SAP SuccessFactors offers cloud-based solutions for human capital management (HCM). Businesses use its solutions for onboarding, talent and workforce management, optimizing HR and payroll operations, and enhancing employee experience.
Integrating SAP SuccessFactors and ADManager Plus synergizes the functionalities of these solutions, and empowers administrators to streamline and automate employee life cycle management and do away with human errors.
Actions supported
Upon integration, administrators can configure automations to carry out desired tasks. These automations can be monitored and controlled by implementing multi-level business workflows, which ensure that they are reviewed and approved before execution. The following actions can be automated:
- Create user accounts
| - Add users to groups
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- Modify user attributes
| - Remove users from groups
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- Modify user accounts by template
| - Create mailbox
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- Reset passwords
| - Disable or delete mailbox
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- Unlock user accounts
| - Move Home Folder
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- Enable user accounts
| - Delete Home Folder
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- Disable user accounts
| - Revoke Microsoft 365 licenses
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- Delete user accounts
| - Manage users' photos
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- Run custom scripts
| - Disable Lync accounts
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- Move users across groups
| - Configure auto reply settings
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How to integrate ADManager Plus and SAP SuccessFactors
- Log in to ADManager Plus.
- Navigate to the Automation tab and click HCM Integrations.
- Under HCM applications, click the Custom HCM tile to integrate a new custom HCM solution.
- In the Custom HCM Integration window that pops up, enter a suitable Name and Description, upload a Logo for SAP SuccessFactors, and click Save.
- Click the SAP SuccessFactors tile added in the previous step to configure API authorization methods, endpoints, and LDAP data mapping.
- In the Authorization section, select Basic Authentication or API Key as the Authorization Type.
- API Key
If you select API key as the authorization type: - Enter the key name and value in the Key and Value fields respectively.
- Associate the key to a header or query parameter using the Add To drop-down menu and click Configure.
- Basic Authentication
If you select Basic Authentication as the authorization type, specify a Username and Password and click Configure.
In the API Endpoint Configuration section, add the following:
- Endpoint URL: http://<hostname>
Note: Click here to view SAP SuccessFactors' API references. - Click Advanced Options to add headers and parameters.
- Method: Choose Get.
- Headers: Click and configure the respective HTTP headers as configured in the endpoint.
- Parameters: Click and configure the query parameters as configured in the endpoint.
- Message Type: Select None.
- Check the Repeat calling this Endpoint option to repeatedly call the API until you get the required response. From the drop-down menu, select the parameter and specify the increment value. You can also set a condition, which when satisfied calls the endpoint repeatedly.
Note: You can configure multiple endpoints for an HCM solution.
Once done, click Test & Save. A response window will display all the requested elements.
Click Data Source - LDAP Attribute Mapping to match endpoints and to map AD LDAP attributes with the respective attributes in the HCM solution.
Enter the Configuration Name and Description, and select the Automation Category from the drop-down menu.
In the Select Endpoint field, select those columns that are unique to users (employeeIdenifier, username, etc.) but hold the same value in all the endpoints.
In the Attribute Mapping field, select the attribute from the LDAP Attribute Name drop-down menu and map it with the respective column in the HCM solution.
Click Save.
While configuring an automation in ADManager Plus, select SAP SuccessFactors as the Data Source and automate user management in a flash. Click here to learn more about automation configuration.
Sample response: