1. Administering Oracle Fusion Field Service
  2. Integrating with Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Time and Labor (OTL) for Debrief Posting

Integrating with Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Time and Labor (OTL) for Debrief Posting

Oracle Fusion Field Service integrates with Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Time and Labor (OTL) to post labor hours directly from Debrief activities. When mobile workers submit Debrief for project-based activities created in Oracle Fusion Field Service, the system creates or updates time card entries in OTL. For team or crew-based activities, the labor hours of individual crew members can be submitted as separate OTL time entries against the same project task.

Advantages

  • Eliminates duplicate time entry across separate apps.

  • Ensures compliance through OTL validations and approval workflows.

  • Makes approved time immediately available for payroll and project costing.

  • Captures labor for each crew member on team-based project activities.
  • Improves project costing accuracy by posting each crew member’s labor against the associated project task.
  • Reduces duplicate entry for crew leads and crew members.

Prerequisites

Before configuring Time and Labor for debrief posting, ensure the following:

  • Oracle Fusion Field Service is deployed and operational
  • Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM Time and Labor is licensed and configured
  • Oracle Fusion Applications connectivity has been established and successfully tested.
  • User identities are synchronized between systems
  • Project-based activities are configured in Field Service

Before using team-based OTL posting, ensure that:

  • The activity is based on a Oracle Fusion Project task.
  • The activity uses the Teamwork feature.
  • Each crew member has a valid Field Service resource identity mapped to the corresponding HCM/OTL person identity.
  • The Debrief plugin is configured for OTL posting.
  • The laborItemNumberForRegLabor plugin parameter is configured if you want labor hours to be automatically populated for crew members.

To ensure successful posting and validation, complete these steps in OTL:

  • Time Entry Layout Components
    • Expose the Payroll Time Type and/or Expenditure Type fields that mobile workers must select during time entry.
  • User Profile Configuration
    • Assign appropriate time entry layouts and enable payroll time types or expenditure types for each person profile expected to submit time from Debrief.
  • Project/Task Availability
    • Confirm required project and task attributes are available and valid for accounts that will use project costing.