Identity Manager 8.1.4 - Administration Guide for Connecting to Cloud HR Systems

Managing Cloud HR Systems

The Cloud HR Systems (CHS) module provides synchronization templates for the System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) connector to connect to available cloud HR systems such as SuccessFactors, Workday, and so on.

SCIM templates are used to get the account information linked to the identities in One Identity Manager. The Cloud HR Systems module template enables you to:

• Fetch the HR data from various cloud systems and create corresponding identities in One Identity Manager.
• Update the basic employee information to the cloud systems.

This integration works inline with the One Identity Starling Connect platform. This platform provides connectors to third-party cloud systems such as SAP SuccessFactors and Workday. For more information on Starling Connect, see the Starling Connect Hosted One Identity Manager Administration Guide on the Support site.

Technical overview

This section provides an overview of the technical aspects of the Cloud HR Systems module.

• Cloud HR Systems module provides SCIM template to synchronize data from a cloud HR provider.
• This module works in conjunction with One Identity Starling Connect. Starling Connect provides connectors to HR systems such as SAP SuccessFactors and Workday. A SCIM endpoint must be configured for the respective Starling connector.
• This module processes the non-standard SCIM object types such as Employees, Departments, Cost Centers, and so on.

NOTE: The existing CSM or UCI modules can process only the standard SCIM object types such as Users, Groups, or Roles.

• This module provides the templates required for configuring the One Identity Manager synchronization with all the mapping rules.

• The HR data gets synchronized directly to the core One Identity Manager objects such as Person, Departments, Locations, and ProfitCenters.

• The Update operation is supported only for Employee object type for basic attributes such as Phone, PhoneMobile and DefaultEmailAddress.

The Cloud HR Systems module is used for synchronization of HR system data with One Identity Manager, using the existing One Identity Manager SCIM connector.

The diagram here explains the working of One Identity Manager with various connectors.

Figure 1: Architecture of One Identity Manager and the connectors configuration

The Starling Connect platform enables you to create connectors to the available cloud systems. A SCIM endpoint is created that can be used by One Identity Manager through the corresponding connector.

The Identity Manager SCIM connector connects to the endpoint created on Starling Connect. An interface is provided to create a channel for data synchronization and to provision updates back to the cloud systems.

After establishing the connection, you can choose a template based on the data that needs to be synchronized. The Cloud HR Systems module has templates for creation of identities directly on One Identity Manager.

Installing Cloud HR Systems module

The Cloud HR Systems module installation procedure is similar to installation procedures of other One Identity Manager modules. To install the Cloud HR Systems module, 8.1.4 or a later version of One Identity Manager is required.

For information on installing Cloud HR systems module, refer to the Installing One Identity Manager Components section of the One Identity Manager Installation Guide.

CloudHR Systems templates

The CHS Module provides default templates for the following cloud target systems:

• SuccessFactors HR

  For more information, see SuccessFactors HR connector template

• Workday HR

  For more information, see Workday HR connector template.

The following sections further explain the corresponding templates with use cases:

• Configuring the synchronization project for SuccessFactors HR target system

  For more information about use cases, see:

  • Creating a synchronization project and running the initial synchronization for SuccessFactors HR
  • Updating attributes for employees of SuccessFactors HR

• Configuring the synchronization project for Workday target system

  For more information, see:

  • Creating a synchronization project and running the initial synchronization for Workday HR
  • Synchronizing CustomOrgs object type with different subtypes for Workday HR
  • Updating attributes for employees of Workday HR