HRMS migration
Field-level mapping, validation, and rollback between Manitou ATS and BambooHR. We move data and schema; workflows are rebuilt natively in BambooHR.
Manitou ATS
Source
BambooHR
Destination
Compatibility
7 of 10
objects map 1:1 between Manitou ATS and BambooHR.
Complexity
BStandard
Timeline
3-5 weeks
Overview
Moving from Manitou ATS to BambooHR is a structural pivot from an ATS-centric staffing platform toward an HRIS-centric employee management system. Manitou organizes hiring around Candidates and Job Requisitions flowing through configurable pipelines, with a central Applicant Bank acting as the persistent talent repository. BambooHR treats applicants as candidates attached to job openings, with employee records as the core object once a hire is made. The critical migration risk on the Manitou side is the absence of a public REST API: all data extraction depends on whatever CSV or direct-database export the vendor grants, which we negotiate and validate early in scoping. We migrate Candidate records, active and archived Jobs, Application history with stage timestamps, Company and Contact records from the CRM module, and skill tags. We do not migrate pipeline stage configurations, workflow automation rules, or job-board posting schedules as code; we deliver a written inventory of these for the customer's admin to re-establish in BambooHR's ATS settings.
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 Manitou ATS 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.
Manitou ATS
Candidate
BambooHR
Applicant
1:1Manitou Candidates (stored in the central Applicant Bank) map to BambooHR Applicant records. We preserve name, email, phone, address, skills, and application history. Manitou's applicant-level custom fields map to BambooHR custom applicant fields, though any structured evaluations tied to the candidate record require field-level alignment during import. Duplicate candidates identified by email or name matching are presented to the customer for canonical-record selection before insert.
Manitou ATS
Job Requisition
BambooHR
Job
1:1Manitou Job Requisitions map to BambooHR Jobs. We preserve job title, department, location, employment type, and job description. Manitou's job status (active, paused, archived) maps to BambooHR's job status field. Internal job IDs from Manitou are preserved in a custom field for cross-reference during reconciliation. Custom fields on Manitou jobs map to BambooHR job custom fields.
Manitou ATS
Application
BambooHR
Application
1:1The Manitou join table between Candidates and Jobs maps to BambooHR Application records. We preserve the application date, current pipeline stage, rejection reason (if applicable), and any stage-change timestamps. Stage names from Manitou are mapped to BambooHR's stage taxonomy; if the names differ significantly, we document the mapping in the scoping report and apply it during import. BambooHR flattens applications as records attached directly to job openings rather than using a shared applicant bank.
Manitou ATS
Company
BambooHR
Company
1:1Manitou Company records from the CRM module map to BambooHR Company records. We preserve company name, address, website, industry, and associated contact links. Manitou's custom CRM fields map to BambooHR Company custom fields. Note that BambooHR's Company object is primarily used for applicant company history (prior employment) rather than a full CRM account model; the customer should confirm whether client-facing company records from Manitou's CRM need to be stored externally or if BambooHR's employee company tracking is sufficient.
Manitou ATS
Contact
BambooHR
Employee
1:manyManitou Contact records (individual people linked to Companies or standalone) map to BambooHR Employee records. Manitou person-type taxonomies (Keyholder default, candidate-type, client-type) are normalized into BambooHR's employee profile with employment status and hire date fields. Standalone candidate-type contacts from Manitou who have not been hired do not migrate to Employee; they remain as Applicants attached to jobs.
Manitou ATS
User / Team Member
BambooHR
User
1:1Manitou internal user accounts representing recruiters, hiring managers, and administrators map to BambooHR User accounts. We preserve user name, email, and role assignments. Owner references on Candidate, Job, and Application records are resolved by matching the Manitou user email against the BambooHR user email during migration. Any Manitou user without a matching BambooHR user is placed in a reconciliation queue for the customer's admin to provision before record import.
Manitou ATS
Skill
BambooHR
Job Requirement / Applicant Custom Field
lossyManitou skill tags and competency tags attached to Candidates and Jobs migrate as text tags. We extract skill names from Manitou's structured skill taxonomy and map them to BambooHR job requirements (for requirements) and custom fields on the applicant record (for candidate skills). Any skill taxonomies requiring normalization against BambooHR's flat text-tag model are documented in the scoping report with the customer's input on preferred tag format.
Manitou ATS
Evaluation / Note
BambooHR
Note / Feedback
1:1Recruiter notes and structured evaluations attached to Manitou Applications or Candidates migrate to BambooHR Notes attached to the corresponding Applicant record. Structured evaluation scores migrate to custom applicant fields if BambooHR's data model supports typed fields, or as formatted note body text if not. We flag any evaluation formats that do not map cleanly to BambooHR's flat note model in the scoping report.
Manitou ATS
Document / Attachment
BambooHR
File
1:1Resume files, cover letters, portfolio documents, and other attachments linked to Manitou Candidates or Jobs migrate as Files attached to the corresponding BambooHR Applicant or Job record. We extract documents from the Manitou export bundle (typically a ZIP folder alongside CSV data) and re-attach them during import. Document file types are preserved; file naming conventions are normalized to avoid import rejections. Document storage limits in BambooHR's plan tier are validated before migration to avoid post-import storage warnings.
Manitou ATS
Pipeline Stage
BambooHR
Job Stage
lossyManitou pipeline stage names and ordering are configured per-job or globally and extracted from individual job records during export. We document the existing stage taxonomy (stage names, order, and probability values where available) in the scoping report. BambooHR's job stages are reconfigured by the customer's admin in the BambooHR ATS settings; we do not migrate stage configurations as code. The documentation we deliver lists each Manitou stage with its BambooHR equivalent for manual reconfiguration before go-live.
| Manitou ATS | BambooHR | Compatibility | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Applicant1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Job Requisition | Job1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Application | Application1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Company | Company1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Contact | Employee1:many | Fully supported | |
| User / Team Member | User1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Skill | Job Requirement / Applicant Custom Fieldlossy | Fully supported | |
| Evaluation / Note | Note / Feedback1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Document / Attachment | File1:1 | Fully supported | |
| Pipeline Stage | Job Stagelossy | 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.
Manitou ATS gotchas
No public API means migration depends on vendor-assisted export
Applicant Bank deduplication is source-side responsibility
Pipeline stage configurations do not export as structured data
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
Export negotiation and format validation
We submit a formal data export request to Manitou on the customer's behalf, requesting full CSV exports of Candidates, Jobs, Applications, Companies, Contacts, Users, Skills, and Evaluations, plus a ZIP bundle of all document attachments. We validate the export completeness against the scoping checklist: record counts per object, field coverage in the CSV headers, and attachment bundle integrity. If Manitou's export arrives in an inconsistent format or is missing fields, we negotiate a corrected export or design transformation logic to handle the variance. This step runs concurrently with BambooHR account provisioning and import permission setup.
Deduplication analysis and canonical record selection
We run duplicate detection across the Manitou Candidate export using name, email, and phone matching. Duplicate groups are presented to the customer with the criteria used to identify each group and recommended canonical record selection. The customer approves the deduplication strategy before we begin the BambooHR import. We also identify duplicate Application records (same candidate, same job) and flag them for resolution. This step prevents duplicate applicant records from inflating BambooHR's talent pool and avoids confusion for recruiters reviewing candidate history.
Schema mapping and field alignment
We map every Manitou object and field to its BambooHR equivalent, including custom fields. For custom fields that do not have a direct BambooHR equivalent, we document the gap and propose either a custom field in BambooHR, a normalized text field, or a note attachment. We align Manitou's pipeline stage names to BambooHR's job stage taxonomy and document the mapping. We map Manitou User emails to BambooHR User accounts for owner resolution. The mapping document is reviewed and approved by the customer's admin before any data is written.
Sandbox import and reconciliation
We run a full import into a BambooHR sandbox or a parallel trial account using the approved mapping. We validate record counts per object, spot-check 20-30 records against the Manitou source for accuracy (name spelling, email format, application dates, skill tags), and confirm that documents attach correctly to the right applicant or job record. Any mapping corrections are made in the transformation pipeline and the sandbox import is re-run. The customer signs off on the sandbox result before we schedule the production migration window.
Production import in dependency order
We run the production migration in record-dependency order: BambooHR Users (validated against Manitou user emails), Companies (from Manitou CRM Companies), Jobs (from Manitou Job Requisitions), Applicants (from Manitou Candidates with deduplication applied), Applications (with owner and job references resolved), Skills as job requirements and custom applicant fields, Evaluations as notes or custom fields, and Documents attached to the corresponding records. Each phase emits a row-count reconciliation report. We freeze Manitou writes during the cutover window to prevent delta records from being missed.
Cutover, validation, and admin handoff
We run a final delta migration of any records modified during the cutover window, then confirm BambooHR as the system of record. We deliver the pipeline stage taxonomy document, the custom field mapping reference, and the workflow automation inventory (listing any Manitou stage-change notifications and hiring manager alerts requiring manual rebuild in BambooHR). We support a five-day hypercare window to resolve post-migration data issues raised by the recruiting team. We do not rebuild Manitou pipeline configurations as BambooHR ATS settings; that is handled by the customer's admin using the handoff documentation.
Platform deep dives
Manitou ATS
Source
Strengths
Weaknesses
BambooHR
Destination
Strengths
Weaknesses
Complexity grading
Standard HRMS migration. All 7 core objects map 1:1 between Manitou ATS and BambooHR.
Overall complexity
Standard migration
Derived from compatibility, mapping clarity, API constraints, and data volume across Manitou ATS and BambooHR.
Object compatibility
All 7 core objects map 1:1 between Manitou ATS and BambooHR.
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
Manitou ATS: Not publicly documented.
Data volume sensitivity
Manitou ATS 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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