Dave M.

Neitz
Dharma Raja
Oracle HCM Cloud: Integrate with Austin Davis
On-premise e-Business Suite
Fusion HCM Integration Solution
September 22, 2016
Agenda

• Overview
• Business Requirements
• Fusion HCM outbound process flow
• Fusion HCM to EBS integration artifacts
• Fusion HCM outbound integration options
• EBS to Fusion HCM outbound interface (User Provisioning)
• EBS to Fusion HCM inbound interface (Paid Time Off)
• Fusion HCM inbound integration options
• Lessons Learned
• Q&A

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Overview

• CDM Smith is a global engineering construction and

• consulting company with 4000+ employees
• Currently on 11.5.10 release of Oracle Financials, Projects,
Procurement and Fusion HCM r8
• Oracle E-business customer since early 1990s and Fusion
• SaaS customer since 2014
• One of the first in New England area to implement Oracle
• Projects
• One of the first in engineering and construction industry to
implement Oracle Fusion HCM, Performance and Compensation
management (SaaS)

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Business Requirement

• Implemented Oracle Fusion HCM (SaaS) but needed a way

• to integrate to on premise E Business system (11.5.10)
• Needed capability for R12 and Fusion connectivity
• The data extract would include “change only” records
• The Integration would transform the extracted data before interfacing to
E-Business
• The Integration to support following objects
– Person
– Work Structure (Jobs, Grades, Locations)
– PTO Balances
– User Provisioning

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Fusion HCM Outbound Process Flow

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Fusion HCM to EBS integration artifacts

Interface Name Interface Purpose User Entity

Type
Person information HCM Extract person changes PER_EXT_PAY_EMPLOYEES_UE
Extract
New hire information HCM Extract new hires starting with PER_EXT_SEC_HISTORY_ASSIGN
Extract future date MENTS_UE
Location information HCM Extract any location changes and PER_EXT_SEC_LOCATION_UE
Extract new locations

Job information HCM Extract any job changes and new PER_EXT_SEC_JOB_UE
Extract jobs
Grade information HCM Extract any grade changes and PER_EXT_SEC_GRADE_UE
Extract new grade
EFF information HCM Combination of EFFs information PER_EXT_PAY_EMPLOYEES_UE
Extract that is changed

PTO balances BI Publisher Vacation/Sick balance for each

implemented country

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Fusion HCM to EBS integration artifacts. . . continued

• Windows Shell Script

• Moves Data between Fusion and on-premise server
• Uses WinSCP calls to move data securely
• appLOADTM Tool
• Transform and loads the Fusion HCM data into 11.5.0 instances
• Significantly reduced the effort to build the interfaces in house
• Needed a “Future proof” tool that would allow easy update to eBS
R12 and Fusion when ready
• User friendly error correction capability
• Successfully used the tool on Tomcat, Weblogic platforms

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Fusion HCM outbound integration Options

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appLOADTM inbound and outbound file-based options available

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Fusion HCM inbound process flow

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Fusion HCM inbound process flow . . . continued

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Fusion HCM inbound integration options

In order to facilitate integration to another system, Fusion HCM provides

multiple options to extract and load data:

 HCM Spreadsheet loader is a handy tool if you are looking to load data
on demand to Fusion HCM
• Minimal work needed to download the data
• Many published spreadsheet loaders available
• Limited Availability to load DFF information
• Required to download ADF Desktop excel plug-in
 File Based Loader (FBL)
• Ideal for bulk load of data specially during data conversion
• Need to extract data based on pre-defined format
• Provides an ability to orchestrate different processes but not very useful since each
process needs to be monitored for exception manually
 Specialized tools like appLOADTM with Fusion HCM templates
• Supports flat files for maintenance and on-going integration

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Lessons Learned

 Pay attention to data conversion mapping between Fusion HCM and

EBS. You are highly likely to use the same when building integrations
 Limit the detailed mapping to legacy system by consolidating them to
single value. For example salary change reasons, termination reasons were
defaulted
 Manage the data security around SFTP server and application since
Fusion HCM (SaaS) cannot scramble PII information in test instances
 Leverage your existing SOA platform to build the integration. Fusion
HCM supports REST web services and you can orchestrate the integration
end points with BPEL engine
 HCM Connect tool can be used to move the data securely between
cloud and on premise and vice-versa.
 Leverage the use of a Partner who really understands integration and
the Fusion HCM data model for a smoother integration

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 Question 1

Question… Answer

Typical •Security
•Data Integration
challenges of a •Synchronization
HRMS
Integration?
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Question 2

Challenges for CDM Smith Integration

Rapid Deployment with Limited Budget
• Aggressive Go-Live Date
• Utilize existing environment footprint
Integration from Fusion Cloud to on premise eBS 11i
• Challenges with HCM Fusion
• Data mapping
• Securing Data
• Planning for R12

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 Question 3

Question… Answer
Test…Test…Test

What are the Process Readiness +

System Readiness +
ingredients of a Data Readiness +
successful =
integration? SUCCESS

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 Question 4

Question… Answer

• Single Source of Truth

How did Fusion for HCM
HCM help you? • Future Proofing
application
• Rich Interface

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 Question 5

Question… Answer

• Ready-made templates
How did for eBS 11i, R12, Fusion
appLOAD, • Created a Repeatable
process
appINTERFACE • Audit Trail
help you? • Ability to Validate and
Transform Data

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 Question 6

Question… Answer

What’s next with • Post FBL

• HCM connect
Fusion HCM?
• Next release
• New
Functionality?

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 Question 7

Question… Answer

What’s next with • SFDC

• eBS
appLOAD
• MDM
appINTERFACE? • Other

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Recommendations . . .

 Figure, Configure: Document mapping and validation during integration

process; configure tools quickly. Don’t do any customizations
 Get Clean, Stay Clean: Understand your Data and utilize the business
validations with secure transfer
 Rinse, Repeat: Have good testing scenarios and repeatable process to validate
data, process and transition support to your team
 Fusion Cloud to Ground: keep your integrations simple. Stay current with HCM
patching

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