An Oracle White Paper

June 2014

Database Items for Extracts and Formulas in

Oracle Fusion HCM
 Database Items for Extracts and Formulas in Oracle Fusion HCM

Introduction

This white paper explains how to use the accompanying spreadsheet, which lists the database
items in Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management.

Using Database Items

You can use database items in:

Formulas, using the Manage Fast Formulas task in the Setup and Maintenance work area

Extracts, using the Manage HCM Extract Definitions task in the Data Exchange work area

Using the Spreadsheet

The worksheet is filtered to show the database items you can use as data elements in HCM
extracts; that is, database items that have a GROUP_NAME. To see all database items that
you can use in formulas, clear the filter on the GROUP_NAME column.

The database items you can use in a formula depend on the formula type. The formula type
must provide the contexts used by the database item (see the CONTEXTS_USED column).

Definitions

TERM DEFINITION

Database Item A database item provides a predefined programmatic approach for retrieving an individual
piece of information. Behind a database item is a SQL query, partly defined in a route. A
route is connected to a database item by a user entity.

Database Item Group A database item group allows a database item to execute different route code depending
upon the context presented to the database item at run time.

This provides flexibility to use the same database item at multiple levels of the employment
hierarchy.

User Entity The user entity provides a link between a database item and the underlying route code to
identify the table to select from.

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Columns on the Export Worksheet

COLUMN DESCRIPTION

MODULE_NAME Module that owns the database item.

BASE_GROUP_NAME Unique name for the database item group.

GROUP_NAME Translated database item group name, used for selecting data elements in HCM extracts.

BASE_USER_NAME Unique name for the database item.

DESCRIPTION Translated description of the database item, used for selecting database items for formulas.

DATA_TYPE Data type of the database item.

DEFINITION_TEXT Select item text used in the built-up SQL statement.

BASE_USER_ENTITY_NAME Unique name for the user entity.

DESCRIPTION_1 Description of the user entity.

BASE_ROUTE_NAME Unique name for the route.

MULTI_ROW_FLAG Indicates whether the FROM clause SQL can return more than one row.

CONTEXTS_USED Contexts required by the database item's route.

PARAMETERS Parameters that can be passed to the database item's route to restrict the number of rows
returned.

CONTEXTS_SET Contexts provided by the database item.

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Further Reading
Oracle Fusion HCM Extracts Guide, Doc ID 1559127.1 on My Oracle Support
Oracle Global Human Resources Cloud: Using Fast Formula

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