Recent Posts by Terence Munday

Overview The Fusion HCM Cloud exposes REST services to interact with key business objects.  This article describes how to invoke these services using JavaScript and HTML.  The example focuses on the HCM Employee REST service and provides examples on how to query, filter response data and limit the number of records returned.   System Requirements Fusion HCM Rel 11+ Fusion user with privileges to invoke REST services A Browser with JavaScript enabledThis example was developed...

Overview Encrypting and importing data to the HCM Cloud has become much simpler as of Fusion Release 10.  The Security Console now provides functionality to generate and manage certificates and public/private key pairs.  This article describes how to use the Security Console to create a PGP key that can be used to encrypt HCM Data Loader files prior to importing them. System Requirements Fusion release 10+ Fusion user with IT_SECURITY_MANAGER access to the Security Console Step 1...

Overview If you are having difficulties connecting to a Fusion web (SOAP) service using SoapUI, odds are there is a proxy server on your company's local network.  A proxy server is a computer, device or application that handles requests from clients to access resources on other servers, typically outside the company's internal network.  Resources include services, web pages, files and connections to other devices to name a few.  There are different types and implementations of...

Overview The Fusion HCM Cloud exposes both SOAP and REST services.  This article describes the security policies applied to these services and discusses common policies used by clients to interact with them. Fusion web services are secured with policies that adhere to the WS-Security standards.  These standards enforce authentication (to verify the user is who they claim to be), authorization (to ensure the user has the required privileges to access the service) and message...

Overview The HCM Data Loader (HDL) is used to import data into Fusion.  Data is first uploaded to the content repository (UCM), then a process is run to load that data into the database.  Users have the option to encrypt their data prior to uploading it.   Customers who are learning HDL sometimes encounter errors when HDL attempts to decrypt the encrypted file.   This is often because they are using the wrong public key (fusion-key) to encrypt their data.   I have seen this...

Overview Corporate networks often employ a proxy server to provide an additional layer of security when communicating with servers outside the company's firewall. The proxy server is typically configured to control and restrict access to web content. Internal clients connect to the proxy server and request external resources.  The proxy server establishes the connection with the external resource and forwards responses back to the client. Java provides a mechanism to support...

Overview This blog describes how to generate a web service client and proxy that can be used to invoke Fusion web services.  This example shows how to create a proxy to invoke the HCM WorkerService.  This blog represents a portion of a more detailed blog: Using Fusion web services to terminate a work relationship. System Requirements JDeveloper 12c (Studio Edition 12.1.2.0.0 or greater) Java 7 Fusion SaaS release 9+ environment Step 1 - Create the project 1a) Create a new "custom...

Overview This blog describes how to use Fusion web services to terminate a work relationship. System Requirements JDeveloper 12c (Studio Edition 12.1.2.0.0 or greater) Java 7 Fusion SaaS release 9+ environment Step 1 - Create the project 1a) Create a new "custom application" in JDeveloper. 1b) Follow the steps in the wizard to create the project.  Be sure to select "SOAP Web Services" from the "Project Features" tab on the Name your project step. This will add the required libraries...

Overview This blog describes how to generate a private/public key pair using GPG version 1.4.5.  The resulting public key will contain two keys, one key for signing and a subkey for encryption.  This key can be used with HCM Fusion SaaS to encrypt/decrypt files as they are transferred to and from the UCM server. User input is noted in RED text. System Requirements Linux GPG version 1.4.5 Step 1 - Confirm GPG version The GPG version must be version 1.4.5. Enter the following command to...