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EmpowerID UltiPro connector allows organizations to bring the user and group data in their UltiPro system to EmpowerID, where it can be managed and synchronized with data in any connected back-end user directories. Once connected, you can manage this data from EmpowerID in the following ways:

  • Account Management

    • Inventory user accounts

    • Create, Update and Delete user accounts

    • Enable and Disable user accounts

  • Group Management

    • Inventory groups

    • Inventory group memberships

    • Create and Delete groups

    • Add and Remove members to and from groups

  • Attribute Flow
    Users in UltiPro are inventoried as accounts in EmpowerID. The below table shows the attribute mappings of UltiPro user attributes to EmpowerID Person attributes.

UltiPro Attribute

Corresponding EmpowerID Attribute

Description

EmployeeID

EmployeeID

Employee ID assigned to a user

EmployeeType

EmployeeType

Employee Type of a user

EmployeeStatus

Status

Employee Status of a user

JobCode

JobCode

Employee job code

FirstName

FirstName

First Name of a user

PreferredFirstName

PreferredFirstName

Preferred First Name of a user

LastName

LastName

Last Name of a user

MiddleName

MiddleName

Middle Name of a user

Email

Email

Email address of a user

WorkPhone

Telephone

Main work telephone number of a user

HomePhone

HomeTelephone

Main home telephone number of a user

JobTitle

Title

Job title of a user

DateOfBirth

DateOfBirth

Birth date of a user

Department

Department

Department in which a user works

DepartmentNumber

DepartmentNumber

Department Number where a user works

Company

Company

Company where a user works

Division

Division

Organizational division where a user works

Location

Location

Location of user

Manager

ManagerPersonID

Employee ID of user’s manager

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In order to connect EmpowerID to UltiPro, you must have an UltiPro account that is configured to interface with external systems. This means that you must have the following (provided by UltiPro):

  • Username

  • Password

  • User Access Key

  • Client Access Key

These values are used to authenticate EmpowerID to UltiPro. In addition, you must create a report as a Web service that specifies the fields you want to expose and then provide EmpowerID with the path to that service.

Additionally, you will need to create a report and expose it as a service. The report needs to have the below fields. Fields designated as required indicate that a value must be provided.

Field Position

Description

Required

1

Last Name

Yes

2

Middle Name

No

3

First Name

Yes

4

Preferred First Name

No

5

Location

No

6

Phone Number

No

7

Email Address

No

8

Mobile Phone

No

9

Job Title

No

10

Department Name

No

11

Company

No

12

Manager Name

No

13

Manager ID

No  *Required if Manager Name is provided

14

Employee ID

No  *Must be unique for each employee

15

Windows Login

No

16

Sales ID

No

16

Sales ID

No

17

Manager Flag

Yes  *Yes for manager; No for non-manager

18

Employee Status

Yes  *Active, Terminated

19

Employee Type

No

20

Sales Force

No

21

Date Of Birth

No

22

Division

No

23

Business Unit

No

24

Department Summary

No

25

Hire Date

No

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Step 1 – Create an UltiPro account store in EmpowerID

  1. On the navbar, expand Admin > Applications and Directories and then click Account Stores and Systems.

  2. On the Account Stores page, click Create Account Store.

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  3. Under System Types, search for UltiPro.

  4. Click UltiPro to select the type and then click Submit.

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  5. On the UltiPro Settings page that appears, fill in the following information:

    1. Name — Enter a name for the account store

    2. Client Key — The Customer API Key issued by UltiPro

    3. User API Key — The User API Key issued by UltiPro

    4. Report Path — The path to the report that you created in UltiPro and exposed as a service

    5. Base URL — The Base URL for your UltiPro system, e.g. https://service123.ultipro.com/service/

    6. User Name and Password — Your UltiPro credentials

  6. When ready click Submit to create the account store.

  7. EmpowerID creates the account store and the associated resource system. The next step is to configure attribute flow between the account store and EmpowerID.

Step 2 – Configure Attribute Flow

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Step 3 – Configure account store settings

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Edit the account store as needed and then click Save to save your changes.

Next, enable the Account Inbox permanent workflow to allow the Account Inbox to provision or join the user accounts in Ultipro to EmpowerID Persons as demonstrated below.

Tip

EmpowerID recommends using the Account Inbox for provisioning and joining.

Step 4 – Enable the Account Inbox Permanent Workflow

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Step 5 – Monitor Inventory

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