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Ceridian Dayforce and Success Factors integration

Plan how Ceridian Dayforce and Success Factors 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 Success Factors integration with a Stacksync engineer. Stacksync support for Ceridian Dayforce and Success Factors 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 Success Factors, 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

Success FactorsConnection and object support require review

Record types to review with Stacksync

Record typeCoverage and requirements
UserConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
PerPersonConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
EmpEmploymentConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
EmpJobConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
EmpCompensationConfirm support for this record type and the direction you need.
Foundation Objects (FODepartment, FOLocation, FOCostCenter)Confirm support for this record type and the direction you need.

Discuss Success Factors 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

Success Factors

Integration interface
OData V2 and V4 REST APIs (plus legacy SFAPI / Compound Employee SOAP API)
Authentication
Confirm the credentials, API plan, and permissions required for Success Factors.
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 Success Factors 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

Business processEmployee (HR / Person Details) User

Approved worker-to-account handoff: Ceridian Dayforce Employee (HR / Person Details) provides context for Success Factors User. These are related records, not equivalent entities.

Ceridian Dayforce
Object support to establish
Success Factors
Object support to establish

Record identity

Link the employment/person identity to the directory tenant and user ID; support rehires without creating duplicate accounts.

Field ownership

HR effective dates and access-owner approval govern provisioning or deactivation; a record update alone is not an access authorization.

Fields to include

  • Source record reference
  • Destination record reference
  • Approved handoff state
  • Duplicate-detection key

References: Ceridian Dayforce: Employee (HR / Person Details) documentation

Record matchingEmployee (HR / Person Details) PerPerson

Compare whether Ceridian Dayforce Employee (HR / Person Details) and Success Factors PerPerson describe the same worker or employee in your business.

Ceridian Dayforce
Object support to establish
Success Factors
Object support to establish

Record identity

Use the worker/employment ID and distinguish a person from their employment records, assignments, or rehires.

Field ownership

HR owns employment decisions and effective dates. Downstream changes must follow the authorized joiner/mover/leaver process.

Fields to include

  • Source worker ID
  • Employment status
  • Effective date
  • Manager reference
  • Department

References: Ceridian Dayforce: Employee (HR / Person Details) documentation

Architecture decision

Choose how to connect your systems

Choose a method around one example record and the update your business needs. Use Employee (HR / Person Details) / User to review record matching and confirm Stacksync support for the required operations. 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
Check record matching: Link the employment/person identity to the directory tenant and user ID; support rehires without creating duplicate accounts. Verify field coverage, deletion handling, and how changes are detected.

Native vendor integration

Best fit
A vendor-built integration may fit if it supports your Ceridian Dayforce and Success Factors 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 Employee (HR / Person Details) / User, update direction, account tier, and related-record handling.

Custom API or workflow

Best fit
Consider explicit orchestration for the Employee (HR / Person Details) / User handoff.
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 / Success Factors 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.

Workflow reference

From a business event to the right update

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

Worker or employee process handoff

Starting event: A change to the selected Employee (HR / Person Details) or User record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Ceridian Dayforce Employee (HR / Person Details) and Success Factors User. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Resolve organization, position, manager, and effective-date context before dependent changes.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Test a future-dated joiner, a mover, and a leaver with protected-account exceptions before applying access changes.

If it fails: Reconcile effective dates before applying a delayed change; route ambiguous termination or access changes for review.

Worker or employee sync test

Starting event: A change to the selected Employee (HR / Person Details) or PerPerson record needs a defined result in the other system.

  1. Start with Ceridian Dayforce Employee (HR / Person Details) and Success Factors PerPerson. Use the record-matching and field-ownership rules from your mapping worksheet.
  2. Resolve organization, position, manager, and effective-date context before dependent changes.
  3. Test a normal update and one failed or repeated update in the supported direction. Keep both record IDs with the test results.

Expected result: Test a future-dated transfer, a rehire, concurrent assignments, and an employee with a missing manager.

If it fails: Reconcile effective dates before applying a delayed change; route ambiguous termination or access changes for review.

Worker lifecycle planning for Ceridian Dayforce and Success Factors

Starting event: A worker joins, moves, or leaves in Ceridian Dayforce; a downstream process in Success Factors 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 User or PerPerson 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.

Employee (HR / Person Details) / User

Test case

Test a future-dated joiner, a mover, and a leaver with protected-account exceptions before applying access changes.

Expected result

The expected worker or employee relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

Employee (HR / Person Details) / PerPerson

Test case

Test a future-dated transfer, a rehire, concurrent assignments, and an employee with a missing manager.

Expected result

The expected worker or employee relationship is preserved with no duplicate action or unintended write.

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.

Rejected or repeated worker or employee change

Investigate

Inspect Ceridian Dayforce Employee (HR / Person Details) and Success Factors User, their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Reconcile effective dates before applying a delayed change; route ambiguous termination or access changes for review.

Rejected or repeated worker or employee change

Investigate

Inspect Ceridian Dayforce Employee (HR / Person Details) and Success Factors PerPerson, their IDs, and the destination error.

Next action

Reconcile effective dates before applying a delayed change; route ambiguous termination or access changes for review.

A record type or update is unavailable

Investigate

Check the Ceridian Dayforce and Success Factors 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 Success Factors

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 Success Factors 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 Success Factors.

Success Factors 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 Success Factors 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.

Success Factors setup checklist

  • Identify the Success Factors account, edition, environment, and business objects the integration must access.
  • Confirm a Stacksync connector or implementation path for Success Factors, 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 Success Factors 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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