Tanda and Attaché is run through a flat-file integration, where a file will be exported out of Tanda with your Timesheets, which you can import into Attache. This article will take you through any requirements in Attaché and Tanda for integration, how to bulk import your staff into Tanda the first time and then options for new staff going forward. It will also take you through exporting your Timesheets from Tanda into Attaché. 

Add Attaché to your Tanda account by going to Settings > Integrations > Payroll Integrations:

In the top right corner, click on + New Payroll Integration:

Find the Attaché logo (you might have to click Show all integrations... at the bottom) and click on it. On the next page, click Connect to Attaché.

Then, fill out the necessary details and click Save.

There isn't an automatic import or report that can be imported from Attaché to Tanda, but there are a few ways you can add your staff to Tanda: by manually adding them, importing by Excel, or you can ask your staff to fill in their details by sending them an invitation to Tanda's Employee Onboarding. 

Go to Workforce > Staff.

On the right, click on + Add Staff:

In the pop-up window, select the option that you want to use for adding your staff:

When you're importing by Excel, add the Employee Code from Attaché into the Employee ID column.
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If you're adding manually or from Onboarding, you'll need to add this to each employee's profile in Tanda. This is how Tanda matches the employee to Attaché when you export your Timesheets later, so it's important to have it set up from the start.

Go to Workforce > Staff > click on an employee's name to go into their profile and then click on the Payroll tab. Add the Attaché Employee Code to the Payroll ID field and click Update to save:

In Tanda:

Currently, Attaché cannot integrate with a Tanda Managed Award Template, however you can create Award rules in Tanda to automatically calculate award rates:

Use your Income Type Codes from Attaché to create or match the Award rules in Tanda by going to Payroll > Award Rules.

For example, there will be a rule called Base Hourly in your account by default. Click on this to edit it and you could change the name to Normal Hours (if that's what you're used to in Attaché) and set the export name as the Income Type Code, e.g NORMAL. 

If you need to create Award rules in Tanda, check out the article on creating Custom Award Rules. If you use Allowances, you can check out this article on how to build them. For Allowances, the export name is the Allowance Code from Attaché. 

Leave can be exported out with your Timesheets to Attaché. Configure your Leave in Tanda by going to Compliance > Leave Types and in the Export Name, add your Leave Accrual Code from Attache. 

If you use Leave Loading, this is setup as an Allowance in Attaché, so you'll need to set it up as an Allowance in Tanda for it to export correctly. You can do this by going to Compliance > Allowances > New Allowance. Set the export name as the Allowance Code from Attache. 

In Tanda, go to Workforce > Teams > click on a Team name to edit it and under Advanced Options, in the Payroll cost tracking code field, enter the Cost Centre Code from Attache and then click Update at the bottom to save.
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Once you've approved all your Timesheets and you're ready to export, go to Timesheets > Weekly/Fortnightly (check you're on the correct pay period) > click the Preview & Export button: 

You'll then go through to the Timesheet Export Preview page. If there are any errors in your Timesheets, this will be flagged so you can fix them before exporting. 

When you're ready to export, click Export to Payroll Software within the Preview page:

When you click the button, a file will be downloaded to your computer. The file has the extension.inp but is structured as a plain text file.

Tanda exports files that meet the Attaché T6 Disk File Entry specification. Contact your Attaché consultant if you're not sure what version you're using.
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To import data into Attaché, follow these steps: