Tim D'haeyer

About 2 years ago we started the implementation of SuccessFactors in our company. This is a Saas tool to store all your HR related data with extra modules for recruiting, learning, compensation, ... The company was bought by SAP in 2011 and is sold as a replacement for the SAP HR module on premise. The first meeting we had about integrating it with other applications, the consultants told us everything is very easy. Being a SaaS tool I was expecting some kind or REST API or at least a web service we could use to do the basic CRUD operations. I was quite surprised when the consultant (which was an expert in SuccessFactors integration) started talking about CSV and SFTP. The first impression I had after that meeting was "Is this really the only way we can integrate with a modern SaaS tool?" Since we were on a really short timeline and had no experience ourselves, we trusted the consultants and went ahead with the implementation. My colleague and I couldn't believe t...

Hi, My name is Tim D'haeyer. I've been working with BizTalk and integration for almost 10 years now. I'm currently working as Integration Platform Coördinator at Puratos (We produce ingredients for bakery, patisserie and chocolate) I'll be blogging about things I work on during my projects. So you can expect real life scenarios that hopefully help you in your own projects. Some of the topics you can expect here are EDI SAP SuccessFactors XSLT (Just because I like it ☺) And hopefully many more I hope you enjoy my posts and you can always contact me personally if you have questions or requests. Kind Regards Tim