What must be done if changes are made to a job role?

When changes are made to a job role in Oracle HCM Cloud, it is essential to regenerate all the data roles that inherit from that job role. This process ensures that the adjustments applied to the job role are effectively reflected in the data roles. Data roles in this system are designed to inherit permissions and attributes from job roles. If a job role is modified—for example, if new responsibilities are added or existing ones are changed—the associated data roles need to be regenerated so they can incorporate these updates.

Regenerating data roles helps maintain security consistency and ensures that all users assigned to those data roles have the correct permissions based on the most current job role definitions. This action is particularly important in an organization where roles and permissions play a critical part in managing employee access to sensitive information and resources.

While it might seem that simply allowing changes to be automatic would suffice, this approach could lead to discrepancies between job roles and the inherited data roles if the changes aren't actively integrated. Thus, the correct procedure involves actively regenerating the impacted data roles to ensure alignment and compliance with the updated role definitions.