How to create Extra information type (EIT) in Oracle HRMS

What is an EIT??

EIT is used to store some extra information about

• Employee
• Assignments
• Jobs
• Positions
• Locations
• Previous Job
• Contacts

and some other as well.

Features:

EIT is a DFF.

EIT is used to store data, where same data is changed quite often.

EIT can be opened at Multiple levels, so very helpful in storing as detailed data as possible.

How to create an EIT??

Navigation: System Administrator --> Application --> Flexfield -->  Descriptive --> Segments

Search flexfield title by name Extra Person Information, as shown below.

Unfreeze the key flexfield and add a new record under the Context Field Values section as shown below.

Press the Segments button

Create the number of segments as desired and attach validation sets to each field accordingly as shown below.

Save & Close. Don't forget to Freeze Flexfield Definition.

Now switch to Global HRMS Manager Responsibility.

Now we need to run the concurrent Program named "Register Extra Information Types (EITs)"

After the request is completed successfully, navigate to

Navigation: Global HRMS Manager -->  Security --> Information Types Security

Search for your relevant responsibility, add the EIT under the selected responsibility as shown below.

Let’s check that either SIT has been successfully registered or not.

Navigation: Global HRMS Manager --> People --> Enter & Maintain --> Others --> Extra Information

Query:

SELECT PEI_INFORMATION1 PASSPORT_NUMBER,

       TO_DATE (SUBSTR (PEI_INFORMATION2, 1, INSTR (PEI_INFORMATION2, ' ') - 1),

                'YYYY/MM/DD'

               ) PASSPORT_EXPIRY_DATE

  FROM PER_PEOPLE_EXTRA_INFO

 WHERE INFORMATION_TYPE = 'XX_EXAMPLE_EIT'