{"id":31063,"date":"2026-01-06T07:25:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kovaion-new1.local\/audit-password-changes-using-oracle-hcm-cloud-scheduled-process\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T07:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T07:35:27","slug":"audit-password-changes-using-oracle-hcm-cloud-scheduled-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/audit-password-changes-using-oracle-hcm-cloud-scheduled-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Audit password changes using Oracle HCM Cloud scheduled process"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle HCM Cloud applications generally have a lot of HR admin users accessing the application and making innumerable changes on a daily basis. It can make work difficult under certain critical circumstances if the changes are not tracked properly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In particular, when it comes to user accounts and their security, password changes play an important role. Fortunately, Oracle HCM Cloud provides a simple one-step audit tracking facility to keep track of the password changes.<\/p>\n<p>Below are some scenarios thatthrow light on when such audit tracking facilities come to use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adhoc changes have happened as a result of upgradescausing unnecessary blame games.<\/li>\n<li>Urgent call made by a User to the HR representative asking for an immediate password reset since his\/her user account is not accessible and he has to do some critical update in the system immediately. The HR representative does the password reset without any ticket formally being created by the employee due to the urgency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>User password changes audit report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Oracle HCM Cloud allows IT Security Managers to fetch password change details that occurred in the system with the help of a Scheduled Process \u2013\u00a0<strong>User Password Changes Audit Report.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Business Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Transparency<\/li>\n<li>Application Security<\/li>\n<li>Quick Audit Tracking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10116\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-33.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 578px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-33.png 578w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-33-480x440.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"530\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The report can be fetched for a single user\/all users\/specific users identified by a name pattern.<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Start Date\u2019 and \u2018To Date\u2019 can be set to fetch the report for a specific time period.<\/li>\n<li>The result can be sorted by Modified date\/User name during submission of the ESS Job (Scheduled Process).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>PREREQUISITES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>ASE_USER_PASSWORD_CHANGES_AUDIT_REPORT_PRIV\u00a0<\/strong>function security privilege is required to run this report. The seeded \u2018IT Security Manager\u2019 job role possesses this privilege by default.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steps To Run This Report:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Open\u00a0<strong>Scheduled Processes &gt;&gt;<\/strong>Click on\u00a0<strong>Schedule New Process&gt;&gt;<\/strong>Search for\u00a0<strong>User Password Changes Audit Report\u00a0<\/strong>Job<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10117 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-34.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 1340px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-34.png 1340w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-34-1280x396.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-34-980x304.png 980w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-34-480x149.png 480w\" width=\"1340\" height=\"415\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fig.1: Scheduled Processes \u2013 User Password Changes Audit Report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Parameters available:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Search Type \u2013 All Users\/Single User\/User name Pattern<\/li>\n<li>User Name \u2013 If Search type is Single User, select the required User Name<\/li>\n<li>User Name Pattern \u2013 If Search type is User name pattern, provide the pattern (Example shown below)<\/li>\n<li>Start Date \u2013 Date from which Password Change details are required<\/li>\n<li>To Date \u2013 Date until which Password Change details are required<\/li>\n<li>Sort by\u2013 Modified Date \/ User name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-35.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 646px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-35.png 646w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-35-480x326.png 480w\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"439\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fig.2: Sample Parameters to run the report<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Click\u00a0<strong>Submit\u00a0<\/strong>to run the report.<\/li>\n<li>Oncethe process succeeds, click on the process and scroll down to find the resulting log files. This process produces 3 files \u2013 .csv,.xml and .log files.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10119 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-36.png\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fig.3: Log and Output<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10120 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-37.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 869px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-37.png 869w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-37-480x168.png 480w\" width=\"869\" height=\"305\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fig.4: Attachments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Download csv file to view the report.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10121 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-38.png\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 948px, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-38.png 948w, https:\/\/www.kovaion.com\/kovaioncom_2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/word-image-38-480x86.png 480w\" width=\"948\" height=\"170\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fig.5: Extracted report<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author<br \/>\n<strong>Mithila Sriram<\/strong><br \/>\nKovaion Consulting<br \/>\nOracle HCM Cloud Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle HCM Cloud applications generally have a lot of HR admin users accessing the application and making innumerable changes on a daily basis. 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