Error while updating the Vacancy in irecruitment Module

Question

Hi,
When updating the existing vacancy in the irecruitment module, we are getting the following error.
Error: The HR Object is invalid Cause: The HR Object which is attempted to be locked is inconsistent with the corresponding object in the HR Shema. Action: Retry the action.
Kindly let me know the solution if any one come accross this kind of error message.
Thanks in Advance.
Thanks and Regards,
Joshna.

Answer 1

This problem typically occurs when someone else has updated the same record in between the first person requesting it and it being approved. For example, the following scenario would cause this problem:
1) Vacancy IRC12345 is at version 2.
2) User A requests an update to this vacancy through iRecruitment, which is sent for approval.
3) Meanwhile, while User A's update is pending, User B goes into PUI and updates the same vacancy and saves. The version for IRC12345 goes to version 3.
4) User A's request is then approved. However, when it tries to save the changes it fails with this error because it thinks it's at version 2 when it's actually at version 3. The reason for the error is to preserve data integrity and prevent users overriding each other's changes.
The 'version' referred to here is actually the object_version_number column on the per_all_vacancies table. In practice, updating a vacancy is more complicated than this because it actually updates multiple tables (requisition, vacancy, recruitment activity, etc). So the error may not necessarily refer to the per_all_vacancies table itself but rather any of the tables updated during iRecruitment vacancy update.
Could it be possible that a professional user updated the vacancy (or any part of it) through the forms-based interface? What were the changes that were being made? Had applicants already applied for this vacancy, ie, would the vacancy update also have triggered an update to all applicant assignments? If so, perhaps it was one of the applicant's that was updated in PUI.
Hopefully that gives you some pointers.