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CATS to Manatal Migration Guide

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How to Export Your Data from CATS

To export your CATS data, refer to this guide.

You will have the ability to export fields as either Excel or CSV files. A full export of your entire CATS backup data is available by following this guide.

Forward your CATS files or download links to sales@manatal.com to begin your migration.

What Your Export Will Look Like

Your export can be either:

  • Field export - Excel or CSV files with selected candidate and job data
  • Full account backup - a complete account backup file

Data Mapping

Organization

CATS Organizations are migrated into Manatal as Organizations (Clients/Departments).

Typical migrated data includes:

Your Field in CATS Manatal Organization Field
Name Name
Created By Creator
Owner Owner
Notes Description
Key Technologies Industry
Address, City, State, Zip Address
Website URL Website
Date Created Created Date
Date Modified Updated Date
Phone 1 Phone 1 (custom field)
Phone 2 Phone 2 (custom field)

Candidate

CATS Candidates are migrated into Manatal as Candidates.

Typical migrated data includes:

Your Field in CATS Manatal Candidate Field
First Name, Middle Name, Last Name Full Name
Created By Creator
Owner Owner
Current Employer Current Company
Address, City, State, Zip Address
City City
Email Email
Cell Phone Phone Number
Gender Gender
Date Created Created Date
Date Modified Updated Date
Website (LinkedIn) LinkedIn URL
Key Skills Skills
Tags Tags
Notes Notes
Home Phone Home Phone (custom field)
Work Phone Work Phone (custom field)
Source Lead Source (custom field)
Available Date Available Date (custom field)
Email 2 Secondary Email (custom field)
Website Website (custom field)
Desired Pay Desired Pay (custom field)
Current Pay Current Pay (custom field)

Position

CATS Positions are migrated into Manatal as Jobs.

Typical migrated data includes:

Your Field in CATS Manatal Job Field
Job Title Job Title
Company Linked Organization. Each Job in Manatal is tied to a specific Organization.
Created By Creator
Owner Owner
Description Description
City City
State State
Number of Openings Headcount
Status Status
Date Created Created Date
Date Modified Updated Date
Recruiter Recruiter
Notes Notes
Job Type Job Type (custom field)
Duration Duration (custom field)
Max Rate Maximum Rate (custom field)
Salary Salary (custom field)
Start Date Start Date (custom field)
Exclusivity Date Exclusivity Date (custom field)

Contact

CATS Contacts are migrated into Manatal as Contacts.

Your Field in CATS Manatal Job Field
Job Title Job Title
Company Linked Organization. Each Job in Manatal is tied to a specific Organization.
Created By Creator
Owner Owner
Description Description
City City
State State
Number of Openings Headcount
Status Status
Date Created Created Date
Date Modified Updated Date
Recruiter Recruiter
Notes Notes
Job Type Job Type (custom field)
Duration Duration (custom field)
Max Rate Maximum Rate (custom field)
Salary Salary (custom field)
Start Date Start Date (custom field)
Exclusivity Date Exclusivity Date (custom field)

Submission

CATS Submissions are migrated into Manatal as Matches.

Typical migrated data includes:

Your Field in CATS Manatal Match Field
Linked Candidate Linked Candidate
Linked Position Linked Job
Added By Creator
Added By Owner
Date Created Created Date
Date Modified (if Hired) Hired Date
Status Stage
Rating Value Rating (custom field)

User Mapping

Owners and creators from CATS are matched to the right Manatal user accounts, so the users linked to your records stay correct after migration. This applies to:

This applies to:

  • Organization Creator and Owner
  • Candidate Creator and Owner
  • Job Creator and Owner
  • Contact Creator and Owner
  • Match Creator and Owner
  • Note Creator and Owner

Notes Migration

CATS notes appear on Candidates, Positions, and Contacts. They are migrated into Manatal as notes on the respective records.

Notes may be attached to:

  • Candidates
  • Jobs (from Position notes)
  • Contacts

Typical note fields preserved include:

  • Note content

Attachments and Resumes

Resume and attachment migration is handled after the core migration is completed.

Migrated attachments typically include

  • Candidate Resumes
  • Candidate Attachments
  • Organization Attachments
  • Job Attachments
  • Contact Attachments

Custom Fields

Custom fields are supported in your migration. In addition to the standard fields mapped above, we can migrate the custom fields your team has set up in your previous system.

Please raise to the migration team for custom fields to be included in the migration.