Each request involves sensitive payroll and employment data—and must be fulfilled with speed, accuracy, and compliance
Manual handling is slow, error-prone, and exposes enterprises to risks:
To address these issues, many organizations turn to Equifax’s Work Number®, a secure, third-party platform for income and employment verification.
And to power it seamlessly, they use direct SAP point-to-point integrations.
They also support real-time verification requests, triggered by Equifax under employee consent.
1. Validate employee consent (optional)
2. Extract required data (last X pay periods)
3. Format and encrypt the data
4. Return the result within minutes
Payroll is the single most critical and risk-sensitive area in any SAP deployment. Integrating third-party systems into your payroll processes—without losing control of retroactivity, wage type generation, and deduction accuracy—requires a level of precision that only SAP-native point-to-point integrations can offer.
We dive into Infotype structures, ABAP interface designs, compliance considerations, and how to build integrations aligned with your payroll control record lifecycle.
At its core, point-to-point integration is the direct, tightly coupled connection between SAP and a third-party system, bypassing generic middleware tools. This method:
1. Reduces latency
2. Improves customization
3. Simplifies error handling
4. Aligns closely with payroll and compliance needs
Rather than sending data into a black box middleware, you're in full control—writing ABAP logic that knows exactly which Info type, PA subtype, or Wage Type to manipulate.
1. Data Extraction: Use ABAP programs or LSMW tools to pull employee master data, time punches, deduction records, etc. Accessed from Infotypes like 0002, 0167, 0378, 2010, 2011
2. Transformation: ABAP logic maps SAP internal formats to the vendor’s schema (e.g., Fidelity fixed-width layout, Alight’s ANSI X12)
3. File Generation & Encryption: Generated file stored on the SAP application server or NFS path PGP encryption applied if needed
4. Secure Transmission: Transferred via SFTP using command-line tools or SAP’s own connectivity add-ons
5. Audit Logging: All activity logged via custom Z-tables or application logs (SLG1)
1. Data Extraction: Use ABAP programs or LSMW tools to pull employee master data, time punches, deduction records, etc. Accessed from Infotypes like 0002, 0167, 0378, 2010, 2011
2. TransformField Mapping Tables (V_T77SFEC_BIBF): Defines EC → Infotype field relationships
Transformation Templates: Handle conversion logic (e.g., map EC ‘grade’ to SAP ‘job group’)
Filters: Set by country, employment type, event reason
Switches: To allow client-specific logic branching ation: ABAP logic maps SAP internal formats to the vendor’s schema (e.g., Fidelity fixed-width layout, Alight’s ANSI X12)
3. File Generation & Encryption: Generated file stored on the SAP application server or NFS path PGP encryption applied if needed
4. Secure Transmission: Transferred via SFTP using command-line tools or SAP’s own connectivity add-ons
5. Audit Logging: All activity logged via custom Z-tables or application logs (SLG1)
