Change the start-date for just one Participant's Experience

It’s possible to change a Participant’s first day at work for one Experience only, without

• having to edit and import new user data from a file or your HRIS
• affecting other Participants going through the same Experience

This is a great feature for temporary situations, e.g. a person’s start-date changing without their contract being updated, or them being on sick leave for part of an Experience and needing an extension.

How to change a Participant's start-date in one Experience

1. Go to the Experience you wish to change, and scroll down to the Participants table.
2. Click the Participant whose start-date you want to change.
3. This opens the Individual Experience window. Any changes you make here will only affect this Individual Experience, for this Participant. It won’t change anything in the permanent data Dado holds on this Participant.
4. In the left sidebar, click Supporting actors and dates (the person icon).
5. Scroll down past the timeline until you see the anchor date field. For instance, in an onboarding Experience, this is First day at work. Click the date and time to edit it.
6. In the window that appears, use the calendar icon to choose your new date. Then click Update.
7. Click Save changes in the bottom right.
8. Dado will automatically reschedule any upcoming Tasks, Messages or Automations to reflect this new start-date.

Additional Considerations

Note: Changing the Participant’s start date in Dado will not change their start date in your HRIS, ATS or any other data sources for Dado. The Supporting actors and dates section reminds you of this: these details apply to this Experience only, and overrides don’t change the overall user profile data in Dado or sync back to your HRIS. Dado will also display a disclaimer to reflect this discrepancy.

We strongly recommend also updating these dates in your data sources, unless you have a special reason to have the dates in Dado diverge (such as a new joiner has jury duty in the first week after their contract starts).

Other changes to a Participant's Experience

It’s also possible to make other changes that affect just one Participant:

• Change their Manager or another Supporting Actor
• Move, skip or resend individual items in their Experience