklist values, required/optional status, and the objects they are attached to. We map each custom field to a corresponding BambooHR standard field or create a BambooHR custom field using the API. Multi-select picklists map to BambooHR multi-select fields; date fields map to date fields; text fields map to text fields. Any fields without a BambooHR equivalent are flagged for customer decision: drop, store in a catch-all custom field, or handle post-migration.
SCORM and LMS content inventory
If the ClearCompany LMS module is active, we inventory all learning content including courses, SCORM packages, learning paths, and completion records. SCORM packages are extracted as file packages and catalogued separately because BambooHR has no native LMS destination. We deliver a written learning content inventory document with SCORM packages listed by name, course association, and completion count, along with a recommendation for third-party LMS pairing if needed. This is the explicit customer decision point for learning content scope.
Sandbox migration and reconciliation
We run a full migration into a BambooHR sandbox environment using production-like data volume. The customer's HR lead reconciles record counts (Employees in, Candidates in, Jobs in, Departments in), spot-checks 20-30 random records against the ClearCompany source, and validates onboarding checklist mapping and custom field values. Any mapping corrections happen in the sandbox, not in production. The customer signs off the sandbox validation before production migration begins.
Production migration in dependency order
We run production migration in record-dependency order: Departments (root and children), Employees (with department and manager references resolved), Jobs (active and closed), Candidate records (with hire status split applied), Onboarding checklist items (linked to the relevant Employee), Performance review records (if Pro tier licensed), and Custom fields last (after parent records are inserted). Documents and attachments upload in parallel with their parent records using BambooHR's file API. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report before the next phase begins.
Cutover, validation, and inventory handoff
We freeze ClearCompany writes during cutover and run a final delta migration of any records modified during the migration window. We then enable BambooHR as the system of record. We deliver the SCORM and learning content inventory, the onboarding workflow logic inventory (for rebuild in BambooHR), and the integration reference list (for manual reconnection). We do not rebuild ClearCompany onboarding workflows as BambooHR checklists or learning paths inside the migration scope; that is an admin task or a separate configuration engagement. We support a five-day hypercare window where we resolve any reconciliation issues raised by the customer's HR team.
Platform deep dives
ClearCompany
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
BambooHR
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard HRMS migration. 1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across ClearCompany and BambooHR.
Object compatibility
1 of 7 objects need a mapping; the rest are 1:1.
Field mapping clarity
Field mapping is derived from defaults — final spec confirmed during the sample migration.
Timeline complexity
7-object category — typical timelines run 2–7 days end-to-end.
API constraints
ClearCompany: Not publicly documented in available API specifications.
Data volume sensitivity
ClearCompany doesn't expose a bulk API — REST + parallelization used for high-volume runs.
Estimator
Rule-based pricing — no per-record fees, no manual quotes. Migrations over 2M records are scoped individually.
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