1. What is difference between Oracle (11i manufacturing & SCM ) 11.5.

9
& 11.5.10?
Latest Answer : 11.5.10 having some advance functionality like web-based forms for some selective parts of
SCM. and having form personalization facility to customize the oracle forms.as well as enhancement of demand
planning in ASCP module. ...

2. What is the meaning of Conversions & Extensions in Oracle Apps?

Latest Answer : Conversion  is transfer of legacy system flat file data into oracle apps tables or from oracle apps
table data to flat files like interface, but it is a one time data transfer. Extensions is used for form
development/form customization. ...

3. Can we create tables from oracle apps front end and how do we enter
data in those tables (when we r

4. How many KFF's are there in GL module in Oracle Apps.?

Latest Answer : From 11.5.10....version the GL module has got 2 Key flexfields they are:1. Reporting
Attributes:Accountin2. Accounting Flexfield.if i am wrong with flexfields do correct me. Your comments are
always appreciated. ...

key flexfields gives the key information of the organisation i.e., financial information of the
oraganisation relating to, how to enter the transactions, how to generate the reports, how to
modify the transactions, etc. with the help of kff's the user can retrive the data what ever the
organisation want. the kff's are the mandatory flexfields.
In GL there only one key flexfield i.e., Accounting key flexfield.

Decriptive flexfileds are used for describing the attributes of a segment. the Dff's gives the
additional information about the each segment related to the oraganisation. these are the optional
fields in applications.

5. How do I register a Concurrent program in Oracle Apps?

Latest Answer : IF YOU ARE REGISTERING A REPORT IN CONCURRENT PROGRAMING THEN FOLLOW:UPLOAD
U R REPORT.rdf TO THE SERVER ACCORDING TO THE PATHapps/test/peilappl/gl/11.5.0/reports/USCREATE AN
EXECUTABLE ------ WHERE THE EXECUTION_FILE_NAME = REPORT.rdf  NAME EXECUTION_METHOD ...

6. What is the size of the oracle database?for knowing the size of the database you
will calculate the size of datafile because database size is nothing your datafile size is
database size.

select count(*) from dba_data_files;

7. What is the value of retcode mandatory parameter in oracle apps

procedures?
While registering procedure as concurent program there we need to declare two mandatary OUT
parameters in procedure.
1.Errbuf
2.Retcode
Errbuf : Errbuf is one the paramter which will define in pl/sql to store procedure to get error
messges into log file.
Retcode: this parameter will be used to get the status of the concurrent program. It will give the
values 
0 for sucess
1 for warning
2 for errors

8. What is the purpose of XML report when compared to reports 6i &

discoverer?What are the API's in

XML/BI Publisher gives the flexibility to users inorder to select the output type in
EXCEL/HTML/PDF/FO etc as per their requirement. If a User ran a report in PDF and wants to get
the same in EXCEL its not required for them to re-run the report Instead they can republish it using
Republish option in Tools and can select the output type whatever is required.

XML/BI Publisher reports gives you additional features for Reports 6i. You can get the XML Report in
EXCEL/HTML/PDF etc as per the output type selected. Data Model in Reports 6i RDF will be the
same but you dont require a Layout model in the RDF File. You instead create the Layout in a Word
Document using the XML Publisher Destop installed. You can directly implement XML Publisher and
is not required to implement Discoverer again. 

Before the release of Discoverer 10g Discoverer is a license free version and after its release the
license has become too costly due to which the clients are going for XML Publisher reports ignoring
Discoverer.

Advantages of XML/BI Publisher:

* Cost for implementing is very less compared to the license of Discoverer.
* Can create complex layouts same as we do it in Report 6i where as complex reporting is not
possible in Discoverer.
* Can run the report in 5 different Output Formats and export them.
* If you require the report in 3 different output types You dont need to run the report 5 times. You
can run the report once and can republish it again in other types.
* You dont require any different web browser for running the report It can be directly run on the
Concurrent Environment itself.
* You can code the report to dynamically select the layouts (templates) in XML Publisher Similar to
the functionality of Format Trigger in Reports 6i which is not possible in Discoverer.

Limitations/Disadvantages of XML/BI Publisher: 

* Its not recommended for ad-hoc reporting like Discoverer. 
* Its very hard to debug a report unlike Discoverer.
* We cant draw Pie Charts/Graphs as like in Discoverer.

9. What is the Architecture of Oracle Apps? (Asked in Accenture)

It is three tier architecture

User tier - which used of our screen

Application tier - which is forms server reports server

Database tier - Which is used for database

Did they ask you about the Apps Architecture (or) the Hierarchy? Generally they ask you about the
Apps Hierarchy i.e how Apps implemenations are done.

As per what he/she has mentioned it it is 3 tier Architecture. 

If you require the Hierarchy It goes in this way"

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Business Group (HRMS)

|
Set of Books [3Cs] (GL)
|
Legal Entity
|
Operating Unit (AR AP PA CM FA etc - based on Org_ID)
|
Inventory Organization (Inventory - based on Organization_ID)
|
Sub-Inventory
|
Locator

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The above is the Hierarchy on which Oracle Applications work.

What are RICE Components?

The acronym, RICE, stands for reports, interfaces, conversions, and enhancements (or
extensions).  
 
During a Oracle Applications implementation, additional configuration, design, or programming
requirements are necessary to satisfy functional requirements and achieve the desired
functionality. The objective during any implementation would be to keep new object development
to an absolute minimum. 

RICE objects represent requirements not currently supported within the core functionality of an
Oracle Application Module being implemented and thus require additional technical development to
satisfy the functional requirement of a organization.

During an Implementation development of RICE components involves:

1. Creation of Reports that are not available as standard reports in the oracle apps modules.
2. Creation of the Interfaces to external systems.
3. Creation of Conversion programs to transfer data from a legacy system to the new system.
4. Enhancements (or extensions) to the existing system to add additional functionality to existing
system without disturbing the core software functionality of the system.

A RICE object has a lifecycle throughout the project that includes approval to develop, functional
design specification, technical design specification, coding, testing and implementation. The effort
required to complete this development cycle can be significant.