64773625 305 Technical Interview Questions Oracle Apps

Oracle Apps Technical Interview Questions

Written by Anil PassiSunday, 22 June 2008 15:17

Which is the most commonly used package in apps that uses Autonomous Transaction?

FND_LOG, this is used for debugging. This has a procedure named string, which does acommit.

Hence your debug messages are not lost in the event of rollback during unhandled exception.

What is one of the limitations of Forms Personalization?

You can not display interactive messages as you can using fnd_message

How to use Flexfields in reports ?

Ans : Most common way is to use FND user exits provided by oracle applications.

1 / 29



Other way is to directly use the DB views (TableName || ‘_KFV’ or ’_DFV’) created by apps,and use the concatenated_segments column which holds the concatenated segments of thekey or descriptive flexfields.

What are Autonomous transactions ? Give a scenario where you have used Autonomoustransaction in your reports ?

Ans: An autonomous transaction is an independent transaction started by another transaction,the main transaction. Autonomous transactions let you suspend the main transaction, do SQLoperations, commit or roll back those operations, then resume the main transaction.

Once started, an autonomous transaction is fully independent. It shares no locks, resources, orcommit-dependencies with the main transaction. So, you can log events, increment retrycounters, and so on, even if the main transaction rolls back.

More important, autonomous transactions help you build modular, reusable softwarecomponents. For example, stored procedures can start and finish autonomous transactions ontheir own. A calling application need not know about a procedure's autonomous operations, andthe procedure need not know about the application's transaction context. That makesautonomous transactions less error-prone than regular transactions and easier to use.

2 / 29



Furthermore, autonomous transactions have all the functionality of regular transactions. Theyallow parallel queries, distributed processing, and all the transaction control statementsincluding SET TRANSACTION.

Scenario : You can use autonomous transaction in your report for writing error messages inyour database tables.

What is record group ?

Ans: Record group are used with LOVs to hold sql query for your list of values. The recordgroup can contain static data as well it can access data from database tables thru sql queries.

3 / 29



What is a FlexField ? What are Descriptive and Key Flexfields ?

Ans: An Oracle Applications field made up of segments. Each segment has an assigned nameand a set of valid values. Oracle Applications uses flexfields to capture information about yourorganization.

What are different report triggers and what is their firing sequence ?

Ans. : There are five report trigger :

· Before Report

· After Report

· Before Parameter Form

· After Parameter Form

4 / 29



· Between Pages

The Firing sequence for report triggers is

Before Parameter Form – After Parameter Form – Before Report – Between Pages – AfterReport.

What is the use of cursors in PL/SQL ? What is REF Cursor ?

Ans. : The cursor are used to handle multiple row query in PL/SQL. Oracle uses implicit cursorsto handle all it’s queries. Oracle uses unnamed memory spaces to store data used in implicitcursors, with REF cursors you can define a cursor variable which will point to that memoryspace and can be used like pointers in our 3GLs.

5 / 29



How to attach reports in Oracle Applications ?

Ans: The steps are as follows :

· Design your report in D2K

· Generate the executable file of the report as .rdf.

· Move the executable as well as source file to the appropriate product’s folder.

· Register the report as concurrent executable.

· Define the concurrent program for the executable registered.

· Add the concurrent program to the request group of the responsibility.

6 / 29



What is the use of triggers in Forms ?

Ans : Triggers are used in forms for event handling. You can write PL/SQL code in triggers torespond to a particular event occurred in your forms like when user presses a button or when hecommits the form.

The different type of triggers available in forms are :

· Key-triggers

· Navigational-triggers

· Transaction-triggers

· Message-triggers

· Error-triggers

· Query based-triggers

7 / 29



What is the use of Temp tables in Interface programs ?

Ans : Temporary tables are used in Interface programs to hold the intermediate data. The datais loaded into temporary tables first and then, after validating through the PL/SQL programs, thedata is loaded into the interface tables.

What are the steps to register concurrent programs in Apps ?

Ans : The steps to register concurrent programs in apps are as follows :

· Register the program as concurrent executable.

· Define the concurrent program for the executable registered.

· Add the concurrent program to the request group of the responsibility

8 / 29



How to pass parameters to a report ? do you have to register them with AOL ?

Ans: You can define parameters in the define concurrent program form. There is no need toregister the parameters with AOL. But you may have to register the value sets for thoseparameters.

Do you have to register feeder programs of interface to AOL ?

Ans : Yes ! you have to register the feeder programs as concurrent programs to Apps.

What are forms customization steps ?

Ans: The steps are as follows :

· Copy the template.fmb and Appstand.fmb from AU_TOP/forms/us.Put it in customdirectory. The libraries (FNDSQF, APPCORE, APPDAYPK, GLOBE, CUSTOM, JE, JA, JL,

9 / 29



VERT) are automatically attached .

· Create or open new Forms. Then customize.

· Save this Form in Corresponding Modules.

What is Key and Descriptive Flexfield.

Ans : Key Flexfield: #unique identifier, storing key information

# Used for entering and displaying key information.

For example Oracle General uses a key Flexfield called Accounting

Flexfield to uniquely identifies a general account.

10 / 29



Descriptive Flexfield: # To Capture additional information.

# to provide expansion space on your form

With the help of [] . [] Represents descriptive

Flexfield.

Difference between Key and Descriptive Flexfield?

Ans :

Key Flexfield Descriptive Flefield

1. Unique Identifier

1.To capture extra information

2. Key Flexfield are stored in segment

2.Stored in attributes

3.For key flexfield there are flexfield Qualifier and segment Qualifier

11 / 29



3. Context-sensitive flexfield is a feature

of DFF. (descriptive flexfield)

What are the steps in Customer Interface ?

Ans:

How to handle errors in Customer interface ?

Ans:

12 / 29



What was your role in Customer Interface?

Ans:

What is the use of CUSTOM Library in Oracle Apps?

Ans:

Can you call APPCORE library in CUSTOM library ?

Ans : you cannot attach the APPCORE library to CUSTOM because it would cause a recursionproblem

(because CUSTOM is attached to APPCORE). As of Oracle Applications Release 11i,you may

attach the APPCORE2 library to CUSTOM. The APPCORE2 library duplicates mostAPPCORE

routines with the following packages:

13 / 29



· APP_ITEM_PROPERTY2

· APP_DATE2

· APP_SPECIAL2

These packages contain the same routines as the corresponding

APPCORE packages. Follow the documentation for the corresponding

APPCORE routines, but add a 2 to the package names.

Can you use REF cursors in CUSTOM library?

Ans:

14 / 29



What is FlexField?

Ans: Oracle Application uses Flexfield to capture information about

Your organization. Flexfield have flexible structure for storing key information.

Like Company, Cost Center, and Account. They also give u highly adaptable

Structure for storing customized information in oracle Applications.

How many Flexfields are there in AR and what are they ?

Ans:

15 / 29



What are User Exits and what are different types of User Exits in Oracle Apps ?

Ans:

What is MRC and what are it’s use?

Ans: The Multi Reporting Currency Feature allows you to report and maintain records at thetransaction level in more than one functional currency. You can do by defining one or more setof books in addition to primary set of books.

How many reporting currencies can be attached to Primary Set Of Books ?

Ans:

16 / 29



What are the new features in Release 11I ?

Ans:

What are ad-hoc reports ?

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

What is FSG and what is it’s use ?

Ans: FSG is a powerful and flexible tool you can use to build your own custom reports withoutprogramming. FSG is only available with GL.

17 / 29



What are different types of transactions in AR ?

Ans:

What are value sets ?

Ans:

What do you mean by HZ_ in customer tables ?

Ans:

18 / 29



How can you handle multiple rows without using loops in PL/SQL ?

Ans:

What are the different types of files used in SQL Loader ?

Ans:

What are Interface table in AP, AR,GL ?

Ans: AP INTERFACE TABLE: 1). AP_INTERFACE_CONTROLS.

19 / 29



2). AP_INTERFACE_REJECTIONS

3). AP_INVOICE_INTERFACE

4). AP_INVOICE_LINES_INTERFACE.

AR INTERFACE TABLE:

1). AR_PAYMENTS_INTERFACE_ALL

2). AR_TAX_INTERFACE

3). HZ_PARTY_INTERFACE

4). HZ_PARTY_INTERFACE_ERRORS

5). RA_CUSTOMERS_INTERFACE_ALL

6). RA_INTERFACE_DISTRIBUTIONS_ALL

7). RA_INTERFACE_ERRORS_ALL

20 / 29



8). RA_INTERFACE_LINES_ALL

9). RA_INTERFACE_SALESCREDITS_ALL

GLINTERFACE TABLE:

1). GL_BUDGET_INTERFACE

2). GL_DAILY_RATES_INTERFACE

3). GL_IEA_INTERFACE

4). GL_interface

5). GL_INTERFACE_CONTROL

6). GL_INTERFACE_HISTORY

What are different period types ?

21 / 29



Ans:

What are different types of Journal entries ?

Ans:

What are the setup steps for testing ?

Ans:

What are User Exits ?

22 / 29



Ans:

What is an Invoice ? How many types of invoices are there in AP and AR ?

Ans:

What is recurring invoices ?

Ans:

23 / 29



If the valueset if of type –TABLE then how many tables can we attach in the valueset ?

Ans:

Can you add a descriptive FlexField to a table which already have data in it ?

Ans:

If any conflict occurs in FSG the who will override Column Set or Row Set ?

Ans:

24 / 29



How to take care of null values in SQL Loader ?

Ans:

What is Set of Books ? What are the four conditions when you change your SOBs?

Ans:

What is Multiple Organization technical architecture?

25 / 29



Ans:

What can we find TEMPLATE.FMB file ?

Ans:

What are the libraries attached to TEMPLATE form ?

Ans:

What is the difference between cross-validation rules and security-rules?

26 / 29



Ans:

In how many ways can you enter a journal in GL?

Ans:

What are the setup steps for AP, AR, GL?

Ans:

27 / 29



How to register tables and columns in AOL?

Ans:

What is the difference between discounts and adjustments?

Ans:

What are different types of invoices and what is a recurring invoice?

Ans:

What are cycles of GL, AP, and AR?

28 / 29



Ans:

What are Summary Accounts and Rollup groups ?

Ans:

29 / 29

Documents

64773625 305 Technical Interview Questions Oracle Apps