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Segment Values Window

Use this window to define valid values for a key or descriptive flexfield segment or report parameter. You must define at least one valid value for each validated segment before you can use a flexfield. These validated segments provide users with a list of predefined valid segment values, and have a validation type of Independent, Dependent, or Table.

You should use this window to define values that belong to independent or dependent value sets. You can define new segment values, specify value descriptions for your values and to enable or disable existing values as well.

The values you define for a given flexfield segment automatically become valid values for any other flexfield segment that uses the same value set. Many Oracle Applications reports use predefined value sets that you may also use with your flexfield segments. If your flexfield segment uses a value set associated with a Standard Request Submission report parameter, creating or modifying values also affects that parameter. If you use the same value set for parameter values, the values you define here also become valid values for your report parameter.

You also specify segment value qualifiers, rollup groups, and child value ranges.

You can also view and maintain segment value hierarchies for the Accounting Flexfield or for any custom application flexfields that use the value hierarchies feature.

Attention: Because the Accounting Flexfield is the only Oracle Applications key flexfield that uses the parent, rollup group, hierarchy level and segment qualifier information, you need only enter this information for values that are associated with your Accounting Flexfield.

When you make changes to your value hierarchies, you automatically submit a concurrent request to rebuild your value hierarchies. One request per value set that the change affects (the value set attached to the segment for which you are defining or maintaining values) is submitted. For example, if you make hierarchy structure changes for five different key flexfield segments, all of which use different value sets, this window submits five concurrent requests.

Suggestion: For ease of maintenance, you should carefully plan your value hierarchy structures before you define your values, so that your structures follow a logical pattern you can expand later as you need more values.

To prevent invalidation of any existing data, you cannot update segment qualifier information for existing values unless you first unfreeze any key flexfield structure that use this value set. You unfreeze your key flexfield using the Define Key Flexfield Segments form.

Attention: You cannot modify values for a value set if that value set is currently being modified by another user, either using the Segment Values Window or the Account Hierarchy Editor with Oracle General Ledger. If you get a message saying that the value set is already being modified, you can try again at a later time.

If your value set is based on a flexfield validation table (validation type Table) and you have defined your value set to allow parent values, then you can use this window to define parent values for the values in your table. This window stores your parent values and rollup groups for you and does not add them to your validation table. You can define child value ranges for the parent values you define, and you can assign your parent values to rollup groups. The values in your validation table can be child values, but they cannot be parent values, and you cannot assign them to rollup groups. You cannot create new values in your validation table using this window.

See:

Value Set

Key Flexfield Segments

Descriptive Flexfield Segments

Prerequisites

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Suggestion: First use this window to define all of the independent values your application needs, then define your dependent values.

This window does not allow you to choose an independent value that would violate any flexfield security rules that are enabled for your responsibility.

Segment Values Block

Use this block to define valid values, to specify values for rollup groups and segment qualifiers, if any, and to enable and disable values. If you define a value you use as a default value for your segment or dependent value set, you must not specify a start or end date for that value. Also, you should not define security rules that exclude your default values.

Some key flexfields use segment qualifiers to hold extra information about individual key segment values. For example, the Accounting Flexfield in Oracle Applications products uses segment qualifiers to determine the account type of an account value or whether detail budgeting and detail posting are allowed for an Accounting Flexfield combination containing a given value.

You cannot define values that would violate any flexfield security rules that are enabled for your responsibility.

See Also

Defining Segment Values

Overview of Values and Value Sets

Plan Values to Use Range Features

Relationship Between Independent and Dependent Values

Parent and Child Values and Rollup Groups


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