SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking Integration Considerations for 3rd party clock vendors

How SAP Has Built an Industry-Leading Time Management Suite One Day at a Time – very nice write up by  Amy Wilson (SVP of Product and Design at SAP SuccessFactors) to begin the blog with, given the momentum – SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking has picked with the customers, it is time that we talk about the favorite topic for SAP Partners who want to commercialize their solution via SAP Store – Integration/Extension via SAP Business Technology Platform.

As an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) following are the design considerations:

Integration Considerations

Integration Scenarios

• Employee Data Integration from SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central
• Clock In Clock Out group synchronisation
• Time Data import into SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking

Integration Patterns

• File based
• API based

Integration Design/Considerations

Refer to the Implementation Design Principle – SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking – Clock In Clock Out Configuration and Integration Considerations

Certification for SAP Partners extending SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking

SAP ICC Integration Scenario – Integrating External Time Tracking Services with SAP

SuccessFactors Clock In Clock Out (SFSF-CICO 1.0)

Is this certification only for vendors who use SAP BTP to extend SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking – Clock In Clock Out?

No, this is a generic certification – vendors who have built integration/extension leveraging SAP BTP and/or other cloud applications can get certified.

SAP Partners who have completed the certification:

• dormakaba EAD gmbh
• Interflex Datensysteme GmbH

Whom to contact/what is the process?

We at SAP SuccessFactors Product management help our vendors through a specific mission which follows the SAP PartnerEdge – Build program guidelines.

One-Stop shop mission for SAP SuccessFactors Software Partners

Conclusion:

We recommend you check the webinar session recording, before reading the implementation design principle where we have discussed in detail the Integration pattern considerations along with our SAP Partner
“Discovery Consulting” who helped us in designing the exemplar integration package which has been listed in the SAP Business Accelerator Hub SAP SuccessFactors Time Tracking integration with third party clock vendors