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How to create a new version for an existing question via HDL (question.dat)?

edited Aug 13, 2025 10:50AM in HCM Data Loader (HDL) 2 comments

Summary:

Hi,

We are trying to create new versions of our existing questions using HDL.

On the example below: Latest version in UI (and also confirmed in OTBI) for this question is 4 and that's why we are trying to load version 5 - so we can create a new version.

METADATA|Question|QuestionCode|QstnVersionNum|Status|QuestionText|QuestionType|PrivacyFlag|UpdateAllowed|AdhocFlag|AttachmentAllowed|ScoredFlag|MaxPossibleScore|AllJobFunctionsFlag|CandidateCode|ClassificationCode|ConditionDisplay|ConditionQstnVersionNum|CategoryName|SubscriberName|ResponseTypeName|ConditionQuestionCode|ConditionAnswerCode|QstnResponseOrder|InstructionsText|EnableComments
MERGE|Question|D_APP_0003_NL|5|A|TST|1CHOICE|N|Y|N|N|N||N|EXTERNAL|AUTO_PRESCREEN|Y|4|Question Library|Recruiting|Single Choice from List|D_APP_0001|300000006685275|V||

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