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Overview
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Overview

BEN_PERSON_OBJECT is an Oracle Applications (APPS) PL/SQL package body that belongs to the Oracle Advanced Benefits (BEN) product family within Oracle E-Business Suite 12.1.1 and 12.2.2. Its principal business function is to construct, cache, and manage in-memory "person object" representations that aggregate the benefits-relevant attributes of an employee, contingent worker, or other benefits participant. Rather than issuing repeated queries against the underlying HR and Benefits base tables for each processing step, the package assembles a consolidated object that the Benefits engine and its callers can interrogate efficiently. The object encapsulates identity, assignment, address, contact relationship, benefits balance, eligibility, and life-event context required by benefits calculation, enrollment, and eligibility routines.

The package is classified as an OTHER API (not a public, supported business API), indicating it is largely an internal infrastructure component used by the Benefits processing framework rather than a customer-facing extension point.

Key Procedures and Functions

The ETRM metadata documents 62 procedures and functions. The visible subset is dominated by SET_* procedures, which populate individual components of the person object. Documented members include:

The consistent SET_ naming convention reflects an incremental builder pattern, in which each routine loads one logical slice of the person object.

Tables Accessed

The package reads and writes Benefits and HR base tables through APPS synonyms. Benefits tables include BEN_BNFTS_BAL_F and BEN_PER_BNFTS_BAL_F (benefits balances) and BEN_PER_IN_LER (person life-event records). Core HR tables referenced include PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F, PER_ALL_ASSIGNMENTS_F and PER_ASSIGNMENTS_F (person and assignment records), PER_PERIODS_OF_SERVICE, PER_PERSON_TYPES and PER_PERSON_TYPE_USAGES_F, PER_ASSIGNMENT_STATUS_TYPES, PER_ASSIGNMENT_EXTRA_INFO, PER_ADDRESSES, and PER_CONTACT_RELATIONSHIPS. HR_SOFT_CODING_KEYFLEX supplies key flexfield soft-coding values. PLITBLM is also referenced, reflecting PL/SQL internal utility usage. The package leverages supporting components such as BEN_CACHE, BEN_ENV_OBJECT, BEN_HASH_UTILITY, BEN_MANAGE_LIFE_EVENTS, HR_API, and MDSYS.SDO_GEOMETRY.

Usage Notes

BEN_PERSON_OBJECT is referenced by 29 other database objects, confirming its role as a shared foundational library within Advanced Benefits. It is typically invoked indirectly by higher-level Benefits packages — eligibility, enrollment, life-event, and balance-processing routines — rather than by end users directly. Because the object is cached, calling programs obtain a consistent, reusable snapshot of participant data, reducing redundant queries. In the context of forms and concurrent programs, custom code should prefer the documented public Benefits APIs; direct calls to this internal package are appropriate only for deeply integrated extension work, and developers should be aware that its interfaces are subject to change between patch levels.