QUIZ—ORACLE APPS

a. What are the two major companies in the world offering Enterprise Applications?
Ans: GE

b. How do you classify oracle applications with respect to the kind of functions?
Ans: Responsibility

c. Give name of some modules in Oracle Applications.

Ans: AR, GL, AP, PO, MTL, OKS……….

d. For query within an oracle form, which function keys are used?
Ans: F11
e. Which schema contains the AR tables?

Ans:
f. Which schema contains the packages and views?

g. Which directory can I get package for AR Customer interface on unix directory?
Ans: AU_TOP
h. How is APPS user able to do DML operations on the tables available on other
schema?

i. Why do we need TL table? How do we join B and TL table?

Ans: TL is used for language extensibility
SELECT tx.type FROM B, TL WHERE B.Id=TL.Id;
j. Name some of the standard WHO columns in oracle tables?
Ans: For audit purposes Oracle has something called WHO-columns that provide
information about who did what when. The standard five WHO-columns are
CREATION_DATE, CREATED_BY, LAST_UPDATE_DATE, LAST_UPDATED_BY and
LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN.
k. What is the use of Attribute columns in Oracle tables?
Ans: They provide EXTENDABILITY
l. What is meant by Org ID Stripped view?

m. How do we contact Oracle for getting any help during implementation?

Ans: METALINK
n. Which website can be used for getting information on ER Diagram and table
structures of oracle table?
Ans: ETRM
o. Give the command for setting up Organization/Operating Unit in SQL or Toad
session?
Ans:
Begin
DBMS_APPLICATION_INFO.SET_CLIENT_INFO(‘org-id’);
End;
p. Give name of profile which decides an operating unit for a responsibility?
Ans: MO:OPERATING UNIT
q. On what different levels profiles can be setup?
Ans: Site, Responsibility, Application, User levels
r. Which table stores information on profiles and profile values?
Ans: FND_PROFILE_OPTIONS,FND_PROFILE_OPTION_VALUES
s. Which tables store the information on Lookup types and lookup values?
Ans: FND_LOOKUP_TYPES, FND_LOOKUP_VALUES
t. What are the steps for registering concurrent program? Give steps starting from
procedure creation until we are able to run it in Oracle apps.

u. How do you schedule a concurrent program?

Ans: ViewRequest  New Request.
v. What different kind of executables that can be registered as concurrent
program?
Ans: PL/SQL Stored Procedure, Oracle Reports, Host, SQL*loader, SQL*Plus are
the most commonly used executable types.
w. Which table stores the history of the concurrent program runs?

x. What is the difference between request set and request group?

Ans: Request Set is a collection of reports which submits concurrent programs
simultaneously.
Request Group is also a collection of reports which submits concurrent programs
individually.
y. What command do you use for creating log file and output file from a concurrent
program?
Ans: FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.OUTPUT,’o/p string into output file’)
FND_FILE.PUT_LINE(FND_FILE.LOG,’o/p string into output file’)
z. Give two parameters, which are always used in any concurrent program?
Ans: Errbuf, Retcode
aa.Suppose I want to create an interface for loading data from legacy application to
Oracle using oracle’s open interface. Give a schematic diagram showing how the
data will flow from legacy to Oracle.