You define the changes to a person's record that trigger a life event by specifying the value of the database field that indicates this person change has occurred.

   To define a person change:

1. Query or enter a life event in the Life Event Reasons window.

2. Choose the Person Changes button if you are defining a life event for a primary participant.

   • Or, choose the Related Person Changes button if the life event experienced by the primary participant causes a life event for a related person.

3. Choose the Define Person Change button or the Define Related Person Change button depending if you chose Person Changes or Related Person Changes in step 2.

4. Enter a Name for the person change you are defining.

5. Select the Table Name of the database table containing the column name (field) and new value that indicates a person has experienced this life event. If you select the PER_PEOPLE_EXTRA_INFO table, then the Column Name list of values displays the values in the DESCRIPTION column of the complied PER_PEOPLE_INFO_TYPES. If you select the PER_ASSIGNMENT_EXTRA_INFO table, then the Column Name drop down displays the values in the DESCRIPTION column of the complied PER_ASSIGNMENT_INFO_TYPES.

   Note: Refer to the Oracle HRMS Technical Reference Manual for definitions of the database tables and columns.

6. Select the Column Name. If you select the PER_ASSIGNMENT_EXTRA_INFO or PER_PEOPLE_EXTRA_INFO tables, you can choose from all the Extra Information Types available, regardless of security setup.

7. Select the Old Value if the life event you are defining is only detected when the column name value change from a specific old value to a specific new value.

8. Select the New Value that triggers a detected life event.

9. If necessary select a Rule of the type Person Changes Causes Life Event to refine the circumstances under which the system determines that this person change has occurred. You can use this rule if changes to different columns on the same table trigger the same life event.

   Note: If you select a rule and associate this person change with an absence-type life event, the values you enter in the Old Value and New Value fields are ignored and only the rule is evaluated. If the rule returns the value Yes, the Person Change has occurred, regardless of the value in the selected column.

10. Enter the text in the What-if Label field that represents this person change when you model eligibility using the What-if Eligibility/Ineligibility Participation window.

11. Select the Rule Overrides check box if you attach a Person Changes Causes Life Event rule to this Person Change and you want the results of the formula to determine how to detect the event.

    The API executes the rule when a change happens on the table you select for this Person Change.

    If you do not select this check box, the application detects a life event when a person meets the criteria of both the rule and the table/column values you selected in steps 5 through 8.

12. Click the Add Record icon on the toolbar if you want to define another person change.

    You can add a person change based on another column in the same table you previously selected, or a column in a different table. Changes based on columns in the same table function as an And condition; changes based on columns in different tables function as an Or condition.

13. Save your work.