Person Name and Address Attributes Included in Redwood Personal Details and Contact Info Business Rules

Person name attributes and some address attributes have been added to the Redwood Personal Details and Contact Info VB Studio Business Rules. This will help you create business rules for these attributes with conditions.

This enhancement was made because some customers had created a Page Composer personalization on the Personal Details responsive page. This personalization made a few name attributes as read-only for their employees when they viewed their own name records, but allowed their HR professionals to be able to edit all their name attributes. 

With this enhancement, you can now achieve this same functionality in the Redwood version of the Personal Details page. You can use the Manage Person Name Styles task under Setup and Maintenance to control the display of person name attributes, and VB Studio Business Rules won’t be required.   

The following rules apply to the person name attributes:

  • If a name attribute isn't included in the person name styles definition, then even if it’s set to be Visible or editable in Business Rules, the attribute won’t be displayed or editable.
    • For example, if the Indian person name style includes the Title, First Name, Last Name, and Middle Names attributes, and the attribute Prefix is set to Visible or editable in the business rules, it won't be displayed or editable.
  • If a name attribute is included in the person name styles definition and is marked as Required, then even if it’s set to Hidden in Business Rules, the attribute will still be displayed.
    • For example, if the Indian person name style includes the First Name and is marked as Required, and the attribute First Name is set to Hidden in the business rule, it will remain as displayed.
  • If a name attribute is included in the person name styles and it’s marked as required, then if it’s set to read-only in Business Rules, it will become read-only even if the attribute doesn't have any data. 
    • For example, if the Indian person name style includes the First Name and is marked as Required, and the First Name attribute is set to Read Only in the business rule, it will become read-only. In the case where a required attribute is null and is set to read-only, an error message will be displayed if the name record is edited.
  • VB Studio Business Rules has two sections for date-effective objects other than person name:
  1. List: This applies to the read-only form. 
  2. Create and Edit: This applies to the create and edit form.

          The name region doesn't have the same model. Rather, it has separate sections for Global Name and Local Name. The Business Rule for these two sections will apply to both the read-only and create and edit forms. 

  • In the read-only use case, only the Hidden property will be applicable. 
  • In the edit use case, all other enabled properties will be applicable. 
  • If a validation Business Rule is written, the Target field condition will result in a banner message displayed at the page level. The message won’t be displayed next to the specific Target field.
  • Business Rule validations, such as restricting special characters being entered or specifying the maximum number of characters that are entered, are also supported.

For address attributes, the expectation is that the Manage Address Formats setup and maintenance task will be used to control the display of address attributes. VB Studio Business Rules won’t be required.

This table describes the rules that apply to the person address attributes.

Business Rule Support for Person Address Attributes

Attribute Read Only Required Hidden Defaulting Validation
Country Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Supported Supported
Start Date Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Supported Supported
Address Type Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Supported Supported
Address Line 1
Address Line 2
Address Line 3
Town or City
Region1
Region2
Region3
Postal Code
Additional Address Attribute 1
Additional Address Attribute 2
Additional Address Attribute 3
Additional Address Attribute 4
Additional Address Attribute 5		 Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Not Supported Supported
Primary Flag Supported Not Supported Supported Not Supported Supported
Address Usage DFFs Supported Supported Supported Supported Supported

You now have more control over the display and editing of the person name and address attributes.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • Defaulting isn’t supported for the person name attributes in business rules.
  • If a business rule is based on a specific value of person name attribute, and that attribute is changed, the hidden and read-only properties won’t be reevaluated.  These properties are evaluated only once, on the initial display of the page.

Key Resources

For more information, refer to these resources on the Oracle Help Center.

For a listing of all profile options for the recreated pages across applications, see the following document in My Oracle Support:

  • HCM Redwood Pages with Profile Options – MOS Document - 2922407.1