How You Configure HCM Data Loader Business Object Access

You can configure product areas and/or business objects to be bulk loaded by a job role using HCM Data Loader to provide users access to the tools needed to fulfill their roles.

This topic explains the steps to provide access by roles or business objects. To provide access -

• By role: Select a single role and assign one or more business objects
• By business object: Select a single business object and assign one or more roles to it

Create Custom User Roles

Create custom user roles using the HCM Data Load duty role to grant HCM Data Loader access as detailed in the How You Enable Access to HCM Data Loader topic.

Manage HCM Data Loader Business Object Access By Role

• Access the HCM Data Loader Business Object Access task on the HCM Data Loader functional area under Setup and Maintenance.
• In the Job and Abstract Roles, enter the custom role in the Role query-by-example field .
• In the results section, select the created custom role. The Assigned Business Objects section title is automatically updated to include the role name.
  
  
  
  
• Click Assign dropdown for the selected custom role under Assigned Business Objects section. The following role-business object mappings are displayed:
  • Assign Individual Business Objects
  • Assign All Business Objects in Product Area
  • Assign All Unrestricted Business Objects
  • Assign All Business Objects, Including Security-Related Objects
    
    
    
    

  If you select Assign Individual Business Objects, then:

  • Search and select the business objects in the Search and Select Business Objects dialog box.

  • Click Add to add the selected business objects to the role. An entry appears in the Assigned Business Objects section for each of the selected business object.

  If you select Assign All Business Objects in a Product Area, then:

  • Select the product area in the Select Product Area dialog box.

  • Click Add. A single entry appears for the product area in the Assigned Business Objects section.

    Note: This role will have access to load data for all the business objects within the product area. Use the View Business Objects task to see which business objects are available in each product area.

  If you select Assign All Unrestricted Business Objects then:

  • A warning message appears to indicate that users with this role can bulk-load data with any business object that doesn't load security-related data.

  • Click Add to close the warning and continue. A single entry appears for all unrestricted business objects in the Assigned Business Objects section.

  If you select Assign All Business Objects, Including Security-Related Objects then:

  • A warning message appears to indicate that users with this role will be able to use the security-related objects only if they have the Load HCM Security Data function security privilege

  • Click Add to close the warning and continue. A single entry appears for all business objects for all product areas in the Assigned Business Objects section.

    Note: When the Restrict Access to Security Related Business Objects is set to Yes in the Configure HCM Data Loader page, only users with the custom role with the Load HCM Security Data function security privilege will be able to bulk load data using security related business objects.
• Click Save.

Manage HCM Data Loader Business Object Access By Business Object

To provide access by business objects:

• On the HCM Data Loader Business Object Access page, select the By Business Object option in the page title.
• In the Business Objects section, enter the name of the business object in the Business Object query-by-example field and press Enter.
• In the results section, select the business object. The Assigned Roles section title is automatically updated to include the business object name.
• In the Assigned Roles section, click Add icon.
• In the Search and Select Roles dialog box, search and select one or more roles.
• Click Add. An entry appears in the Assigned Roles section for each of the selected roles.
• Click Save.

Enable HCM Data Loader Business Objects Access

To enable the capability of configuring the role based access of the business objects, set the override value of the Enable Configuration of Role-Based Business Object Access parameter to Yes in the Configure HCM Data Loader task under Setup and Maintenance.

Here's a tutorial to configure roles to access HCM Data Loader (HDL) functionality and business objects and to generate the PGP key for HDL file encryption HCM Data Loader (HDL) Security and File Encryption