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Jul 10 2023
HDL – Person EFF Information loaded using HDL is not visible in UI

Many a times, even after loading Person EFF information successfully, using HCM Data loader, the information is not available in UI.

In such cases, please make sure that following fields are passed correctly:

InformationType – Name of extra information type e.g. ‘XYZ Medical History’

EFF_CATEGORY_CODE – EFF Category Context. For example, for person EIT, the value will be PER_EIT

CategoryCode – EFF Category Context. For example, for person EIT, the value will be PER_EIT

PeiInformationCategory – Name of extra information type e.g. ‘XYZ Medical History’

Sample HDL file to load Worker EFF information:

METADATA|WorkerExtraInfo|PersonNumber|PersonId|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|SourceSystemId|SourceSystemOwner|FLEX:PER_PERSON_EIT_EFF|PeiInformationCategory|CategoryCode|InformationType|medicalStatus(PER_PERSON_EIT_EFF=XYZ Medical Informaton))|EFF_CATEGORY_CODE

MERGE|WorkerExtraInfo|998812||2022/04/01|4712/12/31|FUSION_998812_1|HRC_SQLLOADER|XYZ Medical Informaton|XYZ Medical Informaton|PER_EIT|XYZ Medical Informaton|Normal|PER_EIT
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Jul 9 2023
BIP – Extract Document Record File Link from Content Server

Below query can be used to extract the document record from content server.

SELECT papf.person_number		"Person Number",
       ppnf.first_name			"First Name",
       ppnf.last_name			"Last Name",
       fdt.file_name 			"Attached File Name",
       fdt.dm_version_number 	"Document Id",
       fdt.dm_document_id 		"UCM Content Id",
       (SELECT 'https://'||external_virtual_host
          FROM fusion.ask_deployed_domains
         WHERE deployed_domain_name = 'FADomain')
	   ||'/cs/idcplg?IdcService=GET_FILE' 
	   || chr(38) 
	   || 'dID='
       || fdt.dm_version_number
       || '&dDocName='
       || fdt.dm_document_id
       || '&allowInterrupt=1' 	"UCM File Link"  
  FROM per_all_people_f papf,
       per_person_names_f ppnf,
       hr_documents_of_record hdor,
       fnd_attached_documents fad,
       fnd_documents_tl fdt
 WHERE 1=1
   AND hdor.person_id = papf.person_id
   AND papf.person_id = ppnf.person_id
   AND hdor.documents_of_record_id = fad.pk1_value
   AND fad.document_id = fdt.document_id
   AND fdt.language = 'US'
   AND fad.entity_name = 'HR_DOCUMENTS_OF_RECORD'
   AND ppnf.name_type = 'GLOBAL'
   AND trunc(sysdate) between papf.effective_start_date and papf.effective_end_date
   AND trunc(sysdate) between ppnf.effective_start_date and ppnf.effective_end_date
 ORDER BY 1
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Jul 9 2023
BIP – Suppress special characters

Oracle HCM allows special characters to be used in fields like Person Names/ Department Names/ Jobs etc. But in reporting, there may be a requirement to change the special characters (like ý, ě, ž, ů etc) to normal English characters.

CONVERT function can be used for such requirements.

select CONVERT('Politických vězňů ižní Předměstí Plzeň', 'US7ASCII') normal_english from dual

Output:

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Jul 8 2023
Configuration – Hiding Print Me under Settings and Actions

Settings and Actions under user name provides a lot of options. Sometimes, the users request to remove unwanted options from this list:

These options can be removed from this list by activating a sandbox and adding tool – “Page Template Composer”:

Once you activate the Sandbox, click on Edit Global Page Template option under “Settings and Actions” and click on Global Page Template:

Click on the option you want to hide (Print Me) in this case:

Click on Settings and uncheck the visible checkbox:

Once the changes are done and you are happy with the changes, publish the sandbox.

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Jul 8 2023
HDL – Sample file to create Pending Worker Record

Below is a sample file to create Pending Worker record using HDL:

METADATA|Worker|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|PersonNumber|StartDate|DateOfBirth|CategoryCode|ActionCode|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId
MERGE|Worker|2023/07/01|4712/12/31||2023/07/01|1990/05/12||ADD_PEN_WKR|HDL|TestEmp_123

METADATA|PersonName|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|PersonNumber|LegislationCode|NameType|FirstName|MiddleNames|LastName|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|PersonId(SourceSystemId)
MERGE|PersonName|2023/07/01|4712/12/31||GB|GLOBAL|TestEmpFN|U|TestEmp|HDL|TestEmpName_123|TestEmp_123

METADATA|PersonLegislativeData|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|PersonNumber|LegislationCode|Sex|MaritalStatus|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|PersonId(SourceSystemId)
MERGE|PersonLegislativeData|2023/07/01|4712/12/31||GB|M|M|HDL|TestEmpLegData_123|TestEmp_123

METADATA|WorkRelationship|PersonNumber|DateStart|WorkerType|ActionCode|LegalEmployerName|LegalEmployerSeniorityDate|EnterpriseSeniorityDate|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|PersonId(SourceSystemId)
MERGE|WorkRelationship||2023/07/01|P|ADD_PEN_WKR|GB Legal Employer|||HDL|TestEmpWR_123|TestEmp_123

METADATA|WorkTerms|AssignmentNumber|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|PersonNumber|EffectiveLatestChange|EffectiveSequence|LegalEmployerName|WorkerType|DateStart|AssignmentStatusTypeCode|BusinessUnitShortCode|ActionCode|PrimaryWorkTermsFlag|ProposedUserPersonType|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|PersonId(SourceSystemId)|PeriodOfServiceId(SourceSystemId)
MERGE|WorkTerms||2023/07/01|4712/12/31||Y|1|GB Legal Employer|P|2023/07/01|ACTIVE_PROCESS|GB Business Unit|ADD_PEN_WKR|Y|Member|HDL|TestEmpWT_123|TestEmp_123|TestEmpWR_123


METADATA|Assignment|ActionCode|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|EffectiveSequence|EffectiveLatestChange|WorkTermsNumber|AssignmentNumber|AssignmentStatusTypeCode|BusinessUnitShortCode|PersonNumber|WorkerType|DateStart|LegalEmployerName|PrimaryAssignmentFlag|ProposedUserPersonType|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|PersonId(SourceSystemId)|WorkTermsAssignmentId(SourceSystemId)|ProjectedStartDate
MERGE|Assignment|ADD_PEN_WKR|2023/07/01|4712/12/31|1|Y|||ACTIVE_PROCESS|GB Business Unit||P|2023/07/01|GB Legal Employer|Y|Member|HDL|TestEmpASG_123|TestEmp_123|TestEmpWT_123|2023/07/10
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Jul 8 2023
REST API Error –  The specified operation is not supported for the invoked HTTP method

Many a times while trying to use Post method using REST API, we encounter – ” The specified operation is not supported for the invoked HTTP method. Please check the URL and the headers.”

Cause of this error is incorrect header parameters/ missing header parameters while making a call to REST API.

To fix the issue:

  1. Open Postman
  2. Under Headers:

3. Set below values:

Key – Content-type

Value – application/vnd.oracle.adf.action+json

Once the header values are set, the error will go away:

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Jul 5 2023
HDL – Sample HDL file to create Role Provisioning Rules
METADATA|RoleMapping|RoleMappingId|MappingName|DateFrom|DateTo|LegalEmployerName|SystemPersonType|UserPersonType|AssignmentType|AssignmentStatus|SourceSystemId|SourceSystemOwner
MERGE|RoleMapping||Test HDL|1951/01/01|4712/12/31|Test Legal Employer|Employee|Employee|E|ACTIVE|RoleMapping_123|HRC_SQLLOADER


METADATA|Role|RoleMappingRoleId|RoleMappingId(SourceSystemId)|MappingName|RoleId|RequestableFlag|SelfRequestableFlag|UseForAutoProvisioningFlag|RoleCommonName|SourceSystemId|SourceSystemOwner
MERGE|Role||RoleMapping_123|Test HDL||N|N|Y|TEST_EMP_DATA|Role_123|HRC_SQLLOADER

The rules can be verified from UI, once the HDL load is successful:

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Jul 2 2023
Configuration – Pull configured actions/action reasons

Below query can be used to pull actions and configured actions for these reasons along with action type:

SELECT pav.action_type_code
      ,pav.action_code
      ,pav.action_name
      ,parv.action_reason_code
      ,parv.action_reason
      ,to_char(aru.start_date, 'yyyy/mm/dd') start_date
      ,to_char(aru.end_date, 'yyyy/mm/dd') end_date
  FROM PER_ACTION_REASON_USAGES aru,
       PER_ACTIONS_VL pav,
       PER_ACTION_REASONS_VL parv
 WHERE 1=1
   AND aru.action_id = pav.action_id
   AND aru.action_reason_id = parv.action_reason_id
   AND pav.action_code = 'CHANGE_SALARY'
ORDER BY 1,3,5
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Jul 2 2023
HDL – Sample File to upload location DFF values
METADATA|Location|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId|LocationCode|LocationName|EffectiveStartDate|EffectiveEndDate|SetCode|ActiveStatus|AddressLine1|Country|Description|AddressLine2|AddressLine3|AddressLine4|Building|FloorNumber|PostalCode|Region1|Region2|Region3|TimezoneCode|TownOrCity|FLEX:PER_LOCATIONS_DF|dffType(PER_LOCATIONS_DF=Global Data Elements)
MERGE|Location|HRC_SQLLOADER|TEST_LOCATION_1|TEST_LOCATION|Test Location|1951/01/01|4712/12/31|COMMON|A|1 Churchill Place|GB|1 Churchill Place||||||||||Europe/London|London|Global Data Elements|Sample DFF value
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Jul 2 2023
Fusion Diagnostics – Important MOS notes related to diagnostics

Below are some important my oracle support notes related to diagnostic framework:

Self-Service Data Integrity Framework for Employment Flows – Part 2 (Doc ID 2597759.1)
Self-Service Data Integrity Framework for Employment Flows – Part 1 (Doc ID 2548287.1)
Self-Service Data Integrity Framework for Person Flows (Doc ID 2548789.1)
Self-Service Data Integrity Framework for Workforce Structure Flows (Doc ID 2548827.1)
Fusion Global HR: Corruption Type in Person Diagnostic Auto Correct Report (Doc ID 2619978.1)

Check below link to see the privilege’s required for run Diagnostics:

Diagnostics – Run Diagnostics is missing
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Jul 2 2023
HDL – Loading Delivery Preferences for a Worker

PersonDeliveryMethod child business object of Worker can be used to upload delivery preferences for a worker.

Below is sample HDL file:

METADATA|PersonDeliveryMethod|DeliveryMethodId|DateStart|DateEnd|PersonId|PersonNumber|PreferredOrder|CommDlvryAddress|CommDlvryMethod|CommDlvryFkId|AddressType|AddressLine1|PhoneType|PhoneNumber|EmailType|EmailAddress|SourceSystemOwner|SourceSystemId
MERGE|PersonDeliveryMethod||2023/01/01|4712/12/31||1234|1||NORMAL||HOME|Address Line 1|||||HRC_SQLLOADER|1234_HOME_Address Line 1
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Jul 2 2023
HDL – Loaded Salary Data Extract in HDL Format
Select 'METADATA|Salary|AssignmentNumber|SalaryAmount|DateFrom|DateTo|SalaryBasisId|SalaryId|SourceSystemId|SourceSystemOwner|ActionCode|ActionReasonCode' Header, 1 data_flow_order
from dual
UNION
SELECT 'MERGE|Salary'||'|'||
paam.assignment_number||'|'||
SALARY_AMOUNT||'|'||
TO_CHAR(cs.date_from,'RRRR/MM/DD', 'nls_date_language=American')||'|'||
TO_CHAR(cs.date_to,'RRRR/MM/DD', 'nls_date_language=American')||'|'||
cs.salary_basis_id||'|'||
cs.salary_id||'|'||
hikm.source_system_id||'|'|| 
source_system_owner||'|'|| 
pav.action_code||'|'||
'XX_ANNL_REVIEW'  data_row,
2 data_flow_order
FROM cmp_salary cs,
per_all_assignments_m paam,
hrc_integration_key_map hikm,
PER_ACTIONS_VL pav,
PER_ACTION_REASONS_VL parv
WHERE cs.assignment_id= paam.assignment_id
AND trunc(sysdate) between paam.effective_start_date AND paam.effective_end_date
AND paam.assignment_type not like '%T'
AND cs.salary_id = hikm.surrogate_id
and cs.action_id = pav.action_id
and cs.action_reason_id = parv.action_reason_id
and parv.action_reason_code = 'CMP_ANNV'
ORDER BY data_flow_order
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