Comments and attachments section is not visible even after published changes in Visual Builder

If the approval rule is by-passed then comments and attachment sections will not display. We need to keep the approval rule active to see comments and attachment sections.


How to set the today's date as a default date using Visual Builder Studio

[[ (new Date(new Date().setFullYear(new Date().getFullYear(), new Date().getMonth(), new Date().getDate()))).toISOString().substring(0, 10) ]]


Tracking Position Name and Business Unit Changes Over Time

This query compares the current and previous names and business units of selected positions as of a given effective date. It identifies the most recent updates to each position, showing when changes occurred and what the previous values were. This helps track organizational structure changes and supports audits or reporting on historical position movements.


SQL - Comparing Job and Position Grades for Active Employees

This query returns the job and position grades for active primary employees from a given list. It uses current effective dates and joins assignment, job grade, and position data to show both the directly assigned grade and the default grade from the position. Ideal for identifying grade mismatches or validating employee grading structures in real time.


SQL - Retrieving Current Position and Assignment Names for Active Employees

This query fetches active employees' current assignment and position names. It ensures records are current by checking effective dates and filters for primary, active employee assignments only. The output includes person number, assignment name, and position title—helpful for real-time reporting or validating workforce structure.


Understanding the Difference Between Local and Remote Branches in Oracle VBS

In Oracle Visual Builder Studio (VBS), you’ll often see “Local Branch” and “Remote Branch” when switching branches. This post explains what they mean, why only some branches show as local, and how your changes get saved. In simple terms, local means it's in your workspace, and remote means it's on the server for everyone. Learn how it works and what to do when switching or pushing changes.


Validation Rule is Triggering on Continue button for individual Compensation

A custom validation was incorrectly triggering on the Continue button in the Individual Compensation section, even when no entry was made. The issue was caused by a rule enforcing the Amount field regardless of user intent. The solution updates the rule to check if a Plan is selected before validating Amount, ensuring the error only appears when a compensation entry is actively being added—not when skipping the section.


SQL - Approval Process Name in Transaction Console vs BPM Worklist

This query provides details of approval tasks configured in the HCM module, including task names, categories, subcategories, and their current status as enabled or bypassed. It helps identify how approvals are managed across different functional areas, offering insights into business process governance and compliance within the system.


SQL - Get the Manager and their direct reportee detail

This SQL query generates a real-time report of employee-to-manager relationships, showing the latest active assignments and display names for both. It ensures only current, primary records are included and supports filtering by manager or employee person number. The output highlights each employee’s reporting line, including their manager’s name, assignment status, and a unique sequence number for easy reference—ideal for auditing and organizational reporting.


SQL - Get the Person Number based on Assignment Id

This SQL query fetches detailed assignment information for a specific assignment ID in Oracle HCM Cloud. It ensures only active and primary assignments are retrieved by checking current effective dates and assignment status. The query joins key HCM tables including people, names, assignments, and periods of service to return the person number, assignment ID, work terms ID, and period of service ID, making it ideal for validating or enriching assignment-related data.


SQL - Get the Assignment IDs based on Person Number

This SQL query retrieves the latest active and primary assignments for a list of person numbers in Oracle HCM. It splits comma-separated input values, filters data based on current effective dates and active statuses, and ensures only the most recent assignment per person is selected. The final output includes a sequence number, person number, assignment ID, work terms ID, and period of service ID in the original input order.


SQL - Identify Hire and Rehire History with Termination Dates for a Specific Person

This query determines whether an employee's service record represents a Hire or Rehire based on multiple periods of service. It returns key dates like Hire Date, Rehire Date, and their corresponding Termination Dates, helping you track reemployment history. Use it to analyze employee rejoin patterns or verify compliance during audits and onboarding processes.


SQL - Query to Retrieve Terminated Employee Details with Rehire Recommendation in Oracle HCM

This SQL query helps HR teams extract essential details of terminated employees in Oracle HCM Cloud. It fetches person numbers, names, actual termination dates, rehire recommendations, and the usernames of users who submitted the terminations. By accepting a comma-separated list of person numbers as input, it filters and returns accurate, timely results for audit, rehire evaluation, or reporting purposes.


SQL - Get the role name, role start date, role assigned by for a specific user using SQL

Now, without IT Security role, you can identified what all roles you have assigned and when this roles has assigned to you, and also who has assign this role to you user account.


SQL - Role Comparison between two users using SQL

If you don't have the security role assigned, no worries, now you have the access to do the role comparison between two users using SQL query.


Enhanced Export Functionality for Redwood Locations, Departments, Jobs, and Positions

In Redwood-based Locations, Departments, Jobs, and Positions search pages, export functionality was previously limited, exporting only partial results. With this update, all filtered results up to the maximum limit of 11,000 records will now be exported, improving data access and user experience.


SQL - Query to Retrieve Active US Employees' Home Address Details in Oracle HCM

This SQL query retrieves the home address details of all active US employees. It selects employee numbers, full names, assignment numbers, assignment status, and complete address details (address lines, city, state, postal code, and country). It joins PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F for employee data, PER_PERSON_NAMES_F for names, PER_ALL_ASSIGNMENTS_M for assignments, and PER_ADDRESSES_F for address details. The query filters active assignments with home addresses in the US.


Country Label Changed on the Redwood Personal Details Page in Demographic Info Region

The Country label in the Demographic Info region on the Redwood Personal Details page has been changed to Country for Demographic.


Configuring Automatic Duplicate Check in the Candidate Selection Process

The Automatic Duplicate Check in Oracle Recruiting Cloud can be configured at any phase or state of the Candidate Selection Process. Administrators can set the system to trigger duplicate checks automatically when a job application reaches a specific state within a phase, helping ensure data integrity and prevent duplicate candidate records throughout the recruitment workflow


Job Posting Requirements: Career Site vs. Job Board

A requisition cannot be posted directly to a job board without being posted on the career site. This policy ensures that all job openings are consistently available on the company’s primary career portal before being distributed to external job boards, maintaining centralized job management and compliance with internal processes.