SuccessFactors Scope

UiPath.SuccessFactors.Activities.SuccessFactorsScopeActivity

The SAP SuccessFactors activities use a Client ID and Client Secret to establish an OAuth connection between UiPath and your SAP SuccessFactors application. This connection authorizes a Robot to call the SAP SuccessFactors APIs and access resources on your behalf.

You may also authenticate by:

• using an Existing Connection that has been established by a previous SAP SuccessFactors Scope activity
• using Basic Authentication, by setting the Username and Password properties.

After establishing a connection, a parent SAP SuccessFactors Scope activity can output a record of the connection in a Connection object that you can use in subsequent child scope activities.

How it works

The following steps are an example of how the activity works from design time (i.e., the activity dependencies and input/output properties) to run time.

1. Complete the Setup steps.
2. Add the SAP SuccessFactors Scope activity to your project.
3. Choose the Auth Type you want to use.
4. Enter values for one of the Auth Type properties.
5. Optionally, create and enter a Connection variable for the Output property. You can use this variable in subsequent uses of the SAP SuccessFactors Scope activity.

OAuth2 Client Credentials Authentication

1. Install the latest SAP Success Factors Activities package in Studio.
2. Add the SuccessFactors Scope activity to your process.

3. Click Configure to create your connection:

   
   

   

   
   
4. Under Auth Type, select OAuth2 Client Credentials.
5. You are now redirected to an external SAF SuccessFactors Configuration window. Here, you must configure access to your SAP SuccessFactors instance, as described in SAP Help Portal.
6. Save the generated X.509 certificate, open it in any text editor application and extract the first part, found under “-----BEGIN ENCRYPTED PRIVATE KEY-----”:
   
   

   

   
   
7. Go back to your Studio process and paste the copied string in the x.509 Certificate field of the SuccessFactor Scope Connection Configuration window.
8. Fill in the rest of the fields with your data.

9. Click Test Connection. If you are connecting for the first time, it may take a few seconds for the connection to be created.

   
   

   

   
   

In the Body of the Activity

To build your project and enable the Object Wizard in other activities, you must use the Connection Wizard by clicking the Configure button. The Configure Connection window allows you to specify both a Design Connection and a Robot Connection.

Property values in the Design Connection section do not need to be quoted.

• ExistingConnection - A connection from the parent Application Scope to use instead of a new connection. Enter a Connection variable.
• Base URL - The API endpoint to connect to. Enter a string or String variable. The base URL is a value such as "https://sandbox.api.sap.com/".
• Username - The username. Enter a string or String variable.
• Password - The password to use. Enter a secure string or SecureString variable.

Properties

Common

• DisplayName - The display name of the activity. This field supports only strings or String variables.

Misc

• Private - If selected, the values of variables and arguments are no longer logged at Verbose level.
• ReportApiErrorAsException - When selected, API error responses are reported in BusinessActivityExecutionException by all child activities that use this application scope. When cleared, the child activity populates the API error message in the ResponseStatus output property and workflow execution continues. Check the ResponseStatus property to confirm successful execution.

Output

• Connection - The connection which can be passed to a child application scope. Enter a Connection variable.