SAP SuccessFactors Integration with OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion flow.

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This authorization flow allows for propagation of a user's identity [together with user's authorizations] from any client application deployed anywhere all the way through to the asset management service (like SAP SuccessFactors in this instance).

 

A truly end to end Single Sign On!

Putting it all together.

I divided the SAP SuccessFactors Integration with OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion authorization flow into the following four categories, namely:

Destination	Trip advisor
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1. SAP SuccessFactors Integration with SAP BTP Destination service	with the default [destination service] trust: OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion Flow with SAP BTP Destination Service. SAP SuccessFactors. bring your own trust: OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion flow with SuccessFactors with Quovadis-SAP destination. Troubleshooting: How to troubleshoot SAP BTP OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion destination with SuccessFactors?
2. SAP SuccessFactors without additional SAP BTP tie-in	How to generate SAML bearer assertion token for OAuth2SAMLBearerAssertion flow?
3. Additionally, when a target resource cannot be hooked to an IdP (e.g. an edge device) what might be an alternative to using a system (technical) user with either the built-in destination service definition or when a saml bearer assertion is generated with custom code?	The approach consists of having a self-issued x509-signed JWT token representing a system user identity as described in the following blog post: Bring your self-made user JWT with Keycloak OIDC.

 

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Additional resources.

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite OData API: Developer Guide (V2)

Scenario: User Propagation from the Cloud Foundry Environment to SAP SuccessFactors

Extending SAP SuccessFactors in the Cloud Foundry Environment Manually

How to initiate an OAuth connection to SuccessFactors Employee Central?

SuccessFactors Integration For Beginners – Connecting With OAuth

SAP Cloud Integration – OAuth2 SAML Bearer/X.509 Certificate Authentication Support in SuccessFactor...