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Before you begin

Before you create a catalog source, ensure that you have the information required to connect to the source system.
Perform the following tasks:

Verify permissions

To extract metadata and to configure other capabilities that a catalog source might include, you need account access and permissions on the source system. The permissions required might vary depending on the capability.

Permissions for metadata extraction

To extract SAP SuccessFactors metadata, you need account access and permissions to the SAP SuccessFactors source system.

Create a connection

Create an SAP SuccessFactors connection object in Administrator with the connection details of the SAP SuccessFactors source system.
    1In Administrator, select Connections.
    2Click New Connection.
    3Enter the following connection details:
    Property
    Description
    Connection Name
    Name of the connection.
    Each connection name must be unique within the organization. Connection names can contain alphanumeric characters, spaces, and the following special characters: _ . + -,
    Maximum length is 255 characters.
    Description
    Description of the connection. Maximum length is 4000 characters.
    Type
    SuccessFactors ODATA
    Runtime Environment
    The name of the runtime environment where you want to run tasks.
    User name
    The user name to access the SuccessFactors ODATA account.
    The user name uses a combination of company ID and user name of your SucessFactors OData account in the following format:
    User name@Company ID
    Password
    The password to access the SuccessFactors ODATA account.
    URL
    SuccessFactors service root URL. For example, enter https://apisalesdemo8.successfactors.com/odata/v2
    For more information, see the SAP SuccessFactors documentation.
    Security Type
    Security protocol that you can use to establish a secure connection with the SuccessFactors server. Select SSL or TLS.
    TrustStore File Name
    Applies to security type.
    Name of the truststore file that contains the public certificate for the SuccessFactors server.
    TrustStore Password
    Applies to security type.
    Password for the truststore file that contains the public certificate for the SuccessFactors server.
    KeyStore File Name
    Applies to security type.
    Name of the keystore file that contains the private key for the SuccessFactors server.
    KeyStore Password
    Applies to security type.
    Password for the keystore file that contains the private key for the SuccessFactors server.
    Authentication Type
    Method to authenticate the user.
    Select the HTTP Basic Authentication.
    This authentication type requires administrator access to the OData API and credentials for a valid account.
    5Click Test Connection.
    6Click Save.

Create endpoint catalog sources for connection assignment

An endpoint catalog source represents a source system that the catalog source references. Before you perform connection assignment, create endpoint catalog sources and run the catalog source jobs.
You can then perform connection assignment to reference source systems to view complete lineage with source system objects.