HCM Extracts: Changes-Only

Table of Contents
1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
1.1. Scope of Items ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
2. Configuration................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.1. Mandatory Configuration ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5
2.2. Optional Configuration ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5
3. Running a Changes-Only Extract .................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1. Supported Modes .................................................................................................................................................................................. 7
3.1.1. Changed Attributes (Mode: Y) ............................................................................................................................................................ 9
3.1.2. Changed and Marked Attributes (Mode: ATTRIBUTE) ........................................................................................................................10
3.1.3. Changed and Marked Attributes with Previous Values (Mode: ATTRIB_OLD) .....................................................................................12
3.1.4. Changed, Marked Attributes, Previous Data under Threading Group (Mode: BLOCK_OLD) ................................................................15
3.2. Rollback a Changes-Only Run ................................................................................................................................................................20
4. Generic Extract Options ................................................................................................................................................................................21
4.1. Context Binding.....................................................................................................................................................................................21
4.2. Dynamic Output Filename .....................................................................................................................................................................21
5. FAQ ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................24
Appendix ..............................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Document Control

Date Author Version Change Reference

05-Dec-2014 Rajesh Jupudi 0.1 Draft

11-Dec-2014 Rajesh Jupudi 0.2 Added ‘Other Generic Options’ section and
addressed comments received in Review.
16-Dec-2014 Rajesh Jupudi 0.3 Addressed comments of Alison
24-Dec-2014 Rajesh Jupudi 0.4 Addressed comments of Alison, Bharadwaj and
Tajinder. Added Rollback details and additional
scenario for BLOCK_OLD, Dynamic filename.
09-Jan-2014 Rajesh Jupudi 0.5 Addressed comments of Bharadwaj (removed
scenario 1 for BLOCK_OLD, revised virtual
baseline, new FAQ) and Alison
23-Jan-2014 Rajesh Jupudi 0.6 Pre-Final Version

Applicable Release Details

This document is applicable for Release 8 onwards.

Note that terminology from Release 8 is modified to refer Block as Data Group, Data Element as Attribute, Link as Connection, and Block Criteria
as Filter Criteria.
1. Introduction
While extracting data through HCM Extracts, you can configure the extract to identify the incremental changes after the previous extract runs.
The processing engine generates the current status of the data, compares it with the base-lined data of the previous runs, and identifies the new
as well as any modifications. The resultant output from such changes-only extract has the incremental data only.

Explanation of the above Image:

Step 1: A full extract is run which produces the full data output at that point of time. The archived data is utilized as a baseline.

Step 2: The incremental changes made in Fusion Applications (FA) HCM Modules.

Step 3: A changes-only extract is run which produces the changed data by generating the full data and then comparing against the baseline, to
identify the incremental data.

Step 4: The incremental data is added to the archive and now becomes the revised virtual baseline for future changes-only extract comparisons.

Step 5: The incremental changes made in FA HCM Modules.

Step 6: A changes-only extract is run which produces the changed data by generating the full data and then comparing against the revised
baseline of step 4, to identify the incremental data.
 1.1.Scope of Items
This feature can identify new, corrections and updates to existing details, by comparing the data reported earlier. Currently it cannot identify
physical deletes, where the data does not exist in the database.

The feature to identify physical deletes is tracked through ER#18411954. If you require this functionality, please add your requirements to this
ER.
2. Configuration
To implement the changes-only behavior, you must perform the following additional steps in the extract configuration.

2.1.Mandatory Configuration
1. Add a Parameter called ‘Changes Only’ and link it to the ‘PER_EXT_CHANGES_ONLY’ lookup.

The parameter indicates to the processing engine that the extract needs the special comparison required for changes-only; and using the
parameter value, HCM Extracts can obtain different behaviors within changes-only. Do not modify the ESS Parameter from
‘CHANGES_ONLY’.

2. Define multi-threading details to indicate the level (preferably at the root data group) at which the processing engine needs to start the
comparison. You also define multi-threading details for performance purposes.

Set up multi threading database item in any one of the data groups. Select the unique Database Item Group (DBI) of the User Entity (UE)
you linked to the data group as the multi-threading database item.

Choose a unique DBI in the UE such as, Assignment_id, Person_id and select ‘Object Actions’ as the Threading Action Type.

For example: if you select the PER_EXT_PAY_EMPLOYEES_UE UE, then you can select the ‘PER_EXT_PAY_HR_ASSIGNMENT_ID’ as the
Threading Database Item and 'Object Actions' as the Threading Action Type.

2.2.Optional Configuration
1. Key Attribute: At the record level, mark a unique attribute as ‘Key’ attribute for certain changes-only modes that are described later in
this document.

Use the 'Key' field to compare attributes. Ensure you mark the unique attributes such as: Assignment Id, Person Id, Person Number,
Citizenship Id, Visa Id, Phone Id as Key for all the data groups you want to include in the changes-only extract.
 For example, the key attribute for Assignment and Pay Employee UEs is Assignment Id, while for Person UE it is Person Id. For Historical
UE like Assignment Historical, the key attribute is Assignment ID and Assignment Effective Start date.

The key can be a combination of attributes to uniquely identify each row returned by the data group UE. Choose the attributes from one
record under that data group only.

2. Mark as Changed: At the attribute level, mark the attribute as 'Mark as Changed' whenever you want HCM Extracts to include the
attribute in the output of the extract even though they have not changed.

When and why do I need to set an attribute to ‘Mark as Changed’?

You can extract parent or reference details, such as, Person ID and Person Number even though those particular attributes have not
changed. For example, if the employee’s location changes, then the extract returns the new location only. However, how would you
know whose location has changed? To handle these scenarios you mark the person identifiers as ‘Mark as Changed’ so that the extract
returns those values whenever any other person details changes.

Once the above setup (mandatory and option configuration, if required) is complete, the extract design is ready to identify changes. While
running the extract, select the ‘Changes Only’ parameter values such that full or changed details are generated.
3. Running a Changes-Only Extract
While running an extract, you specify the changes-only mode by selecting the parameter values against the ‘Changes Only’ parameter defined in
the configuration steps. This action informs the engine to vary the output and cater to different scenarios.

3.1.Supported Modes
The supported modes and their descriptions are:

Mode Lookup Value Description

Y Changed attributes Compares this extract run with the previous extract runs and returns the entire
hierarchy for the data that has changed.
ATTRIBUTE Changed and marked attributes Includes elements that have changed or marked as changed
ATTRIB_OLD Changed and marked attributes with Displays elements that have changed or marked as changed plus their previous
previous values value
Note
You must run the Payroll Interface with the Attrib_Old mode whenever
you use the US ADP PayForce Third-Party Periodic Extract.
 BLOCK_OLD Changed, marked attributes, previous Displays the following data under threading data group:
data under threading group Changed data; Data marked as changed; Previous values; Parent data group values
Here’s a data scenario that demonstrates the behavior of each mode, the following sections discuss how each extract mode effects the extract
results:

Transaction Data effected in FA

Hire employee James
as a Financial Person Person Date of Job Location Department
Controller, in UK No Name Hire
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate
Controller UK Finance

Transfer James to new

location: Reading UK. Person Person Date of Job Location Department
No Name Hire
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Controller UK Finance

Hire new employee

Julie into the Person Person Date of Job Location Department
Corporate Finance No Name Hire
department. 2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Transfer James to new Analyst UK Finance
location, Vegas US. 1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Vegas, Unit
Controller US Finance
3.1.1. Changed Attributes (Mode: Y)
This mode extracts the entire row for the changed values only. Extract is designed as follows to return changes in the following values:

Person Person Date of Job Location Department

No Name Hire

Transaction 1: Hire employee James as a Financial Controller, in UK

Data in FA Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department
Name Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate 1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate
Controller UK Finance Controller UK Finance

As this is a new hire, all details are returned.

Transaction 2: Transfer James to new location: Reading UK.

Data in FA Extract Output for the transaction

Person Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department
No Name Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate 1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Controller UK Finance Controller UK Finance

Location is the only changed item for James, but all the details are
returned.
Transaction 3: Hire new employee Julie into the Corporate Finance department. Transfer James to new location, Vegas US.
Data in FA Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department
Name Name
2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate 2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Analyst UK Finance Analyst UK Finance
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Vegas, Unit 1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Vegas, Unit
Controller US Finance Controller US Finance

As a new hire joined, all the employee’s details are returned

Location and Department are changed for James, but all the details
are returned.

3.1.2. Changed and Marked Attributes (Mode: ATTRIBUTE)

This mode extracts the changed values along with the attributes that are ‘Mark as Changed’. Extract is designed as follows to return changes in
the following values, and person details are marked:

Column? Person Person Date of Job Location Department

No Name Hire
Mark as
Yes Yes
Changed?
Key Yes

Transaction 1: Hire employee James as a Financial Controller, in UK

Data in FA Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department
Name Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate 1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate
Controller UK Finance Controller UK Finance

As this is a new hire, all attribute values are returned.

Transaction 2: Transfer James to new location: Reading UK.

Data in FA Extract Output for the transaction

Person Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Person No Person Date of Job Location Department
No Name Name Hire
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate 1234 James Reading,
Controller UK Finance UK

Location is the only changed item, but since Person No & Name were
marked, all the three attribute values are returned.

Transaction 3: Hire new employee Julie into the Corporate Finance department. Transfer James to new location, Vegas US.

Data in FA Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department
Name Name
2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate 2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Analyst UK Finance Analyst UK Finance
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Vegas, Unit 1234 James Vegas, Unit
Controller US Finance US Finance

As a new hire joined, all the employee details are returned.

The changed items are Location and Department, but since Person No
and Name were marked, all four attribute values are returned.
Date of Hire and Job for James are not returned as they have not
changed and were not marked as changed.
3.1.3. Changed and Marked Attributes with Previous Values (Mode: ATTRIB_OLD)
This mode extracts the changed values, their previous values along with the attributes that are ‘Mark as Changed’. Extract is designed as follows
to return changes in the following values, and person details are marked:

Column? Person Person Date of Job Location Department

No Name Hire
Mark as
Yes Yes
Changed?
Key Yes

Additional Configuration in BI Publisher (BIP) Template: Create the BIP Template to display the old and new values.

Person No Person Person Name Person Date of Hire Date of Job Job Location Locati Department Departm
Old No New Old Name Old Hire New Old Ne Old on Old ent New
New w New
<Person_N <Person <Person_Na <Person_ <Date_of_Hir <Date_of <Job_ <Jo <Location <Locat <Departmen <Depart
O_OLD> _No> me_OLD> Name> e_OLD> _Hire> OLD> b> _OLD> ion> t_OLD> ment>
Important: By default if you do not see the above field (suffixed with _OLD) in the BIP field list, then you need to include it manually.

Transaction 1: Hire employee James as a Financial Controller, in UK

Data in FA

Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department

Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate
Controller UK Finance
Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person No Person Person Date of Hire Date of Hire Job Old Job New Location Location Department Department
Old New Name Old Name New Old New Old New Old New
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate
Controller UK Finance

As this is a new hire, all new value columns are returned.

Transaction 2: Transfer James to new location: Reading UK.

Data in FA

Person Person Date of Hire Job Location Department

No Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Controller UK Finance

Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person No Person Person Date of Hire Date of Hire Job Old Job New Location Location Department Department
Old New Name Old Name New Old New Old New Old New
1234 1234 James James London, Reading,
UK UK

Location is the only changed item, but since Person No and Name were marked, all the three attribute values along with their old values are
returned.
Transaction 3: Hire new employee Julie into the Corporate Finance department. Transfer James to new location, Vegas US.

Data in FA

Person No Person Date of Hire Job Location Department

Name
2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Analyst UK Finance
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Vegas, Unit
Controller US Finance

Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person No Person Person Date of Hire Date of Hire Job Old Job New Location Location Department Department
Old New Name Old Name New Old New Old New Old New
2468 Julie 15/10/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate
Analyst UK Finance
1234 1234 James James Reading, Vegas, Corporate Unit
UK US Finance Finance

For Julia: As a new hire joined, all the employee details are returned.
For James: Location, Department are the changed items, but since Person No and Name were marked, all the four attribute values are
returned along with old values. Date of Hire and Job for James are not returned as they have not changed and were neither marked.
 3.1.4. Changed, Marked Attributes, Previous Data under Threading Group (Mode: BLOCK_OLD)
This mode extracts the changed values, their previous values, the attributes that are ‘Mark as Changed’; along with the parent data group
attributes too. The data transactions below demonstrate the different behaviors of this extract mode.

Extract is designed to return changes in the following values; person and address details are marked:

Column / Person No Person Date of Job Location Manager

Group Details Name Hire
Mark as Yes Yes
Changed?
Key Yes
Column / Address Address Address Address Address City State Country Effective Effective
Group Details Type ID Type ID Line 1 Line 2 From To
Mark as Yes Yes Yes
Changed?
Key Yes Yes

The requirement is to return person details, even when there are changes in the address details that exist in the child data group. The extract
design has person details in a parent data group and both are connected on the person id. Multi-threading details are defined in the person data
group.

Create the BIP Template as below:

Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Col5 Col6 Col7 Col Col9 Col10 Col11 Col12
8
Person No Person Person Name Person Date of Hire Date of Job Old Job Location Locatio Manager Manag
Old No New Old Name Old Hire New Ne Old n New Old er New
New w
<Person_NO <Person <Person_Nam <Person_N <Date_of_Hir <Date_of_ <Job_ <Jo <Location <Locati <Manager <Mana
_OLD> _No> e_OLD> ame> e_OLD> Hire> OLD> b> _OLD> on> _OLD> ger>
 Col13 Col14 Col15 Col16 Col17 Col18 Col19 Col20 Col21 Col22 Col2 Col24
3
Address Address Address Address Address Address Address Address Address Address City City
Type ID Old Type ID Type Old Type New ID Old ID New Line 1 Old Line 1 New Line 2 Old Line 2 New Old New
New
<Address_T <Address_T <Address <Address_ <Addres <Address <Address_ <Address_L <Address_ <Address_L <City <City
ype_ID_Old ype_ID_Ne _Type_Ol Type_New s_ID_Ol _ID_New Line_1_Ol ine_1_New Line_2_Ol ine_2_New _Old _New
> w> d> > d> > d> > d> > > >

Col25 Col26 Col27 Col28 Col29 Col30 Col31 Col32

State Old State New Country Old Country Effective From Effective From Effective To Effective To
New Old New Old New
<State_Ol <State_Ne <Country_O <Country_N <Effective_From_ <Effective_From_ <Effective_To_ <Effective_To_N
d> w> ld> ew> Old> New> Old> ew>
Transaction 1: Hire employee James as a Financial Controller, in UK.
Data in FA

Person Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Manager

No Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Corporate Frank
Controller UK Finance

Address Address Address City State Country Effective From Effective

Type Line 1 Line 2 To
Home Friar Reading UK 01/01/2014
Street
.

Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person No Person Person Date of Hire Date of Hire Job Old Job New Location Location Manager Manager
Old New Name Old Name New Old New Old New Old New
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial London, Frank
Controller UK

Address Address Address Address Address ID Address ID Address Address Address Address City Old City New
Type ID Type ID New Type Old Type New Old New Line 1 Old Line 1 New Line 2 Old Line 2 New
Old
Home 123 Friar Reading
Street

State State Country Country Effective Effective From Effective To Effective To

Old New Old New From Old New Old New
UK 01/01/2014

As this is a new hire, all new value columns are returned.

Transaction 2: Transfer James to new location: Reading UK.

Data in FA

Person Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Manager

No Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate Frank
Controller UK Finance
.

Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person No Person Person Date of Hire Date of Hire Job Old Job New Location Location Manager Manager
Old New Name Old Name New Old New Old New Old New
1234 1234 James James London, Reading,
UK UK

Address Address Address Address Address ID Address ID Address Address Address Address City Old City New
Type ID Type ID New Type Old Type New Old New Line 1 Old Line 1 New Line 2 Old Line 2 New
Old
Home Home 123 123

State State Country Country Effective From Effective From Effective To Effective To
Old New Old New Old New Old New
01/01/2014 01/01/2014

Person’s location is the only item that changes, but since Person No, Name items were marked, these values along with location attribute, old
and new values are returned. Even though there are no changes in the address data group record, the marked columns are returned because
of the selected mode.
Transaction 3: James corrects his address.

Data in FA

Person Person Date of Hire Job Location Department Manager

No Name
1234 James 01/01/2014 Financial Reading, Corporate Frank
Controller UK Finance

Address Address Address City State Country Effective From Effective

Type Line 1 Line 2 To
Home Broad Reading UK 01/01/2014
Street
.

Extract Output for the transaction

Person No Person No Person Person Date of Hire Date of Hire Job Old Job New Location Location Manager Manager
Old New Name Old Name New Old New Old New Old New
1234 1234 James James

Address Address Address Address Address ID Address ID Address Address Address Address City Old City New
Type Old Type New Type Old Type New Old New Line 1 Old Line 1 New Line 2 Old Line 2 New
Home Home Friar Broad
Street Street

State State Country Country Effective From Effective From Effective To Effective To
Old New Old New Old New Old New
01/01/2014 01/01/2014

Address Line 1 is the only changed item, but since Address Type, Effective From and Effective to Date are marked their values are also
returned. Person No, Name were marked and because of the mode, these values are also returned though they exist in a separate record of
the parent data group.
 3.2.Rollback a Changes-Only Run
When you want to roll back a changes-only extract run, as if it was never run; then you can use the ‘Roll Back Process’ Process. This process
removes the archived and base lined data, and returns the archive tables to a state that they were, before the run.

You can use this process in the following scenarios:

 Server bounce
 Shut down while the changes-only extract is running
 You wish to revert some changes
 If you ran the changes-only extract by error and you want the next changes-only extract run to have the current changes too
4. Generic Extract Options
There are other configurable options in extracts that you can use in changes-only extracts like the context binding and dynamic output filename,
which are described here. You may want to schedule a changes-only extract on a recursive basis and this may require you to bind the context for
date parameters and/or have a dynamic output filename.

4.1.Context Binding
Use context binding to dynamically increment date parameters, especially for scenarios where you want to recursively schedule extract runs.
The parameter details should specify Context Binding for the parameter basis, and System Date for the basis value.

For example, you might have an extract that retrieves data based on an effective date. In the Refine HCM Extracts UI, you need to specify the
Context Binding for the ‘Effective Date’ parameter with parameter basis as ‘Context Binding’, and Basis Value as ‘System Date’. Setting these
parameters ensures that the dates the application derives from the defaulted date parameter are incremented appropriately.

4.2.Dynamic Output Filename

When configuring the output filename in the delivery option, you can use the following parameters:

Parameter What it does to the filename

%y Displays the system date year in four digits: Example: 2011

%m Displays the system date month in two digits: 01-12 (where 01 = January)
%d Displays the system date in two digits: 01-31
%H Displays the system date hour in two digits based on 24-hour day: 00-24
%M Displays the system date minute in two digits: 00
%S Displays the system date number of seconds in two digits: 00 - 59
%l Displays system date milliseconds in three digits: 000 – 999
 %edy Displays the effective date year in four digits: Example: 2011
%edm Displays the effective date month in two digits: 01-12 (where 01 = January)
%edd Displays the effective date in two digits: 01-31
%edH Displays the effective date hour in two digits based on 24-hour day: 00-24
%edM Displays the effective date minute in two digits: 00
%edS Displays the effective date number of seconds in two digits: 00 – 59

Sample configuration using above parameters in the Output Name:

Perform the following steps to base the output filename on an attribute of the extract:
1. Add ‘%de’ in the output name where you want the attribute to appear.
The tag is replaced with the attribute value.

2. In the additional details section, assign the ‘Run Time File Name’ property of the Delivery Type, with the attribute.
This will indicate the attribute value that should be assigned at the ‘%de’ location.
 For the above setup, Department Name will be suffixed in the filename. If ‘Vision Corporation’ was the department name, the extracted
output filename will be ‘File_Vision Corporation’.

Perform the following steps to base the output filename on a parameter value:

1) Create an attribute of type 'Parameter Element'.

2) Assign the ‘Run Time File Name’ property of the delivery type with the attribute.
3) Place the ‘%de’ at the appropriate place in ‘Output Name’

Perform the following steps to base the output filename on complex logic:

1) Create an attribute of type ‘Rule Based’ which has the underlying logic defined in a Fast Formula.
2) Assign the ‘Run Time File Name’ property of the delivery type with the attribute.
3) Place the ‘%de’ at the appropriate place in ‘Output Name’.
5. FAQ

No Query Response
1. How are the changes identified? For a full extract (i.e. which does not involve changes-only processing), the extract
processing engine extracts the data, archives the raw data and converts into XML, calls
the BIP API for formatting and delivery.
For a changes-only extract, there are two phases in recognizing the changes.

 Phase 1: This will involve performing a normal archive operation. When each of the
object_action ex. Person ID (this is setup in the multithreading details) has had its
data archived, the processing engine locates the last successful object_action (ex.
Person ID), archived for the same row. A difference check is performed on the two
archives and if a change is not detected that object_action and corresponding
archive data is removed. At this point we have data under all data groups for the
object actions for which data has changed. This is the end of changes only
processing when run in mode ‘Changed Attributes only’ (Mode =Y).

 Phase 2: For other modes (like Attribute, Attrib_Old, Block_Old), the next phase
occurs during XML generation. For each of the parent data group where changes
were identified in Phase 1, we identify all children data groups and records that
have changed with help of key. On a field by field basis a direct comparison is
performed and changes reported as required by the mode it is being run under.
2. What happens if there are multiple Extracts compares the current run output against the previous runs to identify changes.
changes after the last extract run? So the latest change would only be reported in this scenario.
3. How do I trial run a changes-only in You can use the rollback feature to rollback the extract run so that the reported changes
production and then revert it back as are cleaned. When you run the extract after a rollback, the extract results identify all
if changes were not reported? the changes.
4. When a changes-only extract was In this scenario, we recommend you rollback the error run so that changes-only behaves
running there was an unexpected as expected.
event such as server restarting or
maintenance window? We have seen multiple issues arising when such an unexpected event caused full extract
to be generated. So it’s strongly recommended that you roll back the error run..
5. When I make changes to the extract Any change in the extract design (like addition of a new attribute, reordering ) impacts
 design, it resulted in a full extract, the changes-only feature as processing logic does a comparison and identifies
why? differences.

When the processing logic sees the structure has changed or new attributes, it results in
a full extract.
6. I have created an extract without You need to specify the multi-threading details while creating the extract and this
defining the multi-threaded details cannot be updated after running an extract.
and ran it. Now I am unable to
update the multi-threaded details, Changing the multi threaded DBI, will mean a comparison with a previous extract that
why? has become invalid, as now we will be using the new structure against the old structure.
Depending on the change, it could result in a full extract or will miss some changes.
7. How do I enable Multi-threading in You need to copy the extract and add multi-threading details into the new extract.
an existing Extract (that is already
run)? Steps:
a) Copy the definition.
b) In the new extract, open the root block, and add threading DBI as %Person Id and
threading action as Object Actions.
c) Compile all formula.
8. How do I check and update the Steps:
threads? 1) Navigate to FSM, Manage Payroll Process Configuration task.
2) Check/Modify values of below parameters: Parameter Name- Threads
Determines the total number of sub processes that run under the concurrent
manager. Default: 1; minimum: 1 Modify value to new value such as 8.
3) If you already have value as 8 or above 8. Do not modify the value.
Note: If you have no such parameter, you need to create the value by clicking on (+) and
choosing above parameter in Lookup.
9. How do I determine the threading This need to be a unique item in the UE, for example any ID in that entity.
DBI for each UE? Does it need to be
unique?
10. I scheduled a changes-only extract, When you recursively schedule extracts, use context binding to dynamically increment
which should send data based on the date parameters. The parameter details should specify Context Binding for the
run date. How do we make the parameter basis, and System Date for the basis value.
parameter value dynamic so that it
picks the run date? For example, you might create a weekly pay extract that requires the user to enter an
 effective date. You specify the Context Binding for the parameter basis for the effective
date, and System Date for the basis value.

Setting these parameters ensures that the dates the application derives from the
defaulted date parameter are incremented appropriately.
11. I have used advanced conditions and You may have used advanced conditions at record or attribute level to conditionally
the extract output was not as exclude records for some action condition. If these advanced functionalities are not
expected, why? designed correctly, lt can lead to unexpected results.
Appendix
You can refer to the following collateral on MOS for more details on HCM Extracts

Note Details
1559127.1 Oracle Fusion HCM Extracts Guide Release 5 Onwards
- HCM Extracts User guide
- Release 7 Entity Attributes
- Extracts presentation (PPT)
1677090.1 Troubleshooting HCM Extracts