HR_APPRSAILS_API.UPDATE_APPRAISAL for TRANSFER

Hi. I am working on a CEMLI which will allow a manager to transfer appraisals on mass to his or he reports. To facilitate this I am using the HR_APPRAISALS_API.UPDATE_APPRAISAL api. This seems to work OK in that when I run my code I can see the appraisal when logged in as the employee. When logged in as the manager the status of the appraisal shows it as being transferred / shared as I would expect.

My concern is that when I check the system_params field there is no p_item_key value assigned. So my guess is (my functional knowledge of performance management is fairly sketchy) that when the manager clicks the Share Appraisal button that a Workflow (HRSSA) is kicked off. However, this does not appear to be happening when I run my code to transfer the API. So I wonder that by not kicking off the workflow that I am missing out on something which could cause problems in the future.