Generating Documents as an Administrator

This topic provides an overview on administrator document generation and discusses how to generate documents as an administrator.

Page Name

Definition Name

Usage

Create Documents Page

RUNCTL_EPMGRDOC

Schedule a background process to generate documents for individual employees or a group of employees using the group ID.

View Document Creation Results Page

RUNCTL_EPMGRDC_INQ

View documents that were created by the background process.

HR administrators schedule a background process and select one or more employee groups to generate documents.

Use the Create Documents page (RUNCTL_EPMGRDOC) to schedule a background process to generate documents for individual employees or a group of employees using the group ID.

Navigation

  • (Fluid) Select the Talent Administrator home page and click the Performance Administration tile. On the left navigation, select Documents > Create Documents.

  • (Classic) Workforce Development > Performance Management > Performance Documents > Create Documents > Create Documents

  • (Classic) Workforce Development > Performance Management > Development Documents > Create Documents > Create Documents

Image: Create Documents page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the Create Documents page.

Create Documents page

Run Request Parameters

Field or Control

Definition
Period Begin Date and Period End Date

Enter the beginning and ending date of the period of time that the document covers.

The system prepopulates these fields with default values that are specified on the Assign Document Defaults page, if available.

See Assigning Document Defaults.
Document Type

Enter a document type such as Performance Document, Performance Plan, or Annual Review. You define document types using the Document Type component.

The system prepopulates this field with the default value that is specified on the Assign Document Defaults page.

See Assigning Document Defaults.
Template ID

Select the template ID to generate the documents. This field is available if the template source on the Document Types page is User Defined for this document type.
Manager Selection Method

Specify a method for selecting manager IDs. When you launch the mass document creation process, the system determines the manager of each employee it processes using data defined in PeopleSoft HR. It needs this information to route email messages to managers informing them that review forms are available, and to associate a manager ID with each document, so that the manager can act as the author of the manager document and the owner of the evaluation process.

Values are:

  • By Department Manager ID: The system retrieves a manager based on the department of the employee, using the Manager ID field on the Department Profile page.

  • By Group ID: The system retrieves the manager from the Manager ID field on the Group Profile page.

  • By Manager ID: If you select this option, you must specify the manager ID in the Manager ID field.

  • By Part Posn Mgmt Dept Mgr ID: The system searches for a Reports To relationship between managers and employees, and then uses the By Department Manager ID selection method if a Reports To ID is not found.

  • By Part Posn Mgmt Supervisor: The system searches for a Reports To relationship between managers and employees, and then uses the By Supervisor ID selection method if a Reports To ID is not found.

  • By Reports To Position: The system retrieves the manager of the employee's position that is specified in the Position Data component.

  • By Supervisor ID: The system retrieves the manager based on the Supervisor ID field on the Job Data - Job Information page.

Create Document Using

Field or Control

Definition
Group ID

Select this radio button if you want to create documents using the group ID. The system displays a group box called Documents Using Group ID – Employee Groups to Process.
Employee ID

Select this radio button if you want to create documents using the employee ID. The system displays a group box called Documents Using Employee ID – Employees to Process.

Documents Using Group ID – Employee Groups to Process

Field or Control

Definition
Group ID

Specify the employee groups for which you want to generate documents.
As of Date

Enter the date from which you want to generate the group that is used in the document creation process. The current system date is the default.

Note: The mass creation process always regenerates the selected groups before it creates employee documents.
Language Code

Select a language code to generate documents in a different language than the base language of the database. This field is available only when the Allow Language Override check box is selected on the ePerformance Installation page.

Documents Using Employee ID – Employees to Process

Field or Control

Definition
EmplID (employee ID)

Select the employees for which you want to generate documents.
Empl Rcd (employee record)

Specify the employee's record number for which you want to generate documents.
Language Code

Select a language code to generate documents in a different language than the base language of the database. This field is available only when the Allow Language Override check box is selected on the ePerformance Installation page.

Use the View Document Creation Results page (RUNCTL_EPMGRDC_INQ) to view documents that were created by the background process.

Navigation

Workforce Development > Performance Management > View Document Creation Results > View Document Creation Results

Image: View Document Creation Results page

This example illustrates the fields and controls on the View Document Creation Results page.

View Document Creation Results page

The View Document Creation Results page is only available after you run the Create Documents process. This page lists whether or not the documents were successfully created in the batch process.