Applications in Oracle Apps

Applications in Oracle Apps

In this training chapter I will explain what Application means, in Oracles context. As a thumbrule, for one module there is one single application.  Oracle is a mixture of various applications like Payables, General Ledger, Payroll, Human Resources, manufacturing. You can call these modules, but officially these are called applications. Hence the name Oracle Applications(i think) Is there a relation between application and table:- Indirectly/logically there is, as the table is owned by a specific schema, and then a schema is related to an Application( though logically, as this relation is not enforced by the System). What precautions do I take when creating a new table in oracle apps:- Ans: Find out from DBA's the schema in which your custom tables are meant to be created. Create the desired table in custom schema. Note: If your custom table will support multi-org, then its name must finish with _all and also it must have a integer column named org_id Qns: For an Oracle Apps developer, what else must be the consideration with respect to Application. Ans: I will jump the training ship to explain this. In case you do not understand, then wait for the training lesson on concurrent programs. a. Each program has an executable. For example reports have rdf, sql*plus has .sql file, forms has .fmx, Unix Shell Script has .prog(in apps) & D2k libraries have .plx b. When you register an executable with Oracle Apps, you must then register this against an Application. c. Each application is mapped to a specific path,say to a directory in unix box. For example, Applicaton XXPO (that holds PO Customizations) may map to /home/oracle/apps/appl/po d. Say you have developed/customized a report for PO Module. Assume your report executable name is XXPOPRINT.rdf . If you register this executable with XXPO applicaton, then this rdf must be copied/ftp'ed to /home/oracle/apps/appl/po e. When running this report in Oracle Apps, oracle will ask below series of questions to itself I see that user is running XXPOPRINT.rdf, which applicaton is this report registered against? Oh well, it is XXPO application, then where is the directory location where I can expect to find this file? Oh ok, application definition of XXPO is mapped to /home/oracle/apps/appl/po (as per application definition), hence lets pick the rdf from /home/oracle/apps/appl/po/reports/US Here lies the significance of applicaton in oracle apps. Now some notes:- 1. Profile options can be defined at application level too. 2. All the Forms & Reports are attached to an Application. 3. Each application has a base path, which effectively is also the Environment variable on operating system. The below image can be clicked to see how applications are defined in Oracle Apps. One needs to navigate to System Administrator responsibilotu. and select Menu /Application/Register. As a developer, it is not your responsibility to define this, however I suggest that you understand this well.