Approval in SSHR for Basic Details in Personal Information

Question

Hi Gurus,
I have a requirement for Approvals by Human Resource Analyst when the employee changes his name.I have Implemented this by
Changing the HR_APPROVAL_REQ_FLAG to Yes Dynamic in the Review page of the Process Basic Details Function Workflow(HRSSA).
I have also created a Approval Group in AME and attached the Transaction Type Oracle Self Service Human Resources.
This works as intended.
We need approvals when an Employee changes his name only but on the Basic Details in Personal Information , employee can change his Marital Status also.
Now the Process is Requiring Approvals when the employee changes his maritial status.We want to send a notification when when the employee changes marital status and no need of approval.
Anybody has any idea how to accomplish this one ?.
btw I tried to create a AME attribute to check only for name change and attached to the Rule but its not sending the notifications and also the work flow process
is not completing .
Thanks,

Answer 1

I suggest running through your setup again and double-checking each part, as I have had this working before.
For clarity, I normally duplicate all the standard workflow processes, form functions, and create a new AME Transaction Type when customizing SSHR approvals e.g.
WORKFLOW:
Duplicate
HR_PERSONAL_INFO_JSP_PRC --> XX_PERSONAL_INFO_JSP_PRC
HR_PROCESS_BASIC_DET_JSP_PRC --> XX_PROCESS_BASIC_DET_JSP_PRC (place inside XX_PERSONAL_INFO_JSP_PRC as a subprocess)
In XX_PROCESS_BASIC_DET_JSP_PRC amend the Review page with the Yes - Dynamic Approvals (Node Attribute)
FORM FUNCTION:
XX_PERINFO_SS
XX Personal Information
pAMETranType=XXX&pAMEAppId=800&pProcessName=XX_PERSONAL_INFO_JSP_PRC&pItemType=HRSSA&pCalledFrom=XX_PERINFO_SS&pPersonID=&pFromMenu=Y
OA.jsp?akRegionCode=HR_CREATE_PROCESS_TOP_SS&akRegionApplicationId=800&OAFunc=XX_PERINFO_SS
ADD EMPLOYEE FORM FUNCTION TO MENUS:
HR_EMPLOYEE_DIRECT_ACCESS_V4.0
HR_GLOBAL_SS_FUNCTIONS_CUSTOM
CREATE NEW TRANSACTION TYPE: XXX
Application: Human Resources
Item Class:
Header     1     Serial     Serial
Mandatory Attributes:
ALLOW_DELETING_RULE_GENERATED_APPROVERS     Static     False
ALLOW_REQUESTOR_APPROVAL     Dynamic     "SELECT HR_WORKFLOW_SS.allow_requestor_approval(:transactionId)
FROM DUAL"
AT_LEAST_ONE_RULE_MUST_APPLY     Static     False
EFFECTIVE_RULE_DATE     Static     
EVALUATE_PRIORITIES_PER_ITEM     Static     False
REJECTION_RESPONSE     Static     Stop All Processing
REPEAT_SUBSTITUTIONS     Static     False
USE_RESTRICTIVE_ITEM_EVALUATION     Static     False
USE_WORKFLOW     Static     True
WORKFLOW_ITEM_KEY     Static     SELECT hr_ameutil_ss.get_item_key(:transactionId) FROM DUAL
WORKFLOW_ITEM_TYPE     Static     SELECT hr_ameutil_ss.get_item_type(:transactionId) FROM DUAL
Add Existing AME Attribute: TRANSACTION_REQUESTOR_PERSON_ID
Approver Type: HR People
Type: Number
Usage Type: Dynamic
Value:
SELECT hr_ameutil_ss.get_requestor_person_id(:transactionId) FROM DUAL
Add New AME Attribute: XX_PERSON_NAME_UPDATE
Type: Number
Usage Type: Dynamic
Value:
select count(*) from hr_api_transactions hat, hr_api_transaction_steps hats, hr_api_transaction_values hatv where hat.transaction_id = hats.transaction_id and hats.transaction_step_id = hatv.transaction_step_id and hatv.varchar2_value is not null and hatv.name = 'P_LAST_NAME' and hat.transaction_id = :transactionId
AME Condition:
XX_PERSON_NAME_UPDATE is greater than or equal to 1
AME Rule:
XX_NEW_RULE
Add Condition: XX_PERSON_NAME_UPDATE is greater than or equal to 1
Add Action: ...(your approval chain)...
Regards,
Michael