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InterSystems IRIS to Success Factors integration — real-time, two-way sync

Keep InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors 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 InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors

Put your workforce data where your apps can reach it: InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors share the same people, positions, and org structure in real time.

Success Factors is the system of record for the people side of the business — employees, candidates, roles, and the org structure around them. InterSystems IRIS is where internal tools, dashboards, provisioning jobs, and analytics actually read and store records. The overlap is the workforce itself: Foundation Objects (FODepartment, FOLocation, FOCostCenter), Position, PerEmail and PerPhone, User in Success Factors need to exist as queryable Schemas, Persistent Classes, Globals, Namespaces in InterSystems IRIS 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 Schemas, Persistent Classes, Globals, Namespaces in InterSystems IRIS with Foundation Objects (FODepartment, FOLocation, FOCostCenter), Position, PerEmail and PerPhone, User in Success Factors field by field, in real time. You decide which system owns which fields — Success Factors 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 Write enriched or corrected records from SaaS apps back into IRIS tables for on-platform processing
  • 02 Replicate IRIS tables to Postgres so application teams can build against a familiar database
  • 03 Write updated PerEmail, PerPhone, and User attributes back into SuccessFactors from an identity or directory system so contact data stays current.
  • 04 Two-way sync of User and EmpJob (position, department, manager, cost center) into Postgres so provisioning, internal apps, and analytics read current org data in SQL while HR edits in SuccessFactors.

Common sync patterns

Org and structure stay aligned

Groups, departments, managers, and reporting lines from Success Factors stay consistent in InterSystems IRIS, so hierarchy-driven logic and permissions don't drift.

Computed and operational fields flow back

Values assembled or corrected in InterSystems IRIS write onto the matching record in Success Factors where those fields are writable, keeping the people system enriched.

Mirror people records into the database

Records maintained in Success Factors land as queryable Schemas, Persistent Classes, Globals, Namespaces in InterSystems IRIS, so internal apps and dashboards read live data instead of a periodic export.

What you can sync between InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors

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.

InterSystems IRIS objects Success Factors objects How this pairing syncs
Schemas Schema organization scopes which tables a sync connection can see. PerEmail and PerPhone Contact sub-entities under PerPerson; synced two-way with a directory or comms system to keep worker contact data current. Schemas is specific to InterSystems IRIS and PerEmail and PerPhone to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Persistent Classes Object-model classes project to tables, so class data is reachable through SQL. User Core identity/User entity behind role-based permissions; a model distinct from Employee Central, synced two-way with a directory or IdP and downstream apps. Persistent Classes is specific to InterSystems IRIS and User to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Globals The underlying multidimensional storage; typically accessed indirectly via SQL or objects in syncs. PerPerson Person-level container in Employee Central holding biographical data; effective-dated child entities (PerPersonal, PerEmail, PerPhone) hang off it. Globals is specific to InterSystems IRIS and PerPerson to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Namespaces Namespaces partition databases and determine the connection context for integrations. EmpEmployment Employment record tying a person to an employment period (hire, service dates); carries lastModifiedDateTime used for incremental polling. Namespaces is specific to InterSystems IRIS and EmpEmployment to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Stored Procedures Server-side logic callable over SQL supports controlled writes and transformations. EmpJob Effective-dated job info: position, department, manager, FTE, pay grade, cost center; the most-synced record for downstream HR and provisioning. Stored Procedures is specific to InterSystems IRIS and EmpJob to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.
Tables Relational projections of stored data are the primary read/write surface for SQL-based syncs. EmpCompensation Effective-dated pay and compensation; usually read into a warehouse for reporting, writable for comp updates as new dated slices. Tables is specific to InterSystems IRIS and EmpCompensation to Success Factors — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side.

How changes propagate between InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors

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.

InterSystems IRIS Success Factors Interval-based propagation

DetectionStacksync polls InterSystems IRIS for changes on an incremental schedule, reading only records changed since the previous pass. Polling (timestamp or query-based).

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

Success Factors InterSystems IRIS Sub-second propagation

DetectionSuccess Factors notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Polling on each entity's lastModifiedDateTime / lastModifiedOn (effective-dated entities require date-range handling).

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

Rate-limit considerations

  • InterSystems IRIS: Constrained by database resources rather than published API rate limits.
  • Success Factors: OData calls are throttled at the tenant level (Access Limits for OData V2); large reads must be paginated (default page size 1000) via $top/$skip or paging cursors.
What ships with InterSystems IRIS ⇄ Success Factors

Connect InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors for flexible, real-time data sync.

Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every InterSystems IRIS–Success Factors connection.

Real-time

Two-way sync

Changes in InterSystems IRIS or Success Factors instantly reflect in both systems. No stale data, no manual imports.

No-code + pro-code

Workflow automation

Trigger automated workflows whenever InterSystems IRIS or Success Factors 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 InterSystems IRIS or Success Factors record.

Observability

Monitoring

Track your InterSystems IRIS ⇄ Success Factors sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.

Trading partners

EDI

Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors.

How the InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors connectors work

InterSystems IRIS

Integration surface
SQL over JDBC/ODBC, plus object and REST access layers
Authentication
Database credentials
Change detection
Polling (timestamp or query-based); no standard webhook surface
Capabilities
read · write
Rate limits
Constrained by database resources rather than published API rate limits

Success Factors

Integration surface
OData V2 and V4 REST APIs (plus legacy SFAPI / Compound Employee SOAP API)
Authentication
OAuth 2.0 SAML Bearer Assertion — register an OAuth client for an API key (used as client_id), then exchange a signed SAML assertion for a short-lived access token; legacy HTTP Basic auth is being retired
Change detection
Polling on each entity's lastModifiedDateTime / lastModifiedOn (effective-dated entities require date-range handling); Intelligent Services can also push a fixed set of standard business events (e.g. Employee Hire) to a REST endpoint
Capabilities
read · write · webhooks
Rate limits
OData calls are throttled at the tenant level (Access Limits for OData V2); large reads must be paginated (default page size 1000) via $top/$skip or paging cursors.
How it works

How to connect InterSystems IRIS to Success Factors — 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 InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors 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
    InterSystems IRIS connected
    Success Factors connected
    OAuth 2.0
    SSH tunnel
    SSL certificate
    VPC peering
  2. 02

    Choose tables

    Pick the InterSystems IRIS and Success Factors 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 · InterSystems IRIS ⇄ Success Factors
    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
    InterSystems IRIS Success Factors
    Company company_name text
    Email email text
    Amount amount numeric
    Created created_at timestamp
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