ADP
HRB Extend | Core
Services |
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HR/Benefits Extend |
ADP
HR/Benefits Extend is our open architecture
philosophy that provides a collection of
web services that enables data provisioning,
data consumption, and process execution currently
contained within HR/B. Employee data can
now be managed well beyond HR/B and the HR
department.
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| Possibilities |
Applications
that require secure access to employee
and benefit information can be developed
using ADP HR/Benefits Extend and ADP
HR/Benefits OpenAPI in conjunction
with any standard software development
platform. The possibilities are limitless...
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Corporate
Portals – Design your own corporate
portal with a unique look and feel
while maintaining real-time access
to employee data. For instance, IBM
WebSphere Portal customers can download
ADP Employease's eHR Portlet to access
ADP Employease solutions via a single
user interface along side other portal
solutions including calendaring, messaging,
and email. |
Enterprise
Integration - Integrate seamlessly
with other applications including
in-house systems and on demand applications
in the areas of CRM, expense management,
financials, logistics, manufacturing,
messaging, and procurement. |
Call
Center Applications – Build
custom or integrate with existing
help desk applications that require
real-time access to employee and
benefit information. This is particularly
well suited for HR and benefits outsourcing
firms. |
Knowledge
Base Applications – Present
employer or employee content in the
appropriate context by building custom
or integrating with existing knowledge
base applications. |
Employment
Verification Applications – Eliminate
the manual process of fielding phone
calls about employee status by providing
secure access to an employee's information
in a way that the employee can control. |
HR
Dashboard – Design
a single point and click interface
that contains the unique metrics,
reports, graphs and charts that are
most important to an organization. |
Partner
Dashboard – Access at
the touch of a button employee and
benefit information rolled up across
employer groups and sorted by customer,
vendor or benefit plan type. |
Custom
Employee Directories – Design
directories with unique look, feel
and field requirements. These can
be generated at the touch of a button. |
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| Getting
Started |
In
addition to knowledge of HR/B, experience
with the technologies listed below will prove
helpful when working with ADP HR/Benefits
Extend. Should you require additonal assistance,
an implementation service package is available
to guide you through the process. Please
contact
HRBenefitsservice@adp.com for
more information. |
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- XML Payload Development
- Experience designing EDI applications
which produce structured, transactional,
XML data files conforming to existing schemas
- Experience with common web service technology,
specifically SOAP.
- Ability to handle request and response
payloads using the HTTPS protocol
- Knowledge of the source system and how
to extract data from that system in different
business scenarios (e.g. new hire v. salary
change) The data extracted should be changes
only.
- A basic understanding of the WS-I
basic secure profile.
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| Frequently
Asked Questions |
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What
is ADP HR/Benefits Extend? |
ADP
HR/Benefits Extend is made up
of a collection of flexible web services
that enable provisioning of data,
consumption of data and execution
of processes within HR/B. No proprietary
programming languages are required
to develop or implement ADP HR/Benefits
Extend Core Services. |
ADP
HR/Benefits Extend separates
the presentation layer from the application
layer so that organizations can integrate
with any other system or entity across
the network regardless of programming
language, platform, device, or web
browser. |
What
is a portal? |
Everyone
has their own definition of a portal.
There are three key characteristics
of a portal:
- "One stop shopping" that provides
access to content, applications
and collaborative or community
building functionality
- Personalized views that provide
this access in the context of an
individual's preferences and business
rules
- Flexible navigation, including
both pre-defined roadmaps and powerful
free-form search
Generally a portal is an umbrella
application or framework which can
effectively organize and present
information from multiple applications. |
What
is a portlet? |
A
portlet is a program which allows a
portal to access another program or
information. There is often more than
one portlet for a given application
or information set, linking the portal
to a different view of the application
or piece of data. |
What
is HR-XML |
The
HR-XML consortium focuses on the payload
specifications for HR, while ADP HR/Benefits
Composite Services refer to the APIs
and tools needed to manipulate the
payload.
For more information on HR-XML go
here. |
What
is ebXML? |
"ebXML
enables enterprises of any size, in
any location to meet and conduct business
through the exchange of XML-based messages."
For more information on ebXML go
here. |
What
is SOAP? |
SOAP
or Simple Object Access Protocol is
an XML based protocol which allows
applications to exchange information
over a network using HTTP. For more
information on SOAP go here http://www.soaprpc.com/faqs/SoapFAQ.html or
here http://www.w3.org/TR/SOAP/. |
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