Content Sections

Content sections are sections in a profile, person or model, containing profile items. The properties for the content sections are configured under the profile type. You define properties for each content section. However, the accessibility of a content section for person profiles is dependent

Content Section Properties

Content section properties or content properties are attributes that are used to define data included in a profile. A free-form content type doesn't have any properties defined for it until you add it to the profile type as a content section. Therefore, you define all properties for free-form content types. You can change content section properties inherited from the content library and free-form content types or add new properties, as needed. Use the Manage Profile Types task in the Profiles or Setup and Maintenance work area to select and edit a content section associated with a profile and define its properties. You must have the HR specialist or implementor role or privileges to perform this task.

Content Section Approval

For a content section in a profile type, you can specify whether the approval is required when a worker adds the content section that the worker can access to a profile. Use the Approval Required check box on the Content Section page to enable or disable approval for a content section. You open the Content Section page, when you add or edit a content section for the person or job profile type on the Manage Profile Types page in the Profiles or Setup and Maintenance work area. You must have the HR specialist or implementor role or privileges to perform this task.

Content Section Access

For accessing the content for person profiles, you must give the required access for the content section to a role. You can specify the level of access as view, edit, or report for each role. For example, users in the line manager role can be given edit access to add and edit the Competencies content and view access to only read the Degrees content for their workers. You can include content-type data in Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher reports. Use the Manage Profile Content Section Access task in the Setup and Maintenance work area to secure access to content sections in person profiles. You must have the IT Security Manager role or privileges to perform this task.

If you search for person profiles, the search results display profiles that match the search criteria. However, you can view content sections details of a person profile based on the access level given to your role. You search for person profiles on the Search: Profiles page in the Profiles work area.

Content sections in person profiles are unsecured when person profiles are included in:

• Best-fit analyses

• Profile comparisons

• Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence reports

No access is required for content sections added to model profiles as their content aren't secured.