Data Source Types

Data sources are either private view objects or value sets.

• A private view object is an Oracle component that simplifies querying and working with business object rows. Values for private view objects appear on the time card, in the drop-down lists of the time attributes. Global Payroll provides separate private view objects for the filtered and unfiltered data sources.
• A value set is a collection of values that appear in the drop-down lists of the time attributes. Project Costing provides the same value set for both the filtered and unfiltered data sources. You can create value sets to use as drop-down lists for any custom time attributes that you create.

For unified single-attribute time card fields, the filtered data sources for line managers and time and labor managers must store the same data type and data as the worker filtered data source. When the worker delivered data source is a private view object, the corresponding manager value sets that you create must include the same values as the private view object.