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Overview

LearningBuilder can integrate seamlessly with Pearson VUE with Prolydian to:

• Establish eligibility for a candidate to sit for an examAllow the candidate to schedule their exam using Pearson's self-service website
• Obtain exam results from Pearson VUEfrom Prolydian 
• Dynamically update the candidate's application based on those results

The integration is enabled via a Workflow Behavior. It supports these Workflow types:

• Create Activity
• Complete Activity
• Complete Learning Plan
• Grant/Edit Member Role

Data Flow

Data Flow

1. When the Behavior is configured, administrator selects a Queue Template that controls the eligibility API payload sent to Prolydian, and an xAPI Event Handler which specifies what happens when results are received.
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2. When a Workflow Action triggers the Behavior, which:
3. Makes an API call to Pearson's "Candidate Demographic Data" service to establish a Candidate Id
Makes an API call to Pearson's "Exam Authorization Data" service and sends an exam authorization for the Candidate ID (using an Exam Code and eligibility period pulled from the Behavior configuration)
Workflow refreshes, Candidate sees a "Schedule Exam" button.Clicking this button navigates the user to the Pearson VUE self-service exam scheduling website where they can schedule their exam
Candidate is redirected to LearningBuilder and either continues with their Workflow or exits, depending on configuration.the Message Queue is used to call the Atlas eligibility API. Prolydian is notified of:
1. The Candidate Id, a unqiue identifier for the candidate themselves, and
2. The Eligibility Id, a unique identifier which represents the authorization to sit for a specific exam administration. The Eligibility Id is determined by the Activity Instance. 
   
   
4. At some point in the future, after the candidate has actually taken the exam, a file containing  Prolydian calls the xAPI API endpoint and provides an xAPI document representing the exam results is placed by Pearson VUE on an SFTP site that is monitored by LearningBuilder.Exam file is retrieved, parsed, and processed.. The configured handler is executed which parses the document, extracts the document, and maps its values to the Activity Instance as configured. (Note: technically, Prolydian calls an endpoint in the Integration Hub, which then forwards the request to LearningBuilder. This prevents exam results from being dropped if LearningBuilder is down for maintenance. The integration hub plugin is NOT client-specific)
   1. Workflow Attributes are updated with relevant pieces of the result data, per the Behavior configuration
   2. The appropriate Workflow Action is executed depending on the exam grade. (This typically moves the Workflow forward into the next step)
      
      
      

Configuration

• Enable the integration via App Config
• Obtain client certificate from Pearson VUE
• Configure the Pearson VUE web service
• Create the Attributes used by the integration
• Create the Actions used by the integration
• Add the Behavior to a Workflow

The Behavior cannot be added to a Workflow unless the "PearsonVueMode" App Config setting is "Test" or "Prod". If set to "Off" the integration is disabled.

Each client will need to obtain, from Pearson, a client certificate. This will be a PKS #12 file with a .p12 extension.

Upload the certificate to Sys Admin → App Configuration → Client Certificates. The name that you assign the certificate is not significant, but make note of it because you'll need it for the app config settings.

The Behavior can be configured once the feature toggle is enabled, but it will not function properly until the Pearson VUE web service is properly configured.

Note that some settings have separate values for TEST and PROD modes.

Can be "Off", "Test", or "Prod".

Setting this to "Off" disables the entire feature and prevents the Behavior from being added to a Workflow.

PearsonVueCertificateNameProd

PearsonVueCertificateNameTest

PearsonVueClientId

PearsonVueUserName(Test|Prod)

PearsonVuePassword(Test|Prod)

PearsonVuePassphrase(Test|Prod)

Credentials used when calling the EAD and CDD services.

These are client-specific and should be obtained from Pearson.

PearsonVueClientCode

PearsonVueSsoPassphrase(Test|Prod)

Credentials used during the "SSO" handshake when redirecting users to Pearson's self-service exam scheduling website.

These are client-specific and should be obtained from Pearson.

PearsonVueSFTPUsername

PearsonVueSFTPPassword(Test|Prod)

Credentials used when polling Pearson's SFTP server.

These are client-specific and should be obtained from Pearson.

Before configuring the Behavior you must first configure some Workflow Attributes that will be referenced by the Behavior configuration:

In addition, you must also configure the Workflow Actions that will be executed after processing the exam results file. LearningBuilder can execute different Actions based on the grade:

 IMPORTANT: The Workflow must be on the step that owns the specified Action at the time that the results file is processed or else the result processing will fail. (The Workflow doesn't have to transition to that step immediately upon sending the eligibility, it just has to be on that step by the time the exam results are processed)

Once the supporting fields and actions are created, add the Behavior to a Workflow Action, Workflow Step, or Workflow Completion State configuration.

SFTP details

The SFTP website is managed by Pearson VUE. Credentials are stored in App Config. The site is checked for new files on a nightly basis.

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