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How to release a lock on a package
As a developer I have had to go through some trying times when a program goes on forever and I need to terminate it but I could not from the front end. Other times, the package itself was locked by a...
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Create a custom top in Oracle Apps
All Oracle Apps instances have at least 1 custom top for all the custom objects. The custom top corresponds to a custom schema. As per development standards (Oracle EBSO guidelines), custom objects...
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Encrypt/Scramble sensitive data in Oracle Apps
Masking sensitive data has always been a big question for IT managers across organizations. Administrators have tried to look for the best way to encrypt data. So far, Oracle does not have an inbuilt...
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Change the default text, “E-Business Suite”, on all OAF pages
The default words E-Business Suite can be replaced in all the OAF pages within Oracle with our own text. Here’s how, Responsibility: System Administrator Navigation: Application > Functions Query...
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Customize Oracle eBusiness Suite home page
The DBA wanted to put important information on Oracle home page, like, the instance name, when the instance will be cloned, DBA email id and phone numbers, etc. We found that the Oracle home page is...
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Quick access to documents/transactions from Navigator menu
If we need to view a transaction, say an AP invoice, after several days of creating it, we might forget the invoice details and have to check old emails, documents, etc. for the invoice number, to pull...
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How to change priority for a concurrent request
Normally, multiple developers work on a single Oracle development instance. Sometimes someone could be working on development of programs which can spawn a lot of long running concurrent requests from...
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Open multiple forms in an Oracle apps session
It becomes quite irritating when I open a new form and the previously opened form is closed automatically by Oracle. This can be fixed by unchecking the box “Close Other Forms” from the Tools menu....
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Oracle password recovery method
Sometimes we might have forgotten a password for an Oracle Apps user. We could simply reset the password but we might not want to do so as someone else might be working with this user. Then it would...
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Oracle License Manager
You can get to know which products are licensed from Apps. Here’s how. Responsibility: System Administrator Navigation: Oracle Applications Manager > License Manager Click on Licensed Products link....
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How to generate a trace file for a concurrent program
During program build/development phase developers focus on getting the program functionality correct from all aspects. Once the program goes into production and starts running, users look first at the...
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How to generate logs for tracing OAF page errors
Whenever an OAF page throws an error it is very difficult to get to the bottom of the error as the messages are quite cryptic and doesn’t clearly mention the root cause of the error. The following...
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How to get a newly added responsibility on the Oracle home page
When a responsibility is added to a user it is should be add to the list of responsibilities for the user. Sometimes we do not get to see the added responsibility. What do we do then? Check the list of...
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Change Viewer Options to view concurrent request output in web browser
In Oracle Apps if you run a concurrent request and check the output (if the output is in text format)/log file then the file will be displayed in the default viewer of Oracle. This can be changed so...
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How to get explain plan from the database
We would like to get explain plan for a SQL statement. The SQL statement is, Select * from gl_interface Execute the following code to generate the explain plan EXPLAIN PLAN SET STATEMENT_ID = 'ray' FOR...
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Trace file path in Oracle
The following script returns the path to the trace file that the current session writes. It returns the path whether or not tracing is enabled. SELECT u_dump.VALUE || '/' || db_name.VALUE || '_ora_' ||...
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How to enable debugging in Order Management
The process for debugging any operation for Order Management module is given below. Set the value of profile option, OM: Debug Level to 5. The highest level for debugging is 5. This means that all...
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Forms login error in Oracle Apps
When I tried to login to a new instance of Oracle Apps, an instance to which I had never connected before from my computer, I got the following error: When I clicked on Details button I got...
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Login error in Oracle Apps r12
I have got a strange kind of error when I tried to login to a freshly cloned r12 instance. The version of Oracle was 12.1.3 Entered the user name and password Pressed Login button and got the following...
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How to trace a form/session in Oracle Apps
We are getting the following error in Oracle when we are trying to cancel a PO. We need to find out the code running behind the scenes to identify the issue. We need to generate a trace file and check...
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