Basics of Value Sets in Oracle Applications

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Basics of Value Sets in Oracle Applications

Explained below is the basic of Value Set.

What is a value set and where is it used?

Value set is primarily the List of Values (LOV) to restrict and mantain consistenciesin enterin or selectin the !alues. "t is also the place holders to allow user enter a

!alue. Oracle Application Ob#ect Library uses !alue sets as important components of

$ey %ex&elds' descripti!e %ex&elds' and oncurrent e*uest Submission.

What are the Format Types the value set have?

+ haracter

+ ,umber

+ -ime

+ Standard ate' Standard ate -ime

+ ate' ate -ime

,ote that ate and ate -ime !alue set formats are obsolete and are pro!ided forbac$ward compatibility only. /or new !alue sets' use the the format types Standard

ate and Standard ate -ime.

What are the validation types?

,one0

+ -here is no !alidation done for this type of !alue set' hence allows user to enter

any !alue.

"ndependent0

+ "t pro!ides a list of pre1de&ned !alues. -he prede&ned !alues are entered

separately.

ependent0

+ Same li$e "ndependent Value Set' except the List of Values shown to you will

depend on which the "ndependent !alue you ha!e selected in the 2rior Sement.

+ 3ust de&ne your independent !alue set before you de&ne the dependent !alue set

that depends on it.

+ 3ust create at least one dependent !alue for each independent !alue.

-able0

+ -he list of !alue is created based on database tables

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+ Allows to write simple *ueries' #oins' order by etc

+ -he !alue' meanin and " can be used to display a !alue' description to the !alue

but return " to the callin proram or screen.

+ Additional columns can also be displayed. -he syntax is column 4column title

(si5e)6' e.. order type 4SO Order -ype (78)4

+ an also create dependent !alues to &lter LOV data based on parameter !alueselected earlier. -his can be done usin0 9/LE:0 .!alue;set;name in the where

clause.

Special < 2air0

2air !alidation !alue set allows to select a rane of concatenated /lex &eld

sements as parameters to the report. -he special !alue set is used to perform

special !alidation. -his is used to enter the entire $ey %ex&eld sement in the sinle

parameter of the report=callin entity.

-ranslatable "ndependent < -ranslatable ependent0

+ -his is similar to "ndependent and ependent !alue set except that translated

!alues can be displayed to the user.

APIs to create value set

-he /,;/LE:;VAL;A2" pac$ae can be used to create di>erent types of !alue sets.

+ VAL?ESE-;E:"S-S 1 -o chec$ if !alue set exists

+ ELE-E;VAL?ESE- 1 -o delete !alue set. -he !alue set can only be deleted if it is

not bein referenced by any proram or entity.

+ EA-E;VAL?ESE-;,O,E+ EA-E;VAL?ESE-;",E2E,E,-

+ EA-E;VAL?ESE-;E2E,E,-

+ EA-E;VAL?ESE-;-ABLE

+ EA-E;VAL?ESE-;S2E"AL

+ EA-E;VAL?ESE-;2A"

what are the oracle tables that store value set information?

+ /,;/LE:;VAL?E;SE-S

+ /,;";/LE:;SE@3E,-S

+ /,;/LE:;VAL?E

+ /,;/LE:;VAL"A-"O,;EVE,-S

+ /,;/LE:;VAL?E;?LE;L",ES

+ /,;/LE:;VAL?E;?LE

+ /,;/LE:;VAL?E;?LE;?SA@E

+ /,;/LE:;VAL"A-"O,;-ABLES


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What is the Di between APP chema and other chemas?Apps schema contains only Synonyms we cant create tables in apps schema' where

as other schemas contains tables' < all the ob#ects. ere only we will create the

tables and i!in rants on created tables. Almost all e!ery time we will connect to

apps schema only.

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What is meant by "ustom Top and what is the Purpose?

ustom -op is nothin but ustomer -op' which is created for customer only. Ce can

ha!e multiple custom

tops based on client re*uirement. "t is used to store de!eloped < customi5ed

components. Chene!er oracle

corp applin patches it will o!er ride on all the modules except custom top. -hatDs

why we will use custom top.

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What is the i$ni%cancy of & Folder?

"t is nothin but lanuae speci&cation by default it is in american lanuae. Ce can

ha!e multiple lanuaes folders based on installed lanuaes. from bac$end we

can et it from

/,;LA,@?A@ES 11 OL 11",S-ALLE;/LA@ "'B'

"11",S-ALLE'

B11BASE'

11"SABLE

select lanuae;code'nls;lanuae from fnd;lanuaes whereinstalled;%a li$e B

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Where did & %nd the Applcation short name and basepath names?

select basepath'application;short;name from fnd;application from the bac$end.

/rom the from end we can et it ,a!iation Application e!eloper.11111

Application1111eister -he application name we will et from

/,;A22L"A-"O,;-L

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Where can & %nd the release version from bac)end?

SELE- release;name from /,;2O?-;@O?2SF 111GG.H.G8.I .

*.

What are the Folders we will %nd below the 11+(+, Folder?

eports'forms's*l'lib'lo'out'bin'admin'html'xml'ms'def' etc

-.

"an we create Tables in the Apps chema?

,o.

..

"an we have custom schema when it it re/uired?

yes' we can ha!e custom schema' when we want to create a new table we re*uired

custom schema.

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What is meant by concurrent Pro$ram?

"t is nothin but "nstance of the execution alon with parameters < "ncompatables.

ere "ncompatables nothin but if we are submitin cc prorams if any one can be


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execute in those proram ' which prorams r not imp yet this time we will mention

those prorams in incompatables tab.

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What are the steps we will follow to re$ister eports as "oncurrent

Pro$ram?

/irst de!elop the report < sa!e it in local machine. upload into

custom;top=GG.H.8=reports=us= o to system administrator open executable form

create executable by mentionin executable method as reports 'executable as

report name which was created. o to cc proram form create ccproram by attach

executable name in executable section. then attach this ccproram to re*uestroup' e*uest roup to esponsibility.esponsibility to ?ser.

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What is meant by e/uest $roup?

"t is nothin but collection of cc prorams.

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What is Application Top? What are the types and Purpose?

A) Chen we connect to the ser!er we will &nd the top called application top. ?nder

application top we ha!e

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2roduct top.

ustom top

2roduct top is the default top built by the

manufacturer. ustom top is used to select the

lient for his business purposes. ustomi5ations

are done with the ustom top.


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What is & folder in the "ustom Top?

"t is a lanuae speci&c folder used to store the @.?." li$e reports and forms.

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What are mandatory parameters of Procedures and what the use of

those?

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What is Apps chema and chema?

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What is To)en?

a) ?se to transfer !alues to report builder and it is not case sensiti!e.

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Dierence between F234 Function and 3enu?

Errorbuf0 "t is used to returns the error

messaes and sent it to the lo &le.

etcode0 "t is used to show the status of the 2rocedure with 8' G' and I 8 for

ompleted ,ormal

G for ompleted Carnin

I for ompleted Error

Schema0 Schema is the location in

database contains database ob#ects li$e

!iews' tables' and synonyms.

Apps Schema0 "t is used to connect the all schemas to et the information

from -he database.

a) A menu is a hierarchical arranement

of functions and menus. Each

responsibility has a menu assined to it. A

function is a part of an application that is

reistered under a uni*ue name for the

purpose of assinin it to be includin it

from a menu.


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-ell me somethin about SJL1LOAE.

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What is 5T62F67228?

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S*l + loader is a bul$ loader utility used

for mo!in data from external &les into

the oracle database.

S*l+ loader supports !arious load formats'

selecti!e loadin' and multi1tables loads.

G) on!entional 11-he con!entional path

loader essentially loads the data by usin

standard KinsertD statement.

I) irect 11 -he direct path loader (direct

true) by possess of loic in!ol!ed with

that' and loads directly in to the oracle

data &les.E:01 3y data.cs! &le

G88G' Mscott tier6'G888'78

G88I'6!reddy6'IN7H'H8

Load data

"n&le Kc0datamydata.cs!D

insert "nto table emp /ields terminated by

M'6 optionally enclosed byK6D

(empno' empname'sal'deptno)

s*lldr scott=tierP!is controlloader.ctl

lo !lo.lo bad!bad.bad

discard!dis.dsc .

ollection of hart of Accounts and

urrency and alendars is called SOB


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Tell me what r the 7ase tables in the A?


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h5;parties (party;id) (store info about or'

roups and people)

Q;2A-"ES stores information about

parties such as orani5ations'

people' and roups' includin the

identifyin address information for the

party.

h5;cust;accounts (cust;account;id)

Q;?S-;AO?,-S stores information

about customer relationships. "f aparty becomes a customer' information

about the customer account is stored in

this table. Rou can establish

multiplecustomer relationships with a

sinle party' so each party can ha!e

multiple customer account records in this

table.

h5;cust;acct;sites;all (cust;acct;site;id)

Q;?S-;A-;S"-ES;ALL stores

information about customer sites. Onecustomer account can ha!e multiple sites.

-he address is maintained in

Q;LOA-"O,S.

h5;cust;site;uses;all (site;use;id)

Q;?S-;S"-E;?SES;ALL stores

information about site uses or business

purposes. A sinle customer site can ha!e

multiple site uses' such as bill to or ship

to' and each site use is stored as a record

in this table.

h5;party;sites (party;site;id)Q;2A-R;S"-ES stores information about

the relationship between 2arties

and Locations. -he same party can ha!e

multiple party sites. 2hysical addresses

are stored in Q;LOA-"O,S.

h5;locations (location;id)

Q;LOA-"O,S stores information about

physical locations.

h5;2erson;2ro&les (person;pro≤id)

Q;2ESO,;2O/"LES stores detail

information about people.

h5;Orani5ation;2ro&les

(orani5ation;pro≤id)

Q;O@A,"QA-"O,;2O/"LES stores

credit ratin' &nancial statistics'

socioeconomic and corporate lin$ae

information for business sites. -he

primary $ey for this table is

O@A,"QA-"O,;2O/"LE;".


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What is


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!#.

Form development process?

-he !alue set is a collection (or) container

of !alues.

Chene!er the !alue set associated with

any report parameters. "t pro!ides list of

!alues to the end user to accept one of

the !alues as report parameter !alue.

"f the list of !alues needed to be dynamic

and e!er chanin and de&ne a table

based !alues set.

1!= What are the validation types?

G) ,one 11111111 !alidation is minimal.

I) "ndependent 111111input must exist on

pre!iously de&ned list of !aluesN) ependent 111111input is chec$ed

aainst a subset of !alues based on a

2rior !alue.

N) -able 11111 input is chec$ed aainst

!alues in an application table

7) Special 111111!alues set uses a %ex &eld

itself.

H) 2air 111111 two %ex &elds toether

specify a rane of !alid !alues.

) -ranslatable independent 11111 inputmust exist on pre!iously de&ned list

of !aluesF translated !alues can be used.

T) -ranslatable dependent 1111111 input is

chec$ed aainst a subset of !alues

based on a prior !aluesF translated !alue

can be used.


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!'.

>ow does u customie the eports?

a) Open template form

b) Sa!e as Uyour form.fmb

c) hane the form module name as form

name.

d) elete the default bloc$s' window' and

can!ase) reate a window.

f) Assin the window property class to

window

) reate a can!as (subclass info)

h) Assin can!as property class to the

can!as

") assin the window to the can!as and

can!as to the window

#) reate a data bloc$

$) 3odify the form le!el properties. (sub

class item -ext item)

l) 3odify the app;custom pac$ae. "n the

proram unit.

m) 3odify the pre1form trier (form

le!el)

n) 3odify the module le!el properties

((console window' /irst na!iation

p) Sa!e and compile the form.

2lace the .fmx in the ser!er directory.


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F@5: FI5@D?

a+ "dentify the Short name of the standard

report in which module we ha!e

to customi5e

Ex0 1 if u wants to customi5e in the A

module path is

Appl toparGG.H.8reports?S .rdf b+ Open the .rdf &le in eport builder and

chane the name of the module.

c+ Open the data module and modify the

*uery (what is client re*uirements)

assin the columns to the attributes.

d+ @o to report wi5ard and select' what r

the newly created columns.

e+ -hen ompile it. -hen u will et a .rep

&le in the speci&ed module. "f it is

not in the speci&ed directory then we

ha!e to put in the ser!er directory.

f+ -hen eister in the AOL oncurrent

Executable and

oncurrent 2roram.

$+ @o to system administrator Security

responsibility re*uest.

h+ Add and assin a concurrent proram

to a re*uest roup


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Dierence between 7ind and @eical parameters?

?sed to capture the additional business information.

DFF 8FF

Additional ?ni*ue "nfo' 3andatory

aptured in attribute pre&xedcolumns

Sement pre&xed

,ot reported on standard reports "s reported on standard reports

-o pro!ide expansion space on your

form Cith the help of W.

W epresents descripti!e /lex &eld.

/LE: /"LE 0 ES"2-"VE 0 E@"S-E

?sed for enterin and displayin $ey

information

/or example Oracle @eneral uses a

$ey /lex &eld called Accountin /lex

&eld to uni*uely identify a eneral

account.

/LE: /"LE 0 XER 0 E@"S-E

B", VA"ABLE0

are used to replace a sinle !alue in s*l'

pl=s*l

bind !ariable may be used to replace

expressions in select' where' roup' order

by' ha!in' connect by' start with cause

of *ueries.

bind reference may not be referenced in

/O3 clause (or) in place of

reser!ed words or clauses.

LE:"AL E/EE,E0

Rou can use lexical reference to replacethe clauses appearin A/-E select'

from' roup by' ha!in' connect by' start

with.

Rou canDt ma$e lexical reference in pl=s*l

statements.


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what is Fle mode and "on%ne mode?

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What is Place holder "olumns?

!0.

What is Formula "olumn?

"on%ne mode0

2n; child ob#ects cannot be mo!ed

outside their enclosin parent ob#ects.

2; child ob#ects can be mo!ed outside

their enclosin parent ob#ects.

Fle mode;

2n; parent borders 4stretch4 when child

ob#ects are mo!ed aainst them.2; parent borders remain &xed when

child ob#ects are mo!ed aainst

them.

A placeholder is a column is an empty

container at desin time. -he placeholder

can hold a !alue at run time has been

calculated and placed in to "t by pl=s*l

code from anther ob#ect.

Rou can set the !alue of a placeholder

column is in a Before eport trier.

Store a -emporary !alue for future

reference. E:. Store the current max

salary as records are retrie!ed.


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What is a ummary column?

#1.

What is T"A BTradin$ "ommunity Architecture=?

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A formula column performs a user1de&ned

computation on another column(s) data'

includin placeholder columns.

A summary column performs a

computation on another columns data.

?sin the eport Ci5ard or ata Ci5ard'

you can create the followin summaries0

sum' a!erae' count' minimum'

maximum' Y total. Rou can also create asummary column manually in the ata

3odel !iew' and use the 2roperty 2alette

to create the followin additional

summaries0 &rst' last' standard de!iation'

!ariance.

Ans. Oracle -radin ommunity

Architecture (-A) is a data model that

allows you to manae complex

information about the parties' or

customers' who belon to your

commercial community' includin

orani5ations' locations' and the networ$

of hierarchical relationships amon them.

-his information is maintained in the -A

eistry' which is the sinle source of

tradin community information for Oracle

E1Business Suite applications.


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Dierence between Application Developer and ystem Administrator?

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What are Fle %elds?

Ans+

ole of -echnical onsultant0

a. esinin ,ew /orms' 2rorams and

eports

b. /orms and eports customi5ation

c. e!elopin "nterfaces

d. e!elopin 2L=SJL stored procedures

e. Cor$%ow automations

ole of System Administrator0

a. e&ne Loon ?sers

b. e&ne ,ew=ustom esponsibility

c. e&ne ata @roupsd. e&ne oncurrent 3anaers

e. e&ne 2rinters

f. -est ,etwor$ 2references

. e&ne=Add new 3odules

ole of an Apps BA0

a. "nstallin of Application

b. up radation

c. 3iration

d. 2atches

e. outin maintenance of JA

f. lonin of OA


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eport re$istration process?

Ans+

Ans. A /lex &eld is a customi5able &eld

that opens in a window from a reular

Oracle Applications window. e&nin %ex

&elds enables you to tailor OracleApplications to your own business needs.

By usin %ex &elds' you can0

(a) Structure certain identi&ers re*uired

by oracle applications accordin to your

own business en!ironment.

(b) ollect and display additional

information for your business as needed.

Xey /lex &elds0 Rou use $ey %ex &elds to

de&ne your own structure for many of the

identi&ers re*uired by Oracle

Applications. 2ro&le Z K/lex&elds0Open XeyCindowD (/,;";/LE:S)

escripti!e /lex &eld0 Rou use descripti!e

%ex &elds to ather additional information

about your business entities beyond the

information re*uired by Oracle

Applications. 2ro&le Z /lex &elds0 Open

escr CindowD (/,;ES"2-"VE;/LE:S)


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#(.

De%ne e/uest Croup?

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erent structures of the same %ex &eld'and e!en sements within the same %ex

&eld structure. Rou can share !alue sets

across $ey and descripti!e %ex &elds. Rou

can also use !alue sets for report

parameters for your reports that use the

Standard eport Submission feature.

,a!iation 2ath0

Loin Z Application e!eloper 1

Application 1 Validation 1 Set


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Incompatibility in report re$istration and un Alone?

Ans+

G. ependant

I. "ndependent

N. ,one

7. 2airH. Special

. -able

T. -ranslate "ndependent

[. -ranslate ependent


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2racle interview /uestions

1. What are the various types of 5ceptions ?

?ser de&ned and 2rede&ned Exceptions.

!. "an we de%ne eceptions twice in same bloc) ?

Ans+

"dentify prorams that should not run

simultaneously with your concurrent

proram because they miht interfere

with its execution. Rou can specify yourproram as bein incompatible with itself.

Application0 Althouh the default for this

&eld is the application of your concurrent

proram' you can enter any !alid

application name.

,ame0 -he proram name and application

you specify must uni*uely identify a

concurrent proram. Rour list displays the

user1friendly name of the proram' the

short name' and the description of the

proram.Scope0 Enter Set or 2roram Only to

specify whether your concurrent proram

is 5incompatible with this proram and all

its child re*uests (Set) or only with this

proram (2roram Only).

un Alone0 "ndicate whether your

proram should run alone relati!e to all

other prorams in the same loical

database. "f the execution of your

proram interferes with the execution ofall other prorams in the same loical

database (in other words' if your proram

is incompatible with all prorams in its

loical database' includin itself)' it

should run alone.


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#. What is the dierence between a procedure and a function ?

/unctions return a sinle !ariable by !alue where as procedures do not return any!ariable by !alue. ather they return multiple !ariables by passin !ariables by

reference throuh their O?- parameter.

'. "an you have two functions with the same name in a P@E@ bloc) ?

Res.

(. "an you have two stored functions with the same name ?

Res.

*. "an you call a stored function in the constraint of a table ?

,o.

-. What are the various types of parameter modes in a procedure ?

",' O?- A, ",O?-.

.. What is 2ver @oadin$ and what are its restrictions ?

O!erLoadin means an ob#ect performin di>erent functions dependin upon the

no. of parameters or the data type of the parameters passed to it.

0. "an functions be overloaded ?

Res.


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"an ! functions have same name input parameters but dier only by

return datatype

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