Understanding Profile Maintenance

eDevelopment provides employees and managers with self-service options that integrate with the Manage Profiles business process in PeopleSoft HR. eDevelopment profiles are divided into two categories:

• Person profiles.

  Person profiles describe a person's skills, competencies, accomplishments and performance. Person profiles are linked to a person ID.

• Job profiles.

  Job profiles (known as non-person profiles in the Manage Profiles business process) describe the competencies, qualifications, and responsibilities of a job. You can link job profiles to a variety of entities, not just job codes. For example, job profiles can also be linked to positions, job families, and salary grades.

The format of profiles is the same in eDevelopment and the Manage Profiles business process. Profile content is divided into tabs and content sections that are defined by the profile type used to create the profile.

See PeopleSoft Human Resources Manage Profiles: Understanding Profiles and Profile Types.

The following topics discuss the self-service profile management options available to employees and managers that enable them to perform the following transactions:

Profile Management Transaction	Classic User Interface Pages	Fluid User Interface Pages
Create and maintain your own person profile.	Employees use the My Current Profile transaction to view and edit their existing person profiles and create new profiles. Employees also use the My Historical Profile option to view historical rows of their profile. See (Classic) Maintaining Person Profiles as an Employee or Manager.	Employees use the Talent Profile Tile and page to view and edit their existing person profiles and create new profiles. When historical profile data exists for an item, theses pages will display the View History button for the row, which opens the View Profile Item History page to access historical rows of their profile.
Create and maintain your team members’ profiles.	Managers can create, view, and update the person profiles for their team using the Current Team Profiles Page. The manager Team Historical Profile transaction displays historical profile items in effect for direct reports as of the as of date. See (Classic) Maintaining Person Profiles as an Employee or Manager.	Managers can create, view, and update the person profiles for their team using the Team Talent Profile Tile and pages. When historical profile data exists for a profile item, theses pages display the View History button for that row, where you can access historical data.
Approve changes to person or non-person profiles.	Managers use the Approve Profiles page to review changes to their employees' person profiles that require approval, and approve or deny the changes. See (Classic) Approving Person Profile Changes and Viewing Approval History.	Managers use the Pending Approvals - Person Profile Page or Pending Approvals - Non-Person Profile Page to review changes to their employees' person profiles or non-person profile changes that require approval, and approve or deny the changes.
View approval history.	Employees use the Profile Approval History page in classic to view the approval status of profile changes that they have submitted for approval and view the history of profile approvals. See (Classic) Approving Person Profile Changes and Viewing Approval History.	Employees use the Application Fundamentals: Approvals History PageApproval History option in fluid to view the approval status of profile changes that they have submitted for approval and view the history of profile approvals.
Manage interest lists. Note: An interest list is a collection of job profiles that is associated with an employee. Typically interest lists are used to identify jobs that an employee is interested in applying for, or jobs that match an employee's profile, or jobs that an employee wants to include in a career planning discussion with their manager.	Employees can add to and remove job profiles from their interest list using the My Interest List Page. Managers can view and update their employees' interest lists using the Team Interest Lists Page. See (Classic) Maintaining Interest Lists.	Employees can add to and remove job profiles from their interest list using the My Interest List Tile and pages. Managers can view and update their employees' interest lists using the Team Interest List Tile and pages.
View job profiles.	Employees have two options for viewing job (non-person) profiles: My Job Profiles lists job profiles related to their current jobs. View Job Profiles is a general option for viewing any job profile. See (Classic) Viewing and Updating Job Profiles.	Employees have two options for viewing job (non-person) profiles: My Job Profiles Tile (for Employees) and pages give access to a list of job profiles related to their current jobs. View Job Profiles Tile (for Employees) and pages provide a general option for viewing any job profile.
Create and maintain job profiles (manager only). Note: Depending on the configuration of your profile types, approvals workflow is triggered when managers update job profiles. The typical approver for job profiles is the profile administrator, although this can be configured according to your business needs.	Managers can create and update job profiles using the Maintain Job Profiles page. See (Classic) Viewing and Updating Job Profiles.	Managers can create and update job profiles using the Maintain Job Profiles Tile (for Managers) and pages.
Search and compare profiles.	Employees and managers use Search and Compare Profiles to run any of the search types that have been configured for them. See PeopleSoft Human Resources Manage Profiles: (Classic) Searching and Comparing Profiles.	Employees and managers use PeopleSoft Human Resources Manage Profiles: Search / Compare Profiles Tile and pages to run any of the search types that have been configured for them.