restore-template-configs

What problem does it solve?

Installing a new ESS Workday HCM package release resets all your customised template reference-data records to default values, requiring hours of manual rework to re-apply your customisations. This Skill automates the restoration of these customisations from a pre-captured backup file, eliminating repetitive manual effort.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Cross-Environment Customisation Promotion: Use the same backup file to restore customisations across different environments (e.g., move changes from development to production) with clear warnings when the backup and target environments do not match.
• Idempotent Safe Restores: Re-running the restore operation is completely safe, as it overwrites existing customisations with identical values from the backup without creating duplicate or conflicting records.
• Actionable Error Guidance: Provides specific, step-by-step guidance for full successes, partial failures (with full diagnostic details for the first failure), and hard failures (e.g., invalid or stale backup files), so you can resolve issues quickly and retry.

Quick Start

Run the restore-template-configs skill to restore your custom ESS Workday HCM template configurations from a backup file after installing a new package release.