Connecting to SAP SuccessFactors

Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to SAP SuccessFactors and configure any necessary connection properties. You can create a connection profile by clicking Get Data and selecting From SAP SuccessFactors on the CData ribbon.

Advanced Configurations

You can also configure add-in capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced add-in configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.

Configuring a Connection Profile

You can configure access control in a connection profile by defining the operations allowed against SAP SuccessFactors data and store the profile in the workbook to make the workbook easy to share. See Managing Connections for more configuration options for connection profiles.

Connecting from Excel

The add-in adds controls to the Excel ribbon, standard Excel formulas, and VBA classes for writing macros.

SAP SuccessFactors Version Support

The driver connects to SAP SuccessFactors versions 1.0.0, and connects through the OData V2 API.

See Also

• See Using the Excel Add-In to work with SAP SuccessFactors data from the CData ribbon.
• By Writing Parameterized Queries in the From SAP SuccessFactors dialog, you can easily create a dynamic spreadsheet based on an underlying SQL SELECT query. Cell values provide the query's input parameters.
• Use the CData Excel Functions to execute multiple queries from the same sheet or to use cells and ranges to manipulate SAP SuccessFactors data.
• See Using the Excel Add-In (VBA) to write macros that can automate any of the capabilities available on the ribbon.