To set the session date in Self-Service Benefits:Self-Service Benefits provides different ways of controlling the date on which the application records a participant election:
The Change Session Date web page (for testing environments in both Standard and Advanced Benefits)
The Change Session Date menu parameter (Standard Benefits)
Normal date processing based on the session date (Advanced Benefits)
The Change Session Date web page lets you test future-dated elections, such as for an upcoming open enrollment period.
Use the Change Session Date menu parameter if you use standard benefits and you want to record the life event occurred date of an enrollment for a date that is not equal to the system date.
For example, if you schedule your open enrollment period for the first two weeks in November, you can set the session date to record all enrollments as of January 1st of the following year.
Note: You can use both features simultaneously, but the date the user enters in the Change Session Date web page overrides the session date parameter for the current session.
To set the session date in Self-Service Benefits:Log in to Oracle HRMS using a System Administrator responsibility and open the Form Functions window.
Choose the Description tab.
Query the Function Name for which you want to set the session date. Choose from:
BEN_SS_BNFT_ENRT (Employee Self-Service Benefits)
BEN_SS_MGR_ENRT (Manager Self-Service Benefits)
Choose the Form tab.
Update the seeded parameter to display the Change Session Date page or to set the effective date to a date you choose.
Note: If you do not set the session date, Self-Service Benefits processes dates based on the date codes you select in your plan design.
In the following example, setting displayDate=Y displays the Change Session Date web page. Setting &sessionDate=12/31 sets the session date to December 31st for the BEN_SS_MGR_ENRT function.
displayDate=Y&sessionDate=12/31&pFromPersonSearch=Y&pFormFunction=BEN_SS_MGR_SRCH
You enter the session date in mm/dd format. Do not include the year.
Note: You should remove this web page from your production environment by setting displayDate=N so that benefits participants cannot alter their enrollment date.
Deriving the Year of the Session Date
The application derives the year to use for the session date, so you should not include a year in the session date parameter.
If you enter a session day and month that is prior to or equal to the system day and month, the application uses the following year. If you enter a session date that is later than the system day and month, the application sets the session date to the current year.