Source Tracking - Permissions and Settings

User Type Permission Description Location
Access source tracking configuration A user must have this permission to configure the Source Tracking feature. Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > [Users] User Types > Recruiting > Administration
Access Posting and Sourcing Gives Recruiting Center users access to the Posting and Sourcing tab in requisitions. Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > [Users] User Types > Recruiting > Sourcing
Select Taleo system sources in selector window Allows Recruiting Center users to select Taleo system sources for a requisition. Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration> [Users] User Types > Recruiting > Sourcing
Attention: Currently, if users do not have the "Select Taleo system sources in selector window" permission, they cannot add any sources to the list for the requisition. If they have the permission, they can add all sources, zone specific and system sources.

Setting Description Default Value Location

Already Answered Source Tracking Question

Ask applicant source only once within the same session.

If set to Yes and the candidate has specified the source tracking in the session, then the candidate is not asked to specify the source a second time in the same session and the same source is used for subsequent submissions in the same session.

If the browser closes or the candidate is logged off, the candidate needs to answer the source tracking question again.

Yes

Configuration > [Recruiting] Settings

General Profile Source Tracking

At every submission, update candidate profile with new source information.

If set to Yes, the candidate's General Profile source is updated with submission source after each new submission. 

If set to No, each new submission source will only be at the submission level and the candidate's General Profile source will stay as it is, whether that is blank or a specific source.

No Configuration > [Recruiting] Settings

Tracking Mode

Enables the display of events in Source Tracking.

If set to Event, events can be created for each source. In the Corporate Sources list, an Event column is available.

If set to Source, no events are available.

Event Configuration > [Recruiting] Settings

Source Tracking Questions Mandatory

If set to Yes, source tracking questions are mandatory in the Career Section.

No Configuration > [Recruiting] Settings

Source Tracking List Presented

Show the source type while capturing a source.

If set to Yes, the Source Type is asked first, followed by the list of sources for the type that is selected.

If set to No, only the sources are displayed.

Yes Configuration > [Recruiting] Settings

Display Internal Sources on Internal Career Sections

When activated, the internal sources are displayed on the internal Career Sections.

If set to Yes, any source that has the Internal visibility will be displayed on all Internal Career Sections.

If set to No, only sources with the Public visibility will be displayed on all Career Sections.
No. This is a Private setting that can only be activated by Oracle Support. Configuration > [Career Section] Settings