Getting Started
Connecting to ADP
Establishing a Connection shows how to authenticate to ADP and configure any necessary connection properties. You can also configure provider capabilities through the available Connection properties, from data modeling to firewall traversal. The Advanced Settings section shows how to set up more advanced configurations and troubleshoot connection errors.
Connecting from Visual Studio
The CData ADO.NET Provider for ADP provides a seamless integration with Microsoft Visual Studio. The provider is registered as an ADO.NET provider with Visual Studio, allowing for integration with visual designer tools, Server Explorer, and ADO.NET data source configuration wizards.
Visual Studio Version Support
The CData ADO.NET Provider for ADP supports Visual Studio versions 2012 and above.
.NET Version Support
The CData ADO.NET Provider for ADP supports .NET Framework 4.0 and above as well as .NET Standard 2.0.
ADP Version Support
The provider leverages the following ADP APIs to enable access to ADP Workforce Now data:
- Applicant Onboard V2 API
- Payroll Data Input API
- Payroll Output API
- Team Time Cards API
- Time Cards API
- Time Off Balances API
- Time Off Request API
- Validation Table Code List API
- Work Assignment API
- Work Assignment API
- Work Schedules API
- Worker Management API
- Workers API
See Also
See the following for information about creating connections, building models, and creating real-time reports:- See Using ADO.NET to create ADO.NET connection objects from code.
- See Using Entity Framework to build an EF model based on the ADP connection.
- See Using SSRS to connect to ADP and create real-time reports.
- See Using DbProviderFactory to connect to ADP from generic ADO.NET code.