This blog provides the configuration steps to establish the integration between SAP SuccessFactors and SAP Analytics Cloud.

• Log into SAP SuccessFactors.
• Go to Admin Center > Company Settings > Manage OAuth2 Client Applicationsand select + Register Client Application.

• Generate the X.509 certificate.
  The application name can be freely chosen (e.g. SAP Analytics Cloud), however the application URL should be the SAP Analytics Cloud Tenant URL.

• Set CN name for the X-509 certificate to be generated and click generate

• Download the X509 certificate before clicking generate , after downloading, click generate.

• Make a note of API Key
• Login to SAP Analytics Cloud, Navigate to Connection in Menu.

• Select the SuccessFactors in Import Connection and Complete all the information required in SAP Analytics Cloud

• URL: you can extract this information from the SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite documentation.

2215682 – Successfactors API URLs for different Data Centers

Note: Remove the /odata/v2/ form the URL.

• User ID: User account able to query SAP SuccessFactors.
• API Key: Obtained from the registered client for SAP BusinessObjects Cloud. It is also called API Key in SAP SuccessFactors.
• Private Key: this is the .pem certificate that you downloaded from the registered client.
• Company ID: this is your SuccessFactors company ID.

• Once the connection gets created successfully, you can create models based on data in SuccessFactors.

References.

• 2339542 – How to connect to SAP SuccessFactors from SAP Analytics Cloud
• 2628523 – Import Data Connection to SuccessFactors – SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)
• 2988807 – SAP Cloud Platform Integration: IP address change impact on SuccessFactors application
• 2253200 – How to add in allow list an IP for API access in SuccessFactors OData or SFAPI
• SAC Guide: Import Connection to SuccessFactors