How to change Employee Number Generation from Automatic to Manual and Revert back in Oracle HRMS R12

Requirement:

While adding new existing department into our Oracle EBS R12, employee requested to have his existing employee number from legacy to be same in Oracle EBS.

Solution1:

1. Create employee normal and generates the employee number automatic ex: 9999
2. Goto>Help>Diagnostics>Examine
Block Person
Field EMPLOYEE_NUMBER
Value 0009
3. Save it.

The Number 9999 will be changed to 0009.

Solution2 :

So we decided to change Employee Number Generation from Auto to Manual, then create the employee and revert the same. Below are the steps to do .

1. Go to HRMS>work structures--->organization--->description--->select your business group--->
2. goto classification---->choose Business Group--->--->click on Others---->
3. window will get opened again click on it------>go to employee num and change from automatic to manual and save.
4. If we want to reverse from Manual to Auto as previous then,
run concurrent program called"Change Person Numbering to Automatic"there in the parameters you can select employee/applicant/contingent worker.