{
  "test_id": "ORCL.REGRESSION.HCM.CRITICAL",
  "scenario_name": "HCM Critical Regression Pack",
  "application": "Oracle Fusion Cloud",
  "product": "Regression",
  "module": "Regression",
  "process": "HCM Critical Regression",
  "business_flow": "HCM Critical Regression Pack",
  "scenario_type": "Regression Pack / Composition",
  "priority": "High",
  "automation_status": "SyntraFlow Ready",
  "library": "Syntra Regression Pack",
  "canonical_url": "https://www.syntraflow.cloud/oracle-erp-testing-tool/test-library/regression-packs/hcm-critical/",
  "objective": {
    "intro": "The objective of this regression pack is to compose 25 high-risk, high-frequency HCM scenarios — spanning Core HR, Payroll, Absence and Time, Performance, Compensation, Learning and HCM Data & Security — into one referenced, schedulable pack, with emphasis on the worker and assignment record correctly staying consistent as it flows from hire through payroll, absence, performance and compensation, and security checks being correctly enforced across sub-modules, rather than re-testing each scenario's individual field-level validation, which is already covered on the linked Core HR, Payroll, Absence and Time, Performance, Compensation, Learning and HCM Data & Security family pages this pack orchestrates.",
    "confirms": [
      "the referenced Core HR, Payroll, Absence and Time, Performance, Compensation, Learning and HCM Data & Security family scenarios remain individually functional in the target Oracle Fusion environment",
      "worker hire, assignment change, promotion, transfer and termination scenarios correctly maintain a consistent worker and assignment record",
      "salary change and benefits enrollment scenarios correctly reflect the worker's current assignment and eligibility",
      "absence entry, absence approval, timecard entry and timecard approval scenarios correctly feed the payroll calculation",
      "payroll calculation, prepayments and payment processing scenarios correctly complete for the affected worker population",
      "performance document, manager evaluation and compensation approval scenarios correctly complete and correctly feed downstream compensation records",
      "learning assignment scenarios correctly assign and track required learning against the worker record",
      "HCM Data Loader, HCM Extract, role security and sensitive data access scenarios are correctly enforced rather than silently accepted",
      "Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay smoke scenarios correctly confirm cross-journey continuity end-to-end"
    ],
    "scope_note": "This pack validates the composition, scheduling and cross-sub-module worker-record continuity of the HCM Critical scenario set in Oracle Fusion TEST/UAT environments. It does not duplicate the individual field-level scenario coverage already tested on the Hire-to-Retire, Person Management, Salary Change, Benefits Enrollment, Absence Entry, Absence Approval, Timecard Entry, Timecard Approval, Payroll Calculation, Prepayments, Payment Processing, Performance Document, Manager Evaluation, Compensation Approval, Learning Assignment, HCM Data Loader, HCM Extracts, Role Security, User Access, Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay family pages — this page references and orchestrates those live pages into a schedulable regression pack."
  },
  "preconditions": [
    "The Hire-to-Retire, Person Management, Salary Change, Benefits Enrollment, Absence Entry, Absence Approval, Timecard Entry, Timecard Approval, Payroll Calculation, Prepayments, Payment Processing, Performance Document, Manager Evaluation, Compensation Approval, Learning Assignment, HCM Data Loader, HCM Extracts, Role Security, User Access, Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay family pages referenced by this pack are individually functional in the target Oracle Fusion environment.",
    "A valid legal employer, business unit, worker, assignment and payroll relationship are configured and available for Core HR, Payroll, Absence and Time, Performance, Compensation and Learning transactions.",
    "The test user holds the roles required to execute each referenced scenario, or alternate unauthorized-user personas are available for security testing.",
    "The current payroll period is open for the payroll flow under test, and absence plans, accrual rules and eligibility profiles are set up for the Absence and Time scenarios.",
    "Approval hierarchies, eligibility profiles and role-based security are configured according to the target environment — this pack does not assume a single universal configuration applies to every legal employer."
  ],
  "test_data": [
    {
      "field": "Worker",
      "example": "${WORKER}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Assignment",
      "example": "${ASSIGNMENT}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Legal Employer",
      "example": "${LEGAL_EMPLOYER}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Salary",
      "example": "${SALARY}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Benefit Plan",
      "example": "${BENEFIT_PLAN}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Absence Type",
      "example": "${ABSENCE_TYPE}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Timecard",
      "example": "${TIMECARD}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Payroll Flow",
      "example": "${PAYROLL_FLOW}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Payment",
      "example": "${PAYMENT}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Performance Document",
      "example": "${PERFORMANCE_DOCUMENT}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Compensation Plan",
      "example": "${COMPENSATION_PLAN}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Learning Item",
      "example": "${LEARNING_ITEM}"
    },
    {
      "field": "Role",
      "example": "${ROLE}"
    }
  ],
  "business_steps": [
    {
      "step_number": 1,
      "step_name": "Confirm Referenced Family Scenarios Are Available",
      "action": "Confirm the Hire-to-Retire, Person Management, Salary Change, Benefits Enrollment, Absence Entry, Absence Approval, Timecard Entry, Timecard Approval, Payroll Calculation, Prepayments, Payment Processing, Performance Document, Manager Evaluation, Compensation Approval, Learning Assignment, HCM Data Loader, HCM Extracts, Role Security, User Access, Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay family pages are individually functional in the target environment before running the pack.",
      "test_data": "${LEGAL_EMPLOYER} / ${WORKER}",
      "expected_result": "Each referenced family scenario is confirmed available and ready to execute as part of the pack.",
      "validation_type": "action"
    },
    {
      "step_number": 2,
      "step_name": "Execute Core HR Critical Scenarios",
      "action": "Run REG-HCM-001 through REG-HCM-006 and REG-HCM-008, referencing the standard Hire-to-Retire, Person Management and Benefits Enrollment family scenarios.",
      "test_data": "${WORKER} / ${ASSIGNMENT} / ${LEGAL_EMPLOYER}",
      "expected_result": "Hire, assignment change, promotion, transfer, termination, person-information update and benefits enrollment scenarios correctly complete, with the worker record staying consistent throughout.",
      "validation_type": "action"
    },
    {
      "step_number": 3,
      "step_name": "Execute Payroll and Absence & Time Critical Scenarios",
      "action": "Run REG-HCM-009 through REG-HCM-015, referencing the standard Absence Entry, Absence Approval, Timecard Entry, Timecard Approval, Payroll Calculation, Prepayments and Payment Processing family scenarios.",
      "test_data": "${ABSENCE_TYPE} / ${TIMECARD} / ${PAYROLL_FLOW} / ${PAYMENT}",
      "expected_result": "Absence entry, absence approval, timecard entry, timecard approval, payroll calculation, prepayments and payment processing scenarios correctly complete, with approved absence and time correctly feeding the payroll calculation.",
      "validation_type": "action"
    },
    {
      "step_number": 4,
      "step_name": "Execute Performance, Compensation and Learning Critical Scenarios",
      "action": "Run REG-HCM-007 and REG-HCM-016 through REG-HCM-019, referencing the standard Salary Change, Performance Document, Manager Evaluation, Compensation Approval and Learning Assignment family scenarios.",
      "test_data": "${SALARY} / ${PERFORMANCE_DOCUMENT} / ${COMPENSATION_PLAN} / ${LEARNING_ITEM}",
      "expected_result": "Salary change, performance document, manager evaluation, compensation approval and learning assignment scenarios correctly complete and correctly feed downstream compensation and learning records.",
      "validation_type": "action"
    },
    {
      "step_number": 5,
      "step_name": "Execute HCM Data & Security Critical Scenarios",
      "action": "Run REG-HCM-020 through REG-HCM-023, referencing the standard HCM Data Loader, HCM Extracts, Role Security and User Access family scenarios.",
      "test_data": "${ROLE} / ${LEGAL_EMPLOYER}",
      "expected_result": "HCM Data Loader import, HCM Extract generation, role security and sensitive data access scenarios correctly complete, with unauthorized access correctly blocked rather than silently accepted.",
      "validation_type": "action"
    },
    {
      "step_number": 6,
      "step_name": "Verify Recruit-to-Pay / Time-to-Pay Smoke Coverage and Pack-Wide Result",
      "action": "Run REG-HCM-024 and REG-HCM-025, comparing worker continuity from recruitment through payroll and from absence/time through payroll, and reviewing the full pack result across all coverage areas.",
      "test_data": "${WORKER} / ${PAYROLL_FLOW} / ${LEGAL_EMPLOYER}",
      "expected_result": "The Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay smoke scenarios correctly confirm cross-journey worker continuity, and the pack-wide traceability review correctly links each REG-HCM-### scenario back to its source family page and execution result.",
      "validation_type": "business_assertion",
      "note": "This is the primary business assertion for the pack — correctly maintained worker-record continuity from Core HR through Payroll, Absence and Time, Performance and Compensation, plus a complete pack-wide traceability chain, is the expected pass condition, not merely 25 individually successful transactions."
    }
  ],
  "expected_results": [
    "Hire, assignment change, promotion, transfer, termination, person-information update and benefits enrollment scenarios correctly complete across REG-HCM-001 through REG-HCM-006 and REG-HCM-008.",
    "Absence entry, absence approval, timecard entry, timecard approval, payroll calculation, prepayments and payment processing scenarios correctly complete across REG-HCM-009 through REG-HCM-015.",
    "Salary change, performance document, manager evaluation, compensation approval and learning assignment scenarios correctly complete across REG-HCM-007 and REG-HCM-016 through REG-HCM-019.",
    "HCM Data Loader, HCM Extract, role security and sensitive data access scenarios correctly complete across REG-HCM-020 through REG-HCM-023, with unauthorized access correctly blocked.",
    "Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay smoke scenarios (REG-HCM-024, REG-HCM-025) correctly confirm cross-journey worker continuity end-to-end.",
    "Pack-wide traceability correctly links each REG-HCM-### scenario back to its source family page and execution result."
  ],
  "validation_checkpoints": [
    "all 25 referenced REG-HCM-### scenarios correctly execute against their source family page definitions",
    "worker and assignment data correctly stay consistent from hire through payroll, absence, performance and compensation",
    "approved absence and timecard entries correctly feed the payroll calculation",
    "salary and compensation approval changes correctly reflect in downstream payroll and benefits eligibility",
    "performance and compensation scenarios correctly complete and correctly feed compensation records",
    "learning assignment scenarios correctly assign and track required learning against the worker record",
    "role security and sensitive data access checks are correctly enforced rather than silently accepted",
    "Recruit-to-Pay and Time-to-Pay smoke scenarios correctly confirm cross-journey continuity"
  ]
}