Transitioning to cloud HCM? With this guide, learn how to integrate SAP SuccessFactors into your HCM landscape. Connect Employee Central to SAP ERP, SAP S/4HANA, and third-party systems, and perform cross-module talent integrations between Recruiting, Onboarding, Learning, and more. Then create custom integrations using APIs, the Integration Center, SAP Cloud Platform, and templates to suit your organization's specific requirements. Chart your own path to HCM in the cloud!

In this book, you'll learn about:

a. Employee Central Integrations
Configure the packaged integrations between Employee Central and SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA, and migrate your personnel data using the InfoPorter. Learn how to connect to Employee Central Payroll and third-party systems such as Kronos or Benefitfocus.

b. Talent Integrations
Integrate SAP SuccessFactors talent modules such as Recruiting, Performance & Goals, Learning, and more. Enable the attract-and-acquire, pay-for-performance, and identify-and-grow processes in your SAP SuccessFactors landscape!

c. Custom Integrations
Where standard integrations end, custom integrations begin. Determine whether your requirements merit custom work, and learn how to create your own integrations. Walk through use cases and step-by-step examples for using APIs, the Integration Center, SAP Cloud Platform, or templates.

Highlights include:

1. SAP ERP HCM and SAP S/4HANA
2. Employee Central
3. Employee Central Payroll
4. Recruiting and Onboarding
5. Learning
6. Compensation and Variable Pay
7. Performance and Goals
8. Custom integrations
9. SAP Cloud Platform
10. Integration Center
11. Data migration
12. Third-party systems

Develop custom integrations with APIs, the Integration Center, and SAP Cloud Platform

Autorentext
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 Integration, Dell Boomi, and ABAP.

Inhalt
... Preface ... 23

... Who This Book Is For ... 23

... How This Book Is Organized ... 24

... Acknowledgements ... 30

... Conclusion ... 30

I ... Integration Concepts ... 31

1 ... Deployment Models ... 33

1.1 ... Cloud Technology ... 34

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

1.3 ... Core Hybrid Deployment Model ... 43

1.4 ... Talent Hybrid Deployment Model ... 49

1.5 ... Side-by-Side Deployment Model ... 53

1.6 ... Summary ... 56

2 ... Integration Tools and Technologies ... 57

2.1 ... Integration Basics ... 58

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

2.3 ... Standard Integrations and Templates ... 62

2.4 ... Integration Center ... 62

2.5 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration ... 67

2.6 ... SAP SuccessFactors Web Services ... 75

2.7 ... Access and Single Sign-On ... 76

2.8 ... Summary ... 79

3 ... Integration Project Management ... 81

3.1 ... Integration Workstream ... 81

3.2 ... Roles and Responsibilities ... 84

3.3 ... SAP Activate ... 95

3.4 ... Integration Implementation ... 100

3.5 ... Accelerators ... 103

3.6 ... Summary ... 106

II ... Employee Central Integrations ... 109

4 ... Data Migration from SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA to Employee Central ... 111

4.1 ... Starting Your Migration Project ... 112

4.2 ... Replication Migration Process Overview ... 117

4.3 ... Replication Setup with the Business Integration Builder ... 118

4.4 ... Preparation Steps ... 120

4.5 ... Transformation Template Setup ... 127

4.6 ... Field and Value Mapping Configuration ... 131

4.7 ... SAP Cloud Platform Integration Configuration ... 140

4.8 ... Data Migration Execution ... 149

4.9 ... Summary ... 153

5 ... Employee Central with SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA ... 155

5.1 ... Starting Your Integration Project ... 155

5.2 ... Configuring Employee Central ... 162

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

5.4 ... Configuring SAP ERP or SAP S/4HANA ... 185

5.5 ... Common Integration Scenario Considerations ... 230

5.6 ... Summary ... 232

6 ... Employee Central with Employee Central Payroll ... 233

6.1 ... Starting Your Integration Project ... 234

6.2 ... Basic Settings ... 237

6.3 ... Point-to-Point Configuration ... 252

6.4 ... Employee Data Replication Run ... 282

6.5 ... Summary ... 287

7 ... Employee Central with Third-Party Systems ... 289

7.1 ... Common Third-Party Integrations ... 290

7.2 ... Starting Your Integration Project ... 292

7.3 ... Configuring SAP Cloud Platform for Kronos Integration ... 294

7.4 ... Packaged Integration Mapping Extension ... 313

7.5 ... Employee Central to Kronos UI Integration with SSO ... 322

7.6 ... Summary ... 326

III ... Platform Integrations for Talent Management ... 327

8 ... Platform Integration for Basic User Data ... 329

8.1 ... Starting Your Integration Project ... 329

8.2 ... SAP SuccessFactors Platform in a Talent Hybrid Model ... 333

8.3 ... SAP SuccessFactors Platform and SAP ERP HCM ... 335

8.4 ... Summary ... 358

9 ... SAP SuccessFactors Learning and Platform Integration ... 359

9.1 ... The Big Picture ... 359

9.2 ... Configuration Steps ... 361

9.3 ... Summary ... 368

IV ... Attract and Acquire Process Integrations ... 371

10 ... Attract and Acquire Overview ... 373

10.1 ... The Big Picture ... 374

10.2 ... Cross-Module Process Interactions ... 376

10.3 ... Summary ... 378

11 ... Employee Central to Recruiting Management ... 379

11.1 ... The Big Picture ... 379

11.2 ... Cross-Module Process Interactions ... 382

11.3 ... Configuration Steps ... 393

11.4 ... Summary ... 408

12 ... Recruiting Management to Employee Central ... 409

12.1 ... The Big Picture ... 409

12.2 ... Cross-Module Process Interactions ... 412

12.3 ... Configuration Steps ... 420

12.4 ... Summary ... 432

13 ... Recruiting Management to Recruiting Marketing and Recruiting Posting ... 433

13.1 ... The Big Picture ... 434

13.2 ... Cross-Module Process Interactions ... 436

13.3 ... Configuration Steps ... 442

13.4 ... Summary ... 455

14 ... Recruiting Management to SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2.0 ... 457

14.1 ... The Big Picture ... 458

14.2 ... Cross-Module Process Interactions ... 459

14.3 ... Configuration Steps ... 467

14.4 ... Summary ... 476

15 ... SAP SuccessFactors Onboarding 2.0 to Employee Central ... 477

15.1 ... The Big Picture ... 478

15.2 ... Cross-Module Process Interactions ... 479

15.3 ... Configuration Steps ... 484

15.4 ... Summary ... 489

V ... Pay for Performance Process Integrations ... 491

16 ... Pay for Performance Overview ... 493

16.1 ... The Big Picture ... 494

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

16.3 ... Summary ... 498

17 ... Performance Management and Goal Management with Employee Central ... 499

17.1 ... The Big Picture ... 499

17.2 ... Configuration Steps ... 500

17.3 ... Summary ... 508

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