How to Integrate Q-Pulse with Academy

The steps needed to perform the Academy integration are as follows:

1. Preparing Q-Pulse
2. Associate Q-Pulse with Gael Academy
3. Linking Q-Pulse Users With Academy
4. Importing Academy Courses
5. Updating Events

Preparing Q-Pulse

1. Launch Q-Pulse
2. Open the Administration Module
3. Open the Branding and Integration section of Customization.
4. Input the following URL in the the Academy URL box 

You then need to open the Q-Pulse.exe.config file on the client machine. This is usually located in the following directory - C:\Program Files (x86)\Gael Ltd\Q-Pulse. You need to update the client config file to match the one below. 

Now save the Q-Pulse.exe.config and close notepad. Once completed, Q-Pulse will be linked to Gael Academy. 

Associate Q-Pulse with Gael Academy:

1. Launch Q-Pulse and Access the People Module.
2.  Click on Edit, Academy Integration, Associate Q-Pulse with Academy. 

You will then be prompted to enter your Gael Academy Tenant Administrator details. Once entered click on the [Link] button. 

If successful your company name and G Number will populate on the screen. Q-Pulse will now be linked with Gael Academy. 

Linking Q-Pulse users with Academy:

1.  Launch Q-Pulse and access the people module.
2. Click on Edit, Academy Integration, Link Academy Users.

Your Q-Pulse users and Academy Users are linked by E-Mail. The unmatched accounts are shown in the window. To match those you need to edit the E-Mail addresses to match and then click refresh. 

You can then Import all of the Academy courses to Q-Pulse. When the import is complete, the people module updates automatically with completed training courses even if those courses were completed before the v6 installation. 

Importing Academy courses:

1.  Launch Q-Pulse and open the People Module.
2. Click on Edit, Academy Integration, Import Academy Courses. 

You then check the relevant course boxes and click on the [Import] button. You are then notified of how many courses were imported. 

Updating Events

You can update your users with previously completed Academy courses. To do this, please follow the steps below. 

1. Launch Q-Pulse
2. Open the People Module
3. Click on [Edit] and Select Academy Integration
4. Click on [Update Academy Events]

This will then check your users against Gael Academy and update their Event History With the courses completed and the date that they completed the course. 

Note:
Q-Pulse version 6.8 and above can only be linked with Ideagen Academy
Q-Pulse version 6.7 and below links with Gael Academy