Submit a Flow

Use the Submit a Flow page to submit a flow. You can submit these flow types from the flow submission page:

• Process, such as Calculate Payroll. This type of flow has a single task.

• Report, such as the Run Payroll Activity Report. This type of flow has a single task.

• Data Load, such as a task that loads payroll setup objects into the Oracle HCM Cloud application stage tables.

• Task Flow, such as the Payroll Cycle, which lists the payroll tasks to complete for a payroll period in a best practice flow.

Navigate to My Client Groups > Payroll from your Home page and click Submit a Flow under the Flow Submission and Results section. The Submit a Flow page opens.

What You Can Do on the Submit a Flow Page

Use the context switcher on the page header to select a Legislative Data Group (LDG) and view flows for the selected LDG.

Use the Recently Submitted option to view the flows recently submitted by you. If multiple flow patterns have the same number of submissions, they are sorted alphabetically.

Use the Search option to search for a specific flow that you want to submit.

View the list of flows by flow pattern and flow type. The flow pattern includes a process, report, data load, and task flow.

Select a flow to open the flow submission page and view or enter flow parameters.

Follow these steps to submit the flow from this page:

1. Enter a name for the instance of the flow that you're about to submit. For example, if you're submitting the Calculate Payroll flow pattern for a weekly payroll run, enter a flow name that uniquely identifies the payroll run, such as 'Weekly Payroll 10/10/19'.

   Note: It's best practice to enter a name that includes the payroll period, so that it's easier to identify later.

2. Use the Parameters section to view all parameters, and enter values as required before the final submission of the flow. The flow pattern controls which parameters are available on the page. For example, when you submit the calculate payroll process the process date and date earned parameters are defaulted based on the payroll period.

   View all required parameters that are grouped together for quicker submission. Similarly, optional parameters are grouped together for easy submissions.

3. Use the Schedule section to schedule the flow. You can use a predefined schedule if available or select 'As soon as possible' to run the flow as soon as you submit the flow. The default schedule is to submit a flow as soon as possible.

4. Use the Linked Flows section to link another flow to your current flow, or link your current flow to another flow. Your data security access controls which flows you can view and submit, and therefore, which flows you can connect. For more information, refer to the 'Examples of Linking Flows' topic in the Help Center.

5. Select the Process After Error check box to allow the flows to continue irrespective of the status of a prior task, in the same flow or a linked flow.

6. If you have enabled logging, a message appears on the page to indicate that logging is enabled. Before submission of the flow, either disable logging of the default group or select another process configuration group that doesn't have logging enabled. For more information, refer to 'Enable Logging for Payroll Flows ' topic in the Help Center.

7. Use the Upload Parameter Files option to drag and drop files that include flow parameter details. This option displays on the flow submission page only if you have defined the flow to allow upload of a file. Use this option for select flows that require files to be uploaded. You can upload multiple files using this UCM upload option.

When you submit the flow, you're taken to the Checklist page. Monitor and manage the tasks within the flow from the Checklist page.

For more information, refer to the 'Checklist and Flow Tasks' topic in the Help Center.