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Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint integration

Plan how Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint should share data across your business. Work with Stacksync engineers on record mapping, system access, and the requirements for running the integration.

  • Scope your workflow with an integration engineer
  • Review the systems, records, and updates you need

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Plan the connection your business needs

Explore a Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint is not established by the connector documentation reviewed for this page. Start with one record and the update your business needs to identify an implementation path.

01 / Business process

Start with one meaningful update

Identify the record that changes in Ceridian Dayforce or SharePoint, where it needs to appear, and which team depends on it.

02 / Data access

Establish the available connection

Bring the objects, account editions, and required directions. An engineer can review the connector path, permissions, and field access.

03 / Success criteria

Define a result you can verify

Agree on record matching, acceptable delay, expected volume, and how your team will resolve failed updates.

Technical referenceAvailable documentation, candidate record relationships, and questions for your technical review.

What records can you sync?

Explore the record types and read/write requirements for each system.

Ceridian DayforceConnection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typeCoverage and requirements
Employee (HR / Person Details)Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Employment StatusConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Work AssignmentsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Compensation Summary & Pay AdjustmentsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Employee Punches & Raw Clock EntriesConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Employee SchedulesConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss Ceridian Dayforce requirements

SharePointConnection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typeCoverage and requirements
SitesConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
ListsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
List itemsConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Drive items (document libraries)Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Columns and content typesConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Permissions and sharingConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss SharePoint requirements

Connection requirements and limits

Ceridian Dayforce

Integration interface
REST API (Dayforce RESTful Web Services, v1/v2), JSON payloads
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Ceridian Dayforce.
Change detection
Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access
Confirm with Stacksync
Write access
Confirm with Stacksync

Limitations to check

  • Confirm Stacksync support for Ceridian Dayforce and the record types your workflow needs.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
Technical documentation

SharePoint

Integration interface
Microsoft Graph REST API (graph.microsoft.com/v1.0 and beta) covering SharePoint sites, lists, list items, columns, content types, and document-library drives and drive items; plus the classic SharePoint REST API (_api/web) and CSOM. Supports Graph JSON $batch (up to 20 requests per call).
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for SharePoint.
Change detection
Confirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.
Read access
Confirm with Stacksync
Write access
Confirm with Stacksync

Limitations to check

  • Confirm Stacksync support for SharePoint and the record types your workflow needs.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

Prepare your technical review

Use the worksheets and reference checks to capture record identity, ownership, and the result your business expects.

Implementation reference

Record identity and field ownership

Use these data-model references to describe the records your connection needs. They are planning examples; connector availability and supported operations must be established before implementation.

Download the mapping worksheet

CSV · No email required · Record matching, ownership, and test cases

Choose the data relationship

Start with one Ceridian Dayforce record and the result you want in SharePoint: a report, a linked record, or an approved action. The listed record types do not identify a direct match, so define that relationship with your integration team before mapping fields.

Architecture decision

Choose how to connect your systems

Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Define how the Ceridian Dayforce source record should appear or trigger work in SharePoint. Compare ongoing sync, a custom workflow, and a scheduled export against that requirement.

Stacksync managed sync

Best fit
Review compatibility with a Stacksync engineer using an example of the records and updates you need.
Operating responsibility
Fits ongoing record synchronization when the required operations are supported. Add workflow steps for approvals or business actions that go beyond copying fields.
Before you choose
Provide your table or object schemas and one example update; confirm the supported keys, fields, and direction.

Native vendor integration

Best fit
A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint record types.
Operating responsibility
Can reduce setup for a supported workflow. You may need another method for records or business steps it does not cover.
Before you choose
First check whether either vendor offers this integration. If available, verify your record types, update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.

Custom API or workflow

Best fit
Consider when Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint need a transformation, approval, or action outside a direct record sync.
Operating responsibility
Provides control over business steps; the team owns credentials, version changes, error queues, and reconciliation.
Before you choose
Verify endpoint permissions, pagination, quotas, duplicate detection, and failure recovery.

File or scheduled snapshot

Best fit
Consider for a one-time Ceridian Dayforce / SharePoint migration or a reporting need with an explicit freshness window.
Operating responsibility
Can simplify a bounded transfer; later changes and deletion history require another extraction or a separately designed incremental process.
Before you choose
Record the extraction cutoff, source IDs, encoding, date/number formats, and reconciliation totals. Distinguish binary files from metadata and links.

Workflow reference

From a business event to the right update

Open a workflow to see its trigger, record relationships, and expected result.

Worker lifecycle planning for Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint

Starting event: A worker joins, moves, or leaves in Ceridian Dayforce; a downstream process in SharePoint needs the approved context.

  1. Identify the worker and employment record represented by Employee (HR / Person Details). Retain effective dates and organizational scope.
  2. Determine what Drive items (document libraries) represents: an operational task, a user identity, or a reporting row. Define a relationship; do not map these records as if they were the employee itself.
  3. Require the process owner to approve any access, payroll, or account action and assign an exception owner.

Expected result: Rehires and concurrent assignments keep distinct employment context; delayed updates do not reverse a newer effective state.

If it fails: Inspect employment identity and effective dates before retrying the downstream action.

Production readiness

Test the behavior your business depends on

Keep both record IDs with the expected and actual result. Reconcile the same filters and time window in each system.

Direction and permissions

Test case

Bring an example source record and the intended destination operation to the compatibility review. Confirm the supported route before granting write access.

Expected result

Only an approved, supported direction and permitted fields are written.

Freshness and reconciliation

Test case

Measure source and destination times for the selected records under normal load and a burst. Reconcile IDs and values using the same filters and cutoff.

Expected result

The process meets its agreed freshness target and reconciliation has no unexplained differences.

Failure recovery

Find the cause. Restore the data flow.

Start with the failed record and the destination error, then inspect the source value, field requirements, and access.

A record type or update is unavailable

Investigate

Check the Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint connector guides, account permissions, and any operations marked On Request.

Next action

Ask the integration team to confirm a supported way to handle that record. Verify whether it needs connector configuration or a separate workflow step.

Source and destination disagree after a retry

Investigate

Compare current source values, destination validation, identity mappings, and any side effects already completed.

Next action

Stacksync issue retry reads the current source state. Decide the intended state before retrying or reverting; reconcile downstream effects separately.

Read the Stacksync issues dashboard guide for retry and revert behavior.

How updates move between Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint

See how each system detects changes and which updates the other system can receive. Each direction has its own permissions and record requirements.

Ceridian Dayforce SharePoint Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in SharePoint.

SharePoint Ceridian Dayforce Direction requires confirmation

Detect changesConfirm how Stacksync detects changes for this connector and the objects you need.

Apply updatesConfirm that Stacksync can create or update the records you need in Ceridian Dayforce.

Update timing and record limits

  • Measure initial-load and ongoing-change latency separately. Source detection, selected objects, account limits, and destination validation determine the observed delay.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.
  • Review write-back, deletion handling, update timing, and account limits with the integration team.

Prepare Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint access

Set up both accounts before testing the mapping. Use test records where available, and identify the account administrator who can approve access and help resolve setup errors.

Ceridian Dayforce setup checklist

  • Identify the Ceridian Dayforce account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Ceridian Dayforce, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

SharePoint setup checklist

  • Identify the SharePoint account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for SharePoint, including read/write support, authentication, and initial-load limits.

Prepare to go live

Record the fields each system can update, the first-load cutoff, both record IDs, the expected update delay, and who handles errors. Complete the tests before production before expanding to more records.

Use the Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint planning worksheet to capture these decisions. Record the access owner in the worksheet and enter credentials only in the connection setup.

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Security and control for your integrations

Use SSO and SCIM to manage access, secure connection options to reach your systems, and record-level retry and revert controls to resolve sync errors.

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FAQ

Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint integration FAQ

Find the right integration path

Walk through your Ceridian Dayforce and SharePoint records, field mappings, and requirements with an integration engineer.