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Celonis

Automate Celonis account sync to ensure accurate process analytics access.

Identity provisioningBusiness Intelligence & Analytics (BI)

Overview

Integrating Celonis with Active Directory (AD) using ADManager Plus allows organizations to streamline identity governance across their process mining and execution management environment. This integration ensures that user access to Celonis is automatically provisioned, updated, and revoked based on changes in Active Directory—enabling secure, role-appropriate access to data-driven insights without the need for manual coordination between IT and process teams.

 

Simplified onboarding

Automatically provision Celonis accounts when new users are added in AD, enabling immediate access to dashboards and processes.

 

Access alignment

Reflect changes in user roles or business units to adjust Celonis permissions in real time and support segmented process visibility.

 

Controlled offboarding

Instantly disable or delete Celonis access when a user is removed from AD, preventing unauthorized access to business-critical analytics.

 

How to integrate Celonis with ADManager Plus

Prerequisites:

Celonis uses OAuth 2.0 to authorize API requests. Please ensure to provide the client_id and client_secret with permissions to retrieve desired information and perform tasks in Celonis. Refer to the Celonis API references page for more details.

Privileges:

  • To import users (inbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to read all user accounts.
  • To perform any action or query in Celonis (outbound action): Ensure the account used for authorization has permission to perform the desired action.
Note: ADManager Plus comes with a preconfigured set of APIs that help perform basic actions with the integration. If the action you require is not available, please gather the necessary API details from the Celonis API documentation to configure under inbound/outbound webhooks to perform the required actions.

Authorization configuration

  • Log in to ADManager Plus and navigate to Directory/Application Settings.
  • Go to Application Integrations, then search and select Celonis.
  • Toggle the Enable Celonis Integration button on.
  • In the Celonis Configuration page, click Authorization.
  • Perform steps to generate client_id and client_secret from Celonis, and paste them in the respective value fields.
  • Select Grant Type as Client Credentials
  • Replace {team}.{cluster} value with that of your Celonis instance in the Auth URL field and the Auth Token URL field
  • Click Configure.

Inbound webhook configuration

The inbound webhook enables you to get user data from Celonis to ADManager Plus and perform desired action available in Automation feature on them. To configure an inbound webhook for Celonis:

  • Under Inbound Webhook, click Celonis Endpoint Configuration.
  • In the Endpoint Configuration tab, configure an endpoint using the + Add API endpoint button and filling in the required fields per Celonis's API references. Replace {Team-Name}.{Realm} of your Celonis instance in the Endpoint URL field. Click here to learn how. Note:
    • Authorization Header is preconfigured as a header for authenticating API requests as configured during Authorization Configuration.
    • Macros: You can add macros to your endpoint configuration to dynamically change it as per your requirement using the macro chooser component.
    • Refer to Celonis's API references and configure additional headers and parameters, if required.
  • Once done, click Test & Save. A response window will display all the requested parameters that can be fetched using the API call. Click Proceed. Note:
    • Refer to Celonis's API references to know the Parameters that must be configured to fetch specific parameters.
    • You can configure multiple endpoints for Celonis using the + Add API endpoint button. Click here to learn how.
  • Click Data Source - LDAP Attribute Mapping to match endpoints and to map AD LDAP attributes with the respective attributes in Celonis.
  • Click + Add New Configuration and perform the following:
    • Enter the Configuration Name and Description and select the Automation Category from the drop-down menu.
    • In the Select Endpoint field, select the desired endpoint and a Primary Key that is unique to a user (e.g. employeeIdentifier). Note: When multiple endpoints are configured, this attribute must hold the same value in all the endpoints.
    • In the Attribute Mapping field, select the attribute from the LDAP Attribute Name drop-down menu and map it with the respective column in Celonis.
    • If you would like to create a new custom format for this, click Mapping Attribute.
    • Click Save.
Note: The attribute mapping configured in this section can be selected as the data source during automation configuration to perform the desired action on the list of users received from the API response.

Outbound webhook configuration

An outbound webhook enables you to send changes made in AD using ADManager Plus to Celonis and carry out tasks in Celonis—all from ADManager Plus.To configure an outbound webhook for Celonis:

  • Under Outbound Webhook, click Celonis Webhook Configuration.
  • Click + Add Webhook.
  • Enter a name and description for this webhook.
  • Decide on the action that has to be performed and refer to Celonis's API references for the API details, such as the URL, headers, parameters, and other requirements.
  • Select the HTTP method that will enable you to perform the desired action on the endpoint from the drop-down menu.
  • Enter the endpoint URL.
  • Configure the Headers, Parameters, and Message Type in the appropriate format based on the API call that you would like to perform.
  • Click Test and Save.
  • A pop-up window will then display a list of AD users and groups on which to test the configured API call. Select the desired user or group on which this API request has to be tested and click OK. This will make a real-time call to the endpoint URL, and the selected objects will be modified according to the configuration.
  • The webhook response and request details will then be displayed. Verify them for the expected API behavior and click Save.
Note: The webhooks configured in this section can be included in Orchestration Templates, which can be used in event-driven and scheduled automations. They can also be applied directly to desired users to perform a sequence of actions on them (under Management > Advanced Management > Orchestration).