Workday to ADP SASS Integration: How to Connect Workday with ADP Screening and Selection Services

When a candidate reaches the point you choose in your hiring process, Workday sends their details to ADP Screening and Selection Services and the background check starts automatically. The status and the completed report come back onto the Workday candidate record—nobody re-keys a result or logs into a second system to check progress. Your recruiters get faster screening and an end to double-data entry between Workday and background screening.

Flexspring builds, hosts, and monitors the connection for you, and is one of the leading sellers of data connectors for ADP. You buy your Workday connector on ADP Marketplace, and there are no files to upload and nothing for your team to maintain. With Flexspring, you only pay for the use case or use cases you need.

Workday to ADP Screening and Selection Services

Background check results back to Workday

Custom connector, bought on ADP Marketplace

Flexspring is an ADP Marketplace Platinum Partner and a Workday Marketplace Partner

What syncs between the two systems

Both items below move automatically between Workday and ADP Screening and Selection Services. Flexspring also does custom integration work for one-time payments, banking and tax, expense management, learning management, equity systems, background checks, and assessments—each built as its own use case.

What syncs

Trigger

Background check orders from Workday into ADP Screening and Selection Services, including candidate data

When a candidate reaches your chosen point in the hiring process

Background check status and the completed report back into Workday

When the background check is performed

How the integration works

Scoping. You pick the use cases you need from the list above. Flexspring maps every field between the two systems, including your custom fields and business rules.

Direct connection. Flexspring iPaaS connects the two systems to each other over secure APIs. There are no spreadsheets to export, no files to transfer, and no manual steps in the middle.

Near real-time sync. When a record changes—a hire, a promotion, an approved time-off request—the change moves across in near real time rather than waiting for an overnight batch.

Monitoring and error handling. The integration is monitored continuously, with error handling, visibility into every transaction, and a named support contact. When either app changes their API, Flexspring updates your integration.

Ongoing changes. Your integration is future-proofed for ongoing enhancements without re-implementation, and adapts to custom fields, new locations, new systems and business rules.

Flexspring iPaaS does not store employee data beyond temporary transaction logs, and meets SOC 2, GDPR and ISO 27001 standards.

Frequently asked questions

Does Workday integrate with ADP Screening and Selection Services?

With data integration, Workday sends candidate details into ADP Screening and Selection Services and starts the background check automatically, and the status and completed report return to the Workday candidate record. Flexspring builds the integration to match your custom fields and business rules, then hosts and monitors it.

How do I connect Workday to ADP SASS?

You decide which information you want to sync, and a data integration expert like Flexspring maps every field between the two systems and builds the connection. Custom integrations by Flexspring include unlimited custom fields and unlimited business rules. There is nothing for your team to install or maintain. You buy your Workday connector on ADP Marketplace.

What employee information syncs?

With data integration, candidate data syncs from Workday into ADP Screening and Selection Services to start the background check, and the background check status and the completed report come back into Workday. You can also add one-time payments, banking and tax, expense management, learning management, equity systems, background checks, and assessments as separate use cases.

How long does the integration take?

Flexspring builds, hosts, and monitors the connector. You buy your Workday connector on ADP Marketplace, and Flexspring confirms delivery time when it scopes your integration. Custom integration by Flexspring includes unlimited custom fields and unlimited business rules. Flexspring does all the data mapping, so no internal IT resources are needed.

Is our employee data stored anywhere during the transfer?

Flexspring does not store employee data beyond temporary transaction logs, and does not require anyone to handle the data manually. Flexspring meets SOC 2, GDPR and ISO 27001 standards.

Do we need IT or a developer to set this up?

No internal IT resources are needed to create your data integration. Flexspring’s team builds the integration to your requirements and monitors it afterwards, including handling API changes from either vendor. Your part is deciding which use cases you need and confirming Flexspring’s recommendations for how your fields should map.

Why connect Workday to ADP SASS?

With data integration, when a candidate reaches the point you choose in your hiring process, the background check starts in ADP Screening and Selection Services on its own and the completed report lands back on the Workday candidate record—nobody re-keys a result. Your team gets faster screening and no double-data entry between Workday and background screening.

What’s the best way to connect Workday to ADP SASS?

The best way to connect Workday to ADP SASS depends on your data and business requirements. A standard connector can work for simple data flows, while custom fields and unique business rules require a tailored integration. If you go the custom route, you can build the integration yourself or choose a managed integration like Flexspring’s—built and maintained for you, which is typically faster and cheaper.

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