Configuring Ceridian Dayforce REST Operations¶
Prerequisites¶
NOTE: For development purposes we can use test credentials provided by Dayforce. However, to understand the Dayforce API and the request responses handled by Dayforce it is recommended that you create a developer account. If you do not have a Dayforce account, go to https://developers.dayforce.com/Special-Pages/Registration.aspx and create a Dayforce developer account.
To use the Dayforce REST connector, add the
Initializing the connector¶
Add the following
init¶
<ceridiandayforce.init>
<username>{$ctx:username}</username>
<password>{$ctx:ceredianPwd}</password>
<clientNamespace>{$ctx:clientNamespace}</clientNamespace>
<apiVersion>{$ctx:apiVersion}</apiVersion>
</ceridiandayforce.init>
Properties * username: The username of your Dayforce environment. For testing we can use the sample environment credential: DFWSTest * password: The password of your Dayforce environment. For testing we can use the sample environment credential: DFWSTest * clientNamespace: The namespace of your Dayforce environment. For testing we can use the sample environment: usconfigr57.dayforcehcm.com/Api/ddn * apiVersion: The version of the API you want to call. For testing we will set it to: V1
Now that you have connected to Dayforce, use the information in the following topics to perform various operations with the connector.