SAP SuccessFactors Connection

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SAP SuccessFactors is a cloud-based human capital management suite that helps organizations manage HR processes, employee performance, and talent.

This topic describes how to authenticate to SAP SuccessFactors and configure any necessary connection properties in the SAP SuccessFactors connection connector.

Connection Configuration #

Each connection property available in the SAP SuccessFactors connector is explained below.

Connection Name #

The name of the connection to be created should be provided. This is the name that will display on the list of available connections.

Auth Scheme #

The type of authentication to use when connecting to SAP SuccessFactors.

• Basic: Set this to use BASIC user / password authentication.

• OAuthClient: Set this to perform OAuth authentication with client grant type. Available only for SAP SuccessFactors LMS instances.

URL #

Set this to the URL of the server where your SAP SuccessFactors instance is hosted.

Examples:

• Production instance URL: https://api2.successfactors.eu

• SalesDemo instance URL: https://apisalesdemo2.successfactors.eu

• Preview instance URL: https://api2preview.sapsf.eu

For SAP SuccessFactors LMS instances set the full URL of the micro-service in the format https://{instanceURL}/learning/odatav4/{microservice}.

Example: https://api4preview.sapsf.com/learning/odatav4/public/user/curriculum-service/v1/

User #

The SAP SuccessFactors user account used to authenticate.

Password #

The password used to authenticate the user.

Company Id #

Unique identifier of your company. This is required to authenticate.

Client ID #

The client Id assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Client Secret #

The client secret assigned when you register your application with an OAuth authorization server.

Access Token #

The access token for connecting using OAuth.

Refresh Token #

The OAuth refresh token for the corresponding OAuth access token.

Enable SSL #

Option for creating the connection with SSL enabled.

Upload Keystore File #

Option to upload keystore file.

Advanced Configurations #

This section contains advanced configuration parameters.

Include Custom Fields #

A boolean indicating if you would like to include custom fields in the column listing.

Setting this to true will cause custom fields to be included in the column listing, but may cause poor performance when listing metadata.

Add Configuration: Additional properties can be added using this option as key-value pairs.

After entering all the details, click on the TEST button.

If the connection service identification and authentication details are provided correctly, a success message stating “connection available” is generated.

Click on the CREATE button to save the changes.

If the details are incorrect or the server is down, you will get a message “Connection unavailable”.