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In this chapter, you’ll learn how to integrate Employee Central with SAP
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you’ll follow step-by-step instructions to configure Employee Central,
SAP Cloud Platform Integration, and your on-premise SAP system.

“Employee Central with SAP ERP

and SAP S/4HANA”
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Donna Leong-Cohen, Vishnu Kandi, Rinky Karthik, Seng-Ping Gan

Integrating SAP SuccessFactors
746 Pages, 2020, $89.95
ISBN 978-1-4932-1929-2

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 Chapter 5
Employee Central with SAP ERP or
SAP S/4HANA
5
In this chapter, we’ll cover the integration of SAP SuccessFactors
Employee Central with SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA using SAP’s stan-
dard integration tool—SAP Cloud Platform Integration.

In this chapter, we’ll provide an overview of the three main prepackaged scenarios for
the deployment models described in Chapter 1 and explain the replication process. In
addition, we’ll dive into the configuration details, including prerequisites, to enable
integration between Employee Central, SAP Cloud Platform Integration, and your on-
premise SAP system (SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA).
Before we go into detail on the configuration steps, let’s look at an overview of the
integration of Employee Central with your on-premise SAP system.

5.1 Starting Your Integration Project

This section serves as a quick preview to help you understand the overall integration
process in terms of related scopes and technology alongside high-level configuration
activities that are involved when using SAP standard prepackaged integration solu-
tions. This section also serves as an introduction to subsequent step-by-step configu-
ration topics for setting up the integration between Employee Central and your on-
premise SAP system.

5.1.1 The Big Picture

Let’s start with the integration scenarios shown in Figure 5.1 to begin our overview of
Employee Central integration with your on-premise SAP system using SAP Cloud
Platform Integration prepackaged integration content.

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Internet Internet
SAP SuccessFactors On-Premise Network SAP SuccessFactors On-Premise Network

Employee Central SAP Cloud Platform SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA Employee Central SAP Cloud Platform SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
Integration On-Premise Integration On-Premise
Cost
< Center OData IDoc
5
Organizational iFlow:
Foundation Object: ERP to SAP Send Cost Center
Structure > via ALE Distribution
Packaged Integration Cost Center SuccessFactors
Content Deployment Employee Central Model
Employee Data Cost Center
and Organizational
Assignments >

Figure 5.2 Cost Center Replication Scenario Overview

Figure 5.1 Employee Central with SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA Integration Scenarios

To get the cost center integration up and running with minimal configuration effort,
As of the latest version of the prepackaged integration content, three main predeliv- refer to the following high-level task list:
ered integration scenarios can be leveraged for the full cloud, core hybrid, and side-
1. The configuration of Employee Central, such as enabling the OData API and con-
by-side deployment models. These integration scenarios are:
figuring the user with role-based permissions (RBPs)
쐍 Cost center replication
2. The configuration and deployment of SAP Cloud Platform Integration’s prepack-
쐍 Organizational structure replication
aged cost center iFlow
쐍 Employee data and organizational assignment replication
3. The ALE configuration for cost center IDoc ODTF_CCTR and background job con-
As shown in Figure 5.1, each integration scenario has a different integration flow figuration in SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA
design, which we’ll discuss in the following sections.
Organizational Structure Replication
Cost Center Replication The organizational structure synchronization process, as shown in Figure 5.3, starts
A cost center data synchronization process is initiated by your on-premise SAP sys- with your on-premise SAP system pulling down Employee Central foundation data
tem to push cost center data to Employee Central via SAP Cloud Platform Integration, such as business units, divisions, departments, job classifications, positions, and cus-
as shown in Figure 5.2. In SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA, the data replication process uti- tom metadata framework (MDF) objects. This data is then translated into your on-
lizes SAP’s Application Link Enabling (ALE) technology for cost center data distribu- premise SAP system’s organization management structure, namely, the organiza-
tion where IDoc ODTF_CCTR is used for transferring data to SAP Cloud Platform tional unit and its hierarchical relationship, job, position, and custom organization
Integration over a secure HTTP connection. The cost center data is then transformed structure objects. In SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA, the data replication process utilizes
by SAP Cloud Platform Integration and sent to Employee Central using the FOCost- Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) web service protocols for organizational struc-
Center OData application programming interface (API). As a result, Employee Cen- ture data requests where a web service request with a preconfigured organizational
tral’s cost center foundation object is updated. The replication process supports both object data query is sent to SAP Cloud Platform Integration. SAP Cloud Platform Inte-
mass replication and delta replication. gration reads the query parameters and initiates a data extraction request to Em-
ployee Central via an OData API call. Based on the data selection query originating

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from your on-premise SAP system, Employee Central will then send a response con- pay compensation, etc. This set of data is then translated into your on-premise SAP
sisting of organizational structure raw data records back to your on-premise SAP sys- system’s employee master data in Personnel Administration (PA) infotypes and em-
tem in the staging area. The organizational structure raw data is then converted into ployee organizational assignment data in Organizational Management (OM) info-
organizational management infotypes either immediately via event-based process- types if Personnel Administration (PA)-Personnel Development (PD) integration is
ing or at regular intervals via a scheduled background program. The replication pro- enabled. This integration synchronizes OM data such as position, organizational
cess supports both mass replication and delta replication. unit, and cost center with employee data in PA.
5
As shown in Figure 5.4, in your on-premise SAP system, the data replication process
Internet uses SOAP web services for employee and organizational assignment data extraction,
SAP SuccessFactors On-Premise Network
while initiating a preconfigured employee data selection query to the Employee Cen-
Employee Central SAP Cloud Platform SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
On-Premise
tral Compound Employee API request via SAP Cloud Platform Integration. Based on
Integration
this, the Compound Employee API will send a response with Employee Central data
OData Web Service
1. Organizational Structure records to your on-premise SAP system. The extracted compound employee data is
Query Request
Foundation Object:
iFlow: then processed by employee- and organizational assignment-relevant subprocesses.
Business Unit,
Division, Department, SAP SuccessFactors First, the employee data subprocess is processed immediately using the BIB for up-
Position, and Job Employee Central to
2. Staging 4. PD
ERP Generic Object Web Service
Area Infotypes
dating personnel administration infotypes while the employee organizational as-
signment data is kept in a staging area. The subsequent process is triggered via events
3. Convert immediately and can be scheduled in the background to run periodically to post or-
ganizational assignment data from the staging area into the OM module.
Figure 5.3 Organizational Structure Replication Overview
Internet
SAP SuccessFactors On-Premise Network
To get the organization structure integration up and running with minimal configu-
ration effort, refer to the following high-level task list: Employee Central SAP Cloud Platform SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
Integration On-Premise
1. The configuration of Employee Central, such as enabling the OData API and con- Compound Web Service
Employee API 1. Employee Data
figuring the user with RBPs. iFlow: Query Request
SAP SuccessFactors
2. The configuration and deployment of the SAP Cloud Platform Integration pre- Employee Data Employee Central to ERP
packaged organizational structure iFlow. Employee Data and 2. Receive Extracted
Organizational Web Service Compound
3. SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA configuration activities include activating SOA Manager- Assignments Employee Data

related web services, configuring the Employee Central to your on-premise SAP
system infotype field mapping using the Business Integration Builder (BIB) frame- 4. Org.
work for generic object replication with generic processing, and configuring back- 3. Process
Assignment
Staging Area
ground jobs. and Post
Employee
Data into PA 5. Convert
Infotypes
Employee Data and Organizational Assignment Replication Immediately
6. PD
The employee master data and employee organizational assignment synchronization Infotypes

process begins with your on-premise SAP system triggering an employee data ex-
traction request to Employee Central to pull Employee Central employee data objects
Figure 5.4 Employee Data and Organizational Assignment Replication Overview
such as persons, personal information, employment information, job information,

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Note that the organizational assignment process is dependent on both the employee 쐍 Import of the root certificate of SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA in the SAP Cloud Plat-
data replication and the organizational structure replication because this data is form Integration keystore.
used to create the relationship between an employee and the organization in SAP 쐍 Import of the root certificate of SAP Cloud Platform Integration in Transaction
ERP or SAP S/4HANA. As the result of the organizational assignment process, the STRUST of SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA as shown in Figure 5.5. Follow these steps:
employee’s position-to-organizational unit, position-to-position, position-to-person,
1 On the Trust Manager screen, click on SSL client SSL Client (Standard).
and position-to-job relationships are formed to support integration with PA and OM.
2 Click on the Import button. 5
To get the employee data and organizational assignment integration up and running
3 Select the root certificate file.
with minimal configuration effort, refer to the following high-level task list:
4 Click the Ok button to complete the certificate import process.
1. The configuration of Employee Central, such as enabling the OData API and con-
figuring user with RBPs.
2. The configuration and deployment of the SAP Cloud Platform Integration pre-
packaged employee data and organizational assignment iFlow.

Other SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA configuration activities include activating SOA
Manager-related web services, configuring the Employee Central to SAP ERP or SAP
S/4HANA infotype field mapping using the BIB, and configuring background jobs.

5.1.2 Integration Prerequisites

You should now have a high-level understanding of the expected integration scope
and required configuration activities. Next, let’s look at the prerequisites:
쐍 Employee Central on the latest version.
쐍 SAP Cloud Platform Integration tenant.
쐍 SAP ERP Human Capital Management (SAP ERP HCM) software component SAP_
APPL 600 SP 15 and above.
쐍 SAP ERP add-on PA_SE_IN 100 for employee data and organizational data scenarios.
쐍 SAP ERP add-on ODTFINCC for cost center scenarios.
쐍 ALE configuration, such as logical system, distribution model, remote function call
(RFC) destination, and partner profiles in SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA.
쐍 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA set up as a Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) server to support
secure HTTP communication.
쐍 Either the cloud connector or reverse proxy application (e.g., SAP Web Dispatcher)
set up between SAP Cloud Platform Integration and an SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
on-premise system for accepting inbound connections from SAP Cloud Platform
Integration to SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA. Figure 5.5 STRUST Import SSL Root Certificates

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5.2 Configuring Employee Central

Let’s start with the configuration and implementation of integration in Employee
Central. This section will guide you through the required configuration activities to
prepare an Employee Central instance for integration with your on-premise SAP sys-
tem via SAP Cloud Platform Integration. The integration activities primarily cover
API-related tasks. 5

To allow an external party to integrate with an Employee Central system by consum-

ing the built-in APIs, follow these steps:
1. Determine the correct SAP SuccessFactors API host name URL to be used by SAP
Cloud Platform Integration. To get the correct SAP SuccessFactors API URLs that
correspond to your Employee Central data center, refer to SAP Knowledge Base
Article 2215682.
2. Set up the permission role for the API user. Log on to Employee Central and navi-
gate to Admin Center 폷 Tools 폷 Set User Permission 폷 Manage Permission Roles. Click
on Permission Role SFAPI and click on the Permission button to change the Permis-
sion settings by selecting the checkbox for each permission, as shown in Table 5.1
and Figure 5.6.

Permission Group Permission Category Permissions

User permissions General user 쐍 SFAPI user login Figure 5.6 Manage Permission Roles Example Screenshot
permissions

쐍 Allow admin to access the OData API Click the Done button to save your changes and then grant the permission role to the
Administrator Manage integration
permissions tools through basic authentication SFAPI user on the same screen in the 3 Grant this role to… section, as shown in Figure
5.7. Click on the Add... button.
Administrator Employee Central API 쐍 Employee Central Foundation SOAP API
permissions 쐍 Employee Central HRIS SOAP API
쐍 Employee Central Foundation OData API
(read-only)
쐍 Employee Central HRIS OData API (read-
only)
쐍 Employee Central Foundation OData API
(editable)
쐍 Employee Central HRIS OData API (edit-
able)

Table 5.1 API Permission Roles

Figure 5.7 Granting the Role

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Within the Permission Group... option of the Grant this role to... screen, as shown 5.3.1 Basic Configuration
in Figure 5.8, assign the SFAPI user group and click the Done button to save your
In the basic configuration, we’ll walk through the standard predelivered integration
changes.
package provided by SAP and identify the correct integration content to use. We’ll
also cover API authentication between systems.

Integration Content Discovery and Copy 5

To start using the standard, predelivered integration content in SAP Cloud Platform
Integration, go to the tenant landing page (for example, https://<tenant host name>/
itspaces/) and navigate to Discover from the menu. You’ll see all the available integra-
tion packages published by SAP, as shown in Figure 5.9.

Figure 5.8 Selecting a Permission Group

5.3 Configuring SAP Cloud Platform Integration

This section covers the required configuration steps in SAP Cloud Platform Integra-
tion for setting up integration scenarios for Employee Central to your on-premise SAP Figure 5.9 SAP Cloud Platform Integration Package Discovery
system. We’ll walk you through basic configuration activities of the three key integra-
tion scenarios: cost center integration, organizational data integration, and employee The following integration packages are relevant for the integration between Em-
data integration. We’ll end this section with instructions on how to integrate the con- ployee Central and your on-premise SAP system:
firmation response back from your on-premise SAP system into Employee Central. 쐍 ERP to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Cost Center
쐍 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to ERP Employee and Organizational Data
쐍 ERP to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central Confirmation v2

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Once you’ve found the required integration packages, copy them to your Design work- 3. Provide a suffix to create your own integration package file name, as shown in Fig-
space by clicking each integration package tile and selecting Copy. For the initial copy ure 5.12, and click Ok.
of an integration package, SAP Cloud Platform Integration doesn’t allow you to copy
the package into your own namespace. Once you try to copy the package a second
time, SAP Cloud Platform Integration will prompt you to provide your own name-
space suffix. Use the following steps to copy and rename the integration package:
5
1. Select the Copy button, shown in Figure 5.10, to copy the selected standard integra-
tion package to your own workspace.

Figure 5.12 Creating an Integration Copy with a Suffix

Now that you’ve completed the first step to configuring and implementing an inte-
gration scenario, let’s discuss connectivity authentication options and their configu-
rations next.

System Authentication Options and Configurations

In this section, we’ll discuss the available API authentication options for SAP Cloud
Platform Integration systems, your on-premise SAP system, and Employee Central.
First, let’s look at the connectivity between your on-premise SAP system and SAP
Cloud Platform Integration.
Both SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA and SAP Cloud Platform Integration support authen-
tication options either using basic authentication or client certificate authentication
to authenticate and authorize inbound connections.
The following configuration options should be considered when setting up the com-
munication from your on-premise SAP system to SAP Cloud Platform:
Figure 5.10 Copying the Integration Package
쐍 Basic authentication
2. In the Messages popup window, click Create copy to copy the integration package, To set up basic authentication from your on-premise SAP system to SAP Cloud
as shown in Figure 5.11. Platform Integration, an SAP support user (S-user) with the ESBMessaging.send
role assigned is required to configure both the RFC destination and the SOA Man-
ager consumer web service in your on-premise SAP system.
쐍 Client certificate authentication
To set up client certificate authentication from your on-premise SAP system to SAP
Cloud Platform Integration, your on-premise SAP system’s digital client certificate
is imported into the sender configuration of the iFlow. The digital client certificate

Figure 5.11 Creating the Copy

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can be obtained via Transaction STRUST in your on-premise SAP system. We’ll digital client certificate can be obtained from SAP Cloud Platform Integration by
describe in detail how to configure the iFlow in each integration scenario. following the menu path WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Monitor 폷 Security Material 폷 Keystore.
Click on the Action button of Alias sap_cloudintegrationcertificate and select
The following configuration options can be considered when setting up the commu-
Download Certificate, as shown in Figure 5.14.
nication from SAP Cloud Platform to your on-premise SAP system:
쐍 Basic authentication
To set up basic authentication from SAP Cloud Platform Integration to your on- 5
premise SAP system, a technical user in your on-premise SAP system is required to
configure and deploy user credentials in SAP Cloud Platform Integration. To con-
figure and deploy user credentials, go to the SAP Cloud Platform Integration Man-
age Security Material tool by navigating to WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Monitor 폷 Security
Material. Click the Add button, select User Credentials, and set the following infor-
mation in the Add User Credentials popup window, as shown in Figure 5.13:
– Name: Enter a name, for example, “ERP_User.”
– Type: Select User Credentials.
– User: Enter your user name.
– Password: Enter your user password.

Figure 5.14 Downloading the Certificate

쐍 SAP Cloud Platform Integration to Employee Central communication

To set up the SAP Cloud Platform Integration to Employee Central communica-
tion, the SFAPI user must be configured. The basic authentication option is sup-
ported in SAP Cloud Platform Integration, connecting to Employee Central. To
configure and deploy the Employee Central SFAPI user, go to SAP Cloud Platform
Integration’s Manage Security Material tool by navigating to WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Mon-
itor 폷 Security Material. Click the Add button; select User Credentials, as shown in
Figure 5.13 Creating the User Credential Artifact
Figure 5.15; and set the following information, as shown in Figure 5.16:
– Name: Enter a name, e.g., “SFAPI_USER.”
쐍 Client certificate authentication – Type: Select SuccessFactors.
To set up client certificate authentication from SAP Cloud Platform Integration to – User: Provide your user name.
your on-premise SAP system, import the SAP Cloud Platform Integration digital
– Password: Provide your user password.
client certificate into Transaction STRUST in your on-premise SAP system. The
– Company ID: Provide your company ID.

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Figure 5.15 Adding User Credentials

Figure 5.17 Design Workspace

Cost Center Integration Scenario

In this section, we’ll cover the settings required in SAP Cloud Platform Integration to
enable the cost center replication scenario from SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA Finance to
Employee Central. Cost centers are required in Employee Central because these
Figure 5.16 Adding User Credentials: Details objects are assigned to employees.
To begin the configuration, select the ERP to SuccessFactors Employee Central Cost
5.3.2 Integration Scenario Configuration Center replication option from the integration package list. Two artifacts are deliv-
ered as standard for supporting the cost center integration scenario, as shown in Fig-
You should now have all of the relevant integration packages saved in your design
ure 5.18:
workspace. To check, navigate to Design from the menu, as shown in Figure 5.17. You
should see all the integration packages copied from the Discover page appearing in 쐍 ERP to Employee Central Cost Center (Type: Integration Flow)
the Packages list. With all the relevant integration packages in place, you can begin 쐍 ERP to Employee Central Cost Center Language Table (Type: Value Mapping)
the detailed configuration of each individual integration scenario, as we’ll discuss in
For the parameter settings and configuration, we’ll focus only on the ERP to Employee
the following sections.
Central Cost Center integration flow. Select Configure from the Actions dropdown
menu to enter the integration flow configuration mode, as shown in Figure 5.18.

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쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of the SAP SuccessFactors credential artifact
you’ve deployed.

Figure 5.19 Sender Parameter Configuration Screen

Figure 5.18 Configuring the iFlow
The following standard parameter values can be maintained under the More tab, as
You’ll arrive at the configuration screen shown in Figure 5.19, which displays the shown in Figure 5.20:
sender’s parameter values for the cost center replication iFlow. To set up the sender,
쐍 USE_EXTERNAL_COST_CENTER: Enter “true” if you’d like to replicate SAP cost cen-
maintain the following parameters:
ter IDs as the reference cost center IDs in Employee Central; otherwise, enter
쐍 Sender: Leave the default value SAP_ERP. “false.”
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value IDOC. 쐍 PERSON_RESP_TARGET_FIELD: Enter the name of the custom field in Employee
쐍 Address: Leave the default value /ERP_to_EC_CostCenter_Replication_IDoc. Central that holds the names of the persons responsible for each cost center from
쐍 Certificate Browse/Subject DN and Issuer DN: Import a client certificate from the your on-premise SAP system; otherwise, leave this field blank.
sender system (only applicable for client certificate authorization). 쐍 ERP_DEFAULT_LANGUAGE: Enter the mandatory default value language for the
쐍 Authorization: Select User Role. cost center’s description field which is to be transferred from your on-premise SAP
system to Employee Central. For example, enter “E” for English.
Now, navigate to the Receiver tab. To set up the receiver, maintain the following stan-
쐍 ENABLE_PAYLOAD_LOGGING: Enter “true” to keep the complete message payload
dard parameters:
containing all the data transferred in the message processing log (MPL) in SAP
쐍 Receiver: Leave the default value SFSF_EC. Cloud Platform Integration. This feature is useful for issue analysis and trouble-
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value Successfactors. shooting purposes. Otherwise, enter “false.”
쐍 Address: Enter the Employee Central API base URL in this field, for example, 쐍 COMPANY_ID_TARGET_FIELD: Enter the name of the custom field in Employee
“https://apisalesdemo4.successfactors.com.” Central that holds the company ID from your on-premise SAP system. You’re only
쐍 Authorization: Leave the default value Basic authentication. required to maintain this field if you’re transferring company codes from your

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on-premise SAP system to custom fields in Employee Central. Otherwise, leave

this field blank.

Once the configuration is completed, you can deploy the ERP to Employee Central
Cost Center integration flow in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration runtime node by
clicking the Deploy button, as shown in Figure 5.20.
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Figure 5.21 Employee Central to ERP Employee and Organizational Data

We’ll walk through both artifacts in the following sections.

Figure 5.20 Deploying the iFlow Employee Central to ERP Generic Object
Let’s start with the parameter settings and configuration of a generic Employee Cen-
Employee Data and Organizational Data Integration Scenario tral to ERP object iFlow for enterprise structure job, position, department, division,
In this section, we’ll cover the settings required in the SAP Cloud Platform Integration business unit, and custom object replication processes. Select Configure from the
to enable employee data and organizational data to be replicated to your on-premise Action dropdown menu to enter the iFlow configuration mode. You’ll arrive at the
SAP system. Organizational and employee data is required in your on-premise SAP configuration screen shown in Figure 5.22, which displays the configuration para-
system to support workflow, security, time, management, and payroll processes. meters.

To begin the configuration, select SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to ERP To set up the sender settings, configure the following fields:
Employee and Organizational Data from the integration package list. Two artifacts 쐍 Sender: Leave the default value SAP_ERP_OUT.
are delivered as standard for supporting the employee data and organization data 쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SOAP.
integration scenario, as shown in Figure 5.21:
쐍 Address: Leave the default value /EC_to_ERP_Generic_Object_Query.
쐍 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to ERP Generic Object (Type: Integration Flow) 쐍 Authorization: Select User Role or Client Certificate.
쐍 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to ERP Employee Data and Organizational 쐍 Certificate Browse/Subject DN and Issuer DN: Import the client certificate from
Assignment (Type: Integration Flow) the sender system.

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Premise if your your on-premise SAP system is accessed through SAP Cloud Plat-
form cloud connector.
쐍 Authentication: Select Basic authentication or Certificate-based authentication.

Figure 5.22 Sender Parameter Configuration

Next, go to the Receiver tab. The first step is to set up the receiver settings to query
organizational data from Employee Central, as shown in Figure 5.23.
To set up the receiver settings, configure the following fields:
쐍 Receiver: Select SFSF_EC from the dropdown list.
Figure 5.23 Configuring Receiver SFSF_EC
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SuccessFactors.
쐍 Address: Enter the Employee Central API base URL in this field, for example,
“https://apisalesdemo4.successfactors.com.”
쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of the SAP SuccessFactors credential artifact
you’ve deployed, for example, “SFAPI.”

The next step is to configure your on-premise SAP system’s receiver details to notify
the data replication status in your on-premise SAP system. To set up the receiver set-
tings, as shown in Figure 5.24, configure the following fields:
쐍 Receiver: Select SAP_ERP_Notification_IN from the dropdown list.
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SOAP.
쐍 Address: Enter the on-premise SAP system notification API URL in this field. To
learn how to get the exact URL, see our later discussion of provider proxy configu-
ration in Section 5.4.1.
쐍 Allow Chunking: Selected by default. Deselect this checkbox if your on-premise
SAP system installation doesn’t support HTTP chunking.
쐍 Proxy Type: Select Internet for connecting SAP Cloud Platform Integration to your
on-premise SAP system through the SAP Web Dispatcher; otherwise, select On- Figure 5.24 Configuring Receiver SAP_ERP_Notification_IN

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쐍 Private Key Alias: Enter the certificate private key alias in this field if you’re using
Note certificate-based authentication.
The SAP Cloud Platform Integration iFlow supports either basic authentication or cli-
ent certificate authentication to authenticate the tenant itself against the target sys-
tem for outbound connections from SAP Cloud Platform Integration to the receiver
system. Note the following distinctions:
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쐍 Basic authentication uses a user name and password to authenticate the sender
system against the receiver system.
쐍 Client certificate authentication uses the sender’s digital client certificate to
authenticate the sender system against the receiver system.

쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of your on-premise SAP system’s credential arti-
fact you’ve deployed if you’re using basic authentication.
쐍 Private Key Alias: Enter the certificate private key alias in this field if you’re using
client certificate authentication.

Finally, you must set up the receiver settings for organization object replication to
your on-premise SAP system, to replicate organizational objects including jobs, posi-
tions, departments, divisions, and business units from Employee Central to your on-
premise SAP system. To set up the receiver settings, configure the following fields, as
shown in Figure 5.25:
쐍 Receiver: Select SAP_ERP_IN from the dropdown list.
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SOAP. Figure 5.25 Configuring Receiver SAP_ERP_IN
쐍 Address: Enter the notification API URL from your on-premise SAP system in this
field. To learn how to get the exact URL, see our later discussion of provider proxy Once the configuration is completed, you can deploy the Employee Central to ERP
configuration in Section 5.4.1. Generic Object iFlow into the SAP Cloud Platform Integration runtime process by
쐍 Allow Chunking: Selected by default. Deselect this checkbox if your on-premise clicking the Deploy button.
SAP system installation doesn’t support HTTP chunking. Employee Central to ERP Employee Data and Organizational Assignment
쐍 Proxy Type: Select Internet for connecting SAP Cloud Platform Integration to your Next, let’s set up the parameter settings and configuration of the SAP SuccessFactors
on-premise SAP system through the SAP Web Dispatcher; otherwise, select On- Employee Central to SAP ERP Employee Data and Organizational Assignment iFlow.
Premise if your on-premise SAP system is accessed through the SAP Cloud Plat- Select Configure from the Action dropdown to enter iFlow configuration mode. We’ll
form cloud connector. discuss the configuration and parameters in this section to complete the configura-
쐍 Authentication: Select Basic authentication or Certificate-Based authentication. tions settings and integration connections for the SAP SuccessFactors Employee Cen-
쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of the on-premise SAP system’s credential arti- tral to SAP ERP Employee Data and Organizational Assignment replication receiver
fact you’ve deployed if you’re using basic authentication. iFlow.

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To set up the sender settings, as shown in Figure 5.26, configure the following:
쐍 Sender: Leave the default value ERP_Query.
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SOAP.
쐍 Address: Leave the default value /EC_to_ERP_Master_Data_And_Org_Query.
쐍 Authorization: Select User Role or Client Certificate.
5
쐍 Certificate Browse/Subject DN and Issuer DN: Import the client certificate from
the sender system.

Figure 5.27 Configuring the Employee_Central Receiver

Next, you must set up the receiver settings for employee data and organization as-
signment replication to your on-premise SAP system, which replicates this data from
Employee Central to your on-premise SAP system. As shown in Figure 5.28, configure
the following fields:
Figure 5.26 Sender Parameter Configuration
쐍 Receiver: Select ERP_Response from the dropdown list.
Next, go to the Receiver tab, where you’ll first set up the query to Employee Central 쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SOAP.
that extracts employee data from Employee Central. Configure the following fields, 쐍 Address: Enter the notification API URL from your on-premise SAP system in this
as shown in Figure 5.27: field. To learn how to get the exact URL, see our later discussion of provider proxy
쐍 Receiver: Select value Employee_Central from the dropdown menu. configuration in Section 5.4.1.
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value Successfactors. 쐍 Allow Chunking: Selected by default. Deselect this checkbox if your on-premise
쐍 Address: Enter the Employee Central API base URL in this field, for example, SAP system installation doesn’t support HTTP chunking.
“https://apisalesdemo4.successfactors.com.” 쐍 Proxy Type: Select Internet for connecting SAP Cloud Platform Integration to
쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of the SAP SuccessFactors credential artifact your on-premise SAP system through the SAP Web Dispatcher; otherwise, select
you’ve deployed. On-Premise if your on-premise SAP system is accessed through the SAP Cloud Plat-
form cloud connector.

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쐍 Authentication: Select Basic authentication or Certificate-Based authentication. data processing or employee organization assignment processing finishes in your
쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of your on-premise SAP system’s credential arti- on-premise SAP system.
fact you’ve deployed if you’re using basic authentication. To begin, select ERP to SuccessFactors Employee Central Confirmation v2 from the
쐍 Private Key Alias: Enter the certificate private key alias in this field if you’re using integration package list (refer back to Section 5.3.2, Figure 5.17). One artifact is deliv-
certificate-based authentication. ered as standard to support the confirmation integration: ERP to Employee Central
Confirmation v2 (Type: Integration Flow). 5
Let’s begin with the parameter settings and configuration of the ERP to Employee
Central Confirmation v2 iFlow. Select Configure from the Action dropdown menu to
enter the iFlow configuration mode. To set up the receiver settings for sending em-
ployee data and organizational assignment data replication confirmations to Em-
ployee Central, as shown in Figure 5.29, set the following:
쐍 Receiver: Leave the default value SFSF_EC.
쐍 Adapter Type: Leave the default value SuccessFactors.
쐍 Address: Enter the Employee Central API base URL in this field, for example,
“https://api4.successfactors.com.”
쐍 Authentication: Leave the default value Basic authentication.
쐍 Credential Name: Enter the name of the SAP SuccessFactors credential artifact
you’ve deployed.

Figure 5.28 Configuring Receiver ERP_Response

Once the configuration is completed, you can deploy the SAP SuccessFactors
Employee Central to SAP ERP Employee Data and Organizational Assignment iFlow
into the SAP Cloud Platform Integration runtime node by clicking the Deploy button.

Send Confirmation from SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA to Employee Central

The integration of confirmation responses from your on-premise SAP system to
Employee Central updates the processing status of employee data and employee
organization assignments in your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central. The
confirmation SOAP web service message is triggered immediately after the employee Figure 5.29 Receiver Configuration Parameter

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Several standard parameter values can be used. Under the More tab, the ENABLE_ Go through each set of deployed integration content and take note of their web ser-
PAYLOAD_LOGGING standard parameter value can be used. Enter “true” to keep the vice endpoint URLs. You’ll need these URLs when configuring the SOA Manager in
complete message payload containing all the data transferred in the SAP Cloud Plat- your on-premise SAP system in the next section. An example web service endpoint
form Integration message processing log (MPL). This feature is useful for issue analy- URL is shown in Figure 5.32.
sis and troubleshooting purposes. Otherwise, enter “false.”
Once the configuration is completed, you can deploy the ERP to Employee Central 5
Confirmation v2 iFlow into the SAP Cloud Platform Integration runtime node by
clicking the Deploy button.
At this point, you should have completed all four iFlow configurations and deployed
them. Next, navigate to WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Monitor 폷 Manage Integration Content and
click on tiles labeled All, as shown in Figure 5.30. You should see all four deployed
iFlows in the Started status, as shown in Figure 5.31.

Figure 5.32 Web Service Endpoint

5.4 Configuring SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA

In this section, we’ll focus on the configuration steps in SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA for
setting up integration scenarios between Employee Central and your on-premise SAP
Figure 5.30 Manage Integration Content system. We’ll start with the basic setup, before walking you through several key sce-
narios: cost center integration, organizational data integration, and employee data
integration. The configuration steps are the same regardless of whether you’re using
SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA.

5.4.1 Basic Setup

This section will cover the basic technical configuration steps for activating the
required web services, IDocs, and BIB integration framework that will be used in
Employee Central to your on-premise SAP system integration scenarios.

Web Service Configuration

Both employee data and organizational data integration use SOAP web service tech-
nology for data transfers between your on-premise SAP system and SAP Cloud Plat-
form Integration. The following web services should be configured in the SOA
Figure 5.31 List of Deployed Integration Content Manager to enable both data replication scenarios:

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쐍 For the organizational data replication scenario, as shown in Table 5.2, the corre- 3. Create a new logical port by selecting the Manual Configuration option from the
sponding iFlow of these web services is SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to Create dropdown menu, as shown in Figure 5.33.
ERP Generic Object.
쐍 For employee data and organizational assignment replication scenarios, as shown
in Table 5.3, the corresponding iFlows of these web services are SAP SuccessFactors
Employee Central to SAP ERP Employee Data and Organizational Assignment and 5
ERP to Employee Central Confirmation v2.

Object Type Object Name

Consumer proxy getOrganisationalObjectReplicationQuery_Out

Provider proxy OrganisationalObjectReplicationResponse_In

Provider proxy OrganisationalObjectReplicationNotification_In

Table 5.2 Web Services Used by Organizational Data Replication

Figure 5.33 Creating a Logical Port Using Manual Configuration

Object Type Object Name

4. On the following screen, enter the Logical Port Name, as shown in Figure 5.34. Click
Consumer proxy getEmployeeMasterDataAndOrgAssignmentBundleReplication- on the Next button to proceed with Consumer Security settings.
Query_Out

Consumer proxy EmployeeMasterDataReplicationConfirmationBOut

Provider proxy EmployeeMasterDataAndOrgAssignmentBundleReplication

Request_In

Table 5.3 Web Services Used by Employee Data Organizational Assignment Replication

Two web service object types are involved in the replication scenarios: the consumer
proxy object type or the provider proxy object type. In the following sections, we’ll
describe how to configure the web services for both object types.

Consumer Proxy Configuration

A consumer proxy refers to an outbound service that triggers a data request from SAP
Figure 5.34 Entering a Logical Port Name
ERP or SAP S/4HANA. In the following configuration steps, we’ll show you how to
configure a consumer proxy for an organizational data replication scenario:
5. Within the Consumer Security settings, select the User ID/Password option and
1. Go to your on-premise SAP system’s Web Service Configuration via Transaction enter the communication user ID and password for SAP Cloud Platform Integra-
SOAMANAGER. tion, as shown in Figure 5.35. Click on the Next button to proceed with the HTTPSet-
2. Search for the consumer proxy getOrganisationalObjectReplicationQuery_Out. tings step.

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7. In the SOAP Protocol step, as shown in Figure 5.37, configure the messaging param-
eters as follows:
– RM Protocol: Select SAP RM.
– Message ID Protocol: Select Suppress ID Transfer.
– Data transfer scope: Select Enhanced Data Transfer.
– Transfer protocol: Select Transfer via SOAP header. 5

Figure 5.35 Configuring Consumer Security Settings

6. Configure the URL setting, as shown in Figure 5.36. This field should contain the
web service endpoint URL of its corresponding iFlow. To obtain the URL, refer to
Section 5.3.2, specifically the example shown in Figure 5.32. All other fields are pre-
filled by default. Click on the Next button to proceed with the SOAP Protocol step.

Figure 5.37 Configuring the SOAP Protocol

8. Save the web service configuration by clicking on the Finish button.

9. Return to the logical port main screen, as shown in Figure 5.38. Set the saved logi-
cal port configuration as the default logical port by clicking the Set Log.Port De-
fault button.

Repeat the same configuration steps for the consumer proxy for the employee data
and organizational assignment replication scenario. The only difference is to search
for the consumer proxy from Table 5.2 and Table 5.3 before beginning the manual
configuration. All configuration settings should be filled out in the same way.

Figure 5.36 Configuring HTTP Settings

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3. Select Show Details to find the access URL in the Configuration Details section of
the Details of Provider Configuration popup window, as shown in Figure 5.40. Note
the WSDL URLs section and the With WS Policy URL; these URLs must be entered
into the relevant receiver addresses of the iFlow configurations used in the em-
ployee data and organizational data integration scenario described earlier in Sec-
tion 5.3.2. Enter the URL into the Address field for the Receiver settings as shown
5
previously in Section 5.3.2, Figure 5.25.
4. Repeat the same configuration steps for the provider proxy for the employee data
and organizational assignment replication scenario. The only difference is to
Figure 5.38 Setting the Logical Port as a Default Setting search for the provider proxy from Table 5.2 and Table 5.3. All configuration set-
tings should be completed in the same way.
Provider Proxy Configuration
A provider proxy refers to an inbound service that receives/returns information in
your on-premise SAP system. In the following configuration steps, we’ll walk through
the configuration steps for using a provider proxy in the organizational data replica-
tion scenario:
1. Go to Simplified Web Service Configuration in Transaction SOAMANAGER in your
on-premise SAP system.
2. Search for service definitions with the name OrganisationalObjectReplication-
Response_In, select the User Name/Password option, and click the Save button, as
shown in Figure 5.39.

Figure 5.40 Viewing the Service Access URL

ALE Distribution Configuration

Cost center replication from your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central uti-
lizes SAP’s ALE technology where the IDoc ODTF_CCTR is used for data transfers to
SAP Cloud Platform Integration over secure HTTP connections.
Figure 5.39 Provider Proxy Configuration
To enable the cost center replication from your on-premise SAP system to SAP Cloud
Platform Integration, follow these steps:

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1. Go to Transaction SM59 and set up a new RFC HTTP destination of Connection

Type G. Fill in the following details, as shown in Figure 5.41:
– Target Host: Enter the SAP Cloud Platform Integration runtime host URL.
– Path Prefix: Enter the cost center iFlow sender address, for example, “/cxf/ERP_
to_EC_CostCenter_Replication_IDoc.”
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Figure 5.41 Creating an RFC Destination Figure 5.42 Configuring the Logon and Security

2. Navigate to the Logon & Security tab, select Basic Authentication, and enter your
SAP Cloud Platform Integration user name and password, as shown in Figure 5.42.
For SSL, select the Active radio button, and click the Save button.
3. Create a logical system for Employee Central in Transaction BD54. Click on the
New Entries button, and you’ll arrive at the screen shown in Figure 5.43. Enter the
Log.System ID and its Name as represented in the Employee Central system. Click
on the Save button.
Figure 5.43 Creating the Logical System

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4. Create a distribution model view for cost center data distribution from your on-
premise SAP system to Employee Central by opening Transaction BD64. Then,
click on the Create Model View button, as shown in Figure 5.44.

Figure 5.44 Creating a Model View

5. Next, add a message type into the model view. Click on the Add Message Type but- Figure 5.46 Adding a Message Type: Configuration

ton, as shown in Figure 5.45, to proceed with the new message type configuration
popup window.

Figure 5.47 Transaction BD64: Distribution Model Configuration

Figure 5.45 Adding a Message Type

6. Maintain the following parameters, as shown in Figure 5.46, and then click on the
green checkmark button to proceed:
– Model view: Enter the model view “S4_EC.”
– Sender: Select the logical system for your on-premise SAP system.
– Receiver: Enter the Employee Central logical system, for example, “SFSFEC01.”
– Message Type: Enter “ODTF_CCTR.”
You should see the expected model view shown in Figure 5.47.
7. Create an XML HTTP port for IDoc processing in Transaction WE21 with the follow-
ing attributes, as shown in Figure 5.48, and click the Save button:
– RFC destination: Enter the RFC destination name created in Transaction SM59, Figure 5.48 Transaction WE21: Port Creation
as shown earlier in Figure 5.41.
– Content Type: Choose Application/x-sap.idoc as the content type.
– SOAP Protocol: Select this checkbox.

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8. Create a new partner profile to specify IDoc data in Transaction WE20 with the fol-
such as IDoc types, receiver ports, output modes, inbound processing codes, etc., for
lowing attributes, as shown in Figure 5.49:
each integration partner.
– Partn. Type: Set to LS (Logical system) for the Employee Central logical system.
– Message Type: Set the IDoc message type ODTF_OCTR as the outbound param-
eter. Enable the Business Integration Builder
– Receiver port: Assign the XML HTTP port created in step 7 (EC_CC) to the out- Both organizational data and employee data replication scenarios use the BIB inte- 5
bound parameter for Message Type ODTF_OCTR. gration framework for data field mappings between Employee Central and your on-
premise SAP system. To use the BIB framework, some basic activation and configura-
tion steps are required before you can proceed to more detailed field mapping config-
uration activities. Let’s begin with the steps required for the basic setup:
1. Enable the BIB integration framework by activating the BIB switch
Go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷 Integration with SuccessFactors Em-
ployee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷 Basic Settings 폷 Maintain the Con-
stant Value 폷 New Entries. Select Activate BIB for EC to ERP Employee Replication in
the Const (constant) field and enter “X” in the Constant Value field, as shown in
Figure 5.50. Click the Save button.

Figure 5.50 Activating the BIB Integration Framework

2. Specify the Employee Central instance ID

The next step is to create an ID to represent the target Employee Central instance
to which the data will be exchanged with. The Employee Central company ID is
generally used in this context for creating the Employee Central instance ID for
easy reference. However, the ID can use any naming convention.
Figure 5.49 Transaction WE20: Partner Profile Configuration
Go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷 Integration with SuccessFactors Em-
ployee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷 Basic Settings 폷 Specify Employee
Partner Profile Central Instance ID 폷 New Entries. Then, enter the EC Instance ID and its EC Instance
Description value, as shown in Figure 5.51, and click the Save button.
A partner profile is a configuration toolset that specifies the IDoc data interchange
parameters between your on-premise SAP system and its partner system. This tool-
set allows a series of parameters to be configured for inbound and outbound IDocs,

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metadata XML file in the EC Metadata File field, then click the execute icon (green
checkmark) icon in the upper-left corner, as shown in Figure 5.53.

Figure 5.51 Creating an Employee Central Instance

3. Importing metadata from Employee Central

In this step, you’ll assign the Employee Central data model or entities to the
Employee Central ID instance to form the Employee Central field mapping tem-
plate in your on-premise SAP system.
To obtain the metadata, go to Employee Central Admin Center 폷 Company Setting 폷
OData API Metadata Refresh and Export. Then, click Export to save the metadata Figure 5.53 Importing Metadata into SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
XML file in your local drive, as shown in Figure 5.52.
You should expect the metadata is imported successfully, resulting in the screen
shown in Figure 5.54.

Figure 5.52 Exporting Metadata from Employee Central

Once the metadata XML file is exported, proceed to SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA IMG
path Personnel Management 폷 Integration with SuccessFactors Employee Central 폷
Business Integration Builder 폷 Basic Settings 폷 Import Metadata from Employee
Figure 5.54 Import Metadata Result
Central 폷 Import Metadata for Web Service-Based Data Transfer from Employee
Central. Select the EC Instance ID that you created previously and browse for the
4. Create a value mapping entity
This next step is to create a value mapping translation table between Employee

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Central and your on-premise SAP system for use in field mapping. The value map- “NEWHIRE” for the Employee Central code in the EC Key field. Finally, click the
ping entity provides for one-to-one code translation and is used in many field Save button.
mappings due to code differences between the two systems. For example, a new
hire event in Employee Central is maintained as NEWHIRE; however, the corre-
sponding hire action type code in your on-premise SAP system is maintained as
01. Therefore, a value mapping entity is introduced to serve as a value translation
5
table for the field mapping.
To create a new value mapping entity, go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷
Integration with SuccessFactors Employee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷
Basic Settings 폷 Define Value Mapping Entity. Select Employee Central Instance ID 폷
New Entries and enter the following parameters, as shown in Figure 5.55:
– Value Mapping Entity: Enter a value mapping entity ID, for example, “ZVM_
EVENT_ACTION.”
Figure 5.56 Creating Value Mapping Details
– Description: Enter a description, for example, “Event-Action code mapping.”
– ERP Value Help: Enter the ERP field value definition, for example, “PA0000-
This step completes the basic technical configuration process for activating web ser-
MASSN.”
vices, IDoc settings, and BIB integration settings required for Employee Central to
When you’re done with these settings, click the Save button. your on-premise SAP system integration scenarios. In the following sections, we’ll
explore the specific integration scenarios in more detail.

5.4.2 Cost Center Integration Scenario

In most organization system designs, the master system of cost centers is main-
tained in SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA financials. However, the cost center is required in
Employee Central for employee cost center assignment activities. Therefore, cost
center integration is required to enable the replication process. To enable cost center
integration in your on-premise SAP system, perform the ALE distribution configura-
Figure 5.55 New Value Mapping Entity tion as described in Section 5.4.1.
Two ways exist to run the cost center replication from your on-premise SAP system
5. Maintain value mapping details
to Employee Central, which we’ll discuss in the following sections.
Once the value mapping entity is created, you can now maintain the translation
value within the value mapping entity. Go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷
Integration with SuccessFactors Employee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷 Initial Cost Center Replication
Basic Settings 폷 Define Value Mapping Details. Select the EC Instance ID and Value To manually execute the replication, follow these steps:
Mapping Entity to proceed to the value mapping details overview screen. Click on 1. Go to Transaction SA38 and execute program ODTF_REPL_CC. You’ll arrive at the
the New Entries button. screen shown in Figure 5.57.
You’ll arrive at the screen shown in Figure 5.56, where you’ll enter the SAP ERP or
SAP S/4HANA code of “01,” for example, in the ERP Key field and enter the value of

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2. Fill in the cost center selection parameters, as shown in Figure 5.57, based on your
requirements 1.
3. Scroll down to view more settings, as shown in Figure 5.58. Select the target
Employee Central logical system 2 where you created the logical system when we
configured the ALE distribution in Section 5.4.1. Enter a cost center history cutoff
date 3. 5
4. Click the execute icon (green checkmark) to start the cost center replication pro-
cess.

Figure 5.58 ODTF_REPL_CC Parameters

Delta Cost Center Replication

The same program ODTF_REPL_CC, with the IDoc change pointers program, is used
to facilitate the delta replication process. To set up the delta replication job to run in
the background, follow these steps:
1. First, select the Use Variant for Delta Replication Using Change Pointers checkbox
within in program ODTF_REPL_CC, as shown in Figure 5.59.

Figure 5.57 ODTF_REPL_CC Cost Center Selection 2. Click the Save button to save it as a program variant.
3. Complete the scheduling process by creating a background job in Transaction
SM36 using program RBDMIDOC (Creating IDoc Type from Change Pointers) with
IDoc message type ODTF_CCTR.

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mapping, and you cannot make any configurable changes to the field mapping
between Employee Central entities and SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA organizational
structure infotypes. The default field mapping mechanism supports the following
transformation from Employee Central to your on-premise SAP system, as shown
in Table 5.4.

Employee Central Organizational Object SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA Organizational Object 5

Business unit Organizational unit (object type O)

Division Organizational unit (object type O)

Department Organizational unit (object type O)

Job classification Job (object type C)

Position Position (object type S)

Table 5.4 Default Field Mapping of Organizational Objects

This approach also follows the default hierarchy relationship, as shown in Figure
5.60. Notice how the business unit, division, and department will all be represent-
ed by organizational units in your on-premise SAP system. The association between
department and department, division and division, department to division, and
division to business unit will be translated into organizational unit relationship
type A002 reporting structure in your on-premise SAP system.
Figure 5.59 Delta Replication Settings
Employee Central Organizational SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA
Objects Hierarchy Organizational Objects Hierarchy
5.4.3 Organizational Data Integration Scenario
Has Business Unit A002 Reports to
SAP is constantly developing new features and processing and configuration meth- Business Unit A1 Org Unit A1
Translates
ods in the Employee Central to SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA workspace since they origi- Division D1 Org Unit D1
Has Division A002 Reports to
nally introduced integration from Employee Central to on-premise SAP systems. The Division D2 Org Unit D2
Has Parent Division A002 Reports to
integration mapping tool within your on-premise SAP system has evolved from sim- Department C1 Org Unit C1
ple default field mappings with restrictions to a highly flexible and customizable Department C2 Org Unit C2
Has Parent Department A002 Reports to
field mapping functionality. With the evolution of the integration mapping tool, two
types of field mapping configuration approaches are available in your on-premise
SAP system for organizational data integration scenarios: Figure 5.60 Default Organizational Objects Hierarchy
쐍 Generic object replication with object-specific processing
This approach is a restricted configuration approach that follows the default field

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Business add-in (BAdI) implementation is required for any enhancement to cus- template group, which holds a collection of data replication field mappings between
tom field mappings. We do not recommend this approach, which is less flexible, Employee Central entities and infotypes.
unless you’ve already implemented the organizational data integration before the This section details the instructions for setting up the transformation template
generic processing approach was released by SAP. groups and templates for the predelivered sample group. Follow these steps:
쐍 Generic object replication with generic processing
1. Create the transformation template group
This flexible and customizable field mapping approach uses the BIB framework in
Go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷 Integration with SuccessFactors Em- 5
your on-premise SAP system and does not follow the default field mapping. The
ployee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷 Organizational Data Integration 폷
field mapping between Employee Central entities and your on-premise SAP sys-
Define Field Mapping for Organizational Data 폷 New Entries. Fill in the following
tem’s organizational object infotypes is configurable, and you can map any organi-
details, as shown in Figure 5.61, and click on Save:
zational fields including custom fields from Employee Central to your on-premise
– Transformation Template Group: Enter a name for the template group.
SAP system’s organizational structure infotype according to your business re-
quirements. Within the tool, a set of sample field mapping templates is also avail- – EC Instance ID: Select the Employee Central instance ID.
able for you to copy to speed up the field mapping configuration process and – Communicational Channel: Select Web Service Transfer.
further enhancements. This approach does support all default organizational ob- – Sample Content: For our example, we entered “OM_WS_1.”
jects as well as custom objects from Employee Central without the need for BAdI
– Earlie Trf Date: Leave this field blank. This field is only used for data migration/
implementation. This approach is recommended for its flexibility in field map-
integration from your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central.
ping implementation.
– Enable For Delta Replication: Leave this field blank. This field is only used for data
migration/integration from your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central.
Note
The sample field mapping configuration follows the field mapping shown in Table
5.4 and the hierarchical relationship shown in Figure 5.60. We recommended you
reuse the sample field mapping configuration template and adapt it according to
your integration requirements.

Now that we’ve covered the pros and cons of the various configuration approaches in
previous sections, let’s now get into the configuration details for the object replica-
tion with a generic processing approach, given its flexibility and also because it is the
recommended way to configure field mappings. Thus, we’ll only cover this approach
in the following sections.

Transformation Template Setup

Figure 5.61 Creating a Transformation Template Group
As part of the BIB framework, transformation template groups in your on-premise
SAP system are provided. These template groups are collections of fields and value 2. Create and assign the transformation template
mappings grouped by transformation templates. Each transformation template is associated with one Employee Central entity. In
Transformation template groups are assigned to specific Employee Central instances Employee Central, each organizational object is represented by a single Employee
by their system IDs. The data integration is performed for each transformation Central entity. In most cases, organizational data replication from Employee

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Central to your on-premise SAP system involves five default organizational ob- organizational integration scope. To speed up the configuration process, SAP offers
jects: business unit, division, department, job, and position. Therefore, five trans- predelivered sample field mapping templates for the five default Employee Central
formation templates are required and assigned to these Employee Central entities. entities (business unit, division, department, job, and position). In the following con-
figuration steps, we’ll cover how you can apply this sample field mapping template
For example, let’s create a transformation template for the mapping of the division
into the primary mapping of the template.
entity in Employee Central to your on-premise SAP system’s organizational unit. Fol-
lowing the same IMG path as earlier, on the screen that opens, navigate to the Dialog In the IMG screen Transformation Template, navigate to the Dialog Structure and 5
Structure on the left and double-click on the Transformation Template 폷 New Entries. double-click on Primary Mapping. Click on the Copy Sample Content button to copy
Fill in the following details, as shown in Figure 5.62, and then click on Save: the predelivered sample mapping for the division entity. You should see the map-
ping entries copied into the Primary Mapping table, as shown in Figure 5.63. Click on
쐍 Transformation Template: Enter a name for this template, for example, “TT_DIVI-
Save. Repeat the same step for the remaining Employee Central organization struc-
SION.”
ture entities.
쐍 Is Active: Select this checkbox.
쐍 Don’t Merge Records: Leave this field blank.
쐍 EC Entity: Select the Employee Central entity that corresponds to the division. Five
default Employee Central entities are available.

Repeat the same process for creating a new transformation template for every
Employee Central entity that that is to be translated into organizational data in your
on-premise SAP system.

Figure 5.63 Copying Sample Content to Primary Mapping

In our example, in the Primary Mapping screen shown in Figure 5.63, you’ll see three
field mappings, each mapped to three different infotypes. The mapping of the Name
and Description fields is pretty straightforward: These fields are direct mapped to the
short text and long description fields of infotypes 1000 and 1002, respectively. How-
ever, the Parent Division field of the Employee Central Division entity is mapped to
infotype 1001, field SOBID, to form the organizational unit-to-organizational unit
relationship type A002 (report to/line in your on-premise SAP system). With this
Figure 5.62 Creating a Transformation Template
mapping configuration, the association between the Employee Central division and
its parent division will be translated into your on-premise SAP system’s organization
Field and Value Mapping Configuration
unit, to a parent organizational unit (O-O) with a report to/line relationship type in
Once the transformation templates have been set up, we can now perform the field infotype 1001, as shown previously in Figure 5.60.
mapping configuration for every individual Employee Central entity involved in the

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However, the field mapping configuration does not translate the relationship be- 쐍 Subtype: Enter A002 (Reports To)
tween the Employee Central entity division and the business unit in your on-premise 쐍 Infotype Field: Enter SOBID (reference organization unit ID)
SAP system. To bring this relationship over to infotype 1001, you would create a new
field mapping in the Secondary Mapping table within the same template. For exam-
ple, within the primary mapping screen (shown earlier in Figure 5.63), select New En-
tries, and fill in the following details as shown in Figure 5.64:
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쐍 EC Field: Enter 38 (cust_toBusnessunit/externalCode).
쐍 Mapping Mode: Select Infotype Mapping from the dropdown.
쐍 Linking Field: Enter Parent Division.

Figure 5.65 Secondary Mapping

With the secondary mapping configured, the conditional mapping in your on-premise
SAP system can translate the relationship between the Employee Central division to
another business unit into a relationship between the organizational unit to its par-
ent organizational unit in infotype 1001. As long as the Employee Central division
does not have a parent division assigned, its associated business unit relationship
can be formed by the field mapping, as shown previously in Figure 5.60.

Running the Replication Process

The process of replicating organization data comes with two subprocesses in your
on-premise SAP system:
1. The organization object replication request begins with a trigger from your on-
premise SAP system using program RH_SFIOM_ORG_OBJ_REPL_QUERY to send
a query to replicate organizational objects from Employee Central to your on-
premise SAP system through a staging area.
2. The second process uses program RH_SFIOM_PROC_ORG_STRUC_RPRQ to post
the organizational objects from the staging area into your on-premise SAP system
Figure 5.64 Creating a New Field Mapping Organizational Management (OM) tables. On the program selection screen, you
can restrict the object types to be read to specific organizational object types and
Within the same screen, navigate to Secondary Mapping from the Dialog Structure. post to database tables, as shown in Figure 5.66.
Maintain the following details, as shown in Figure 5.65, and click the Save button:
The same programs can be used manually or via background scheduling jobs through
쐍 Parent Division: Enter ' ' to leave a blank parent division value as conditional logic Transaction SM36. Typically, organizational data programs are run on a regular basis,
to get the business unit instead of parent division so any organizational data maintained in Employee Central is replicated over to your
쐍 Infotype: Enter 1001 (OM Relationship) on-premise SAP system.

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varies from employee “mini master” data to full employee master data replication,
depending on your requirements. Mini master data is generally a limited set of HR
data required in your on-premise SAP system for non-HR functions, such as an
employee’s name and organizational details. Full employee master data is typically
required when HR or payroll functionality is maintained in your on-premise SAP sys-
tem. A good rule of thumb is to always start with a simple configuration and then add
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more complexity as you go along.
In the following sections, we’ll demonstrate the field mapping configuration steps
for an employee mini master data integration that involves data replication to basic
infotypes 0000, 0001, and 0002.

Transformation Template Setup

Let’s get started with creating a transformation template group for employee data
integration. A transformation template group is essential for the BIB integration
framework in every integration scenario; at least one transformation template group
is required to run the integration for each integration scenario; for example, if run-
ning both organizational data and employee data integration scenarios, you’ll need
two. Two transformation template groups are created: one for the organizational
data replication field mapping and another for the employee data replication field
Figure 5.66 Program RH_SFIOM_PROC_ORG_STRUC_RPRQ mapping. In this section, we’ll walk you through setting up a transformation tem-
plate group and a transformation template specific to the employee data integration
scenario. Follow these steps:
Note
1. Create the transformation template group
To avoid data locking errors when creating organizational objects for business units,
Go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷 Integration with SuccessFactors
divisions, and departments using the OM creation program RH_SFIOM_PROC_ORG_
Employee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷 Employee Data Integration 폷
STRUC_RPRQ, we recommend you create three organization object types in a se-
Define Field Mapping for Employee Data 폷 New Entries. Fill in the following details,
quence, starting with business unit updates, then division updates, and then depart-
as shown in Figure 5.67, and click Save:
ment updates. Run each organization object type one at a time.
– Transformation Template Group: Enter a name for the template group.
– EC Instance: Select the Employee Central instance ID.
5.4.4 Employee Data Integration Scenario – Communicational Channel: Select Web Service Transfer.
This section details the necessary instructions for setting up employee data field – Sample Content: Leave this field blank. In our example, we’ll create a mapping
mappings through the BIB integration framework. The focus of this section is to start template instead of utilizing a sample template.
simple, with the minimum required field mapping configuration steps for enabling – Earliest Transfer Date: Leave this field blank. This field is only used for data mi-
the employee data replication from Employee Central to your on-premise SAP sys- gration/integration from your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central.
tem. Unlike organizational data integration, the employee data integration scope

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– Enable For Delta Replication: Leave this unchecked. This field is only used for data
Transformation Template Employee Central Entity Name Description
migration/integration from your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central.
WS_4 EmpJob Job info

WS_5 PerPersonal Personal info

WS_11 EmpCompensation Compensation info

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Table 5.5 Transformation Template and Its Associated Employee Central Entities (Cont.)

Within the same IMG path screen, navigate to the Dialog Structure and double-click
on the Transformation Template 폷 New Entries. Fill in the following details, as shown
in Figure 5.68, and click on Save:
쐍 Transformation Template: Enter a template name, for example, “WS_5.”
쐍 Is Active: Select this checkbox.
쐍 Don’t Merge Records: Leave this field blank.
쐍 EC Entity: Select the Employee Central entity that corresponds to PerPersonal.
Figure 5.67 Create Transformation Template Group for Employee Data Integration
Repeat the same step for creating a new transformation template for every Employee
Central entity that is required for employee mini master data replication.
2. Assign the transformation template(s) to transformation template group
In Employee Central, an employee data record is logically stored in a combination of
multiple Employee Central entities. An Employee Central entity groups data that
shares common attributes. For example, the Employee Central entity PerPersonal
carries an employee’s personal details such as name, gender, and marital status.

A transformation template is a representation of an Employee Central entity in your

on-premise SAP system for configuring field mappings, and you must understand
the Employee Central entity and its dataset before adding a transformation template
to transformation template group. The relationship between the transformation
template and the Employee Central entity is a one-to-one relationship.
In the case of an employee mini master data integration scenario, the transformation
templates shown in Table 5.5 will be added to the transformation template group.

Transformation Template Employee Central Entity Name Description

Figure 5.68 Transformation Template for Employee Central Entity PerPersonal
WS_2 PerPerson Biographical info

WS_3 EmpEmployment Employment info As a result of transformation template creation and assignment, you should expect a
list of transformation templates assigned under Transformation Template Group, as
Table 5.5 Transformation Template and Its Associated Employee Central Entities shown in Figure 5.69.

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Transformation Field ID Description Mapping Mode Infotype Infotype Field

Template

WS_4 Job classification Infotype mapping 0001 STELL

WS_11 Pay group Infotype mapping 0001 ABKRS

WS_5 First name Infotype mapping 0002 VORNA 5

WS_5 Gender Infotype mapping 0002 GESCH

WS_5 Last name Infotype mapping 0002 NACHN

WS_2 Date of birth Infotype mapping 0002 GBDAT

Figure 5.69 Summary of Transformation Templates

Table 5.6 Primarily Field Mapping (Cont.)

Field and Value Mapping Configuration

Follow these steps:
Once the transformation templates have been set up, you can now perform the field
1. Within the same IMG screen for the transformation template, select transforma-
mapping configuration for each transformation template/Employee Central entity
tion template WS_4 (Employment Central entity EmpJob), as shown in Figure 5.70.
included in scope for the employee data integration scenario. In the case of the
employee mini master data integration scenario, the field mappings shown in Table
5.6 should be added to each transformation template.

Transformation Field ID Description Mapping Mode Infotype Infotype Field

Template

WS_4 Event Infotype mapping 0000 MASSN

WS_4 Event reason Infotype mapping 0000 MASSG

WS_4 Company Infotype mapping 0001 BUKRS

WS_4 Employee class Infotype mapping 0001 PERSG

WS_4 Employment type Infotype mapping 0001 PERSK

Figure 5.70 Transformation Template
WS_4 Location Infotype mapping 0001 WERKS

WS_4 Location Infotype mapping 0001 BTRTL 2. Next, navigate to the Dialog Structure and double-click on the Primary Mapping to
arrive at the screen shown in Figure 5.71.
WS_4 Department Infotype mapping 0001 ORGEH

WS_4 Position Infotype mapping 0001 PLANS

Table 5.6 Primarily Field Mapping

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Figure 5.71 Primary Mapping

3. Click on New Entries to create field mappings for the entity. Fill in the following
mapping details, as shown in Figure 5.72, and click Save:
– EC Field: Select the source Employee Central field technical name, for example,
43 for the event field.
– Mapping Mode: Select Infotype Mapping from the dropdown menu.
– Infotype: Fill in the target infotype number, for example, 0000 for infotype
0000 (Action).
– Subtype: Fill in the infotype subtype if the field mapping requires mapping to
an infotype with subtypes. Leave this field blank if a subtype is not required.
– Infotype Field: Fill in the target infotype field technical name, for example,
MASSN for the Action Type field. Figure 5.72 Creating a New Field Mapping
– Value Mapping Entity: Fill in the value mapping entity name if field value code
translation is required for this field. Employee Master Data and Organization Assignment Query Configuration
At this point, you’ve completed all necessary field mapping configuration activities.
Repeat the same step for the remaining field mappings for each transformation tem-
Now, you can begin creating data extraction query parameters for employee master
plate, as listed previously in Table 5.6.
data and organization assignments. Go to IMG path Personnel Management 폷 Inte-
gration with SuccessFactors Employee Central 폷 Business Integration Builder 폷 Em-
Note ployee Data Integration 폷 Define Parameters for Employee Master Data and Org.
Assign the value mapping entity in the field mapping detail if you need code transla- Assignment Query 폷 New Entries.
tion between Employee Central and your on-premise SAP system. For example, as
On this screen, you can maintain the following employee data query parameters, as
shown in Figure 5.72, the value mapping entity ZVM_EVENT_ACTION has been
shown in Figure 5.73, and click the Save button:
assigned to the field mapping of Event to MASSN, as shown earlier in Figure 5.55. This
scenario, where the event code is maintained in Employee Central in a different way 쐍 Transformation Template Group
than the action type code in your on-premise SAP system, is quite common. Select the transformation template group that we created in the previous section.

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쐍 Transformation Template Group Description

Fill in a description for the extraction, for example, “Employee mini master data
replication.”
쐍 Company
Enter an Employee Central company ID to restrict the employee data replication
to a specific company.
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쐍 Country Figure 5.73 Employee Master and Organizational Assignment Replication Query Parameters
Enter an Employee Central country ID to restrict the employee data replication to
a specific country. Running the Replication Process
쐍 Employee Class The employee data and organizational assignment replication process includes two
Enter an Employee Central employee class to restrict the employee data replica- subprocesses in your on-premise SAP system. Let’s walk through both subprocesses
tion to a specific employee class. next:
쐍 Type of Workforce
1. The employee data and organizational assignment replication request begins with
Select the workforce type (Employee, Contingent Worker, or both) to restrict the
a trigger from your on-premise SAP system using program ECPAO_EE_ORG_REPL_
employee data replication to specific workforces.
QUERY, as shown in Figure 5.74.
쐍 Replicate Organization Assignment
Select this checkbox to enable organization assignment replication; deselect it to
disable replication.
쐍 Exclude Org. Assignment with Employment Status
Enter an employee employment status to restrict the organization assignment to
a specific employment status.
쐍 Target System
Enter the replication target system maintained in Employee Central 폷 Admin Cen-
ter 폷 Manage Data.
쐍 Use External Cost Center ID
Select this checkbox to use SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA cost center IDs for cost center
assignments.
쐍 Multiple Job Events Per Day
Select this checkbox to allow employee data replication with multiple job events
per day if the scenario exists in Employee Central. Otherwise, the employee job
event replication is restricted to the latest job event from Employee Central.
쐍 Create Notification in Employee Central
Select this checkbox to send notifications to Employee Central on the employee
data and organizational assignment replication process status.
쐍 No Confirmation in Employee Central
Select this checkbox to exclude the “Successful” or “Failed” statuses from notifica- Figure 5.74 Program ECPAO_EE_ORG_REPL_QUERY
tions to Employee Central.

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This program sends a query to replicate both the employee data and the organiza- issues and data issues. Understanding the monitoring tools available can help you in
tional assignment data from Employee Central to your on-premise SAP system your troubleshooting efforts.
with the direct updating of employee personnel information data in infotypes. This section details the monitoring tools available for each integration scenario.
However, organizational assignment data is inserted in a staging area at the same
time. After the first program has completed, notice that the organizational assign-
Cost Center Integration
ment details, such as organizational unit, job, and position, will be blank. This data
The monitoring processes for cost center integrations include the following: 5
will be populated by the second program.
쐍 IDoc monitoring using Transaction WE02 in the on-premise SAP system
Open Transaction WE02, enter “ODTF_CCTR” in the Logical Message field in the
Note
selection screen, and click the Execute icon, as shown in Figure 5.76. You’ll see the
In the case of employee data replication error troubleshooting, check on the Enable
IDoc processing status overview screen.
Extended Verbose Logging option, as shown in Figure 5.74. This option allows the repli-
cation program to capture detailed logging during the employee data replication run.

2. Like organizational object replication, the second program, RH_SFIOM_PROC_EE_

ORG_ASS_RPRQ, as shown in Figure 5.75, posts the organizational assignment data
from the staging area into OM tables in your on-premise SAP system to update the
values in the organizational assignment infotype 0001, such as the employee’s
organizational unit, job, and position. The same program can be used manually or
via background scheduling jobs through Transaction SM36.

Figure 5.75 Program RH_SFIOM_PROC_EE_ORG_ASS_RPRQ

After running both the employee and organizational assignment programs, the em-
ployee data will be maintained and replicated from Employee Central to your on-
premise SAP system. Typically, a background job can be run daily to send the employee
data updates to your on-premise SAP system. Figure 5.76 Transaction WE02 IDoc Monitoring

5.4.5 Data Replication Monitoring and Troubleshooting 쐍 SAP Cloud Platform Integration message monitoring
Navigate to WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Monitor. On the Monitor Overview page, look for cost
Data replication errors are quite common during all phases of project implementa-
center failure messages. Select an error to enter the Messages list. Analyze the
tion as well as during production system support and may stem from configuration
error message in the Message Processing Log shown in Figure 5.77. If the Payload

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Enable option is turned on, you can retrieve the cost center content as an XML file Employee Data Integration
from the message processing log (MPL). The monitoring processes for employee data integrations include the following:
쐍 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA transaction
You can view the application log monitor via Transaction SLG1 to see employee data
processing information, as shown in Figure 5.79. Enter the following parameters:
– Object: Enter ECPAO_IN. 5
– Subobject: Enter *.
– External ID: Enter *.
Then click the execute icon (green checkmark) to view the employee data replica-
tion processing log, as shown in Figure 5.80.

Figure 5.77 SAP Cloud Platform Integration Cost Center Monitoring

쐍 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central OData API audit log

Navigate to Admin Center 폷 Company Settings 폷 OData API Audit Log. Look for
OData API call entity FOCostCenter, as shown in Figure 5.78. Click on the relevant
log and review the OData request and response content.

Figure 5.79 Transaction SLG1 Analyze Application Log

Figure 5.78 OData API Audit Log

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쐍 SAP Cloud Platform Integration message monitoring

Navigate to WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Monitor. On the Monitor Overview page, select the SAP
SuccessFactors Employee Central to ERP Employee Data and Organizational
Assignment artifact to display the overall status for the employee data message
process, as shown in Figure 5.82.

Figure 5.80 Application Log with Subobject Type EE

For every generated application log, two subobjects exist in the application log
level. Subobject EE provides the status of infotype update processes, as shown in
Figure 5.80, and subobject VERBOSE provides detailed employee date field map-
ping logs, as shown in Figure 5.81.

Figure 5.82 SAP Cloud Platform Integration Employee Data and Organizational Assignment
Monitoring

쐍 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central SFAPI audit log

Navigate to Admin Center 폷 Company Settings 폷 SFAPI Audit Log. Look for the OData
SFAPI call entity compoundemployee. Look for error messages if the compoun-
demployee log entries have a Failed status, as shown in Figure 5.83.

Figure 5.81 Application Log with Subobject Type VERBOSE

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Figure 5.84 Organizational Assignment Replication Request Status

쐍 SAP Cloud Platform Integration message monitoring

Figure 5.83 SFAPI CompoundEmployee Monitoring Navigate to WebUI 폷 Menu 폷 Monitor. On the Monitor Overview page, select the SAP
SuccessFactors Employee Central to ERP Generic Object artifact to display the over-
Organizational Data Integration all organization structure data messages processing status, as shown in Figure 5.85.
The monitoring processes for organizational data integrations include the following:
쐍 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA programs/transactions
Similarly, you can use the same Transaction SLG1 with different parameter set-
tings to monitor the organizational data replication process, as follows:
– Object: Enter PAOC_SFI_OM.
– Subobject: Enter *.
– External ID: Enter *.
Open Transaction SFIOM_VIEW_ORG_REQS to monitor the status of replication
processing requests for organizational objects in the staging area. Open Transac-
tion SFIOM_VIEW_REQUESTS to monitor replication processing requests for orga-
nizational assignments in the staging area, as shown in Figure 5.84.

Figure 5.85 SAP Cloud Platform Integration Organizational Structure Replication

Monitoring

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쐍 SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central OData API audit log mapping rule works if the employee personnel area and personnel subarea struc-
Navigate to Admin Center 폷 Company Settings 폷 OData API Audit Log. Look for ture design is straightforward and you don’t plan to integrate employee data from
OData API call entity FODepartment, FODivision, and FOBusinessUnit, as shown in Employee Central back to your on-premise SAP system.
Figure 5.86. Click on the relevant log and review the OData request and response However, note that this default mapping rule and strategy to handle a single loca-
content. tion is split by the mapping into two fields—the personnel area and subarea—if
you plan to integrate employee data from Employee Central back to your on- 5
premise SAP system. In most business scenarios, a single location field value is not
capable of translating into the direct representation of location to personnel area
and subarea in your on-premise SAP system in a one-to-one relationship.
Therefore, a simple enhancement is usually required that introduces a custom
field in Employee Central to store the personnel subarea value from your on-
premise SAP system to form a one-to-one direct mapping between the systems.
With this enhancement, an additional primary field mapping configuration is
required for the Employee Central custom field. An example is shown in Table 5.7.

Transforma- Field ID Descrip- Mapping Mode Infotype Infotype Field

tion Template tion

WS_4 Customstring01 Infotype mapping 0001 BTRTL

Table 5.7 Mapping Employee Central Custom Field to Infotype 0001-BTRTL

For the detailed steps to create these field mappings, refer to our discussion of field
Figure 5.86 OData API Audit Log
and value mapping configuration earlier in Section 5.4.4.
쐍 Use the same ID for the employee ID and the organizational structure object ID

5.5 Common Integration Scenario Considerations for initial data migration and replication cases
In this scenario, using the same ID eliminates the effort of creating and maintain-
This section highlights two common scenarios that may require additional solution ing object ID mapping tables, thus enhancing consistency across systems and
design. The first case is when Employee Central location field mappings are to be reducing user confusion.
applied to SAP organizational entities for personnel areas and subareas. The second For the initial data migration to allow the same ID to be populated from your on-
case arises because using the same user IDs for organizational objects and employees premise SAP system to Employee Central, make sure the automated external code
across SAP on-premise and SAP SuccessFactors systems is a best practice. Let’s dis- generation sequence capability for business unit, division, department, position,
cuss these two scenarios next: job classification, and person ID external for employee are turned off. Once data
쐍 SAP personnel area and personnel subarea to SAP SuccessFactors location field migration is completed, then the autogeneration capability can be turned on in
mapping Employee Central.
By default, your on-premise SAP system’s employee personnel areas and person- For new organizational objects and employee external person IDs generated in
nel subareas are mapped to a single location field in Employee Central. This default Employee Central, we recommend that the same external person ID is replicated

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over to your on-premise SAP system. This replication is established by setting up

the SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA feature PERNR to read external number ranges.
You must also implement a simple business add-in (BAdI) implementation to
assign the Employee Central person ID to the external PERNR in your on-premise
SAP system.
To implement the BAdI in your on-premise SAP system, go to IMG path Personnel
Management 폷 Integration with SuccessFactors Employee Central 폷 Business Inte-
gration Builder 폷 Business Add-Ins (BAdIs) 폷 Data Transfer From Employee Central 폷
BadI: Defining the PERNR and Central Person ID.

5.6 Summary
In this chapter, we covered the integration process, including setting up the required
field mappings using the BIB for the replication of organizational and employee data
from Employee Central to your on-premise SAP system. We also discussed the tech-
nical configuration activities required for enabling cost center data replication from
your on-premise SAP system to Employee Central.
In the next chapter, we’ll discuss how to integrate Employee Central with Employee
Central Payroll.

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Preface ..................................................................................................................................................... 23

PART I Integration Concepts

1 Deployment Models 33

1.1 Cloud Technology ................................................................................................................ 34

1.2 Full Cloud Deployment Model ....................................................................................... 36

1.2.1 Use Case .................................................................................................................. 37
1.2.2 Modules and Systems ......................................................................................... 38
1.2.3 Architecture and Integrations .......................................................................... 40
1.3 Core Hybrid Deployment Model ................................................................................... 43
1.3.1 Use Case .................................................................................................................. 44
1.3.2 Modules and Systems ......................................................................................... 45
1.3.3 Architecture and Integrations .......................................................................... 48
1.4 Talent Hybrid Deployment Model ............................................................................... 49
1.4.1 Use Case .................................................................................................................. 50
1.4.2 Modules and Systems ......................................................................................... 50
1.4.3 Architecture and Integrations .......................................................................... 52
1.5 Side-by-Side Deployment Model .................................................................................. 53
1.5.1 Use Case .................................................................................................................. 54
1.5.2 Modules and Systems ......................................................................................... 54
1.5.3 Architecture and Integrations .......................................................................... 55
1.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 56

2 Integration Tools and Technologies 57

2.1 Integration Basics ................................................................................................................ 58

2.2 Import and Export Jobs ..................................................................................................... 60

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2.3 Standard Integrations and Templates ....................................................................... 62 PART II Employee Central Integrations
2.4 Integration Center .............................................................................................................. 62
2.4.1 Setup and Function ............................................................................................. 63 4 Data Migration from SAP ERP or
2.4.2 Features ................................................................................................................... 64
SAP S/4HANA to Employee Central 111
2.4.3 Utilities .................................................................................................................... 66
2.5 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................................................................................... 67 4.1 Starting Your Migration Project .................................................................................... 112
2.5.1 Setup and Function ............................................................................................. 68 4.1.1 The Big Picture ....................................................................................................... 112
2.5.2 Features ................................................................................................................... 68 4.1.2 HR Data Requirements ....................................................................................... 114
2.5.3 SAP SuccessFactors Adapter ............................................................................. 74 4.1.3 Data Migration Prerequisites ........................................................................... 116
2.6 SAP SuccessFactors Web Services ................................................................................ 75 4.2 Replication Migration Process Overview .................................................................. 117
2.7 Access and Single Sign-On .............................................................................................. 76 4.3 Replication Setup with the Business Integration Builder ................................. 118
2.7.1 Standard Logon ..................................................................................................... 76
4.4 Preparation Steps ................................................................................................................ 120
2.7.2 Single Sign-On ....................................................................................................... 77
4.4.1 Employee Central ................................................................................................. 120
2.8 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 79 4.4.2 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA ................................................................................... 123
4.4.3 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ...................................................................... 127
4.5 Transformation Template Setup .................................................................................. 127
3 Integration Project Management 81 4.6 Field and Value Mapping Configuration ................................................................... 131
4.6.1 Organizational Data Migration Scenario ..................................................... 131
3.1 Integration Workstream .................................................................................................. 81 4.6.2 Employee Data Migration Scenario ................................................................ 134
3.2 Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................... 84 4.7 SAP Cloud Platform Integration Configuration ..................................................... 140
3.2.1 Customers .............................................................................................................. 84 4.7.1 Basic Settings ......................................................................................................... 141
3.2.2 Implementation Partners .................................................................................. 88 4.7.2 Credentials Setup ................................................................................................. 141
3.2.3 Vendors ................................................................................................................... 92 4.7.3 Integration Content Configuration ................................................................ 142
3.3 SAP Activate .......................................................................................................................... 95 4.7.4 Web Services Setup .............................................................................................. 145
3.3.1 Phases and Deliverables .................................................................................... 96 4.8 Data Migration Execution ................................................................................................ 149
3.3.2 Timelines ................................................................................................................. 99 4.8.1 Organizational Data Migration Run ............................................................... 149
3.4 Integration Implementation .......................................................................................... 100 4.8.2 Employee Data Migration Run ......................................................................... 151

3.5 Accelerators ........................................................................................................................... 103 4.9 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 153

3.5.1 SAP Model Company ........................................................................................... 104
3.5.2 SAP Best Practices ................................................................................................ 106
3.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 106

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5 Employee Central with SAP ERP or 6.4 Employee Data Replication Run .................................................................................... 282
6.4.1 Manual Execution ................................................................................................ 282
SAP S/4HANA 155
6.4.2 Data Replication Monitoring and Troubleshooting .................................. 285

5.1 Starting Your Integration Project ................................................................................ 155 6.5 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 287
5.1.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................... 155
5.1.2 Integration Prerequisites ................................................................................... 160
5.2 Configuring Employee Central ...................................................................................... 162 7 Employee Central with Third-Party Systems 289

5.3 Configuring SAP Cloud Platform Integration ......................................................... 164

5.3.1 Basic Configuration ............................................................................................. 165 7.1 Common Third-Party Integrations ............................................................................... 290
5.3.2 Integration Scenario Configuration ............................................................... 170 7.1.1 Kronos Workforce Software .............................................................................. 290
7.1.2 Benefitfocus ........................................................................................................... 291
5.4 Configuring SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA ...................................................................... 185
7.1.3 Active Directory ..................................................................................................... 291
5.4.1 Basic Setup ............................................................................................................. 185
5.4.2 Cost Center Integration Scenario ................................................................... 201 7.2 Starting Your Integration Project ................................................................................. 292
5.4.3 Organizational Data Integration Scenario .................................................. 204 7.2.1 The Big Picture ....................................................................................................... 292
5.4.4 Employee Data Integration Scenario ............................................................ 212 7.2.2 Integration Prerequisites ................................................................................... 294
5.4.5 Data Replication Monitoring and Troubleshooting ................................. 222 7.3 Configuring SAP Cloud Platform for Kronos Integration ................................... 294
5.5 Common Integration Scenario Considerations ..................................................... 230 7.3.1 Basic Settings ......................................................................................................... 295
7.3.2 Integration Scenario Configuration Setup ................................................... 301
5.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 232
7.4 Packaged Integration Mapping Extension ............................................................... 313
7.4.1 Basic Settings ......................................................................................................... 314
7.4.2 Packaged Extension Configuration Setup .................................................... 315
6 Employee Central with Employee Central Payroll 233 7.4.3 Mapping Extension Example ............................................................................ 317
7.5 Employee Central to Kronos UI Integration with SSO ........................................ 322
6.1 Starting Your Integration Project ................................................................................ 234
6.1.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................... 234 7.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 326
6.1.2 Integration Prerequisites ................................................................................... 236
6.2 Basic Settings ........................................................................................................................ 237
6.2.1 Employee Central ................................................................................................ 237 PART III Platform Integrations for Talent Management
6.2.2 Employee Central Payroll .................................................................................. 246
6.2.3 Enabling the Data Sharing Switch ................................................................ 251 8 Platform Integration for Basic User Data 329
6.3 Point-to-Point Configuration ......................................................................................... 252
6.3.1 Standard Field Mapping .................................................................................... 252 8.1 Starting Your Integration Project ................................................................................. 329
6.3.2 Employee Central ................................................................................................. 255
8.2 SAP SuccessFactors Platform in a Talent Hybrid Model ..................................... 333
6.3.3 Employee Central Payroll ................................................................................. 269
8.3 SAP SuccessFactors Platform and SAP ERP HCM .................................................... 335
8.3.1 Integration Process Overview ........................................................................... 336

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8.3.2 Extraction of Employee and Organizational Data .................................... 341 11 Employee Central to Recruiting Management 379
8.3.3 Configuration Settings in SAP ERP ................................................................. 344
8.3.4 Configuration Settings in SAP SuccessFactors ........................................... 350
11.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 379
8.3.5 Scheduling and Running the Import Employee Data Job in
11.1.1 Benefits of This Integration .............................................................................. 380
Provisioning ........................................................................................................... 355
11.1.2 Use Case Scenario ................................................................................................ 381
8.3.6 Monitoring the Data Transfer from SAP ERP HCM to
SAP SuccessFactors .............................................................................................. 357 11.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions .............................................................................. 382
8.3.7 Mapping SAP SuccessFactors Employee Data Fields to 11.2.1 Creating Requisitions in the Position Org Chart ........................................ 382
SAP ERP HCM ......................................................................................................... 357 11.2.2 Viewing Requisition Details in the Position Org Chart ............................ 386
11.2.3 Data Interactions .................................................................................................. 392
8.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 358
11.3 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 393
11.3.1 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 393
11.3.2 Activating the Employee Central to Recruiting Management
9 SAP SuccessFactors Learning and Platform Integration .............................................................................................................. 393
Integration 359 11.3.3 Creating a Rule to Derive the Job Requisition Template ......................... 394
11.3.4 Mapping the Position Fields to Job Requisition Fields ............................. 398
9.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 359 11.3.5 Additional Field Mapping Details and Tips .................................................. 401
11.3.6 Assigning Mapping Rules to the Position Management Settings ....... 405
9.2 Configuration Steps ........................................................................................................... 361
11.3.7 Setting Up Role-Based Permissions ................................................................ 405
9.2.1 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................... 361
11.3.8 Provisioning Settings ........................................................................................... 406
9.2.2 Link Generator ....................................................................................................... 362
9.2.3 Accessing the Native LMS ................................................................................. 363 11.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 408
9.2.4 Configuring the Learning Admin .................................................................... 363
9.2.5 Configuring SAP SuccessFactors Provisioning ............................................ 365
9.2.6 Configuring SAP SuccessFactors Platform Role-Based Permissions ... 367
12 Recruiting Management to Employee Central 409
9.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 368
12.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 409
12.1.1 Benefits of This Integration .............................................................................. 410
12.1.2 Use Case Scenario ................................................................................................ 411
PART IV Attract and Acquire Process Integrations
12.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions .............................................................................. 412
10 Attract and Acquire Overview 373 12.2.1 Transferring Candidate Data to Employee Central ................................... 412
12.2.2 Data Interactions .................................................................................................. 419

10.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 374 12.3 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 420
12.3.1 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 420
10.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions ............................................................................. 376
12.3.2 Configuring Applicant Statuses ....................................................................... 420
10.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 378 12.3.3 Configuring Offer Approval Status ................................................................. 425
12.3.4 Manage Pending Hires ........................................................................................ 427

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12.3.5 Setting Up Role-Based Permissions ............................................................... 427 14.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions .............................................................................. 459
12.3.6 Configuring the Transformation Template ................................................ 429 14.2.1 Initiating SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding from Recruiting
12.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 432 Management ......................................................................................................... 461
14.2.2 Hiring Manager Experience in SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding .......... 463
14.2.3 New Hire Experience in SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding ...................... 464
14.3 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 467
13 Recruiting Management to Recruiting 14.3.1 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 467
Marketing and Recruiting Posting 433 14.3.2 Provisioning Settings for Initiating Onboarding Processes .................... 467
14.3.3 Configuring an Applicant Status as Hirable ................................................ 468
13.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 434 14.3.4 Enabling Recruiting Users to Initiate Onboarding Processes ................ 468
13.1.1 Benefits of This Integration .............................................................................. 435 14.3.5 Enabling Onboarding for Job Requisitions ................................................... 470
13.1.2 Use Case Scenario ................................................................................................ 436 14.3.6 Configuring Personal Paperwork Business Rule ........................................ 471
13.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions ............................................................................. 436 14.3.7 Setting Up Role-Based Permissions ................................................................ 472
14.3.8 Mapping of Recruit-to-Hire Fields .................................................................. 474
13.3 Configuration Steps ........................................................................................................... 442
14.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 476
13.3.1 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................... 442
13.3.2 Integrating Recruiting Management and Recruiting Marketing
with Career Site Builder ..................................................................................... 443
13.3.3 Configuring the Recruiting Marketing Data Center URL ........................ 444 15 SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2.0 to Employee
13.3.4 Enabling Candidate Account Simplification ............................................... 445
13.3.5 Configuring Recruiter Single Sign-On ........................................................... 447
Central 477

13.3.6 Configuring Real-Time Job Sync ...................................................................... 448

13.3.7 Configuring the Data Privacy Consent Statement ................................... 452 15.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 478
13.3.8 Setting Up Integration between Recruiting Management and 15.1.1 Benefits of This Integration .............................................................................. 478
Recruiting Posting ................................................................................................ 453 15.1.2 Use Case Scenario ................................................................................................ 479

13.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 455 15.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions .............................................................................. 479
15.2.1 Manage Pending Hires ........................................................................................ 480
15.2.2 External User to Employee Conversion Job ................................................. 482
15.2.3 Data Interactions .................................................................................................. 483
14 Recruiting Management to SAP SuccessFactors 15.3 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 484
Onboarding 2.0 457 15.3.1 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 484
15.3.2 Configuring the Data Model and Synchronizing with the MDF ........... 484
14.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 458 15.3.3 Running a Conversion Job ................................................................................. 488
14.1.1 Benefits of This Integration .............................................................................. 458
15.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 489
14.1.2 Use Case Scenario ................................................................................................ 459

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PART V Pay for Performance Process Integrations 18.2.6 Viewing Feedback on Achievements ............................................................. 512
18.2.7 Setting Up Role-Based Permissions ................................................................ 512
18.2.8 Integrating Continuous Performance Management with Goal
16 Pay for Performance Overview 493
Management ......................................................................................................... 513

16.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 494 18.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 515

16.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions ............................................................................. 496

16.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 498

19 Performance Management and Goal
Management with SAP SuccessFactors
17 Performance Management and Goal Variable Pay 517

Management with Employee Central 499

19.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 517
19.2 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 518
17.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 499
19.2.1 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 519
17.2 Configuration Steps ........................................................................................................... 500 19.2.2 Assigning a Performance/Goal Form to a Variable Plan ......................... 519
17.2.1 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................... 500 19.2.3 Viewing the Ratings and Goals in the Variable Plan ................................ 520
17.2.2 Performance and Goal Management Portlets ........................................... 500
19.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 522
17.2.3 Setting Up Role-Based Permissions ............................................................... 501
17.2.4 Configuring the People Profile for Portlets ................................................. 502
17.2.5 Configuring the Performance History Portlet ............................................ 504
17.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 508 20 SAP SuccessFactors Compensation with
Employee Central 523

18 Performance Management and Goal 20.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 524

Management with Continuous Performance 20.2 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 525

20.2.1 Prerequisites ........................................................................................................... 525
Management 509
20.2.2 Preparing the Compensation Plan Template .............................................. 525
20.2.3 Mapping Data from Employee Central to SAP SuccessFactors
18.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 509
Compensation ....................................................................................................... 527
18.2 Configuration Steps ........................................................................................................... 510 20.2.4 Defining Eligibility Criteria ................................................................................ 529
18.2.1 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................... 510 20.2.5 Publishing SAP SuccessFactors Compensation Data to
18.2.2 Configuring Permissions for the Achievements Tab ................................ 510 Employee Central ................................................................................................. 532
18.2.3 Enabling View Achievements .......................................................................... 510 20.2.6 Disabling Business Rules before Publishing ................................................ 534
18.2.4 Configuring the Achievements Tab ............................................................... 511 20.2.7 Enabling the Employee Central Salary Pay Matrix .................................... 535
18.2.5 Displaying Achievements on the Performance Management Form .. 511 20.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 536

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PART VI Identify and Grow Process Integrations 24 Succession Planning with Career Development
Planning 563
21 Identify and Grow Overview 539
24.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 563
21.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 539
24.2 Configuration Steps ............................................................................................................ 564
21.2 Cross-Module Process Interactions ............................................................................. 542 24.2.1 Displaying Development Goals on the Scorecard ..................................... 565
21.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 543 24.2.2 Configuring the Development Objective Portlet in the People
Profile ........................................................................................................................ 567
24.2.3 Adding Development Goals in the Career Scorecard ............................... 569
24.2.4 Configuring the Nomination and Successor Portlets in the People
22 Career Development Planning with Profile ........................................................................................................................ 572
Performance Management and 360 Reviews 545 24.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 574

22.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 545

22.2 Configuration Steps ........................................................................................................... 546 PART VII Custom Integrations

22.2.1 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................... 546
22.2.2 Integrating Development Goals with the Performance Review
Form ......................................................................................................................... 546
25 Application Programming Interfaces 577

22.2.3 Integrating Achievements with Career Development Planning .......... 549

22.2.4 Integrating 360 Reviews with Career Development Planning ............. 551
25.1 API Setup and Configuration .......................................................................................... 578
25.1.1 OData API Setup .................................................................................................... 578
22.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 553
25.1.2 SOAP API Setup ...................................................................................................... 582
25.1.3 API Center ................................................................................................................ 583
25.2 OData APIs .............................................................................................................................. 585
23 SAP SuccessFactors Learning with 25.2.1 HTTP-Basic Authentication ............................................................................... 586
Career Development Planning 555 25.2.2 OData Metadata ................................................................................................... 586
25.2.3 OData Query Operations ................................................................................... 588

23.1 The Big Picture ...................................................................................................................... 555 25.3 Compound Employee API ................................................................................................. 594
23.2 Configuration Steps ........................................................................................................... 556 25.3.1 Session Management ......................................................................................... 594
25.3.2 SOAP Metadata ..................................................................................................... 597
23.2.1 Prerequisites .......................................................................................................... 556
25.3.3 SOAP Query Operations ...................................................................................... 597
23.2.2 Integration Steps in Career Development Planning ................................ 557
23.2.3 Integration Steps in SAP SuccessFactors Learning ................................... 559 25.4 SAP API Business Hub ........................................................................................................ 600
23.2.4 Viewing Learning Activities in a Career Development Goal Form ....... 560 25.5 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 603
23.2.5 Learning with the Career Worksheet ............................................................ 562
23.3 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 562

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26 Integration Center 605 27.2.4 Integration Configuration and Deployment ............................................... 681
27.2.5 Process Monitoring and Troubleshooting .................................................... 683

26.1 Delimited File Output ........................................................................................................ 606 27.3 Scheduled Import into SAP SuccessFactors .............................................................. 687
26.1.1 Use Case and Requirements ............................................................................. 606 27.4 Outbound Data Using Intelligent Services ............................................................... 690
26.1.2 Selecting the Integration Type ........................................................................ 608 27.4.1 Consuming an Intelligent Service ................................................................... 691
26.1.3 Determining the Starting Entity and Selecting Fields ............................. 609 27.4.2 Updating LDAP ...................................................................................................... 694
26.1.4 Filter and Sort Criteria ........................................................................................ 622 27.4.3 Deployment and Configuration ...................................................................... 695
26.1.5 Destination Settings and Schedule ................................................................ 624 27.4.4 Event Subscription ............................................................................................... 697
26.2 Fixed Length File Output ................................................................................................. 625 27.5 Real-Time Updates into SAP SuccessFactors ........................................................... 700
26.2.1 Use Case and Requirements ............................................................................. 626
27.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 702
26.2.2 Selecting the Integration Type ........................................................................ 626
26.2.3 Determining the Starting Entity and Selecting Fields ............................. 626
26.3 EDI/Stacked File Output ................................................................................................... 628
26.3.1 Use Case and Requirements ............................................................................. 628 28 Custom Integration Best Practices 705
26.3.2 Selecting the Integration Type ........................................................................ 628
26.3.3 Determining the Starting Entity and Selecting Fields ............................. 629 28.1 Evaluating Your Custom Integration Requirements ........................................... 705
26.4 CSV File Input ........................................................................................................................ 632 28.2 Standard Templates ........................................................................................................... 708
26.4.1 Use Case and Requirements ............................................................................. 632 28.2.1 Benefits .................................................................................................................... 708
26.4.2 Selecting the Integration Type ........................................................................ 632 28.2.2 Getting Started ...................................................................................................... 709
26.4.3 Determining the Starting Entity and Map Attributes ............................. 632 28.2.3 Integration Center ................................................................................................ 710
26.5 Intelligent Services-Based REST Outbound Call .................................................... 635 28.2.4 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ...................................................................... 711

26.5.1 Integration Definition ........................................................................................ 635 28.3 Reviewing Design Principles ........................................................................................... 713
26.5.2 Associating the Integration to an Intelligent Service Event .................. 638 28.3.1 Standard Integration on SAP Cloud Platform Integration ...................... 713
26.6 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 640 28.3.2 Custom Integration on SAP Cloud Platform Integration ........................ 715
28.3.3 Integration Center ................................................................................................ 717
28.3.4 SAP SuccessFactors API Guidelines ................................................................. 718
28.4 Summary ................................................................................................................................. 719
27 SAP Cloud Platform 641

27.1 Integration Lifecycle .......................................................................................................... 642

The Authors ........................................................................................................................................... 721
27.2 Scheduled Export from SAP SuccessFactors ............................................................ 644 Index ........................................................................................................................................................ 723
27.2.1 Use Cases and Requirements ........................................................................... 644
27.2.2 Integration Technical Design ........................................................................... 646
27.2.3 Development on SAP Cloud Platform Integration .................................... 647

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360 Reviews ................................ 540, 541, 542, 545 ALE distribution .................................................... 191
development objectives ................................. 552 Annual salary field ............................................... 619
with CDP and PM ................................... 545, 551 Aon Hewitt ................................................................. 42
XML template .................................................... 551 API Center ................................................................ 583
OData IP whitelisting ..................................... 584
A Applicant statuses ................................................ 420
add new status .................................................. 421
Accelerators ............................................................ 103 configure offer approval ............................... 426
Access ........................................................................... 76 default .................................................................. 422
standard logon .................................................... 76 hire and hirable ....................................... 423, 468
Achievements ........................................................ 509 onboarding ......................................................... 468
configure permissions .................................... 510 talent pipeline ................................................... 425
configure tab ..................................................... 511 Applicant tracking ................................................ 374
display .................................................................. 511 Applicant tracking system (ATS) ........... 433, 457
enable view ......................................................... 510 Application logs ........................................... 226, 285
goal plans ............................................................ 513 Application programming interfaces
import/export permissions .......................... 513 (APIs) ........................................................ 69, 75, 577
individual performance ................................. 521 audit logs ................................................... 355, 584
view feedback .................................................... 512 authentication options ................................. 167
with CDP .............................................................. 549 best practices ..................................................... 718
Active Directory .......................... 42, 289, 291, 711 code snippets ..................................................... 603
with Employee Central ................................... 690 create user ................................................. 354, 450
Adapters ................................................................... 641 data dictionary ........................................ 355, 584
connection details ................................. 660, 677 Employee Central Payroll integration ..... 239
HTTPS ................................................................... 700 enable web services ......................................... 352
LDAP ...................................................................... 691 endpoint URL ..................................................... 350
ProcessDirect ..................................................... 680 host name URL .................................................. 162
processing deatils .................................. 660, 664 logging responses ............................................ 689
query options ..................................................... 664 MDF visibility .................................................... 581
sender ................................................................... 700 model calls ............................................................. 74
SOAP ...................................................................... 691 OData ................................................................... 585
types ......................................... 657, 659, 677, 692 package list ........................................................ 601
Address information ........................................... 253 permissions ............................................... 239, 354
Admin Center ..................................................... 60, 76 SAP API Business Hub .................................... 600
event reasons ..................................................... 121 setup and configuration ............................... 578
Integration Center ........................................... 605 SOAP ..................................................... 75, 577, 597
settings ................................................................. 354 stateless ............................................................... 591
Administrator permissions .............................. 240 try out ................................................................... 601
Advanced calculations ........................................... 65 URL changes ......................................................... 74
Advanced extensibility ...................................... 282 URLs ............................................................. 239, 594
Aggregation strategy ........................................... 667 user credentials ................................................ 443
Aggregators ................................................................ 72 user permissions .............................................. 162
Agile approach ....................................................... 101 web services ....................................................... 101

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Application registration .................................... 697 Best practices (Cont.) Candidate data ............................................. 409, 458 Company performance ...................................... 520
Approval workflow .............................................. 392 standard templates ......................................... 708 onboarding ......................................................... 460 Company territory codes .................................. 310
Approvers ....................................................... 414, 416 Bonus calculation .............................. 519, 521, 522 transfer to Employee Central ...................... 412 Compenation worksheets ................................. 525
send for approval ............................................. 416 Bonus pay ................................................................. 517 view ........................................................................ 412 Compensation eligibility rules ....................... 529
Architecture ............................................................... 59 Branding ..................................................................... 79 Candidate experience ......................................... 441 Compensation info model ................................ 534
core hybrid model ............................................... 48 Build dynamic where clause step ......... 653, 664 Candidate offers .................................................... 416 Compensation information ............................. 254
full cloud model ................................................... 40 Business add-ins (BAdIs) Candidate profiles ................................................ 410 Compensation plan ............................................. 519
side-by-side model .............................................. 55 advanced extensibility ................................... 282 CAS ......................................................................... 445 Compensation plan template .......................... 525
talent hybrid model ........................................... 52 assign IDs ............................................................. 232 Candidate to Employee Integration XML hybrid plan ......................................................... 526
Artifacts ........................................................... 650, 669 configure .............................................................. 349 template .............................................................. 429 Compensation planning ................. 493, 523, 524
Assessments ........................................................... 712 custom field mapping .................................... 206 Career Development Plan XML template ... 548 Compensation rules ............................................ 530
Assignment-based ratings ................................ 522 Business Beyond Bias feature .......................... 550 Career Development Planning (CDP) ...... 39, 51, Compensation statement ................................. 524
Attachments .............................................................. 66 Business functions ............................................... 246 539, 542, 545 Compensation worksheets ............................... 524
Attract and acquire ................. 330, 373, 379, 409, Business Integration Builder (BIB) ....... 111, 118 add templates .................................................... 567 data mapping .................................................... 527
458, 479 activate BIB switch .......................................... 197 with 360 Reviews .............................................. 551 publish data ....................................................... 532
big picture ........................................................... 374 Employee Central ............................................. 120 with achievements .......................................... 549 Competencies ..................................... 546, 555, 559
cross-module process interactions ........... 376 enable .................................................................... 197 with PM and 360 Reviews ............................. 545 attach to learning items ............................... 560
modules ............................................................... 376 field mapping ..................................................... 206 with SAP SuccessFactors gaps ....................................................................... 556
Audit logs ................................................................. 584 preparation steps ............................................. 120 Learning ................................................ 555, 557 link with development goals ....................... 547
Authentication ...................................................... 167 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA .............................. 123 with Succession Planning ............................. 563 source elements ................................................ 548
Automatic Data Processing, Inc. Business rules ......................................................... 242 Career Site Builder ............................. 433, 434, 442 Competency Connector: SF .............................. 559
(ADP) ..................................................... 42, 289, 645 assign .................................................................... 405 configure ............................................................. 443 Competency library ............................................. 560
convert Employee Central data ................. 670 conditions and decision points ................... 396 Recruiting Management ............................... 435 ComplexType ......................................................... 589
create ..................................................................... 394 Career worksheets ................................................ 556 Compound Employee API ...... 75, 235, 352, 582,
B define logic .......................................................... 266 with SAP SuccessFactors Learning ............ 562 594
disable ................................................................... 534 Catalog learning .................................................... 558 access .................................................................... 296
Background check verification ....................... 711 eligibility criteria .............................................. 529 CDP with Performance Management and access permissions .......................................... 583
Background jobs ............................................ 60, 203 Employee Central ............................................. 529 360 Reviews ........................................................ 545 API Center ........................................................... 584
execute data extraction ................................ 283 Employee Central with Recruiting big picture ........................................................... 545 best practices ..................................................... 718
schedule ...................................................... 348, 406 Management ................................................. 394 configuration steps ......................................... 546 delta data ............................................................ 600
Base SSO URL .......................................................... 444 field mapping ..................................................... 401 prerequisites ....................................................... 546 delta response ................................................... 598
Basic authentication .... 167, 168, 178, 579, 581, job requisitions .................................................. 385 Ceridian Latitude HRDE ..................................... 711 enable ................................................................... 353
584, 585, 660, 662 map position fields .......................................... 398 Certificate export wizard ................................... 324 query configuration ........................................ 270
HTTP ..................................................................... 586 one-time deduction ......................................... 269 Chunking .................................................................. 178 query operations .............................................. 597
Basic extensibility ................................................ 281 personal paperwork ........................................ 471 Client certificate authentication ......... 167, 168,
recurring deduction ......................................... 266 query segments ................................................. 272
Basis support ............................................................. 87 178 session management ..................................... 594
Benefitfocus ............................................ 42, 289, 291 validation ............................................................ 266 Cloud connector ................................. 160, 690, 694 syntax ................................................................... 597
Benefits ................................................................. 38, 44 Cloud Reporting tool ........................................... 363 Compression algorithm ..................................... 656
files ........................................................................... 65 C Cloud technology .................................................... 34 Concat function .................................................... 320
salary .................................................................... 711 Code snippets ......................................................... 603 Conditional mapping .......................................... 211
third-party vendor ........................................... 291 Calibration ........................................... 495, 497, 499 Code value mapping ............................................ 276 best practices ..................................................... 706
Best practices ......................................................... 705 Call email process step ........................................ 676 configure ............................................................. 277 Conditions ............................................ 396, 401, 472
APIs ........................................................................ 718 Calls ............................................................................... 71 customer tables ................................................ 278
and/or operators ............................................. 622
custom integration ................................ 705, 715 Candidate Account Simplification (CAS) .... 435, mapping modes ................................................ 277
job requisitions ................................................. 404
design principles .............................................. 713 441, 445 payroll event example ................................... 279
Confirmation responses .................................... 182
Integration Center ........................................... 717 configure .............................................................. 446 Company codes .................................. 173, 309, 647
Connect to system step ...................................... 661
standard integration ...................................... 714 prerequisites ....................................................... 446 mapping configuration ................................. 274

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Connection ping test .......................................... 248 Cost center integration ......................................... 46 Data extraction (Cont.) Datastore operations ............................................. 73
Connectivity .............................................................. 69 Cost center replication ........................................ 156 criterion ............................................................... 710 Decoder ....................................................................... 71
adapters .................................................................. 69 ALE distribution ................................................ 191 delta ....................................................................... 342 Decoupled infotype framework ..................... 251
Consumer proxy ................................................... 186 configure .............................................................. 171 pre-hire ................................................................. 343 Decryptors .................................................................. 72
HTTP settings .................................................... 188 delta ....................................................................... 203 scheduled mode ...................................... 302, 305 Deep inserts ............................................................ 632
security settings ............................................... 187 deploy iFlow ........................................................ 174 Data locking ............................................................ 212 Delegated authentication .................................... 79
SOAP protocol ................................................... 189 enable .................................................................... 191 Data migration ................................................ 83, 111 Delimited file output .......................................... 606
Content enricher ..................................................... 71 iFlow ...................................................................... 172 big picture ........................................................... 112 annual salary .................................................... 619
Content library ...................................................... 106 manually execute ............................................. 201 earliest transfer date scenario .................... 125 configure fields ................................................. 612
Content modifiers ................................ 71, 655, 667 monitoring .......................................................... 223 employee ............................................................. 115 destination settings and schedule ............ 624
header and trailer ............................................ 655 other parameters .............................................. 173 employee data ................................ 129, 134, 151 filter and sort criteria ..................................... 622
step ......................... 653, 666, 671, 688, 693, 701 receiver ................................................................. 172 execution ............................................................. 149 first name ............................................................ 612
Contingent workers ............................................. 427 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA .............................. 201 filter ....................................................................... 123 hire date ............................................................... 615
Continuous Performance Management sender .................................................................... 172 HR data requirements .................................... 114 last name ............................................................ 615
(CPM) .............................. 493, 495, 496, 509, 542 Cost centers ................................................... 171, 715 organizational data .............................. 131, 149 select fields ......................................................... 609
permissions ........................................................ 513 Employee Central Payroll .............................. 275 preparation steps ............................................. 120 select integration type ................................... 608
with CDP .............................................................. 549 mapping ............................................................... 275 prerequisites ....................................................... 116 SSN ......................................................................... 616
with Goal Management ................................ 513 master data ........................................................ 201 replication ........................................................... 117 use case and requirements .......................... 606
with PM/GM ...................................................... 509 Country association ............................................. 616 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ...... 127, 140 Delimited files .................................... 606, 611, 629
Continuous Performance Management with Credentials ............................................................... 141 SAP system to Employee Central ............... 111 Delta replication .......................................... 132, 135
Performance/Goal Management .............. 509 CSV file input .......................................................... 632 starting your project ....................................... 112 Departments .......................................................... 115
big picture ........................................................... 509 field options ........................................................ 634 timelines .............................................................. 114 Deploy phase ............................................................. 98
configuration steps ......................................... 510 map attributes ................................................... 633 use same IDs ...................................................... 231 Deployment models ...................... 33, 34, 35, 330
prerequisites ...................................................... 510 select integration type .................................... 632 Data model navigator ............................................ 66 core hybrid ............................................................. 43
RBPs ....................................................................... 512 starting entity .................................................... 632 Data privacy consent statement (DPCS) ...... 452 decision criteria ................................................ 332
Conversion jobs ........................................... 480, 482 use case and requirements ........................... 632 enable ................................................................... 452 full cloud ................................................................. 36
occurence ............................................................ 489 CSV files ..................................................................... 612 Data processing ........................................................ 70 platform integration ...................................... 330
running ................................................................ 488 Cursor-based pagination .................................... 591 components ........................................................... 70 side-by-side ............................................................ 53
Converter .................................................................... 71 Custom integration .............................................. 705 Data replication ..................................................... 117 talent hybrid ......................................................... 49
Core HR ........................................................................ 41 APIs ........................................................................ 577 Business Integration Builder (BIB) ............ 118 Design components ............................................... 70
core hybrid model ............................................... 45 Integration Center ........................................... 605 cost center data ................................................ 156 Design patterns ............................................ 708, 710
full cloud ......................................................... 38, 40 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................. 715 CSV file-based .................................................... 117 Design principles .................................................. 713
side-by-side model .............................................. 53 Custom objects ........................................................ 64 delta replication jobs ...................................... 203 Design space .................................................. 648, 691
talent hybrid model ........................................... 51 Customer tables ..................................................... 277 Employee Central with Employee Central Destination settings ................................... 624, 637
Core hybrid model ........................ 36, 43, 289, 331 mapping mode .................................................. 278 Payroll .............................................................. 234 Development goals .............................................. 545
architecture and integrations ....................... 48 Customers .................................................................. 84 employee data ................................................... 158 achievements .................................................... 511
data migration ................................................. 112 activities ................................................................. 84 monitoring ............................................... 222, 285 add ......................................................................... 547
data replication ................................................ 118 Customized solutions ........................................... 37 organizational assignments ....................... 158 add to scorecard ............................................... 569
modules and systems ........................................ 45 organizational structures ............................. 157 display in scorecard ........................................ 565
scenarios ................................................................ 46 D troubleshooting ...................................... 222, 285 edit ......................................................................... 570
use case ................................................................... 44 use same IDs ...................................................... 231 integrate achievements ................................. 550
Corporate data model ......................................... 256 Data change events .............................................. 122 web service-based ............................................ 117 integrate with performance forms ........... 546
best practices ..................................................... 257 Data dictionary ...................................................... 584 web services configuration .......................... 185 link to competencies ....................................... 547
export XML ......................................................... 256 Data extraction ...................................................... 341 Data replication monitor ................................... 286 section .................................................................. 549
import XML ........................................................ 257 best practices ..................................................... 706 Data sharing switch ............................................. 251 Development Goals portlet .............................. 565
Corporate goals ............................................ 493, 539 configure programs ......................................... 347 Data type mapping ............................................... 279 configure in people profile ........................... 567

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Index Index

Development Objectives portlet Employee Central (Cont.) Employee Central (Cont.) Employee Central with Employee Central
add as background element ........................ 565 configure .............................................................. 162 with Active Directory ...................................... 690 Payroll .................................................................. 233
configure in people profile ........................... 567 configure payroll .............................................. 245 with PM and GM .............................................. 499 API setup ............................................................. 239
configure permissions ................................... 566 convert data into ADP .................................... 670 with SAP SuccessFactors basic settings ..................................................... 237
RBPs ....................................................................... 568 core hybrid model ....................................... 35, 43 Compensation .............................................. 523 big picture ........................................................... 234
Development system .......................................... 113 cost center data ................................................. 156 with SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding ..... 477 employee data replication run ................... 282
Digital transformation ................................... 33, 34 create logical system ....................................... 192 Employee Central Payroll ............. 38, 40, 41, 233 field mapping .................................................... 252
Discontinue data sync ........................................ 348 custom fields ...................................................... 281 basic settings ..................................................... 246 mapping configuration ................................. 273
Discover menu ...................................................... 714 data mapping to compensation ................ 527 configuration ..................................................... 269 prerequisites ...................................................... 236
Distribution ............................................................ 710 data migration .................................................. 111 data extraction ....................................... 241, 270 PTP integration ................................................. 252
Distribution model view ................................... 194 data models .............................................. 117, 119 data migration .................................................. 116 Employee Central with Kronos
Document Object Model (DOM) .................... 717 data requirements ........................................... 114 Employee Central connectivity .................. 247 configuration .................................................... 301
DocuSign .................................................................. 466 date validation .................................................. 264 employee data replication ........................... 282 mapping extension ......................................... 313
Double quotes ........................................................ 611 employee data ......................................... 158, 333 integration with Employee Central .......... 233 SAP Cloud Platform Integration
employee replication switches .................... 124 mapping configuration ................................. 273 settings ............................................................ 295
E entities .................................................................. 214 prerequisites ....................................................... 236 UI integration with SSO ................................ 322
export picklists .................................................. 130 PTP integration ................................................. 269 value mapping .................................................. 312
Earliest retroactive date validation ............... 264 export XML metadata .................................... 127 Employee Central Service Center ............... 38, 40 Employee Central with on-premise SAP
Earliest transfer date ........................................... 124 field mapping ..................................................... 474 Employee Central to ERP Employee Data and system .................................................................. 155
scenarios ............................................................. 125 HRIS element fields .......................................... 485 Organizational Assignment iFlow ............ 179 configure Employee Central ........................ 162
earliestChangeDate ............................................. 265 import data ......................................................... 117 receiver ................................................................. 180 configure on-premise SAP system ............. 185
EDI/stacked file output ...................................... 628 instance ID ................................................ 127, 197 sender ................................................................... 180 configure SAP Cloud Platform
configure fields ................................................. 629 instances .............................................................. 113 Employee Central to ERP Generic Object Integration .................................................... 164
preview mode .................................................... 631 integration with Employee Central iFlow ...................................................................... 175 integration packages ..................................... 165
select fields ......................................................... 629 Payroll .............................................................. 237 receiver ................................................................. 176 prerequisites ...................................................... 160
select integration type ................................... 628 integration with third-party systems ....... 289 sender ................................................................... 175 Employee Central with SAP SuccessFactors
use case and requirements .......................... 628 Kronos ................................................................... 290 Employee Central to on-premise SAP system Compensation .................................................. 523
Effective date ................................................. 525, 598 organizational data ................................. 47, 115 common considerations ............................... 230 big picture ........................................................... 524
set ........................................................................... 526 payroll event creation .................................... 263 monitoring and troubleshooting .............. 222 configuration steps ......................................... 525
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) ................. 628 payroll information check ............................ 262 Employee Central to Recruiting disable business rules ..................................... 534
Eligibility criteria .................................................. 529 personnel areas ................................................. 230 Management ..................................................... 379 eligibility criteria .............................................. 529
compensation plan level ............................... 530 picklists ................................................................. 260 activate ................................................................ 393 enable ................................................................... 525
component level ............................................... 531 ping ........................................................................ 248 assign mapping rules to Position field mapping .................................................... 527
define .................................................................... 529 prepare for data migration .......................... 120 Management ................................................ 405 prerequisites ...................................................... 525
field level ............................................................. 532 project management ........................................ 84 benefits ................................................................. 380 RBPs .............................................................. 525, 533
Email subprocess ......................................... 676, 701 provisioning ....................................................... 237 big picture ........................................................... 379 Employee Central with third-party
Employee Central ........ 34, 38, 40, 375, 376, 377, PTP integration ................................................. 255 business rules ..................................................... 394 systems ....................................................... 289, 292
495, 497, 541, 543 publish compensation data ......................... 532 configuration steps ......................................... 393 big picture ........................................................... 292
Active Directory ................................................ 292 salary pay matrix ............................................. 535 cross-module process interactions ........... 382 Kronos integration .......................................... 294
add new employee .......................................... 419 SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA .......................... 155 data interactions .............................................. 392 prerequisites ...................................................... 294
API permissions ................................................ 581 scheduled exports ............................................ 644 field mapping .......................................... 398, 401 Employee data ....................................................... 335
APIs ........................................................................ 591 scheduled imports ............................................ 687 prerequisites ....................................................... 393 data extraction queries ................................. 219
assign entities ................................................... 133 side-by-side model ...................................... 35, 53 provisioning settings ...................................... 406 demographic ..................................................... 333
basic settings ..................................................... 237 timelines ................................................................. 99 RBPs ....................................................................... 405 Employee Central with Employee Central
Benefitfocus ....................................................... 291 to Recruiting Management .......................... 379 use cases .............................................................. 381 Payroll ............................................................. 234
business rules .................................................... 529 value mapping .................................................. 200 enhance extraction ......................................... 348

728 729
Index Index

extraction ............................... 241, 270, 302, 305 ERP to Employee Central Confirmation V2 Field mapping (Cont.) Functional decomposition ............................... 716
extraction filter ................................................ 309 iFlow ...................................................................... 183 job information ................................................ 254 Functional owners ............................................... 102
extraction programs ...................................... 341 Error notifications ................................................ 700 job requisition picklist values ..................... 403 Functional specification documents ............ 715
FTP/SFTP ............................................................. 337 Event center ............................................................ 697 learning activities ............................................ 558 Future dated changes .......................................... 600
import job .................................................. 355, 356 Event connector .......................................... 697, 699 location ...................................................... 230, 451
Event hire rule ........................................................ 242 mapping extension ......................................... 318
integration process ......................................... 336 G
manual execution ........................................... 282 Event reasons .......................................................... 120 national ID card information ..................... 253
mapping table ................................................... 152 create ..................................................................... 120 organizational objects ................................... 204 Gathers ........................................................................ 72
migration ................................................... 115, 129 payroll ................................................................... 263 payment information .................................... 255 step ............................................................... 667, 668
migration run .................................................... 151 Event subscription ................................................ 697 personal information ..................................... 252 General Data Protection Regulation
migration scenario ......................................... 134 Exception processes ................................... 665, 676 platform with SAP ERP HCM ....................... 357 (GDPR) .................................................................. 584
mini master data ............................................. 234 Execution manager ......................................... 65, 66 position fields to job requisition fields .... 398 General Splitter ........................................................ 72
monitoring ................................................ 225, 357 Explore phase .................................................. 97, 100 real-time job sync ............................................ 448 Generate data subprocess ................................. 666
multiple jobs ............................................. 220, 272 externalCode ................................................. 258, 310 Recruiting Management to Employee Generate payroll data step ................................ 659
Externalization ............................................... 75, 652 Central ............................................................. 429 Generic object replication ........................ 204, 206
PERNR ................................................................... 282
display parameters .......................................... 682 Recruiting Management to Recruiting Generic objects ...................................................... 402
picklists ................................................................ 260
update parameters .......................................... 656 Marketing ....................................................... 450 Generic processing .............................................. 206
record ................................................................... 214
Externalized keys .................................................. 653 Recruiting Management with Recruiting setup ...................................................................... 206
replication .......... 118, 156, 158, 160, 174, 186,
Extraction parameters .............................. 149, 151 Marketing ....................................................... 451 Global assignment event .................................. 122
212, 221, 251, 255, 282
Extraction queries ................................................ 270 recruit-to-hire .................................................... 474 Global candidates ................................................. 436
replication error ............................................... 222
repetitive ............................................................. 137 Goal form
SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA ......................... 212 Extraction result logs .......................................... 149
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding ................ 476
SAP Process Integration ................................ 338 assign to variable plan .................................. 519
string data type fields .................................... 403
Employee data integration .................................. 47 F view learning activities ................................. 560
types ...................................................................... 204
basic ......................................................................... 51 Goal Management (GM) ................... 39, 493, 495,
XML data ............................................................. 672
Employee ID ............................... 409, 412, 428, 478 Feedback ................................................................... 512 496, 518
File Transfer Protocol (FTP) ............................... 335
Employee lifecycle ............................................... 373 Field lengths ............................................................ 120 portlets ................................................................. 500
Filter and sort criteria ......................................... 622
Employee profiles .......... 333, 335, 338, 497, 541 MDF objects ........................................................ 258 with CPM ............................................................. 513
time-based .......................................................... 623
compensation record ..................................... 532 specify ................................................................... 256 with Employee Central .................................. 499
Filter step ................................................................. 667
reporting ............................................................. 334 Field mapping ..................................... 131, 197, 200 with SAP SuccessFactors Variable Pay .... 517
Filters ............................................................................ 71
Employee replication switches ....................... 123 address information ....................................... 253 Goal plan ............................................... 499, 510, 546
First name field ...................................................... 612
biographical information ............................. 253 360 Reviews ........................................................ 551
scenarios ............................................................. 125 Firstname/Lastname ........................................... 347
compensation information .......................... 254 achievements .................................................... 513
Employment status values ............................... 312 Fixed length file output ..................................... 625
complex ................................................................ 282 learning activities ............................................ 556
Encoder ........................................................................ 71 select fields .......................................................... 626
conditional .......................................................... 138 Guided configuration ............................................ 95
Encryption ........................................................ 65, 625 select integration type ................................... 626
email subprocess .............................................. 678 configure .............................................................. 274 starting entity .................................................... 626
enabled ................................................................ 647 custom .............................................. 281, 313, 320 use case and requirements ........................... 626 H
encryptor step ................................................... 656 customizable approach ................................. 206 Foundation objects .............................................. 115
date and time fields ......................................... 403 Hirable status ................... 412, 418, 420, 423, 427
Encryptors .................................................................. 72 data field length ............................................... 256
Employee Central Payroll .............................. 274 mapping .............................................................. 402 default .................................................................. 424
End exception step .............................................. 666
Employee Central with Employee Central FTP/SFTP method ....................................... 337, 351 onboarding ......................................................... 468
End step ................................................. 657, 665, 680
Payroll .............................................................. 252 Full cloud model .................................. 36, 233, 289 Hire date field ........................................................ 615
Endpoint URL ...................................... 185, 188, 350
Employee Central with SAP SuccessFactors architecture and integrations ........................ 40 Hire events ..................................................... 121, 480
Enhancement ......................................................... 348
Compensation .............................................. 528 modules and systems ........................................ 38 Hire status ...................................................... 420, 423
Enterprise Compensation Management ....... 44
employee data ......................................... 212, 216 use case ................................................................... 37 Hiring managers .......................................... 416, 428
Entity relationships ................................................ 66
foundation/generic objects .......................... 402 Full transmission start date (FTSD) ..... 124, 272 MPH table ........................................................... 481
entity-type ............................................................... 430
generic processing ............................................ 208 Functional business analysts .............................. 87 onboarding ......................................................... 463
eQuest .............................................................. 435, 442
Integration Center ........................................... 607 SAP SuccessFactors ............................................. 91 review onboardee data .................................. 464

730 731
Index Index

HRIS fields ............................................ 259, 484, 581 iFlows (Cont.) Instance ID ............................................................... 127 Integration Center (Cont.)
add ......................................................................... 485 ERP to Employee Central Confirmation create .................................................................... 197 intelligent services ........................................... 635
details ................................................................... 486 V2 ....................................................................... 183 Integration ................................................................. 34 last name ............................................................ 615
HRSFI_MONITORING_EMPL application ... 357 errors ..................................................................... 308 basics ....................................................................... 58 options ................................................................. 610
HTTP-based authentication ............................. 586 Kronos Mapping Extension .......................... 314 building ......................................................... 83, 650 platform with SAP SuccessFactors
HTTPS adapter ....................................................... 700 mapping extensions .............................. 293, 309 content .................................................................... 73 Learning .......................................................... 361
Human capital management (HCM) ............... 34 organizational structure ............................... 186 custom .................................................................. 705 select integration type ...... 608, 626, 628, 632,
Human resource business partners scheduler settings ................................... 302, 305 data migration ..................................................... 83 635
(HRBPs) ....................................................... 540, 572 SF EC to Kronos ................................................. 314 design ....................................................................... 82 select starting entity and fields ........ 609, 626,
Human resource information system SF EC To Kronos – Custom Mapping ........ 316, developers ........................................................... 643 629
(HRIS) .................................................................... 485 318 implementation ................................................ 100 select starting entity and map
Human resources (HR) ................................... 33, 57 SFSF EC to Kronos ............................................. 305 inbound ................................................................... 66 attributes ........................................................ 632
basics ....................................................................... 58 SFSF Employee Central to Kronos Labor lifecycle ................................................................. 642 setup and function ............................................. 63
data requirements ........................................... 114 Levels ................................................................ 302 outbound ................................................................ 40 SSN ......................................................................... 616
Hybrid templates ................................................. 526 view ........................................................................ 184 platform with basic user data ..................... 329 standard templates ............................................ 62
Implementation .................................................... 100 point-to-point (PTP) ........................................... 41 utilities .................................................................... 66
partners .................................................................. 88 versus SAP Cloud Platform
I process .................................................................. 102
prepackaged ....................................................... 165
Integration .................................................... 707
project management ......................................... 81
IBM Kenexa ................................................................ 42 Import and export jobs .................................. 58, 60 real-time .............................................................. 644 Integration leads ........................................ 86, 90, 94
Identify and grow ........................................ 374, 539 execute .................................................................... 60 scheduled ............................................................. 644 Intelligent Service Center (ISC) .............. 697, 699
big picture ........................................................... 539 Inbound services ......................................... 190, 250 Intelligent services ............................ 238, 241, 635
standard .......................................................... 41, 58
cross-module process interactions ........... 542 Individual performance ..................................... 520 associate integration to event .................... 638
technical design ................................................ 715
modules ............................................................... 540 achievement ....................................................... 521 configure fields ................................................. 636
testing ...................................................................... 83
Identity Authentication service ....... 76, 78, 442 Infoporter tool .............................................. 111, 117 consume .............................................................. 691
third-party systems .................................. 42, 290
Identity providers (IDPs) ...................................... 79 Infotypes create integration ............................................ 635
tools and technologies ...................................... 57
Identity Provisioning service ............................. 78 0001 ....................................................................... 222 deployment and configuration .................. 695
using file download ......................................... 337
IDoc 0008 ...................................................................... 280 destination settings ........................................ 637
workstream ........................................................... 81
change pointers program ............................. 203 0014 ....................................................................... 280 event subscription ........................................... 697
Integration add-on 3.0 ....................... 52, 116, 344
ODTF_CCTR ........................................................ 191 0041 ....................................................................... 279 extract data elements .................................... 692
Integration Center ........................... 40, 58, 62, 605
processing ........................................................... 194 1001 ........................................................................ 209 filter criteria ....................................................... 637
annual salary ..................................................... 619
processing status overview .......................... 223 address information ....................................... 253 outbound integrations .................................. 690
best practices ........................................... 706, 717
specify data ........................................................ 196 biographical information ............................. 253 recruiting assessment template ................ 712
build an integration ........................................... 63
IDoc Splitter ............................................................... 72 compensation information .......................... 254 registering applications ................................ 697
configure fields .............................. 612, 629, 636
iFlows ........................................................................ 143 Employee Central Payroll .............................. 251 rules package ..................................................... 242
CSV file input ..................................................... 632
configuration .................................................... 143 filtering ................................................................. 274 update LDAP ...................................................... 694
job information ................................................. 254 CSV files ................................................................ 612 Internal candidates .............................................. 412
cost center replication ................................... 172 data formats ...................................................... 605
create scheduled export ................................ 650 mapping ..................................................... 209, 216 Internal hire process ........................................... 412
national ID card information ...................... 253 delimited file output ....................................... 606 Interview Central .................................................. 711
create scheduled import ............................... 688 destination settings and schedule ............ 624
custom mapping .............................................. 316 organizational management ...................... 158 Iterating Splitter ....................................................... 72
payment information ..................................... 255 EDI/stacked file output .................................. 628
designer tool ...................................................... 321 features ................................................................... 64
Employee Central to ERP Employee Data personal information ..................................... 252
field mapping .................................................... 607
J
and Organizational Assignment .......... 179 query segments ................................................. 273
records .................................................................. 115 filter and sort criteria ..................................... 622 Job ATS (JATS) integration ................................. 448
Employee Central to ERP generic
Initialize process properties step .................... 653 first name ............................................................ 612 Job boards .................................... 434, 437, 442, 453
object ............................................................... 175
Initiate onboarding ................. 461, 467, 478, 479 fixed length file output .................................. 625 distribute postings .......................................... 435
Employee Central to Kronos ....................... 301
permission ........................................................... 472 hire date ............................................................... 615 list ........................................................................... 438
employee data and organizational
recruiting users ................................................. 468 integration templates ................. 708, 709, 710 marketplace ....................................................... 436
assignments .................................................. 186

732 733
Index Index

Job codes .................................................................. 391 LDAP adapter ......................................... 69, 691, 694 Master data records ............................................. 119 New hires ................................................................. 459
alignment ........................................................... 559 Learn and develop ................................................ 375 MDF picklists .......................................................... 403 convert to employee .................... 480, 482, 488
Job distribution .................................. 437, 442, 453 Learning activities ................................................ 557 Message digest .......................................................... 71 onboarding ......................................................... 464
Job Marketing ......................................................... 454 add to career worksheets .............................. 562 Message mapping .................................................... 71 NGR ............................................................................... 42
Job owners ............................................................... 408 add to CDP form ............................................... 560 output ................................................................... 676 Nomination methods ......................................... 564
Job post sync production URL ......................... 444 mandatory fields .............................................. 558 step .............................................................. 671, 688 Nomination portlet ............................................. 572
Job posting ..................................................... 374, 437 templates ............................................................. 558 target message .................................................. 672 configure ............................................................. 572
Job Profile Builder ......... 379, 382, 390, 495, 543, Learning admin ...................................................... 363 Message monitoring ........................ 223, 227, 229
559 permissions ......................................................... 367 Message processing ................................................ 73 O
Job profile templates ........................................... 391 Learning catalog .................................................... 561 Message processing log (MPL) ..... 145, 173, 184,
Job requisitions ........................... 58, 379, 437, 439 Learning courses ................................................... 561 224, 310, 652, 679, 685, 699 OAuth-based authentication .................. 579, 585
approval .............................................................. 386 Legacy picklists ...................................................... 403 Message transformation ...................................... 71 best practices ..................................................... 719
create ........................................................... 382, 384 Line end settings ................................................... 629 Message types ........................................................ 194 OData .................................................................. 75, 577
custom fields ..................................................... 397 Link generator ........................................................ 362 Metadata framework (MDF) .......... 474, 477, 484 adapter .................................................................... 69
derive template ID ........................................... 394 List method .............................................................. 597 custom fields ...................................................... 609 best practices ..................................................... 718
enable onboarding .......................................... 470 Location fields ........................................................ 451 custom objects .................................................. 581 metadata ............................................................ 586
fields ............................................................. 398, 402 Lock entries ............................................................... 74 objects ................................................................... 258 query operations .............................................. 588
future-dated ....................................................... 381 Log payload .............................................................. 688 permissions ........................................................ 512 URI ......................................................................... 589
manage ................................................................ 385 Logical port position-based nominations ....................... 564 web services ....................................................... 644
picklist values .................................................... 403 create ..................................................................... 187 synchronize ........................................................ 484 OData APIs ..................... 63, 64, 352, 512, 577, 585
Recruiting Management ............................... 382 save as default ................................................... 189 Metadata XML files .................................... 128, 199 $expand ............................................................... 591
required fields ................................................... 404 Looping process call ............................................... 72 Mobile Apply .......................................................... 446 access .................................................................... 298
templates ............................................................ 385 Monitoring ............................................. 73, 222, 240 access permissions ................................. 578, 581
verify ..................................................................... 389 M data replication ................................................ 285 audit log ........................................... 224, 230, 584
view details ............................................... 386, 388 Platform with SAP ERP HCM ....................... 357 best practices ..................................................... 719
XML template ........................................... 397, 469 Mail adapter ..................................................... 69, 677 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................ 683 data dictionary ....................... 66, 402, 584, 588
Job Scheduler ......................................................... 381 Mail attributes ........................................................ 677 MTAR download .................................................... 687 enable ................................................................... 352
Joins .............................................................................. 72 Manage Pending Hires (MPH) table ... 412, 419, Multicasting ..................................................... 72, 717 IP addresses ........................................................ 584
best practices ..................................................... 718 425, 427, 467, 480 step ........................................................................ 667 queries .................................................................. 590
step ........................................................................ 667 filter ........................................................................ 481 Multilocation fields ............................................. 451 setup ...................................................................... 578
select hirable candidates ............................... 427 Multiposting ........................................................... 435 switch ................................................................... 350
K Manage Security Material tool .... 141, 168, 169, URL ........................................................................ 586
298, 299, 300, 315 N Offer approval ............................................... 413, 416
Key properties ....................................................... 589 Mapping attributes ............................................... 429 completed ........................................................... 417
Known host files ................................................... 300 Mapping editor ...................................................... 318 Name formats ........................................................ 346 configure status ............................................... 425
Kronos ................................................................ 42, 289 Mapping extensions .................................. 313, 714 National ID card information .......................... 253 enable ................................................................... 426
deploy user credentials .................................. 298 basic settings ...................................................... 314 National ID card type .......................................... 618 feature permission .......................................... 426
integration with Employee Central .......... 294 configuration ..................................................... 315 Native LMS ............................................................... 359 MPH table ........................................................... 419
SAML user attributes ...................................... 325 discover ................................................................ 314 access .................................................................... 363 offer details ........................................................ 414
time and attendance ...................................... 325 example ................................................................ 317 Navigation properties ......................................... 589 pending approval ............................................ 416
workforce software ......................................... 290 packages ............................................................ 293 NavPropCollection ............................................... 589 Offer detail XML template ................................ 414
user credentials ................................................. 314 NavPropSingle ....................................................... 589 configure ............................................................. 426
L Mapping step .......................................................... 680 New employee accounts .................................... 412 Offer details XML template .............................. 426
Mapping tables ....................................................... 645 New hire data model ........................................... 460 Offer status .............................................................. 414
Last name field ...................................................... 615 Mapping worksheets ........................................... 718 New hire experience .................................. 464, 466 Onboardees .................................................... 458, 479
Last successful run ............................................... 647 Marketing Central ................................................. 454 New hire processing .................................. 375, 411 convert to employee .................... 480, 482, 488

734 735
Index Index

Onboardees (Cont.) Outbound services ............................................... 186 Performance Management (PM) ............ 39, 495, Platform with SAP ERP HCM ................... 329, 335
data .............................................................. 463, 464 Output directory ................................................... 647 496, 518, 541, 542 BAdIs ..................................................................... 349
person type ......................................................... 486 Performance History portlet ....................... 504 data extraction reports ................................. 341
update personal data ..................................... 465 P portlets ................................................................. 500 field mapping .................................................... 357
Onboarding .................................................... 375, 459 with CDP and 360 Reviews ........................... 545 import employee data job ............................ 355
apply to job requisitions ............................... 470 Pagination ......................................................... 75, 665 with CPM ............................................................. 509 monitoring ......................................................... 357
candidate data ................................................. 460 Partner profiles ...................................................... 196 with Employee Central ................................... 499 platform configuration ................................. 350
HRIS element fields ......................................... 485 Password policies .................................................... 76 with SAP SuccessFactors Variable Pay .... 517 SAP ERP settings ............................................... 344
manual process ................................................ 411 Pay for performance .................................. 374, 493 Performance Management XML schedule background jobs ............................ 348
status ........................................................... 461, 469 big picture ........................................................... 494 template .............................................................. 505 Point-to-point (PTP) integration ............ 41, 233,
Onboarding data model .................................... 484 cross-module process interactions ............ 496 Performance review ......................... 493, 499, 540 247, 252
configure ............................................................. 485 modules ................................................................ 494 Performance/Goal Management with Employee Central ............................................. 255
One-time deduction ............................................ 269 Pay range .................................................................. 535 Employee Central ........................................... 499 Employee Central Payroll ............................. 269
Operation mapping ................................................ 71 Pay rule values ....................................................... 311 big picture ........................................................... 499 monitor ................................................................ 286
Operational Headcount Planning ................. 376 Payload logging ........................................... 584, 714 configuration steps ......................................... 500 overview .............................................................. 234
Operations .................................................................. 73 Payment information ......................................... 255 prerequisites ....................................................... 500 Portlets ...................................................................... 500
Organization charts ............................................. 334 Payroll .............................................................. 233, 645 RBPs ....................................................................... 501 add ......................................................................... 504
Organizational assignment replication ..... 156, earliest retro check ........................................... 264 Performance/Goal Management with SAP configure in the people profile ................... 502
158, 186 event creation .................................................... 263 SuccessFactor Variable Pay ......................... 517 Performance History ...................................... 504
data extraction queries ................................. 219 full cloud ................................................................ 38 big picture ........................................................... 517 permissions ........................................................ 581
dependencies ..................................................... 160 implementation check ................................... 262 configuration steps ......................................... 518
PM and GM ........................................................ 500
running ................................................................ 221 module ............................................................. 37, 44 prerequisites ....................................................... 519
Position fields ........................................................ 398
SAP ERP and SAP S/4HANA ......................... 212 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA .............................. 236 Period delta mode ................................................ 600
Position Management ............................... 376, 377
task list ................................................................. 160 Payroll Control Center ........................................ 236 Persistence ................................................................. 73
assign mapping rules ..................................... 405
Organizational code mapping ........................ 274 People profile ............................. 333, 495, 501, 543 Person types ........................................................... 485
field mapping .................................................... 399
Organizational data ............................................. 115 compensation .................................................... 532 onboardee ........................................................... 486
Recruiting Management ...................... 379, 393
integration ............................................................ 47 compensation statements ............................ 524 Personal Information entity ............................ 252
Position Org Chart ...................................... 377, 379
mapping table ................................................... 149 configure .............................................................. 507 Personal paperwork ............................................. 471
create job requisitions ................................... 382
migration run .................................................... 149 configure payroll .............................................. 244 Personnel Administration (PA) ......... 37, 44, 159
derive job requisition template ID ............ 394
migration scenario ......................................... 131 configure portlets ............................................. 502 core hybrid model ............................................... 46
display job requisitions ................................. 386
Organizational Management (OM) .......... 37, 44, development blocks ......................................... 565 Personnel areas ..................................................... 230
RBPs ....................................................................... 405
159, 211 development goals ........................................... 570 Picklist external code .......................................... 260
select position ................................................... 383
core hybrid model ............................................... 46 Development Objectives portlet ................. 567 maintain .............................................................. 260
view job requisition details .......................... 386
side-by-side model .............................................. 54 Nomination and Successor portlets .......... 572 Picklists ..................................................................... 120
Position-based nominations ........................... 564
talent hybrid model ........................................... 51 scorecards ............................................................ 503 data extraction ................................................. 305
Postman authorization ...................................... 586
Organizational structure replication .......... 156, Perform and reward ............................................. 375 Employee Central ............................................. 260
157 field mapping .................................................... 403 Pre-apply page ....................................................... 446
Performance analytics ........................................ 441
configure ............................................................. 174 import from Employee Central ................... 130 Predelivered scenarios ....................................... 156
Performance form ............................ 499, 507, 509
customizable field mapping ........................ 206 achievements ..................................................... 511 maintenance ...................................................... 260 Pre-hire extraction ...................................... 343, 348
default field mapping .................................... 205 assign to variable plan ................................... 519 Place of work mapping ....................................... 275 Prepackaged integrations ...... 41, 141, 142, 155,
monitoring ......................................................... 228 integrate development goals ....................... 546 Plateau Learning ................................................... 359 165
objects hierarchy .............................................. 205 integrate with development goals ............ 549 Plateau Systems .................................................... 359 configure .................................................... 170, 679
running ................................................................ 211 Performance goals ................................................ 510 Platform integration configure-only ................................................... 292
SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA ............................. 204 achievements ..................................................... 511 deployment models ......................................... 330 copy .............................................................. 166, 295
task list ................................................................. 158 Performance History portlet ............................ 504 SAP ERP HCM ..................................................... 335 cost center replication ................................... 171
web services ....................................................... 186 configure .............................................................. 506 third-party systems ......................................... 335 create .................................................................... 646

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Index Index

Prepackaged integrations (Cont.) Q Recruiting Management ... 39, 51, 376, 433, 479 Recruiting Management with Recruiting
discover ................................................................ 295 create job requisitions .................................... 382 Marketing/Posting (Cont.)
discovery ............................................................. 165 Quality assurance system .................................. 113 enable CAS .......................................................... 446 configure RTJS ................................................... 448
Employee Central with Kronos .......... 295, 301 Query segments ........................................... 272, 273 enable Employee Central integration ...... 393 cross-module process interactions ........... 436
Employee Central with on-premise SAP field mapping .................................................... 474 data center URLs .............................................. 444
system ............................................................. 165 R hirable applicants ............................................ 427 enable CAS .......................................................... 445
mapping extensions .................... 293, 313, 314 initiate onboarding ............................... 461, 468 field mapping ........................................... 450, 451
third-party systems ......................................... 292 Rapid-deployment solutions (RDS) ............... 341 process flow ..................................... 437, 439, 442 prerequisites ...................................................... 442
Prepare phase .................................................. 96, 100 Rating scale .............................................................. 503 real-time job sync ............................................ 448 recruiter SSO ...................................................... 447
Preview data .............................................................. 64 configure .............................................................. 505 to Employee Central ....................................... 409 use cases .............................................................. 436
Primary mapping .............................. 133, 136, 217 Ratings ....................................................................... 503 to Recruiting Marketing and Recruiting Recruiting Marketing .... 374, 376, 377, 433, 434
generic processing ........................................... 209 assignments-based .......................................... 522 Posting ............................................................. 434 configure URLs .................................................. 444
table ...................................................................... 137 bonus pay ............................................................ 518 to SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding .......... 457 enable CAS .......................................................... 446
Process call step ................................. 654, 666, 667 display options .................................................. 507 with Career Site Builder ................................. 443 process flow ........................................................ 441
ProcessDirect adapter .................................. 70, 679 non-assignment based ................................... 522 with Recruiting Posting ................................. 453 real-time job sync ............................................ 448
best practices ..................................................... 716 performance ....................................................... 520 Recruiting Management to Employee to Recruiting Management and Recruiting
Production system ............................................... 113 view in variable plan ....................................... 520 Central .................................................................. 409 Posting ............................................................ 434
Profile data .............................................................. 334 benefits ................................................................. 410 with Career Site Builder ................................. 443
Ready for hire status ........................ 417, 418, 427
Project management ............................................. 81 big picture ........................................................... 409 Recruiting Posting .......... 374, 376, 377, 433, 453
Realize phase .......................................... 97, 101, 102
accelerators ........................................................ 103 configuration steps ......................................... 420 benefits ................................................................. 435
Real-time job sync (RTJS) .................................... 443
implementation ............................................... 100 configure applicant statuses ....................... 420 process flow ........................................................ 437
configure .............................................................. 448
roles and responsibilities ................................. 84 configure offer approval status ................. 425 provisioning ....................................................... 454
prerequisites ....................................................... 449
timelines ................................................................. 99 configure transformation template ......... 429 SAP support ticket ........................................... 454
Real-time updates ................................................. 700
Project managers ..................................................... 81 cross-module process interactions ........... 412 to Recruiting Management and Recruiting
building ................................................................ 700
customer ................................................................ 85 data interactions .............................................. 419 Marketing ...................................................... 436
Receiver settings ........................ 69, 144, 317, 682
implementation partner .................................. 89 manage pending hires ................................... 427 use cases .............................................................. 436
Compound Employee API ............................. 306
vendor ..................................................................... 93 prerequisites ............................................. 412, 420 with Recruiting Management .................... 453
email notifications ........................................... 308
Project team structure .......................................... 81 RBPs ....................................................................... 427 Recruit-to-hire data mapping ................. 474, 481
Employee Central ............................................. 303 configure ............................................................. 474
Proof of concept (POC) ................................ 82, 113 use cases .............................................................. 411
Provider proxy ...................................................... 190 employee data file output ............................. 307 permissions ........................................................ 473
Recruiting Management to SAP
Provisioning .............................................................. 60 organizational assignment SuccessFactors Onboarding ......................... 457 Recurring deductions ......................................... 266
assertion consumer settings ....................... 325 replication ...................................................... 181 benefits ................................................................. 458 object definition ............................................... 268
configuration settings ................................... 350 organizational object replication .............. 178 big picture ........................................................... 458 Rehire events .......................................................... 122
Employee Central ............................................. 237 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA .............................. 176 configuration steps ......................................... 467 Report
Employee Central to Recruiting SFTP adapter ...................................................... 304 cross-module process interactions ........... 459 RH_SFI_PREHIRE_EMPL_DATA ....... 343, 345,
Management ................................................ 406 Receiver step .............................. 657, 659, 677, 701 field mapping .................................................... 474 348
enable DPCS ....................................................... 452 Recruit and hire ..................................................... 375 initiate onboarding ......................................... 461 RH_SFI_SYNCHORONIZE_EMPL_
enable SAP SuccessFactors Learning ....... 365 Recruiter SSO .......................................................... 447 prerequisites ....................................................... 467 DATA ................................................................ 357
field lengths ........................................................ 256 enable .................................................................... 447 provisioning settings ...................................... 467 RH_SFI_SYNCHRONIZE_EMPL_DATA ... 342,
import employee data job ............................ 355 Recruiter synchronization job ......................... 448 RBPs ....................................................................... 472 345, 348
initiate onboarding ........................................ 467 Recruiting dashboard .......................................... 417 use cases .............................................................. 459 RH_SFI_TRIGGER_EMPL_DATA_REPL ... 341,
Proxy types ....................... 176, 178, 181, 660, 662 job posting .......................................................... 437 Recruiting Management with Recruiting 342, 348, 357
Public profile .......................................................... 334 performance analytics ................................... 441 Marketing/Posting .......................................... 434 Representational state transfer (REST)
Push replication .................................................... 238 Recruiting Management ............................... 448 benefits ................................................................. 435 calls ........................................................................... 65
enable .......................................................... 241, 246 Recruiting Marketing ...................................... 447 configuration steps ......................................... 442 Request-reply ............................................................ 72
configure DPCS ................................................. 452 step ..................................................... 659, 689, 701

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Requisition management ................................. 374 S SAP Cloud Platform Integration (Cont.) SAP ERP (Cont.)
Resource paths ...................................................... 661 Employee Central to on-premise SAP import XML metadata ................................... 128
REST production URL .......................................... 444 Salary calculation .................................................. 619 system .............................................................. 155 monitoring ......................................................... 223
REST web service calls ......................................... 635 Salary Pay Matrix .................................................. 535 Employee Central with Kronos ................... 294 organizational structure replication ....... 204
Reusable components ........................................ 716 Salary planning ...................................................... 493 features ................................................................... 68 payroll .................................................................. 236
Reverse proxy ........................................................ 366 SAML user attributes ........................................... 325 field mapping .................................................... 672 platform integration settings ..................... 344
RFC HTTP destinations ....................................... 248 Sample mapping ............................... 133, 136, 138 iFlows .................................................................... 178 prepare for data migration ......................... 123
Role-based permissions (RBPs) .......................... 63 templates ......................................... 132, 206, 209 integration configuration ............................ 681 receiver settings ....................................... 176, 181
API Center ........................................................... 583 SAP Activate ..................................................... 95, 100 integration content .................................. 73, 142 send confirmation ........................................... 182
API users ..................................................... 162, 239 methodology ...................................................... 100 integration deployment ................................ 682 talent hybrid integration .............................. 336
best practices ..................................................... 719 phases and deliverables ................................... 96 integration technical design ....................... 646 value mapping .................................................. 200
Continuous Performance Management with timelines ................................................................. 99 integration templates ................. 708, 709, 711 SAP ERP HCM ........................................... 34, 37, 160
Performance/Goal Management ......... 512 SAP API Business Hub ......................................... 600 intelligent services ........................................... 690 BAdIs ..................................................................... 349
create job requisitions ................................... 382 integration templates ........................... 708, 709 Kronos .................................................................. 290 data extraction ................................................. 341
date validation ................................................. 264 open ....................................................................... 601 listener service ................................................... 701 data migration ................................................. 111
Development Objectives portlet ................ 568 SAP Best Practices ................................ 95, 103, 106 mapping extension ......................................... 314 data replication ................................................ 117
DPCS ...................................................................... 453 deployment scenarios .................................... 106 message monitoring .................... 223, 227, 229 data requirements ........................................... 114
Employee Central to Recruiting SAP Best Practices Explorer .................... 103, 106 monitoring ......................................................... 683 employee data transfer ................................. 337
Management ................................................ 405 SAP Cloud Platform monitoring and operations ............................ 73 Enterprise Compensation
Employee Central with SAP SuccessFactors analysts .................................................................. 88 prepackaged integrations .................. 165, 295 Management ............................................ 37, 50
Compensation .............................................. 525 architects ............................................................... 91 prerequisites ....................................................... 161 file path and name format ........................... 344
OData APIs ......................................................... 578 SAP Cloud Platform cockpit ............. 68, 648, 695 ProcessDirect adapter .................................... 679 Learning ................................................... 37, 44, 50
onboarding initiate ........................................ 472 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ........ 40, 41, 42, real-time updates ............................................. 700 name format configuration ........................ 346
Performance/Goal Management with 48, 50, 52, 55, 58, 67, 289, 340, 641 SAP SuccessFactors adapter ........................... 74 Performance Management ............... 37, 44, 50
Employee Central ........................................ 501 access .................................................................... 648 scheduled exports ............................................ 644 platform integration ...................................... 335
platform with SAP SuccessFactors adapters ........................................................ 69, 641 scheduled import ............................................. 687 platform integration settings ..................... 344
Learning ......................................................... 367 authentication ......................................... 167, 192 setup and functions ........................................... 68 Talent Development and Succession
publish compensation data ........................ 533 basic settings ...................................................... 141 standard integration ...................................... 713 Planning .............................................. 37, 44, 50
Recruiting Management to Employee Benefitfocus ........................................................ 291 standard templates ............................................ 62 variant configuration .................................... 345
Central ............................................................. 427 best practices ..................................................... 706 steps ....................................................................... 652 SAP Fieldglass ......................................... 43, 427, 711
Recruiting Management to SAP building subprocesses ........................... 659, 666 third-party integrations ................................... 42 SAP for Professional Services .......................... 363
SuccessFactors Onboarding ................... 472 building the main process ............................ 650 translation tables ............................................. 311 SAP HCM analysts ................................................... 92
Recruiting Posting ........................................... 455 communication to Employee Central ...... 169 troubleshooting ................................................ 684 SAP HCM for SAP S/4HANA ............................. 330
recruit-to-hire data mapping ..................... 473 configuration ..................................................... 140 use cases and requirements ......................... 644 data requirements ........................................... 114
target population ............................................ 432 configure .............................................................. 164 value mapping .................................................. 668 SAP Jam ..................................................................... 543
role-mapping ......................................................... 431 connectivity .......................................................... 69 versus Integration Center ............................. 707 SAP Model Company ................................. 103, 104
Roles .......................................................... 84, 581, 696 cost center data ................................................. 156 web services .............................................. 157, 644 HR process bundles ......................................... 104
customers .............................................................. 84 cost center replication .................................... 191 SAP E-Recruiting ....................................... 37, 44, 50 SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA ............................. 105
implementation partners ................................ 88 create and deploy credential objects ........ 649 SAP ERP ........................................................................ 34 SAP Model Company for Human
vendors ................................................................... 92 create integration packages ........................ 648 configuration ..................................................... 185 Resources ............................................................ 375
Root certificates .................................................... 161 credentials setup ............................................... 141 cost center replication ................................... 201 SAP PartnerEdge ................................................... 443
Routers ........................................................................ 72 custom integration .......................................... 715 data replication ................................................ 157 SAP Process Integration ............................ 335, 338
step ..................................................... 656, 665, 671 data migration ........................................ 116, 127 Employee Central ............................................. 155 employee data transfer ................................. 338
Routing ........................................................................ 72 data processing ................................................... 70 employee data ................................................... 212 SAP S/4HANA ............................................................ 34
development ....................................................... 647 import metadata .............................................. 198 configuration .................................................... 185
email subprocess .............................................. 676 import picklists ................................................. 130 cost center replication ................................... 201

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Index Index

SAP S/4HANA (Cont.) SAP SuccessFactors Learning with CDP ........ 555 SAP SuccessFactors Succession & SFAPI (Cont.)
data migration ................................................. 111 big picture ........................................................... 555 Development ....................................... 39, 51, 563 enable ................................................................... 352
data replication ....................................... 117, 157 configuration steps .......................................... 556 SAP SuccessFactors Variable Pay ......... 495, 498, URL ........................................................................ 594
Employee Central ............................................. 155 configure CDP .................................................... 557 517, 518 user .................................. 141, 163, 169, 240, 368
employee data .................................................. 212 configure SAP SuccessFactors with PM/GM ....................................................... 517 user credentials ................................................ 296
import metadata ............................................. 198 Learning .......................................................... 559 SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Analytics ....... 40 user group ........................................................... 164
import picklists ................................................. 130 prerequisites ....................................................... 556 SAP SuccessFactors Workforce Planning ....... 40 web services ....................................................... 352
import XML metadata ................................... 128 SAP SuccessFactors Learning with platform SAP Web Dispatcher ......................... 160, 176, 181 SFTP adapter ........................................... 69, 657, 688
monitoring ......................................................... 223 integration ................................................ 359, 360 Schedule configuration ...................................... 647 SFTP authentication ............................................... 65
organizational structure replication ....... 204 configuration steps .......................................... 361 Scheduled exports ...................................... 644, 652 SFTP folders ............................................................ 350
link generator .................................................... 362 technical design ................................................ 646 SFTP host key ......................................................... 299
payroll .................................................................. 236
prerequisites ....................................................... 361 use cases and requirements ......................... 644 Side-by-side model ................................ 35, 53, 331
prepare for data migration ......................... 123
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding ........ 39, 41, 51, Scheduled import ................................................. 687 architecture and integrations ....................... 55
receiver settings ...................................... 176, 181
375, 376, 378, 460 Scope items ............................................................. 106 delta replication ...................................... 132, 135
send confirmation ........................................... 182
1.0 ............................................................................ 477 Scorecards ................................................................ 502 modules and systems ........................................ 54
value mapping .................................................. 200
2.0 ....................................................... 457, 474, 477 access template ................................................ 566 use case ................................................................... 54
SAP Solution Manager ........................................ 106
data collection ................................................... 460 add development goals ................................. 569 Signers .......................................................................... 73
SAP SuccessFactors ................................................. 34
data model .......................................................... 484 configure ............................................................. 503 Simple API for XML (SAX) .................................. 717
landscape ............................................................ 113 Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) ......... 577
modules ................................... 332, 334, 495, 540 entities .................................................................. 476 development goals .......................................... 565
hirable applicants ............................................ 427 portlets ................................................................. 501 Single sign-on (SSO) ............................... 76, 77, 282
platform ........................ 333, 334, 350, 359, 580 Employee Central with Kronos ................... 322
hiring manager experience .......................... 463 Scripts ........................................................................... 71
project management ......................................... 81 features ................................................................... 78
initiate onboarding ............................... 461, 467 best practices ..................................................... 716
real-time updates ............................................ 700 recruiter ............................................................... 447
new hire experience ......................................... 464 building ................................................................ 654
scheduled exports ............................................ 644 setup ...................................................................... 322
with Employee Central ................................... 477 editor ..................................................................... 673
scheduled import ............................................. 687 setup and function ............................................. 78
with Recruiting Management .......... 409, 411, step .................................. 655, 665, 668, 670, 680
talent modules ..................................................... 51 Site kits ..................................................................... 434
457 Secondary mapping ............................................. 138
tools and technologies ..................................... 57 Skeleton integration process ........................... 652
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding with generic processing ........................................... 210
web services ................................................... 58, 75 Snapshot-based pagination ..................... 591, 665
Employee Central ............................................. 477 Secure Shell (SSH) File Transfer Protocol
SAP SuccessFactors adapter ..... 69, 74, 644, 682, SOA Manager ................................................. 145, 185
benefits ................................................................. 478 (SFTP) .................................................................... 335
717 web service activation ................................... 250
big picture ........................................................... 478 Security ........................................................................ 72
model queries ....................................................... 74 SOAP .......................................................................... 594
configuration steps .......................................... 484 material .................................................................. 74
SAP SuccessFactors Compensation ....... 39, 495, adapter ................................................................. 691
configure the data model .............................. 484 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................ 192
497, 517, 518, 523 APIs ........................................................................ 582
cross-module process interactions ............ 479 Security Assertion Markup Language
data mapping from Employee Central ... 527 listener URL ........................................................ 695
data interactions .............................................. 483 (SAML) 2.0 .............................................................. 77
publish data to Employee Central ............ 532 messages ............................................................. 338
prerequisites ............................................. 479, 484 Security keys ........................................................... 443 metadata ............................................................ 597
salary pay matrix ............................................ 535
use cases ............................................................... 479 Self-registration ........................................................ 79 query operations .............................................. 597
with Employee Central .................................. 523 SAP SuccessFactors Performance & Goals ... 39, Send ............................................................................... 72
SAP SuccessFactors Learning ............ 39, 51, 541, SOAP projects ......................................................... 595
51 step ........................................................................ 676 test case ............................................................... 595
542, 555 SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting .... 374, 379, 433, Sender system ........................................................... 69 SOAP protocol ........................................................... 76
access .................................................................... 362 543 settings ....................................................... 143, 316 configure ............................................................. 148
learning admin ................................................. 363 assessment template ...................................... 711 Service definitions ..................................... 190, 250 Source elements .................................................... 430
platform integration ...................................... 359 integrations ........................................................ 433 Service events ........................................................ 244 refid attributes .................................................. 430
provisioning ....................................................... 365 process flow ........................................................ 437 Service provider settings ................................... 444 Source settings ...................................................... 646
RBPs ....................................................................... 367 to SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding ........... 459 Session management ................................... 74, 594 Special fields ........................................................... 430
with career worksheets .................................. 562 with Succession Planning ............................. 573 SFAPI ....................................................... 120, 393, 582 Splitters ....................................................................... 72
with CDP ..................................................... 555, 559 audit log ............................................................... 227 step ........................................................................ 667

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Index Index

SSH connectivity test .......................................... 299 Subprocesses (Cont.) Talent management ............................................... 41 Transaction (Cont.)
SSN field ................................................................... 616 email ............................................................ 676, 701 core hybrid model ............................................... 46 SFIOM_VIEW_REQUESTS .............................. 228
card type .............................................................. 618 generate data ..................................................... 666 full cloud .......................................................... 39, 41 SFW5 ...................................................................... 246
SSO signing X.509 certificate ........................... 322 generate employee payroll data ................ 659 perform and reward ........................................ 494 SLG1 .................................................... 225, 228, 285
Standard integrations ........................... 58, 62, 100 initial steps .......................................................... 659 Talent modules ..................................... 51, 329, 373 SM36 ...................... 203, 211, 222, 282, 283, 348
SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................ 713 LDAP receiver ..................................................... 694 Talent pipeline .................................... 414, 420, 563 SM59 ............................................................. 192, 248
Standard templates ............................... 58, 62, 708 versus ProcessDirect adapter ...................... 679 applicant statuses ............................................ 425 SOAMANAGER ............................... 186, 190, 250
benefits ................................................................ 708 Subscribers ............................................................... 243 hirable status ..................................................... 418 SPRO ............................................................. 344, 347
design patterns ................................................. 710 Succession data model ........................................ 351 offer approval .................................................... 417 STRUST ..................................... 116, 127, 161, 168
getting started .................................................. 709 configure .......................................... 484, 485, 565 onboarding ......................................................... 461 WE02 ..................................................................... 223
Integration Center ........................................... 710 display development goals ........................... 565 Target elements ..................................................... 430 WE20 ..................................................................... 196
SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................ 711 Employee Central with Employee Central refid attributes .................................................. 431 WE21 ...................................................................... 194
StandardProcess ................................................... 316 Payroll .............................................................. 259 Target roles .............................................................. 428 Transcript feature ................................................. 557
Start step .................................................................. 667 max-length ......................................................... 351 Target settings ....................................................... 646 learning activity ............................................... 558
Nomination and Successor portlets .......... 572 Target systems ............................................. 248, 271 Transformation ..................................................... 710
Steps ........................................................................... 652
onboardees ......................................................... 465 Technical analysts ................................................... 86 rules ....................................................................... 429
build dynamic where clause ............... 653, 664
Performance History portlet ........................ 505 Technical architects ................................................ 94 Transformation template groups .................. 127
call email process ............................................ 676
SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2.0 ......... 484 Technical design documents ........ 643, 646, 647 assign ........................................ 133, 135, 207, 214
connect to system ............................................ 661
Succession Org Chart ........................................... 563 Technical users ...................................................... 246 create ........................................ 131, 134, 207, 213
content modifier ................. 653, 666, 671, 688,
Succession Planning .......... 39, 51, 539, 541, 542 Template library .................................................... 709 Employee Central entities ............................ 214
693, 701
tools ....................................................................... 564 employee data .................................................. 213
encryptor ............................................................. 656 Template maintenance ...................................... 708
with CDP .............................................................. 563
end ............................................. 657, 659, 665, 680 Testers ................................................................... 88, 95 generic processing ........................................... 206
with SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting ......... 573
end exception .................................................... 666 Testing .......................... 83, 85, 88, 95, 98, 101, 643 Recruiting Management to Employee
Succession Planning with CDP ........................ 563
end subprocess .................................................. 676 Third-party systems ....................... 35, 41, 92, 289 Central ............................................................. 429
big picture ........................................................... 563
filter ....................................................................... 667 common integrations .................................... 290 Transformation XML templates ..................... 412
configuration steps .......................................... 564
gather .......................................................... 667, 668 extension options ............................................ 293 Translation tables ................................................. 311
Successor portlet ................................................... 572
generate payroll data .................................... 659 integrations ........................................................... 42 Transport mode .................................................... 686
configure .............................................................. 572
initialize process properties ......................... 653 prerequisites ....................................................... 294 Trend portlets ........................................................ 501
Super admin ............................................................ 361
join ......................................................................... 667 project management ......................................... 83 Trigger rules ............................................................ 243
ID ............................................................................. 363
log payload ........................................................ 688 SAP SuccessFactors platform ...................... 335 Trigger type ............................................................. 635
S-user account .......................................................... 68
mapping .............................................................. 680 Thomson Online Benefits .................................... 42 Troubleshooting .......................................... 222, 285
System landscape .................................................. 113
message mapping .................................. 671, 688 Time and Attendance Management ........ 37, 38, best practices ..................................................... 717
System of record (SOR) ...................... 34, 360, 715
process call ...................................... 654, 666, 667 44 SAP Cloud Platform Integration ................ 683
core hybrid model .............................. 43, 48, 112
receiver .............................................. 659, 677, 701 Time Evaluation ................................................ 37, 44
Systems integrator ............................................... 103
request-reply ................................... 659, 689, 701 Timers ........................................................................ 682 U
router ................................................. 656, 665, 671 Tools and technologies ................................... 57, 58
T Trace messages ............................................ 684, 686 Unit testing ............................................................. 114
script ............................... 655, 665, 668, 670, 680
send ....................................................................... 676 Transaction Upsert operation ................................................... 593
Talent Community Subscribe .......................... 446
sequential multicast ....................................... 667 BD54 ...................................................................... 192 User acceptance testing (UAT) ........................ 114
Talent hybrid integration switch .................... 129
splitter .................................................................. 667 BD64 ...................................................................... 194 User Connector: SF ...................................... 359, 360
Talent hybrid model ... 36, 49, 51, 329, 332, 333
start .............................................................. 659, 667 HRSFEC_PTP_CONFIG .................................... 247 User credentials .................................................... 169
architecture and integrations ....................... 52
HRSFEC_PTP_EE_REPL .................................. 282 create objects ..................................................... 649
Sublevels .................................................................. 662 modules and systems ....................................... 50
HRSFI_ED_WTHDRW_VRNT ....................... 344 mapping extensions ....................................... 314
Subprocesses .......................................................... 659 platform ............................................................... 333
SA38 .................................................... 149, 151, 201 OData ................................................................... 298
adapter connection details .......................... 660 platform integration ....................................... 335
SE38 ........................................................................ 339 SFAPI ..................................................................... 296
adapter processing details ........................... 660 technology options .......................................... 335
SFIOM_VIEW_ORG_REQS ............................ 228 SFTP ....................................................................... 298
additional steps ................................................ 665 use case ................................................................... 50

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User data file (UDF) .............................................. 337 Web services ....................................................... 58, 75
User-defined functions ...................................... 673 activate ................................................................. 250
APIs .............................................................. 101, 352
V best practices ..................................................... 719
configuration ..................................................... 185
Vacancy .................................................................... 458 consumer security settings ........................... 147
Validation check ................................................... 264 Employee Central with Employee Central
Validation rules ..................................................... 265 Payroll .............................................................. 234
Value mapping ............................... 65, 70, 116, 197 enable .................................................................... 353
assign entities ................................................... 218 endpoint URLs ................................................... 185
best practices ..................................................... 714 HTTP settings ..................................................... 147
Business Integration Builder (BIB) ............ 119 object types ......................................................... 186
configuration ........................................... 131, 312 OData .................................................................... 644
create ........................................................... 137, 138 real-time ............................................................... 644
create and deploy ............................................ 668 setup ...................................................................... 145
create entity ....................................................... 199 SOAP ............ 148, 157, 159, 182, 185, 235, 594
custom ................................................................. 313 Web services definition language
discrepancies ..................................................... 138 (WSDL) ........................................................ 594, 691
Employee Central to ADP ............................. 674 Welcome email ...................................................... 483
Where clause ........................................................... 664
Employee Central with Kronos ................... 311
Workforce planning and analytics
employee class codes ..................................... 278
core hybrid model .............................................. 46
employee data .................................................. 216
full cloud ................................................................ 40
generic processing ........................................... 208
Workstream ............................................................... 81
maintain details ...................................... 140, 200
data migration .................................................... 83
position fields to job requisition fields .... 401
integration build ................................................. 83
primary ....................................................... 133, 136
integration design .............................................. 82
secondary ............................................................ 138
integration testing ............................................. 83
sources and targets ......................................... 669
tables .................................................................... 277
translation table .............................................. 199 X
Variable plans ........................................................ 519
XML file output ...................................................... 606
view ratings and goals .................................. 520
XML HTTP port ....................................................... 194
Variant configuration ......................................... 345
XMLParser ................................................................ 717
Vendors ....................................................................... 92
XMLSlurper .............................................................. 717
XSD schema ............................................................. 672
W XSLT mapping .......................................................... 71

Wage type mapping ............................................. 280

Web Dynpro ............................................................ 357

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 First-hand knowledge.

Donna Leong-Cohen works in the SAP Customer Success

team at SAP to ensure global delivery excellence of SAP Suc-
cessFactors. Until recently, Donna was managing director at
Coeus Consulting. She has extensive experience implemen-
ting HCM global systems and in business consulting, spe-
cializing in HR business process transformation for a broad
spectrum of global and domestic clients.
Vishnu Kandi leads the SAP SuccessFactors data and
integration practice and has been part of several integration
implementations at SAP. He has an extensive background
in enterprise-class software development, implementation,
and management, and more than 15 years of experience in
integrations and client-server and web-based technologies.

Rinky Karthik is a principal solution architect with the SAP

SuccessFactors HR Cloud Architect and Advisory team. Rinky
has an MBA in human resources and more than 18 years of
professional experience in the SAP HCM and SAP Success-
Factors ecosystem.

Seng-Ping Gan is a technical integration expert who

specializes in SAP system integration for SAP C/4HANA,
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, SAP S/4HANA, and
other SAP solutions. He has more than 10 years of technical
experience in SAP integration projects and has worked with
global companies in Asia, Europe, and the USA. His area of
technical expertise includes SAP Cloud Platform, SAP Process
Donna Leong-Cohen, Vishnu Kandi, Rinky Karthik, Seng-Ping Gan Integration, Dell Boomi, and ABAP.
Integrating SAP SuccessFactors
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