You can enter addresses in the Location window.

Locations are shared across Business Groups in HRMS and with two other Oracle applications: Inventory and Purchasing. HRMS does not use some of the fields in the Location window. These fields are disabled for HRMS users. For example, the Legal Address check box is read-only and supports future functionality in Oracle Financials.

For information about Oracle Purchasing locations, see: Defining Locations.

   To enter a work location and its address:

1. Enter the name of the location, and a description if required.

2. Uncheck the Global check box if you want the location to only be available within the default Business Group of your current responsibility. Accept the default if you want the location to be a global location and therefore available to all Business Groups.

   If you are setting up a global location, the location name must be unique across all Business Groups.

   If you are setting up a location for one Business Group, the location name must be unique within that Business Group and all global locations, but does not have to be unique across all Business Groups.

   Note: You cannot amend the Global check box once you have set up your location.

3. Select a national address style from the list. If a local address style exists for your country, it is displayed as the default. Otherwise, the international style is displayed.

   Australian users: There is a choice of Australia (International) address style and Australia address style. If you want to upgrade from an existing Australia (International) address style to the Australia address style, run the Upgrade Australia Address Style process. This is an optional step. This process enables you to validate and correct any invalid address information for reporting purposes.

   US and Canadian users: The local style is only displayed if you have Vertex geocode data installed.

   Note: You can change existing address styles or create new ones if required.

   See: Changing Default National Address Styles

4. Enter address information in this window.

   US Payroll users: If you change a location address, then you must update the location in the State Tax Rules window for each assignment at that location. If the Address Validation Using Vertex Web Services feature is enabled, then Vertex Web Services validates addresses in the Location window. See: Address Validation Using Vertex Web Services

   US users: In the EEO Exception Report, location addresses are truncated to 115 characters if the combined length of the location code and address lines 1,2, and 3 is greater than 115 characters.

   Canadian Payroll users: You enter Census Metropolitan Area codes here in the Location Address flexfield.

   Note: You must enter the postal code in the following format NNNNAA, for example, 1234AB.

   Irish users: You enter the employer's address here and attach it to the legal employer.

5. If the mailing address of the location differs from the payroll taxation address, you need to enter an overriding address into the Payroll Tax fields.

6. Select a time zone if you want to associate a time zone with the location.

   Note: When you select a time zone, ensure that it corresponds to the location's address.

7. Choose OK, and then choose the Extra Information button to enter any additional information required by your enterprise.

   See: Entering Extra Information

8. Save your location.

   To make locations inactive:

Making a location inactive prevents users from selecting it.

   To remove an address from the Location list:

1. Enter an inactive date when the location is no longer in use in your enterprise, and save your changes.

   To delete a location:

You can delete locations that have not been used.

1. Query the location you want to delete.

2. Delete the location.

3. Save the changes.