Follow the steps below to set up anonymous access and to configure the global button bar.

To secure the Employee Directory function and to restrict access to employee data through Intranet and external servers, Oracle SSHR provides the Employee Directory responsibility that contains Employee Directory function.

The predefined GUEST user grant for the Employee Directory Functions menu no longer works. To enable GUEST user to access the Employee Directory functions, you must assign the Employee Directory responsibility to the GUEST user using the Users window.

   To provide users with anonymous access to the Employee Directory:

1. Log in to Oracle Applications using the System Administrator responsibility.

2. Navigate to the Users window and query the GUEST user.

3. In the responsibilities window, assign the Employee Directory responsibility and save.

4. Ensure your HTML form includes an Action referencing "/OA_HTML/EmpdirLogin.jsp". This action takes the user to the simple search field, logged in anonymously. See the example code below.

5. Ensure the HTML form has the following two elements:

   • A Text element with the name "srchText"

     This element places a text field in your form into which the user can enter search criteria in order to access people in the Employee Directory.

   • A Hidden element with the name "L", and the required language code for MLS

     This element provides field labels and data for the directory in the chosen language.

   See the example code below.

6. Function level personalization is not automatically available for anonymous access. If you want to enable Function level personalization, add a Hidden element with the name "OAFunc" pointing to the function being personalized.

   See the example code below.

   Example HTML form

   <form NAME="people"
   ACTION="http://qapache.us.oracle.com:5122/OA_HTML/EmpdirLogin.jsp" METHOD="POST" target="_top">
        <table WIDTH="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
        <tr><td WIDTH="1%" valign="TOP">
        <table WIDTH="130">
        <tr><td valign="TOP">
        <input TYPE="text" NAME="srchText" SIZE="9">
        <input TYPE="hidden" NAME="L" value="US">
        <input TYPE="hidden" NAME="OAFunc" value="ORACLE_PROXY_SS">  --this line is optional
   </form>

   To configure the Global Buttons for anonymous login:

1. If you require additional buttons, such as Files Online, or Calendar, make entries to the Employee Directory Global Menu, or to any customer defined menu of menu type Global.

   Note: Global buttons are defined as FND Form functions.

2. Set the system profile HR:Employee Directory Global Menu to point to the Employee Directory Global Menu (the default), or the menu you have defined in the previous Step.