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Release 12.2
1) Workflow Synchronization
The Synchronize WF Local Tables (FNDWFLSC) concurrent program, also known as bulk synchronization, was
built to move user or role data from product groups to the Workflow Directory Services (WFDS) tables so that
the users and roles created in those product groups could participate in workflow processing. This concurrent
program has been phased out with this release. This program is replaced with incremental synchronization
APIs provided by Oracle Workflow. From this release onwards, incremental synchronization APIs will be called
internally to move user and role data from product groups to the Workflow Directory Services tables.
2) Update Records with Future Person Changes
Termination for an employee if any person type changes existed at a future date for that employee. This restriction ensured
data integrity, but has become restrictive in many standard business cases. With this release, those restrictions are removed
while data integrity is maintained. Now, HR users can perform to this release, HR users could not perform many personnel
actions like Hire, Termination, Rehire, and Reverse Termination such as Termination, Reverse Terminations or Reconsider
Application in Oracle iRecruitment even though future-dated person type changes exist for an employee. Oracle HRMS
provides the HR:Future Dated Person Changes profile option to control the ability of HR users to perform such changes .
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP12
1) Reallocate Donated Budget to a Recipient Position
Oracle HR Budgeting enables you to reallocate control budget resources from one line item to another, as you identify
excess and deficit amounts. However, prior to this release budgets were successfully reallocated but budgets did not reflect
in the Budget tab of the donor and recipient positions. With this release, enhancement is made so that budget values are
reflected in the Budget tab of donor and recipient positions.
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP13
1) Confirmation Email When Information Updated in Employee Self Service
In this release administrators have the ability to send a confirmation email to the person for whom there are changes in the
person attributes via Employee Self Service. Email is sent when one or more of the following attributes are modified.
Last Name, DOB, Email Address, First Name, Known as, Marital Status, Nationality, National Identifier, Previous Last Name,
Registered Disabled Flag, Gender, Title, Blood type and Honors.
PAYROLL
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP5
1) Quick Retro Pay
From this release forward, users can process Retro Pay for a single assignment using the new concurrent process Quick
Retro Pay. Quick Retro Pay is based on Enhanced Retro Pay.
2) Self-Service Batch Element Entry
From this release, payroll administrators can enter element entries for multiple people at a time in a self-service interface.
This submission can be routed through approvals. Administrators can enter element entry values for elements that are in
the element set associated with them and for employees for whom they have access through their security profile.
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP6
1 )Payroll Dashboard
The Payroll Dashboard gives payroll professionals valuable insight into their payroll and assignment process
information by providing them with payroll readiness, analysis, and validation information for the entire payroll
cycle. They can also improve efficiency and reduce costly errors by using the dashboard to monitor payroll and
assignment processes as well as run, retry, or roll back payroll processes. Administrators can easily configure the
payroll readiness, analysis, and validation information according to their requirements using both delivered and
custom checks and rules. This feature is forward-ported to R12.2.4.
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP8
1) Auto-Populate Third Party Bank Information
Prior to this release, HR professionals had to manually enter the third-party payment account details for each employee even though
payment was due to the same third party organization. This could be a repetitive and time consuming process. With this release, when HR
professional select the third-party payee (organization) in an employee’s personal payment method, the applicable bank account details are
automatically populated.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP6.
Release 12.2
1) Enhanced Retro Pay set as Default
Enhanced Retro Pay is the only option available in 12.2. Retro by Element, Aggregate and Run will no longer be supported.
Release 12.2.4
1) Create and Update Multiple Retro Assignments Using Web ADI Spreadsheet
Prior to this release, Mass Creation or Update of Retro Assignments was not available. Payroll administrator had to
create or update retro assignments by individual employee. With this release, a Web ADI integrator for the mass
upload or modification of retro assignments is delivered.
Release 12.2.6
1) Retro Pay Enhanced Results
Oracle Payroll provides a new user interface for querying assignment actions from the RetroPay Enhanced process
and reviewing the corresponding created retro entries. This enhancement enables users to query all the retro
assignment actions for an assignment or payroll between the chosen dates and to review the retro entries created
and the reason for their creation.
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP10
1) Manage Assignment Set Using Web ADI
Prior to this release, Oracle delivered Web ADI based feature to manage static assignment sets. It enabled to
download existing assignment set, add criteria items for assignments, and upload the modified assignment set. With
this release, the user will now be able to create and maintain dynamic assignment sets using Web ADI capabilities.
2) COSTBAL parameter
Action parameter COSTBAL was not available to customer from front end. It was restricted to be set only from
backend. With this release, it is made available from frontend forms to set/unset value for this parameter.
3) Validation for rollback of Transfer to General Ledger
Earlier validation was not enforced regarding rolling back of Transfer to Ledger process even in case where data is already
imported to journals in GL. With this release validation is placed to restrict rolling back Transfer to Ledger process if transferred
data is imported to Journals in GL.
4) Costing Detail Report Generic
In this release additional parameter has been provided to the existing Costing Detail Report Generic to process it based on
costing action along with date range.
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP12
1) Support for Date Picker and SQL based Value Sets in Employee Claims Self-Service Page
“Employee Claims” Self-Service page enables Employees to submit their claim details for approval. Until now, this page displayed
Element Input values of Date Type and those using SQL based Value Sets as free text fields. With this release, Employee Claims
Self- Service page supports Date Picker for Date Type Input Values and List of Values for Input values using SQL based Value Sets.
2) Run Balance Architecture Diagnostic Report to display Defined Balances missing Run Defined Balances
“Run Balance Architecture Diagnostic Report” Concurrent Program is useful to determine if there are any Invalid Run Balances or
Run Balances with incorrect dates. With this release, “Run Balance Architecture Diagnostic Report” also displays the details of
user- created Defined Balances missing corresponding Run Defined Balances. Addition of missing Run Defined Balances and their
Run Balance maintenance can provide better performance to processes utilizing these Balances.
3) Third Party Prepayment Rollup
New Concurrent program “Third Party PrePayments Rollup” is available to rollup the Assignment level Third Party Prepayment
values to the Organization Payment method level. This enables the consolidated remittance to the Third Party Organization in
place of multiple individual payments. Concurrent Program “Third Party PrePayments Rollup Details” is available to review the
rolled up third party prepayments.
4) Costing of Payment Detail Report to display Check Numbers
Costing of Payment Detail Report displays assignment level details of costing of each payment. With this release, the report
displays Check Number information for the applicable Payments.
5) Restrictions on use of COMMIT and ROLLBACK during Fast Formula execution in Payroll process
With this release, usage of COMMIT and ROLLBACK during Fast Formula execution as part of Payroll Process (including Retro
Pay) is restricted. Payroll process raises an error if Formula functions perform COMMIT or ROLLBACK. The restriction is
applicable to Autonomous transactions also. This restriction prevents the data inconsistencies arising from COMMIT or
ROLLBACK operations, performed at Formula Function level.
6) Payroll Dashboard to display Offset Payroll periods
Payroll Dashboard “Payroll Readiness” tab displays Assignment Activity and Payroll Readiness Details. Details displayed are for
the Payroll periods whose Start Date and End Date contain the System date. For Payrolls with Offset Date, the Cutoff Date for
payroll period might be in future even though System date has passed the Period End date. With this release, Payroll
Dashboard “Payroll Readiness” tab displays the Offset Payroll periods whose Cutoff date is yet to come and System date has
crossed the period end date. Such Offset Payroll periods are highlighted with an asterisk (*) to differentiate them from the
current payroll period of respective payroll.
7) Assignment Costing Approvals to use HRSSA workflow
With this release, Assignment Costing Approvals uses HRSSA workflow instead of its own workflow. This enables the features
offered by HRSSA workflow to Assignment Costing Approvals. Approvers can now review and perform updates to the Costing
details submitted from Assignment Costing Self-Service page. Approvers can also add comments or Return the transaction to
Self-Service user for more information.
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP13
1) Support PAYROLL_ACTION_ID and COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID values beyond 9 Digits
Oracle Payroll used to support a maximum of 9 Digits for PAYROLL_ACTION_ID and COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID. If Sequence
values for these cross 9 Digits, then errors are encountered in related Forms and Payroll processes. The underlying tables were
also capable of holding only 9 Digits until now. Made changes to support PAYROLL_ACTION_ID and
COST_ALLOCATION_KEYFLEX_ID beyond 9-Digits to a maximum of 15-Digits
2) Transfer to GL Detail Report
“Transfer to GL Report” is delivered to provide an ability to reconcile the data processed by Transfer to GL process back to
relevant Run Results that were costed for the Employee. The report would consolidate data moved from Payroll to the GL
interface by means of the Transfer to GL process and display details at Employee level including details like Employee Name,
Element Name and Costed Amount
3) New Generic Upgrade to populate Entry Process details with Tax Unit Details
New Generic Upgrade “Upgrade Entry Process Details with Tax Unit” is delivered to populate Entry Process details in
PAY_ENTRY_PROCESS_DETAILS table with Tax Unit details. The absence of Tax Unit details in Entry Process details is known to be
causing duplicate Retro entries for Localizations using Legislation Rule RETRO_TU_CONTEXT as Y. This Generic Upgrade is
available for all Localizations but will be effective only for Localizations having Legislation Rule RETRO_TU_CONTEXT as Y.
Existing Generic Upgrade, to upgrade Retro Elements, will also trigger this new Generic Upgrade as a Child request for required
Localizations
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP14
1) API to update Payroll Period dates
API (PER_TIME_PERIODS_API) is now available to update the details related to Payroll time periods. This API can be used to
adjust the Period Name, Period Number, Cutoff Date, Payment Date and other time period details as necessary. When there
are multiple payrolls, this API can be leveraged as an alternative to a time-consuming and error-prone manual approach of
updating each Payroll Time period.
2) Employee Self-Service Payment Methods to Support Future Dated Updates
Before this release, employee self-service payment methods restricted the update of payment methods if prepayments is ran
for the current payroll period. When employees can only update the payment method after the pay period end date,
availability of payment methods is limited due to with a very short window, particularly for weekly payroll participants. The
System Profile “PAY: Allow Pay method Changes after Prepayments” enables users to update payment methods after
prepayments, but it can make prepayments data to go out of sync with payment methods details.
Self-Service Human Resources (SSHR)
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP5
1) Support for Parallel Approvals in SSHR
Using Oracle Approvals Management (AME), you can set up approval groups for parallel approvals in Oracle SSHR. Parallelization is
enabled at the Member level in the approval groups and the First Responder Wins voting method is supported.
When a self-service transaction is submitted that uses the AME rule with the First Responder Wins voting method, the application sends
the approval request to all members of the approval group. It allows any member of the approval group to approve, reject, or return the
transaction for correction to the transaction initiator. It displays an Action History region in the approval notification of the transaction to
enable all members of the approval group to know the latest status of the transaction. The Action History region displays the name of the
approver, the date on which a member of the approval group acted on the transaction, and any comments that have been made. The
changes made by the transaction initiator are updated in the database when any member of the approval group approves the
transaction.
2) Organization Chart
Oracle SSHR provides a new Organization Chart, which greatly enhances the user interface that managers use to view their
hierarchy. Details of workers in the manager's hierarchy are displayed on panel cards. The application supports different hierarchy
viewer layouts.
Using the Organization Chart, managers can:
• View Contact, Employment and Salary information for workers in their hierarchy.
• Identify key high-potential workers with succession plans, key high-potential workers without succession
plans, and workers whose salary is above or below the specified grade range.
• Launch self-service actions for workers.
Using the Employee Self-Service responsibility, workers can also use the Organization Chart to view their hierarchy. Employee Self-
Service users can only view contact and employment information in the cards.
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP6
1) Launch Actions from Side Navigator in Organization Chart or Talent Profile
Managers and workers can use either the Organization Chart page or the Talent Profile page to launch Personal Actions or
Manager Actions from a side navigator. The side navigator helps employees and managers to execute and complete multiple
self-service transactions for themselves or for employees in their hierarchy without leaving the page.
2) Control the Display of Effective Date, Review, and Confirmation Pages
You can determine whether the Effective Date, Review, and Confirmation pages must be displayed for self-service transactions
or not, in accordance with your business requirements. This configurable option is useful for top management executives who
may want to enter transaction details and complete a self-service transaction without routing it for approval.
3) Use Quick Termination and Change Hours Processes
Oracle SSHR provides two new processes to perform Change Hours and Termination transactions quickly.
Using the new Change Hours process, managers can change the work schedule and assignment category of a worker
and submit the transaction without having to change the worker’s pay.
Using the new Quick Termination process, managers can enter the termination details of a worker who is a manager
and submit the transaction without having to navigate to the Change Manager page to reassign workers reporting to
the terminated manager. When you use the Quick Termination process, you can set the profile option HR: No
Supervisor Error or Warning to help users decide whether to proceed with the termination transaction or not. If the
terminated person is a manager, then based on the value of the profile option, Oracle SSHR displays either an error or a
warning message. In the case of a warning, Oracle SSHR redirects all the direct reports of the terminated manager to
the immediate supervisor of the terminated manager and a message to this effect is displayed.
4) Current Effective Date Appears on Initial Page
As a part of the UI enhancement, the current effective date page now appears in a new region at the top of the initial page,
which is displayed when any function is launched.
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP7
1) SSHR Transaction Monitor
Using the Transaction Monitor feature, employees, managers, and HR professionals can view and track the details of their self-
service transactions that are in Pending Approval, Deferred, Completed, or Error status. For self-service transactions that are in
Pending approval or completed status, employees, managers, and HR professionals can use the transaction monitor to view
the approval history, comments, and attachments for the transactions, if any. Employees can view all transactions that they
initiate. However, managers can view only those transactions initiated by them on any worker within their hierarchy. HR
professionals can view all transactions initiated by workers and managers based on their security profile.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2.4
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP8
1) Assignment-Level Hierarchy Support in Talent Profile and Organization Chart
In the Organization Chart and Talent Profile page, managers can now view multiple assignment records for their
subordinate, if the subordinate has more than one assignment. Using the Assignment drop-down list in the Talent
Profile page, managers can select the relevant assignment to view details and perform appropriate actions.Managers
can also view and process actions for more than one assignment of an employee using the Organization Chart. Prior to
this release, the Organization Chart and the Talent Profile displayed only one assignment for each subordinate.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP6
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP12
1) Ability to Hire Contact
Hiring a contact from the Oracle SSHR’s Hire function is not possible due to the duplicate person check. This validation occurs, as
contact is already available in the system. To provide this capability, in this release, ability to hire contact is provided from the
Applicant Hire and Re-hire function. A new value ‘Other’ is added to the person type drop-down. By selecting this value, users can
search an existing contact and hire the contact as an employee.
2) iCalendar integration for Absences
In this release, notifications are enhanced to contain file so that notification receiver can add the file to create an event in their calendar.
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP13
1) Delete or Modify Started LOA
Prior to this release it was not possible from employee or manager self-service “Leave of Absence” to delete or modify approved absence,
which has already started. Now with this release, ability is provided to modify or delete the absences even though it has started.
Release 12.2 HRMS RUP14
1) Enforce Mandatory Attachments for Leave of Absence
In this release ability is provided to enable mandatory attachment for leave types. An option “Require Attachment” is
provided in the Further Absence Type Information in the Absence Types definition. Values for this option is Yes and No. If
mandatory attachment needs to be enforced for a particular absence type then this option needs to be set to ‘Yes”.
This ensures that users provides attachments for such leave types in self-service Absence functionality.
Note: This feature is available only from Self-Service HR. This feature is not available in Forms Absence Management and
Absence- OTL Integration.
Oracle HRMS (India)
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP6
1) Full Support for Digital Signature in Form 16 and Form 12BA, and Other Changes
This feature allows the customer to email digitally signed individual Form16, Annexure- B and Form12BA. The concurrent
program Employee Annual Tax Returns (India) now supports these options:
• View Consolidated Form16 and Form12BA.
• Mail Individual Form16.
• Mail Individual Form12BA.
• Mail Individual Annexure-B.
When the option View Consolidated Form16 and Form12BA is chosen, a consolidated Form16 is generated in a PDF file. If an
option to mail a form is selected, the form is emailed to the employee's email address.
The digital signature can be placed on any location on the page. A scanned signature of the authorized signatory can by also
placed on the document. The user may choose to show the employee's job instead of position as required in Form 16.
2) India Electronic Challan Cum Return (ECR)-2012
The Electronic Challan cum Return (ERC) is a monthly return for depositing contributions by employers to the Employees’
Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) that must be uploaded by employers to the Employer e-Sewa Portal after registering their
establishment in the portal. This return was designed by EPFO to eliminate other reports such as Form 5, Form 10, Form 12A,
Form 3A, and Form 6A. This return may be uploaded beginning with Wage Month March 2012.
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP7
1) Pay slip Modeling
Pays lip Modeling is enabled for India. Using Employee Self-Service, users can select the desired salary components to simulate their
pay slip and perform what-if analysis regarding their take-home salaries. Modeling also enables payroll administrators to answer
employee queries regarding their take-home pay and to perform what-if analysis for payroll planning.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2.4
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP8
1) Payroll Dashboard
The Payroll Dashboard gives payroll professionals valuable insight into their payroll and assignment process information by providing
them with payroll readiness, analysis, and validation information for the entire payroll cycle. They can also improve efficiency and
reduce costly errors by using the dashboard to monitor payroll and assignment processes as well as run, retry, or roll back payroll
processes. Administrators can easily configure the payroll readiness, analysis, and validation information according to their
requirements using both delivered and custom checks and rules. For example, payroll administrators can configure readiness checks for
PAN and Tax Declaration in the readiness process.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP6.
2) Income from House Property Ceiling for Tax Exemptions
The income tax declaration by an employee will be used by the payroll process to calculate income tax based on the
income tax rules and exemptions. This enhancement enables employees to declare the home loans taken against
their house properties. Employers can process and calculate their tax accordingly.Employees must submit the proofs
for the tax declared at the end of the year. The payroll professional validates the proofs submitted by the employee
and approves them, and the final income tax of the financial year is calculated and deducted accordingly.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP6.
Release 12.1 HRMS RUP9
1) Contribute to the National Pension Scheme
Employees can now contribute to National Pension Scheme and be eligible for tax exemptions. To enable employees to record
their contributions towards National Pension Scheme, Oracle provides the new element NPS Information.
Employees can record the Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN) number in the Person window. The Investment
Declaration page includes the new section 80 CCD (1B) for the contributions to the National Pension Scheme by an employee
under the corporate subscriber scheme. You can define the NPS account type for an organization using the National Pension
Scheme organization classification.
To enable employers to provide the list of NPS subscribers, a new NPS Contribution report is available. Employers can generate
this report, which includes the Corporate Registration Number (CRA), Corporate Branch Office (CBO) Number, employee
number, PRAN, employee contribution to Tier I and Tier II, employer contribution, and total contribution.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP8.
2) Enable Retro Pay Overlap
The Retro Pay Overlap feature is enabled for India. Oracle delivers the new concurrent program Enable Retro Overlap for all IN
Business Group. If the Retro Pay Overlap feature is enabled, the application recalculates only from the latest reprocess date.
Balance adjustments occur for the rest of the periods between the earliest overlapping date and the reprocess date. The
balance adjustments are run for all payroll processes that affect balances, such as payroll run, reversal, and so on.
This feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP8.
3) Access and View Payslip – PDF Version using SSHR
This feature enables employees to view their payslips though the Employee Self-Service responsibility. Users can configure the
predefined template to customize their payslip and use the XML Publisher engine to generate a PDF document.
The feature is forward-ported to R12.2 HRMS RUP8