Fundamental Data Structure: Organization-Location-Job Field (OLF)
Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition designed a data structure that enables each customer to customize Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition products such that they reflect how the customer does business. Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition defines each organization (customer) as a combination of three main elements: Organizations, Locations, Job Fields (OLF). OLF is also referred to as contextualization.
Organization describes the hierarchical structure of an organization. Up to 20 organization levels can be created. The system proposes the following organization structure, but other terms may be chosen to better reflect the hierarchical structure of a company:
Company
Sector
Department
Division
Location represents a geographical area, such as a country or state. Locations are listed in a hierarchical order, from the broadest geographical area (often a country) to increasingly specific areas (work location). Up to 5 location levels can be created. Locations must be associated to Oracle Taleo Enterprise Edition network locations used for various purposes, mainly integration with external systems, using a common and standard universal structure. Oracle Taleo strongly recommends defining a zip code for the location. A common location structure is:
Country
State/Province
Region
City
Work Location
Job Field represents the employment sectors or domains. Up to 4 job field levels can be created. Job fields must also be mapped to the network job fields, again to have a common language with the external world, be for posting or integrations. This mapping also serves to inherit existing classification for competencies. The system proposes the following job field structure, but other terms may be chosen to better reflect the structure of a company:
Category
Function
Specialty
Contextualization, that is the Organization-Location-Job Field structure associated to an element, represents the framework the application uses to organize, classify, link, match or search for information in the application. Although Organization-Location-Job Field structures are configured with the help of an Oracle representative during the implementation phase, modifications to structure elements can be done in maintenance mode at any time. It is possible to customize the system to reflect a company's unique structure and make modifications to Organization-Location-Job field elements in real time so that the data accounts for any changes in the structure.
Configuration
To manage organizations, locations and job fields in SmartOrg, the Manage foundation data permission is required.
| User Type Permission | Location |
|---|---|
| Manage foundation data | Configuration > [SmartOrg] Administration > [Users] User Types > Configuration > Foundation Data |