Analyzing Time Rule

Processing Details
Oracle Fusion Time and Labor

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Purpose Statement 1
Disclaimer 1
Introduction 3
Rule Set Log Files 4
Enable and Disable Logging 4
Enable Log Deletion 5

Analyze Rule Processing Details 6

Confirm Security Profile Setup 6

Set Up the Data Role and Security Profile 7

Set Up the Job Role 10
Delete Older Log Files 12

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INTRODUCTION
You can view the formulas, rules, and rule sets used to validate and process someone's time card. Use the Analyze Rule
Processing Details task in My Client Groups > Time Management to analyze the processing logs and diagnose any errors.
Correct errors using the relevant task. For example, for errors detected when processing a rule template, use the Manage
Rule Template task to search for the rule template and fix the error.
Employee Time Card Aspects That You Can View

INFORMATION DESCRIPTION

Rule details Click Rule Definition to view details of the time repository rule, including the
parameter and output values.

Processing logs for the rule set and rule Click Rule Set Processing Log and Rule Processing Log to view the processing
logs that help you diagnose processing issues.

Formula details Click Formula Details to view details of the formula associated with the rule
templates.

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RULE SET LOG FILES
To troubleshoot issues with time and workforce compliance rules by analyzing process details, you must enable rule set and
rule logging. To manage performance, you can set a logging duration and automatically delete old log files.

Enable and Disable Logging

1. Sign in as an application administrator.
2. On the Settings and Actions menu, select Setup and Maintenance. Open the menu by clicking your sign in on the
global header.
3. On the Tasks panel tab, click Search.
4. On the Search page, search for and click the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
5. Search for the profile option code ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG.
6. Select ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG_LEVEL.
7. In the Site profile level row, select the profile value from the options described in this table.

LOG LEVEL RULE SET LOGS RULES LOG

Incident No, unless status is Failed No, unless status is Failed

Finest Yes Yes

Finer Yes Yes for time calculation and entry rules

No for time device, workforce
compliance, and time submission rules

Yes for time calculation and entry rule No

sets
No for time device, workforce
compliance, and time submission rule
sets

Administrator Profile Values page with the profile option ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG_LEVEL selected and the site-level Profile Value choices showing

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Enable Log Deletion
1. Sign in as an application administrator.
2. On the Settings and Actions menu, select Setup and Maintenance. Open the menu by clicking your sign in on the
global header.
3. On the Tasks panel tab, click Search.
4. Search for and click the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
5. Search for the profile option code ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG.
6. Select ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG_MONTHS_TO_KEEP.
7. In the Site profile level row, enter a profile value from 6 to 24. The number indicates the age, in months, that a log
file can reach before you delete it following the steps in the last section, Delete Older Log Files.
 The default value is 6.
 Any entry less than 6 or null automatically adjusts to 6.
 Any entry greater than 24 automatically adjusts to 24.
 The rule engine doesn't delete logs less than 6 months old or keep logs older than 24 months.

Administrator Profile Values page with the profile option ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG_MONTHS_TO_KEEP selected and 6 showing as the default profile
value at the site level

Use the Analyze Rule Processing Details task in the Time Management work area to delete log files older than the
specified months to keep.

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ANALYZE RULE PROCESSING DETAILS
The Analyze Rule Processing Details task is in My Client Groups > Time Management. If you haven't used the task before,
first confirm that your sign in has the correct security. If not, follow the instructions to set up the relevant data role. As well
as analyzing rule set and rule processing details, you can delete rule set and rule log files that are older than the specified
months to keep.

Confirm Security Profile Setup

On the Analyze Rule Processing Details page, in the Search section, show the Worker choice list. If the list is empty, then the
data role is missing or incorrectly configured.

If the list isn't empty, the data role is correctly configured for you to view rule set and rule log files.

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SET UP THE DATA ROLE AND SECURITY PROFILE
1. On the Settings and Actions menu, select Setup and Maintenance. Open the menu by clicking your sign in on the
global header.
2. On the Tasks panel tab, click Search.
3. On the Search page, search for and click the Manage Data Role and Security Profiles task.
4. On the Manage Data Roles and Security Profiles page, click Create.

5. On the Create Data Role: Select Role page, complete the fields as shown in this table.

FIELD VALUE

Data Role Time and Labor Administrator Role-TL1

Job Role Time and Labor Administrator

Role Code ORA_HXT_TIME_AND_LABOR_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

6. Click Next.

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 7. On the Create Data Role: Security Criteria page, select the View All… option in each choice list.

8. Click Next.

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 9. On the Assign Security Profiles to Role: Organization Security… page, in the Organization Security Profile field,
select View All Organizations.

10. Click Next repeatedly, until you open the Create Data Role: Review page. Don't click Review.
11. Click Submit.

12. On the Manage Data Roles and Security Profiles page, click Done.

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Set Up the Job Role
1. On the Search page, search for and open the Manage Job Roles task.
2. Click the Users task tab.

3. Search for and select the appropriate user name.

4. Click Edit.
5. On the Edit User Account… page, click Edit.

6. Click Add Role.

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 7. On the Add Role Membership dialog box, search for and select Time and Labor Administrator Role-TL1.

8. Click Add Role Membership.

9. On the Edit User Account… page, click Save and Close.
10. Sign out of the application.
11. Sign in to the application.
12. In the Time Management work area, open the Analyze Rule Processing Details page and confirm that you can now
see the Worker choice list.

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Delete Older Log Files
Complete these steps to delete log files older than the number of months entered for the site-level profile value of the
ORA_HWM_RULES_LOG_MONTHS_TO_KEEP profile option.
1. On the Analyze Rule Processing Details page, Actions menu, select Delete Older Log Files.

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