Oracle Apps Top 67 Interview Questions

1. What is SET-OF-BOOKS?
Ans: Collection of Chat of Accounts and Currency and Calendars is called SO
2. How can u call a standard interface program from SQL or pl/SQL code?
Ans:
1 FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST („PO?,?EXECUTABLE NAME?,,,,PARAMETERS)

3. API?s FOR CUSTOMER INTERFACE?

Ans:
1 HZ_CUST_A/C_VZPUB.UPDATE_CUST_A/C
2 HZ_CUST_A/C_VZPUB.CREATE_CUST_A/C
3 FND_PROFILES
4 FND_APPLICATIONS
5 FND_GLOBAL
6 FND-FILE
7 FND_CONCSUB
(can submit conc program in host environment)

4. PL/SQL stored procedure parameters? or what are the two parameters that
are mandatory for pl/sql type concurrent program?

Ans: Procedure/function (ERRBUF OUT RETCODE OUT ………………….)

ERRBUF:- Used to write the error message to log or request file.
RETCODE:- Populate log request file with program submission details info.

5. What is a Value Set?

Ans:
 The value set is a collection (or) container of values.
 Whenever the value set associated with any report parameters. It provides a
list of values to the end user to accept one of the values as the report
parameter value.
 If the list of values needed to be dynamic and ever-changing and define a
table based values set.
6. What r the validation types?

 None - validation is minimal.

 Independent - input must exist on a previously defined list of values
 Dependent - input is checked against a subset of values based on a prior
value.
 Table - input is checked against values in an application table
 Special - values set uses a flex field itself.
 Pair - two flex fields together specify a range of valid values.
 Translatable independent - input must exist on previously defined list
of values; translated values can be used.
 Translatable dependent - input is checked against a subset of values
based on prior values; the translated value can be used.

7. What is a template?

Ans:
 The TEMPLATE form is the required starting point for all development of new
Forms.
 The TEMPLATE form includes platform-independent attachments of several
Libraries.
APP SCORE:- It contains package and procedures that are required of all
forms to support the MENUS, TOOLBARS.
APPSDAYPK:- It contains packages that control the Oracle applications
CALENDER FEATURES.
FNDSQF:- it contains packages and procedures for MESSAGE DICTIONARY,
FLEX FIELDS, PROFILES, AND CONCURRENT PROCESSING.
CUSTOM:- it allows extension of Oracle applications forms without
modification of Oracle application code, you can use the custom library for
customization such as zoom ( such as moving to another form and querying
up specific records)

8. What are ad-hoc reports?

Ans: Ad - hoc Report is made to meet one-time reporting needs. Concerned with
or formed for a particular purpose. For example, ad hoc tax codes or an ad hoc
database query.

9. What is responsibility?

Ans: Is collection of menus, request security groups and data groups

Menus: a collection of forms is nothing but menus
Request security groups: a collection of programs.
Data groups: is a group of modules to be made accessible by the user through
Responsibility System admin

10. Oracle E-Business Suite?

Ans: Oracle apps + analytical components software. (Oracle discover) (Oracle

sales analyzer) (Oracle financial analyzer) (Oracle marketing analyzer)

11. What is multi-org?

Ans: “Legal entity has more than one operating unit is called as multi-org”
 Business group - Human resources information is secured by Business group
 Legal entity - inter-company and fiscal/tax reporting.
operating unit.
 Operating unit - secures AR, OE, AP, PA and PO Information.
 Organizations - is a specialize unit of work at particular locations

12. What is ERP? The architecture of apps?

Ans: A packaged business software system that lets a company automate and
integrate the majority of its business processes; share common data and
practices across the enterprise; [and] produce and access information in a real-
time environment.

13. Data Link

Ans:
 Data links relate to the results of multiple queries.
 A data link (Parent-Child Relation Ship) causes the child query to be executed
once for each instance of its parent group.
14. In which tables FF are stored?

Ans:
 FND – ID – FLEX
 FND-ID-FLEX-STRUCTURES 5

15. Oracle Applications Architecture

Ans:
Internet computing Architecture is a framework for 3-tired, distributed
computing that supports Oracle Applications products.
The Three tiers are
 Data Base Tier- Database tier manages Oracle 8i database.
 Application Tier - Application tier manages Oracle Applications and other
tools.
 Desk Top Tier - Desktop tier provides the user interface displace.
With internet computing architecture, only the presentation layer of Oracle
Applications is on the Desk Top tier in the form of a plug-in to a standard
internet brows

16. List of some API?

Ans:
FND_PROGRAM.EXECUTABLE
FND_PROGRAM.REGISTER
1 FND_PROGRAM.PARAMETER
2 FND_PROGRAM.ADD_TO_GROUP
3 FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST
4 FND_PROFILE.VALUE
5 FND_PROFILE.GET
6
7
17. How to get the second parameter value based on the first parameter?

Ans:
1 $fle x $ value setname.
18. How to call WHO columns into the form
Ans:
By using FND_STANDARD API?S
FND_STANDARD.FORM_INFO 6
Provides information about the form.
Should be called form when_new_form – instance – instance trigger.
FND_standard.set_who
loads WHO columns with proper user information.
Should be called from PRE_UPDTE and PRE_INSERT
Triggers for each block with WHO fields
If this is used FND-GLOBAL need not be called. (FND_GLOBAL.WHO)
1 FND_STANDARD.SYSTEM_DATE

This is a function which returns date.

Behave exactly like SYSDATE built-in.
1 FNID_STANDARD.USER

This is a function which returns varchar2

Behaves exactly like built-in USER..
19. APPCORE API?S
Ans:
 APP_COMBO
 APP_DATE
 APP_EXCEPTION
 APP_FIELD
 APP_FIND
 APP_ITEM
 APP_ITEM_PROPERTY
 APP_NAVIGATE
 APP_RECORD
 APP_REGION 7
 APP_STANDARD
 APP_WINDOW
0. FNDSQF API?S

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Ans:
 FND_CURRENCY
 FND_DATE
 FND_GLOBAL
 FND_ORG
 FND_STANDARD
 FND_UTILITIES.OPEN_URL
 FND_UTILITIES. PARAM_EXISTS

21. How to register a table and columns through the back end?

Ans:
 by using AD_DD package for registering a table
 AD_DD BPI doesn't?t check for the existence of the registered table or
column in the database schema, but only updates the required SQL tables.
 It should be ensured that all the tables and columns registered exist actually
and have the same format as that defined using AD_DD API.
 Views need not be registered.

22. Function FND_REQUEST.SUBMIT_REQUEST

Ans:
1 ( application in varchar2 default null,
2 program in varchar2 default null,
3 description in varchar2 default null,
4 start-time in varchar2 default null,
5 sub_request in bookan default False,
6 argument1,
7 arguemnt2,
8 argument 100) return number;

If this is submitted from oracle forms, all the arguments ( 1 to 100 ) must be
specified.

23. What is the reason for not getting any data when a multi-org view is
quired?

Ans:
 To get the data correctly, the xxx-ALL must be referenced and the ORG_ID
value should be specified to extract portioned data.
 Multiorgan views are partitioned by using ORG_ID.
 So access through multi-org views will not return any roes, as the
CLIENT_INFO Value is not set
 Use HR_OPERATING UNITS to identify the organization _id of the OU on
which query is based.
 Use FND_CLIENT_INFO package to set the value in CLIENT INPO using
set_org_contest.
 Execute fnd_client_info. Set_org_context („?);
 Now querying of multi-org views can be done.

24. How do you find that muliorg is installed?

Ans:
 Multi-organization architecture is meant to allow multiple companies or
subsidiaries to store their records within a single database.
 Multiple organization Architecture allows this by partitioning data through
views in APPS schema.
 Implementation of Multi org generally includes more than one business
group.
To know whether multi-org is existing or not
select multi_org_flag
form fnd_product_groups)
 If the result is „Y? means the database is the group for multiorg

25. What are Handlers?

Ans: A handler is a group of packaged procedures which is used by Oracle

Applications to organize. PL/SQL code in forms.
1. Handlers provide a way to centralize the code so that it becomes easier to
develop, maintain and debug.
2. The packaged procedures available in a handler are called form the triggers
by passing the name of the trigger as an argument for the procedure to
process.
Handlers are types:-
 Item Handlers
 Event Handlers
 Table Handlers
 Business Rules
3. Handlers reside in program units in the form or in stored packed in the
database.
26. What is a Data Group?

Ans:
 A data group is a group of Oracle applications and the Oracle ID's of each
application
 Oracle ID grants access privileges to tables in an Oracle Database
 Data group determines which Oracle Database accounts a responsibilities
forms, concurrent programs and reports connect to.

27. What is the Responsibility?

Ans:
 Responsibility defines Applications Privileges
 Responsibility is a level of authority in Oracle Applications that lets users only
those Oracle Applications functions and data appropriate to their roles in an
organization.
 Each user has at list one or more responsibilities and several users can share
the same responsibility 22
 A specific application or a set of applications.
 A set of books
 A restricted list of windows that a user can navigate
 Reports in a specific application.
28. What are security Attributes?
Ans: Security Attributes are used by Oracle self-service web Applications to
allow rows of data to be visible to specified users responsibilities based on the
specific data contained in the row.

29. What is a Profile Option?

Ans:
 Profile options are the set of changeable options that affect how the
application looks and behaves.
 By setting profile options, the applications can be made to react in different
ways for different users depending on the specific user attributes.


30. What are the steps involved in developing a flex field?

Ans:
 Designing the table structure
 Creating fields on the form (Visible/Hidden)
 Calling appropriate routines
 Registration of the flex field.
 Definition of the flex field.

31. What is an application /Module?

Ans: Application is a collection of forms, function, and menus

32. What are the types of Concurrent Managers 25

Ans: Three MASTER CONCURRENT MANAGERS:

 Internal Concurrent Manager (ICM): This is the one which monitors all other
CMs
 Standard Manager (SM): This takes care of report running and batch jobs
 Conflict Resolution Manager (CRM): checks concurrent program definitions
for compatibility checks.
We cannot delete a concurrent manager… but we can disable it… but it’s not
recommended.

33. multi-org set up

Ans: Begin dbms_application_info.set_client_info(‘ORG_ID’);

end;
34. What is the relation between Responsibility, Menu and Request Group?
Ans: Responsibility: – A responsibility is a set of authority in Oracle Apps that
lets users access only that functionality of the application appropriate to their
roles.
Menu: – A menu is a hierarchical arrangement of functions and menus of
functions that appears in the Navigator. Each responsibility has a menu assigned
to it.
Request Group: – it is a collection of reports or concurrent programs. A system
Administrator defines report groups in order to control user access to reports
and concurrent programs.
Only a system administrator can create a request group.

35. What is a function, how to create one?

Ans: A function is apart of an application?s functionality that is registered under

a unique name for the purpose of assigning to it to, or excluding it from, a menu
(and by extension, responsibility). There are several types of functions: – Form
Functions, SubFunctions, and Non-form functions. We often refer to a form
function simply as a form.

36. What is meant by APPL_TOP?

Ans: An environment variable that denotes the installation directory for Oracle
Application Object Library and your other Oracle applications. $APPL_TOP is
usually one directory level above each of the product directories (which are
often referred to as $PROD_TOP or $PRODUCT_TOP or $_TOP).

37. Explain briefly where are the Custom. all, Forms, Reports, SQL Loader
Control files, Shell Script source code and executables files kept?

Ans:
1 Custom.pll – $AU_TOP/resource
2 Forms – $PROD_TOP/Forms/US
3 Reports – $PROD_TOP/Reports/US
4 SQL Control Files – $PROD_TOP/Bin
5 Shell Scripts – $PROD_TOP/Bin

38. When is Custom.pll used?

Ans: Custom.pll is used while making new or customizing standard oracle forms
in apps. It contains all the forms of libraries for apps.
39. What are profile options; at what levels can these be set?

Ans: A user profile is a set of changeable options that affect the way the
applications run. Oracle Does applications object Library establish a value for
each option in a user?s profile when the User logs on or changes responsibility.
 System Profile: – Profile option can be set for the user community.
 User Profile: – Provide Oracle Apps with standard information which
describes a user, Application, Responsibility, and site. At each profile level,
user profile options can be set.

40. How can you know the form (FMB) name when you open a form in Apps?

Ans: Help

41. Where do you create a table and sequence in Apps? Is it APPS schema?

Ans: In custom schema and then grant privileges on it to APPS schema.

42. Where are Views and Procedures created?

Ans: Views:– Views are to be created only in APPS.

Procedures:– In custom schema and the grant it to APPS schema.

43. Can new profiles be created? If so how?

Ans: Yes. Application Developer.

44. What is the approach to create a new form to be used in Oracle Apps?

Ans: The TEMPLATE form is the required starting point of all development of
new forms. Start Developing each new form by copying the TEMPLATE.FMB file,
located in $AU_TOP/forms/US(or your language and platform equivalent), to a
local directory and Rename it as appropriate.

45. Explain the Value Set? Difference between a Table Validated and
Independent Value Set?

Ans: A set of values against which Oracle Application Object Library validates
values your end users enter when running your program. You define your value
set by specifying validation 28 rules, format constraints and other properties.
For example, you could define a value set to contain values that are character
strings, validated from a table in your application. You can Specify that Oracle
Application Object Library uses the same value set to validate different Report
parameters. You can also use value sets that you use in your flex fields to
validate Your report parameters.

46. How do you create a table-validated value set dependent on another value
set?

Ans: Use:
1 $FLEX$.

in the where condition.

47. How do you set the operating unit context in a report?

Ans:
1 Begin
2 Dbms_application_info.set-client-info();
3 End;

48. Can you submit a concurrent request from the operating system directly?

Ans:
1 Write a Shellscript.
2 login to database
3 Run the function FND_REQUEST.Submit()

49. Explain how to generate a trace file for a pl/SQL concurrent program for
tuning?

Ans:
Check the? Enable Trace? a checkbox in the concurrent program registration
window.
50. How do you “write” to the concurrent request Log and Output file?

Ans:
1 FND_FILE.PUT(FND_FILE.LOG or FND_FILE.OUTPUT, );

51. What is the difference between the Operating Unit and Inventory
Organization?

Ans: Operating Unit:- An Organization that uses Oracle Cash management,

Order Management, and Shipping Execution, Oracle Payables, Oracle
Purchasing, and Oracle Receivables. It may be a sales Office, a division, or adept.
An operating unit is associated with a legal entity. Information is secured by
operating unit for these applications. Each user sees information only for their
operating unit. To run any of these applications, you choose a responsibility
associated with an organization classified as an operating unit.
An organization for which you track inventory transactions and balances, and/or
an organization that manufactures or distributes products. Examples include
(but are not limited to) manufacturing plants, warehouses, distribution centers,
and sales offices. The following applications secure information by inventory
organization: Oracle Inventory, Bills of Material, Engineering, and Work in
Process, Master Scheduling/MRP, Capacity, and Purchasing receiving functions.
To run any of these applications, you must choose an organization that has been
classified as an inventory organization.
52. What is a Set of Books?

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Ans: A financial reporting entity that uses a particular chart of accounts,

functional currency, And accounting calendar. Oracle General Ledger secures
transaction information (such as journal entries and balances) by a set of books.
When you use Oracle General Ledger, you choose a responsibility that specifies
a set of books. You then see information for that set of books only.

53. What is the Item Validation Organization?

Ans: The organization that contains your master list of items. You define it by
setting the OM: Item Validation Organization parameter. You must define all
items and bills in your Item Validation Organization, but you also need to
maintain your items and bills in separate organizations if you want to ship them
from other warehouses.
1 OE_System_

54. What is the difference between key flexfield and Descriptive flexfield?

Ans: Key Flexfield is used to describe unique identifiers that will have a better
meaning than using number IDs. e.g a part number, a cost center, etc Dec Flex
is used to just capture extra information. Key Flexfields have qualifiers whereas
Desc Flexfields do not. Dec Flexfields can have context-sensitive segments while
Key flexfields cannot.
And one more different that KFF displays like text item but DFF displays like [ ].

55. Which procedure should be called to enable a DFF in a form?

Ans:
ND_DESCR_FLEX.DEFINE (BLOCK => ‘BLOCK_NAME’ ,FIELD => ‘FORM_FIELD_NAME
1
,DESC_FLEX_NAME => ‘DFF_NAME’ );

56. Which procedure should be used to make the DFF read-only at run time?

Ans:
1 FND_DESCR_FLEX.UPDATE_DEFINITION()

57. What is the difference between the flexfield qualifier and the segment
qualifier?

Ans: Flexfiled qualifier identifies segement in a flexfield and segment qualifier

identifies value in a segment.
There are four types of flex field qualifier
 Balancing segment qualifier
 cost center
 natural account and
 intercompany
segment qualifier:-
 allow budgeting
 allow posting
 account type
 control account and
 reconciliation flag

58. Where do concurrent request log files and output files go?

Ans: The concurrent manager first looks for the environment variable $APPLCSF
If this is set, it creates a path using two other environment variables:
1 $APPLLOG and $APPLOUT

It places log files in

1 $APPLCSF/$APPLLOG

Output files go in
1 $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT

So for example, if you have this environment set:

1 $APPLCSF = /u01/appl/common $APPLLOG = log $APPLOUT = out

The concurrent manager will place log files in /u01/appl/common/log, and

output files in /u01/appl/common/out Note that $APPLCSF must be a full,
absolute path, and the other two are directory names. If $APPLCSF is not set, it
places the files under the product top of the application associated with the
request.
So for example, a PO report would go under
1 $PO_TOP/$APPLLOG and $PO_TOP/$APPLOUT

Logfiles go to
1 /u01/appl/po/9.0/log

Output files to
1 /u01/appl/po/9.0/out

Of course, all these directories must exist and have the correct permissions.
Note that all concurrent requests produce a log file, but not necessarily an
output file.

59. How do I check if Multi-org is installed?

Ans:
1 SELECT MULTI_ORG_FLAG FROM FND_PRODUCT_GROUPS
2 If MULTI_ORG_FLAG is set to ‘Y’, Then its Multi Org.

60. Why does Help->Tools->Examine ask for a password?

Ans: Navigate to the Update System Profile Screen. ( navigate profile system)
 Select Level: Site
 Query up Utilities: Diagnostics in the User Profile Options Zone.
If the profile option Utilities: Diagnostics is set to NO, people with access to the
Utilities Menu must enter the password for the ORACLE ID of the current
responsibility to use Examine. If set to Yes, a password will not be required.

61. How an API is initialized?

Ans:
1 apps.gems_public_apis_pkg.fnd_apps_initialize
2 ( user_id => p_user_id , resp_id => p_resp_id , resp_appl_id => p_resp_appl_id)

62. How do u register a concurrent program from PL/SQL?

Ans:
1 apps.fnd_program.executable_exists -> To check if executable file exists
2 apps.fnd_program.executable -> To make executable file
3 fnd_program.program_exists -> To check if program is defined
4 apps.fnd_program.register -> To register/define the program
5 apps.fnd_program.parameter -> To add parameters
6 apps.fnd_program.request_group -> To add to a request group

63. How Do u register a table & a column?

Ans:
EXECUTE ad_dd.register_table( ‘GEMSQA’, ‘gems_qa_iqa_lookup_codes’, ‘T’, 512, 10, 70
1
EXECUTE ad_dd.register_column(‘GEMSQA’, ‘gems_qa_iqa_lookup_codes’, ‘LOOKUP_CO
2
25, ‘N’, ‘N’);

64. What are the supported versions of Forms and Reports used for developing
on Oracle Applications Release 11?
Ans: The following supported versions are provided in Developer/2000 Release
1.6.1:
 Forms 4.5
 Reports 2.5

65. What is the Responsibility / Request Group?

Ans: Responsibility is used for security reason like which Responsibility can do
what type of jobs etc.
Set of Responsibility is attached with a Request group. When we attach the
request group to a concurrent program, that can be performed using all the
Responsibilities those are attached with the Request group.

66. What is DFF?

Ans: The Descriptive Flexi field is a field that we can customize to enter
additional information for which Oracle Apps product has not provided a field.
Ex. ATP program calculates for those warehouses where Inventory Org Type is
DC or Warehouse in DFF Attribute11 of MTL_PARAMETERS table.
67. What is multi-org?

Ans: It is data security functionality in Oracle 10.6 and above. Applicable User
responsibilities are created and attached to a specific Operating Unit. User can
access the data that belongs to the Operating unit they log in under. 40
The benefit is it enables multiple operating units to use a single installation of
various modules while keeping transaction data separate and secure by
operating unit.

It has an effect on the following modules:

 Order Entry
 Receivable
 Payable
 Purchasing
 Project Accounting