Domain Value Lookup for EMPLOYMENT CATEGORY CODE in the W_EMPLOYMENT_D

Question

Hello friends,
When I query the EBS with following code to put the data in the configuration file
SELECT DISTINCT SYSTEM_PERSON_TYPE, USER_PERSON_TYPE
FROM PER_PERSON_TYPES
WHERE SYSTEM_PERSON_TYPE IN ('EMP','CWK','OTHER','EMP_APL','EX_EMP','EX_EMP_
APL','RETIREE','PRTN')
ORDER BY 1,2
I get output as follows
CWK     Contingent Worker
EMP     Employee
EMP_APL     Employee and Applicant
EX_EMP     Ex-employee
OTHER     Candidate
OTHER     Contact
OTHER     External
PRTN     Participant
RETIREE     Retiree
So, I want to put the data in the configuration file, what about other columns.
USER_PERSON_TYPE     SYS_PERSON_TYPE     W_EMPLOYEE_CATEGORY_CODE     W_EMPLOYEE_CATEGORY_DESC     W_EMPLOYEE_SUB_CAT_CODE     W_EMPLOYEE_SUB_CAT_DESC
How should I fill the columns marked with bold.
Please help

Answer 1

I have the same problem. I currently have an open service request on this so will post any response I get from the oracle product manager. In the meantime here is a bit more detail on the issue...
This is step
Oracle® Business Intelligence Applications
Configuration Guide for Informatica PowerCenter Users
Version 7.9.6.1 E14844-01
7 Configuring Oracle Human Resources Analytics
7.2.2 Configuration Steps for Oracle HR Analytics for Oracle EBS
7.2.2.3 How to Configure the domainValues_Employment_Cat_ora.csv
http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14847_01/bia.796/e14844.pdf
The task is to map the 2 source dependent values (left hand side) to the 4 source independent domain (W_) values (right hand side). Unlike other similar steps in this case the set of possible domain values is ambiguous.
On my system the source dependent values - the left hand side of the csv spreasdsheet are
Agency Contractor,EMP
Employee,EMP
Ltd Company Contractor,EMP
PAYE Contractor,EMP
Employee and Applicant,EMP_APL
Ex-Agency Contractor,EX_EMP
Ex-employee,EX_EMP
Ex-Ltd Company Contractor,EX_EMP
Ex-PAYE Contractor,EX_EMP
Ex-employee and Applicant,EX_EMP_APL
Contingent Worker,CWK
External,OTHER
Candidate,OTHER
Contact,OTHER
Participant,PRTN
Retiree,RETIREE
the configuration document says
"When editing CSV files, make sure that you: Do not add new values, other than the values present in the CSV file, to the columns with the name format W_ columns. In other words, if you add new rows to the spreadsheet, then the columns with the name format W_ values must map to those in the default spreadsheet. If you add new columns with the name format W_ values, then you must customize the affected mappings."
The reason you should not change the domain values is because these values tend to be "hard coded" in the ETL/RRD/requests to provide the various metrics. "Incorrect mappings may result in inaccurate calculations of Oracle Business Intelligence metrics. Some sessions may fail if these procedures are not compiled in the database before running the workflows."
the default out of the box lookup file
domainValues_Employment_Cat_ora11i.csv
has 7 mappings
USER_PERSON_TYPE,SYS_PERSON_TYPE,W_EMPLOYEE_CATEGORY_CODE,W_EMPLOYEE_CATEGORY_DESC,W_EMPLOYEE_SUB_CAT_CODE,W_EMPLOYEE_SUB_CAT_DESC
Employee,EMP,EMPLOYEE,Employee,EMP_REGULAR,Regular Employee
Expatriate,EMP,EMPLOYEE,Employee,EMP_EXPATRIATE,Expatriate
Temporary,CWK,CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_TEMP,Agency/Temp
Contingent Worker,CWK,CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_CONTINGENT,Contractor
Contractor,EMP,CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_CONTRACTOR,Contractor
Student,CWK,CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_INTERN,Intern
Trainee,CWK,CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_TRAINEE,Trainee
that gives 2 employment categories
EMPLOYEE or CONTINGENT
with 6 possible combinations with sub category
EMPLOYEE,Employee,EMP_REGULAR,Regular Employee
EMPLOYEE,Employee,EMP_EXPATRIATE,Expatriate
CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_TEMP,Agency/Temp
CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_CONTINGENT,Contractor
CONTINGENT,Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_INTERN,Intern
CONTINGENT.Contingent Worker,CONTINGENT_TRAINEE,Trainee
Normally the source independent W_* domain values, that is, the right hand side of the csv spreadsheet that you map your source values to, are listed in the Data Model Reference.
My Oracle Support Document ID 819373.1 BIAPPSDMR796_RevA.pdf
Oracle Business Analytics Warehouse Data Model Reference Version 7.9.6
In this case - the domain values listed in the data model reference are ...
Table 3–6 lists the values for the Employee Category domain value for W_EMPLOYMENT_D.
//"W_EMPLOYEE_CAT_CODE","W_EMPLOYEE_CAT_DESC", "Source"
"CONTRACTOR", "CONTRACTOR", "Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft"
"DIRECT", "DIRECT", "Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft"
"INDIRECT", "INDIRECT", "Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft"
"OTHER", "OTHER", "Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft"
"REGULAR", "REGULAR", "Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft"
"TEMPORARY", "TEMPORARY", "Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft"
This is confusing because
i) the category values are differnet to those in default file (EMPLOYEE or CONTINGENT)
ii) the DMR document has no listing of the possible sub categories
So the question is - what do you map your source values to? The instructions are not clear! The only way I can think to find out for sure is to do an impact analysis of the ETL's / RPD / requests to find instances of hard coded values for the domain values.