Flexfields in Oracle Inventory

16 Jul Oracle Inventory provides the following flexfields:

1] Account Aliases
Flexfield Code: MD ! "a#le: M"$%&'(')IC%DI !O I"IO( *ni+ue ID Colu,n: DI !O I"IO(%ID Co,,ent: "his -ey flexfield supports only one structure.

2] Item Catalogs
Flexfield Code: MIC& "a#le: M"$%I"'M%C/"/$O&%&)O*! *ni+ue ID Colu,n: I"'M%C/"/$O&%&)O*!%ID Co,,ent: "his -ey flexfield supports only one structure.

3] Item Categories
Flexfield Code: MC/" "a#le: M"$%C/"'&O)I' *ni+ue ID Colu,n: C/"'&O)0%ID Co,,ent: 0ou ,ust design and configure your Ite, Categories Flexfield #efore you can start defining ite,s since all ite,s ,ust #e assigned to categories. 0ou can define ,ultiple structures for your Ite, Categories Flexfield1 each structure corresponding to a different category grouping sche,e. 0ou can then associate these structures with the categories and category sets you define.

4] Sales Orders
Flexfield Code: M2" "a#le: M"$% /$' %O)D')

*ni+ue ID Colu,n: /$' %O)D')%ID Co,,ent: "he ales Order Flexfield is a -ey flexfield used #y Oracle Inventory to uni+uely identify sales order transactions Oracle Order 'ntry interfaces to Oracle Inventory. 0our ales Order Flexfield should #e defined as Order (u,#er1 Order "ype1 and Order ource. "his co,#ination guarantees each transaction to Inventory is uni+ue. 0ou ,ust define this flexfield #efore placing de,and or ,a-ing reservations in Oracle Order 'ntry. 0ou ,ust set up the O': ource Code profile option to deter,ine the source code you will use in for the third seg,ent of this flexfield to guarantee that each transaction is uni+ue. 3Oracle Inventory defaults the value of the O': ource Code profile option to 4O)D') '(")05.6

5] Stock Locators
Flexfield Code: M"$$ "a#le: M"$%I"'M%$OC/"IO( *ni+ue ID Colu,n: I(7'("O)0%$OC/"IO(%ID Co,,ent: 0ou can use the toc- $ocators Flexfield to capture ,ore infor,ation a#out stoc- locators in inventory. If you do not have Oracle Inventory installed1 or none of your ite,s have locator control1 it is not necessary to set up this flexfield. If you -eep trac- of specific locators such as aisle1 row1 #in indicators for your ite,s1 you need to configure your toc- $ocators Flexfield and i,ple,ent locator control in your organi8ation. "his -ey flexfield supports only one structure.

6] System Items
Flexfield Code: M "2 "a#le: M"$% 0 "'M%I"'M *ni+ue ID Colu,n: I(7'("O)0%I"'M%ID Co,,ent: 0ou can use the yste, Ite,s Flexfield 3also called the Ite, Flexfield6 for recording and reporting your ite, infor,ation. 0ou ,ust design and configure your Ite, Flexfield #efore you can start defining ite,s. /ll Oracle /pplications products that reference ite,s share the Ite, Flexfield and support ,ultiple9seg,ent i,ple,entations. :owever1 this flexfield supports only one structure. 0ou ,ust set up your O': Ite, Flexfield profile option to specify the Ite, Flexfield structure that you will use for your Oracle applications. *sers can also set up the O': Ite, Flexfield 'ntry Method profile option to specify your preferred ,ethod of entry for this flexfield.