Prepare and upload your employee data to Viva Glint

Microsoft Viva Glint refers to employee data as "attributes." Attributes are data about the people in your organization, which are then used to convert feedback into insightful and action-oriented intelligence to improve employee engagement and achieve business goals.

Meet with internal stakeholders

Ensure that all users can filter to the right insights by meeting with the right team of people to decide which attributes to include in your Glint data. Some potential stakeholders are:

• HR information system (HRIS) vendors
• IT and security team members
• HR business analysts
• Your employee engagement team
• Executive leadership

Sample data preparation timeline

Timeframe	Roles involved	Activity
Week 1	Viva Glint admin IT and security teams	Review data requirements and best practices Set a meeting with internal stakeholders Contact IT and security teams for SFTP connection and allowlist updates (if needed)
Week 2	Viva Glint admin HRIS vendor IT and security teams HR business analysts	Meet with stakeholders Finalize file layout and format with the Attribute Template Select a file upload method
Week 3	Viva Glint admin HRIS vendor	Prepare an HRIS file Review data file for alignment with requirements Set up attributes in Glint Upload data in Glint Troubleshoot issues
Ongoing	Viva Glint admin HRIS vendor	Data quality checks for accuracy/consistency Regular file uploads to keep employee data current Update attributes in Glint for new data

Related resources

• Viva Glint employee attribute fundamentals
• Viva Glint's organizational hierarchy fundamentals
• Creating your Employee Attribute Template
• Review employee data with Viva Glint checklists
• Set up your attributes
• Update attributes
• Choose a data upload method
• Understand upload errors and warnings