SAP SuccessFactors Connector 3.2 - Mule 4

Anypoint Connector for SAP SuccessFactors (SuccessFactors Connector) provides full support to query, create, update, and delete entities using the OData API exposed by SuccessFactors.

This connector enables operations to:

Create, update, and delete entities
Retrieve a single entity or query multiple entities

For software requirements and compatibility, see the SAP SuccessFactors Connector Release Notes.

Before You Begin

To use this connector, you must be familiar with:

SAP SuccessFactors
Mule runtime engine (Mule)
Anypoint Connectors
Anypoint Studio essentials

To use this connector you must have the following:

A developer account or other valid SAP SuccessFactors instance
A MuleSoft Enterprise license

Supported Operations

SuccessFactors Connector supports the following outbound operations:

Create Entity
Delete Entity
Get Entity by ID
Query
Update
Update Entity
Upsert Entity

Add the Connector to a Studio Project

Anypoint Studio provides two ways to add the connector to your Studio project: from the Exchange button in the Studio taskbar or from the Mule Palette view.

Add the Connector Using Exchange

In Studio, create a Mule project.
Click the Exchange icon (X) in the upper-left of the Studio task bar.
In Exchange, click Login and supply your Anypoint Platform username and password.
In Exchange, search for success.
Select the connector and click Add to project.
Follow the prompts to install the connector.

Add the Connector in Studio

In Studio, create a Mule project.
In the Mule Palette view, click (X) Search in Exchange.
In Add Modules to Project, type success in the search field.
Click this connector’s name in Available modules.
Click Add.
Click Finish.

Configure the SuccessFactors Connector Global Element

To use SuccessFactors Connector in a Mule application, configure a global SuccessFactors configuration element that can be used by as many SuccessFactors Connector instances as required for your application:

Click the Global Elements tab at the base of the canvas.
In the Global Configuration Elements screen, click Create to open the Choose Global Type window:
In the Choose Global Type window:
1. Expand Connector Configuration.
2. Select SuccessFactors Connector Config.
3. Click OK.
  
  The following configuration dialog window for Basic Connection appears.

Configure these properties:

Parameter	Description
CompanyID	Your company ID
User Name	User name to connect
Password	Password to connect
Data Center’s Endpoint URL	SuccessFactors Web API URL
Enable Session Reuse	The session is alive.

Parameter

Description

CompanyID

Your company ID

User Name

User name to connect

Password

Password to connect

Data Center’s Endpoint URL

SuccessFactors Web API URL

Enable Session Reuse

The session is alive.

Notes:

In the previous Basic configuration screen, the placeholder values refer to a configuration file mule-artifact.properties in the src/main/resources folder of your project.
You can either enter your credentials into the global configuration properties, or reference a configuration file that contains these values.
For simpler maintenance and better reusability of your project, it’s best to use a configuration file. Keeping these values in a separate file is useful if you need to deploy to different environments, where your access credentials differ.

Click OK to save the global connector configurations.

Use Case: Set Up and Run in Studio

In Anypoint Studio, click File > New > Mule Project.
Specify a Project Name and click Finish.
Search for http and drag the HTTP connector to the canvas.
Click the green plus sign next to Connector Configuration, and click OK in the menu to accept the default values.
Drag the SuccessFactors connector operation to the canvas.
Click the green plus next to Connector Configuration, and specify your access credentials.
Click a connection strategy for authentication.
Configure these properties:

Parameter	Description
CompanyID	Your company ID
User Name	User name to connect
Password	Password to connect
Data Center’s Endpoint URL	SuccessFactors Web API URL
Enable Session Reuse	The session is alive.

Parameter

Description

CompanyID

Your company ID

User Name

User name to connect

Password

Password to connect

Data Center’s Endpoint URL

SuccessFactors Web API URL

Enable Session Reuse

The session is alive.

+ . Click OK.

To Run a Flow

In Package Explorer, right click your project’s name, and click Run As > Mule Application.
Check the console to see when the application starts. You should see messages such as these if no errors occur:

************************************************************
INFO  2019-07-14 22:12:42,003 [main] org.mule.module.launcher.DeploymentDirectoryWatcher:
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Mule is up and kicking (every 5000ms)                    +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
INFO  2019-07-14 22:12:42,006 [main] org.mule.module.launcher.StartupSummaryDeploymentListener:
**********************************************************
*  - - + DOMAIN + - -               * - - + STATUS + - - *
**********************************************************
* default                           * DEPLOYED           *
**********************************************************

************************************************************************
* - - + APPLICATION + - -   * - - + DOMAIN + - -  * - - + STATUS + - - *
************************************************************************
* myapp                     * default             * DEPLOYED           *
************************************************************************

Example: Success Factors

This example demonstrates the use of SuccessFactors Connector.

To build and run this demo project, you need:

Anypoint Studio with Mule 4.1.1 or later
SuccessFactors Connector v3.0.0 or later
SuccessFactors credentials to send OData API requests

To Test the Flow

In Anypoint Studio, in the File menu, import the demo project into your workspace.
Specify your basic credentials in the /src/main/app/mule-app.properties file.
Run the project in Studio.
Type localhost:8081 in your browser to access the selection menu of the demo.
Optionally, you can configure the following parameters:
- Connection Timeout
  Timeout for the initial connection with the server Read Timeout
  Timeout for waiting to read data from the server

You can use the selection menu from http://localhost:8081 to test the flows.

Use Case: Success Factors Operations

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<mule xmlns:ee="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core"
xmlns:successfactors="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/successfactors"
xmlns:http="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http"
xmlns="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core"
xmlns:doc="http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/documentation"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/ee/core/current/mule-ee.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/core/current/mule.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/http/current/mule-http.xsd
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/successfactors
http://www.mulesoft.org/schema/mule/successfactors/current/mule-successfactors.xsd">
  <http:listener-config name="HTTP_Listener_config" doc:name="HTTP Listener config" >
      <http:listener-connection host="0.0.0.0" port="8081" />
  </http:listener-config>
  <successfactors:config name="SuccessFactors_Configuration" doc:name="SuccessFactors Configuration" >
      <successfactors:basic-connection
              companyId="${config.companyId}"
              userName="${config.userName}"
              password="${config.password}"
              endpointUrl="${config.endpointUrl}"/>
      </successfactors:config>
      <configuration-properties file="automation-credentials.properties"/>

      <flow name="Query">
           <http:listener doc:name="Listener" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/list"/>
           <successfactors:query entitySetName="VendorInfo" doc:name="Query"
	   config-ref="SuccessFactors_Configuration" />
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
               <ee:message >
                   <ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/json
   ---
   payload]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
           <logger level="INFO" doc:name="Logger" message="#[payload]"/>
       </flow>

           <flow name="Create-Entry">
           <http:listener doc:name="Listener" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/createVendor"/>
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
               <ee:message >
                   <ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/java
   ---
   {
       vendorCode: "XYZ123ABC",
       effectiveStartDate: "2018-07-08T00:00:00"  as DateTime,
       effectiveStatus: "I"
   }]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
           <successfactors:create-entity doc:name="Create entity"
	   config-ref="SuccessFactors_Configuration" entitySetName="VendorInfo"/>
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message" >
               <ee:message >
                   <ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/json
   ---
   payload]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
           <logger level="INFO" doc:name="Logger" message="#[payload]"/>
       </flow>

           <flow name="Get-Entity-by-Id">
           <http:listener doc:name="Listener" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/getById"/>
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
               <ee:message>
                   <ee:set-payload><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/java
   ---
   {
   	effectiveStartDate: attributes.queryParams.effectiveStartDate as DateTime,
   	vendorCode: attributes.queryParams.vendorCode
   }]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
   		<successfactors:get-entity-by-id entitySetName="VendorInfo" doc:name="Get entity by id"
		config-ref="SuccessFactors_Configuration" />
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
               <ee:message >
                   <ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/json
   ---
   payload]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
           <logger level="INFO" doc:name="Logger" message="#[payload]"/>
       </flow>

       <flow name="Delete-Entry">
           <http:listener doc:name="Listener" config-ref="HTTP_Listener_config" path="/deleteVendor"/>
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
               <ee:message >
                   <ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/java
   ---
   {
       effectiveStartDate: attributes.queryParams.effectiveStartDate as DateTime,
       vendorCode: attributes.queryParams.vendorCode as String
   }]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
           <successfactors:delete-entity entitySetName="VendorInfo" doc:name="Delete entity"
	   config-ref="SuccessFactors_Configuration" />
           <ee:transform doc:name="Transform Message">
               <ee:message >
                   <ee:set-payload ><![CDATA[%dw 2.0
   output application/json
   ---
   payload]]></ee:set-payload>
               </ee:message>
           </ee:transform>
           <logger level="INFO" doc:name="Logger" message="#[payload]"/>
       </flow>
</mule>

Use a Query as a Filter

In the Anypoint Studio’s Filter field, select the Query value, which enables you to create your own filter.
In the Value field, enter the filter options using the format described in the ODATA URI Conventions site, item 4.5.
You don’t need to add the Entity set name in the query; you have to select it from the list.

Examples:

startswith(username, 'Mule') eq true
startswith(username, 'JA') eq true or endswith(username, 'n3') eq true
username eq 'Mike'

The Query value is only used for the Filter field; the connector builds the actual query.

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