Zenefits to MySQL Integration

How Datrise loads Zenefits into MySQL

Datrise syncs Zenefits's employees, departments, employments, time off requests, benefits enrollments, and compensation records into MySQL as a typed table per source entity. Flexible or custom fields land in JSON columns, and timestamps such as created, updated, and status changes are typed as DATETIME/TIMESTAMP.

Sync is incremental: Datrise uses a watermark on updated-at, applied with INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE, so re-runs update only what changed. Optional RANGE partitioning by load date. MySQL collation matters for CRM text, so Datrise lands utf8mb4 to preserve emoji and non-Latin characters.

Ideal for operational reporting and app databases already standardized on MySQL.

Endpoints

Zenefits: HR, benefits, and payroll administration.

MySQL: Widely used OSS relational engine (InnoDB).

How Zenefits entities map to MySQL

Zenefits entity	MySQL object	Notes
employees	`zenefits_employees`	id PK · custom fields → JSON columns
departments	`zenefits_departments`	id PK · linked to zenefits_employees
employments	`zenefits_employments`	id PK · linked to zenefits_employees
time off requests	`zenefits_time_off_requests`	id PK · linked to zenefits_employees

FAQ

How does Datrise handle Zenefits's custom fields in MySQL?

Flexible values are stored as JSON columns, so new fields don't require a migration; strongly-typed fields — dates, numbers, and references — are promoted to native MySQL types.

How does the Zenefits to MySQL sync stay up to date?

It runs incrementally — Datrise uses a watermark on updated-at, applied with INSERT … ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE.

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