Taleo Web API - managing user groups in a user profile

I have been using Taleo (or Oracle's) SOAP based web API to transmit data to Taleo from PeopleSoft. As part of this service I am creating/updating user profiles in Taleo based on actions taken in PeopleSoft. Recently received a request to manage/update the user groups associated with a user profile based on action done in PeopleSoft.

I am running PeopleTools 8.61.x, HCM 9.2 but this should be possible as long as you can make a SOAP call out from PeopleSoft. 

User Groups are part of the UserAccount construct as shown below. Following is a simple construct to pull up or search for an user account and then assign a user group to the user account.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <UserAccount> <Loginname searchType="search" searchTarget="../../.." searchValue="user@emaildomain.com" /> <Groups> <Group> <Name searchTarget="." searchType="search" searchValue="Group-Code-01" /> </Group> </Groups> </UserAccount>

To delete all the User Groups assigned to an user the request XML will be like below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <UserAccount> <Loginname searchType="search" searchTarget="../../.." searchValue="user@emaildomain.com" /> <Groups action="reset" /> 

</UserAccount>

  

To delete only a specific user group from the list of assigned user groups on an user profile the request will be like below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <UserAccount> <Loginname searchType="search" searchTarget="../../.." searchValue="user@emaildomain.com" /> <Groups> <Group action="remove"> <Name searchType="search" searchTarget="." searchValue="Group-Code-01" /> </Group> </Groups> </UserAccount>

One can combine the above actions in a single request like removing all or one user group and assigning a new user group.

PeopleSoft Process Security (setup/configuration)

In order to provide a user access to run processes in PeopleSoft provide a value for primary permission list as well as process profile permission list on the general tab on the user profile page.

Following is from Peoplebooks.

PrimaryPermissionList

PeopleSoft determines which data permissions to grant a user by examining the primary permission list and row security permission list. Which one is used varies by application and data entity (employee, customer, vendor, business unit, and so on). Consult your PeopleSoft application documentation for more details. PeopleSoft also determines mass change and definition security permissions from the primary permission list.

ProcessProfilePermissionList 

The process profile contains the permissions that a user requires for running batch processes through PeopleSoft Process Scheduler. For example, the process profile authorizes users to view output, update run locations, restart processes, and so on. Only the process profile comes from this permission list, not the list of process groups.