Error in creating Employee using API

Question

Hi , i am not able to send the data to base table using the below mentioned code for employee using API:
--Declaration of Variables
DECLARE
--l_person_type_id integer;
l_per_object_version_number number;
l_asg_object_version_number number;
l_person_id number;
l_assignment_id number;
l_per_effective_start_date date;
l_per_effective_end_date date;
l_full_name varchar2(60);
l_per_comment_id number;
l_assignment_sequence number;
l_assignment_number varchar2(30);
l_name_combination_warning boolean;
l_assign_payroll_warning boolean;
l_emp_number varchar2(100);
v_ogi number;
v_bgi varchar2(100);
CURSOR g_valid_emp_cur
IS
SELECT *
FROM xyl_conv_employee_stg
WHERE error_flag = 'V';
Begin
--select business_group_id,organization_id  into v_bgi,v_ogi from hr_operating_units h where h. name=oraganization_name AND TRUNC (NVL (date_to, SYSDATE + 1)) > TRUNC (SYSDATE);
for valid_rec in g_valid_emp_cur
loop
select h.business_group_id,h.organization_id into v_bgi,v_ogi from hr_operating_units h where h.name='Vision Sweden' AND TRUNC (NVL (date_to, SYSDATE + 1)) > TRUNC (SYSDATE);
-- l_emp_number := valid_rec.employee_number;
dbms_output.put_line('Business Group Id' || v_bgi);
begin
hr_employee_api.create_employee
(p_validate => false
,p_hire_date => to_date(valid_rec.hire_date, 'dd/mon/yyyy')
,p_business_group_id => v_bgi
,p_last_name => valid_rec.last_name
,p_sex => valid_rec.sex
,p_date_of_birth => to_date(valid_rec.date_of_birth,'dd/mon/yyyy')
,p_employee_number => l_emp_number
,p_first_name => valid_rec.first_name
,p_nationality => null
-- p_person_type_id => l_person_type_id
,p_person_id => l_person_id
,p_assignment_id => l_assignment_id
,p_per_object_version_number => l_per_object_version_number
,p_asg_object_version_number => l_asg_object_version_number
,p_per_effective_start_date => l_per_effective_start_date
,p_per_effective_end_date => l_per_effective_end_date
,p_full_name => l_full_name
,p_per_comment_id => l_per_comment_id
,p_assignment_sequence => l_assignment_sequence
,p_assignment_number => l_assignment_number
,p_name_combination_warning => l_name_combination_warning
,p_assign_payroll_warning => l_assign_payroll_warning
commit;
EXCEPTION
WHEN OTHERS THEN
ROLLBACK;
dbms_output.put_line(SQLERRM);
end;
end loop;
end;
SHOW ERR;
It says enter a person number. Any help would be appreciated.
Edited by: user8984055 on Feb 9, 2013 4:25 AM

Answer 1

Hi,
When you are doing the initial data migration at that stage you should set up the employee numbering and other numbering mechanism to manual. The reason of doing so is that when you are doing migration at that point you have the employee numbers with you for existing employees.
Once you data migration is done then you have to go to BG information and update the mechanism to Automatic. Also, if you numbering mechanism is automatic and you are not able to change to manual or vice-verse in the BG definition then use will have to use the concurrent program "Change Employee number mechanism". You will have to make the decision of changing from one type to another in a proper way.
Please find below some related articles on metalink for your reference
How to Change Employee Numbering from Manual to Automatic?     (Doc ID 292257.1)
Is it Possible to Update Generate Employee Number Method From Automatic to Manual?     (Doc ID 393827.1)
Unable to Switch From Auto to Manual for Employee Number Generation in Shared Hr     (Doc ID 452044.1)
How to control automatic employee numbering?     (Doc ID 473065.1)
Need To Change The Employee Numbering From Automatic To Manual     (Doc ID 291634.1)
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Sanjay