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IBM Informix to Smartrecruiters integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.

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Why teams connect IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters

Put your workforce data where your apps can reach it: IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters share the same people, positions, and org structure in real time.

Smartrecruiters is the system of record for the people side of the business — employees, candidates, roles, and the org structure around them. IBM Informix is where internal tools, dashboards, provisioning jobs, and analytics actually read and store records. The overlap is the workforce itself: Users, Approvals, Candidates, Applications in Smartrecruiters need to exist as queryable Databases, Tables, Rows, Views in IBM Informix before an app can act on them. When that bridge is a nightly export or a hand-run CSV, every downstream system spends the day working from a roster that has already moved on.

Stacksync syncs Databases, Tables, Rows, Views in IBM Informix with Users, Approvals, Candidates, Applications in Smartrecruiters field by field, in real time. You decide which system owns which fields — Smartrecruiters typically owns identity and org attributes, while operational or computed values can flow back the other way — and Stacksync keeps every copy consistent, matching records on a stable key and resolving conflicts by rules you set.

The result is one live picture of the workforce on both sides: HR keeps its source of truth, and the database keeps a current mirror that internal apps, reports, and access controls can trust without a batch window in between.

Common use cases

  • 01 Feed inventory and transaction data from legacy Informix applications into modern ERPs during migration.
  • 02 Replicate Informix tables into a cloud warehouse using its change data capture interface for near-real-time reporting.
  • 03 Subscribe to the Webhooks API to react to new applications and status changes in near real time across downstream systems.
  • 04 Two-way sync Candidates and Applications with Postgres so recruiting-ops apps read and update hiring status, tags, and custom fields in SQL while recruiters keep working in SmartRecruiters.

Common sync patterns

One directory of record

When a person record is added, changed, or deactivated in either system, the matching row in the other stays current, ending dual maintenance.

Reporting and analytics on current data

Users, Approvals, Candidates, Applications replicate into IBM Informix where they join operational tables, so headcount, roles, and status reports run on the live state without manual pulls.

Org and structure stay aligned

Groups, departments, managers, and reporting lines from Smartrecruiters stay consistent in IBM Informix, so hierarchy-driven logic and permissions don't drift.

What you can sync between IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters

Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.

IBM Informix objects Smartrecruiters objects How this pairing syncs
Logical logs The transaction log that Informix's CDC interface reads committed changes from. Applications Links a Candidate to a Job and carries the current hiring status and source; created and advanced through statuses (screening, interview, offer, hired, rejected) via the Application API. Logical logs is specific to IBM Informix and Applications to Smartrecruiters — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Databases Top-level containers that scope a sync connection. Jobs Requisitions (positions) with openings, departments, locations, and hiring team; created, patched, and read out for requisition and time-to-fill reporting via the Jobs API. Databases is specific to IBM Informix and Jobs to Smartrecruiters — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables Relational tables mapped directly to sync targets. Job Postings Job ads and publications pushed to the career site and job boards; created and managed via the job publication endpoints (rate-limited to 2 requests/sec). Tables is specific to IBM Informix and Job Postings to Smartrecruiters — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Rows The unit of read and write, keyed by primary key. Interviews Interview types, timeslots, templates, and scheduled interviews with interviewers and times; created, updated, and read for scheduling and interviewer-load analytics. Rows is specific to IBM Informix and Interviews to Smartrecruiters — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Views Read-only projections used to shape outbound data. Offers Offer records tied to an Application with status, custom offer fields, and offer documents; readable and writable, commonly synced to an HRIS on hire (documents endpoint limited to 2 requests/sec). Views is specific to IBM Informix and Offers to Smartrecruiters — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
TimeSeries objects Informix's native time-series type, usually exposed to syncs through virtual tables. Users Company users (recruiters, hiring managers) with roles, access groups, and activation state; read and written via the User Management API. TimeSeries objects is specific to IBM Informix and Users to Smartrecruiters — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters

Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.

IBM Informix Smartrecruiters Sub-second propagation

DetectionChanges in IBM Informix are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Informix's Change Data Capture API reading committed changes from logical logs.

DeliveryEach detected change is written to Smartrecruiters through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.

Smartrecruiters IBM Informix Sub-second propagation

DetectionSmartrecruiters notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Webhooks API — subscribe to events (new application, candidate updated, status changed) delivered with a signing secret and retrievable callback logs.

DeliveryEach detected change is applied to IBM Informix as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.

Rate-limit considerations

  • IBM Informix: Bounded by server resources and session limits rather than an API quota.
  • Smartrecruiters: Per API credential: most endpoints allow up to 10 requests/sec (job publication and offer documents 2/sec), plus a concurrency limiter of up to 8 simultaneous requests (GET /candidates capped at 1). Exceeding returns 429; responses carry X-RateLimit-Limit/Remaining and concurrent-limit headers.
What ships with IBM Informix ⇄ Smartrecruiters

Connect IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every IBM Informix–Smartrecruiters connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in IBM Informix or Smartrecruiters instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

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Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever IBM Informix or Smartrecruiters data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.

At scale

Event queues

Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single IBM Informix or Smartrecruiters record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your IBM Informix ⇄ Smartrecruiters sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

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EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters.

How the IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters connectors work

IBM Informix

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC drivers; DRDA connectivity is also supported
Authentication
Database credentials
Change detection
Informix's Change Data Capture API reading committed changes from logical logs; polling as a fallback
Capabilities
read · write · CDC
Rate limits
Bounded by server resources and session limits rather than an API quota.

Smartrecruiters

Integration surface
SmartRecruiters REST APIs (SmartAPIs) on api.smartrecruiters.com — Candidates, Application, Jobs, Interviews, Offers, Users, Approvals, plus a Webhooks API for event subscriptions
Authentication
X-SmartToken API key header for a customer's own integration (grants full company access, no scopes or expiry), or OAuth 2.0 authorization-code flow for partner and Marketplace apps with user-scoped permissions
Change detection
Webhooks API — subscribe to events (new application, candidate updated, status changed) delivered with a signing secret and retrievable callback logs; otherwise poll list endpoints with updated-after-style filters. No log-based change data capture.
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
Per API credential: most endpoints allow up to 10 requests/sec (job publication and offer documents 2/sec), plus a concurrency limiter of up to 8 simultaneous requests (GET /candidates capped at 1). Exceeding returns 429; responses carry X-RateLimit-Limit/Remaining and concurrent-limit headers.
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How it works

How to connect IBM Informix to Smartrecruiters — three steps, no code

Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.

  1. 01

    Connect your apps

    Authenticate IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.

    • OAuth 2.0
    • SSH tunnel
    • VPC peering
    IBM Informix connected
    Smartrecruiters connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the IBM Informix and Smartrecruiters objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.

    • Standard objects
    • Custom objects
    • Auto-schema
    objects · IBM Informix ⇄ Smartrecruiters
    Customers 12,480
    Sales Orders 8,213
    Invoices 5,902
    Items 1,344
  3. 03

    Map fields

    Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.

    • Auto-map
    • Type casting
    • Transforms
    IBM Informix Smartrecruiters
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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