Search Results hr_be_validation

Overview

The APPS.HR_BE_VALIDATION package is a PL/SQL validation utility within the Oracle E-Business Suite Human Resources (HR) module, specifically associated with the Belgian (BE) localization. Its principal business function is to perform validation of bank account information for HR-related entities, such as employees, applicants, and other person records that require banking details for payroll and payment processing. In the Belgian payroll and HR context, bank account numbers follow a defined national format (the Belgian BBAN structure), and this package encapsulates the logic required to verify that account numbers supplied by end users conform to expected formats and validation rules before they are committed to the database. The package is owned by the APPS schema and holds a VALID status in the ETRM (E-Business Suite Technical Reference Manual) repository for releases 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, with the ETRM classification of OTHER, indicating it is a supporting internal package rather than a public, supported API.

Key Procedures and Functions

The documented metadata lists two procedures or functions within this package. Each serves a distinct validation role:

• BANK_ACCOUNT_NO — This procedure/function encapsulates the actual validation logic applied to a Belgian bank account number. It is the core routine responsible for checking the structural and checksum validity of the account number string supplied by the caller. It is the primary workhorse of the package.
• VALIDATE_ACCOUNT_ENTERED — This routine serves as the controlling entry point that determines whether an account number has been entered and, presumably, triggers the appropriate validation flow. It provides the higher-level check that the account field is populated before more detailed validation (via BANK_ACCOUNT_NO) is attempted.

The documented parameter lists are not exposed in the supplied metadata; therefore, only the names and intended purposes are described here. No signature details are inferred or invented.

Tables Accessed

The supplied ETRM metadata indicates that no tables are referenced directly through APPS synonyms by this package. This suggests that HR_BE_VALIDATION operates as a pure algorithmic validation routine, relying on formatting and checksum logic rather than querying or writing persistent database tables. Validation packages of this type typically accept a value as input, apply character and numeric checks, and return a boolean or error indicator, without performing DML. The only external reference documented is to SYS.STANDARD, the standard Oracle PL/SQL package providing built-in functions and data types, which further supports the conclusion that the package is purely computational. Any downstream persistence of the validated value would be handled by the calling form or API, not by this package itself.

Usage Notes

Because the package is the Belgian HR-specific validation component, it is typically invoked indirectly through the Oracle HRMS person and assignment maintenance forms (such as the Employee, Applicant, or Bank Details windows) whenever a Belgian bank account number is entered or updated. In Oracle EBS, such field-level validation routines are commonly triggered by form-level triggers (for example, WHEN-VALIDATE-ITEM) or by the underlying business logic that manages bank account details for payroll processing. As the ETRM classification is OTHER and the package is not documented as a supported public API, it is intended for internal use by Oracle Forms and the HR localization layer rather than for direct invocation by customer-written integration code. Developers extending or interfacing with Belgian HR payroll should treat HR_BE_VALIDATION as an implementation detail of the standard localization and rely on the supported HR APIs and forms for bank account maintenance.