You define both primary and secondary user statuses. In the Assignment Statuses window you can define these statuses for both employee and applicant assignments.

Defining Primary User Statuses

   To rename a user status:

1. Delete the contents of the User Status field and type in your preferred name.

   To supply additional user statuses for a system status:

1. Insert a new record.

2. Type in your user status name.

3. If you are using iRecruitment, you can enter an external status for your applicant assignment user statuses. This status is displayed to candidates in iRecruitment. For example, you may want to create an external status of 'Interview' for applicant assignment user statuses of 'Pending Interview' and 'Interview Passed'. The candidate in iRecruitment would see the external status and the manager would see the user status names.

4. Select a Human Resource system status.

5. For employee assignment statuses, you must also select a Payroll system status. You must do this, even if you do not have Oracle Payroll. If you have Oracle Payroll, the payroll system status controls whether payroll processes the assignment in a payroll run.

   Note: If you select a payroll system status of Do Not Process, payroll will still create assignment actions for assignments with this status. It is these assignment actions that will not be processed.

6. Save the new status.

   Note: For each system status, you must have one default user status. The system automatically uses the default in certain situations. For example, when you create a new employee assignment, it automatically has the default user status corresponding to the system status Active Assignment. You can override this default.

   You cannot delete a user status, but you can prevent its use by deactivating it. To deactivate a user status, uncheck the Active check box.

Defining Secondary Statuses

A user status associated with a system status is called a primary status because it determines how the system processes the assignment. You can also define secondary statuses not associated with a system status. You use secondary statuses for analysis and reporting, but not to control pay processing for assignments.

   To create a secondary status:

1. Insert a new record.

2. Type in a user status and do not select a system status.

   The Type field displays Secondary.