{"id":32011,"date":"2026-01-06T08:57:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T08:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kovaion-new1.local\/empower-business-users-with-custom-ess-jobs-in-hcm-cloud\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:55:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T12:55:05","slug":"empower-business-users-with-custom-ess-jobs-in-hcm-cloud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/empower-business-users-with-custom-ess-jobs-in-hcm-cloud\/","title":{"rendered":"Empower business users with custom ESS jobs in HCM cloud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle Cloud Enterprise Scheduler Service (ESS) Jobs are programs based on PL\/SQL, BIP Reports, Host, SQL Loader, and other technologies to execute business logic. There are many standards or seeded ESS jobs available in Oracle HCM Cloud. System provides an option to create custom ESS job based on customer needs accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>Fusion Applications ESS Jobs allows to define, control and manage Oracle Enterprise Scheduler job metadata, including job definitions, job requests, job sets (a collection of job requests), incompatibilities and schedules governing the execution of job requests also allow user put parameter while creating ESS jobs and while running the process post creation of job.<\/p>\n<p>The Scheduling process home page provides an overview of the performance of Oracle Enterprise Scheduler components and jobs, including component status, the number of completed job requests in the last hour, as well as the processing times for running jobs.<\/p>\n<p>This page can be used for monitoring and administering Oracle Enterprise Scheduler process.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>STEPS TO CREATE CUSTOM ESS JOB SCHEDULER:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 1:\u00a0<\/strong>Navigate to set-up &amp; maintenance then search for \u2018Manage Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions and Job Sets for Human Capital Management and Related Applications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16865\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16865\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/custom-ess-hcm-1-300x56.png\" alt=\"custom-ess-hcm-1\" width=\"718\" height=\"134\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 1: Manage Enterprise Scheduler Job Definition and Job for HCM<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Step 2<\/strong>:\u00a0Click on + Symbol to create custom ESS job<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16864\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16864\" style=\"width: 722px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16864\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/custom-ess-hcm-2-300x86.png\" alt=\"custom-ess-hcm-2\" width=\"722\" height=\"207\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16864\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 2: Manage Job Definition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_2620\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Fill all the required fields in the below page mentioned in the screenshot to create new ESS Job<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0Report path should be as below:<\/p>\n<p>\/oracle\/apps\/ess\/custom\/REPORT_NAME\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16863\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16863\" style=\"width: 725px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16863\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/custom-ess-hcm-3-300x122.png\" alt=\"custom-ess-hcm-3\" width=\"725\" height=\"295\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 3: Create Job Definition<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_2621\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Schedule job details fields should be as per the below screenshot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16862\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16862\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16862\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/custom-ess-hcm-4-300x290.jpeg\" alt=\"custom-ess-hcm-4\" width=\"580\" height=\"561\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16862\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 4: ESS Job Details (Mandatory)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 5<\/strong>:\u00a0Save and close after filling all the details in\u00a0Fig 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 6<\/strong>:\u00a0Navigate to tools &gt; schedule process and search for the newly created ESS job name.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16861\" style=\"width: 717px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16861\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/custom-ess-hcm-5-300x146.png\" alt=\"custom-ess-hcm-5\" width=\"717\" height=\"349\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 5: Schedule Process Overview<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_2623\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2623\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 7:<\/strong>\u00a0Post successful schedule of the ESS job the result will be available in the output section as shown.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16860\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16860\" style=\"width: 714px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16860\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.kovaionplay.com\/stage-kovaion\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/custom-ess-hcm-6-300x111.png\" alt=\"custom-ess-hcm-6\" width=\"714\" height=\"264\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 6: Output Section of Schedule Process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>ADVANTAGES \/ BENEFITS:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliminate of access extension to user for reports.<\/li>\n<li>System generated stats can be viewed on the no. of hits against custom reports.<\/li>\n<li>ESS process is a boon to users to access all frequently used reports.<\/li>\n<li>Custom ESS jobs are scheduled on required frequencies (Hourly, daily basis etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author: <\/strong>Prashanth Meti Oracle HCM Cloud Consultant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oracle Cloud Enterprise Scheduler Service (ESS) Jobs are programs based on PL\/SQL, BIP Reports, Host, SQL Loader, and other technologies to execute business logic. 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