Using the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator

You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to edit the DSN configuration. Note that the DSN is created during the installation process.

Complete the following steps to edit the DSN configuration:

1. Select Start > Search, and enter ODBC Data Sources in the Search box.
2. Choose the version of the ODBC Administrator that corresponds to the bitness of your application (32-bit or 64-bit).
3. Click the System DSN tab.
4. Select the system data source and click Configure.
5. Edit the information on the Connection tab and click OK.

Note: For .NET Framework 4.0, the driver distributes Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable. For .NET Framework 3.5, the driver distributes Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable.

The CData ODBC Driver for SAP SuccessFactors communicates to SAP SuccessFactors over the OData API. By default, it is enabled. However, if you need to provide additional permissions, please follow the steps from SAP laid out in their support here.

Connecting to SAPSuccessFactors

You can authenticate to SAP SuccessFactors using Basic authentication or OAuth with SAML assertion.

Basic

You must provide values for the following properties to successfully authenticate to SAP SuccessFactors. Note that the provider will reuse the session opened by SAP SuccessFactors using cookies. Which means that your credentials will be used only on the first request to open the session. After that, cookies returned from SAP SuccessFactors will be used for authentication.

• AuthScheme, set this to BASIC.
• Url, set this to the url of the server hosting Success Factors. Some of the servers are listed here.
• User, set this to the username of your account.
• Password, set this to the password of your account.
• CompanyId, set this to the unique identifier of your company.

Once OData is enabled, you must grant access to the API to activate Basic Auth for a given user.

Granting Permission for an RBP System

• Assign the permission in Administrator Permissions > Manage Integration Tools > Allow Admin to Access OData API through Basic Authentication.

Granting Permission for a User-based System

• Click Administrative Privileges > Integration Tools, and select Allow Admin to Access OData API through Basic Authentication.
• On the Managing Administrative Privilege page, select the Employee Export and Employee Import checkboxes to grant those permissions to the given user.

OAuth

See Using OAuth Authentication for an authentication guide for OAuth2.