Third Party

Integrations in
Oracle Cloud HCM

PeopleSoft and Cloud Applications Series

Highlights from the Third Party Integrations
webinar: part of the PeopleSoft and Cloud
Applications series

Human Resources applications and data are the core of every

Delivered Integrations for Payroll
enterprise because your personnel are the center of your
Out-of-the-box, Oracle offers integrations to these popular
organization. If you’re contemplating a transition to Oracle Cloud
payroll applications:
Human Capital Management, you may be wondering how the
• PeopleSoft Payroll
cloud applications integrate with third party systems—so you
• ADP® GlobalView®
can process payroll and commissions tied to time management
• ADP® Streamline® Global Payroll Solutions
and CRM systems, manage organizational hierarchies connected
• ADP® Workforce Now®
to signing authorities in financial systems, and administer
• ADP® Celergo
continuing education learning modules integrated with
• NGA Payroll Services
compliance applications. You can rest easy because Oracle Cloud
HCM offers the integrations you need to seamlessly connect with
Because it’s not feasible to create integrations to every payroll
virtually any third party application, whether on-premises, in the
solution on the market, Oracle also created a global payroll
cloud, packaged, or custom.
interface that allows you to integrate with the many other
third party payroll providers.
Overall Strategy for Integrations: Simplicity
Although Oracle offers the widest range of cloud-based HCM
With either the out-of-the-box integrations or the global payroll
application functionality on the market, our product strategy
interface, our delivered integrations streamline the connectivity
teams recognize that the requirements of every organization
process as much as possible to implement the integrations.
are unique. Therefore, you may need to integrate Oracle Cloud
Since the integrations are extensible, your IT team will finalize
HCM with other applications. With that in mind, Oracle follows
the connectivity according to the specifications of your
this two-pronged strategy to ensure you can easily integrate with
application and data.
third party applications:
Delivered Integrations for Benefits
• Oracle-delivered integrations – Oracle, along with an eco-
Because there are quite literally hundreds of different benefits
system of vetted partners, designs, develops, delivers, and
providers, Oracle has taken a slightly different approach to
maintains integrations with third party systems.
benefits integrations. Instead of offering integrations directly to
• Oracle-delivered tools – Oracle offers standards-based
specific providers, Oracle delivers integrations to the two major
API’s and visual tools so you can configure your own
benefits aggregators, Knontou and Benefits XML (acquired by
integrations.
SS&C). Once you’re connected to the aggregator of your choice,
you can integrate with your specific benefits vendors. As data
Because all system integration use cases are different depending
models and systems change, Oracle works with Knontou and
on the applications, data, frequency of data transfers, the
Benefits XML to make sure our integrations are always up to
number of source or target systems, and many other factors,
date.
you can use any combination of Oracle-delivered integrations
and tools to suit your specific needs. Since Oracle maintains
For customers who prefer to do their own data integrations to
integrations and tools, the risk and unnecessary effort for your
benefits providers, Oracle offers an interface that works with the
IT team are eliminated. And, all cloud integrations and tools are
Oracle-delivered tools so you can establish direct connectivity.
included with an Oracle Cloud HCM subscription. Our bottom
line goal is to simplify integrations to third party systems so you
can focus on your core business.
Oracle is always working on new integrations to keep pace with eme

Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the
environment
 Delivered Integrations to Other Third Party Systems
Cloud Native Integrations & Tools
Many companies may also need to integrate their Oracle Cloud
Using an API-centric model, Oracle delivers integrations and tools
HCM applications with other third party systems for various HR-
based on real-time RESTful APIs that use HTTP requests to
related functions, such as time collection and video conferencing
access and use data. As part of our design, delivery, and
for distance learning. To simplify connectivity to the most
maintenance process, Oracle creates and updates business
commonly used solutions, Oracle also delivers out-of-the-
objects using RESTful APIs. Because Oracle provides access to
box integrations to more than 50 partners for job distribution,
the core business objects, you can use the Oracle-delivered,
background checks, video interviews, SMS gateways, and the
cloud-native API toolset to add attributes and define extensions
work opportunity tax credit, as well as these vendors:
to HR business objects to meet your third party integration
needs.

With categories of available APIs, Oracle offers many different

tools for data exchanges, including extraction tools for
outbound integrations, data loaders for high volume transitions
Time collection and updates, as well as spreadsheet loaders that use Excel
TCP™ TimeClock Plus®
to streamline the mass update process for business users.
Accu-Time Systems, Inc.
Oracle overlays user interfaces on the APIs to simplify specific
Kaba®
WorkForce Software processes for your HR administrators, like uploading hundreds
of new employees to your Oracle Cloud HCM application
after an acquisition or extracting a list of employees due to a
divestiture—all without coding.
Learning content
Skillsoft® To help ensure third party systems stay up-to-date as data
LinkedIn Learning
changes in Oracle Cloud HCM, you can set up subscriptions
in the external systems to receive ATOM web feeds, which are
XML-based data transfers that syndicate metadata and web
Employee profiles content. When employee life cycle events occur, like
Indeed transfers,
LinkedIn promotions, and terminations, this functionality is very helpful to
keep all integrated systems up-to-date. When you combine APIs
with ATOMs, you can create complex data transfer scenarios, like
Advanced scheduling broadcasting HR data to multiple third party systems.
TCP™ Humanity
WorkForce Software Integration Hubs
Because the number of third party source and target systems
has increased so dramatically in recent years, many customers
Video conference providers are using integration hubs to simplify the connectivity of
Zoom different systems. Since Oracle Cloud HCM is cloud-native, it
Webex
will work with any integration platform on the market. However,
Adobe Connect
as a best practice, you should consider using Oracle Integration
Cloud Service because it’s inherently designed to integrate with
our cloud-based HCM applications right out-of-the-box, as well
as Oracle’s other cloud application suites for Enterprise Resource
Management (ERP), Supply Chain & Manufacturing (SCM), sales,
service, and marketing. Our library of adapters allows you to
quickly integrate with thousands of third party applications. With
the robust platform as a services (PaaS) component of Oracle
Integration Cloud Service, you can create API-based workflows
Many Oracle SI partners offer transition and third party integration packages to makewith
and interactions your journey
virtually any to Oracle
third party Cloud
system HCM as easy as pos
regardless
of whether it’s a packaged or custom application, on-premises
or in the cloud. With the visual tools, you can compose many
integration scenarios without writing code.

Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the
environment
To hear more from PeopleSoft and Cloud experts, watch the full
Considering a Move to Cloud?
Third Party Integrations in Oracle Cloud HCM webinar on demand.
As technology becomes more and more of a competitive
differentiator, companies are evaluating cloud applications to
empower HR with the flexibility and innovation needed to rapidly
adapt to change. Learn more.

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