Function

New Record

Tips & Tricks for Navigating Oracle Applications

Icon Shortcut
Menu Bar (Alt-)
Description
Ctrl-

Find

File > New

View > Find

Navigator

F4

View < Show Navigator

Save
Switch
Responsibilit
y
Print

Ctrl-S

File > Save

File > Switch
Responsibility

Ctrl-P

Close Form

File > Print

File > Close Form

Clear Field

F5

Edit > Clear > Field

Clear
Record

F6

Edit > Clear > Record

Clear Block

F7

Edit > Clear > Block

Clear Form

F8

Edit > Clear > Form

Delete
Record

Ctrl-

Edit > Delete

Edit Field

Ctrl-E

Edit > Edit Field

Quality

Tools > Enter Quality

Results

Attachment
s

View > Attachments

Start
Interaction/
Wrap-Up

Tools > Start

Interaction
Tools > Wrap Up

Folder Tools

Folder > Folder Tools

Quick Menu
Help
Enter Query

Ctrl-H

Help > Window Help

F11

View > Query By

Example > Enter

Re-Enter
the same
query

F11 + F11

Run Query

Ctrl-F11

Cancel
Query

F4

Count
Query

F12

Duplicate
Field Above

Shift-F5

Insert a new record on the screen.

Bring up a find screen, to enter selection criteria
to find existing records.
Return to the navigator (main menu). You can
also click on the navigator window (it is always
available), or close other forms.
Save your work.
Change the responsibility (menu) that you are
signed on to.
Print hardcopy of the current screen info.
Closes the current screen.
Clears the current field from the screen, without
making any changes to the database.
Clears the current record from the screen,
without making any changes to the database.
Clears the current block from the screen, without
making any changes to the database.
Clears the current form from the screen, without
making any changes to the database.
Deletes the current record from the database,
when you save.
Opens an edit window, where you can see the
entire contents of a field when the contents are
larger than fit in the space on the form.
Indicates the existence of a quality collection plan
that must be completed.
Add, modify, or view attachments to the current
record. The empty paperclip indicates the ability
to add attachments; the full paperclip indicates
the existence of one or more attachments.
Start and end the Interaction History log for this
customer touch point.
Brings out the Folders toolbar for tailoring your
screen layout. Refer to the Folder Form Tools.
Pops up the launch pad Quick Menu to zoom you
from the current record to related information in
the system.
Brings up context sensitive help documentation.
Put the screen into Query by Example mode,
where you can enter search criteria. Use % as
the multi-character wildcard; _ is the singlecharacter wildcard.
Press function key F11 twice to re-enter the same
query.

View > Query By

Example > Run
View > Query By
Example > Cancel
View > Query by
example > Count
Matching Records
Edit > Duplicate > Field
Above.

Executes a query.
Exits from Query mode.
Displays the count of records, the query is going
to fetch ( on the message bar)
Duplicates the field value from the row above.

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Duplicate
Record
Above

Shift-F6

LOV

Ctrl-L

Show Keys
View
Concurrent

Ctrl-K
Alt+V, R,
Enter
Alt + V, R,
Alt + N,
Enter

New
Concurrent
Go to next
block up in
form
Go to next
block down
in form
Collapse All
Copy from
an item or
template
Assign
items to Org
Org creation
form
Sub
Inventories
OHQ
Generate
Serial
Numbers
Open
Inventory
Accounting
Periods
Master
Items
Org Items
Misc.
Transactions
Org
parameters
Locations
Calendar

Edit > Duplicate >

Record Above.

Help > Keyboard Help

Duplicates the entire row above.

Pops up a list of lookup values in fields requiring
a validated entry
List of keystrokes equivalents.
To view the concurrent program
To run a new concurrent

Shift +
page up

It navigates to the previous block

Shift +
page down

It navigates to the next block

Atl + T, O

Collapse the navigator

Alt + T, C

To copy an item or template into the current

master or org items form.

Alt + T, O

Assign an item to org(s) when you are on master

item form.

SOO

To open the org find form

SOS

To go to function Sub Inventories

O Enter

Open the query material work bench form

OG

Open the forms for generation of Serial Numbers.

AC I

Opens the Inventory Accounting Periods form

I Enter

To open master items

IO
Enter M
Enter
SOP
Enter
SOL
SOC
Enter

Open the find form of Org item

Open the Misc. Transaction form
To open Org parameters
Opens the Location creation form
Opens the org parameters form

Help : Keyboard Help or <ctrl k> Lists Hot Keys

Tools : Close Other Forms check box to auto close forms when a new form is opened
Query Tips and Tricks
<F11> to enter query by example
<F11> <F11> to recall the last query parameters
<Ctrl F11> to Execute Query
<F12> Query : Count Matching Records (after putting in the query parameters)
<F4> Exit Query

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Query Wild Card Characters
% one or more characters
_
exactly one character
Query Operators
#between <low> and <high>
#is null, #is not null
>
Greater Than
>= Greater Than or Equal
<
Less Than
<= Less Than or Equal
= Equal
!= Not Equal
View : Record : First Record or Last Record shows first or last record returned by query

What SQL Statement did the Oracle Applications run to fill the form?
Help : Diagnostics : Examine (requires apps password)
Block = SYSTEM
Field = last_query
Other ways to determine the underlying table structure:
1) Help : Record History
2) Trace the form (requires apps password)

XML Publisher
The XML Publisher concurrent program joins the XML concurrent report data with the
registered templates to generate PDF output. The following template types are supported:
Portable Document Format (PDF), Rich Text Format (RTF) and XSL-FO.
- www.norcaloaug.org, Training Day 2004, Paper by Brent Mosher,
Oracle Tech update part 1: XML Publisher/Oracle Applications Framework
- Metalink Note:269605.1, About Oracle XML Publisher Release 4.5
- Metalink Note:276691.1, XML Publisher and Concurrent Manager Integration
- Metalink Note:258332.1, About Oracle XML Publisher Minipack XDO.H
- Metalink B13817-01, Oracle XML Publisher Users Guide Release 11i

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