1. Using Enhanced Talent Profiles
  2. Profile Definition

Profile Definition

The Profile Definition page contains the name and description of the profile, together with the active status. In addition, in the case of person profiles, it provides the capability to autocreate profiles.

The application provides the functionality to automatically create person profiles for person records. You can enable or disable this functionality using the Autocreate Person Profiles check box in the Person Profile. By default, this check box is already selected. The Autocreate Person Profiles check box is available on the Edit Profile Type page of the person profile type. Use the Profile Types task in the Profiles work area to edit the person profile type.

When the Autocreate Person Profiles check box is selected:

  • The application automatically creates the person profile for that person when someone accesses the Skills and Qualifications page for a person.
  • The person profile added for a pending worker is activated on the effective hire date for an employee or the effective placement date for a contingent worker.

If you choose to clear the Autocreate Person Profiles check box for the person profile type and no profile exists for a person, the application displays an error message to create or upload profile when you access that person's Skills and Qualifications page. However, when uploading talent profile data from external sources, you must clear the Autocreate Person Profiles check box to avoid duplication of person profiles.

Here is how profiles are automatically created in the application:

  1. Selecting the Autocreate Person Profiles check box in the Profile Type UI will create profiles automatically only when the user navigates to either the Skills and Qualifications or Talent Rating UIs.
  2. Hiring a person through the UI needs to have the HRT_CREATE_PROFILE_FOR_NEW_HIRE profile option configured. Create a person profile automatically for a new hire by creating the HRT_CREATE_PROFILE_FOR_NEW_HIRE profile option. By default, the HRT_CREATE_PROFILE_FOR_NEW_HIRE profile option is not available in the application. You must create and enable this profile option at the site, product, and user profile levels. Once the profile option is created and enabled for all profile levels, the application creates a person profile for each new hire.
  3. When loading person data via HDL, customers must also load Profile data to create a person profile. If the above-mentioned profile option is configured and set, customers can try adding the SET ENABLE_INCREMENTAL_LOAD_EVENTS Y in the dat file to simulate UI behavior where the profile records are auto-created, but please note that this may cause performance issues during HDL load as this triggers an event process that will validate and create a profile for each record inserted; thus not a recommended approach.