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ADP Workforce Now Make integrationAutomate ADP Workforce Now with Make.

Can Make read your ADP workers and onboard new hires for you? The ADP Workforce Now Make integration gives you 10 modules: 6 actions and 4 searches. This page is for HR and ops teams on the Enterprise plan, and it walks you from the connection to a first working scenario.

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What you can automate

What does the ADP Workforce Now Make integration let you automate?

The ADP Workforce Now Make integration links your ADP account to Make so a scenario, the automation you build as a chain of modules, can look up workers, job requisitions and applications, then onboard an applicant. Each module is one brick: here, an action that works on one record or a search that returns a list.

Onboarding without retyping. When a candidate is marked as hired in another tool, Search job applications finds the matching application and Onboard an applicant starts the new hire in ADP. Nobody copies the same details twice.

A worker directory other tools can use. Search workers returns the people that match your criteria, and Get a worker demographics adds the details for one person. You can then send that data to a spreadsheet or a base; the Airtable Make integration page shows the other side.

Open roles shared with managers. Search job requisitions lists the requisitions you filter on, and Get a job requisition pulls a single one when you already hold its Item ID, so a hiring manager sees the role without an ADP login.

Know the limits before you start. The app has no trigger, so ADP cannot start a scenario by itself: the scenario starts on a schedule or on another app. It is also only available on the Make Enterprise plan, which the Make pricing guide puts in context. When a listed module does not cover your case, Make an API call reaches other endpoints with the same connection. ADP Workforce Now often has an n8n node too; the n8n vs Make comparison helps you pick.

Connect

How do you connect ADP Workforce Now to Make?

  1. 01

    Prepare your ADP Central project

    In ADP Central, open Projects, click Create a project, then under Credentials choose Manage certificate and Request certificate. Save the private key as a .key file and download the .pem certificate.

  2. 02

    Copy the client credentials

    Back in Projects, click View project. Use Copy client ID, then switch on Show secret and click Copy client secret. Keep both values somewhere safe, you paste them into Make in the next step.

  3. 03

    Create the connection in Make

    Add any ADP Workforce Now module and click Create a connection. Fill Client ID and Client Secret, click Extract on Private key file and Certificate file to load your two files, then Save. That connection is reused by every ADP module.

First scenario

Your first scenario with ADP Workforce Now

GoalWhen a candidate is marked as hired in another app, Make finds the job application in ADP Workforce Now and onboards the applicant.

  1. 01

    Create the scenario

    On the Scenarios page, create a new scenario and click the +. Pick the module of the app where hiring decisions are recorded, since ADP Workforce Now has no trigger of its own.

  2. 02

    Find the application

    Click the + on the right and search for ADP Workforce Now. Choose Search job applications, create the connection, and map the candidate details from the first module as your search criteria.

  3. 03

    Onboard the applicant

    Add Onboard an applicant after the search and map the data it returned. Each bundle, one application passed along, becomes one onboarding, so keep your criteria narrow enough to match a single person.

  4. 04

    Test with Run once

    Click Run once then read the bundles each module received. If the search came back empty, adjust the criteria before you onboard anyone for real.

  5. 05

    Schedule and switch on

    Set the schedule on the first module, every 15 minutes by default, and switch the scenario on. Each module run on a bundle is one operation, the unit Make counts on your plan.

Modules

What the ADP Workforce Now modules do

ADP Workforce Now gives you 10 modules in 3 groups. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

Actions

6 modules
ADP Workforce Now1

Get a job application

Action

In Make“Returns information about a specific job application by its Item ID.”

You get the full record of one job application when you already know its Item ID. It is the precise lookup, as opposed to a search that may return several applications.

When to use it
another tool stored the application ID and you need fresh details before a recruiter reviews the candidate.
Watch out
without a valid Item ID the module has nothing to read, so map the ID from an earlier module rather than typing it.
ADP Workforce Now2

Get a job requisition

Action

In Make“Returns information about a specific job requisition by its Item ID.”

This module hands back one job requisition, the open role your company wants to fill, identified by its Item ID. Choose it over Search job requisitions whenever the ID is already in hand.

When to use it
a hiring manager asks for the status of a specific role and the scenario posts it into their team channel.
Watch out
it reads a single requisition; for a list of open roles, the search module is the right brick.
ADP Workforce Now3

Get a worker data

Action

In Make“Returns information about a specific worker by their Associate object ID.”

Pull the ADP record of one worker, found through their Associate object ID, and pass it to the rest of your scenario. It is the starting point for keeping another system aligned with ADP.

When to use it
a ticket in your IT tool names an employee and you want their current ADP data next to it.
Watch out
the Associate object ID is not the name of the person, so find it first with Search workers.
ADP Workforce Now4

Get a worker demographics

Action

In Make“Returns information about a specific worker demographics by their Associate object ID.”

Here you retrieve the demographic details of one worker, again from their Associate object ID. It complements Get a worker data when your next step needs the personal side of the record rather than the job side.

When to use it
preparing a welcome pack or a benefits form that asks for personal details already stored in ADP.
Watch out
this is personal data, so send it only to tools and people allowed to hold it.
ADP Workforce Now5

Make an API call

Action

In Make“Sends a custom API call to ADP Workforce Now. You can use this to call endpoints that aren’t covered by existing modules.”

Reach any endpoint of the ADP Workforce Now API that the other modules leave out, using the connection you already created. It is the way to cover a need the listed modules do not.

When to use it
your process needs an ADP object that none of the nine named modules reads or writes.
Watch out
you build the request yourself, so test the call with Run once and read the bundle it returns before relying on it.
ADP Workforce Now6

Onboard an applicant

Action

In Make“Onboards the new applicant.”

Turn a selected applicant into a new hire in ADP Workforce Now without anyone retyping their details. Among the listed modules, it is the only one that starts a process instead of reading data.

When to use it
right after a hiring decision is recorded, fed by Search job applications or Get a job application.
Watch out
it runs once per bundle it receives, so a broad search upstream can onboard more people than you meant; test with Run once first.

Searches

3 modules
ADP Workforce Now7

Search job applicants

SearchIn the docs only

This search looks for job applicants and gives you each match as its own bundle. It is listed in the Make documentation without an official description, so check what it actually returns on a test run.

When to use it
you want a list of candidates to push into a shortlist sheet for the hiring team.
Watch out
a search can return zero, one or many results, and each result costs an operation downstream.
ADP Workforce Now8

Search job requisitions

Search

In Make“Returns a list of job requisitions filtered by the provided criteria.”

List the job requisitions that match your filters, each one arriving as a separate bundle. Reach for it when you do not know the Item ID and want every role that fits a criterion.

When to use it
building an internal jobs board in a sheet that mirrors the roles open in ADP.
Watch out
the next module runs for every requisition found, so filter tightly before you add actions after it.
ADP Workforce Now9

Search workers

Search

In Make“Returns a list of workers filtered by the provided criteria.”

Look up workers by the criteria you set and receive one bundle per person found. This is usually how you obtain the Associate object ID the two worker Get modules require.

When to use it
matching an email from a helpdesk ticket or a form to the right employee in ADP.
Watch out
no match returns zero bundles and the scenario quietly stops there, so check the result on Run once.

Other modules

1 module
ADP Workforce Now10

Search job applications

Search

In Make“Returns a list of job applications filtered by the provided criteria.”

Retrieve the job applications that fit your criteria, one bundle per application, ready to feed a follow-up step. Pick it over Get a job application when you know the candidate but not the Item ID.

When to use it
the step before Onboard an applicant, when another tool tells you a candidate was hired but not their application ID.
Watch out
several applications can match the same person, so narrow the criteria before onboarding anyone.
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FAQ

ADP Workforce Now and Make: frequently asked questions

01Is the ADP Workforce Now Make integration free?
No. ADP Workforce Now is an enterprise app in Make, and it is only available on the Make Enterprise plan. The Free plan covers the 3,000+ standard apps, with 2 active scenarios and at least 15 minutes between scheduled runs, but enterprise apps are not part of it. On top of the Make plan, you also need a paid ADP Workforce Now account, which is a prerequisite of the app. Usage on paid Make plans is counted in credits, meaning operations, per month.
02What do you need to connect ADP Workforce Now to Make?
You need a paid ADP Workforce Now account, a Make Enterprise plan, and access to ADP Central. In ADP Central you create a project, request a certificate, save the private key as a .key file and download the .pem certificate. You also copy the client ID and client secret of that project. In Make, you enter the two credentials, extract the two files in the connection window and save. The connection is then reused by every ADP module.
03Does the ADP Workforce Now Make integration react in real time?
No, because the app has no trigger module at all, neither scheduled nor instant. A scenario that uses it has to start another way. You can put an ADP search first and let Make run it on the schedule of the first module, every 15 minutes by default, or on shorter intervals on paid plans. You can also start the scenario with a trigger from another app, such as a form or your applicant tracking tool, and call the ADP modules after it.
04What if an ADP Workforce Now module you need is missing in Make?
Use Make an API call. It sends a request to any endpoint of the ADP Workforce Now API with the connection you already have, so you can cover objects the 10 listed modules do not read or write. You write the request yourself, so test it with Run once before you rely on it. The other limit to keep in mind is the plan: the app only works on the Make Enterprise plan, whatever module you choose.
05Should you use Make or n8n for ADP Workforce Now?
It depends on the tool your team already runs. ADP Workforce Now often has an n8n node as well, so the choice is less about whether the app is supported and more about the platform you want to maintain. In Make, the app requires the Enterprise plan and gives you 10 modules, plus Make an API call for the rest. If your team already builds in n8n, compare the two node lists before deciding; the comparison linked above lays out the criteria.
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