How to enable Save Attachments feature in Oracle Self Service

Save Attachments: The note below is largely reproduced from Self-Service user guide.

When managers and workers perform self-service transactions, they can select the Save Attachments check box to save attachments to the self-service transactions and view them in the Oracle HRMS windows.

The Save Attachments check box on the Review page is hidden by default. Enterprises can decide whether to display the check box on the Review page using the Personalization feature. The item is called "Message Check Box: Save Attachments" and I would personalize this by clicking on the "Personalize Page" link at the top right of any review page (for example, say Absence Review page) > then clicking on "Complete View" radio button (rather than "Simple View") and then clicking on expand to see all the items.

Personalization can be done only at the Function level, depending on the functionality that supports personalization at the Function level.

The following table provides a list of Review pages of self-service HR functions where users can save the attachments to view them in Oracle HRMS windows:

Self-Service HR Function	Oracle HRMS Window
Absence Management	Absence Details
Education and Qualification	Qualifications
Other Professional Qualifications	Qualifications
Special Information	People
Extra Information	People
Hire	People
Applicant Hire and Rehire	People
Release Information	People
Transfer	People
Termination	Terminate
Termination with Compensation	Terminate
Personal Information	People
Contingent Worker Placement	People
Contact Extra Information	People
Employee Review	People
Worker Status Change, Change Hours, Change Job, Change Costcenter, Location and Manager, Change Costcenter, Terms and Manager, Change Worker Status and Terms, Change Job and Terms, Change Manager	Assignment
Change Pay	Assignment
Competency Profile	People

Controlling list of Absence Types displayed in Self-Service

I recently wrote an article for POIT Support news letter, which you can find here. The article is reproduced below:

Prior to R12.1.3, all absence types created using Oracle HRMS were displayed to users in Self-Service HR (of course, the Absence Category has to be defined on Absence Type; otherwise the Absence Type will not appear in SSHR). 

With R12.1.3, a package called HR_ABSENCE_RESTRICTED can be used to restrict the absence types displayed to users. This feature ensures that employees enter only those absences for which they are eligible, and managers do not have to verify the validity of the absence type of employee requests. So, for example, list of Absence Types visible could be based on gender or organisation that the employee belongs to. 

Technically, the above package.function is called from the AbsenceTypeVOImpl java file and the return value is appended to the AbsenceTypeVO, which controls the list of Absence Types displayed in SSHR.

This was practically implemented at one of the clients and an example is as follows: 

1. Under Add'l Absence Type Details, a DFF segment called "Display in Self-Service" was configured. This segment appears on the "Absence Type Definition" form. 

2. The business requirements is coded in the function: HR_ABSENCE_RESTRICTED.ABSENCES_RESTRICTED. This function should return a concatenated list of absence_type_id (separated by comma) that should NOT be displayed on self-service. In our case, the code could reference the DFF segment created in step 1 above. At the minimum, this function should return a value of '-1'. The function should NOT return a NULL value, otherwise, the self-service page will throw an error.

3. Since this restriction is based on VO implementation, changes are immediately visible in SSHR without the need for bouncing webserver or clearing cache.