SAP Knowledge Base Article - Public

2732680 - USER x ADMIN permission modes - SuccessFactors OData API Permissions

Symptom

  •  Which permissions grant read only or write permissions?
  •  Which permissions overrides RBP?

Environment

SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite

  • Odata API

Resolution

User Mode

Assigned RBP settings determine what entities can be viewed and what can be done with them. You will sometimes see the term RBP mode, should be similar to the term User Mode.

Admin Mode

Allows full access to Employee Central OData API entities and operations. You will only use this in a limited number of cases chiefly technical integrations. Admin Mode overrides any RBP (role based permission) settings that have been made.The term technical user or non-RBP usually is the same as Admin Mode.

You will find in the WorkBook SAP SuccessFactors API Reference Guide each permission specified and the permissions that overrides RBP.

See Also

 2635970 - How to Restrict field level permissions for API access to EC portlets/entities

2653164 - Odata API query permissions

2316798 - How to restrict API access to specific Employee Central Entities and Fields

Keywords

user versus admin permission OData API, Permission API SuccessFactors, OData API permission User, OData API admin permission, admin x user api, admin x user SuccessFactors, admin and user in odata api , KBA , LOD-SF-INT , Integrations , LOD-SF-INT-ODATA , OData API Framework , LOD-SF-INT-EC , Employee Central SFAPI & OData Entities , How To

Product

SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite all versions