Concurrent Program Registration and add it to request group

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Overview:

Develop a report or PL/SQL Package to register as a concurrent program

Create Executable: Link it to Report file(.rdf) or PL/SQL Package created

Create Concurrent Program: Link to it executable defined in previous step

Enter Parameters and link Value Sets

Assign the registered Concurrent Program to a request group

Creating Executable:

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

Here we will register oracle report as a concurrent program

FIELDS:

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 dont need to specify any parameters in procedure here.

Action: Save

Create Concurrent Program:

Navigation: Application Developer > Concurrent > Program

FIELDS:

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.

DEFINE PARAMETERS AND VALUE SETS

Navigation: click on Parameters button in above screen

FIELDS:

Seq: Its 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

Assign this Concurrent Program to a request group:

Navigation: Switch to System Administrator Responsibility > Security > Responsibility > Request

Action: Open/Double click

Action: Press F11

Action: CTRL+F11

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

Action: Enter Your User Readable Name of your concurrent program

Action: Save

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