Explore the Integration Center

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to using the Integration Center.in SAP SuccessFactors

Integration Center Overview

The Integration Center enables administrators to build, run, schedule, and monitor simple integrations. It simplifies the common export and import use cases. Integrations can be built quickly and easily through a guided workflow. Predefined templates are available, and you can also create your own templates.

The Integration Center page is displayed with My Integrations, Monitor Integrations, Data Model Navigator and Security Center tabs.

It works on both outbound (sending information from SAP SuccessFactors out to third party systems) integrations as well as inbound information (bringing third party information in for use in the instance).

Integration Center supports both file and Web Service based outbound integrations:

  • For file-based integrations, Integration Center supports CSV, TXT, XML, and EDI/Stacked formats.

  • For Web Service based outbound integrations, Integration Center supports SOAP and REST outbound integrations.

Also, Integration Center supports CSV-based inbound integrations. To access Integration Center, from the Action Search, enter Integration Center. Here, you can build customized file extracts using any data using SAP SuccessFactors OData APIs catalog. For example, an administrator can use the Integration Center to run immediately or schedule a job to export a provider-specific OData object to SFTP, based on defined filter conditions and applying a provider-defined output order and file format.

The files generated in the Integration Center are directed to a configured SFTP server location. They're fully ready to be imported to the external provider system that needs synchronized data with SAP SuccessFactors applications.

Integration Center as a Package

Integration Center is part of the SAP SuccessFactors HCM solution package and works even without Employee Central.

The supported building integrations with ODATA APIs include the following modules:

  • Employee Central

  • Recruiting

  • Performance Management

  • Goals

  • Succession

The following figure shows an overview of the Integration Center.

The Integration Center Overviews is displayed in an infographic.

Creation of Outbound Integrations

You can create or schedule Integration jobs only by using Integration Center (from Action Search, enter Integration Center). Integration Center jobs created and scheduled from Provisioning fail.

You can build integrations by using different tools that are available as part of SAP SuccessFactors applications:

  • Built-in templates available from Integration Catalog
  • Integration Center
  • Data Model Navigator

Creation of Inbound Integrations

You can create integrations from a third-party or external application to SAP SuccessFactors. You can create inbound integrations one of two ways from the +Create menu in Integration Center:

  • Scheduled CSV Integration
  • More integration types

For more information about the Integration Center, review the Integration Center guide available from SAP Help Portal: https://help.sap.com/viewer/60ba370328e0485797adde67aee846a0/latest/en-US

Summary

Some of the key takeaways for this lesson are:

  • Integration Center allows administrators to build, run, schedule and monitor simple integrations, through a guided workflow and using predefined templates as well as creating their own.
  • Outbound and inbound integrations are available, to send information from SAP SuccessFactors out to a third party system or the other way around.
  • Integrations with OData APIs are also supported to build integrations for Employee Central, Recruiting, Performance and Goals or Succession.