To define input values:Use the Input Values window to define the input values for the element. You can define up to 15 input values for an element.
Depending on the type of element you have defined, Oracle HRMS may have applied one or more default input values.
North America users: All elements must have the default Jurisdiction input value.
Norway users: All elements that feed the Holiday Pay Base classification must have the Tax Municipality input value. This input value must have the HR_NO_TAX_MUNICIPALITY valueset attached to it.
Payroll users: If you are creating balance feeds for individual elements, ensure you define an input value of the same unit of measure as the balance. Money units must be the same currency.
You can add new input values to a saved element only if you have not entered the element for any employees. To add an input value, you must set your effective date to the element's start date.
To define input values:Set your effective date early enough to handle any historical element entries you want to make.
Enter or query the element in the Element or Element Link window and choose the Input Values button.
Enter the name of the first input value. Remember that if you want to define a pay value to hold run results, you must name it Pay Value.
Select the unit type of your input value (money, hours, character, date, number, or time). A Pay Value must have the unit type Money if the element is in a Payments type classification.
You can enter numbers in the Sequence field to change the order in which the input values appear in the Entry Values window.
Check the Required check box if all entries of the element must have a value for this input.
Note: When you have saved an input value, you cannot change it to be Required. If you have saved it as Not Required by mistake (or you have generated an element that has an input value you want to make required), delete the input value and re-enter it with the correct values. If you are re-entering a generated input value, be careful to enter exactly the same name. You cannot delete the input value if you have made any entries of the element for employees.
Check the User Enterable check box if users can enter a value for this input. Uncheck it if you want to ensure that the default value is entered for all employees.
Check the Database Item check box if you want the value to be available to formulas or QuickPaint inquiries.
Database Items are simple identifiers that the system uses to find specific items of information in the human resources database. Any spaces in the input value name are converted to underscores in the Database Item name.
If you enter defaults at the element link level, these override the defaults at element level. If you update an element-level default, remember to check the values on the element links too.
To enter a default for an input value:Enter the value in the Default field.
If you want existing entries to be updated whenever the default is changed, check the Hot Default check box. The input value must be required if you want to use this option.
A hot default appears in the Entry Values window in quotation marks.
Attention: If a user overrides a hot default in the Entry Values window, subsequent changes to the default will not affect the entry. For this reason, you may prefer to use BEE to change defaults for large groups of employees, rather than the hot default feature.
To enter validation for an input value:Do one of the following:
Enter maximum and minimum values for the input.
Select a Lookup Type to act as a lookup supplying a list of valid values.
Select a formula to validate entries for this input value. Formulas can return messages to users about the success or failure of the validation.
Select Warning or Error to determine whether the system warns users that an entry is invalid or prevents them from saving an invalid entry. You cannot select a value if you chose a Lookup because a user cannot enter an invalid value for an input value validated by lookup.