Establishing a Connection
Enabling SSIS in Visual Studio 2022
If you're using Visual Studio 2022, you will need to install the SQL Server Integration Services Projects extension to use SSIS.
- Navigate to Extensions > Manage Extensions.
- In the Manage Extensions window's search box, search for "SQL Server Integration Services Projects 2022" and select the extension in the list.
- Click Download.
- Close Visual Studio and run the downloaded Microsoft.DataTools.IntegrationServices.exe installer. Proceed through the installer with default settings.
- Open Visual Studio. There should now be an "Integration Services Project" project template available.
Adding the SAPSuccessFactorsLMS Connection Manager
Create a new connection manager as follows:
- Create a Visual Studio project with the "Integration Services Project" template.
- In the project, right-click within the Connection Managers window and select New Connection from the menu.
- In the Description column, select CData SAPSuccessFactorsLMS Connection Manager and click Add...
- Configure the component as described in the next section.
Alternatively, if you have an existing project and CData SAPSuccessFactorsLMS Source or CData SAPSuccessFactorsLMS Destination:
- Right-click your CData SAPSuccessFactorsLMS source or destination component in your data flow
- Select Edit... to open an editor window.
- Click the New... button next to the Connection manager: dropdown selector to create a connection manager.
- Configure the component as described in the next section.
Connecting to SAPSuccessFactorsLMS
Before you can connect to SAPSuccessFactorsLMS, you must configure the OAuth application tied to your SAPSuccessFactorsLMS account. See Creating a Custom OAuth App for a procedure.After you have configured your OAuth application, set the following to connect:
- URL: The base URL of your SAP SuccessFactors instance. You can find this value in the URL of your SAP SuccessFactors homepage before the first forward slash (/). For example: https://mycompany.successfactors.eu
- User: The username you use to log in to your SAP SuccessFactors account.
- CompanyId: The unique name assigned to your SAPSuccessFactorsLMS tenant. You can find this value in the URL of your SAP SuccessFactors homepage, between "https://" and ".successfactors" (or ".sapsf" in the case of preview instances).
- UserType: The type of user being used. Select either Admin if your account has the admin role or User if it does not.
- OAuthClientId: The value of the Client ID field, as noted during the configuration of your OAuth application.
- OAuthClientSecret: The value of the Newly Generated Client Secret, as noted during the configuration of your OAuth application.