FIT
Focused Interactive Training (FIT) sessions are hands-on, expert-led workshops built for deeper learning. Work directly with leaders through real-world scenarios to gain skills you can put to work immediately. Sessions fill up fast. Dive into the Dayforce FIT catalog below and get a head start planning your power sessions.
Find your track
General FIT: New to Dayforce or need a refresh? Start here to simplify your day-to-day HR work.
Advanced FIT: Ready to go further? Build on the basics and sharpen your Dayforce expertise.
Expert FIT: Love digging into the details? Dive deep into powerful features and unlock what Dayforce can really do.
FIT 101
Unlocking the Power of Recruiting
Ready to take your recruiting process to the next level? In this course, you’ll explore powerful features that help you streamline workflows, enhance communication, and create a seamless experience for both recruiters and candidates.
Learn how to configure recruiting workflows, leverage candidate texting, simplify interview scheduling, implement effective candidate grading, and manage key integrations with confidence.
By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to build a more organized, efficient, and collaborative recruiting process that drives better results.
Level: All Levels
Role: HR • IT/HRIS
Prerequisites:
- Managing Recruiting Jobs and Candidates
- Configuring Recruiting
- Setting Up Self-Service Workflows and Managing Forms
- Creating Recruiting Workflows
- Using Advanced Workflow Techniques in Self-Service
- XML Knowledge
FIT 102
Mastering Entitlements & Practical Troubleshooting
Simplify entitlements and solve issues with confidence. In this hands-on course, you’ll learn how to configure entitlements effectively and tackle common challenges.
We’ll guide you through setting up cascading balances, currency-based entitlements, and grant-based entitlements, while introducing a proven troubleshooting methodology you can apply right away. You’ll practice working through real-world sample scenarios so you can build both skill and confidence.
By the end of this session, you’ll have a strong understanding of common entitlement setups and the tools to prevent, identify, and resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
Level: Advanced
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Payroll • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Entitlements Overview
- Understanding Workforce Management Components or experience in Entitlements
FIT 103
Elevating Your Workforce Management Skills
This interactive course combines practical exercises and hands-on activities to help you confidently configure and optimize your Workforce Management setup.
You’ll learn how to build and refine common time entry and pay policies, configure features like Shift Bidding, and support real-world business scenarios with greater precision. We’ll also cover effective testing strategies and practical troubleshooting techniques to help you resolve issues quickly and efficiently.
By the end of this session, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to configure Workforce Management solutions that are accurate, efficient, and aligned with business needs.
Level: All Levels
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Basic knowledge of the following WFM components: Timesheets, Schedules, Time Entry Policies, Pay Policies, and Tardy Rules
FIT 104
Getting Started with Dayforce Payroll
New to processing payroll in Dayforce or looking for a strong foundation? This course is designed to help you build confidence and accuracy in every pay cycle.
You’ll learn the essentials of maintaining employee records that directly impact pay calculations, and you’ll gain hands-on experience completing the full payroll cycle — from entering data to generating employee payments. Along the way, you’ll explore Dayforce’s continuous calculation capabilities and learn how to run reports that simplify auditing and reconciliation.
By the end of the course, you’ll feel prepared to manage payroll processes efficiently and ensure accurate, complete results every pay period.
Level: All levels
Role: Payroll
Prerequisites:
- General HR or Payroll knowledge
FIT 105
Creating and Distributing Reports in Dayforce
Turn your Dayforce data into meaningful insights. In this interactive session, you’ll learn how to create impactful reports using out-of-the-box reports, templates, and topics while gaining the confidence to customize results to meet your organization’s needs.
Discover how to enhance your reports with SQL expressions, organize and refine query results, and efficiently schedule and distribute reports to the right stakeholders. Along the way, you’ll see how strong reporting practices can support smarter, data-driven decision making.
By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to build clear, actionable reports that help your organization make informed decisions with confidence.
Level: All Levels
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Payroll • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Using Fixed Format Reports in Dayforce or any hands-on experience with Dayforce
FIT 106
Translating Business Requirements into Advanced Dayforce Reports
Take your reporting expertise to the next level. This advanced workshop is designed for experienced Dayforce users who want to confidently scope, design, and build powerful custom reports.
You’ll learn how to analyze reporting requirements, translate business needs into effective report designs, and construct tailored solutions that deliver meaningful insights. Through guided exercises and practical applications, you’ll strengthen your ability to navigate complex data scenarios with precision and clarity.
By the end of the session, you’ll be equipped to develop sophisticated custom reports that meet evolving organizational needs and support data-driven decision-making.
Level: Advanced
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Payroll • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Experience with SQL and building reports in Dayforce Reporting
FIT 107
Engineering Advanced Reports & Dashboards Pro Solutions
Get ready to push the limits of Dayforce Reporting and Analytics. This advanced session is designed for experienced report developers who want to build sophisticated, high-impact reporting solutions.
You’ll explore how to design complex reports with precision by creating custom datasets, defining relationships, and leveraging advanced custom fields. Then, take your reporting further by transforming your data into dynamic visualizations using Dashboards Pro and turn raw information into clear, compelling insights.
By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to engineer advanced reporting and dashboard solutions that elevate analytics capabilities across your organization.
Level: Expert
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Payroll • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Using Fixed Format Reports in Dayforce
- Creating Reports in Report Designer - Part 1, Creating Reports in Report Designer - Part 2
- Create Custom Fields with SQL in Report Designer
- Creating Custom Datasets or advanced experience building and customizing reports in Dayforce
FIT 108
Designing and Configuring HR Self-Service Workflows and Forms
Responsible for building or maintaining Self-Service workflows and forms? This comprehensive course guides you from foundational concepts to advanced configuration techniques within Dayforce HR Self-Service.
You’ll start by exploring core Self-Service functionality. Learning how to navigate the feature, build and publish workflows, configure system forms, and thoroughly test your configurations. As your skills grow, you’ll move into more advanced capabilities, including modifying and creating forms using XML and designing more sophisticated workflow logic.
We’ll also dive into complex configuration elements such as timeouts, condition nodes, associated forms within decision nodes, and form forwarding.
By the end of this course, you’ll have the technical knowledge and practical experience to design, configure, and maintain robust Self-Service solutions that effectively automate and enforce your organization’s business processes.
Level: All levels
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Navigating Dayforce as an Employee Lessons
- Viewing Employee HR Records
- Administering Employee HR Information or familiarity with navigating HR Records
FIT 109
Managing and Securing HR Records and Documents in Dayforce
Accurate and secure HR records are the foundation of effective workforce management. In this course, you’ll gain the knowledge and practical skills needed to confidently manage employee HR information and documents within Dayforce.
You’ll explore how to view and update HR records, adjust user security settings, hire and terminate employees, and maintain employee information through both form submissions and direct record edits. We’ll also cover how to configure and troubleshoot Data Mapping rules to automate updates and maintain data integrity across the system.
From there, you’ll dive into document management in Dayforce — learning how documents are stored, how document types and security rules protect sensitive information, and how to ensure compliance with privacy regulations. You’ll also work with the Document Explorer to view, filter, upload, bulk edit, and import documents efficiently from a centralized location.
By the end of the course, you’ll be equipped to maintain accurate HR records, strengthen document security, and streamline document management processes across your organization.
Level: All
Role: HR • IT/HRIS • Operations
Prerequisites:
- Navigating Dayforce as an Employee Lessons
- Viewing Employee HR Records, or familiar with basic Dayforce navigation
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