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Objective
Register custom Application components

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Understand the security authorization features ofTOracle
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Run concurrent programs using StandardSReport Submission
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Design and implement Key and Descriptive
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Agenda
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Setting Up Your Application

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Setting
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Setting Up Your Application

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Oracle Applications and custom applications that integrate with

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Applications need to have a particular directory structure T
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components must be available. Those componentsP
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Forms
Menus
Programs
Reports
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Register Forms
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A form is a user interfaceP

to insert ,update and delete data into and from
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database. After development
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A form executable
(the fmx file) should be placed under the proper application
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top directory
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for a given application.
Register Functions
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A function is a partAofPan application functionality that is
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Application
developers register functions when they develop
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forms.
Menus
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A menu is a hierarchical
arrangement of application
functions, that is displayed in
the navigator window.
A menu consists of menu

entries , which could be a
submenu or a function.
selected and navigated to

using Navigator window.
menu associated with it.
associated with a
responsibility.
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Note the Menu name

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Form functions are
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Menus (Contd.)
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Query the menu name to

find the menu entries.
Add your functions as
menu entries here or

create a new menu with
your functions and add
that as a submenu
here.
Now you switch the
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responsibility and check
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responsibility.
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Concurrent Program
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A concurrent program is an executable file that runs simultaneously withO

online operations and with other concurrent programs. We need a .C
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concurrent program for ..
1. Any long running data intensive program

2. Operating system script
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The various steps to define and register
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1. Define concurrent program
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2. Define concurrent A
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3. Include the concurrent
program in a request group
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4. Run concurrent
program through submit request form.
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3. Oracle Reports
Concurrent Program Executable
Enter a name for executable and short

name.
Choose the application to which this
executable belongs such that the system
will
look for this file in that directory structure.
Enter the execution method as
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SQL* Plus : sql files with anonymous sql blocks

PL/SQL Stored Procedure
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Oracle Reports
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Enter the execution file name
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file extension.
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For PL/SQL stored
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execution
file name. This procedure must have 2 out parameters of type
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varchar2 preferably
with names errbuf and errout. These two parameters should be
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added before
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Concurrent Program
Define a concurrent program,

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Choose an executable created, which will be executed once this
concurrent
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program is scheduled to run.
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Define Concurrent Parameters

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The parameters are the
placeholders for the input

values to a concurrent
program.
If the execution method of a
these parameters areE

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concurrent program is Oracle

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Reports then each parameter
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parameter via the Token field
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in the parameters window
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For PL/SQL stored procedures
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Define Request Group

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Note the Request group name for the responsibility, with which you O
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attach the concurrent program.
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Define Request Group (Contd.)

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Query the request group and add your concurrent program to the group.
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A request group is a collection of reports and concurrent programs.
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A system administrator defines request group in orderP
to control user access to
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reports and concurrent programs.
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SRS Form
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Then use SRS (Standard Report Submission) form for running and O
monitoring
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your applications reports/concurrent programs at specific time .
interval.
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This lets user specify run and print options and parameterO
value for reports and
concurrent programs.
Use fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, any message)

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program log file
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Request Set
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Request Sets are a method of grouping multiple reports and/or

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concurrent programs by business function with common
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options.
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The various tasks of the request set are linked
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execution order, whether the tasks execute
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Stage is a component of a request
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set. All requests in a stage are
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Tasks that must
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After defining
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Define Request Set

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Custom Application Integration
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Registering Custom Application
Register your custom application

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with the Application Object
Library.
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Switch to System Administrator
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responsibility and open
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Applications form.
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Register a custom application
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with name, short name and Base
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path.
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In Unix, create a custom
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directory tree for your custom
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schema under APPL_TOP. First
create a directory XXCUS which 8
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will serve as the base path then
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create other subdirectories
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Modify the applications
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custom schemaL
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XXCUS_TOP
Registering Custom Schema
First create an user in the database using SQL*Plus under the system O
account.
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For example:
$ sqlplus system/systempword
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SQL> create user XXCUS identified by CUST P
default
USER_DATA temporary tablespace TEMP
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USER_DATA quota unlimited on TEMP;
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SQL> grant connect to XXCUS identified
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Then Register the user with the Application

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Log into Oracle Apps as the S8

System Administrator and P
navigate to Security -> P
ORACLE -> Register. A
Add custom schema to data group

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Log into Applications as the

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System Administrator and
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navigate to Security ->
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ORACLE-> DataGroup.
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It is recommend that you use
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the STANDARD datagroup
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and associate the custom
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schema with APPS.
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sequences in custom
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Then Grant ALL access
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APPS.
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Create Synonyms,
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and Packages in
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Responsibility
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A responsibility is a set of authority in Oracle Applications that lets users

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only those functionality of the application appropriate to their role.
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How much of an applications functionality a user can useO
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What reports and concurrent program a user can access
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Which application data these reports and concurrent
programs can access.
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Create Users and assign Responsibilities
Switch to System Administrator responsibility

Navigate to Security-->User-->Define
Add or query an User.
Add responsibility to user as required.
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Key Flexfields
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Key Flexfields
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Most businesses use codes made up of

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meaningful segments to identify Account
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Number, Part number and other business
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entities, eg: a company might have a part
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number PADNRYEL8 1/2x14
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indicating a notepad, narrowruled,
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A Flexfield is a field which is made up.of
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Each segment has a name and
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A Key flexfield identifies
Register Key Flexfields

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Register your key
flexfield with Oracle

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Each key flexfield has one corresponding table,

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8 codes, with one column for each
where the flexfield stores a list of the complete
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segment of the code.
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There is a corresponding uniqueP
ID number (a code combination ID number or CCID)
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for that code which is also stored
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A flexfield structure is aE
specific configuration of segments. Same flexfield can have
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multiple segment structure
Customize Key Flexfield Segments

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A segment is a single subfield

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within a flexfield. You define the
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appearance and meaning of
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individual segments when
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customizing a flexfield.
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A segment is represented in
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your database as a single table
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column.
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Flexfield validates each
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segment against a set of validS
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values, which are mostlyP
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predefined
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A flexfield qualifier
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Key Flexfield Feature

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Dynamic Insertion
The insertion of a new valid

combination into a
combinations table from a
form other than the
combinations form.
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Key Flexfield Cross validation

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CrossValidation
Crossvalidation rules prevent users from creating new key

flexfield
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combinations that contain values that should not coexist in the
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Descriptive .Flexfields
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Descriptive Flexfields
Descriptive flexfields provide customizable "expansion space" on your

Oforms.
You can use descriptive flexfields to have additional information,
important and
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unique to your business, that would not otherwise be captured
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A descriptive flexfield appears on a form as a single-character,

unnamed field
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enclosed in brackets.
Descriptive flexfields have two different

.Btypes of segments, global and contextsensitive.
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A global segment is a segment
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pop-up window.
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Global Segments
In Order
management, if you
want to add some
extra Order line
information, then
query the DFF for
Additional Line
Attribute information
Go to Global Data
Elements context
field.
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Click segments to E
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Global Segments (Contd.)
Already used
segments for the
DFF will appear
here
You can create a

new record and use
a previously unused
attribute and make
it enabled and
displayed
Save and compile A

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Global Segments (Contd.)
Navigate to Order
Management, Enter
orders screen.
Enter or query an order

and go to line DFF
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The DFF data gets
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You can see the

additional information
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Context sensitive Segments
A context-sensitive descriptive
flexfield can gather context
information from either a field on
the form, or from a special field (a
context field) inside the
descriptive flexfield pop-up
window.
If the descriptive flexfield derives
the context information from a
form field, that field is called a
reference field for the descriptive
flexfield.
In DFF Segments form check
Displayed for the context.
Optionally change the prompt of
context
Choose the reference field from
LOV, which should be initially
defined in Register DFF form
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Global
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Context
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ContextSensitive
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Context sensitive Segments (Contd.)
The reference field

is same as a
normal form field.
Reference fields
provide a way to
map the contextsensitivity of
descriptive flexfield
information that
has been captured
to existing
conditions in your
business data.
Reference Fields
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Descriptive flexfield
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Multiple Structure
Structure Column
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Reference field
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If you use a reference

field, the value of that
field populates its own
column. For example, if
the reference field on the
form is the "Country"
field, it populates the
"country" column in the
table.
However, the reference
field value also populates
the structure (context)
column in the table,
since that value specifies
which structure the
flexfield displays.
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Benefits of Flexfields
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Flexfields provides features that are required to satisfy the following O
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1. Customize your applications to conform to your current business
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accounting codes, product codes, and other codes.
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2. Customize your applications to capture data thatG
would not otherwise be tracked
by your application.
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3. Have intelligent fields that are fields.B
comprised of one or more segments,
where each segment has both a value
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4. Rely upon your applicationS
to validate the values and the combination of values
P fields (Cross Validation Rules).
that you enter in intelligent
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5. Have the structure
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6. Customize
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Value Sets
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Value Sets
Use value set to
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Determine which values users can enter into flexfield segments
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concurrent program parameters.
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Provide a list of valid values using list of values G
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Validation Type for Value Set
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Table validated Value Sets
Create a validation table in your database
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Register your table with Oracle Application Object Library

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Create the necessary grants and synonymsGS
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Define a value set that uses your validation
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Define your flexfield structure8to8use that value set for a segment.
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Table validated Value Sets (Contd.)
Create a value set with a name ,format type and length.

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Specify validation type as Table and click on details button
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Enter the Application name (optional), table name.
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Enter the column names which you want to display as value and
meaning
(optional)
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Enter the column name which need to be stored in the database
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Mention the data type of these columns
Enter a where and order by clause as appropriate. G
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Independent/Dependent Value Sets
Create your independent value set first

Create your dependent value set, specifying a default value
Define your independent values
Define your dependent values
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Value Sets (Contd.)

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Validation Type for Value

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Dependent
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Relationship Between Value Sets
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Profiles
User Profile
A profile is a set of changeable options that affects the way your application
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System Profile Options
1. Set by the System administrator
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2. User can not change
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3. Any change in the system profile becomes
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Personal Profile Options
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1. Set by the System Administrator
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its system
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User Profile Forms

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Define new user profile option at the time of developing a new application O
Profile names must be unique
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A profile option can not be deleted
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Setting Profile Values

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Setting System Profile

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Setting Personal Profile A
Sysadmin Profiles
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User Profile
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User Profile Levels
A value set at the higher level
overrides the one set at the lower
User -1
level. User is the highest level.
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Responsibility - 2
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Administrator sets the default profile
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values at the site level
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User Profile Routines

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User Profile routines that helps in retrieving option values are,
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FND_PROFILE.GET (name IN varchar2,value OUT varchar2)
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Syntax of referring a profile option
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program parameters is :$PROFILES$.option_name
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Seeded profiles are P
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References
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1. Oracle Applications Documentation library - Oracle Applications

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http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B25516_08/current/html/docset.html
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Register custom Application components

Setting Up Your Application

Setting Up Your Application

Oracle Applications and custom applications that integrate with

A form is a user interfaceP

A , a form must be registered with Oracle Application

R eg. XXX_TOP/forms/US where XXX is the application short name

A function is a partAofPan application functionality that is

Ea unique name for the purpose of assigning

A menu consists of menu

selected and navigated to

menu associated with it.

Note the Menu name

Form functions are

Each responsibility has a

Query the menu name to

Add your functions as

menu entries here or

Now you switch the

A concurrent program is an executable file that runs simultaneously withO

1. Any long running data intensive program

Concurrent Program Executable

Enter a name for executable and short

SQL* Plus : sql files with anonymous sql blocks

Define a concurrent program,

Define Concurrent Parameters

The parameters are the

placeholders for the input

If the execution method of a

these parameters areE

concurrent program is Oracle

Define Request Group

Define Request Group (Contd.)

Use fnd_file.put_line(fnd_file.log, any message)

program log file

Request Sets are a method of grouping multiple reports and/or

Define Request Set

Registering Custom Application

Register your custom application

Registering Custom Schema

Then Register the user with the Application

Log into Oracle Apps as the S8

Add custom schema to data group

Log into Applications as the

A responsibility is a set of authority in Oracle Applications that lets users

How much of an applications functionality a user can useO

Create Users and assign Responsibilities

Switch to System Administrator responsibility

Most businesses use codes made up of

Register Key Flexfields

Register your key

flexfield with Oracle

Each key flexfield has one corresponding table,

Customize Key Flexfield Segments

A segment is a single subfield

Key Flexfield Feature

The insertion of a new valid

Key Flexfield Cross validation

Crossvalidation rules prevent users from creating new key

Descriptive flexfields provide customizable "expansion space" on your

A descriptive flexfield appears on a form as a single-character,

Descriptive flexfields have two different

Global Segments (Contd.)