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Question:HowwillyoumigrateOracleGeneralLedgerCurrenciesandSetsofBooks
DefinitionsfromoneenvironmenttoanotherwithoutreKeying?Willyouuse
FNDLOAD?

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Answer:FNDLOADcannotbeusedinthescenario.Youcanusemigratoravailable
in"OracleiSetup"Responsibility

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Question:Thisisaverytoughone,almostimpossibletoanswer,butyetIwillask.
WhichForminOracleApplicationshasmostnumberofFormFunctions?
Answer:"RunReports".Andwhynot,theFormFunctionforthisscreenhasa
parametertowhichwepassnameofthe"RequestGroup",hencesecuringthelistof
ConcurrentProgramsthatarevisiblein"RunRequest"Form.Justsothatyouknow,
thereareover600formfunctionsfor"RunReports"

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Question:WhichresponsibilitydoyouneedtoextractSelfServicePersonalizations?

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Question:CanyoulistanyonesinglelimitationofFormsPersonalizationfeaturethat
wasdeliveredwith11.5.10
Answer:Youcannotimplementinteractivemessages,i.e.amessagewillgive
AdvanceComputerTips
multipleoptionsforResponse.ThebestyoucangetfromFormsPersonalizationtodo AboutOnlineTips
ispopupupMessagewithOKoption.

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Question:Youhavejustcreatedtwoconcurrentprogramsnamely"XXPOProg1"&
"XXPOProg2".NowyouwishtocreateamenuforConcurrentRequestsubmission
suchthatonlythesetwoConcurrentProgramsarevisiblefromthatRunRequest
menu.Pleaseexplainthestepstoimplementthis?

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Answer:
a)Definearequestgroup,letssaywithname"XX_PO_PROGS"
b)Addthesetwoconcurrentprogramstotherequestgroup"XX_PO_PROGS"

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c)DefineanewFormFunctionthatisattachedtoForm"RunReports"
d)IntheparameterfieldofFormFunctionscreen,enter
REQUEST_GROUP_CODE="XX_PO_PROGS"
REQUEST_GROUP_APPL_SHORT_NAME="XXPO"TITLE="XXPO:XX_PO_PROGS"

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e)Attachthisformfunctiontothedesiredmenu.

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BasicConceptsinOracleGLPart1

Question:DoesOracle10gsupportrulebasedoptimization?
Answer:TheofficialstanceisthatRBOisnolongersupportedby10g.

Question:DoesoraclesupportpartitioningoftablesinOracleApps?
Answer:Yes,OracledoessupportpartitioningoftablesinOracleApplications.There
areseveralimplementationsthatpartitiononGL_BALANCES.Howeveryourclient
mustbuylicensestoiftheydesiretopartitiontables.Toavoidthecostoflicensing
youmaysuggesttheclientsmaydecidetopermanentlyclosetheirolderGLPeriods,
suchthathistoricalrecordscanbearchived.

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Note:Beforerunningthearchivalprocessthesecondtime,youmustcleardownthe
archivetableGL_ARCHIVE_BALANCES(dontforgettoexportarchivedatatoatape).

Question:WhatwillbeyourpartitioningstrategyonGL_BALANCES?Yourviews
please?
Answer:Thisreallydependsuponhowmanyperiodsareregularlyreportedupon,how
manyperiodsareleftopenetc.Youcanthendecidetopartitiononperiod_name,or
periodranges,oronthestatusoftheGLPeriod.

Question:DoesOraclesupportrunningofgatherstatsonSYSschemainOracle
Apps?
Answer:IfyourOracleApplicationsinstanceison10g,thenyoucandecidetorun
statsforSYSschema.Thiscanbedonebyexec
dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats('SYS')
Alternatelyusingcommand
dbms_stats.gather_schema_stats('SYS',cascade=>TRUE,degree=>20)
Iwillprefertheformerwithdefaultvalues.
IfyouwishtodeletethestatsforSYSuseexec
dbms_stats.delete_schema_stats('SYS')
Youcanscheduleadbms_jobforrunningstatsforSYSschema.

Question:Canyouuseconcurrentprogram"GatherSchemaStatistics"togather
statsonsysschemainoracleapps?
Answer:No,"GatherSchemaStatistics"hasnoparametersforSYSschema.
Pleaseusedbms_job.

Question:WhichtableisusedtoprovidedrilldownfromOracleGLintosubledger?
Answer:GL_IMPORT_REFERENCES

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Question:WhatisthesignificanceofprofileoptionNodeTrustLevelinOracleApps.
Answer:Ifthisprofileoptionissettoavalueofexternalagainstaserver,thenit
signifiesthatthespecificmidtierisExternali.e.itwillbeexposedtothewww.In
otherwordsthisserverisnotwithinthefirewallofyourclient.Theideabehindthis
profileoptionistoflagsuchmiddletiersothatspecialrestrictionscanbeapplied
againstitssecurity,whichmeansaveryrestrictedsetofresponsibilitieswillbe
availablefromsuchMiddleTier.

Question:WhatisthesignificanceofprofileoptionResponsibilityTrustLevel.
Answer:Inordertomakearesponsibilityaccessiblefromanexternalwebtier,you
mustsetprofileoptionResponsibilityTrustLevelatresponsibilityleveltoExternal.
Onlythoseresponsibilitiesthathavethisprofileoptionagainstthemwillbeaccessible
fromExternalMiddletiers.
Question:Whatelsecanyousuggesttorestricttheaccesstoscreensfromexternal
webtiers?
Answer:YoumayuseURLfilteringwithinApache.

Question:WhatistheroleofDocumentManagerinOraclePurchasing?
Answer:POXCONisanimmediateconcurrentprogram.Itreceivespipesignalfrom
theapplicationwhenarequestismadeforapproval/reservations/receipts.
Question:HowtodebugadocumentmanagerinOracleApps?
Answer:DocumentmangerrunswithintheconcurrentmanagerinOracle
Applications.WhenanapplicationusesaDocumentManager,itsendsapipesignal
whichispickedupbythedocumentmanager.
Therearetwomechanismsbywhichtotracethedocumentmanager
1.Setthedebuggingonbyusingprofileoption
STEP1.Setprofileoption"Concurrent:DebugFlags"toTCTM1
ThisprofileshouldonlygeneratedebugswhensetatSitelevel(Ithink,asIhaveonly
triedsite),becauseDocumentManagerrunsinadifferentsession.
STEP2.BouncetheDocumentManagers
STEP3.RetrytheWorkflowtogeneratedebugs.
STEP4.Resetprofileoption"Concurrent:DebugFlags"toblank
STEP5.havealookatdebuginformationintablefnd_concurrent_debug_info

2.Enabletracingforthedocumentmanagers
ThiscanbedonebysettingprofileoptionInitializationSQLStatementCustom
againstyourusernamebeforereproducingtheissue.Thevalueofthisprofilewillbe
setsoastoenabletraceusingevent10046,level12.

Question:YouhavewrittenaJavaConcurrentPrograminOracleApps.Youwantto
modifytheCLASSPATHsuchthatnewclassCLASSPATHiseffectivejustforthis
program.
Answer:Intheoptionsfieldoftheconcurrentprogramyoucanentersomething
similartobelow.
cp<yourcustomlibpathusedbyJavaConcProg>
:/home/xxvisiondev/XXDEVDB/comn/java/appsborg.zip:/home/xxvisiondev/XXDEVDB/c
omn/java

Question:Howwillyouopenabc4jpackageinjdeveloper?

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Answer:Oracleshipsafilenamedserver.xmlwitheachbc4jpackage.Youwillneed
toftpthatfilealongsideotherbc4jobjects(VOs,EOs,AM,Classesetc).
Openingtheserver.xmlwillloadthecompletepackagestartingfromAM(application
module).ThisisamandatorystepwhenbuildingExtensionstoframework.

Question:InOAFrameworkSelfServicescreen,youwishtodisableatab.Howwill
youdoit?
Answer:Generallyspeaking,thetabsonaOAFrameworkpagearenothingbutthe
SubMenus.Byenteringmenuexclusionagainsttheresponsibility,youcanremove
thetabfromselfservicepage.

Question:Inselfservice,youwishtochangethebackgroundcolorandthe
foregroundtextoftheOAFrameworkscreenstomeetyourcorporatestandards.How
willyoudoit?
Answer:Youwillneedtodothebelowsteps
a.GotoMidTier,andopen$OA_HTML/cabo/styles/custom.xss
bEnterbelowtext(changecoloursasneeded)
<stylename="DarkBackground">
<propertyname="backgroundcolor">#000066</property>
</style>
<stylename="TextForeground">
<propertyname="color">#0000FF</property>
</style>
ccd$OA_HTML/cabo/styles/cache
dTakeabackupofallthecssfiles.
eDeleteallthefilesoffollowingpatternoracledesktop*.css
Theideahereistodeletethecache.NexttimewhenyoulogontoOracleAppsSelf
Service,theFrameworkwillrebuildthecssfileiffoundmissingforyourbrowser.

Question:CanyouextendandsubstituearootAM(ApplicationModule)inOA
FrameworkusingJDeveloper.
Answer:YoucanextendtheAMinjDeveloper,butitdoesntwork(atleastitdidnt
workin11.5.9).IamhopefulthatOraclewilldeliverasolutiontothisinthefuture.

Question:Inaworkflownotification,youhaveafreetextresponsefieldwherethe
userenterstheVendorNumberforthenewvendor.Youwanttovalidatethevalue
enteredinthenotificationresponsefielduponthesubmissionofaresponse.Howwill
youdoit?
Answer:YouwillneedtoattachapostnotificationfunctiontotheWorkflow
Notification.
ThePL/SQLcodewilllooksimilartobelow:
Thebelowcodewilldisplayanerrorinthenotificationwhenuserattemptstocreatea
DuplicateVendorNumber.
PROCEDUREvalidate_response_from_notif
(
itemtypeINVARCHAR2
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,actidINNUMBER
,funcmodeINVARCHAR2
,RESULTINOUTVARCHAR2
)IS
l_nidNUMBER
l_activity_result_codeVARCHAR2(200)
v_newly_entered_vendor_numVARCHAR2(50)
CURSORc_get_response_for_new_vendorIS
SELECTwl.look up_code
FROMwf_notification_attributeswna
,wf_notificationswn
,wf_message_attributes_vlwma
,wf_look upswl
WHEREwna.notification_id=l_nid
ANDwna.notification_id=wn.notification_id
ANDwn.message_name=wma.message_name
ANDwn.message_type=wma.message_type
ANDwna.NAME=wma.NAME
ANDwma.SUBTYPE='RESPOND'
ANDwma.format=wl.look up_type
ANDwna.text_value=wl.look up_code
ANDwma.TYPE='LOOKUP'
ANDdecode(wma.NAME,'RESULT','RESULT','NORESULT')='RESULT'
BEGIN
IF(funcmodeIN('RESPOND'))
THEN
l_nid:=wf_engine.context_nid
OPENc_get_response_for_new_vendor
FETCHc_get_response_for_new_vendor
INTOl_activity_result_code
CLOSEc_get_response_for_new_vendor
v_newly_entered_vendor_num:=
wf_notification.getattrtext(l_nid,'NEWLY_ENTERED_VENDOR_NUM_4_PO')
IFl_activity_result_code='NEW_VENDOR'
ANDdoes_vendor_exist(p_vendor=>v_newly_entered_vendor_num)
THEN
RESULT:='ERROR:VendorNumberyouenteredalreadyexists'
RETURN
ENDIF

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ENDIF
EXCEPTION
WHENOTHERSTHEN
RESULT:=SQLERRM
ENDvalidate_response_from_notif

Question:Howtomakeconcurrentprogramendwithwarning?
Answer:IftheconcurrentprogramisoftypePL/SQL,youcanassignavalueof1to
theretcodeOUTParameter.
ForaJavaConcurrentprogram,usethecodesimilartobelow
ReqCompletionlRC
//gethandleonrequestcompletionobjectforreportingstatus
lRC=pCpContext.getReqCompletion()
lRC.setCompletion(ReqCompletion.WARNING,"WARNING")

Question:HowdoyoulinkaHosttypeconcurrentprogramtoConcurrentManager?
Answer:AssumingyourexecutablescriptisLOADPO.prog,thenusethecommands
below
cd$XXPO_TOP/bin
lns$FND_TOP/bin/fndcpesr$XXPO_TOP/bin/LOADPO

Question:HowdoyouknowifaspecificOraclepatchhasbeenappliedinappsto
yourenvironment.
Answer:Usetablead_bugs,inwhichcolumnbug_numberisthepatchnumber.
SELECTbug_number
,to_char(creation_date,'DDMONYYYYHH24:MI:SS')dated
FROMapps.ad_bugs
WHEREbug_number=TRIM('&bug_number')

Question:HowdoyousendaparticularOracleAppsWorkflowActivity/Function
withinaworkflowprocessintobackgroundmode.
Answer:Ifcostoftheworkflowactivityisgreaterthan50,thentheworkflowactivity
willbeprocessedinbackgroundmodeonly,anditwontbeprocessedinonlinemode.

Question:Whatarethevariouswaystokickoffaworkflow
Answer:Youcaneiterusewf_engine.start_processoryoucanattacharunnable
processsuchghatitsubscribestoaworkflowevent.

Question:Whenstarting(kickingoff)anoracleworkflowprocess,howdoyouensure
thatithappensinabackgroundmode?

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a)ifinitiatingtheprocessusingstart_process,dothebelow
wf_engine.threshold:=1
wf_engine.createprocess(l_itemtype
,l_itemk ey
,'<YOURPROCESSNAME>')
wf_engine.startprocess(l_itemtype,l_itemk ey)
B)Wheninitiatingtheworkflowprocessthroughaneventsubscription,setthe
ExecutionConditionPhasetobeequaltoorabove100forittobeexecutedby
backgroundprocess.

Question:On10g,howwillyouuseawr?
Answer:Byrunningbelowscripts.Theseareboththesamescripts,butwithdiffering
parameters.
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/awrrpt.sql
$ORACLE_HOME/rdbms/admin/awrrpti.sql

Question:HowwillyouconfigureApachetoruninDebugmode,specificallyusefull
whendebuggingiProcurement(priorto11.5.10).
Answer:After11.5.10,FNDLoggingcanbeusedfordebuggingOracleiProcurement.
Priorto11.5.10
STEPSINANUTSHELL
cd$ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache
vi$ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache/Jserv/etc/ssp_init.txt
DebugOutput=/home/<<SID>>/ora9/iAS/Apache/Apache/logs/debug.log
DebugLevel=5
DebugSwitch=ON

vi$ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.conf
ApJServLogLeveldebug

vi$ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.properties
log=true

Question:HowwillyouaddanewcolumntoaListOfValues(LOV)inOracle
ApplicationsFramework?Canthisbedonewithoutcustomization?
Answer:Yes,thiscanbedonewithoutcustomization,i.e.byusingOAFramework
ExtensioncoupledwithPersonalization.ImplementthefollowingSteps:
a)ExtendtheVO(ViewObject),toimplementthenewSQLrequiredtosupportthe
LOV.
b)SubstitutethebaseVO,byusingjpximport[similartoasexplainedinLink]
c)PersonalizetheLOVRegion,byclickingonAddNewItem.Whileaddingthenew
Item,youwillcrossreferencethenewlyaddedcolumntoVO.

Question:Canyoudofnd_request.submit_requestfromSQLPlusinOracle?

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Answer:Youwillneedtoinitializetheglobalvariablesfirstusingfnd_global.initialize
DECLARE
v_session_idINTEGER:=userenv('sessionid')
BEGIN
fnd_global.initialize
(
SESSION_ID=>v_session_id
,USER_ID=><youruseridfromfnd_user.user_id>
,RESP_ID=><YoumayuseExaminefromthescreenPROFILE/RESP_ID>
,RESP_APPL_ID=><YoumayuseExaminefromthescreen
PROFILE/RESP_APPL_ID>
,SECURITY_GROUP_ID=>0
,SITE_ID=>NULL
,LOGIN_ID=>3115003Anynumberhere
,CONC_LOGIN_ID=>NULL
,PROG_APPL_ID=>NULL
,CONC_PROGRAM_ID=>NULL
,CONC_REQUEST_ID=>NULL
,CONC_PRIORITY_REQUEST=>NULL
)
commit
END
/
Optionallyyoumayusefnd_global.apps_initialize,whichinternallycalls
fnd_global.initialize
fnd_global.apps_initialize(user_id=>:user_id,
resp_id=>:resp_id,
resp_appl_id=>:resp_appl_id,
security_group_id=>:security_group_id,
server_id=>:server_id)
Bydoingtheabove,yourglobalvariablesuponwhichConcurrentManagersdepend
uponwillbepopulated.ThiswillbeequivalenttologgingintoOracleAppsand
submittingtheconcurrentrequestfromaresponsibility.

Question:YouaretoldthatthecertainstepsintheOracleAppsForm/Screenare
runningslow,andyouareaskedtotuneit.Howdoyougoaboutit.
Answer:Firstthingtodoistoenabletrace.Preferably,enablethetracewithBind
Variables.ThiscanbedonebyselectingmenuHelp/Diagnostics/Trace/TraceWith
BindsandWait
InternallyOracleFormsissuesastatementsimilartobelow:
altersessionsetevents='10046tracenamecontextforever,level12'

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EnableTracewithBindVariablesinApps

ThiswillenablethetracewithBindVariablevaluesbeingshowninthetracefile.
ThescreeninOracleAppswillalsoprovidethenameofthetracefilewhichislocated
indirectlyidentifiedby
selectvaluefromv$parameterwherenamelike'%us%r%dump%'
Doingatkprofwithexplainplanoption,reviewingplansandstatsintracefilecanhelp
identifytheslowperformingSQL.

Question:WhatisthedifferencebetweenrunningGatherStatsandProgram
Optimizer[RGOPTM]inOracleGeneralLedger?
Answer:GatherStatswillsimplygatherthestatsagainstexistingtables,indexes
etc.HoweverGatherStatsdoesnotcreateanynewindexes.ButProgram
Optimizer[RGOPTM]cancreateindexesonGL_CODE_COMBINATIONS,provided
accountingsegmenthastheindexedflagenabled,

Question:YouhavewrittenapieceofcodeinPOR_CUSTOM_PKGforOracle
iProcurement,butitsnottakinganyeffect?Whatmaybethereason?
Answer:DependinguponwhichprocedureinPOR_CUSTOM_PKGhasbeen
programmed,oneormoreofthebelowprofileoptionsmustbesettoYes
POR:EnableReqHeaderCustomization
POR:EnableRequisitionLineCustomization
POR:EnableReqDistributionCustomization

Question:Whatisthekeybenefitofpunchingouttosupplierscatalogsratherthan
loadingtheircatalogslocallyinOracleiProcurement?
Answer:Punchouthasseveraladvantageslike,Catalogsdontneedtobeloaded
locallysavesspaceonyoursystem.Youcangetuptodatelistofcatalogsby
punchingoutandalsoyougetthebenefitofuptodatepricinginformationonvendor
items.

Question:Doesoraclehaveatestenvironmentonexchange?
Answer:http://testexchange.oracle.com

Question:DoesOracleGrantsuseitsownschemaordoesitusesOracleProject
Accountingschema?

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Answer:AlthoughOracleGrantshasitsownschemai.e.GMS,itreusesmanyofthe
tableswithinOracleProjectsSchemalikePA_PROJECTS_ALL,
PA_EXPENDITURE_ITEMS_ALL,PA_EXPENDITURE_TYPESetc.

Question:HowtomakeanOracleReportTypeconcurrentprogramproduceanexcel
friendlyoutput?
Answer:Commacanbeconcatenatedbetweenthecolumnvalues,howeverabetter
optionistocreatetabdelimitedfile,asittakescareofcommaswithinthestring.
Forthis,useSQLsimilartobelowinthereport
select'a'chr(9)'b'fromdual

Question:Whatarethesettingsneededforprintingbitmapreports?
Answer:GetyourDBAtoconfiguretwofilesi.e.uiprint.txt&default.ppd
Fordetails,refertoMetalinkNote189708.1

Question:ForaPL/SQLbasedconcurrentprogramdoyouhavetoissueacommitat
theend?
Answer:Theconcurrentprogramrunswithinitsownnewsession.InAPPS,the
defaultdatabasesettingenforcesacommitattheendofeachsession.Henceno
explicitCOMMITisrequired.

Question:Whatisthebestwaytoadddebuggingtothecodeinapps?
Answer:Usefnd_log.string,i.e.FNDLogging.BehindthescenesOraclesFND
Loggingusesautonomoustransactiontoinsertrecordsinatablenamed
fnd_log_messages.
Forexample
DECLARE
BEGIN
fnd_log.STRING(log_level=>fnd_log.level_statement
,module=>'xxxx''pk g/procedurename'
,message=>'yourdebugmessagehere')
END
ThreeprofileoptionseffectingFNDLoggingare
FND:DebugLogMode
FND:DebugLogEnabled
FND:DebugLogModule

Question:Ifyouwishtotriggerofanupdateorinsertinbespoketableortakesome
actioninresponsetoaTCArecordbeingcreatedormodified,howwouldyoudoit?
WillyouwriteadatabasetriggersonTCATables?
Answer:TherearevariouspredefinedEventsthatareinvokedfromtheOracleTCA
APIs.
TCAwasOraclesfirstinitiativetowardsafullyAPIbasedapproach,whichmeansthe
screenandtheprocessesallusethesamesetofAPIsfordoingsametask.
Inordertotakeanactionwhentheseeventsoccur,youcansubscribeacustom
PL/SQLprocedureoraCustomWorkflowtotheseevents.SomeoftheimportantTCA
eventsarelistedbelow:

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oracle.apps.ar.hz.ContactPoint.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.CustAccount.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.CustAccount.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.CustAcctSite.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.CustAcctSite.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.CustAcctSiteUse.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.CustAcctSiteUse.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.Location.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.Location.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.Organization.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.Organization.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.PartySite.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.PartySite.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.PartySiteUse.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.PartySiteUse.update
oracle.apps.ar.hz.Person.create
oracle.apps.ar.hz.Person.update

Question:InOracleOAFramework,istheMDSpage/documentdefinitionstoredin
databaseorinthefilesystem?
Answer:TheMDSdocumentdetailsareloadedintodatabase,inthefollowingsetsof
tables.
JDR_ATTRIBUTES
JDR_ATTRIBUTES_TRANS
JDR_COMPONENTS
JDR_PATHS
TheDocumentisloadedviaXMLImporter,

Question:InaOracleReportdatagroup,youhaveadatalinkbetweentwoqueries.
HowdoyouensurethatthedatalinkismadeOuterJoined?
Answer:ThedatalinkisanOuterJoinbydefault.

Question:HowdoessubstitutionworkinOAFramework?
WhatarethebenefitsofusingSubstitutioninOAFramework?
Answer:BasedontheuserthathasloggedintoOAFramework,MDSdefinesthe
contextoftheloggedinuser.Baseduponthisloggedincontext,allapplicable
personalizationareappliedbyMDS.Giventhatsubstitutionsareloadedassitelevel
personalizations,MDSappliesthesubstitutedBC4Jobjectsalongwiththe
personalizations.TheabovelistedstepsoccurassoonasRootApplicationmodule
hasbeenloaded.
ThebenefitofusingSubstitutionistoextendtheOAFrameworkwithout
customizationoftheunderlyingcode.ThisisofgreathelpduringUpgrades.Entity
ObjectsandValidationObjectscanbesubstituted.IthinkRootAMscantbe
substitutedgiventhatsubstitutionkicksoffafterRootAMgetsloaded.

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Question:InOAFramework,onceyourapplicationhasbeenextendedby
substitutions,isitpossibletorevertbacktoremovethosesubstitutions?
Answer:yes,bysettingprofileoptionDisableSelfServicePersonal%toYes,
keepinginmindthatallyourpersonalizationswillgetdisabledbythisprofileoption.
ThisprofileisalsoveryusefulwhendebuggingyourOAFrameworkbasedapplication
intheeventofsomeerror.Bydisablingthepersonalizationviaprofile,youcanisolate
theerror,i.e.isbeingcausedbyyourextension/substitutioncodeorbyOracles
standardfunctionality.
Question:HowcanyouimportinvoicesintoOracleReceivables?
Answer:YoucaneitheruseAutoInvoicebypopulatingtables
RA_INTERFACE_LINES_ALL,RA_INTERFACE_DISTRIBUTIONS_ALL&
RA_INTERFACE_SALESCREDITS_ALL.
AlternatelyyoumaydecidetouseAPIar_invoice_api_pub.create_single_invoicefor
ReceivablesInvoiceImport.
Question:Howdoyousetupacontextsensitiveflexfield
Answer:Note:Iwillpublishawhitepapertoshostepbystepapproach.
Butforthepurposeofyourinterview,abriefexplanationisa)Createareferencefield,
b)UsethatreferencefieldinContextFieldsectionofDFFSegmentscreenc)For
eachpossiblevalueofthecontextfield,youwillneedtocreateonerecordinsection
ContextFieldValue(beneaththeglobaldataelements).
Question:DoesOracleiProcurementusesametablesasOraclePurchasing?
Answer:Yes,iProcurementusesthesamesetofrequisitiontablesasareusedby
CorePurchasing.
Question:Whatisthenameoftheschemafortablesintca
Answer:AR(atleasttill11.5.10,notsureabout11.5.10).
Question:AresuppliersapartofTCA?
Answer:Unfortunatelynotyet.However,Release12willbemergingSuppliersinto
TCA.
Question:Whatisthelinkbetweenordermanagementandpurchasing
Answer:InternalRequisitionsgettranslatedintoInternalSalesOrders.
Question:HowwouldyouknowifthepurchaseorderXMLhasbeentransmittedto
vendor,lookingatthetables.
Answer:TheXMLdeliverystatuscanbefoundfromatablenamedecx_oxta_logmsg.
Usethequerybelow
SELECTedoc.document_number
,decode(eol.result_code,1000,'Success','Failure')ASstatus
,eol.result_text
FROMecx_oxta_logmsgeol
,ecx_doclogsedoc
,ecx_outbound_logseog
WHEREedoc.msgid=eol.sender_message_id
ANDeog.out_msgid=edoc.msgid
ORDERBYedoc.document_number
Question:Youhavedoneformspersonalization,nowhowwillyoumoveitfromone
environmenttoanother?
Answer:UseFNDLOAD.

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Question:Whatarethekeybenefitsofformspersonalizationovercustom.pll?
Answer:
>Multipleuserscandevelopformspersonalizationatanygivenpointintime.
>Itisfairlyeasytoenableanddisableformspersonalizations.
>Aprogrammerisnotrequiredtodosimplethingssuchashide/disablefieldsor
buttons.
>Providesmorevisibilityoncustomizationstothescreen.
Question:Tellmesomelimitationsofformspersonalizationwhencomparedto
CUSTOM.pll?
Answer:
>Can'tcreaterecordgroupqueries,hencecantimplementLOVQuerychanges.
>Can'tmakethingsinteractive,i.e.canthaveamessageboxthatgivesmultiple
choicesforexampleProceedorStopetc.

Question:Givemeoneexamplewhereappsusespartitioning?
Answer:WF_LOCAL_ROLES

Question:GivemeoneexampleofsecuringattributesiniProcurement.
Answer:YoucandefineRealmtobundlesuppliersintoaCategory.Suchrealmcan
thenbeassignedtotheUserusingDefineUserScreen.SecurityAttribute
ICX_POR_REALM_IDcanbeused.Bydoingso,theuserwillonlybemadevisible
thosePunchoutsuppliersthatbelongtotherealmagainsttheirsecuringattributes.

Question:Canyousendblobattachmentsviaworkflownotifications?
Answer:Yes,youcansendBLOBAttachments.

OracleHRMSPayrollInterviewQuestions
DearLearnersandJobhuntersforOracleHRMSandPayroll.Pleasefindsomebasic
levelquestionsthatyou
mightbeaskedinanInterview.

Qns1.Canyoucallpl/sqlpackagefunctionsfromwithinaFastFormula?
Ans1.Yesyoucan
>Howdowedothis?
>ThereisaDefineFunctionscreeninHR.Inthisscreenyouwillregisterthepl/sql
asExternalFunction.

>IfwewanttopassaparameterPAYROLL_IDtothisexternalpl/sqlFunction,how
dowedoit?

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>TheDefineFunctionscreenhasabuttonnamedContextUsage.Thisbutton
opensupawindowinwhichyoucan
registertheparameters.

Qns2:P35reportisrunaftertheEndOfYear(EOY)process.
DoyouknowwhichtablesdoesEOYprocesspopulate.
P35andP60reportsusesthesetableswhichgetpopulatedbyEOY
Ans2:FF_ARCHIVE_ITEMS
FF_ARCHIVE_ITEM_CONTEXTS

Qns3:HowdoyouDebugaFastFormula?
Ans3:YoucancreateamessagevariableinFastFormula.
ThismessagevariablemustalsoberegisteredasaFormulaResult(InFormula
ResultRulewindow).

Qns4:WhatarethevariouslevelswhereyoucanSetupPayrollCostingAccounts?
Whichlevelstakethehighestprecedence?**AssumeLaborDistributionsisnot
implemented**
Ans4
ElementEntry=>Highest
Assignment=>SecondHighest
Organization=>ThirdHighest
ElementLink=>FourthHighest
Payroll=>FifthHighest

Qns5:Technicallyspeaking,howdoyouknowfromtablesthatanEmployeehas
beenterminated?
Ans5:
(a)ThePerson_Type_IDinPER_PERSON_TYPE_USAGES_Fwillcorrespondto
SystemPersonTypeEX_EMP
(b)ArecordgetscreatedintablePER_PERIODS_OF_SERVICEwith
Actual_Termination_datebeingnotnull

Qns6:HowcanyoumakeEmployeeNumbergenerationAutomatedbasedon
businessruleetc.
Ans6:UseFastFormula.

Qns7:Whatisthedifferencebetweenper_people_fandper_all_people_f
Ans7:PER_PEOPLE_FisasecuredviewontopofPER_ALL_PEOPLE_F.The

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secureviewusesanAPIhr_security.show_person.
ThisAPIinternallychecksforanentryintablePER_PERSON_LISTfortheloggedin
person'ssecurityprofile.Aconcurrent
programnamed"SecurityListMaintainenceprogram"willinsertrecordsin
PER_PERSON_LIST

OracleHRMSSelfServiceInterviewSomeSimpleQuestions
Qns1:
IfyoudopersonalizationatbothFUNCTIONlevelandResponsibilitylevel,which
personalizationhashigherprecedence?
Ans1:
Responsibilitylevel.ResponsibilitylevelwilloverrideFUNCTIONlevelpersonalizations.

Qns2:
SayyouhavedonealotofPersonalizationstoSelfServiceScreens.
ButallthesePersonalizationsweredoneinDEVELOPMENTenvironment.
HowwillyoumigratethesepersonalizationstoPRODUCTIONenvironment?
Ans2:
Before11.5.7UseAKLoad
ThisisajavaprogramgivenbyOracle.Thisistheonlywayyoucanscriptit.
InDEVyouwilldoakdloadDOWNLOAD(&otherparameters)
InPRDyouwilldoakdloadUPLOAD(&otherparameters)
Onorafter11.5.10UseresponsibilityFunctionalAdministrator,thenclick
onPersonalizationTab,andthenclickonImport/Export.
Nextselectthedocumentstobeexported.
Gototheunixboxandtarthepersonalizationsintoa.tarfile.
OntheProductionenvironmentunzipthistarfileinlocationasenteredinprofileFND:
PersonalizationDocumentRootPath.
SettingupofthisprofileismandatoryorelseOracleFrameworkwouldntknowwhere
tosearchforthefilestobeimported
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