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Fusion HCM is delivered with SOAP and REST services for the various business data object to perform several actions like DML(create/update/delete) and retrieve the information. In below example, we will see how to invoke  REST service to retrieve employee information in POSTMAN tool using 'Basic Authentication' Prerequisites: -> Create a cloud user and assign ' Integration Specialist ' and ' Human Capital Management Integration Specialist ' roles. -> Install POSTMAN tool or add POSTMAN app to chrome Steps Identify REST Url -> Click on navigator button and click on ' Developer Connect ' link -> Search the web service that you want to invoke.Click on the service and navigate to below screen -> Click on the second icon on the left side and identify the operation(method) that you want to invoke. -> You can use below endpoint url(WADL) to query employee information. Please change hostname and port. htt...

User accounts for users of Oracle Fusion Applications are maintained in your Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory. The LDAP directory also holds information about roles provisioned to users. During implementation, any existing information about users and their roles must be copied from the LDAP directory to the Oracle Fusion Applications tables. To copy this information, you use the task Run User and Roles Synchronization Process. -> Search for 'User and Roles Synchronization Process' task and click on task link -> Click on submit by clicking on 'submit' button -> You can see below confirmation message with process id upon submission -> Click on navigator button and click schedule process button -> You can view the process status on below screen

Hello All, A lot of times, we have a requirement to enable the DFF in fusion and make it available in OTBI subject area. Let us see how to implement this functionality? -> Login to cloud and navigate to 'Setup And Maintenance' -> Search for 'Manage Descriptive FLexfiled' task -> Click on 'Manage Descriptive Flexfields' task and search for the DFF that you want to configure. -> Click on the edit and navigate to ' Edit Descriptive Flexfield' screen ->  If you want context sensitive , Click on Mange contexts to create new context. -> Click on create(+) icon under Context sensitive segments section to create new segment and enter the required details. Name : Display Name for additional field. Code: Unique code for this segment API Name: name of the field the way you want to appear in the APIs(web services) Data Type: Data Type of the field. Table COlumn: table column where you want to store t...

Please check my other Post   to know what is value set Independent value set is recommended if you have a requirement to restrict DFF field user entry value with  valid values that you maintain/specify. Let's see steps to create a independent value set. -> Login to cloud, navigate to 'setup and maintenance' and search for  'Manage Value Set' task -> Click on 'Manage Value Sets' task and navigate to manage value set screen -> Click on create(+) icon and enter the value set details. Valueset code : Unique code for value set Valueset description : Description field Module: Functional Area Validation Type: Type of Valueset(Independent) Value Data Type: Data Type of value set Value Sub Type: Further classification of    Data Type of value set Maximum Length : maximum length allowed for the value Minimum and Maximum value applicable for the number and if you have the requir...

Let's see what is value set and how to create one. A value set is a group of valid values that you assign to a flexfield segment to control the values that are stored for business object attributes. We have following types value sets. Format only, where end users enter data rather than selecting values from a list Independent, a list of values consisting of valid values you specify Dependent, a list of values where a valid value derives from the independent value of another segment Subset, where the list of values is a subset of the values in an existing independent value set Table, where the values derive from a column in an application table and the list of values is limited by a WHERE clause Security Value set security only works in conjunction with usage within flexfield segments. You can specify that data security be applied to the values in flexfield segments that use a value set. Based on the roles provisioned to users, data security...

How to auto provision the roles in Fusion application? Role is a privilege or set of privileges that provide the access to functional area(s) or data set. There are different kind of roles in fusion. Often, we have requirement to auto provision the roles to new hire, new supplier, new line manager and new customer. You can auto provision the roles using ‘Role Provisioning Rules’ in Fusion. Role Provisioning rule has three components (rule details, conditions and role assignment). Rule details: Rule name and rule effective dates. Conditions:  Set of conditions to auto provision the roles. Role assignments: Roles that you want to auto provision. Let’s see     how to configure Role Provisioning Rules. IT Security Manager role is required to create role mapping to auto provision the roles Steps to create role mapping: è Login as (implementation) user that has ‘IT Security Manager’ Role è Navigate to ‘Setup and Maintenance’ page  and...