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Inventory Transactions
Steve Cooper, Daniel Newman and Vishnu Vemulapalli
Agenda

• Transaction Types & Purposes

• Transaction Flow Overview
• Transaction Tables
• Troubleshooting
• Common Issues

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Transaction Types

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 Oracle Inventory Transaction Types

• Transaction Types for Inventory are the combination of

the transaction source type and the transaction action.

• Transaction Types must be specified when processing transaction

records in order to keep historical information. This information can be
used for reporting, monitoring and managing business.

• Transaction Source Type + Transaction Action = Transaction Type

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Transaction Action: Indicates the type of exchange or action for a

particular transaction.

Transaction Source Type: Entity against which Inventory will

charge a Transaction.

Transaction Type: Identifies a Transaction. See Oracle Inventory

User Guide for complete list of supported transaction types.

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Oracle Inventory Transaction Types

 Query MTL_TRANSACTION_TYPES to find all transactions defined:

SELECT
TRANSACTION_TYPE_ID "Txn_Type_ID",
TRANSACTION_TYPE_NAME "Txn_Name",
DESCRIPTION "Description",
TRANSACTION_ACTION_ID "Action_ID",
TRANSACTION_SOURCE_TYPE_ID "Source_ID"
FROM
MTL_TRANSACTION_TYPES;

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Transaction Flow Overview

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Transactions Flow Diagram (Note 741477.1)

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 Oracle Inventory
Transaction Tables

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MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE (MTI)
•3 rd party modules
•Order Management/WIP
•Troubleshooting columns to verify:
PROCESS_FLAG = 1
LOCK_FLAG = 2
TRANSACTION_MODE = 3
ERROR_CODE & ERROR_EXPLANATION = NULL

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MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE (MTI)

MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE
•Stores lot information for transactions in MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE
•Join to MTI using TRANSACTION_INTERFACE_ID
MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS_INTERFACE
•Stores serial information for transactions in MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE
•Join to MTI using TRANSACTION_INTERFACE_ID
Module
•INCTCM – Material Transaction Manager
Form
•Inventory -> Transactions -> Transactions Open Interface
(INVTVPTX.fmb)
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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP (MMTT)

•Transactions written directly to Temp bypassing MTI

All Inventory originated transactions
Purchasing, WIP Discrete/Repetitive, Move Orders
•All Transactions passed from MTI must validate in MMTT
•Troubleshooting columns to verify:
PROCESS_FLAG = Y
LOCK_FLAG = N
TRANSACTION_MODE = 3
ERROR_CODE & ERROR_EXPLANATION = NULL

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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP (MMTT)

•MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_TEMP
Stores lot information for transactions in
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP
Join to MMTT using TRANSACTION_TEMP_ID

•MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS_TEMP
Stores serial information for transactions in
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP
Join to MMTT using TRANSACTION_TEMP_ID

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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP (MMTT)

•No fields are updateable via the Application

•Modules:
INCTCM:Material Txn Mgr: Background Processing
INCTM: Remote Procedure Manger: Online Processing
INLTPU:Maintains Transaction Info
Inventory -> Transactions -> Pending Transactions
INVTVTMP.fmb

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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TEMP (MMTT)

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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS (MMT)

•Historical table of all material transactions

•Cost Manager polls table for transactions to cost
•Troubleshooting columns to verify:
COSTED_FLAG = N
TRANSACTION_GROUP_ID = NULL
Unique TRANSACTION_ID for each row
Other columns dependent upon Transaction Type
•Errors in Cost Worker log viewable from Sys Admin

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Oracle Inventory
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS (MMT)

•Transactions MUST appear chronologically and be costed chronologically

for any Costing methods of Avg, LIFO, FIFO
•Records must exist in CST_ITEM_COSTS & CST_ITEM_COST_DETAILS
•Standard costing does not require transaction be processed
chronologically.
• Modules
CMCTCM: Cost Manager
CMCACW Actual Cost Worker – Avg Cost
CMCLCW Layer Cost Worker - LIFO/FIFO
CMCMCW Cost Worker – Std Cost

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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS (MMT)

•Form
Inventory -> Transactions -> Material Transactions
Reason/Reference Tab: Costed Y/N
INVTVTXN.fmb

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MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS (MMT)

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MTL_TRANSACTION_ACCOUNTS(MTA)

•Holds the accounting information for each material transaction

in MMT
•This is used for Discrete Manufacturing
•In most cases, each costed row in MMT should have at least 2 or
more rows in MTA to represent the transaction Debit and Credit
•Join to MMT by TRANSACTION_ID
•Troubleshooting columns to verify:
GL_BATCH_ID = -1
REFERENCE_ACCOUNT = NOT NULL

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MTL_TRANSACTION_ACCOUNTS(MTA)

•Module
INLTGL: Transfer to GL
•Form
Inv -> Transactions -> Material Distributions
CSTFQITD

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MTL_TRANSACTION_ACCOUNTS(MTA)

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 Oracle Inventory
Transaction Troubleshooting

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Oracle Inventory
Troubleshooting – Ensure Managers Are Up

•Concurrent Managers Up
Sys Admin -> Concurrent -> Managers -> Administer
Managers
Inventory Manager
Inventory Remote Procedure Manager
Standard Manager (Cost)
•Transaction & Cost Interface Managers Up
Inventory -> Setup -> Transactions-> Interface Managers
Check Scheduling

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Oracle Inventory: Concurrent Managers

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Oracle Inventory: Launching Interface Managers

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Oracle Inventory
Scheduling Interface Managers

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Example: Inventory transaction worker

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Oracle Inventory Debug

•Debug Profile Options

INV: Debug file – Must have read/write privileges
Ensure the debug file is set with a directory existing in
utl_file_dir that can be found with this sql:
select value from v$parameter where name = 'utl_file_dir';
Example: /tmp/invdbg_SR.db
INV: Debug Trace – ‘Yes’
INV: Debug Level – Set to ‘11’

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Common Issues

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Common Issues

• WIP
 Rows missing in WPB = INV_NO_UPDATE message
 Transactions without transaction_source_id
 Difference in decimal precision from INV to WIP
 Transactions without required data (I.e. locator, subinventory info)
 WIP allows job to be closed without checking if all transactions are
completely costed.
 Error in “inltpu” message

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Common Issues

• Order Management
 OM allows transactions in a closed INV period
 OM not enforcing Inventory controls
 OM does not check if Internal Req open before processing Internal
Sales Order
 Closing Sales Order in OM does not always relieve demand /
reservations
 Onhand quantity related issues

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Common Issues

• Purchasing
 Cryptical error messages “rvtii 060 or 150”
 Error in “inltpu” message

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Common Issues

• Cost
 Cost mgr not up or not scheduled
 Costing fails with no messages (usually due to missing required data)
 Cost transactions out of sequence (not chronologically processed)

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Common Issues

• Inventory
 Interface Managers not up or not scheduled
 Serial number issues (current_status = 6)
 Bugs with inltpu module

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