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SAP ERP HCM Integration to SuccessFactors Rapid-Deployment Solution V4.0

July 2015

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SAP ERP HCM Integration to SuccessFactors Rapid-Deployment Solution V4.0 Software and Delivery Requirements

SAP SE Dietmar-Hopp-Allee 16 69190 Walldorf Germany

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Table of Contents Contents

1 Purpose of the Document .............................................................................................................. 5

2 General Project Prerequisites ....................................................................................................... 5

3 Rapid Deployment Solutions for SuccessFactors ......................................................................... 6

4 Technical Requirements ................................................................................................................ 6

4.1 Software Product Versions.................................................................................................. 6

4.2 SAP Solution Manager and SAP Solution Manager Content Add-On ................................ 7

4.3 SAP Notes ........................................................................................................................... 8

4.4 Active Business Functions ................................................................................................ 10

4.5 Software Landscape Diagram ........................................................................................... 12



1 Purpose of the Document This document contains all information to:

Validate that key prerequisites such as software products and versions match the customer situation

Check that all prerequisites for a customer implementation are in place

Check that correct content, tools and skills are in place before the project starts

The document lists different kinds of requirements on package level if they are valid for all scope items included in the package. For requirements valid for certain scope items only, these scope items are mentioned.

The document contains pre-requisites only, not the procedures to meet them. For how-to information (e.g. how to find the download area) please refer to the configuration guides.

2 General Project Prerequisites The following prerequisites need to be in place before an implementation project can start.

Prerequisite Responsibility

Kick off and workshop dates, location and attendees agreed Customer

Customer team allocated with correct skills and training in place Customer

Project sponsors and stakeholder identified Customer

Hardware fully commissioned Customer

Software licenses in place Customer

Infrastructure team can respond to requests quickly enough e.g. CSS notes, BW content, patches, user requests, authorization changes and transports

Customer

User interfaces agreed e.g. SAPGUI, Netweaver Business Client or Portal

Customer

Remote access is in place for SAP consultants and SAP Active Global Support

Customer

Decision made whether pre-assembled delivery will be used Customer

Decision made whether SAP Best Practices Solution Builder will be used to activate content.

Customer

Decision made whether Solution Manager will be used. Solution Manager set up with any relevant templates.

Customer

Tool for project repository and collaboration agreed Customer

Test management tool agreed Customer



3 Rapid Deployment Solutions for SuccessFactors

SAP has also developed rapid deployment solutions for implementing the related talent modules within SuccessFactors. They provide best practices and best implementation practices for implementing SuccessFactors talent modules.

You can find more information on each of the packages at the following link http://service.sap.com/public/rds-hr

4 Technical Requirements This section contains technical requirements in different areas. For each requirement, the relevance for scope items of the package is provided.

4.1 Software Product Versions The following software products and versions are required:

Administration guide and application help on SAP Help Portal at http://help.sap.com/erp_sfi_addon30

Product Product Version

Components Comments Relevance

SAP ERP SAP ERP 6.0

EHP7 >= SP05

On Premise All Scope Items

SAP Netweaver Process Integration

SAP NetWeaver PI 7.40 SPS 06 or higher

On Premise

See *1 below

All Scope Items

SAP HANA Cloud Integration 1.0

Process Integration

Hosted by SAP Cloud

SAP Solution Manager

SAP Solution Manager 7.1

All Scope Items

Integration add-on 3.0 for SAP ERP Human

SFIHCM03 SP03

On Premise All Scope Items

http://service.sap.com/public/rds-hr

http://help.sap.com/erp_sfi_addon30



Capital Management and SuccessFactors HCM Suite

HCI SFIHCM03 600

XI CONTENT SFIHCM03 600 at the top

SuccessFactors HCM Suite

SAP Gateway 2.0 SP07 or above (and in the back-end software component IW_BEP SP07 or above

Not required for variable pay

*1 SAP Netweaver System Landscape Directory recommended “SAP Model Version” at least 1.6.4 and “SAP CR Content Version” at least SAP_CR 10.5.

4.2 SAP Solution Manager and SAP Solution Manager Content Add-On

For the implementation of the solution package, SAP Solution Manager is recommended.

Product Product Version Comments

SAP Solution Manager SAP Solution Manager 7.0 Enhancement Package 1

SP18 or higher

- Or -

SAP Solution Manager 7.1

SP01 or higher

- Or -

SAP Solution Manager 7.1 on HANA (ST 712)

SP00 or higher

If using SAP Solution Manager 7.0 with SP below 24, see SAP Note 1579267.

For SAP rapid-deployment solutions, implementation content is available in SAP Solution Manager templates.

The SAP Solution Manager template for this solution package is in the ST-RDS 100 content add-on. You can download the latest available ST-RDS 100 content add-on from SAP Software Download Center on SAP Service Marketplace at service.sap.com/swdc.

For more information about downloading and installing ST-RDS 100 content add-ons, see SAP Note 1726649 and SAP Note 1686668 respectively.

In the ST-RDS 100 content add-on, access the template in the following way:

http://service.sap.com/sap/support/notes/1579267







If you have SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP04 or lower, select the template ID and template name in the table below.

If you have SAP Solution Manager 7.1 SP05 or higher, select the solution package name(s) in the table below.

Template ID and Template Name

RDS_HCM_ERP607V4 - SAP ERP HCM Integration to SuccessFactors RDS_V4

Solution Package Name(s)

SAP ERP HCM Integration to SuccessFactors RDS_V4

4.3 SAP Notes The following SAP Notes need to be considered:

SAP Note No

Content Comments Relevance

1837880 SAP ERP HCM Integration for SuccessFactors rapid-deployment solution

Before you start the activation of the related SAP Best Practices scope, check the latest versions of this SAP Note.

All Scope Items

2017123 Prerequisite Corrections in SFIHCM02 600 for Variable Pay

Includes corrections for package interface and enhancements to domain fixed values used by variable pay integration

Variable Pay

1712309 Texts determined of entities in language other than log on language

1814200 SFSFI: Web services use incorrect access data

Follow up after installation of add-on

2089695 Release Restrictions for Integration Add-On 3.0 SP02 for SAP ERP HCM and SuccessFactors HCM Suite

PI Content for Integration Scenario for Qualification Data

Learning

1039369

FAQ document for the SAP XI 3.0/7.x Axis

SAP Process Integration









Adapter. It contains answers to commonly asked questions about the configuration and the operation of the adapter.

669669 Update the SAP Component Repository in SLD

Update the Component Repository Content (CR Content) in the System Landscape Directory (SLD). Follow the instructions in the note.


836200 Importing the software components XI CONTENT into the PI Enterprise Service Repository.


1911069 Workaround for issues launching the PI tools with Java 7


1578675 PI-SOAP-Axis-Empfängerkanal über HTTP-Proxy


1838921

Multiple cookies in HTTP Header

In case of multiple HTTP headers with same name but different values in the HTTP response message the Axis receiver channel stores only one(last) of them. This could cause a valuable information to be missed for further processing


1824818 Error in transfer of country

All Scope Items





https://css.wdf.sap.corp/sap/support/notes/1838921




1949794 Multiple Group IDs in Compensation Integration not working

Compensation

2095967 Field FTE for compensation export R3-->BizX

Compensation

4.4 Active Business Functions Functionality in this solution package requires certain business functions to be active in the SAP landscape. These business functions need to be activated:

PProduct Business Function

Configuration or Data required Relevance

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data Employee Data Integration

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data Compensation Integration

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data Equity Planning Integration

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data Variable Pay Integration

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data

Organisational Management Data

Recruiting Integration

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data

Qualifications

Learning Integration

ERP Human Resources

Employee Master Data Workforce Analytics Integration

SuccessFactors Talent Management

Employee Data,

Succession Data Model Employee Data Integration


Compensation Compensation Template

Ad Hoc Report

Compensation Integration






Equity Planning

Equity Planning Template

Ad Hoc Report

Equity Planning Integration


Variable Pay Variable Pay Template Variable Pay Integration


Recruiting Job Requisition

Candidate Profile

Job Application

Offer Letter

Ad Hoc Report

Recruiting Integration


Learning Competencies

Curriculum

Learning Integration



4.5 Software Landscape Diagram

This diagram is an abstract and business-oriented view of the technical system landscape. It is not a specification which describes all the technical details of the real system landscape.

SuccessFactors BizX

SAP NW PI Middleware

SAP ERP DMZ

sFTP server

SuccessFactors LMS

SuccessFactors BizX

SAP HCI Middleware

SAP ERP DMZ

sFTP server

SuccessFactors LMS

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