What is Concurrent Programming?

Concurrent Processing in Oracle Apps simultaneously executes programs running in the Background with online operations to fully utilize your hardware capacity.

Use Concurrent Programming for

Long Running – Data intensive tasks such as Posting a Journal or generating a report.

What is the Role of Concurrent Managers?

A Concurrent Manager is a component of concurrent processing that monitors and runs tasks without tying up your computer.

What is AOL?

Oracle Applications are constructed and maintained using the Application Object Library (AOL).

The Three main areas of AOL are

Applications Security
Operating Profile
Concurrent Processing

Define Interfaces. What are the different types of Interfaces?

Interfaces are used to integrate external systems and data conversion in Oracle Applications.

These can be used to either transfer data from Oracle Applications to a Flat File or Data from Legacy System to Oracle Applications.

There are two types of Interfaces. Inbound and Outbound Interfaces.

Inbound Interfaces are used to transfer data from external system to Oracle Applications.

Outbound Interfaces are used to transfer data from Oracle Applications to External System.

Open Interface is the interface whose interface logic is provided by Oracle.

Custom Interface is an Interface whose logic is developed by implementation team.

What are alerts? What are the different types of alerts? Explain.

Alerts

Immediately inform you of the database activity as it happens.
Can Periodically trigger off events as and when required
Can take predefined actions
Allow you to define distribution list
Can keep history of the exceptions and actions taken against them.

There are two types of alerts.

Event Alerts
Periodic Alerts

What is the Flex field? What are the types of Flex field?

Flex Field is “Flexible Field”
A Flexfield is made up of Segments.
Each segment has a name that can be assigned and has set of valid values.
There are two types of Flex field Key Flex Field and Descriptive Flex Fields.

What are the tables related to flex field?

FND_FLEX_VALUES
FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS
FND_FLEX_VALUES_TL

What is AD_DD package?

AD_DD Package is used to register the Table, Columns, and Primary Key in Oracle Applications.

PROCEDURE REGISTER_TABLE

Arguments:

P_APPL_SHORT_NAME
P_TAB_NAME
P_TAB_TYPE
P_NEXT_EXTENT
P_PCT_FREE
P_PCT_USED

PROCEDURE REGISTER_COLUMN

Arguments

· P_APPL_SHORT_NAME

· P_TAB_NAME

· P_COL_NAME

· P_COL_SEQ

· P_COL_TYPE

· P_COL_WIDTH

· P_NULLABLE

· P_TRANSLATE

· P_PRECISION

· P_SCALE

What are the types of Value sets?

· None

· Table

· Special

· Pair

· Dependent

· Independent

· Translatable Dependent

· Translatable Independent

What are the Special and Pair Flex Field?

Special – Value Sets uses FlexField itself

Pair – Two Flex Fields together specifies a range of valid values.

What are the Translatable Dependent and Independent Flex Fields?

Translatable Independent – Input must exist on previously defined set List of

Values. Translated value can be used.

Translatable Dependent means Input is checked against a subset of values

Based on a prior value. Translated value can be used.

What is FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST?

Submits a Concurrent Request for Processing by a Concurrent Manager.

Arguments – Application,program,description,start_time,sub_request,arg1..

What is Client Info?

By calling this Program in SQL*PLUS or reports with correct parameters user can achieve concurrent program environment for testing.

FND_CLIENT_INFO.setup_client_info(application_id Number,

Responsibility_id Number,

User_id Number,

Security_Group_id Number);

Give the Directory structure in apps?

$APPL_TOP - Product Directory- Version-

What are the steps in Registering Concurrent Program?

Go to Programs and Define Executables.
Go to Programs and Define Concurrent Program
Go to Responsibility and attach the Request group you want.

What are the different types of executable available in Concurrent Programming?

Host
Oracle Reports
PL/SQL Stored Procedures
SQL*LOADER
SQL*PLUS
Spawned
JSP

What are Request Sets?

Request set is a collection of Reports/Programs that you group together and can be submitted to run is a single interaction.

What is Standard Request Submission (SRS Feature)?

SRS provides you with a set of windows for running reports and Programs and a set of windows for creating groups of reports and programs to run together.

Features

Specify whether reports or programs in a request set run sequentially or simultaneously
Specify whether to continue with a request set if a report or program in a sequential set fails
View a log file
Specify alternative requests based on completion status of previously run requests in a request set.

What are the different API’s for Concurrent Programming?

FND_CONCURRENT
FND_FILE
FND_PROGRAM
FND_SET
FND_REQUEST
FND_REQUEST_INFO
FND_SUBMIT

What are the Different PLL’s Used in Forms?

CUSTOM.pll
FNDSQF.pll
APPCORE.pll
APPCORE2.pll
appdaypk.pll
APPSTAND.pll

What are the Steps in Forms Customization?

Define the Form Name in FORM Screen
Define Form Functions
Attach to Menu/Attach to Request group

What are the triggers that can be modified during Forms Customization?

Pre-Forms
When-New-Form-Instance
Query_Find
Post-Form
Key-Clrfrm
Accept

What are the triggers that cannot be modified during Forms Customization?

STANDARD_ATTACHMENT
ZOOM
FOLDER_ACTION
KEY-HELP
KEY-EXIT
KEY-COMMIT
WHEN-WINDOW_CLOSED
CLOSE_WINDOW

What are the FlexField Qualifiers?

A Flex field qualifier identifies a particular segment of a key flex field.

What are the Segment Qualifiers?

A Segment Qualifier identifies a particular type of value in a single segment of a key flex field.

What is a Dynamic Insertion?

Dynamic Insertion is the insertion of new valid combination into a Key Flexfields Combinations Table from a form other than the combinations form.

All Validation rules still will apply during insertion.

What are the different Level of Profiles?

User Profiles are used

To set options that affect your applications behavior o your preference.
A Collection of changeable options that affect the way your applications run
Modify Product Specific variables
Gives Control over certain Oracle Applications features.

Profile Levels

· Site Level

· Application Level

· Responsibility Level

· User Level

Site Level is the lowest level.

Explain Multi-Organization Structure?

Set of book

A financial reporting entity that uses a particular chart of accounts, functional currency and accounting calendar.

Business Group

This is highest level in the Organization Structure. The Business group secures HR Information. Multiple set of books can share same business group.

Legal Entity

A legal company for which you prepare fiscal or tax reports.

Balancing Entity

Represents an accounting entity for which you prepare financial statements.

This is the segment in Accounting Flexfield.

Operating Unit

An Organization that Uses Oracle Cash Management, Order Management and shipping Execution, Oracle Payables, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle receivables.

It may be a Sales office division or a department. An Operating Unit is associated with legal entity.

Inventory Organization

An Organization for which you track Inventory transactions and balances and/or an Organization that manufactures or distributes products.

HR Organization

HR Organization represents the basic work structure of any enterprise. They usually represent Functional Management or reporting groups that exists within a business group.