Skills Integration with SAP SuccessFactors
With the business landscape transforming at an unprecedented pace, skills now serve as the new currency for organizations focused on attracting, growing, and retaining their best talent. To help partners deliver seamless skill integration and create trusted experiences for customers, SAP SuccessFactors now offers a partner certification program for solutions connecting to Talent Intelligence Hub (TIH) and Job Profile Builder (JPB). SAP integration certification is a technical service to validate and certify integration aspects of your applications. Download the Document1
SAP Integration and
Certification Center
Skills Integration
with SAP SuccessFactors
(SFSF-SKILLS)
SAP Integration and
Certification Center
Skills Integration
with SAP SuccessFactors
(SFSF-SKILLS)
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With the business landscape transforming at an unprecedented pace, skills now serve as the new currency
for organizations focused on attracting, growing, and retaining their best talent. To help partners deliver
seamless skill integration and create trusted experiences for customers, SAP SuccessFactors now offers a
partner certification program for solutions connecting to Talent Intelligence Hub (TIH) and Job Profile Builder
(JPB). SAP integration certification is a technical service to validate and certify integration aspects of your
applications.
The SAP ecosystem thrives through partners offering applications and IP integrated with the SAP solution
portfolio. This certification serves as a blueprint for Reliable Skills Integration with the key assurances listed
below:
• Standardized integration scope for third-party solutions.
• Optimized performance through defined technical guardrails.
• Accurate and relevant skill assignment for employees.
Introduction
With the business landscape transforming at an unprecedented pace, skills now serve as the new currency
for organizations focused on attracting, growing, and retaining their best talent. To help partners deliver
seamless skill integration and create trusted experiences for customers, SAP SuccessFactors now offers a
partner certification program for solutions connecting to Talent Intelligence Hub (TIH) and Job Profile Builder
(JPB). SAP integration certification is a technical service to validate and certify integration aspects of your
applications.
The SAP ecosystem thrives through partners offering applications and IP integrated with the SAP solution
portfolio. This certification serves as a blueprint for Reliable Skills Integration with the key assurances listed
below:
• Standardized integration scope for third-party solutions.
• Optimized performance through defined technical guardrails.
• Accurate and relevant skill assignment for employees.
Introduction
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Benefits of SAP Certification
Opportunity for
Growth and
Participation
By supporting market-leading solutions from SAP and offering integrated solutions to its customer base
May experience faster sales cycles
Certification serves as proof point for technical alignment with SAP solutions
Increased
Potential for
Success
Faster implementations and deployments in SAP solution-based landscapes
Accelerated ramp-up on SAP knowledge for smaller ISVs
Marketing
Benefits
SAP Interface Certificate and an official “SAP Certified” solution logo: “SAP CERTIFIED INTEGRATION WITH CLOUD SOLUTIONS”
Listing in Online Directory
Press release review
Promotion during events, positioning the product as “certified” to SAP customers and consulting partners
Benefits of SAP Certification
Opportunity for
Growth and
Participation
By supporting market-leading solutions from SAP and offering integrated solutions to its customer base
May experience faster sales cycles
Certification serves as proof point for technical alignment with SAP solutions
Increased
Potential for
Success
Faster implementations and deployments in SAP solution-based landscapes
Accelerated ramp-up on SAP knowledge for smaller ISVs
Marketing
Benefits
SAP Interface Certificate and an official “SAP Certified” solution logo: “SAP CERTIFIED INTEGRATION WITH CLOUD SOLUTIONS”
Listing in Online Directory
Press release review
Promotion during events, positioning the product as “certified” to SAP customers and consulting partners
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Integration Scenarios in Scope – Where and How Your Solution Connects:
Job Profile Builder: Import and export of JPB entities via REST APIs and Integration Center.
Talent Intelligence Hub: Import and export of skills in the Attributes Library using flat files via SAP SuccessFactors Integration Center. Valid use cases
for updating an employee’s Growth Portfolio.
Integration Patterns
• API-based integrations (recommended whenever available).
• File-based integrations for scenarios where APIs are not supported.
Pre-requisite:
• Set up Talent Intelligence Hub in your SAP SuccessFactors instance following the guide Using Talent Intelligence Hub- SAP Help Portal.
• Register your solution in SAP Solution Hub and work towards “GTM ready” status
Integration requirements:
• Integrate via REST API services or use standard integration templates available on SAP Business Accelerator Hub.
• Implement OAuth 2.0 authentication for API connectivity.
• Provide:
Scalability test results.
Operations guide.
Support procedures for their interface.
• Implement the Application Interface Register Key (AIR Key) when connecting via OData APIs, REST APIs, or web services.
Technical Details
Integration Scenarios in Scope – Where and How Your Solution Connects:
Job Profile Builder: Import and export of JPB entities via REST APIs and Integration Center.
Talent Intelligence Hub: Import and export of skills in the Attributes Library using flat files via SAP SuccessFactors Integration Center. Valid use cases
for updating an employee’s Growth Portfolio.
Integration Patterns
• API-based integrations (recommended whenever available).
• File-based integrations for scenarios where APIs are not supported.
Pre-requisite:
• Set up Talent Intelligence Hub in your SAP SuccessFactors instance following the guide Using Talent Intelligence Hub- SAP Help Portal.
• Register your solution in SAP Solution Hub and work towards “GTM ready” status
Integration requirements:
• Integrate via REST API services or use standard integration templates available on SAP Business Accelerator Hub.
• Implement OAuth 2.0 authentication for API connectivity.
• Provide:
Scalability test results.
Operations guide.
Support procedures for their interface.
• Implement the Application Interface Register Key (AIR Key) when connecting via OData APIs, REST APIs, or web services.
Technical Details
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Certification Price & Validity
Certification Fee
Euro currency is
applicable to all countries
Validity of
Certification
Certification of a partner app under the criteria defined under the SFSF-SKILLS integration certification
scenario is valid for one year
SFSF-SKILLS The fee is 7.000 Euros
Certification Price & Validity
Certification Fee
Euro currency is
applicable to all countries
Validity of
Certification
Certification of a partner app under the criteria defined under the SFSF-SKILLS integration certification
scenario is valid for one year
SFSF-SKILLS The fee is 7.000 Euros
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Certification Process Overview
Partner Journey
Scenario
identification Ordering Kick-off meetings
with SAP ICC
Development and
Certification Preparation Certification Testing Publish
SAP Integration
and Certification
Center (SAP ICC)
team and potential
partner, discuss
the partner’s
solution and
different
certification
scenarios to
identify the
appropriate way
forward.
Directly order for
certification at
Partner Benefits
Catalog (PBC), if
you fulfil the pre-
requisites.
SAP ICC consultant
schedules the kick off
meeting and shares the
certification
requirements, which
include the required
documents (ICC Test
Plan, Technical Product
Profile, test cases etc.)
Partner develop the application adhering to SAP
guidelines.
Once development is complete, partner
conducts a mock test before the actual testing
(optional) with the technical consultant.
As part of preparation, partner prepares the end
to end functional test cases, necessary product
documentation, complete the Technical Product
Profile, and request for follow up meetings/Q&A
with ICC, as needed.
Partner inform SAP ICC when
they are ready for testing.
Actual Testing is done
remotely in partner
environment, under the
supervision of the ICC
consultant.
On successful
testing,
• Receive SAP-
certified logo.
• Global
certification
listings in Online
Certification
Directory, SAP
Store and
publish press
releases and
success stories
Certification Process Overview
Partner Journey
Scenario
identification Ordering Kick-off meetings
with SAP ICC
Development and
Certification Preparation Certification Testing Publish
SAP Integration
and Certification
Center (SAP ICC)
team and potential
partner, discuss
the partner’s
solution and
different
certification
scenarios to
identify the
appropriate way
forward.
Directly order for
certification at
Partner Benefits
Catalog (PBC), if
you fulfil the pre-
requisites.
SAP ICC consultant
schedules the kick off
meeting and shares the
certification
requirements, which
include the required
documents (ICC Test
Plan, Technical Product
Profile, test cases etc.)
Partner develop the application adhering to SAP
guidelines.
Once development is complete, partner
conducts a mock test before the actual testing
(optional) with the technical consultant.
As part of preparation, partner prepares the end
to end functional test cases, necessary product
documentation, complete the Technical Product
Profile, and request for follow up meetings/Q&A
with ICC, as needed.
Partner inform SAP ICC when
they are ready for testing.
Actual Testing is done
remotely in partner
environment, under the
supervision of the ICC
consultant.
On successful
testing,
• Receive SAP-
certified logo.
• Global
certification
listings in Online
Certification
Directory, SAP
Store and
publish press
releases and
success stories