Configure Alternate Location Names

You can configure job location search to include commonly known alternatives for city and state level locations.

For example, a candidate can find California by typing the alternate location name of "California", instead of the usual abbreviation of "CA".

This feature applies to the Near Location search and Job Location search.

This feature requires Oracle Search.

Here's what to do:

1. Enable the profile option to include alternative location names in search.
2. Create alternate location names.
3. Re-index the master geography hierarchy or update gegography names.

Enable the Profile Option

To enable the use of alternate location names, you need to enable the profile option ORA_IRC_SEARCH_LOCATION_INCLUDE_ALT_NAMES. By default, the profile option is set to N, and only primary location names are displayed.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, click the Tasks icon.
2. Click Search.
3. Search for the task Manage Administrator Profile Values.
4. Click the task name.
5. On the Manage Administrator Profile Values page, search for the profile option code ORA_IRC_SEARCH_LOCATION_INCLUDE_ALT_NAMES.
6. Set the profile value at the Site level to Y.
7. Click Save and Close.

Create Alternate Location Names

To create alternate location names, you use the Manage Geographies task in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

Here’s an example of how to add alternate location names for the state of California in United States.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, search for the task Manage Geographies.
2. On the Manage Geographies page, search for United States. Then go to the state of California (CA)
3. Add alternate location names. In this example, one alternate location name was added.

Re-index Master Geography Hierarchy or Update Geography Names

This step depends on the default location search mode configured on your career site. For details, see Configure Career Site Location Search

If your career site is using the All locations search mode, you need to run the Load and Index Master Geography Hierarchy scheduled process to recreate the location index. Don’t set any parameters upon first activation.

You need to run the Load and Index Master Geography Hierarchy scheduled process every time you make a change to geographies on the Manage Geographies page. You can use parameters. In the above example, you could use US for country, and CA for state.

If your career site is using the All locations search mode, you need to run the Load and Index Master Geography Hierarchy scheduled process to recreate the location index. Don’t set any parameters upon first activation.

You need to run the Load and Index Master Geography Hierarchy scheduled process every time you make a change to geographies on the Manage Geographies page. You can use parameters. In the above example, you could use US for country, and CA for state.

If your career site is using the Recruiting locations search mode, you need to update the geography names on your active recruiting geography hierarchy.

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, search for the task Geography Hierarchies.
2. On the Geography Hierarchies page, open active geography hierarchy.
3. In the Actions menu select Update Geography Names.