How You Audit Talent Management Business Objects

Set up auditing policies to maintain a history of changes to your important data: what changed, who changed it, and when. The audit tracks changes to attributes of Oracle Fusion Talent Management business objects made using the application pages, web services, or talent management

You can view the audit history to determine how a business object obtained its current value and to compare old and new values. To set up auditing, you must have the Application Implementation Consultant job role to access the Manage Audit Policies task. To view audit data, you must have the Internal Auditor job role.

Talent Management Business Objects

When you set up auditing for business objects in talent management, you configure Oracle Fusion Applications business objects on the Manage Audit Policies page in the Setup and Maintenance work area:

Select the HCM Talent application on the Configure Business Object Attributes page.
Specify the attributes to audit for the objects. For example, you may audit the rating level and numeric rating attributes for rating levels.

The following table lists the talent management business objects to audit.

Talent Management Business Object	Audited Attributes
Talent content library, including rating models, rating levels, and content items	From and to dates, code, name, distribution threshold, and description for rating models From and to points, maximum and minimum distributions, numeric and star ratings, name, rating level, short description, review points, and description details for rating levels Item code, from and to dates, item description, name, rating model details for content items
Talent pools	Status details of talent pool members
Talent profiles, including person and model profiles	Keywords and from and to dates for person and model profiles
Talent profiles setup, including content section properties	Label, column name, default value, display, source, required, searchable, value set name, and view attribute for profile type section properties (also called content section properties)
Performance evaluations, including evaluation sections, evaluation section ratings, evaluation items, evaluation item ratings, participant details, and performance task.	Manager ID, status, start and end dates, performance document name, and evaluation context (descriptive flexfields for additional attributes) for performance evaluations Comments and performance rating for evaluation section ratings Item name, minimum weight, and weight for evaluation item Comments, performance rating, and proficiency level for evaluation item ratings Participant ID and role, status of the task, optional overall comments, and notified by data to indicate which person requested the participant to participate in the evaluation Status of performance task, and action performed by data to indicate which person performed the task
Check-ins	Check-in meeting details and discussion topics.
Succession plans	Status details of succession plan candidates.

Audit Reports

Talent management enables users with the Internal Auditor job role to view audit reports for audit-enabled talent management business objects. You can view the changes that the application data underwent. The report provides you with details of the talent management business objects that were created, updated, and deleted. You can select among several search parameters to decide the type of audit history report that you require. To access the Audit Reports work area, select Navigator > Tools > Audit Reports.