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Oracle Tap - Release 10 Profile Options PDF
Oracle Tap - Release 10 Profile Options PDF
Oracle Tap - Release 10 Profile Options PDF
Profile Options
(Release 10+)
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Profile options manage configuration data centrally and influence the behavior of
applications. Profile options serve as permanent user preferences and application
configuration parameters.
You configure profile options with settings for specific contexts or groups of users. Users
customize how their user interfaces look and behave by changing the values of available
profile options.
Profile options store the following kinds of information.
Type of Information
User preferences
Installation information
Configuration choices
Processing options
You can add and configure new profile options in addition to configuring predefined
profile options that are implemented as updateable.
All of the profile options for Oracle Tap are related to processing options as described
above.
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You can view all of the profile options (functional security) that are delivered for Oracle
Tap from the Setup and Maintenance menu.
How to Configure Profile Options
To view the delivered profile options for Oracle Tap, follow these steps:
1. From the Settings and Action menu, select Setup and Maintenance.
2. On the All Tasks tab, type Manage Admin%
3. Click on the Search button
4. Under Search Results, click on the Go to Task.
5. Click on LOV in Module and type Tap
6. Click on Tap for Oracle Applications and click on OK button
7. Click on the Search button to display the delivered profile options for Tap for
Oracle Applications.
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Within Oracle Tap, you can use the organization directory to:
View peoples details
Export peoples details to a tablets contact list
View peoples direct reports
The setting chosen for this profile option will determine which members of the
organization are downloaded to your mobile device initially.
Enable Full Sync
For Organization Directory and My Team, the default option is full sync.
Full Sync this setting allows customers to download all employees for the entire
organization to their mobile device. That means that all employees will be stored
in cache on the mobile device.
To sync all workers, the setting for TAPENABLESYNCALLWORKERS is set to Yes.
How to Configure Profile Options
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For Organization Directory and My Team, the other supported option is server side
search.
Server Side Search - this setting allows customers to download My Team (i.e.,
the logged in users directs, peers, manager and managers peers) to their mobile
device.
To search for People that are not part of My Team, you can type in their name or any
other identifying information in the Search window. Once found and viewed, that data is
stored in cache, along with My Team, for easy access next time.
Although you cannot download the entire corporate directory of employees to the mobile
device with this setting, you can still find, view and access employees outside of My Team
on your mobile device.
To sync My Team, the setting for TAPENABLESYNCALLWORKERS is set to No.
How to Configure Profile Options
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You can access your Oracle Business Intelligence reports in the Oracle Tap solution. The
following Oracle Business Intelligence features are available:
KPI Visualization and Sourcing: View your KPI dashboard directly from the
mobile application.
View interactive Oracle Business Intelligence reports:
Browse and search the Oracle BI Presentation Catalog: Use the BI spinner to
search and navigate your report structure.
KPI Watchlists
Oracle Oracle Tap utilizes the features of Oracle Business Intelligence to create Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs) that track specific business goals and objectives that are
critical to your business.
How to Configure Profile Options
There are two steps to define the profile option for KPIs:
Create the KPI profile option
Define the value for this new profile option
Please note that this option only works for the iOS version of Oracle Tap.
Step One: Create the KPI Profile Option
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1. Once the new profile option is saved, you add a Profile Option Level
2. Click on new icon to add a level
3. Select Site and check the box under Enabled and Updateable.
4. Once youve added these values, click on the Save and Close button.
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For example, the properties for the Human Capital Management folder may look like this:
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Finally, you will need to define the value for this newly created profile option.
1. Click on Managing Administrator Profile Values.
2. Search for the profile code TAP_FOLDER_KPI that youve created
3. Set the value as /shared/xxx where xxx = location identified in the earlier step
for your KPIs.
4. Click on Save and Close.
NOTE: The folder path is not the same folder path that you will see in the BI Catalog in OBIEE web app.
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Within Oracle Tap, you can disable certain features that you may not want your users to
access on mobile. For example, if you want your organization to only view payslips,
schedule absences and manage goals, you can do that. Simply disable the profile option
associated with a feature and it will not display in the menu or springboard for the app.
Below is a list of the delivered profile options for the functional areas delivered in mobile:
Absences
Goals
Time
Payslips
Employee Self Service
o Upload Profile Photo
o Update Contact Info
o Update Worker Bio
Manager Self Service
o Promote Worker
o Change Salary
o Change Manager
Manager Review (delivered under Controlled Availability)
o Interim Feedback
o Provide Feedback
Self Reviews (delivered under Controlled Availability)
Analytics (KPIs and BI Catalog reports)
Worklist
Spinner
The default setting for these profile options is set to Yes. That is, all features in mobile
are enabled, with the exception of Manager Self Service and Self Reviews.
Performance Management features are only accessible as part of our Controlled Availability (CA)
program. Please contact your Customer Success Manager (CSM) for more information on how to
participate.
The appendix that follows lists all of the profile options related to showing or hiding
features within mobile..
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Mobile
Feature
Profile Name
Default
Value
Absences
TAP_ENABLE_ABSENCES
Yes
Profile
Option
Level
Site
Goals
TAP_ENABLE_GOALS
Yes
Site
Enabled
Disabled
Time
TAP_ENABLE_TIME
Yes
Site
Pay
TAP_ENABLE_PAY
Yes
Site
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Feature
Profile Name
Employee
Self-Service
Transactions
TAP_ENABLE_UPLOAD_PROFILE
_PHOTO
Yes
Profile
Option
Level
Site
TAP_ENABLE_WORKERBIO
Yes
Site
TAP_ENABLE_PROMOTE
Yes
Site
Manager Self
Service
Transactions
TAP_ENABLE_CHANGE_
MANAGER
TAP_ENABLE_CHANGE_SALARY
Default
Value
Yes
Yes
Site
Site
Enabled
Disabled
users can
Update Promote Worker
users cannot
Promote Worker
users can
Change Salary
displays Change Salary action on
mobile
users cannot
Change Salary
hides Change Salary action on mobile
users can
Change Salary
users cannot
Change Salary
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Mobile
Feature
Profile Name
Worker
TAP_ENABLE_ANALYTICS
TAP_FOLDER_KPI
TAP_FOLDER_KPI1
TAP_FOLDER_KPI4
TAP_ENABLE_WORKLIST
Default
Value
Enabled
Yes
Profile
Option
Level
Site
Yes
Site
Disabled
TAP_ENABLE_SPINNER
Yes
Site
TAP_ENABLE_WORKER_
PREDICTIONS
Yes
Site
TAP_ENABLE_TALENT_PROFILE
Yes
Site
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