Connecting ADP Workforce Now to Drata allows for automated checks and evidence collection to provide details on personnel hire dates, separation dates, and employment status.
Prerequisites
You must be an administrator of ADP Workforce Now.
Create a service account in ADP with a Practitioner role that has permission to fetch Reports to sync ADP data.
ADP Canada instances are not supported because they do not include the required personnel report data.
Required Values from ADP
Value from ADP | Description |
Service account with Practitioner role | Provides Drata access to personnel reports (hire/separation dates, employment status) |
Create a Profile with Report Access
Go to Setup → Access Permissions → Profile Permissions → Manage Profiles.
Select Create Profile and enter the name, description and role.
Important Note: The role must be Practitioner.
Under Menus & Features, enable the following in Reports & Analytics. This will give the service account access to securely sync your data.
My Reports
All Reports
My Standard Reports
View
Reports Output
Reports Scheduled
Reports Dashboard
Reports Dashboard
Standard Reports
All Reports (only grants access to report types that are otherwise checked)
Personal & Employment
Under People, enable:
Employment
Employee Profile
Personal Information
Employment Profile Report
Personal Profile
Save and activate the Profile.
Create a Service Account User
From Setup → Security Management.
Go to People → Manage Users → +
Fill in the user fields.
First Name, Last Name, and Email Address: Provided to you during the connection process in Drata.
Identity Type: None
Step 1:
User Type → independent contractor
User Role → Product User
Step 2:
Give the user access to Workforce Now (if available).
Set them as a Practitioner (if available).
Proceed through Step 3, and confirm the new user.
Assign the User Profile
In Access Permissions → Manage People, search for the new Service Account user.
Open User Access Permissions → Manage Profile Memberships.
Add the Service Account Profile created earlier.
Verify that Menus & Features and Sensitive Personal Information match the Profile you set up previously.
In People Access, ensure the user has View Only Access to all People.
Complete the Connection: ADP Workforce Now
When connecting, ensure that you used the values displayed in Drata during the connection process to create your ADP service account. If the account setup is incorrect, you will be prompted to adjust the configuration and try again, with the same values shown to you.
For steps on accessing and using the Connections page in Drata, refer to The Connections Page in Drata.