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Limitations and Known Issues

None. 

Snap Input and Output

Input/OutputType of ViewNumber of ViewsExamples of Upstream and Downstream SnapsDescription
Input 

Document

  • Min: 1
  • Max: 1
  • Mapper
  • Copy
  • CSV Parser
  • JSON Parser

A document containing data that must be created and written into the SuccessFactors Data Center for the selected entity.

Output

Document

  • Min: 0
  • Max: 1
  • Mapper
  • Copy
  • CSV Parser
  • JSON Parser

A document containing the new data created in the SuccessFactors Data Center for the selected entity.

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Parameter NameData TypeDescriptionDefault ValueExample 

Label

String

Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your Pipeline.

N/A

N/A

Entity

String

Required. Lets you define an entity (business object) of the API. You can either choose an entity from the suggestion drop-down or type an entity manually. The values in the suggestion drop-down are displayed dynamically based on the user's account. 

The entity is shown as [category name] – [entity name] in the drop-down; however, you can also type just the [entity name] in this field.

N/A

Foundation/Platform (PLT) User or User


Refresh metadata

Check box

If selected, the Snap refreshes the cache and shows the refreshed metadata results including any entities/parameters that were added or deleted. This is useful in cases where changes are made to the dataset outside of SnapLogic, such as when a dataset has been created or deleted. 

Info

After the first run and after the metadata has been refreshed, please deselect this checkbox.


Deselected

N/A

Pass through

Check box

If selected, lets the data from an incoming document "pass through" and merge into the new document being written to the output. The input document is passed through to the output view under the key 'original'.

Selected

N/A

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Check box

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pageSOAP Execute


Execute only

N/A

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Finally, an XML Formatter and a File Writer Snap is added downstream to format and save the returned data in a new file. In the image below, the output is written to the SuccessFactors_Create_User.xml file. 

You can view the newly-created file in the target directory using SSH.

Download this Pipeline. 

Downloads

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Attachments
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