How user can get the Scheduler Details in Oracle HCM?

To retrieve the Scheduler Details in Oracle HCM, particularly to set up and trigger the process "Maintain Candidates and Job Requisitions for Search", follow the step-by-step guide below.

Step 1: Create/Use a Service Account

A service account is required to authenticate API calls for triggering the scheduler job.

• Scheduler Username: Oracle HCM account username with required access.
• Scheduler Password: Corresponding password.
  
  

✅ Note: This service account is used to initiate the process via an API call using the operation submitESSJobRequest.

You will also need the following details to configure your API call:

• Application Name
• Operation Name: submitESSJobRequest
  
  

Step 2: Retrieve Job Definition and Application Details

To obtain the necessary Job Definition ID and Application Name, perform the following steps in Oracle HCM:

Navigation Path:

Setup and Maintenance > Task > Manage Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions and Job Sets for Human Capital Management and Related Applications

Steps to Follow:

1. In the Name filter box, enter IncrementalIndex and press Enter.
   
   
2. Locate the correct job in the results list.
   
   
3. Click on the corresponding row, then select the Edit option (represented by a pencil icon).
   
   

4. Capture the following from the screen:

   • Job Definition ID
   • Application Name
   
   

These details will be used to build the payload for the submitESSJobRequest API to run the job programmatically.