A user profile is a set of changeable options that affects the way your application runs. You can set user profiles at different levels. The levels below are used by the standard security hierarchy type:

• Site level: These settings apply to all users at an installation site.

• Application level: These settings apply to all users of any responsibility associated with the application.

• Responsibility level: These settings apply to all users currently signed on under the responsibility.

• User level: These settings apply to individual users, identified by their application usernames.

Values set at a higher level cascade as defaults to the lower levels. Values set at a lower level override any default from a higher level.

You use the System Profile Values window to set profile options at each level. If you change a user profile option value, your change takes effect as soon as your users log on again or change responsibilities.

Profile Options Summary

The following table lists the profile options that you can define for Oracle Performance Management and the levels at which the profile options can be set.

Profile Options

Profile Options Description

• HR: Appraisee Can Add Participants

  Controls whether appraisees can add participants to their appraisals. If you set this profile option to Yes (the default value), appraisees can add participants. If you set this profile option to No, appraisees cannot add participants.

  Note: You can set the HR: Appraisee Can Add Participants option to No and when you configure the appraisal template, you can select Add Participant in the Appraisee Permissions region of the appraisal template, which sets this feature at the template level.

• HR: Worker Appraisals Menu

  Controls the types of appraisal a worker can create. By default, this option is set to Employee Appraisals Menu.

• HR: Manager Appraisals Menu

  Controls the types of appraisal a manager can create. By default, this option is set to Manager Appraisals Menu.

• HR: Apply Assessment Competencies to Person

  Controls whether the application updates an appraisee's competency profile automatically when an appraisal is complete. By default, this option is set to No. If set to Yes, automatically updates the appraisee's competency profile with data from a completed appraisal.

  Note: Apply Assessment Competencies to Person applies at the site level. As an alternative, when you configure the appraisal template, you can select Update Competency Profile in the appraisal template, which sets this feature at template level.

• HR: Performance Management Source Type

  Enables you to select a default value from the PROFICIENCY_SOURCE (Source of Proficiency Rating) user lookup. The application uses this value when updating a person's competency profile automatically.

• HR: Save and Stay in Appraisals Page

  Controls what happens when the user clicks Save as Draft in an Appraisals page. When this option is set to Yes, which is the default value, the user remains in the current page and can continue to edit the appraisal. When this option is set to No, the Appraisals home page appears.

• HR: Allow Updates to Objective Details Added by Appraisee

  Controls whether managers can update objectives and objectives' details added by workers. If you set the profile option to Yes, then managers can update the objectives and objectives' details added by workers. You can set the profile option to No, if you do not want managers to update the objectives and objectives' details added by workers. If you do not set a value for the profile option or leave the profile option blank, then managers can update the objectives and objectives' details added by employees.

• HR : Round Off Decimals in Total Competency and Objective Scores

  Limits the number of decimal places in total competency and objective scores. Instead of a long string of decimal places, the application can approximate the value of the decimal to a specified decimal place. To round off decimals, set this profile option. For example, if the profile option is set to a value of 3, then the application rounds off the scores to that specific decimal place. The default value is 4.

• HR: Display Completed Appraisal from Other Business Groups

  Controls the display of completed appraisals of workers who are terminated from one business group and rehired into another business group.

  Typically, in an enterprise, employees or contingent workers transfer from one business group to another business group. They can also be terminated from one business group and rehired in another business group. In such cases, managers or HR Professionals may want to view the previously completed appraisals of workers from the earlier business group. Set the profile option value to Yes to enable managers or HR Professionals to view completed appraisals from other business groups.

• HR: Update PMP Appraisals After the Appraisal Period

  Controls whether managers and workers can complete performance management plan (PMP) appraisals after the Appraisal Task End Date and before the Plan Period End Date.

  In any enterprise, there may be workers who do not complete their performance management plan appraisals within the appraisal period due to reasons such as being on leave. Set the profile option to Yes to enable managers and workers to update PMP appraisals after the Appraisal Task End Date. If the profile option is set to No or is left blank, then managers and workers cannot update PMP appraisals after the Appraisal Task End Date. There is no default value for this profile option.

  Attention: This profile option applies to performance management plan appraisals only.

• HR: View Historical Plans (YYYY/MM/DD)

  Controls the display of performance management plans based on the date entered as the profile value. Enter the effective date from when you want to display historical plans. For example, if you enter 2005/01/01 as the profile option value, then the application displays plans with the start date on or after 2005/01/01.

• HR: Enable Star Rating For Performance and Proficiency Levels in Competencies

  Enables managers and workers to use star rating levels instead of the conventional drop-down list of rating scale values to rate performance and proficiency levels in competencies. This profile option can be set at the Site, Application, Responsibility, and User levels.

  You can select either Yes or No. If you leave the profile option value blank or null, then the application considers it as No.

  If this profile option is set to Yes at any of the levels, then the application displays the star rating component in the following functions:

  • In the Competency Profile function, the star rating component is displayed on the following pages and tables:

    Current Competencies

    Correct Competencies

    Enter New Levels

    Proposed Changes table

    Competency History

    Add Competencies page

    Competency Profile: Review

    Competencies Awaiting Approval

  • In Appraisals (both appraisals created using the Appraisals function and performance-management plan appraisals), the star rating component will be displayed only for the proficiency and performance rating scale in the Competencies region.

    Note: The 'Current Proficiency Level' in the Competency Profile function alone supports the star rating component. In the Appraisals function the 'Current Proficiency Level' does not support the star rating component.

  • In the All Actions Awaiting Your Attention function, the star rating component is displayed for approvers, when a Competency Profile transaction is submitted for approval.

For information on profile options in Oracle HRMS, see: User Profiles