Oracle Project Accounting: Job Mapping

In Oracle Projects, each person has a primary job assignment that is defined in Oracle Human Resources. For some enterprises, Oracle HRMS jobs and Oracle Projects jobs are the same. But there are many enterprises that use one set of jobs for project management and a different set of jobs for human resources.


HRMS jobs are often too granular for the purposes of project jobs. For example, you may have a HRMS job defined as Consultant - Level 2, but for the purposes of making project assignments, you want to only see a Consultant definition for all consultant jobs.
You can use the Job Mapping feature to map jobs defined in Oracle HRMS to different job titles for use in Oracle Projects. Job mapping enables you to link similar jobs in different job groups.
When you perform job mapping for your enterprise, you can select job groups for project templates. For example, you can assign a billing job group to contract projects and project templates.
You can also specify a job group to use for searches.
The prerequisites for defining job mapping are:

• Define job groups
  
• Define jobs
  

Understanding Job Mapping

You map a job to another job in two steps, using a master job as the intermediate link:

Step	Map From:	To:
1	JOB A	MASTER JOB B
2	MASTER JOB B	JOB C

The mapping is not automatically bidirectional. For example, in the above mapping, Job C is not mapped to Job A. If you want to map Job C to Job A, you must create a separate mapping, as shown in the following table:

Step	Map From:	To:
1	JOB C	MASTER JOB B
2	MASTER JOB B	JOB A

Rules for Mapping From a Job to a Master Job:

The following rules govern mapping from a job to a master job:

• Jobs that are not master jobs can be mapped to one and only one master job.
  
• Multiple jobs (in or across a job group) can be mapped to the same master job.
  

Rules for Mapping From a Master Job to a Non-Master Job:

The following rules govern mapping from a job to a non-master job:

• Master jobs can be mapped to only one job in each job group.
  
• Multiple master jobs can be mapped to the same job.
  

The following diagram illustrates these rules:
The diagram displays three different job groups: the HR job group, the Master job group, and the PA job group. The HR job group and PA job group are both non-master job groups.
The HR job group contains five jobs, listed by number from Job 1 through Job 5.
The Master job group contains three master jobs: Master Job 1, Master Job 2, and Master Job 3.
The PA job group contains two job groups: PA Job 1 and PA Job 2.

• In the HR Job group, Job 1 and Job 2 are mapped to Master Job 2. Job 3 is mapped to Master Job 2. Job 4 and Job 5 are mapped to Master Job 3.
  
• Master Job 1 is then mapped to PA Job 1. Master Job 2 and Master Job 3 are both mapped to PA Job 2.
  

The following illustration shows an example of job mapping.
Mapping from a master job to a non-master job

To define job mapping:

1. Navigate to the Job Mapping window.
   
2. In the Job Group region, select a From Job Group and a To Job Group.
   If the From Job Group you select is the Master Job Group, the To Job Group can be any job group except the Master Job Group.
   If the From Job Group you select is not the Master Job Group, the system automatically selects the Master Job Group as the To Job Group.
   
3. In the Job Mappings region:
   Select From Jobs and corresponding To Jobs. When you have finished entering the jobs, choose Map It.
   or, to map multiple jobs to a single job:
   Choose Advanced to display the Advanced Job Mapping window. Select multiple From Jobs and a single To Job, and choose the Map It button.