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Name Format definitions into a report
Summary:
Hi
Trying to extract from the Oracle the Name Format definitions into a report. Saw in document 2312477.1 the following explanation:
The Name Formats is stored in FORMAT_MASK column of HR_NAME_FORMATS table. It is in encoded format like |$FIR$$SPA$$COM$||$LAS$|. This is build on some specific internal logic. Customer can refer to "FORMAT_MASK" field, but it doesn't mean anything to them. If they want to decode, they need to replace the 3 letter characters between "$" with the equivalent lookup code value of PER_NAME_FORMAT_COMPONENTS(main name items like first name, last name etc), PER_NAME_SUB_FORMAT_COMPONENTS(for signs like comma, space etc).