Methods of Creating Document Records

You can identify the method used to create a document record from the HR_DOCUMENTS_OF_RECORD table. The table contains an attribute which stores the method used.

The attribute isn’t displayed on the Document Records page. Additionally, the attribute is auto-populated and can't be updated using HCM Data Loader or REST API.

This table describes the attribute values:

Attribute	Description
Deep link	Document records created by using a deep link.
Document records	Document records created from the Document Records page.
HCM data loader	Document records created by using HCM Data Loader (HDL).
HCM spreadsheet data loader	Document records created by using HCM Spreadsheet Data Loader (HSDL). Note: Currently, the document records will store the method similar to HDL.
HCM Extract	Document records created by using HCM Extract.
REST API	Document records created by using REST API.
Attachment scan	Document records created by scanning an attachment.
Document records API	Document records created by using document records API.