API - hr_employee_api.hire_into_job

Example --

Consider a Contact for some employee already exist in Oracle System. Now that Contact has got Job, so his Person type should be converted to Employee from Contact (External)

Following API helps to create assignment for that Contact and helps to change his Person Type 

DECLARE
     -- Local Variables
     -- ---------------------
     lc_dt_ud_mode             VARCHAR2(100)  := NULL;
     ln_person_id                 NUMBER               := 32981;
     ln_object_number        NUMBER               := 1;
     ld_effective_date            DATE                     := TO_DATE('28-JUN-2012');
     lc_employee_number  VARCHAR2(100)  := 'CONTACT_TEST_01';
 
     -- Out Variables for Find Date Track Mode API
     -- ------------------------------------------------------------
     lb_correction                          BOOLEAN;
     lb_update                               BOOLEAN;
     lb_update_override              BOOLEAN;
     lb_update_change_insert   BOOLEAN;
   
   -- Out Variables for Hire to Job API
   -- -------------------------------------------
   ld_effective_start_date           DATE;
   ld_effective_end_date            DATE;
   lb_assign_payroll_warning   BOOLEAN;
   lb_orig_hire_warning              BOOLEAN;
   ln_assignment_id                    NUMBER;

BEGIN
   -- Find Date Track Mode
   -- ----------------------------
   dt_api.find_dt_upd_modes
   (   -- Input data elements
       -- ---------------------------
       p_effective_date                 => TO_DATE('28-JUN-2012'),
       p_base_table_name         => 'PER_ALL_PEOPLE_F',
       p_base_key_column         => 'PERSON_ID',
       p_base_key_value             => ln_person_id,
       -- Output data elements
       -- -----------------------------
       p_correction                          => lb_correction,
       p_update                               => lb_update,
       p_update_override              => lb_update_override,
       p_update_change_insert  => lb_update_change_insert
   );
 
  

   IF ( lb_update_override = TRUE OR lb_update_change_insert = TRUE )
   THEN
       -- UPDATE_OVERRIDE
       -- -----------------------------
       lc_dt_ud_mode := 'UPDATE_OVERRIDE';
   END IF;

   IF ( lb_correction = TRUE )
   THEN
       -- CORRECTION
       -- --------------------
       lc_dt_ud_mode := 'CORRECTION';
   END IF;

   IF ( lb_update = TRUE )
   THEN
       -- UPDATE
       -- --------------
       lc_dt_ud_mode := 'UPDATE';
   END IF;
 
   -- Hire into Job API
   -- ------------------------
   hr_employee_api.hire_into_job
   (   -- Input Data Elements
       -- -----------------------------
       p_effective_date                     => ld_effective_date,
       p_person_id                           => ln_person_id,
       p_datetrack_update_mode  => lc_dt_ud_mode,
       -- Output Data Elements
       -- ----------------------------
       p_object_version_number    => ln_object_number,
       p_employee_number             => lc_employee_number,
       p_assignment_id                   => ln_assignment_id,
       p_effective_start_date           => ld_effective_start_date,
       p_effective_end_date            => ld_effective_end_date,
       p_assign_payroll_warning   => lb_assign_payroll_warning,
       p_orig_hire_warning             => lb_orig_hire_warning
   );
 
 COMMIT;

EXCEPTION
        WHEN OTHERS THEN
                       ROLLBACK;
                       DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);
END;
/

SHOW ERR;