Profiles

User Profiles

User Profiles

A user profile is a set of changeable options that affects the way your application runs. You can set user profiles at different levels. The levels below are used by the standard Security hierarchy type:

Values set at a higher level cascade as defaults to the lower levels. Values set at a lower level override any default from a higher level.

Levels For Setting User Profile Options

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Tip: Set site-level options first to ensure that all options have a default. If a profile option does not have a default value, it might cause errors when you use windows, run reports, or run concurrent requests.

There are two other Hierarchy Types that are used by some profile options: Organization hierarchy type, and Server hierarchy type. These hierarchy type values also cascade as defaults from Site down to User level. They have the following levels:

The Organization hierarchy type enables you to set profile options for users in different operating units that are used by other applications, particularly Financials. These are not used by HRMS at all.

The Server hierarchy type should only be used by Database Administrators. It enables you to set values for a particular server on which you are running the application.

For more information on these hierarchy types see: Profiles Window, Oracle Applications Developer's Guide

You use the System Profile Values window to set profile options at each level for your user community. If you change a user profile option value, your change takes effect as soon as your users log on again or change responsibilities.

See: System Profile Values Window, Oracle Applications Developer's Guide

Application users can use the Personal Profile Values window to set their own profile options at the user level. Not all profile options are visible to users, and some profile options, while visible, cannot be updated by end users. Any changes users make to their personal profile options take effect immediately.

See: Defining Preferences with User Profile Options, Oracle Applications User's Guide

Profile Options Summary

The table below indicates whether users of the system can view or update the profile option, and at which System Administrator levels (either user, responsibility, application, or site) the profile options can be updated. These System Administrator levels are included in the table as Site, App, Resp, and User.

For the User column, Yes indicates that you can update the profile, View Only indicates that you can view the profile but you cannot update it, and No indicates that you can neither view nor update the profile.

A "Required" profile option requires you to provide a value. Otherwise the profile option already provides a default value, so you only need to change it if you do not want to accept the default.

For details of profile options applicable to all Oracle Applications, see: Profile Options in Oracle Applications Object Library, Oracle Applications Developer's Guide

Summary of Profile Options
Profile Option Admin UpdateLevels User Required Default Value
AME:Installed Site Yes No NA
Apply Assessment Competencies to Person Site No No No
Apprenticeship Exclusion Rules ApplicationSiteUser Yes No Null
AuditTrail:Activate AppSite No No No
BEN:BEN HOURLY ANNUALIZATION FACTOR SiteAppResp Yes No 2080
BEN:Benefits Preferred Currency SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
BEN: Carry Forward Certification SiteAppRespUser No No No
BEN: Check Enrollment Limits Site No No No
BEN:Compensation Manager SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
BEN:Comp Objects Display Name Basis SiteApp No No Session
BEN: Cross Business Group for Plan Design Copy SiteAppResp Yes No Yes
BEN: CWB Approval Mode Site No No Submission at any time
BEN: CWB Allocation as Percent of Eligible Salary Decimals        
BEN: CWB Budget as Percent of Eligible Salary Decimals        
BEN: CWB Budget Rows Displayed SiteAppRespUser      
BEN: CWB Download Expire Seconds SiteAppRespUser Yes No 60
BEN:CWB Display Currency Type SiteAppRespUser Yes No Corporate Currency
BEN: CWB Encrypt/Decrypt Key SiteAppRespUser No No NA
BEN: CWB Estimated Market Price SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
BEN: CWB History Type Display SiteAppResp Yes No Basic Stock History
BEN: CWB Home Plans Displayed SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
BEN: CWB Layout Lock Time SiteAppRespUser Yes No 10
BEN: CWB Maximum Number of Layouts SiteAppRespUser Yes No 10
BEN: CWB Plan Context for Reporting Site Yes No Plan
BEN: CWB Show In-Progress Compensation Site Yes No  
BEN: CWB Spreadsheet Version SiteAppRespUser      
BEN:CWB Summary Level SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
BEN:CWB Table Population SiteAppRespUser Yes No  
BEN: CWB Show In-Progress Compensation SiteAppRespUser Yes No  
BEN: CWB Valid Grade Filtering SiteAppRespUser Yes No Yes
BEN: CWB Validate Performance/Assignment Changes Online SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
BEN: CWB Wizard Compratio Range SiteAppRespUser Yes No 5
BEN: CWB Wizard Years Worked Range SiteAppRespUser Yes No 1
BEN: CWB Worksheet Rows Displayed SiteAppRespUser      
BEN:Designation No Change SiteAppResp Yes No No
BEN:Eligible Profile Rule SiteAppResp Yes No AND
BEN: Enable Absence Plans Functionality SiteAppResp Yes No No
BEN:Enable Quartile in Grade Life Event SiteAppResp Yes No Yes
BEN:Imputed Income Post Tax Deduction SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
BEN:Max Extract Line Size SiteAppRespUser Yes No 10000
BEN:VAPRO Rule SiteAppResp Yes No AND
DateTrack:Date Security SiteAppRespUser Viewonly No NA
DateTrack:Delete Mode - - Not in use  
DateTrack:Enabled

Note: This profile option applies to Full HR only.

 App Viewonly No Yes
DateTrack:Login Date (YYYY/MM/DD) SiteAppRespUser Viewonly NA NA
DateTrack:Override Mode - - Not in use  
DateTrack:Reminder SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
DateTrack:Update Mode - - Not in use  
Disable Self-Service Personal SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
Display Messages SiteAppRespUser Yes    
Employer Payment Summary (EPS) Approval SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
Enable Security Groups SiteApp No Yes Security groups are not enabled
Flexfields:Open Descr Window SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Yes
Flexfields:Open Key Window SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Yes
GHR: Allow Ex-Emp Purge Site , Responsibility, User Yes No No
Help Localization Code RespUser Yes Yes, by HRMS The Responsibility is associated with the Global set of help files rather than a localized or verticalized set.
HR: Absence Duration Auto Overwrite SiteResp No No No
HR: Absence Start Date SiteAppRespUser No No The start date of the Absence being recorded on the Absence form
HR: Absence View Layout SiteAppRespUser Yes No FORM or TABLE
HR: Access Non-Current Employee Data SiteResp No No No
HR: Accrual Plan Element Set Displayed to User SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
HR:Action Parameter Group Name SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR: Actions - Validation SiteAppRespUser Yes No Validate all Functions
HR: Allow Approver Updates to Self Service Actions Site No No No
HR: Future Dated Person Change Site
User		 No No  
HR:Allow Concurrent Self Service Actions Site No No No
HR: Allow change Hire beyond Payroll actions Site No No  
HR:Allow Functions Access During Hrglobal Run View only Viewonly No No
HR:Allow Online W-2 Viewing as of (MM/DD) SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR:Allow Processing of Ineligible Self Service Actions Site No No No
HR:Allow Use of Eligibility for Self Service Actions Site No No No
HR: Applicant Assignment Cleanup Run Mode Site No No In Patch Process
HR: Applications View Layout SiteAppRespUser Viewonly No FORM or TABLE
HR: Appraisal Template Lov SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR: Assignment ID - - Internal use only.  
HR: Authoria Integration Enabled SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes (if linking to Authoria HR) No
HR: Authoria UK URL Site No Yes (if linking to Authoria HR)  
HR: Authoria US URL Site No Yes (if linking to Authoria HR)  
HR: Auto Apply Collective Agreement Entitlements SiteAppResp Yes Yes No
HR: Auto Evaluate Collective Agreement Entitlements SiteAppResp No Yes No
HR: Automatically synchronize single GL company cost centers with HR Site Yes Yes No
HR: Base Salary Required Site No No Null
HR: BIS Job Hierarchy - Job Grouping Level 1 Site No No Null
HR: BIS Job Hierarchy - Job Grouping Level 2 Site No No Null
HR: BIS Reporting Hierarchy - - Obsolete.  
HR:Blank Effective Date SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR:Business Group SiteResp Viewonly Yes Default Setup Business Group at Site level.
HR: Cancel Application SiteAppResp Viewonly No Default is Null. This is interpreted by the system as No.
HR: Check Entitlement Cache SiteAppResp No Yes Yes
HR: Collective Agreement Logging SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Low
HR:Contingent Worker Manager Actions Menu SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Contingent Worker Manager Actions Menu
HR:Contingent Worker Personal Actions Menu SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Contingent Worker Personal Actions Menu
HR: Copy period details for budget SiteAppRespUser Yes No Default is No.
HR:Cross Business Group Site AppResp Viewonly NA Default is No.
HR: Cross BG Duplicate Person Check SiteAppResp No No Yes
HR: CWK in Head Count Reports SiteAppRespUser Yes No Yes
HR: Data Exchange Directory SiteAppResp Viewonly No  
HR: Data Migrator Business Group Lockout Site No NA NA
HR:Data Pump Action Parameter Group SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
HR: Date From - - Internal use only.  
HR:Default Assignment Costing SiteAppRespUser Yes No .
HR:Default Check/Cheque Number Method SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
HR: Default Correspondence Language SiteAppRespUser Yes No No default.
HR: Default Full Name Format SiteAppRespUser Viewonly No Surname Prefix Initials Prefix (Partner) Surname (Partner)
HR: Default Nationality SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
HR: Defer Update After Approval SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Yes
HR: Disable Ethnicity Tab SiteAppRespUser Viewonly No Enabled
HR: Disallow Template Reference SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR: Display All Candidate Offers - - Obsolete.  
HR:Display Competencies SiteAppresp Yes    
HR:Display Brief Person Name Site No No No
HR:Display Person Name SiteAppRespUser Yes No Brief Name
HR:Display Person Search SiteAppRespUser Yes No Yes
HR: Display Position Hierarchy Site No No No
HR:Employee Directory Global Menu Site No No Employee Directory Global Menu
HR: Employment View Layout SiteAppRespUser Yes No FORM or TABLE
HR:Enable Bank Branch Validation SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
HR: Enable Initiator to Delete a Pending-Approval Transaction SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR:Enable Multiple Assignments for Payroll Simulation SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR:Enable Payroll Simulation SiteAppResp Yes Yes  
HR:Enable Security for Batch Element Entry SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes  
HR: Enable DTW4 defaulting

Note: This profile option is US legislation specific profile related to tax rules and works with Full HR only.

 Site Viewonly No Yes
HR:Enable Multiple Assignments in SSHR SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR:Enforce Costing Mandatory Segment Check at Data Entry SiteAppRespUser Yes   Default is Null. This is interpreted by the application as No.
HR: Enable Offset Payroll in Payroll Dashboard SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR:Execute Legislative Check Formula within Run SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
HR: Evaluate User Access using Minimal Cache Site
Resp		 No No Default is No at Site level.
HR: Expand Role of Contingent Worker Site Yes Yes Default is Null. This is interpreted by the application as No.
HR: Extension Agent SiteUser No No  
HR: Extension Agent Client Timeout   Yes No NA
HR: Extension Agent Enabled Site No Yes (if using Info online) No
HR: Extension For Endeca Site No No No
HR: FastFormula Debug Level SiteAppRespUser Yes NA NA
HR: Free text school name allowed in Self Service SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
HR:French HRMS check mandatory payroll assignment attributes exist SiteAppRespUser Yes   Yes
HR: FTE Factor        
HR: Geographic Hierarchy Node Map SiteAppRespUser Yes No None
HR: GL Cost Center Org Classifications Site Viewonly Yes (if you want to use Auto Orgs to synchronize GL cost centers with HR) None
HR: GL Cost Center Synchronization Options Site Viewonly No - This profile option is obsolete. NA
HR: GL Organization Name Format Site Viewonly Yes (if you want to use Auto Orgs to synchronize GL cost centers with HR) NA
HR:Global Competence Flex Structure Site Viewonly Yes (if you want to create global competencies) NA
HR:Grade Key Flex-Identify 1st Segment SiteAppResp Yes No NA
HR:Grade Key Flex-Identify 2nd Segment SiteAppResp Yes No NA
HR:HR/Payroll Representative Source Site Viewonly No No default
HR:Hide Work Phone on Person   - Obsolete.  
HR:IE P35 Reporting Year Site Yes Yes NA
HR: Info Online: Open in New Window   No No  
HR: Info Online: RIA Password SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR: Info Online: RIA Username SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR: Info Online Toolbar Icon NA NA No  
HR: Info Online: Use Field Context SiteAppRespUser Yes    
HR: Informal Name Format Site No No NA
HR: Ireland Intermediate File Output Storage Folder -- -- -- --
HR:Job Key Flex-Identify 1st Segment SiteAppResp Yes No NA
HR:Job Key Flex-Identify 2nd Segment SiteAppResp Yes No NA
HR: Job Level SiteAppResp No No NA
HR: KI Framework Version SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Default is Null. This is interpreted by the system as Version 1.
HR: KI Maximum Topics and Integrations SiteAppRespUser Yes No Default is Null. This is interpreted by the system as Version 3.
HR: Class Name to Fetch KI Data Site No Yes (if linking to Enwisen) Default is Null.
HR: KI Providers Enabled SiteRespUser Yes No Default is No.
HR: KI User Options Enabled SiteRespUser Yes No Default is No.
HR: KI Topics Enabled SiteRespUser Yes No Default is Null. This is interpreted by the application as Yes.
HR: Enwisen Login URL Site No Yes (if linking to Enwisen) Default is Null.
HR: Local or Global Name Format SiteAppRespUser Yes No Local Format
HR: Localization in SSHR - - Valid for SSHR 3.4 only.  
HR: Location ID - - Internal use only.  
HR: Local Nationality - - - No default value exists, and the system administrator can set the value at any level.
HR:Manage Self Service Actions When Future-Dated Changes Exist Site No No Stop with an Error
HR:Manager Actions Menu SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Manager Actions Menu
HR: Mask Characters SiteAppRespUser No    
HR: Metalink Integration Application SiteAppRespUser Yes No Human Resource Management Systems
HR: Metalink Integration Enabled SiteAppRespUser Yes No Yes
HR:Monitor Balance Retrieval SiteAppRespUser Yes No  
HR:NI Unique Error or Warning SiteResp No No NA
HR:National Identifier Validation SiteAppRespUser No No Error on Fail
HR:Non-Updateable Element Set SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
HR: Number Separator Site No No NA
HR:OAB New Benefits Model SiteAppRespUser Yes No NA
HR: Offers - Hiring Manager Initiation - - Obsolete  
HR:Online Tax Forms Update Method SiteUser Viewonly No All
HR: Organization ID - - Internal use only.  
HR: Override Grade Defaults SiteAppRespUser Yes No Defaults to Yes
HR:Payroll Payments Self-Service Enable Multiple Assignments SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR:Payroll Payments Self-Service Payment Function SiteAppRespUser Yes No  
HR:Payroll Payments Self-Service Payments List Mode SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
HR:Performance View Layout SiteAppRespUser Yes No FORM or TABLE
HR: Person ID - - Internal use only.  
HR:Personal Actions Menu SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Personal Actions Menu
HR:Personal Info Check Pending - - Obsolete.  
HR: PL NI Unique Error or Warning SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Warn
HR:Position Key Flex-Identify 1st Segment SiteAppResp Yes No NA
HR: Position Default Options for SSHR SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes Default with User Decision
HR:Position Key Flex-Identify 2nd Segment SiteAppResp Yes No NA
HR:Propagate Data Changes Site Yes No Default is Null. This is interpreted by the application as No.
HR:Purge Element Entry Permission SiteAppRespUser Viewonly NA NA
HR:Query Only Mode SiteAppRespUser Viewonly No NA
HR: Refresh Self Service Actions with Data from Intervening Actions No No No No
HR: Restrict Letter by Vacancy or Event Site Viewonly No Default is Null
HR:Restrict Transactions across Legislations for SSHR SiteResp No No No
HR: RIA Integration Enabled SiteAppRespUser Yes No Yes
HR:Run BENMNGLE When Processing a Self Service Action Site No No No
HR:Salary View Layout SiteAppRespUser Yes No FORM or TABLE
HR: Schedule Based Absence Calculation SiteResp No    
HR: Security Profile SiteResp No Yes Default view-all security profile at Site level
HR: Security Performance Enhancer Responsibility No No No
HR: Self Service HR Licensed Site No No Defaults to No
HR:Self Service Hire and Placement Default Values SiteAppRespUser No   Yes
HR:Self-Service Save for Later Site No No Yes
HR: Servlet Timeout SiteAppRespUser Yes No Default is Null. This is interpreted by the system as 40 (seconds).
HR: SM Employee Find Work Opp Menu Resp No Yes HR_SM_EMP_PERSONAL_FUNCTIONS
HR: SM Manager Find Person Menu Resp No Yes HR_SM_MANAGER_FUNCTIONS
HR: SM Manager Find Work Opp Menu Resp No Yes HR_SM_PERSONAL_FUNCTIONS
HR:Subrogation SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
HR: Supervisor Hierarchy Usage Site Yes No  
HR:TCA Unmerge Options Site No No In Patch Process
HR:Training View Layout SiteAppRespUser Yes No FORM or TABLE
HR: US Address Line Length SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes NA
HR: Use Fast Formula Based PTO Accruals Site No Yes No
HR:Use Global Applicant Numbering Site Viewonly Yes No
HR:Use Global Contingent Worker Numbering Site Viewonly Yes No
HR:Use Global Employee Numbering Site Viewonly Yes No
HR:Use Grade Defaults SiteAppRespUser Viewonly   Defaults to Yes
HR:Use Standard Attachments SiteAppRespUser No Yes Yes at Site Level, No at Seeded Responsibility Level
HR:User Type AppResp Viewonly Yes NA
HR: Use Title in Person's full name Site No NA Yes
HR: Verification External Node SiteResp No Yes No default value
HR: View Payslip From Date for WEB (MM/DD/YYYY) SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes 01/01/1997
HR:View Unpublished Employee 360 Self Appraisal SiteAppResp Yes No Default value is Null
HR: Views Layer Size SiteAppRespUser Yes Yes 300 pixels
HR:Webapps Tips Test Mode User Yes No No
HR: Web Proxy Host   No    
HR: Web Proxy Port   No    
HR: ZA Nature of Person Mandatory at Person Level SiteAppRespUser Yes No  
HRI: Collect Manager Snapshots Site No Yes Yes
HRI: Collect Open Enrollment in Progress Site No Yes No
HRI:DBI Chief HR Officer Named User Site No Yes No
HRI:DBI Force Foundation HR Processes Site No Yes No
HRI:DBI Link to Transaction System Site No Yes Disable Link
HRI:Enable Benefits Collections and Event Queue Site No Yes Yes
HRI:Enable Captured Events Archive Site No Yes No
HRI:Enable Detailed Logging Site No Yes No
HRI:Enable Detailed Logging Site No Yes No
HRI: Manager Snapshot Threshold Site No Yes 2500
HRI:Multithreading Chunk Size Site No Yes 200
HRI:Number of Threads to Launch Site No Yes 8
HRI:Period of Service / Placement Date Start Source Site No Yes Start Date
HRI:Populate Assignment Events Queue Site No Yes Yes
HRI: Populate Supervisor Hierarchy Events Queue Site No Yes Yes
HRI:Populate Supervisor Status History Events Queu Site No Yes Yes
HRI:Populate Supervisor Status History Events Queue Site No Yes Yes
HRI: Workforce in Period Calculation Method Site No No Null
HZ: Protect HR Person Information Site No No No
IN: Projection on Projected Termination Date SiteAppRespUser Yes No No default value exists, and the system administrator can set the value at any level.
Limit By Persons Organization SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
OAB: Enable Self-Service Benefits Trace   Yes No Null
OAB:Self Registered User Responsibility SiteAppRespUser Yes No Self Registered Employee Default responsibility
OAB:User to Organization Link SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
OAB:User to Payroll Link SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
PAY:Allow Paymethod Changes after Prepayments SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
PAY: Enable Workflow for Assignment Costing SiteAppRespUser View only No Null. A system administrator can set the value at any level.
PAY: Display Reset Years in Payroll SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
PAY: Generate Periods for Tax Year SiteAppRespUser Yes    
PAY: Enable Personal Bank Account Validation Site Yes No No
PAY:Statement of Earnings User Category SiteRespUser Yes    
PAY: Use Third Party Prepayments Rollup SiteRespUser Yes No No
PER:Automatic Save Site Yes    
PER:Navigation Site Yes    
Personalize Self-Service Defn SiteAppRespUser Yes No No
PO: Services Procurement Enabled Site Viewonly No No
Performance Management Source Type Site No Yes (if you enable automatic update of competency profiles) NA
RTI Uptake SiteAppRespUser Yes No Null
Workforce Measurement Type Site No Yes  

Profile Options

AME:Installed

Determines whether Oracle Approvals Management (AME) is installed. Integrating applications such as Internet Expenses or iProcurement use this profile option to indicate if AME is installed.

Apply Assessment Competencies to Person

Controls whether HRMS updates an appraisee's competency profile automatically when an appraisal is complete. Set this option to Yes to enable automatic update of competency profiles.

Apprenticeship Exclusion Rules

Enables employers to control the following categories from apprenticeship levy reporting:

Warning: Exclusion rules set at the HR Organization level would be only considered if the profile option Apprenticeship Exclusion Rulesis set. Do not use the HR Organization level option if you have HR organizations that span across multiple PAYE References.

You can set up the exclusion rule at the following levels:

This profile option has the following values:

AuditTrail:Activate

Determines whether the AuditTrail functionality is enabled or disabled.

When you enter or update data in your forms, you change the database tables underlying the forms you see and use. AuditTrail tracks which rows in a database table were updated at what time and which user was logged in using the form(s).

You can turn AuditTrail on or off (Yes or No). The default setting is No. You must set this option to Yes before you can audit any Oracle Applications table.

BEN:BEN HOURLY ANNUALIZATION FACTOR

Determines how to convert an hourly rate to an annual rate, and vice versa, if you want to use the Hourly activity reference period for Compensation Workbench plans. The default value is 2080 hours (8 hours * 5 days * 52 weeks).

BEN: Carry Forward Certification

Determines if benefits administrators can carry forward interim and suspended coverage created due to coverage restrictions configured for a life event when subsequent life events do not have coverage restrictions.

BEN:Benefits Preferred Currency

Controls the preferred currency in which a manager views and enters budget and worksheet distributions for the Compensation Workbench. Actual amounts are paid in the currency of the Compensation Workbench plan, not the preferred currency.

BEN: Check Enrollment Limits

Determines if the application should execute the check for minimum and maximum Plan Type in Program when an event is processed and the person cannot make elections.

BEN:Compensation Manager

Gives access to features in the Compensation Workbench that are available only to Compensation Managers.

BEN:Comp Objects Display Name Basis

Determines whether the compensation object names displayed in various application windows (both in the professional and self-service user interfaces) are based on the user's session date or the life event occurred on date.

BEN: Cross Business Group for Plan Design Copy

Controls whether a user can copy plan design data between business groups using the Plan Design Copy function. The default value for the profile option is 'Y.' If you set the value to 'N,' the user will only be able to export a plan design or copy the plan design within the business group attached to their responsibility.

Ben: CWB Approval Mode

Controls CWB Approval behavior. If you set the value to 'Y,' then the CWB Approval Mode enables you to enforce the submission and approval of all lower-level manager worksheets before higher-level managers may submit their worksheets for approval. The default approval mode allows the submission of a worksheet by a higher-level manager at any time regardless of the status of the lower-level manager worksheets.

BEN: CWB Allocation as Percent of Eligible Salary Decimals

Determines if the application displays decimals for percent of eligible salary based on allocated amounts.

BEN: CWB Budget as Percent of Eligible Salary Decimals

Determines if the application displays budgets as percent of eligible salary

BEN: CWB Budget Rows Displayed

Controls the number of rows available for display on budgetsheets, for example, if you set the profile option to 10, then managers and compensation administrators can choose to display between 1 and 10 rows on their budgetsheets.

Note: This profile option is available only in Oracle Applications Release 12

BEN: CWB Download Expire Seconds

Specifies the length in seconds available to download worksheets. The default value is 60 seconds. Increase this value if you have problems downloading large worksheets.

BEN:CWB Display Currency Type

Determines the last selected currency in Compensation Workbench for each manager. The application displays this value the next time managers log into CWB.

BEN: CWB Encrypt/Decrypt Key

Determines the key the application uses to decrypt security key information for downloaded Compensation Workbench worksheets. You can modify this key to any characters, however you must not change the key between a download and an upload.

BEN: CWB Estimated Market Price

This profile controls the estimate market price that the application uses to calculate the walk-away value of stock option grants. This is the default value of the market price that displays on the Extended Stock Option History page and Employee Stock Option History Report. Managers can override the value in CWB, which is retained for the session. However, the value defaults to the profile value upon re-login or session loss.

BEN: CWB History Type Display

Set this profile option to Extended Stock Option History for use with the Employee Stock Options Total Position Report. If you load stock history from a third party administrator into Oracle HRMS, you can use the Grant Detail Report Style of the Total Position Report to view details about grants held by individual employees.

BEN: CWB Home Plans Displayed

This determines how many plans the application displays on the home page before table navigation links display. The recommended value is 5 or more.

BEN: CWB Layout Lock Time

BEN: CWB Maximum Number of Layouts

BEN: CWB Plan Context for Reporting

Determines the Plan Name and Period that the application uses to obtain the Manager Hierarchy and Employee Information for the Reports available from the CWB Home Page. If you do not specify a Plan Name and Period, then the application uses the latest plan for which the manager is a participant. The Employee Stock Option History, and Employee Compensation History use this profile option.

BEN: CWB Show In-Progress Compensation

Determines if in-progress salary records should be suppressed or displayed in Employee History when managers do not or should not have access to view salary-based plans.

BEN: CWB Spreadsheet Version

Controls the versions of MS Excel available for download of spreadsheets from CWB.

Note: This profile option is available only in Oracle Applications Release 12.

BEN:CWB Summary Level

Determines the last viewed display of the worksheet summary for each manager. The application displays this value during the next session. By default, this is set to Direct Employees.

BEN:CWB Table Population

Determines the last selected population filter on the worksheet. The application displays this value during the next session. By default, this is set to Direct Employees.

BEN: CWB Show In-Progress Compensation

Determines if the application displays in-progress salary records in Employee History. Set the new profile option to No to suppress in-progress salary records from being displayed in Employee History when managers do not or should not have access to view salary-based plans. By default, this profile option is set to Yes.

BEN: CWB Valid Grade Filtering

Determines if the application validates grades. If you set this profile to Yes (default), then the application displays only valid grades for a proposed job/position within the business group. If you set this profile to No, then the application displays all grades for the business group.

BEN: CWB Validate Performance/Assignment Changes Online

Determines if the application validates assignment changes online. If you set the profile option to Yes, then you enable assignment API edits for the worksheet and the application enforces the integrity between jobs, positions, and grades. If you set this profile option to No (default), then API edits are not online and the Compensation Workbench Post Process validates all assignment changes.

BEN: CWB Wizard Compratio Range

Determines the incremental range that displays on all pages using comparatio criteria. For example if you use 5, then the application displays comparatios in 5% ranges. The Allocation Wizard criteria option, the Employee Stock Option History report, the Employee Compensation History report, and the Summary By Directs report use this profile option. The default value is 5.

BEN: CWB Wizard Years Worked Range

Determines the incremental range that displays on all pages using Years Worked criteria. For example if you use 5, then the application displays the Years Worked in 5 Year Ranges. The Allocation Wizard criteria option, the Employee Stock Option History report, Employee Compensation History report, and the Summary By Directs report use this profile option. The default value is 1.

BEN: CWB Worksheet Rows Displayed

Controls the number of rows available for display on worksheets, for example, if you set the profile option to 10, then managers and compensation administrators can choose to display between 1 and 10 rows on their worksheets.

Note: This profile option is available only in Oracle Applications Release 12.

BEN: Designation No Change

Determines the contents of the Dependent Eligibility Audit log. If you set the profile option to No (the default value), the audit log returns information only for dependents with eligibility changes. If you set it to Yes, the audit log returns all dependents, even if they have no eligibility change.

BEN:Eligible Profile Rule

Controls how FastFormula rules are evaluated in an eligibility profile. The default value is AND. This means that a participant must satisfy all the rules you attach to an eligibility profile. If you set the profile option to OR, the participant need only satisfy one of the rules.

BEN:Enable Absence Plans Functionality

Displays the Enroll Absences button on the Absence Detail window. If you set this profile option to Yes for the users or responsibilities who will enter absences for absence benefit plans, they can run the Participation Process to process the absence life events.

BEN:Enable Quartile in Grade Life Event

Detemines whether the system triggers the Quartile in Grade Life Event when a change in a person's grade, salary basis, or salary moves them into a new quartile in grade. If you set this profile option to Yes, these conditions trigger the Quartile in Grade life event. If you set this profile option to No, the system never creates a Quartile in Grade potential life event.

BEN:Imputed Income Post Tax Deduction

Controls whether after-tax employee contributions are deducted from the imputed income total for a benefits plan subject to imputed income. If you set this profile set to N (the default value) the application assumes that the employer pays 100% of the given benefit.

BEN:Max Extract Line Size

Sets the maximum length of a record generated by the Extract Write Process for compensation and benefits system extracts.

BEN:VAPRO Rule

Controls how FastFormula rules are evaluated in a variable rate profile (VAPRO). The default value is AND. This means that a participant must satisfy all the rules you attach to a variable rate profile. If you set the profile option to OR, the participant need only satisfy one of the rules.

DateTrack:Date Security

Controls the way users can change their effective date:

The meaning of Past and Future here is with respect to the user's login date, which is usually today's date, but may be set to another value by the DateTrack:Login Date profile option.

See: How DateTrack Works, Oracle HRMS Implementation Guide

DateTrack:Enabled

Controls whether the DateTrack functionality is enabled. Set to Yes at the Application level for Oracle HRMS.

Important: This profile option applies to Full HR only. If you are installing Shared HR, the profile option value must be set to No.

See: How DateTrack Works, Oracle HRMS Implementation Guide

DateTrack:Login Date (YYYY/MM/DD)

Defines the log-in date for a user. Normally a user logs onto the system with an effective date of today's date. Use this profile option to change a user's default date to another date. This profile option works in conjunction with DateTrack:Date Security. For example, if a user has DateTrack:Date Security set to Future and DateTrack:Login Date set to 1900/01/01, they can change their effective date to any date after January 1 1900, but not before.

DateTrack:Reminder

Determines whether the Decision window appears when you open a window in which you can enter, update, or delete datetracked information. Notice that the Decision window never appears on windows where you can query datetracked information but not update it. There are three possible values:

Disable Self-Service Personalizations

Controls whether personalizations created for self-service functions using the Personalization Framework are applied. If the profile option is Yes, no personalizations are applied and only the original definition of each self-service page is displayed.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

Employer Payment Summary (EPS) Approval

Set this profile value to No if you do not want the approval process to take place for Employer Payment Summary submission. The EPS process skips the part of the process that sets the EPS record status to 'completed' and there is no approver interaction required. When you submit the record, it is set to 'verified' directly. The default value is Yes. If it is left as the default , then the EPS submit process sets the EPS record status to 'completed', sends it to the approver, and when the approver submits the record, EPS process sets the status to 'verified' which subsequently is picked up for EDI file creation process.

This profile option is for users of the UK legislation only.

Enable Security Groups

Controls whether you use multiple security groups. There are three possible values for the profile:

Change the profile option to Yes at application level only if your enterprise is implementing a Security Groups Enabled system (multiple security groups). If you change the profile option to Yes, you must run the Enable Multiple Security Groups process. See Security Models, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide.

Important: Once you have changed to Security Groups Enabled Security you cannot revert to the Standard Security model.

Note: Non-HRMS applications do not support multiple security groups in Release 11i.

Flexfields:Open Descr Window

Determines whether a descriptive flexfield window automatically opens when you navigate to the corresponding field.

Set the profile option to Yes if you want the flexfield to pop open automatically. If you set this option to No, you can open the flexfield by choosing Edit Field from the Edit menu or pressing CTRL+L.

Flexfields:Open Key Window

Determines whether a key flexfield window automatically opens when you navigate to the corresponding field.

Set the profile value to Yes if you want the flexfield to pop open automatically. If you set this option to No, you can open the flexfield by choosing Edit Field from the Edit menu or pressing CTRL+L.

GHR: Allow Ex-Emp Purge

This profile option is applicable to Oracle US Federal Human Resources only.

Use this profile option to determine whether data related to separated or ex-employees can be removed from the database. If the value is set to Yes, then when the system administrator runs the Ex-Employees Report/Purge process after selecting the Purge option, the application removes all data that is associated with separated or terminated employees.

See: Running the Ex-Employees Report/Purge Process, Oracle US Federal Human Resources Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

Help Localization Code

Controls which set of help files are linked to each responsibility. If you accept the default value, then the set of help files for Global HRMS will be associated with the responsibility. However, if you want to specify a legislative or vertical variant of HRMS, then you must set the Help Localization Code as shown in the following table:

Help Localization Code Localization
AE UAE
AU Australia
BE Belgium
CA Canada
CN China
DE Germany
DK Denmark
ES Spain
FD US Federal
FI Finland
FR France
HK Hong Kong
HU Hungary
IE Ireland
IN India
IT Italy
JP Japan
KR Korea
KW Kuwait
MX Mexico
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
NZ New Zealand
PL Poland
RO Romania
RU Russia
SA Saudi Arabia
SG Singapore
SE Sweden
UK UK
US US
ZA South Africa

Note: These entries must be in upper case.

HR: Absence Duration Auto Overwrite

Controls whether the absence duration formula automatically recalculates the duration of an absence when the date or time of the absence is changed. Set the profile option to Yes if you have created an absence duration formula (or one is supplied by your localization team) and you want absence durations to be recalculated automatically.

See: Absence Recording, Oracle HRMS Compensation and Benefits Management Guide

HR: Absence View Layout

Controls whether a manager sees the Detail Summary View in a Form or Tabular Format.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Access Non-Current Employee Data

Controls the display of records of ex-employees and future dated employees. Set the profile option value to Yes to enable HR users to view data of ex-employees and future dated employees if you are using user-based security.

Note: This profile option does not apply to security profiles based on the supervisor hierarchy. You can use this profile option if your security profiles are based on user-based organization security, or user-based position security, or user-based custom security. For information on user-based security, see: Security Profiles, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: Accrual Plan Element Set Displayed to User

Enables the display of accrual balances in the SSHR Leave of Absence page, when you attach the required element set to this profile at the appropriate levels.

See: Viewing Accrual Balances in SSHR, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR:Action Parameter Group Name

Identifies the set of action parameter values for all payroll processes supported by the Action Parameter group. You use action parameter values to control the process run, for example, to enable parallel processing, to control the number of API batch calls, and to specify the number of errors allowed before the process run fails.

See: Maintaining Parameters and Parameter Groups for Payroll Processes, Oracle HRMS Implementation Guide

HR: Actions - Validation

Controls the point at which the application runs validation checks for Pending workflow transactions within SSHR. The validation can be carried out using one of the following options:

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Allow Approver Updates to Self Service Actions

Controls whether an approver can make updates to self-service actions. The self-service actions functionality uses Oracle Approvals Management (AME) to determine the list of approvers for the action. If you set this profile option to No, the approver can approve or reject the action or return the action to a previous approver on the chain after receiving the workflow notification. If you set this profile option to Yes, the approver can also update the action, for example, change the effective date.

See: Approving a Self-Service Action, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Future Dated Person Change

Determines whether HR users can make changes to person records that have person type changes at a future date.

If you set the value to Yes, then HR users can make changes to the person records that have person type changes at a future date. The default value is null or blank. If you set the value to No or leave the profile option value blank, then HR users cannot make changes to the person records that have person type changes at a future date.

Oracle HRMS and Oracle SSHR use this profile option.

See: Performing Business Transactions when Person Type Changes Exist at a Future Date, Oracle HRMS Workforce Sourcing, Deployment, and Talent Management Guide

HR:Allow Concurrent Self Service Actions

Controls whether Oracle SSHR can process multiple actions on a selected person at the same time. If you set this profile option to No, the Pending column is displayed on the Actions page. This indicates to the user whether pending transactions are present. The user can then review the pending transaction. If you set the profile option to Yes, you allow multiple simultaneous self-service actions. This means that the Pending column is not displayed, and users can perform actions against all assignments. On final approval, each action takes effect on its own effective date, superseding any actions with a previous effective date.

See: Managing Conflicting Actions, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Allow change Hire beyond Payroll actions

Enables payroll users to move the hire date beyond payroll actions. Along with this profile option, you must set the AMEND_HIRE_WITH_PAYACT legislation rule value to Y to enable this functionality. For more information on how to use the profile option and set the legislation rule, refer to note IDs 822228.1 and 1160327.1 on My Oracle Support.

HR:Allow Functions Access During Hrglobal Run

Set this profile option to Yes to enable access to HRMS responsibilities during an hrglobal run.

HR:Allow Online W-2 Viewing as of MM/DD

Enables your employees to view and download their online W-2 statements as PDF files. You specify the month and day from when the employees can view the W-2 statements for the current year.

See: Tax Information Form (W-2) (US), Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Allow Processing of Ineligible Self Service Actions

Controls whether self-service users, usually managers, can process ineligible self-service actions. If you set the profile option to Yes, users can process actions for which a selected person is not eligible. They may wish to do this if the action will become eligible by its effective date.

Note: This option depends on also enabling the profile option HR:Allow Use of Eligibility for Self Service Actions in order to display ineligible actions in the first instance.

See: HR:Allow Use of Eligibility for Self Service Actions

See: Set Up Eligibility Processing, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Allow Use of Eligibility for Self Service Actions

Controls whether the Eligibility column is displayed on the Actions page for self-service actions. If you set this profile option to Yes, both eligible and ineligible actions are displayed on the Actions page along with the Eligibility column. The Eligibility column distinguishes between eligible and ineligible actions.

If you set this profile option to No, the Actions page only displays eligible actions and the Eligibility column is not displayed.

Note: Managers will not be able to process ineligible actions unless the profile option HR:Allow Processing of Ineligible Self Service Actions is also set to Yes.

See: HR:Allow Processing of Ineligible Self Service Actions

See: Set Up Eligibility Processing, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Applicant Assignment Cleanup Run Mode

Controls how the HR Applicant Assignment Cleanup script (delivered in PER Family Pack J) is run.

See: Guide to the HR Applicant Assignment Cleanup Process (available on My Oracle Support Note ID 295319.1)

HR:Applications View Layout

Enables a manager to see the Detail Summary View in a Form or Tabular Format.

This User Profile Option is used in SSHR.

HR: Appraisal Template LOV

Controls whether the Appraisal Template field in V3.4 of the SSHR Appraisals function is available as a list of values (LOV) or a poplist. Set this profile option to Yes to display the field as an LOV or set it to No to display the field as a poplist.

This profile option is used in SSHR 3.4.

HR: Appraisee Can Add Participants

Controls whether appraisees can add participants to their appraisals. If yu set this profile option to Yes (the default value), appraisees can add participants. If you set this profile option to No, appraisees cannot add participants.

See: Appraisals (Self-Service), Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR: Authoria Integration Enabled

Controls whether context-sensitive links to the third-party information product Authoria HR are enabled. If you are using context-sensitive links from a button on the Oracle toolbar to Authoria HR, set this profile option to Yes to enable the integration, or No to disable the integration. If you set this option to No, the 'Info Online' toolbar button does not link to Authoria HR from the applicable windows, and hyperlinks do not appear in the applicable self-service pages.

See: Info Online Links to Authoria HR, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: Authoria UK URL

Defines the URL of the Authoria HR engine providing UK-related content if you are using context-sensitive links from a button on the Oracle toolbar to the third-party information product Authoria HR.

See: Configuring Links Between Oracle Standard and Advanced Benefits and Authoria HR, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: Authoria US URL

Defines the URL of the Authoria HR engine providing US-related content if you are using context-sensitive links from a button on the Oracle toolbar to the third-party information product Authoria HR.

See: Configuring Links Between Oracle Standard and Advanced Benefits and Authoria HR, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: Auto Apply Collective Agreement Entitlements

Controls whether values calculated for a collective agreement during the entitlement evaluation process are applied automatically to an employee. For each entitlement item, the most beneficial value that the employee is entitled to is applied. Instances where the application cannot automatically establish the most beneficial value are noted in the log file and you can manually make a selection using the Collective Agreement Entitlements window.

See: Collective Agreement Administration, Oracle HRMS Enterprise and Workforce Management Guide

HR: Auto Evaluate Collective Agreement Entitlements

Controls whether the entitlement evaluation process is run automatically when an employee is first placed on a collective agreement.

See: Collective Agreement Administration, Oracle HRMS Enterprise and Workforce Management Guide

HR:Automatically Synchronize Single GL Company Cost Centers with HR

Controls whether the Synchronize Single GL Company Cost Centers with HR concurrent program runs automatically following the creation of a new GL account code combination. You use this profile option if you have set the HR: Generate Organizations from GL profile so that organizations are automatically created in HR based on GL cost centers.

See: Implementing Automatic Company Cost Center Creation, Oracle HRMS Enterprise and Workforce Management Guide

HR: Base Salary Required

Controls whether the Description and Salary fields are mandatory if a person's assignment has a salary basis assigned but no pay proposal. If you set this profile option to Yes, the fields are mandatory. The user must enter values for these fields.

HR: BIS Job Hierarchy - Job Grouping Level 1

Defines the value set that represents the first level job grouping in the Job Hierarchy. Ensure that the value set you select is associated with a Job Key Flexfield structure, otherwise the Job Hierarchy will not use it.

See: Structuring the Job Hierarchy, Oracle HRMS Deploy Strategic Reporting (HRMSi)

HR: BIS Job Hierarchy - Job Grouping Level 2

Defines the value set that represents the second level job grouping in the Job Hierarchy. Ensure that the value set you select is associated with a Job Key Flexfield structure, otherwise the Job Hierarchy will not use it.

See: Structuring the Job Hierarchy, Oracle HRMS Deploy Strategic Reporting (HRMSi)

HR:Blank Effective Date

Controls the default value of the effective date field on the Effective Date page that appears at the start of a self-service action. When you set this profile to Yes, the effective date field is blank. When you set it to No, the page displays the default date.

The default date can differ, depending on:

The default date is usually the system date. The default date is the effective date of the future change if (1) you do not enable managing actions and (2) future-dated changes exist.

HR:Business Group

This profile option determines the business group linked to a responsibility. The Setup Business Group is defaulted at Site level.

If you use Standard HRMS security this option is automatically set up when you enter the HR: Security Profile profile option, except in cases where you are using a global security profile (that is, a security profile that does not specify a business group). In this case, you must specifically set up this option for each responsibility.

If you use Security Groups Enabled security, this option is not user-configurable. The business group is determined when you create a security profile assignment using the Assign Security Profile window.

HR: Cancel Application

This profile option enables you to delete an applicant's record that has been entered in error. The default value is set to Null, this is interpreted as No and the function will not work.

HR: Check Entitlement Cache

This profile option is supplied primarily for Oracle Development or Third Party Suppliers to use. It currently has no impact on delivered functionality.

This profile option enables you to control whether the entitlement evaluation process first looks to see if a value for a particular entitlement exists in the cache before re-evaluating.

HR: Collective Agreement Logging

This profile option enables you to control whether the log file generated during the entitlement evaluation or entitlement population processes shows high or low detail. This profile only affects the processed that run from the Entitlement Results window, The log generated when you run the Collective Agreement Entitlement Evaluation process from the Submit Requests window always displays high detail and is not affected by this profile option.

HR:Contingent Worker Manager Actions Menu

Controls which Manager Actions menu SSHR displays for managers who are also contingent workers. If you create a custom Manager Actions menu for contingent workers, you must change this profile option to point to your custom menu.

See: Actions, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR:Contingent Worker Personal Actions Menu

Controls which Personal Actions menu SSHR displays for users who are also contingent workers. If you create a custom Personal Actions menu for contingent workers, you must change this profile option to point to your custom menu.

See: Actions, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR: Copy Period Details for Budget

You use this user profile option for HRMS budgets. When you set the profile option to Yes, the application copies all budget details (budget periods, budget sets, and funding sources) to a new budget worksheet when the worksheet is a copy of an existing budget version.

HR:Cross Business Group

Controls whether users of some HRMS windows can see certain information for more than one business group.

For example, when defining contacts, you can see contacts in one business group, even if they have been created in another. Similarly, when nominating a supervisor for a person, you can select a supervisor from another business group.

In addition, if you set this option to Yes, it:

This profile option also controls the filtering of HRMS secure views. If you set this profile option to Yes, secure views display data across all business groups. If you set this profile option to No, the views filter data by the business group of the current security profile.

Note: If you have built custom code that references HRMS secure views, the setting of the HR: Cross Business Group profile option may affect the functionality of your code.

Set to Yes if users need to see this information across all business groups. Set to No if users only work with the information defined for one business group. The default is No.

HR: Cross BG Duplicate Person Check

Controls the duplicate person check functionality across multiple business groups in Oracle HRMS and Oracle SSHR. Set to Yes to enable the duplicate person check functionality across business groups. Oracle HRMS uses the global name format to search for duplicate person records across business groups.

Note: To use the HR: Cross BG Duplicate Person Check profile option, you must also enable the HR:Cross Business Group profile option.

For information about the global name format (Global List Name), see: Person-Name Formats, Oracle HRMS Workforce Sourcing, Deployment, and Talent Management Guide

The following table explains the searches that Oracle HRMS performs when you set up the HR: Cross BG Duplicate Person Check and HR:Cross Business Group profile options.

Value set for HR:Cross Business Group Value set for HR: Cross BG Duplicate Person Check Records that Oracle HRMS searches to identify duplicate person records
No No HR tables in a business group. The application uses the last name, first name, date of birth, or national identifier values to search in HR tables.
No Yes HR tables in a business group. The application uses the last name, first name, date of birth, or national identifier values to search in HR tables.
Yes Yes HR tables in all business groups and TCA (Trading Community Architecture) tables. The application uses the global name format to search in HR tables.
Yes No The application does not search for duplicate person records either across multiple business groups or in a single business group.

HR: CWK in Head Count Reports

Determines whether contingent workers are included in head-count reports. The default value is Yes. Set this option to No to exclude contingent workers from head-count reports.

HR: Data Exchange Directory

This profile option is used by Data Uploader and other areas of the system which need to read or import files. Set this profile to the full path for a directory accessible to the Oracle database. Files stored in this directory can then be accessed by Oracle HRMS.

HR: Data Migrator Business Group Lockout

This profile option is for a future release.

HR:Data Pump Action Parameter Group

Data pump may now be configured using action parameter groups instead of the default action parameters. This configuration enables data pump configuration to be separate to that of payroll processes that share action parameters (e.g. the THREADS action parameter) with Data Pump. You can use the HR:Data Pump Action Parameter Group profile option to specify the default action parameter group to use for Data Pump action parameters. HRMS also provides an extra concurrent program parameter to enable the action parameter group to be changed for the Data Pump run.

The default value for this profile option is Null and it is treated as Null in the code (the default action parameter group).

HR:Default Assignment Costing

Set this profile option to Yes to enable default costing for position assignments. For position control budgets, the default value is the proportional value for the budget. You can write a FastFormula to override the budget value with other costing segments and proportions.

HR:Default Check/Cheque Number Method

Use this profile option to set the automatic check/cheque number process. You can set this profile with the Organization Payment Level value to enable automatic check/cheque numbering. This profile option is for US and Canadian Payroll only.

HR: Default Correspondence Language

Specifies a default language for the Correspondence Language field.

This profile option is for users of the Italian legislation only.

HR: Default Full Name Format

Controls the default value for the full name format.

This profile option is for users of the Dutch legislation only.

HR: Default Nationality

Defines the default nationality for a user. When a new person is entered in the People window, the nationality entered here is automatically displayed in the Nationality field.

HR: Defer Update After Approval

Defers save of SSHR transactions after the final approval. The transaction is saved automatically when the Workflow Background Proces runs.

This applies to Self Service.

HR: Disable Ethnicity Tab

Enables you to disable the ethnicity tab in the People window.

This profile option is for users of the Dutch legislation only.

HR:Display Competencies

Controls the display of competencies in an Advanced Search. It is used to control the display of skill categories in:

This User Profile Option is used in SSHR.

HR:Display Brief Person Name

By default this profile option is set to Brief Name, which means that on the Enter Process pages, employee names are displayed in brief format. If you prefer to see the full employee name, set this profile option to Full Name.

HR: Display Position Hierarchy

If set to Yes position hierarchy will be used in the HGrid on the Enter Process page in SSHR. By default the HGrid uses supervisor hierarchy.

HR:Employee Directory Global Menu

Enables you to specify a menu to provide global buttons in addition to the standard Self Service Global Menu buttons if a user accesses the Employee Directory anonymously. You can specify any menu with the menu type Global Menu.

See: The Employee Directory Module, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR: Employment View Layout

Enables a manager to see the Detail Summary View in a Form or Tabular Format.

This User Profile Option is used in SSHR.

HR:Enable Bank Branch Validation

Set this profile option to Yes to turn the Sort Code validation on and off. Sort Code will only appear for territories, for example GB, where branch code validation is supported. You disable the validation if you don't set this profile option or set it to N.

Note: Note: As this profile option is a global profile option, you should take care in a multi-territory Oracle HRMS implementation not to set it on with too wide a scope.

HR: Enable DTW4 defaulting

This profile option is for use by US and Canadian customers who use Vertex geocodes data to validate US and Canadian addresses. It enables or disables the defaulting of DTW4 employee tax data when an employee primary address or work address is changed. For example, set this option to No to prevent DTW4 data from being defaulted when an employee address is changed to an overseas address.

The default is Yes. This option can be set at site level only.

Important: This profile option is US legislation specific profile related to tax rules and works with Full HR only. If you are installing Shared HR, the profile option must be set to No.

HR: Enable Multiple Assignments in SSHR

Controls whether a manager can view and update multiple assignments for an employee in SSHR. If you set the profile option to Yes, all the assignments of a person are displayed on the Hierarchy page. If you set the profile option to No, only primary assignments are displayed.

See: People in Hierarchy, My List, and Search Pages, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Enable Initiator to Delete a Pending-Approval Transaction

Determines whether managers or workers can delete any transactions that they have initiated before approval in Oracle SSHR. If you set this profile option to Yes, then the initiator of the transaction can view the transaction in the list of Pending-Approval action items or in the All Actions Awaiting Your Attention table, and use the Delete icon to remove that transaction. The default value is No.

For information about the delete transactions pending approval functionality, see: Self-Service Functionality, Oracle Self-Service Human Resources Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR:Enable Multiple Assignments for Payroll Simulation

Enables you to choose the assignment for which you can run payroll simulation if you have multiple assignments by setting the profile option to Yes. If the profile option is set to No, then you can run the payroll simulation process only for the primary assignment.

For more information on payslip modeler functionality, see Payslip Modeler, Oracle Self-Service Human Resources Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR:Enable Payroll Simulation

Determines whether a professional payroll user or employee can run payroll simulation. If you set the profile option to Yes, you can model the payslip/paycheck by changing the payroll information and generating a sample payslip.

For more information on payslip modeler functionality, see Payslip Modeler, Oracle Self-Service Human Resources Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

HR: Enable Security for Batch Element Entry

Enables you to prevent unauthorized viewing and updating of batch lines for a confidential assignment by setting the profile option to Yes.

HR: Enforce Costing Mandatory Segment Check at Data Entry

Set this profile option to Yes to specify that users must enter a value for a mandatory costing segment at each costing level where it is qualified.

HR: Enable Offset Payroll in Payroll Dashboard

Set this profile to Yes to display the offset payroll periods in the Payroll Dashboard.

HR: Evaluate User Access using Minimal Cache

Improves the system performance when the application processes huge volume of person data to evaluate security permissions for the user access. If you plan to set this profile option, then you must set the value to Yes at the responsibility level and the security profile attached to that responsibility must be a user-based security profile. Note that when this profile is set, the person search must be done using the employee number, contingent worker number, or applicant number. You must not use any wildcard characters in person search.

HR: Execute Legislative Check Formula within Run

Determines whether the legislation-specific check is performed during a payroll run.

HR: Expand Role of Contingent Worker

Determines whether you can select contingent workers to perform many of the roles fulfilled by employees. For example, if you set this option to Yes, you can select a contingent worker to be a supervisor in the Assignment window and an authorizer in the Absence window.

You can select a contingent worker to fulfill the following roles:

HR: Extension Agent

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access to information provider web sites from a button on the Oracle toolbar, use this profile option to launch dynamic content via a web server different from the one specified by the Applications Servlet Agent.

HR: Extension Agent Client Timeout

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites from a button on the Oracle toolbar, this profile sets the maximum time in seconds that the system waits to contact the web server mediating the connection to Authoria HR.

You should not set this value unless asked to do so by Support.

HR: Extension Agent Enabled

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites from a button on the Oracle toolbar, this profile option controls whether or not the feature is enabled for a user or group of users. Set to Yes to enable the feature and display the Info Online button on the Oracle toolbar. Set to No to disable the feature and hide the button.

This is similar to the way that Applications Help Web Agent acts as an override to the default.

HR: Extension For Endeca

Determines whether HR extensions for Endeca is enabled or not.

Set this profile option to Yes if you want to use Oracle Human Resources Extensions for Oracle Endeca.

For more information about how to set up Oracle Human Resources Extensions for Oracle Endeca and using the Workforce Explorer Page, refer to the Oracle Human Resources Extensions for Oracle Endeca, chapter in the Oracle E-Business Suite Extensions for Oracle Endeca Integration and System Administration Guide

HR: FastFormula Debug Level

Enables debugging information to be output from the FastFormula compiler and execution engine.

HR: Free text school name allowed in Self Service

If this profile option is set to No, the user will not be able to enter text freely for the school name. Instead their entry will be restricted to a list of values. If the profile option is set to Yes they can enter free text, or choose from the list of values.

HR:French HRMS check mandatory payroll assignment attributes exist

Determines whether to perform the mandatory checks for establishment, contract, and employee category attribution on payroll assignments when your business group is French.

HR: FTE Factor

Determines the FTE (Full Time Equivalent) factor that the application uses to calculate full-time annual pay. You can set the option to:

HR: Geographic Hierarchy Node Map

Assigns the calendar event specific to that location to an employee residing in that location, if the calendar event has coverage for multiple countries. This profile option handles the geographic node map dynamically to support legislations. Note that this profile option does not impact calendar events with coverage only in one country.

HR: GL Cost Center Org Classifications

This profile option defines which organization classifications are created when you synchronize your GL cost centers with your organizations in HRMS. It has the following settings:

HR: GL Cost Center Synchronization Options

This profile option is obsolete.

HR: GL Organization Name Format

This profile option enables you to define the name format for organizations created automatically in HRMS based on a GL cost center.

HR:Global Competence Flex Structure

Defines the competence key flexfield structure for use when creating global competencies. If you do not set this option, then you cannot create global competencies.

HR:Grade Key Flex-Identify 1st and 2nd Segments

These options are used to control which two segments of the key flexfields appear in Person Search.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: HR/Payroll Representative Source

SSHR offers three methods for determining an organization's default payroll representative:

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:IE P35 Reporting Year

Determines the tax year for which you want to report the P35. If you do not set this option, you cannot report P35.

HR: Info Online: Open in New Window

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites from a button on the Oracle HRMS toolbar, this profile option controls whether the results are displayed in a separate browser window each time the user follows a link. Set to Yes to open a new window for each link followed; set to No to use the same window for each link.

HR: Info Online: RIA Password

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access the third party information product RIA from a button on the Oracle toolbar, this profile option controls the single sign-on capability between Oracle and RIA. Enter a valid password at user level.

Note: If you change your password on PCP then you must also update this user profile option.

HR: Info Online: RIA Username

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access the third party information product RIA from a button on the Oracle toolbar, this profile option controls the single sign-on capability between Oracle and RIA. Enter a valid username at user level.

HR: Info Online Toolbar Icon

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites from a button on the Oracle toolbar, you can optionally use this profile option to identify an alternative icon for the Info Online toolbar button.

The image file should be in GIF format with the following attributes:

Place the file in the virtual directory (relative to the web server used to start forms):

/OA_JAVA/oracle/apps/media

In most installations this would be the directory:

$JAVA_TOP/oracle/apps/media.

HR: Info Online: Use Field Context

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites from a button on the Oracle toolbar, this profile option narrows the search using predefined contexts associated with your current field and window.

Set to Yes to use the predefined contexts to narrow the search; set to No to display a list of all predefined options that are available from the selected window.

HR:Informal Name Format

Use this profile option to define the way a person's name appears in your workflow notifications. If you do not set the HR: Informal Name Format profile option, the application uses the default name structure.

Use the following values:

HR: Ireland Intermediate File Output Storage Folder

The electronic P60 generation process temporarily stores the generated pdf file in the specified directory location before rendering it to you.

HR:Job Key Flex-Identify 1st and 2nd Segments

These options are used to control which two segments of the key flexfields appear in Person Search.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Job Level

The job level options are used to determine the seniority of a person's job. You can set a default for the job level at Site, Application and Responsibility level.

HR: KI Framework Version

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites, use this profile to set the version of Knowledge Integrator Framework.

HR: KI Maximum Topics and Integrations

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites, use this profile to set the maximum number of topics or providers to display in the Content Container before the More link appears.

HR: Enwisen Login URL

Defines the URL of Enwisen web site, a third-party information provider that end users can access from Oracle iRecruitment, Oracle Performance Management, Oracle SSHR, and Oracle Time and Labor pages.

See: Info Online Links to Information Provider Web Sites, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: KI Providers Enabled

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites, then this profile option controls the Providers region in the Info Online content container. Set to Yes to display the Providers region.

See: Info Online Content Container, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: KI Topics Enabled

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites, then this profile option controls the Topics region in the Info Online content container. Set to Yes to display the Topics region.

See: Info Online Content Container, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: KI User Options Enabled

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites, then this profile option controls the User Options region in the Info Online content container. Set to Yes to display the User Options region.

See: Info Online Content Container, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: Class Name to Fetch KI Data

Use this profile option to implement additional security when accessing Enwisen, a third-party information provider. The value for this profile option must be a fully qualified name of a Java class that implements Oracle's predefined Java interface: oracle.apps.per.ki.kiserver.KIDataFetcher. The Java class contains the method to retrieve login values when end users access Enwisen from Oracle HRMS product pages.

See: Configuring Links between HRMS Products and Enwisen, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR:Local Nationality

Use this profile to set a value for nationality. This profile option is for users of the Saudi Arabia Payroll only.

The system administrator sets this option at any level of standard Security hierarchy type - Site, Application, Responsibility, and User.

The system administrator must enter a nationality code, available in the user defined-lookup_type, NATIONALITY. You cannot run the payroll until you set this profile option. If you attempt to run payroll before setting this option, the application will display an error message.

HR: Localization in SSHR

Identifies the localization for SSHR. This profile option is only valid for SSHR releases prior to SSHR 4.0.

HR: Local or Global Name Format

Determines whether the user sees person names in local or global formats. The value Local Format enables users to display names in a character set appropriate to their legislation. The value Global Format enables users in multinational enterprises, which generally use multiple character sets, to display person names in a single (typically, Western) character set. This option applies to the supplied Display Name and List Name formats, to edited versions of those formats, and to user-defined format masks.

HR: Make National Identifier Optional

Enables recording employee information without entering the SOFI Number in the Person window, the People Management Templates, and the Self-Service page. To make entering the BSN/SOFI Number optional, set this option to Yes. To make it a mandatory field, set this option to No.

HR:Manage Self Service Actions When Future-Dated Changes Exist

Controls potential data conflicts if future-dated changes exist for self-service actions. If you have set the profile option HR:Allow Concurrent Self Service Actions to Yes, this profile option allows you to determine how SSHR processes the actions.

The default value for the profile option is Stop with an Error. This forces the user to choose an effective date subsequent to any future-dated change.

If you change the profile option to Allow Approval (Notify HR Rep), you allow the user to select a date prior to any future-dated changes. After final approval, the transaction is forwarded to an HR Representative for review and manual entry into the database.

Important: If you are setting this profile option to Allow Approval, and you have enabled HR:Allow Approver Updates to Self Service Actions, Oracle recommends that you also enable HR:Refresh Self Service Actions with Data from Intervening Actions.

See: Managing Conflicting Actions, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Manager Actions Menu

Controls which actions menu is displayed for managers within SSHR. If you create a custom Manager Actions menu, you must change this profile option to point to your custom menu.

See: Actions, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Mask Characters

Use this profile option to set the number of characters or digits to display in numbers such as bank account or credit card numbers. Enter a positive number of digits to display from the back (for example, xxxx345) or a negative number of digits to display from the front (for example, 123xxxx).

HR: Metalink Integration Application

Use this profile option to select the first MetaLink page that appears when you choose the Info Online toolbar button in an HRMS window. You can select a page for a specific application (for example, Human Resources or Payroll), or you can add your own choice of pages to the list using the HR MetaLink Application lookup.

HR: Metalink Integration Enabled

Set this profile option to Yes to enable links from Oracle HRMS windows to MetaLink via the Info Online toolbar button. Set to No to disable the links.

HR:Monitor Balance Retrieval

This profile enables the Monitor Balance Retrieval Debug Tool, which allows you identify database items associated with the values held in the latest balance tables, in order to reference them in the formula called by the payroll run. Set to Yes to enable monitoring, or No to disable monitoring.

HR: NI Unique Error or Warning

Enables you to change the default warning to an error message.

If you want to warn users that the national identifier they have entered already exists, leave the default as warning. If you want to prevent a user entering the same national identifier more than once, you can change the message to an error. This stops the user entering the same national identifier.

HR: National Identifier Validation

Enables you to define the validation that is used for a national identifier. There are three possible values:

HR:Non-Updateable Element Set

Select a customization element set to define the element entry values that are view-only on the Element Entries window. Typically you use this user profile option to prevent updates to elements that are maintained using legislation-specific windows.

HR: Number Separator

Enables you to format integer, money and number values that are consistent with the ICX number format set at the Self-Service page. This profile has a value of either Yes or No. You can set it at the site level to ensure a consistent format across the application. The profile settings determine the group separator, decimal separator, and format of values. These settings will affect number formats on windows such as Element Entry, Element Description, Batch Element Entry, and User Tables.

HR: Online Tax Forms Update Method

Controls how SSHR processes multiple person assignments when dealing with tax information. SSHR supports multiple person assignments and keeps tax information for each assignment; however, since a person can file only one withholding form you must select one of the following options:

See: Tax Withholdings Form (W-4) (US), Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: OAB New Benefits Model

Enables you to set up whether you are using the new benefits model, that is, Standard or Advanced Benefits. Enter Yes, if you are using the new benefits model. Enter No, if you are using the compensation and benefit models from previous releases.

HR: Override Grade Defaults

Controls whether the end user can override the default grade values when updating organization, position, or job information. If the profile option is set to No, the user can only select grade values from the defined list of values.

See: Assignment, Oracle SSHR Deploy Self-Service Capability Guide

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Payroll Payments Self-Service Enable Multiple Assignments

This profile option is used by Payroll Payments Self-Service version 4. If it is set to No, employees can only specify payroll payments for their primary payroll assignment. If set to Yes, employees can specify payroll payments for additional payroll assignments. The default is No.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Payroll Payments Self-Service Payment Function

This profile option determines the defaults for the Organizational Payment Method (OPM). It operates differently depending on whether you have applied a foreign payment method enhancement.

Before Applying a Foreign Payment Method Enhancement:

After Applying a Foreign Payment Method Enhancement:

HR:Payroll Payments Self-Service Payments List Mode

If you set this profile option to Like, you can select the organization payment method name on the basis of it being like an entry in the payments list configuration attribute instead of an exact match. The setting of Like also enables you to perform an exact match. The default of this profile option is null, which performs an exact match.

HR: Performance View Layout

Enables a manager to see the Detail Summary View in a Form or Tabular Format.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Personal Actions Menu

Controls which actions menu is displayed for users within SSHR. If you create a custom Personal Actions menu, you must change this profile option to point to your custom menu.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: PL NI Unique Error or Warning

Controls whether HRMS generates an error or a warning for duplicate PESEL values at the legal-employer level. Valid values are Error, Warn, and None. Set to None if no validation is required.

See: HR: NI Unique Error or Warning

HR: Position Default Options for SSHR

These options control whether or not the application displays default information based on the position you select for an assignment. You can set one of four values:

HR:Position Key Flex-Identify 1st and 2nd Segments

These options are used to control which two segments of the key flexfields appear in Person Search.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Propagate Data Changes

Controls the synchronization of person records for an individual in multiple business groups.

To propagate changes made to a person record in one business group to records for the same person in all business groups, set this profile option to Yes.

Note: You can propagate changes to only those business groups your security profile allows you to update.

HR:Purge Element Entry Permission

Controls whether users can purge element entries (irrespective of whether those entries have been processed by a payroll run). It does not affect a user's ability to perform datetracked deletions or updates. The possible values are:

Note: If you have installed a third party payroll interface, you cannot purge any element entries attached to the interface. If you are using a setting of All or Information, an error message to this effect appears when you attempt to purge an element entry.

HR:Query Only Mode

Set to Yes to restrict access to view-only for all HR and Payroll forms on a menu.

You can set this profile for individual responsibilities or users, or at the site or application level.

If you want to give query-only access to some forms and full access to other forms, set the HR:Query Only Mode profile to No and use the parameter QUERY_ONLY=YES at form function level to restrict access to individual forms.

Note: You can set the parameter QUERY_ONLY=YES for a form function that also launches a task flow. In this case, specify two parameters in the Form Function window:

QUERY_ONLY=YES

WORKFLOW_NAME="task flow name"

The entire task flow will be query-only, not just the first form.

See: Restricting Access to Query-Only Mode, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide.

HR:Refresh Self Service Actions with Data from Intervening Actions

This profile allows you to control the effect of concurrent actions. If this profile is set to Yes, when a pending change is approved which affects the current transaction the application will display a warning message listing changed attributes and the data will be refreshed. If it is set to No, the default, the application will display a warning message and the transaction will fail.

Oracle recommends that this profile option is set to Yes if HR: Allow Approver Updates to Self Service Actions is also set to Yes.

Note: Oracle recommends that you enable this option if you have set the system profile HR:Manage Self Service Actions When Future-Dated Changes Exist to Allow Approval (Notify HR Rep). Otherwise you should disable this option.

HR: Restrict Letter by Vacancy or Event

This profile serves both HR and OTA letter requests. It enables you to generate separate letter requests for each event (OTA) and for each vacancy (HR).

If you set the profile to Yes, it displays the Vacancy Name field on the Request Letter window. Choosing a value in this field restricts the letter generation to applicants associated with the vacancy you choose in the Vacancy Name field.

HR:Restrict Transactions across Legislations in SSHR

If the HR:Cross Business Group profile is set to Yes, this profile can prevent SSHR managers from carrying out transactions on employees (within their supervisor hierarchy) who are from different legislations.

HR: RIA Integration Enabled

Set this profile option to Yes to enable links from Oracle HRMS windows to the web pages of third party information provider RIA via the 'Info Online' toolbar button. Set to No to disable the links.

HR:Run BENMNGLE When Processing a Self Service Action

In order to ensure that the list of eligible actions and sub-actions is up to date, you must periodically run the Participation Batch Process (Run Benefits Manage Life Events Process) for that individual. This can be set to run automatically every time a manager initiates an action by setting the profile option, HR:Run BENMNGLE When Processing a Self Service Action, to Yes.

HR: Salary View Layout

Enables a manager to see the Detail Summary View in a Form or Tabular Format.

This User Profile Option is used in SSHR.

HR: Schedule Based Absence Calculation

Set this profile option to Yes at the site level if you want the application to take into account the schedules and calendar events information from the worker's primary assignment to calculate the actual duration of an absence. The default is No. If you leave the default value for this profile, and have already created a basic formula for absence duration, the application calculates the absence duration on the basis of the absence start and end dates, without using the schedules and calendar events information.

HR: Security Profile

Restricts access to the organization, positions and payrolls defined in the security profile. This option is predefined at Site Level with the view-all security profile created for the Setup Business Group.

If you use Standard HRMS security you must set up the HR: Security Profile profile option for each responsibility.

If you use Security Groups Enabled security you must not set up the HR: Security Profile profile option. This is set up automatically when you assign security profiles using the Assign Security Profile window. You must only change the HR: Security Profile option by assigning a different security profile to a responsibility using the Assign Security Profile window.

HR: Security Performance Enhancer

Set this profile if you want to use the security performance enhancement feature. When you select Pick Performance Table(Assignment) as the value, the Oracle HRMS security mechanism retrieves information from the PER_ALL_ASSIGNMENTS_F_PERF performance table instead of the PER_ALL_ASSIGNMENTS_F base table when the person security evaluation happens and display of data is faster. You can set this profile option at the Responsibility level only.

See: Setting Up the Security Performance Enhancement Feature, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

Important: Before you set the profile option, you must run the Synchronize Security Performance Tables process. For more information, see: Running the Synchronize Security Performance Tables Process, Oracle HRMS Configuring, Reporting, and System Administration Guide

HR: Self Service HR Licensed

Controls whether Self-Service HRMS (SSHR) is available. If the customer has obtained a license for SSHR, they must set this profile option to Yes at the site level.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:Self Service New Hire Default Values

Specifies whether values for the new person record should be defaulted or not.

For the New Hire function, if the profile is set to Yes, then the following values are defaulted based on the primary assignment, as of the system date, of the person logged in:

The supervisor for the new person defaults to the person logged in. For both New Hire and Applicant Hire, this profile also controls which person type is defaulted.

This profile is used in SSHR.

HR:Self-Service Save for Later

This profile options allows the Save for Later button to be displayed on all transaction pages in Self Service. Set it to No to disable this feature.

HR: Servlet Timeout

If you are using Info Online to allow users to access information provider web sites, use this profile to set the maximum time in seconds that the system waits for a response from the web server mediating the connection to the integration partner.

HR: SM Employee Find Work Opp Menu

Controls suitability-matching functions for finding a work opportunity available to employees using the Employee Self-Service responsibility.

HR: SM Manager Find Person Menu

Controls suitability-matching functions available to managers using the HR Professional or Manager Self-Service responsibility for finding a person for a work opportunity.

HR: SM Manager Find Work Opp Menu

Controls suitability-matching functions available to managers using the HR Professional or Manager Self-Service responsibility for finding a work opportunity for a person.

HR: Subrogation

Use this profile option to set a value for subrogation. This profile option is for users of the French legislation only.

HR: Supervisor Hierarchy Usage

If you are using supervisor hierarchies for security within your organization, you use this profile option to specify whether the supervisor hierarchy is person-based or assignment-based.

HR: Training View Layout

Enables a manager to see the Detail Summary View in a Form or Tabular Format.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:TCA Unmerge Options

The Trading Community Architecture (TCA) Unmerge function, which removes the records of people who are only contacts from the TCA party tables, is delivered in patch 3625452 and is part of the November 2003 Family Pack (PER Family Pack G). The TCA Unmerge function uses the TCA purge parties process, which checks references to party IDs throughout the E-Business Suite. This process can take a long time to complete. Patch 3621712 provides you with an alternative approach to the TCA Unmerge process. If you apply patch 3621712 prior to installing PER Family Pack G you can use this profile option to control how the unmerge process is run. Select one of the following options:

HR: US Address Line Length

This profile option, which specifies the maximum length of an address line, affects U.S. addresses only; it has no effect in other legislations. Oracle HRMS displays a warning message when you view or enter address lines longer than the value you specify here. The value of this profile option overrides any maximum address line length specified in the Personal Address Information descriptive flexfield for the current local U.S. address style.

HR: Use Fast Formula Based PTO Accruals

This user profile option is disabled.

HR: Use Global Applicant Numbering

Enables the global sequence for applicant-number generation. This sequence is shared among all business groups.

To set this profile option, you run the process "Change automatic person number generation to global sequencing". You cannot set this option in the System Profile Values window.

HR: Use Global Contingent Worker Numbering

Enables the global sequence for contingent-worker-number generation. This sequence is shared among all business groups.

To set this profile option, you run the process "Change automatic person number generation to global sequencing". You cannot set this option in the System Profile Values window.

HR: Use Global Employee Numbering

Enables the global sequence for employee-number generation. This sequence is shared among all business groups.

To set this profile option, you run the process "Change automatic person number generation to global sequencing". You cannot set this option in the System Profile Values window.

HR:Use Grade Defaults

This profile option allows you to restrict the list of values for the grade to include only those values permitted by the parent organization, job, or position.

This Profile Option is used in SSHR.

HR:Use Standard Attachments

Disables the facility to attach short text comments to records. Enables the attachment of multiple items of various types including OLE objects, Web pages, images, and word processed documents.

HR:User Type

Limits field access on windows shared between Oracle Human Resources and Oracle Payroll. If you do not use Oracle Payroll, it must be set to HR User for all responsibilities.

Note: You must set this profile option at responsibility level.

If you do use Oracle Payroll, you can give each responsibility one of the following user types, depending on the work role of the holders of the responsibility:

The windows that are dependent on the setting of this profile option are as follows:

Form Profile Setting Behavior
Define Element Classification (PAYWSDEC) HR User You cannot create secondary element classifications.
Define Element Type (PAYWSDET) HR User Some payroll fields are not available.
Define Payroll (PAYWSDPG) HR User The Statutory Information field is not visible.

Note: Statutory Information is not available at payroll level for all localizations, for example, it is not available for the UK.
Element Entries (PAYWSMEE) HR User The Processing Priority field in the Element Entry Values window is not available.
Define Assignment Status (PERWSDAS) HR User You cannot use the Payroll Status as a query criterion in Enter Query mode.
Define Benefit Contributions (PERWSEBC) Payroll User You cannot change the coverage type or contribution amounts for an existing benefit contributions record.
You cannot create benefit contribution records.
SSP/SMP (SSPWSENT) (UK Only) HR User You must enter the average earnings amount for your employee before you can calculate their entitlement to statutory payments.
SSP/SMP (SSPWSENT) (UK Only) Payroll User or HR with Payroll User You can derive the average earnings automatically.
Employee Assignment (PERWSEMA) HR User Payroll field is display only.
Employee Address and Define Location (US Federal Only) HR User The default address style is United States (International).
Employee Address and Define Location (US Federal Only) Payroll User or HR with Payroll User The default address style is United States.
Define Element Type (US Federal Only) HR User The application uses the predefined Federal element names.
Define Element Type (US Federal Only) HR with Payroll User The application uses the element names you define for the Federal elements.
Terminate (US Federal Only) HR with Payroll User You can update the Final Process Date.

HR: Use Title in Person's full name

Enables you to remove title from a person's full name so that it does not appear in person search lists, such as the Find window on the Person window.

This user profile option is only effective when you insert new records or update existing records. To remove title from existing records without updating them you should run the Remove Title from Person's Full Name concurrent process.

HR: Verification External Node

Defines the URL for the external node for the Employment Verification function. The node redirects the access request from outside the security firewall to the HTML page containing the released employment information.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: View Payslip From Date for WEB

Limits the number of pay periods an employee can view.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR: Views Layer Size

Enables you to set the width of the Employee Name and Employee Number floating layer to the longest name and number you have.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

HR:View Unpublished Employee 360 Degree Self Appraisal

Enables a manager to view employees' unpublished 360 Degree appraisals. (This option does not affect self appraisals.) Set this option to Yes to view employees' unpublished 360 Degree appraisals. The default value is Null.

HR:Webapps Tips Test Mode

Forces all tip icons in SSHR to be displayed whether tip text is defined or not.

This User Profile Option is used in SSHR.

HR: Web Proxy Host

This option is used as part of the Knowledge Management which allows the Proxy Host to be used when accessing an external site.

HR: Web Proxy Port

This option is used as part of the Knowledge Management which allows the Proxy Port to be used when accessing an external site.

HR: ZA Nature of Person Mandatory at Person Level

Set this profile option to Yes to make the Nature of Person mandatory at the Person level. This ensures the application validates the Nature of Person during data entry. If you set this profile option to No, then Nature of Person is optional at the person level, and the application performs validations only when you run the Tax Year End Validation report. You must run the Generic Upgrade Mechanism process using the South Africa: Populate Nature of Person at the Person Level parameter to display the Nature of Person details at the person level for existing employees.

HRI: Collect Manager Snapshots

If you turn this profile option on, the DBI for HRMS collection process collects an additional summary layer for managers who have more staff than a specified number reporting to them. The default value is No. Use in conjunction with HRI: Manager Snapshot Threshold.

HRI: Collect Open Enrollment in Progress

Determines the enrollment data that DBI for HRMS collects. Set this profile option to Yes to collect data for the current open enrollment period. To collect historic data of enrollments along with the open enrollment data, set the profile option to No.

HRI:DBI Chief HR Officer Named User

Enables users of the Chief HR officer responsibility to access the Chief HR Officer dashboards effectively as the CEO of the enterprise.

Note: You must have successfully run an Initial Load before you set this profile option.

Select the name of the user from the profile option list. The list of managers shown for the profile is only those at level 1 (the top of the hierarchy). To turn this profile off, set the profile option value to No.

Note: This new profile option only affects the Chief HR Officer responsibility.

HRI:DBI Force Foundation HR Processes

Determines whether the HRI Collection Programs run in Foundation HR mode (on a Full HR Installation). The Foundation HR mode only collects data as of the system date; it does not maintain historical data. If you are an HRI DBI customer, you must set this profile option to No.

Non-DBI for HRMS customers, who do not require any more than the basic data collected in a Foundation HR implementation, can set the HRI:DBI Force Foundation HR Processes profile option to Yes. This setting reduces the amount of data collected and improves load times.

HRI:DBI Link to Transaction System

Enables users of DBI for HRMS to drill from detail reports to employee records in the HR Self Service Employee Directory.

Set this profile option to HR Employee Directory to turn this feature on. The default value is Disable Link.

HRI:Enable Benefits Collections and Event Queue

Enables managers to view the life event statuses for participants in the open enrollment period. Set this profile option to display the life event statuses in the DBI for HRMS Enrollment Process Status report.

HRI:Enable Captured Events Archive

Controls the archive mode for the events capture process in DBI for HRMS. Set this option to Yes to archive all events that trigger incremental processing.

HRI:Enable Detailed Logging

Enables you to include a debug message in the concurrent manager log to troubleshoot errors during the HRI data collection process. Set the HRI:Enable Detailed Logging profile option to Yes. The default is No.

Caution: Only set this profile option to Yes if you encounter an error. Debugging the collection process impacts the collection timings.

HRI: Manager Snapshot Threshold

Determines the minimum number of staff required to enable snapshot collection for a manager. The default is 2500. Use this profile in conjunction with HRI: Collect Manager Snapshots.

HRI:Multithreading Chunk Size

Determines the number of objects processed at one time during the DBI for HRMS collection phase. The default value is 200. You can change this to a value between 1 and 16000. However, you should avoid processing a large numbers of objects, as the default value is the result of benchmark tests. If you receive the error "Oracle exception: cannot extend rollback segment" during the collection process, then reduce the value for this profile option.

HRI:Number of Threads to Launch

Determines the number of threads, or sub-processes, that run in parallel on multi-processor machines. If you have already installed PYUGEN on your system, then set this profile option to equal the THREADS parameter defined for PYUGEN. The default value for this parameter is 8.

Caution: Your Applications System Administrator must define the concurrent manager to allow the required number of sub-processes to run in parallel.

HRI:Period of Service / Placement Date Start Source

Determines how DBI for HRMS calculates the employee's periods of service. The default value is Start Date. With this setting, DBI for HRMS calculates periods of service from the beginning of employees' current period of service. To calculate the employee's period of service from the beginning of their first period of service, change the value to Adjusted Service Date.

Caution: HRMS also uses the Adjusted Service Date to calculate benefits. You must therefore consider the effect on benefits if you use this feature.

HRI:Populate Assignment Events Queue

Determines whether the events collection process in DBI for HRMS populates the incremental update queue for the assignment events collection process. If you never run the assignment events process, set this profile option to No to reduce the load times of other processes. If you are a DBI for HRMS customer, you must set this profile option to Yes.

HRI:Populate Supervisor Hierarchy Events Queue

Determines whether the events collection process in DBI for HRMS populates the incremental update queue for the supervisor hierarchy collection process. If you never run the supervisor hierarchy process, set this profile option to No to reduce the load times of other processes. If you are a DBI for HRMS customer, you must set this profile option to Yes.

HRI:Populate Supervisor Status History Events Queue

Determines whether the events collection process in DBI for HRMS populates the incremental update queue for the supervisor status history collection process. If you never run the supervisor status history process, set this profile option to No to reduce the load times of other processes. If you are a DBI for HRMS customer, you must set this profile option to Yes.

HRI: Workforce in Period Calculation Method

Determines the calculation that DBI reports use in averaging values over a period, for example, workforce turnover or average employee absence. Select from:

The default is null, which means that the calculation will use the headcount at the end date of the reporting period

Workforce Measurement Type

Determines how DBI for HRMS measures the size of your workforce. The application currently only supports the value of Headcount.

HZ: Protect HR Person Information

Set this profile option to Yes to stop replicating the sensitive attributes from HRMS into Trading Community Architecture (TCA). The Gender, Marital Status, Date of Birth, and Place of Birth attributes might be considered sensitive information for employees or other people who are entered into your HRMS applications. Because TCA data is exposed in many user interfaces in the Oracle E-Business Suite, you might want to prevent sensitive data from being visible in the non-HRMS applications.

If you already have sensitive data replicated into TCA and would like to remove them, then run the Remove Protected HR Person Data From TCA Tables concurrent program to set the four sensitive attributes to null. For more information, refer to Document 279473.1 on My Oracle Support.

IN: Projection on Projected Termination Date

Set the profile option IN: Projection on Projected Termination Date to Yes to calculate tax using the projected termination date. If it is set to No, then the application uses the actual termination date to calculate the tax.

Limit by Persons Organization

Set this profile option to Y to limit the Compensation Objects selected by the Participation Process to only those linked to the employee's organization.

OAB:Self Registered User Responsibility

Identifies the responsibility to be granted to new users who successfully self-register in SSHR using the New User Registration processes. This profile option is seeded at site level with the seeded responsibility Self Registered Employee Default Responsibility. You can set this profile at responsibility level if you have created several responsibilities for different groups of users to use after initial registration.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

OAB:Enable Self-Service Benefits Trace

This profile option enables to you to generate a PYUPIP trace file for a particular Self-Service Benefits user that you select. Use this profile option to debug Self-Service Benefits election problems.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

OAB:User to Organization Link

In the self-service New User Registration processes, links the responsibility you give to new users to register on SSHR with the organization to which they belong.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

OAB:User to Payroll Link

In the self-service New User Registration processes, provides a default employee payroll linked to the responsibility you give to new users to register on SSHR.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

PAY:Allow Paymethod Changes after Prepayments

Enables the user to update payment method using the forms and self-service interface when a prepayment process has already been run. If the profile option is Yes, then you can update the payment method. If the profile option is blank or No, then you cannot update the payment method after a pre-payment has been processed

PAY: Enable Workflow for Assignment Costing

Enables the user to toggle between the two processes of using with or without the workflow option. If the profile is set to Yes, the application saves the data on approval. If the rule is set to No, the application saves the data immediately. The default is No.

PAY: Enable Personal Bank Account Validation

Allows users to enable or disable the validation of bank account number. During validation, the application checks the account number against the entered value. If the values do not match, the application prompts the user to re-enter to bank account number.

PAY: Generate Periods for Tax Year

Since the lunar month has only 28 days, the yearly start date of a period would be always less than the legislation specific start date. This profile option enables you to reset the generated payroll period start date back to the legislation start date. You should set the profile option to Yes to display Reset Years in the Payroll window. The default value is No.

PAY:Statement of Earnings User Category

You use this profile when setting up a global statement of earnings to be viewed online. It enables you to select user category when setting up the global statement of earnings.

PAY: Use Third Party Prepayments Rollup

Use this profile option to enable the Third Party Payments Rollup feature. The Payees button in the Organizational Payment Method window is enabled when the profile option PAY: Use Third Party PrePayments Rollup is set to Yes for all payment methods with the Third Party Payment check box selected.

PER:Automatic Save

You use this profile when setting up iRecruitment. Set the profile option to Y to enable an automatic Save For Later operation when users navigate to a new web page.

PER:Navigation

You use this profile when setting up iRecruitment. Set the profile option to Y if you want the application to validate data on the current web page when users navigate to a new page (Next or Previous).

Personalize Self-Service Defn

This profile option enables or disables the global Personalize link and Personalize Region link that appear on self-service functions from SSHR 4.0 and above.

This profile option is used in SSHR.

PO: Services Procurement Enabled

Controls the availability of purchase-order information from Oracle Services Procurement to Oracle HRMS. If you use Oracle Services Procurement to provide purchase order information for contingent worker assignments, you must set this profile option to Yes.

Performance Management Source Type

Enables you to select a default value from the "PROFICIENCY_SOURCE" (Source of Proficiency Rating) user lookup. HRMS uses this value when updating a person's competency profile automatically after an appraisal.

Note: This profile option was previously known as Talent Management Source Type.

RTI Uptake

Use this profile if you are not yet on RTI or migrating PAYE schemes to RTI in batches. This profile enables you to continue to use the existing BACS file creation functionality that does not generate the random number which is required to accommodate the HASHing requirement within RTI. Additionally, if you are migrating in batches, then you have this option for the non-RTI PAYE schemes. This profile has the following values:

Ensure that you set the correct option prior to submitting the BACS processes for the payrolls within the PAYE schemes after installing RTI functionality.

This profile option is for users of the UK legislation only.

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