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Configuring SuccessFactors Password authentication in Jitterbit App Builder

The SuccessFactors Password security provider is a forms-based authentication provider. It uses the SuccessFactors SOAP API to validate user-supplied credentials.

Requirements

To proceed, you will need the following:

  • An existing SuccessFactors account.
  • Administrator access to App Builder.

Register SuccessFactors as an App Builder security provider

To register SuccessFactors as an App Builder security provider, you will need the following information:

Example Notes
Company ID The SuccessFactors company identifier.
Instance API URL https://api8.successfactors.com/ SuccessFactors SOAP API root URL. The URL depends on the data center hosting the SuccessFactors instance. See http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-65363 for more information.

Note

The URL should not include the path (e.g. /sfapi/v1/soap). App Builder will append the path.

To register SuccessFactors as an App Builder Security Provider:

  1. Log into App Builder as an Administrator
  2. Navigate to the IDE
  3. Click the Security Providers button
  4. In the Data Source Authentication panel, click the + Data Source Authentication button
  5. Provide the following:

    • Name: A unique security provider name.

      Example: SuccessFactors

    • Type: SuccessFactors Password

    • Enabled: Checked
    • Priority: A unique integer between 10 and 100. Note that this value must be unique.

      Example: 40

    • Show On Login Form: Checked

  6. Click the Save button

  7. Set the following properties (In the Properties panel, click the + Property button → Select the Parameter → Provide the Value → Click the Save icon):

    • CompanyID: Company ID
    • InstanceApiUrl: Instance API URL