For SAP SuccessFactors and SAP ERP HCM customers
Every payroll you run, connected into SuccessFactors in hours per country.
datascalehr supports your SAP HCM strategy, whichever path and sequence you choose.
datascalehr for SAP
How to connect SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central to any payroll provider
datascalehr connects Employee Central to any payroll engine, including ADP, Strada, SD Worx, CloudPay, local providers and SAP payroll on premise. datascalehr reads any payroll source in any format and keeps every HR and payroll system synchronized, reconciled and current, with no effort from either the data provider or the data receiver, which cuts project timelines by 90%.
For SuccessFactors customers
Already on SuccessFactors? Connect every payroll provider to Employee Central.
datascalehr connects each provider to Employee Central in hours per country, with no developers or professional services.
Keep your providers and connect them to Employee Central.
You run Employee Central with Employee Central Payroll and other providers.
- Each country connects in hours from the provider’s existing file.
- Keep each provider, or switch one, on your own schedule.
- Results and payslips return to Employee Central, reconciled.
Connect once and reach every SuccessFactors client.
You run payroll for SuccessFactors customers.
- One connection to datascalehr reaches every SuccessFactors client.
- Your team builds no SuccessFactors-specific integration.
- Each onboarding is faster than the last.
What SuccessFactors customers get
What you get for each payroll you connect
Hours per country
datascalehr reads the provider’s existing file, and KMod™ proposes the mappings for a payroll specialist to confirm.
Every change reaches every provider
Hires, transfers, pay changes and backdated corrections reach each provider as deltas, in the provider’s format.
Validation before data leaves SAP
Every record is checked against the provider’s rules, so errors stop at the source.
Results, payslips and GL
Results and payslips return to Employee Central, reconciled per worker, and feed GL posting, banking and payroll reports.
One audit log
Every field, mapping decision and reconciliation is logged in one place. Each rejection points back to the Employee Central field that caused the rejection.
Run visibility and provider performance
Pay run status across every provider appears in one view, and every run is scored against the provider’s calendar.
ADP GlobalView, natively
datascalehr connects through GlobalView Gateway, ADP’s own connector, and GlobalView results land in Employee Central reconciled. Our CEO spent 15 years at ADP building GlobalView.
Ready for AI agents
Every payroll feeds one governed record that Joule or any AI agent can query through a typed, audited interface.
See it on data that looks like yours
The demo covers Germany on legacy SAP payroll with a parallel run, Sweden and Brazil on local providers, and Poland connected live.
Request a demo →For SAP ERP HCM and on-premise payroll customers
Upgrading from SAP ERP HCM? Connect first, then move core HR, then move each payroll engine.
datascalehr keeps every payroll connected and reconciled through each move, so you can stop after any move.
Move 1: connect the payrolls you have
datascalehr connects every current engine to the current HR system, so every later step is measured against a reconciled baseline.
Move 2: move core HR to Employee Central
datascalehr holds each provider’s field model, so Employee Central goes live as a standard template while payroll keeps running.
Move 3: move SAP payroll one country at a time
The old and new engines run in parallel on the same data from datascalehr, and each country cuts over when every worker’s result matches. The SAP engine moves with its custom logic intact, and Employee Central stays standard. SAP calls the same approach clean core for S/4HANA.
A move from another HR system follows the same pattern: datascalehr reads the legacy payroll data, both systems run in parallel, and the company cuts over when the numbers match.
De-risk your SAP HCM migration
How datascalehr takes the risk out of an SAP migration.
Payroll stays on the current engines until each country’s outputs match. You can stop at any stage in a supported state.
Parallel run
Old and new engines run on the same periods, including a year-end. datascalehr compares every worker’s result, so cutover is decided on evidence.
Country by country
One country moves at a time. A country whose outputs do not match stays on the old engine.
Baseline first
Every result is reconciled before Employee Central or a new engine goes live.
Stay or switch providers
datascalehr makes it easy to keep a payroll provider and easy to switch one. The choice stays yours, country by country.
Permanent audit log
Audit and compliance see the trail for every field and every reconciliation.
No big-bang cutover
The program finishes one country at a time, with no single cutover weekend.
How it works
How datascalehr connects a payroll to SuccessFactors.
Read any payroll source
datascalehr reads any payroll file in any format. The provider changes nothing.
Export
Payroll-ready data goes to each engine in the engine’s own format.
Reconcile
Pay results come back and reconcile against what was sent.
Return
Results and payslips return to Employee Central, and the same data feeds GL posting, banking and reports.
datascalehr reads any source and writes to any target in the format each system already uses, so a new provider connects in hours. KMod™ proposes the field mappings in between, and a payroll specialist confirms them. datascalehr deploys inside your own environment, so your IT and HR teams control the data and the audit trail.
Compare the approaches
Three ways to connect a payroll provider to Employee Central.
| Custom integration | Manual or ETL | datascalehr | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time per country | Months | Weeks, then ongoing manual work | Hours |
| Who builds it | A developer | Payroll and IT teams | A payroll specialist, confirming KMod™ |
| Providers covered | One per build | What the team can maintain | Any provider, any format |
| When a file changes | Rebuild | Manual fix | Reads the new file |
| Results back to Employee Central | If built | Re-keyed or missing | Every result, reconciled |
| Validation before data leaves SAP | If built | Manual checks | Every record |
| Audit trail | Per build | Broken at hand-offs | One log across providers |
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Can I keep my payroll providers when I move to SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central?
Yes. datascalehr connects any provider to Employee Central in hours per country. You keep each provider for as long as you choose, and switching a provider is just as easy.
Is there a standard way to connect a payroll provider to SAP SuccessFactors?
SAP provides standard integration tools for SuccessFactors, including SAP Integration Suite and the Employee Central APIs. No standard payroll mechanism exists, so each provider connection still takes custom development. datascalehr gives every provider one standard way into Employee Central.
Does datascalehr replace Employee Central Payroll?
No. Employee Central Payroll stays the engine where SAP localizes. datascalehr connects the payroll providers in every other country to Employee Central.
How do I move SAP payroll from on premise to the cloud without a big-bang cutover?
Move one country at a time. The old and new engines run in parallel on the same data, and each country cuts over when the outputs match.
What happens to SAP ERP HCM and Payroll after 2027?
Mainstream maintenance ends on 31 December 2027, and extended maintenance ends in 2030 at a 2% premium. SAP offers Employee Central Payroll and SAP HCM for S/4HANA as destinations for the payroll engine.
Does the payroll provider need an API?
No. datascalehr reads the file the provider already sends, in any format, including fixed-width files over SFTP.
Does datascalehr store our payroll data or train on it?
KMod™ stores identity-stripped mapping structure and confirmed decisions, and no personal data or payslip values. datascalehr deploys inside your estate.
How does datascalehr differ from SAP Cloud Integration?
SAP Cloud Integration is where a developer builds one integration per provider. datascalehr reads every provider’s format, reconciles every record, and works alongside existing integrations.
Can AI agents work on payroll data from every provider, not only Employee Central Payroll?
Yes. Joule or any AI agent can query every connected payroll through a typed, audited interface.
We run payroll on ADP GlobalView. Does datascalehr connect GlobalView to Employee Central?
Yes, through GlobalView Gateway, ADP’s own connector. GlobalView results return to Employee Central reconciled, and the GlobalView setup stays unchanged.
4 of 5 of the world’s top payroll providers run on datascalehr across 180 countries.
The world’s largest SAP HCM consulting firm runs datascalehr in production. Bring a sample payroll file and see the connection built in the meeting.
