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Oracle HCM Cloud REST API how-to miniseries I

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Hi colleagues,

I would like to start a short series about using REST API in Oracle HCM Cloud. As far as you know, you can use Oracle REST APIs to view and manage data stored in Oracle Applications Cloud and those can be used as a bridge between external applications and Oracle HCM Cloud.
There is a big list of APIs available: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/human-resources/20a/farws/index.html

If you are new to REST I would recommend going through my article that describes a concept: https://hcmcloudhub.com/2016/01/16/an-introduction-to-the-rest-apis-in-oracle-hcm-cloud/

In this post I am going to outline several parameters that may be useful while working with Employees/Assignment REST Endpoints:

  • Limit attributes to be retrieved

To decrease the size of the resulting payload, specify which attributes should be returned by using the fields parameter:
GET hcmRestApi/resources/latest/emps?fields=PersonNumber
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Taleo Business Edition Fusion HCM New Hire Integration

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Last month Oracle released the first version of TBE – Fusion HCM integration capability. It was a long waited feature I waited from Oracle for a couple of years. Finally they started moving in this direction.
It is available starting from Taleo Business Edition Release 17A1.
I suppose the main reason is a growing number of customers who prefer to order Fusion HCM bundle for mid-size companies and also want to get Taleo Business Edition for talent acquisition processes. Customers realized that there is no OOTB integration between TBE and Fusion products like Taleo EE has and were forced to develop custom integration scenarios. But as I have been convinced many times Oracle makes huge investments only if they sure for one hundred percent in quick return. It seems this time is coming.

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