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- Configurable dashboards and list views of key user information
- Configurable reports to share information about users with your colleagues and management
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Configurable workflows that you can easily create for:
- Fetching detailed user information
- Retrieving SaaS user roles
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Adding ADP Workforce Now global variables
Creating user workflows with the API block
Before you start
Best practice
For the integration with Oomnitza, create a dedicated user account.
You will need the following for the Oomnitza integration:
Client Id and Secret
ADP Workforce Now uses OAuth2.0 authentication. A client id and a secret are required to access the service. If you don't have this information, contact your ADP Workforce Now client representative.
The URL of your ADP Workforce Now server
If your Server URL was in the format https://<serverurl>.com
the value that you would enter would be serverurl.
For further information consult the ADP Workforce Now API documentation.
Adding ADP Workforce Now global variables
To save time when you create workflows, set your Server URL as a global variable:
- From the menu, go to Configuration>General.
- Click Global Settings.
- Click Add new variable (+).
- Add the ADP.ADP WorkForce Now Server Url variable and its value.
- Save your changes.
Adding the credentials
To stream ADP Workforce Now user data into Oomnitza, complete the following steps:
- In Oomnitza, click Configuration > Security > Credentials.
- Click Add new credential (+).
- Search for the integration, and then click the forward button > to select the integration.
- Enter your client credentials and any other additional information.
- Click Authenticate. You are prompted to log in to authorize your request.
- Click CREATE.
Information
If the integration is not listed, click Advanced Mode, and add your credentials.
- Add the information details.
- Click the AUTHORIZATION tab.
- Ensure that OAuth 2.0 is selected as the Authorization type.
- Ensure that ADP WorkForce Now is selected from the SaaS list.
- Enter the URL of your ADP Workforce Now server.
- Enter your Client ID and Client Secret.
- Authenticate the connection.
- Click CREATE.
You use the credentials that you added to create and customize your ADP Workforce Now (OAuth 2.0) integrations with Oomnitza.
Next
You use the credentials that you added to create and customize your ADP Workforce Now integrations with Oomnitza.
Creating the user integration
- In Oomnitza, click Configuration>Integrations>Overview.
- Click Block view
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- On the Integrations page, scroll down to the Extended section for user integrations.
- Click NEW INTEGRATION.
- Search for the integration in the sidebar.
- Click ADD.
Integration Overview
Before you start
More information is provided about the following fields to help you complete the integration:
Integration preferences: By default, the option Create & Update is selected, which allows for editing existing user records and adding new ones. If your goal is only to edit existing user records, choose Update Only. On the other hand, if you only want to add new records, select Create Only.
User selection: Select User only to create user records and add them to the People object. Select User plus SaaS User to create and add user records to the Software > SaaS object. Once your users are created in the SaaS menu, you can create SaaS user workflows to validate the existence of a given user in a SaaS system and to pull role information from your SaaS System. For steps see Creating SaaS user workflows.
When you select User plus SaaS User and you have multiple instances of the same SaaS, you can choose your SaaS instance from the dropdown. If you have a single instance of the SaaS, your instance is already detected by the system.
Integration details
Procedure
To review or update the integrations details, click Edit :
- Update the integration name if necessary.
- From the User Selection list, select an option.
- For installation type decide whether you want to store the credentials locally or in Oomnitza:
- Select Local if you want to store credentials locally.This mode does not support OAuth or AWS.
- Select Cloud if you want to store credentials in your Oomnitza instance.
- For integration preferences, select an option.
- Enter the name of the integration user.
Credential details
Choose one of the following options:
- Select the credentials that were created for the integration.
- Edit the credentials that were created for the integration.
- Create new credentials
Schedule
By default, user data is streamed to Oomnitza once every day.
You can configure the schedule to meet your needs such as changing the interval or changing the time so that the data is streamed when your system isn't busy.
- Click Edit
.
- Configure your schedule.
- Click Update.
Mappings
To map the fields to Oomnitza, click Edit :.
Creating custom mappings
Map the ADP Workforce Now fields to Oomnitza fields and create custom mappings to get the user information that you need.
Complete these actions:
- Create a custom mapping for the ADP Workforce Now Associate OID. To do this, complete the following steps:
- Select the down arrow on the Associate OID field that you want to map.
- Select Add new Oomnitza users field.
- Change the name of the field to ADP Workforce Now User Id.
- Select the Unique checkbox.
- Click CREATE.
- You have the option to create custom mappings to map any other field that you want to add to Oomnitza. To create an optional custom mapping, do the following:
- Click the down arrow on the field that you want to map.
- Select Add new Oomnitza users field.
- Change the name of the field.
- Click CREATE.
- Ensure that the Email is mapped to the
- Username field on the Oomnitza side (required for integration).
- Email field on the Oomnitza side (required for integration).
- Select the Role field on the Oomnitza mapping side.
- Choose a suitable role from the list (a defined role is necessary for the integration)
- Assign a sync key to a unique field, such as the Email.
- Click UPDATE.
Standard ADP Workforce Now to Oomnitza mappings
The following ADP Workforce Now fields can be mapped to Oomnitza:
Associate OID
Birth Date
Communication Emails Name Code
Communication Emails Name Code Short Name
Connect: ADP WorkForce Now Server Url
Connect: Credentials
Connector Sync Time
Email
Gender Code
Gender Code Long Name
Gender Code Short Name
Is Disabled Indicator
Is Tobacco User Indicator
Legal Address City Name
Legal Address Country Code
Legal Address Country Subdivision Level1 Code
Legal Address Country Subdivision Level1 Short Name
Legal Address Country Subdivision Level1 Subdivision Type
Legal Address Country Subdivision Level2 Code
Legal Address Country Subdivision Level2 Short Name
Legal Address Country Subdivision Level2 Subdivision Type
Legal Address Line One
Legal Address Line Two
Legal Address Name Code
Legal Address Name Code Short Name
Legal Address Postal Code
Legal Name Family Name1
Legal Name Formatted Name
Legal Name Generation Affix Code
Legal Name Generation Affix Code Short Name
Legal Name Given Name
Legal Name Middle Name
Legal Name Qualification Affix Code
Legal Name Qualification Affix Code Long Name
Marital Status Code
Marital Status Code Effective Date
Marital Status Code Short Name
Military Discharge Date
Original Hire Date
Worker ID
Worker Status Code
Did you know?
You can define rules for your integration by selecting Edit integration on the mapping page. For example, you may only want to run the integration if a certain contact or region exists. See Filtering integration results.
You can add new fields to your integration by selecting Add new field on the mapping page. All you need to do is specify the property name. See Creating custom API fields.
Launching the integration
Your integration is in Draft mode until all the required mandatory fields are added. Once you have added all of the required fields, select Launch to activate your integration.
If you selected Cloud as the installation type when creating the integration, refer to Running an extended integration
If you selected Local as the installation type when creating the integration, refer to Running an extended integration locally.
Getting your results
To view the information that is collected about your assets, click Assets. To view the information about software, click the Software tab.
To view the information that is collected about your users, click People. If you selected User plus SaaS User when running the user integration, you can also find a list of users in the Software > SaaS menu
Related Links
Creating workflows
Creating user workflows with the API block
To reduce your workload and automate complex and repetitive tasks, you can create user workflows with the API block by following the steps in Using the API block. When creating the user workflows with the API block for ADP Workforce Now, the following specific configuration is required:
To locate the available presets, enter ADP Workforce Now in the Select Preset search field. Select your preset of choice and for every preset enter the following information in the Configure section:
- Your correct ADP Workforce Now Credentials that you created in Adding the credentials.
- Your ADP Workforce Now Server URL should be derived from the variable created in Adding ADP Workforce Now global variables or entered manually.
The API workflow block comes with one built-in preset, the ADP Workforce Now Get User Details preset.
Using the ADP Workforce Now Get User Details preset
The ADP Workforce Now Get User preset allows you to retrieve information about users that you have the permission to view. It retrieves unmasked data using the individual Associate Object Identifier (AOID), or Associate OID field that you mapped in Creating custom mappings.
For further information see ADP Workforce Now REST API documentation: Workers.
Reference articles for workflows
Creating Saas user workflows
You can create the SaaS User workflow by following the steps in Creating Saas user workflows. When creating the user workflows with the API block for ADP Workforce Now, the following specific configuration is required:
To locate the available presets, enter ADP Workforce Now in the Select Preset search field. Select your preset of choice and for every preset enter the following information in the Configure section:
- Your correct ADP Workforce Now Credentials that you created in Adding the credentials.
- Your ADP Workforce Now Server URL.
The SaaS User workflow block comes with one available preset, the ADP Workforce Now User Role preset.
Using the ADP Workforce Now User Role preset
The ADP Workforce Now User Role preset enables you to read a user’s job title from ADP Workforce Now.
Reference articles for creating workflows
Unleash the power of Oomnitza
To get valuable actionable insights that help you manage your users, learn how to:
- Configure dashboards for your users and software
- Configure custom reports about your users and software
- Create workflows to automate tasks
See Getting started for more information.
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