API Reference

Data Model

The API lets you integrate and extend several Taleo Products. For each product, a data dictionary documents each entity, relations, and services exposed by the product. Because the list of Taleo Products supporting the API will grow over time, the data dictionary documents are not part of this document but can be downloaded separately. If you do not have access to these documents, contact your Customer Representative.

Data Dictionaries can be found on: My Oracle Support (MOS).

Selection Query Language

Selection Query (or short, SQ-XML) is a proprietary language based on XML that allows you to query data and export entities (fields, relations, etc) exposed in the Data Model of the product(s) used by your organization. The FindService Web service uses this XML syntax and is exposed by all Taleo products. The Building Export Queries using Selection Query (SQ-XML) section of this document provides an overview of that syntax. A complete documentation of the SQ-XML can be downloaded separately. If you do not have access to these documents, contact your Customer Representative.

The SQ-XML schema is part of the FindService WSDL File and documents each element and attribute that is part of the schema (see Step 4: Import the WSDL File Into Your Development Platform for detailed instructions). If your SOAP Development Platform or XML Editor supports WSDL and XSD auto-completion, you can get each element and attribute of the Schema associated to the SQ-XML online-documented. Commercial solutions like XML Spy (www.altova.com), Stylus Studio (www.stylusstudio.com) or oXygen (www.oxygenxml.com) provide such an auto-completion feature.