oracle apps aol

Oracle Apps-AOL

Author:Amit R Tiwari(2191687)

Author : Amit R Tiwari

AOL is a collection of pre-built application components and facilities and it consists of forms, subroutines, concurrent programs and reports, database tables and objects, messages, menus, responsibilities, flexfield definitions, various guides and library functions.

What Is AOL?

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AOL-Integration

Application User

UserName

Password

Responsibilty

Main Menu

Menu

Form

Menu

Form

Request Security Group

Request Set

Concurrent Program

Security Rules

FlexFields Value

Profile Option Assignment

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Application Component

Profile Option


User(who uses the Application) Responsibility(Assigned to User) Profile(Level of Access) Concurrent Programs(To Perform Various Task) Valueset Requestset Request group Flexfield( To capture info) Etc.

What AOL consist of ?

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Let See How Each One of These Play Their Role

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User ,Responsibility And Profile

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Users and Responsibilities are created in oracle applications in order to control the access to the data.

Users are assigned a set of responsibilities through which they can retrieve or modify certain set of data.

Responsibility is a grouping of access in a logical manner.

Accounts payable responsibility would contain all the privileges to create invoices, make payments etc. All the users from the payables department would be given this responsibility.

We can create users, responsibility through system administrator responsibility in oracle applications.

Overview

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1. Login to the E-Business Suite Home Page2. Be connected as sysadmin3. Choose the "System Administrator" from the Navigator4. Choose from "Security: User" Define option5. Enter the information for this user and add some

responsibilities to the user if you want to do it now

Creation of User Navigation – System Administrator ->Security -> User -> Define

Creation of Responsibility Navigation – System Administrator ->Security -> Responsibility ->

Define

User & Responsibility Creation Navigation steps

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Creation of User

Navigation – System Administrator ->Security -> User -> Define

Navigation

Figure 1. Create User Navigation

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UserName Give the username in this field. Password Enter desired password twice in this field. You would be

required to change the password when you login first time with this username.

Description Provide brief description of the user in this field.

Password Expiration

Days . NoAccesses .NoNone

Person You can attach employee to this user. This is used for HRMS applications

Customer To attach customer to this user.

Supplier To attach supplier to this user.

Email Provide email address for the user. Its use to send notifications to the user through oracle applications.

Fax Fax number for the user.

Effective Dates From and To dates between which the user would be active.

Responsibilities List of responsibilities assigned to the user.

Fields

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Attribute : Select an attribute you want used to determine which records this user can access. You can select from any of the attributes assigned to the user's responsibility.Value : Enter the value for the attribute you want used to determine which records this user can access. Securing attributes are used by Oracle HTML-based applications to

allow rows (records) of data to be visible to specified users or responsibilities based on the specific data (attribute values) contained in the row. You may assign one or more values for any of the securing attributes assigned to the user. If a securing attribute is assigned to both a responsibility and to a user, but the user does not have a value for that securing attribute, no information is returned for that attribute.

For example, to allow a user in the ADMIN responsibility to see rows containing a CUSTOMER_ID value of 1000, assign the securing attribute of CUSTOMER_ID to the ADMIN responsibility. Then give the user a security attribute CUSTOMER_ID value of 1000.

When the user logs into the Admin responsibility, the only customer data they have access to has a CUSTOMER_ID value of 1000.

Fields

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Creation of Responsibility

Navigation – System Administrator ->Security -> Responsibility -> Define

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Responsibility Name - If you have multiple responsibilities, a pop-up window includes this name after you sign on.

Application - This application name does not prevent the user of this responsibility from accessing other applications' forms and functions if you define the menu to access other applications.

Responsibility Key - This is a unique name for a responsibility that is used by loader programs. Loaders are concurrent programs used to "load" such information as messages, user profiles and user profile values into your Oracle Applications tables. To help ensure that your responsibility key is unique throughout your system, begin each Responsibility Key name with the application short name associated with this responsibility.

Effective Dates From/To - Enter the start/end dates on which the responsibility becomes active/inactive. The default value for the start date is the current date, and if you do not enter an end date, the responsibility is valid indefinitely.

You cannot delete a responsibility because its information helps to provide an audit trail. You can deactivate a responsibility at any time by setting the end date to the current date. If you wish to reactivate the responsibility, change the end date to a date after the current date, or clear the end date.

Available From - A responsibility may be associated with only one applications system. Select between Oracle Self-Service Web Applications or Oracle Applications.

Data Group - Name/Application The data group defines the pairing of application and ORACLE username. Select the application whose ORACLE username forms connect to when you choose this responsibility. The ORACLE username determines the database tables and table privileges accessible by your responsibility. Transaction managers can only process requests from responsibilities assigned the same data group as the transaction manager.

Menu - The menu whose name you enter must already be defined with Oracle Applications.

Web Host Name - If your Web Server resides on a different machine from your database, you must designate the host name (URL) here. Otherwise, the Web Host Name defaults to the current database host server.

Web Agent Name - Enter the PL/SQL Agent Name for the database used by this responsibility. If you do not specify an Agent Name, the responsibility defaults to the agent name current at log-on.

Request Group Name/Application - If you do not assign a request security group to this responsibility, a user with this responsibility cannot run requests, request sets, or concurrent programs from the Submit Requests window, except for request sets owned by the user. The user can access requests from a Submit Requests window you customize with a request group code through menu parameters.

Menu Exclusions Block

Define function and menu exclusion rules to restrict the application functionality accessible to a responsibility.

Type : Select either Function or Menu as the type of exclusion rule to apply against this responsibility.

When you exclude a function from a responsibility, all occurrences of that function throughout the responsibility's menu structure are excluded. When you exclude a menu, all of its menu entries, that is, all the functions and menus of functions that it selects are excluded. Name : Select the name of the function or menu you wish to exclude from this responsibility. The function or menu you specify must already be defined in Oracle Applications.

Fields

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API is fnd_user_pkg.createuser()

How Do we use this API to create user:

we create a script for creation of user;

Why Needed ?When Multiple User is need to be created we use script file.

Creating User From Backend Using API

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DECLARE v_session_id INTEGER := userenv('sessionid'); v_user_name VARCHAR2(30) := upper('&Enter_User_Name');BEGIN --Note, can be executed only when you have apps password. -- Call the procedure to Create FND User fnd_user_pkg.createuser(x_user_name => v_user_name ,x_owner => '' ,x_unencrypted_password => 'oracle' ,x_session_number => v_session_id ,x_start_date => SYSDATE - 10 ,x_end_date => SYSDATE + 100 ,x_last_logon_date => SYSDATE - 10 ,x_description => 'appstechnical.blogspot.com' ,x_password_date => SYSDATE - 10 ,x_password_accesses_left => 10000 ,x_password_lifespan_accesses => 10000 ,x_password_lifespan_days => 10000 ,x_employee_id => 30 /*Change this id by running below SQL*/ /* SELECT person_id ,full_name FROM per_all_people_f WHERE upper(full_name) LIKE '%' || upper('<ampersand>full_name') || '%' GROUP BY person_id ,full_name */

,x_email_address => '[email protected]' ,x_fax => '' ,x_customer_id => '' ,x_supplier_id => ''); fnd_user_pkg.addresp(username => v_user_name ,resp_app => 'SYSADMIN' ,resp_key => 'SYSTEM_ADMINISTRATOR' ,security_group => 'STANDARD' ,description => 'Auto Assignment' ,start_date => SYSDATE - 10 ,end_date => SYSDATE + 1000);END;/

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Where the detail of user is stored?

-FND_USER

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Structure Of Table

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API is◦ fnd_user_resp_groups_api.insert_assignment

How Do we use this API :

we create a script.

Why Needed ?When Multiple User is need to be Assigned responsibility

we use script file.

Assigning Responsibility From Backend Using API

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DECLARE CURSOR user_csr(v_user_name VARCHAR2) IS

SELECT user_idFROM FND_USERWHERE user_name = v_user_name;

CURSOR resp_csr(v_resp_name VARCHAR2) ISSELECT responsibility_id, application_idFROM fnd_responsibility_tlWHERE responsibility_name = v_resp_name;

error_excp EXCEPTION;l_user_id NUMBER;l_responsibility_id NUMBER;l_application_id NUMBER;

BEGIN

OPEN user_csr('XXX901'); ----Pass the user name here FETCH user_csr INTO l_user_id; IF (user_csr%NOTFOUND) THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Invalid User'); CLOSE user_csr; RAISE error_excp; END IF; CLOSE user_csr;

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('User ID is ' || l_user_id); OPEN resp_csr('System Administrator'); ----Pass the responsibility name here

FETCH resp_csr INTO l_responsibility_id, l_application_id; IF (resp_csr%NOTFOUND) THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Invalid Responsibility'); CLOSE resp_csr; RAISE error_excp; END IF; CLOSE resp_csr; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Responsibility ID is ' || l_responsibility_id);

FND_USER_RESP_GROUPS_API.INSERT_ASSIGNMENT(user_id => l_user_id ,responsibility_id => l_responsibility_id ,responsibility_application_id => l_application_id ,security_group_id => 0 ,start_date => SYSDATE - 1 ,end_date => NULL ,description => NULL);

COMMIT; DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE('Successfully Assigned Responsibility'); EXCEPTION

WHEN error_excp THEN NULL; WHEN OTHERS THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(SQLERRM);

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Where the detail of Responsibility is stored?

- FND_RESPONSIBILITY

-FND_RESPONSIBILITY_TL

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Structure Of Table

FND_RESPONSIBILITY

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Structure Of Table

FND_RESPONSIBILITY_TL

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Definition:

Profiles are the changeable options which affect the way Oracle Application runs.

PROFILE

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The profiles are of two types those are given below.

1. System Profile and 2. User Profile.

Types:

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The Profile values will be set in different levels those are given below.

1. Site 2. Application 3. Responsibility 4. User 5. Server 6. Organization

DIFFERENT LEVELS

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Site: This field displays the current value, if set, for all users at the installation site.

Application: This field displays the current value, if set, for all users working under responsibilities owned by the application identified in the Find Profile Values block.

Responsibility: This field displays the current value, if set, for all users working under the responsibility identified in the Find Profile Values block.

User: This field displays the current value, if set, for the application user identified in the Find Profile Values block.

DIFFERENT LEVELS

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Setting the Profile Options

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FND_PROFILE_OPTIONSTable:Profile

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FORMS,FUNCTION & MENU


Form Registration

Registering a FormNavigation – Application Developer -> Application->Form

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Registering a FormNavigation – Application Developer -> Application->Form

Click on Form and you will see Next screen.

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Form : Enter the file name of your form (the name of the .fmx file) without extension. Your form filename must be all uppercase, and its .fmx file must be located in your application directory structure.Application : Enter the name of the application which will own this form.User Form Name : This is the form name you see when selecting a form using the Functions window.Description : Enter a suitable description for your form.

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Register Form FunctionsNavigation – Application Developer -> Application->Function

Click on Function and you will see Next screen

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Click on the form tab and you will see next screen

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FieldsFunction : Enter a unique function name for your function. This function name can be used while calling this program programmatically. This name is not visible to the user through other forms.Form : Select the form name which you have registered.Application : Select the application name for your form.Parameters : Enter the parameters that you want to pass to your form function. E.g. Query_only.

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Creating Menu of FunctionsNavigation – Application Developer -> Application->Menu

Click on Menu and you will see Next screen

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FieldsMenu : Enter the descriptive name for the menu. This name is not visible to the user.User Menu Name : The user menu name is used when a responsibility calls a menu.Menu Type : The options in menu type include:Standard - for menus that would be used in the Navigator formTab - for menus used in self-service applications tabsSecurity - for menus that are used to aggregate functions for data security or specific function security purposes, but would not be used in the Navigator formSeq : Enter a sequence number.Prompt : Enter the prompt that the users will see for the menu.Submenu : If you want another menu to be called from this menu, then enter this menu name in this field.Function : Enter the form function name in this field.Description : Enter a suitable description for the menu.Grant :The Grant check box should usually be checked. Checking this box indicates that this function is automatically enabled for the user. If this is not checked then the function must be enabled using additional data security rules.View Tree :Click on View Tree Button and you will see following screen with the full hierarchy of the menu.

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Creating ResponsibilitiesNavigation – System Administrator -> Security->Responsibility->Define

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FieldsResponsibility Name : Enter the responsibility name for the new responsibility.Application : Enter the application name you want to associate the new responsibility to.Responsibility Key : The responsibility key is a unique identification for the responsibility. This is used in the loader programs for internal purposes.Description : Enter a suitable description for the new responsibility.Effective Dates : Enter the date range in which the responsibility will be active in the From and To fields.Available From : In the available from field box, select whether you want this responsibility to be available from Oracle applications or from Oracle Self Service Web Applications or from Oracle mobile Applications.Data Group : The data group defines the database user name that oracle applications use to connect to the database when you connect to applications using this responsibility.Menu Name : Enter the menu name that you want to associate with this responsibility.Web Host Name : If your Web Server resides on a different machine from your database, you must designate the host name (URL) here. Otherwise, the Web Host Name defaults to the current database host server.Web Agent Name : Enter the PL/SQL Agent Name for the database used by this responsibility. If you do not specify an Agent Name, the responsibility defaults to the agent name current at log-on.Request Group : The request group would define which requests the users with this responsibility can run. If no request group is assigned to this responsibility then the users with this responsibility will not be able to run requests for which he is not the owner.

Enter the ‘Request group’ name and ‘Application’ name for the request group that you want to assign to this responsibility.

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User◦ Creation Of User

Responsibility◦ Creation of Responsibility◦ Assigning Responsibility To User

Profile◦ Assigning Profile

Form Registration◦ Menu◦ Function◦ Responsibility

Brief Summary Till Now

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Any Question Before We Proceed To Next Part ?

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A concurrent program is an instance of an execution file, along with parameter definitions and incompatibilities.

Concurrent Programs

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Oracle Reports – used for the RDF reports Host – used for shell scripts, basically the language of the host operating

system PL/SQL Stored procedure – used to run the stored procedure through oracle

applications SQL*Loader – used to run the sql loader programs SQL*Plus - used to run the anonymous PL/SQL blocks. It will get executed in the

same fashion as you are running on SQL Plus. Java Stored Procedure – The execution file is a Java stored procedure. Java Concurrent Program – Used for program written in Java. Spawned – used for c or pro*c Program. Mainly used by standard oracle

interfaces. Perl Concurrent Program – used for programs written in CGI Perl. Request Set Stage Function – PL/SQL stored function that can be used to

calculate the completion statuses of request set stages. Immediate – execution file is a program written to run as subroutine of the

concurrent manager. Oracle doesn’t recommend use of this executable type. Multi-Language function – execution file is an MLS function that supports

running concurrent program in multiple languages.

Q: What are the different types of scripts/programs that can be attached to concurrent programs?

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Answer: Broadly speaking there are three steps when developing a concurrent program in Oracle Apps

Step 1. Make Oracle Apps identify the executable

Step 2. Provide a handle to the executable by means of defining a concurrent program

Step 3. Make this concurrent program accesible to selected users via their responsibility.

Question: What are the basic steps when defining a concurrent program.

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In Oracle Apps we have something called as concurrent program executable. Concurrent program executable is defined to register a script or a procedure for its usage within oracle apps.

Step 2. Provide a handle to the executable by means of defining a Concurrent Program.

We need to define a concurrent program and attach that to the executable defined in above step.

Step 3. Make this concurrent program accesible to selected users via their responsibility.

We do this by adding the concurrent program to something called as request group. The request group is either associated with a responsibility or is passed in as a parameter to the function request form function.

In Descriptive Way: Concurrent Program steps

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Creating Executable:

Navigation:

Login into Oracle Applications >Go to Application Developer >Responsibility >Concurrent >Executable

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Executable: This is User Understandable Name

Short Name: This is Unique and for system reference

Application: Under which application you want to register this Conc. Program

Description: Description

Execution Method: Based on this field, your file has to be placed in respective directory or database.

Execution File Name: This is the actual Report file name. If you register a PL/SQL Procedure in a package you have to give the packagename.procedure. You don’t need to specify any parameters in procedure here.

Action: Save

FIELDS:

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Navigation: Application Developer –> Concurrent –> Program

Create Concurrent Program:

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Program: User Understandable Program Name

Short Name: This should be unique name and for system reference

Application: Enter the application under which you want to register this conc.prog

Executable Name: Enter the User Understandable Executable Name

Method: This will be populated automatically from Executable Definition

Output Format: Select the format of the output you want

Output Style: Select A4 to print on A4 Paper

Printer: You can default any printer or you can enter while submitting concurrent program.

FIELDS:

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DEFINE PARAMETERS AND VALUE SETS

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Seq: It’s always better to enter sequences in multiple of 5 or 10. So that you can insert any additional parameters if you want later in middle.

Parameter: Name the Parameter Field. This is for system reference

Description: You can see this description while submitting the conc.prog.

Value set: “15 Characters” is the standard value set for Character input parameters

Default Type: This field is not mandatory. If you want to default any particular value to save time while submitting the concurrent program you can do so here.

Prompt: This is the actual message displayed while submitting the conc.prog

Token: This is used to link this parameter to the parameter defined in actual report file(.rdf)

Action: Save

FIELDS:

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Assign this Concurrent Program to a request group:

Navigation:

Switch to “System Administrator” Responsibility –> Security –> Responsibility –> Request

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Action: Press F11

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Action: CTRL+F11

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Action: Select the First record in the “Requests” and then File –> New

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Action: Enter Your User Readable Name of your concurrent program

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Action: Save

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Now our Concurrent Program is ready to use from the responsibilities having” Purchasing Reports” as Request Group.

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The concurrent managers in the Oracle e-Business suite serve several important administrative functions. Foremost, the concurrent managers ensure that the applications are not overwhelmed with requests, and the second areas of functions are the management of batch processing and report generation.

Oracle Concurrent Manager

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The Oracle e-Business suite has three important master Concurrent Managers:

Concurrent Manager: Concurrent Managers start concurrent programs running.

Internal Monitor: Internal Monitors monitor the Internal concurrent manager in a parallel concurrent processing environment. If the Internal Concurrent Manager exits abnormally (for example, because its node or its database instance goes down), an Internal Monitor restarts it on another node.

Transaction Manager: Transaction managers handle synchronous requests from client machines.

The Master Concurrent Managers

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A concurrent request proceeds through three, possibly four, life cycle stages or phases:

Pending Request is waiting to be run Running Request is running Completed Request has finished Inactive Request cannot be run

Within each phase, a request's condition or status may change

Life cycle of a concurrent request

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Tables Involved In Concurrent program:Stores information relating a document to an application entity.

•FND_CONCURRENT_PROCESSES: Stores information about concurrent managers.

•FND_CONCURRENT_PROCESSORS: Stores information about immediate (subroutine) concurrent program

libraries.•FND_CONCURRENT_PROGRAMS: Stores information about concurrent programs. Each row includes a name and description of the concurrent program.•FND_CONCURRENT_PROGRAMS_TL:Stores translated information about concurrent programs in each of the installed languages.•FND_CONCURRENT_QUEUES: Stores information about concurrent managers.•FND_CONCURRENT_QUEUE_SIZE: Stores information about the number of requests a concurrent manager can process at once, according to its work shift.•FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS: Stores information about individual concurrent requests.•FND_CONCURRENT_REQUEST_CLASS: Stores information about concurrent request types.•FND_CONC_REQ_OUTPUTS: This table stores output files created by Concurrent Request.

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FND_CONCURRENT_PROCESSES:

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FND_CONCURRENT_PROCESSORS:

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TABLE: FND_CONCURRENT_PROGRAMS

PTO

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FND_CONCURRENT_PROGRAMS_TL

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Name Datatype Length

Mandatory

Comments

APPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Application identifierCONCURRENT_QUEUE_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Concurrent manager identifierCONCURRENT_QUEUE_NAME

VARCHAR2 (30) Yes Concurrent manager name

LAST_UPDATE_DATE DATE Yes Standard Who column

LAST_UPDATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who columnCREATION_DATE DATE Yes Standard Who column

CREATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who columnLAST_UPDATE_LOGIN NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who columnPROCESSOR_APPLICATION_ID

NUMBER (15) Yes Application identifier of the program library

CONCURRENT_PROCESSOR_ID

NUMBER (15) Yes Program library identifier

MAX_PROCESSES NUMBER (4) Yes The maximum number of concurrent requests the manager can run at a timeRUNNING_PROCESSES NUMBER (4) Yes The number of currently active manager processesCACHE_SIZE NUMBER (3) Buffer size of the concurrent manager

MIN_PROCESSES NUMBER (4) Not currently used

TARGET_PROCESSES NUMBER (4) Not currently used

TARGET_NODE VARCHAR2 (30) Target machine

TARGET_QUEUE VARCHAR2 (30) Reserved for future use

SLEEP_SECONDS NUMBER (4) The number of seconds the concurrent manager waits between checking the list of pending requests

CONTROL_CODE VARCHAR2 (1) Concurrent manager control code

DIAGNOSTIC_LEVEL VARCHAR2 (1) For internal use only

MANAGER_TYPE VARCHAR2 (30) Type of concurrent manager

NODE_NAME VARCHAR2 (30) Machine name

NODE_NAME2 VARCHAR2 (30) Secondary machine name

OS_QUEUE VARCHAR2 (30) Platform-specific operating system queue name

OS_QUEUE2 VARCHAR2 (30) Secondary platform-specific operating system queue name

DATA_GROUP_ID NUMBER (15) Data group used for transaction managers only

RESTART_TYPE VARCHAR2 (1) Not currently used

RESTART_INTERVAL NUMBER (15) Not currently used

ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY VARCHAR2 (30) Attribute category

ATTRIBUTE VARCHAR2 (2000) Descriptive flexfield segment

ATTRIBUTE1 VARCHAR2 (30) Descriptive flexfield segment












ENABLED_FLAG VARCHAR2 (1) Yes Enabled flag

RESOURCE_CONSUMER_GROUP

VARCHAR2 (30) Resource consumer group

PMON_STAT NUMBER Count of dead processes found by the ICM during the PMON cycle

LAST_VERIFIED DATE Time of last verify command for this manager

WORK_START DATE Time processing cycle began

WORK_END DATE Time processing cycle ended

PCP_FLAG VARCHAR2 (1) Is PCP enabled? Y or N (PCP - Parallel Concurrent Processing)

INSTANCE_NUMBER NUMBER Oracle Parallel System instance identifier; used for parallel concurrent processing

CONTEXT_BUFFER VARCHAR2 (2000) Service instance cartridge data buffer

SERVICE_PARAMETERS VARCHAR2 (2000) Service instance specific parameter

TIME_PERIOD_ID NUMBER (15) Not in use

TIME_PERIOD_APP_ID NUMBER (15) Not in use

CONCURRENT_TIME_PERIOD_ID

NUMBER (15) Indicates current workshift id

PERIOD_APPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Indicates current workshift application id

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FND_CONCURRENT_QUEUE_SIZE

Name Datatype Length Mandatory CommentsQUEUE_APPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Application identifier of the concurrent manager

CONCURRENT_QUEUE_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Concurrent manager identifier

PERIOD_APPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Application identifier of the concurrent manager work shift

CONCURRENT_TIME_PERIOD_ID

NUMBER (15) Yes Concurrent manager work shift identifier


LAST_UPDATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who column

CREATION_DATE DATE Yes Standard Who column

CREATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who column

LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who column

MIN_PROCESSES NUMBER (4) Yes The maximum number of request the manager can process at one time during the work shift

MAX_PROCESSES NUMBER (4) Not currently used

SLEEP_SECONDS NUMBER (4) The number of seconds the concurrent manager waits between checking the list of pending requests

SERVICE_PARAMETERS VARCHAR2 (2000) Service parameter for this work shift

FAILOVER_MIN NUMBER (5) Minimum processes to be running during failover

FAILOVER_MAX NUMBER (4) Minimum processes to be running during failover

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FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS

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FND_CONCURRENT_REQUEST_CLASS

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FND_CONC_REQ_OUTPUTS

Name Datatype Length Mandatory

Comments

CONCURRENT_REQUEST_ID NUMBER Yes Concurrent Request_ID

OUTPUT_ID NUMBER Yes Sequence number generated for this output file

FILE_TYPE VARCHAR2 (30) Yes Represents the output file typeFILE_NAME VARCHAR2 (255) Yes File name with full pathFILE_NODE_NAME VARCHAR2 (255) Yes File Node NameFILE_SIZE NUMBER File Size

ACTION_TYPE NUMBER PP_ACTION type will store 6 for XML Publisher output.

FILE_CREATION_DATE DATE Yes File Creation date

Columns

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1) Registering the Executable from back end

Below is the PL/SQL code to create an executable from back-end.

BEGIN

FND_PROGRAM.executable('XXMZ_EMPLOYEE' -- executable

, 'XXMZ Custom' -- application

, 'XXMZ_EMPLOYEE' -- short_name

, 'Executable for Employee INFORMATION' --description

, 'PL/SQL Stored Procedure' -- execution_method

, 'XXMZ_EMPLOYEE' -- execution_file_name

, '' -- subroutine_name

, '' -- Execution File Path

, 'US' -- language_code

, '');

COMMIT;

END;

Submitting Concurrent Program From PLSQL

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2) Registering the Concurrent program from back end

Below is the program to create a Concurrent program from back-end.

BEGIN

FND_PROGRAM.register('Concurrent program for Employee Information' -- program


, 'Y' -- enabled

, 'XXMZ_EMPLOYEE' -- short_name

, ‘ Employee Information' -- description

, 'XXMZ_EMPLOYEE' -- executable_short_name

, 'XXMZ Custom' -- executable_application

, '' -- execution_options

, '' -- priority

, 'Y' -- save_output

, 'Y' -- print

, '' -- cols

, '' -- rows

, '' -- style

, 'N' -- style_required

, '' -- printer

, '' -- request_type

, '' -- request_type_application

, 'Y' -- use_in_srs

, 'N' -- allow_disabled_values

, 'N' -- run_alone

, 'TEXT' – output_type

, 'N' -- enable_trace

, 'Y' -- restart

, 'Y' -- nls_compliant

, '' -- icon_name

, 'US'); -- language_code

COMMIT;

END;


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3) Attaching the concurrent program to the request group

Below is the program to Attach Concurrent program to the request group from back-end.

BEGIN

FND_PROGRAM.add_to_group('XXMZ_EMPLOYEE' -- program_short_name


, 'xxmz Request Group' -- Report Group Name

, 'XXMZ'); -- Report Group Application

COMMIT;

END;


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4) Submitting Concurrent Program from Back-end

We first need to initialize oracle applications session using

fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id,responsibility_id,application_responsibility_id) and then run fnd_request.submit_request

DECLARE

l_request_id NUMBER(30);

Begin

FND_GLOBAL.APPS_INITIALIZE (user_id => 1318, resp_id => 59966, resp_appl_id => 20064);

l_request_id:= FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST ('XXMZ' --Application Short name,

'VENDOR_FORM'-- Concurrent Program Short Name );

DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE(l_request_id);

commit;

End;


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Once the concurrent program is submitted from back-end, status of the concurrent program can be checked using below query.

SELECT * FROM FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS WHERE REQUEST_ID= l_request_id;


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We use following code to wait for the request. It will return Boolean value.

FND_CONCURRENT.WAIT_FOR_REQUEST

(request_id IN number default NULL,

interval IN number default 60,

max_wait IN number default 0,

phase OUT varchar2,

status OUT varchar2,

dev_phase OUT varchar2,

dev_status OUT varchar2,

message OUT varchar2);


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Any Question Before We Proceed To Next Part ?

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Question: What is value set?Answer: It is a set of values

Question: Why do we need value sets?Answer: We always want a user to enter junk free text into all the fields. Hence, Oracle Apps uses value set to validate that correct data is being entered in the fields in screen.

Question: Is value set attached to all the fields that require validations?Answer : NO

Question: Then where lies the usage of value sets?Answer: Broadly speaking, value sets are attached to segments in Flexfields.

ValueSets

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Question: Any examples?

Answer: For the namesake, lets add a Parameter to the concurrent program that we defined in “Concurrent Program Training Lesson link”. Lets add a parameter named “cost centre”, the values to this parameter must be restricted to one of the three values, i.e. HR, SEC, IT.

At the time of submission of the concurrent program the user should be able to pick a cost centre from a list. This is where value set gets used.

Lets now define a simple value set as described above.

ValueSets

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Step 1. Go to Application Developer, and select menu /Validation/Set

ValueSets

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Step 2. Now define a value set of type Independent. We will cover the other most widely used Type “Table” latter.

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Step 3. Now, lets add three independent values to the value set for this Cost Centre list. Hence click on menu Values within Validation

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Step 4. Here we add the values for IT, HR, SEC to this independent value set.

CONTROL-S” to save the data

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Step 5. Now let us go back to Concurrent Program that we created in earlier training lesson and Click on Parameters

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Step 6. Now lets create a parameter, and attach the value set that we created to this parameter.

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Step 7.Now to test this, lets go to receivables manager and click on Requests.

Click on Request,

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Step 8.Submit New Request, and then click on OK.

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Step 9 Now, we can see the values defined in the value set here.

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1. Independent 2. Dependent 3. None 4. Special 5. Table 6. Pair 7. Translatable Independent 8. Translatable dependent

The Validation type are 8 types

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The API has seperate procedures for creating different types of value sets e.g.

FND_FLEX_VAL_API.CREATE_VALUESET_TABLE for table value set and

Fnd_flex_val_api.create_valueset_independent for independent value set.

FND_FLEX_VAL_API.VALUESET_EXISTS can be used to check if value set already exists.

API to create ValueSets

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ScenarioYou are an employee in the College of Science. You want to create a Request Set for your monthly department and project statements, and detail reports. This will reduce the amount of time it takes for you to run your department’s reports each month.

Request Set in Oracle Apps

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Objective: we will create a Request Set to run all monthly

statements and detail reports at one time.

Request Set

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Actual Instance for Request Set

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In the Request Set screen click on the “Request Set Wizard” button.

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The first step of setting up a Request Set through the Request Set Wizard is to determine if you want your group of reports to run sequentially or parallel.

Sequentially – To run one after another. This is generally used for programs and not reports. One program can be dependant upon another, but your reports will not depend on each other for their values.

In Parallel – Since your reports are not dependant upon one another it is possible to run them all at the same time.

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Select the “In Parallel” option by clicking on the circle to the left, and then the“Next >” button.

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In the next step enter a name for your Request Set in the “Name” field and tab to the “Application” field.

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• In the “Application” field type “General” and hit the tab key. The Applicationname “General Ledger” will fill in the field.• Enter a description of the Request Set in the “Description” field and click the“Next” button.

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We can choose whether you want the reports to print as each one completes or after all of them have completed. Choose “As Each Request in the Set Completes”, and click the “Next” button.

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• In the last step of the Request Set Wizard you will select the reports you want to include in your Request Set.

o Type “RIT” in the first row and hit the tab key. The field will fill in with the “RIT Account Analysis-(180 Char)” report for your operating accounts detail. Repeat this process in the second row for your project accounts detail.

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o For your FSG reports, such as your Department or Project statements, select the “Program – Run Financial Statement Generator” for each report you want to run.

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o When finished selecting reports click on the “Finish” button.

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A Note window will open letting you know that your Request Set has been saved, click on the “OK” button.

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A request security group is the collection of requests, request sets, and concurrent programs that a user, operating under a given responsibility, can select from the Submit Requests window.

Request group

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System Administrators: ◦ Assign a request security group to a responsibility

when defining that responsibility. A responsibility without a request security group cannot run any requests using the Submit Requests window.

◦ Can add any request set to a request security group. Adding a private request set to a request security group allows other users to run that request set using the Submit Requests window.

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Users: ◦ Can create their own private request sets using

the Request Sets window. In a private request set, users can include only the requests you assign to their request security group.

◦ Cannot update another user's private request set using the Request Sets window.

◦ Cannot delete a private request set if it is assigned to a request security group.

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FieldsGroup Use the request group's name to assign the request group to a responsibility on the Responsibilities window. An application name and request group name uniquely identify a request group. Application Select the name of the application you wish to associate with your request group. An application name and a request security group name uniquely identify a request security group. This application name does not prevent you from assigning requests and request sets from other applications to this request group. Code Assign a code to this request group. Some products use the request group code as a parameter that identifies the requests a customized standard submission form can select. See: Customizing the Submit Requests Window using Codes. Specify the requests and request sets in the request group. Type Choose program or set to add one item, or choose application to include all requests in an application

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Request Groups and Request Sets in Concurrent Programs Grouping concurrent programs and other requests together allows us to control access and streamline processing. In Oracle Applications, we group programs and requests into request groups and request sets.

Request GroupsA request group is a collection of reports and other concurrent programs. You use request groups to implement security at the responsibility level. Request groups are normally associated with a responsibility, in which case they are referred to as request security groups. Any user of a responsibility has access to the reports in that responsibility’s request security group. Additionally, you can define a request group to have an access code. You can then define the form so that it allows users to select only those reports or concurrent programs belonging to a request group with an assigned code.

Request SetsA request set is a collection of concurrent programs set up to run in a specified sequence from a single transaction. Request sets can also have run and/or print options, which apply to everymember of the set. Programs in a request set can share parameters; therefore a parameter value needs to be entered only once for multiple programs. Any user can create a request set.

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fnd_set.add_set_to_group .

API for attaching request set to request group

API for Creating Request Group

fnd_program.add_to_group.

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BEGIN-- Add Request Set to request group.BEGINfnd_set.add_set_to_group (request_set => 'XXX_TEST_REQUEST_SET',set_application => 'XXX', --REQUEST SET APPLICATION SHORT NAMErequest_group => 'KNOWORACLE',---REQUEST GROUP NAMEgroup_application => 'XXX'--REQUEST GROUP APPLICATION SHORT NAME);DBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('"XXX_TEST_REQUEST_SET" attached to request group Succesfully ');EXCEPTIONWHEN OTHERSTHENDBMS_OUTPUT.PUT_LINE ('Error in attaching "XXX_TEST_REQUEST_SET" to Request Group ' || SQLERRM);END;

Sample Code: attaching request set to request group

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FND_REQUEST_GROUPS: Stores information about report security groups.

FND_REQUEST_SETS: Stores information about report sets.

Tables Involved

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FND_REQUEST_GROUPS

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FND_REQUEST_SETS

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There are two type of alerts

Event based Alerts

Periodic Alerts

Alerts in Oracle Applications

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These Alerts are fired/triggered based on some change in data in the database. Ex: If you want to notify your manager when you create an item in the inventory you can use Event based alerts. When you create an item in the inventory it will create a new record in mtl_system_items_b, here inserting a record in the table is an event so whenever a new record is inserted it will send the alert. In same alert you can also send the information related to that particular item.

Event based Alerts:

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These Alerts are triggered hourly, daily, weekly, monthly or yearly based on your input. Ex: If you want to know list of all items created on that day at the end of day you can use periodic alerts repeating periodically by single day. This alert is not based on any changes to database. This alert will notify you everyday regardless of data exists or not that means even if no items are created you will get a blank notification.

Periodic Alerts:

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You can send notifications

You can send log files as attachments to notifications

You can call PL/SQL stored procedures.

You can send approval emails and get the results.

Print some content dynamically

What can be done with Alerts?

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Study your Business requirement and decide what type of alert you need either periodic alert or event based alert.

If you are going for periodic alert decide the frequency

If you have chosen event based alert then find out on what event (insert, update, delete) you want to fire the alert.

Decide what data need to be included in the alert

Based on the data you want in the alert write a SELECT SQL Statement to pull the data.

Create a distribution list grouping all the people to whom you want to send the alert.

How to create an Alert?

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Go to “Alert Manager” ResponsibilityAlert >> Define

Navigation:

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Go to Alert Manager Responsibility

Alert >> Define

Go to “Tools” Menu on top

Click on “Transfer Alert”

Enter source and destination fields and click Transfer.

Transfer Alert from one instance/database to other:

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Screenshots:

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ALR_ACTIONS ALR_ACTION_DATA ALR_ACTION_GROUPS ALR_ACTION_GROUP_MEMBERS ALR_ACTION_HISTORY ALR_ACTION_OUTPUTS ALR_ACTION_SETS ALR_ACTION_SET_CHECKS ALR_ACTION_SET_INPUTS ALR_ACTION_SET_MEMBERS ALR_ACTION_SET_OUTPUTS ALR_ACTUAL_RESPONSES ALR_ALERTS ALR_ALERT_CHECKS ALR_ALERT_INPUTS ALR_ALERT_INSTALLATIONS ALR_ALERT_OUTPUTS

ALR_DISTRIBUTION_LISTS ALR_LOOKUPS ALR_MESSAGE_SYSTEMS ALR_ORACLE_MAIL_ACCOUNTS ALR_OUTPUT_HISTORY ALR_PERIODIC_SETS ALR_PERIODIC_SET_MEMBERS ALR_PROFILE_OPTIONS ALR_RESPONSE_ACTIONS ALR_RESPONSE_ACTION_HISTORY ALR_RESPONSE_MESSAGES ALR_RESPONSE_SETS ALR_RESPONSE_VARIABLES ALR_RESPONSE_VARIABLE_VALUES ALR_VALID_RESPONSES

Oracle Alerts Module important tables

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API for creating Alert

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Question : What is a lookup in Oracle AppsAnswer: It is a set of codes and their meanings.

Question: Any examples?Answer: The simplest example is say a lookup type of Gender.This will have definitions as belowCode Meaning------ -------------M MaleF FemaleU Unknown

Lookup in Oracle Apps

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Question: But where is it used, any examples of its usages?Answer: Let us say that there is a table for employees, and this table named PER_PEOPLE_F & has following columns----FIRST_NAMELAST_NAMEDATE_OF_BIRTHGENDERQuestion: Will the gender column in above table hold the value of M or F or U?Answer: Correct, and the screen that displays people details will in reality display the meaning of those respective codes (i.e. Male, Female, Unknown etc) instead of displaying the code of M or F or U

Ex:

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Question: hmmm...so are lookups used to save the bytes space on database machine?

Answer: Noooo. Imagine a situation as belowa. There are 30,000 records in people table of which 2000 records have gender value = U. In the screen, their Gender is being displayed as "Unknown". Now let’s say you want this to be changed to "Undisclosed". To implement this change, all you have to do is to change the meaning of the lookup codes for lookup type GENDER. Hence it will look likeCode Meaning------ -------------M MaleF FemaleU Undisclosed

Here lies the beauty of lookups, you do not need to modify 2000 odd records in this case.

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Question : Any other usage of lookups?Answer : Sure, lets take another example. In HRMS, there is a field named Ethnicity. By default Oracle ERO delivers the below valuesLookup code lookup meaning---------------- ---------------------AS AsianEU European

Now, if your client wants to track Ethnicity at a granular level, they can amend the Oracle delivered lookup definition as below

Lookup code lookup meaning---------------- ---------------------ASI Asian-IndianASP Asian-PakistaniEU European

Hence these values will then be available in the list of values for Ethnicity field.

More examples

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Once in the screen, you can define your lookup type and lookup codes as below.

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Fnd_lookup_types Fnd_lookup_values

Tables

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Fnd_lookup_typesName Datatype Length Mandatory CommentsAPPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Application identifierLOOKUP_TYPE VARCHAR2 (30) Yes QuickCode lookup type

CUSTOMIZATION_LEVEL VARCHAR2 (1) Yes Customization level

CREATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who column

CREATION_DATE DATE Yes Standard Who column

LAST_UPDATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who column


LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN NUMBER (15) Standard Who column

SECURITY_GROUP_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Security group identifier

VIEW_APPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Application identifier of view (_LOOKUPS) through which the lookup type will be exposed

ASSIGN_LEAF_ONLY VARCHAR2 (1) Assign Leaf Only Flag

Columns

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Name Datatype Length Mandatory CommentsLOOKUP_TYPE VARCHAR2 (30) Yes QuickCode lookup typeLANGUAGE VARCHAR2 (30) Yes LanguageLOOKUP_CODE VARCHAR2 (30) Yes QuickCode codeMEANING VARCHAR2 (80) Yes QuickCode meaningDESCRIPTION VARCHAR2 (240) Description

ENABLED_FLAG VARCHAR2 (1) Yes Enabled flagSTART_DATE_ACTIVE DATE The date when the QuickCode becomes active

END_DATE_ACTIVE DATE The date when the QuickCode becomes inactive

CREATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who columnCREATION_DATE DATE Yes Standard Who column

LAST_UPDATED_BY NUMBER (15) Yes Standard Who columnLAST_UPDATE_LOGIN NUMBER (15) Standard Who column


SOURCE_LANG VARCHAR2 (4) Yes The Language the text will mirror. If text is not yet translated into LANGUAGE then any changes to the text in the source language row will be reflected here as well.

SECURITY_GROUP_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Security group identifierVIEW_APPLICATION_ID NUMBER (15) Yes Identifies which application's view will include the lookup valuesTERRITORY_CODE VARCHAR2 (2) Territory code of territory using the language

ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY VARCHAR2 (30) Attribute category

ATTRIBUTE1 VARCHAR2 (150) Attribute















TAG VARCHAR2 (150) Optional additional category for lookup values

LEAF_NODE VARCHAR2 (1) Leaf Node Flag

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FlexFields

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A flexfield is a field made up of segments. Each segment has a name you or your endusers assign, and a set of valid values. There are two types of flexfields:◦ Key flexfields and ◦ Descriptive flexfields.

Overview of Flexfields

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A key flexfield represents an intelligent key that uniquely identifies an application entity. Each key flexfield segment has a name you assign, and a set of valid values you specify. Each value has a meaning you also specify. Oracle General Ledger's Accounting Flexfield is an example of a key flexfield used to uniquely identify a general ledger account.

Key Flexfields

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Oracle General Ledger uses a key flexfield called the Accounting Flexfield to uniquely identify a general ledger account. At Oracle, we have customized this Accounting Flexfield to include six segments: company code, cost center, account, product, product line, and sub- account. We have also defined valid values for each segment, as well as cross-validation rules to describe valid segment combinations. However, other companies might structure their general ledger account fields differently. By including the Accounting Flexfield key flexfield, Oracle General Ledger can accommodate the needs of different companies. One company can customize the Accounting Flexfield to include six segments, while another company includes twelve segments, all without programming.

example,

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Descriptive flexfields let you satisfy different groups of users without having to reprogram your application, by letting you provide customizable "expansion space" on your forms. For example, suppose you have a retail application that keeps track of customers. Your Customers form would normally include fields such as Name, Address, State, Customer Number, and so on. However, your form might not include extra fields to keep track of customer clothing size and color preferences, or regular salesperson, since these are attributes of the customer entity that depend on how your users use your application.

Descriptive Flexfields

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If your retail application is used for a toolcompany, a field for clothing size would be undesirable. Even if you initially provide all the fields your users need, your users might later identify even more customer attributes that they want to keep track of. You add a descriptive flexfield to your form so that your users have the desired expansion space. Your users can also take advantage of the fact that descriptive flexfields can be context sensitive, where the information your application stores depends on other values your users enter in other parts of the form.

For example,

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A descriptive flexfield describes an application entity, providing form and database expansion space that you can customize. Each descriptive segment has a name you assign. You can specify valid segment values or set up criteria to validate the entry of any value.

Oracle General Ledger includes a descriptive flexfield in its journal entry form to allow end users to add information of their own choosing. For example, end users might want to capture additional information about each journal entry, such as source document number or the name of the person who prepared the entry

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Flexfields provide you with the features you need to satisfy the following business needs:

Customize your applications to conform to your current business practice for accounting codes, product codes, and other codes.

Customize your applications to capture data that would not otherwise be tracked by your application.

Have ”intelligent fields” that are fields comprised of one or more segments, where each segment has both a value and a meaning.

Rely upon your application to validate the values and the combination of values that you enter in intelligent fields.

Have the structure of an intelligent field change depending on data in your form or application data.

Customize data fields to your meet your business needs without programming.

Query intelligent fields for very specific information.

Benefits of Flexfields

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The Accounting Flexfield in your Oracle Purchasing application is an example of a key flexfield that identifies a unique chart of accounts. One organization may choose to customize the Accounting Flexfield to have three segments called Company, Department, and Account, while another organization may choose to customize the flexfield to have five segments called Company, Cost Center, Account, Sub–Account, and Product.

KFF:

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Key Flexfield in a form

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Key Flexfield Pop-up

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Descriptive flexfields like the key flexfields provides further scope of customization in Oracle Applications.

Descriptive flexfields provide customizable ”expansion space” on your forms. Though the fields on an Oracle Applications form are more than enough to capture all the possible information from the user perspective, but still the users can feel the need of capturing additional information. A descriptive flexfield gives you room to expand your forms for capturing such additional information.

A descriptive flexfield appears on a form as a single–character, unnamed field enclosed in brackets ([ ])

Descriptive Flexfields

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Descriptive Flexfield on a form

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Oracle Applications has provided space for descriptive flexfields on almost all the forms. Just like in a key flexfield, a pop–up window appears when you move your cursor into a customized descriptive flexfield. And like a key flexfield, the pop–up window has as many fields as your organization needs. Each field or segment in a descriptive flexfield has a prompt (figure 4), just like ordinary fields, and can have a set of valid values. The pop-up as shown in the figure 4 comes up when you click on the [ ] icon on the form in the figure3 above.

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Popup for Descriptive Flexfield on a form

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FND_FLEX_VALUES_TL FND_ID_FLEXS FND_FLEX_VALUES FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS FND_ID_FLEX_STRUCTURES

The tables involved are

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Crating Descriptive Flexfield: 1) Most important thing to know that you are not going to create new field in database. Basically You are going to configure DFFs already provided by Oracle, The descriptive flexfield columns are usually named ATTRIBUTEn where n is a number.For example, if you want to configure a descriptive flexfield on an Purchase Order (Header) form and want to associate it with Attribute1First of all we need to know the Title of DFF which need to configure. Follow the following steps.

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Navigation:Steps

1) Find out the Table Name used for PO Header. Navigate to Help –> Record History and copy the table name as shown in image bellow.

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Navigation:Steps2) Now in my case PO_HEADERS_V is not a table, its a view. We need to find out underline Table Name of this view. You can use following query to find out the table name. Use Toad, Pl-SQL Developer or SPL Plus.select name , type , referenced_name , referenced_typefrom user_dependencieswhere name = ‘PO_HEADERS_V’and ( type = ‘VIEW’ or referenced_type = ‘TABLE’)

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Navigation:Steps

3) Now in this particular case “PO_HEADERS_V” again consists on views. You can see the “PO_HEADERS” View in above query result. Now query again but change ”PO_HEADERS_V” with ”PO_HEADERS” in where clause like following.select name , type , referenced_name , referenced_typefrom user_dependencieswhere name = ‘PO_HEADERS’and (type = ‘VIEW’ or referenced_type = ‘TABLE’)Now in result you can see Table Name “ PO_HEADERS_ALL”

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Navigation:Steps4) Once having noted down the table, Try to find the Title of the DFF for that Table. We go to Flexfield/Register in Application Developer Responsibility as shown in figure bellow.

Now note down the Application and Title of DFF.

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Navigation:Steps5) Now navigate to Segments and Query entering Application Name = Purchasing and Title = “PO Headers” as shown bellow.

Before you being configure the DFF make sure to uncheck “Freeze Flexfield Definition” Check Box.

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Navigation:Steps6) Now click on the Segments, here you can define segments or cells.

7) You can attach LOV/ List by Pressing Value Set Button.8) Once you finalize the changes, you will be prompted to Freeze the DFF definition. Click on OK

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Navigation: Steps9) Now navigate to Purchase Order Screen and click on [ ] in header. You can see DFF as configured.

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FNDLOAD


FNDLOAD to transfer AOL Objects from one instance to other

In simple words FNDLOAD is used to transfer entity data from one instance/database to other. For example if you want to move a concurrent program/menu/value sets developed in DEVELOPMENT instance to PRODUCTION instance you can use this command.

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FNDLOAD


These are the extensive list which can be done through FNDLOAD

Concurrent Programs, Executables Request Groups, Request Sets Profile Options Key and Descriptive Flexfields Menus and Responsibilities Forms and Form Functions Attachments Messages Value Sets and Values Lookup Types User Responsibilities Printer Definitions FND Dictionary Help Configuration Document Sequences Concurrent Manager Schedules

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Define your concurrent program and save it in first instance Connect to your UNIX box on first instance and run the

following command to download the .ldt fileFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpprog.lct file_name.ldt PROGRAM APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”Concurrent program application short name” CONCURRENT_PROGRAM_NAME=”concurrent program short name”

Move the downloaded .ldf file to new instance(Use FTP) Connect to your UNIX box on second instance and run the

following command to upload the .ldt fileFNDLOAD apps/apps 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpprog.lct file_name.ldt

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Steps to Move a Concurrent program from one instance(Database) to other


LookupsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/aflvmlu.lct file_name.ldt FND_LOOKUP_TYPE APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND”LOOKUP_TYPE=”lookup name”

Descriptive Flexfield with all of specific ContextsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct file_name.ldt DESC_FLEX P_LEVEL=COL_ALL:REF_ALL:CTX_ONE:SEG_ALL APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND” DESCRIPTIVE_FLEXFIELD_NAME=”desc flex name” P_CONTEXT_CODE=”context name”

Key Flexfield StructuresFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct file_name.ldt KEY_FLEX P_LEVEL=COL_ALL:FQL_ALL:SQL_ALL:STR_ONE:WFP_ALL:SHA_ALL:CVR_ALL:SEG_ALL APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND” ID_FLEX_CODE=”key flex code” P_STRUCTURE_CODE=”structure name”

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These following are the other entity data types that we can move with FNDLOAD


Concurrent ProgramsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpprog.lct file_name.ldt PROGRAM APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND” CONCURRENT_PROGRAM_NAME=”concurrent name”

Value SetsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct file_name.ldt VALUE_SET_VALUE FLEX_VALUE_SET_NAME=”value set name”

Value Sets with valuesFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct file_name.ldt VALUE_SET FLEX_VALUE_SET_NAME=”value set name”

Profile OptionsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afscprof.lct file_name.ldt PROFILE PROFILE_NAME=”profile option” APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND”

Request GroupsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpreqg.lct file_name.ldt REQUEST_GROUP REQUEST_GROUP_NAME=”request group” APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND”

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Request SetsFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcprset.lct file_name.ldt REQ_SET APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=”FND” REQUEST_SET_NAME=”request set”

ResponsibilitiesFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afscursp.lct file_name.ldt FND_RESPONSIBILITY RESP_KEY=”responsibility”

MenusFNDLOAD apps/apps O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afsload.lct file_name.ldt MENU MENU_NAME=”menu_name”

Forms PersonalizationFNDLOAD apps/apps 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct file_name.ldt FND_FORM_CUSTOM_RULES function_name=FUNCTION_NAME

Note: UPLOAD command is same for all except replacing the .lct

FNDLOAD apps/apps 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/corresponding.lct upload_file.ldt

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