Common User Profile Options
The following list of user profile options affects all Oracle Applications products. The alphabetical list includes only those options that can be viewed and/or changed by you at the User-level using the Personal Profile Values window. These user profile options affect your user interface and the behavior of Oracle Applications features, such as concurrent processing and flexfields.
Account Generator:Purge Runtime Data
"Yes" ensures that the Oracle Workflow data used to generate accounting flexfield code combinations using the Account Generator is purged after the Account Generator has completed.
This profile option should always be set to "Yes" unless you are debugging the Account Generator. Running the Account Generator with this profile set to "No" fills up the workflow tables and slows performance.
Applications Web Agent
Provides the base URL for the Apps Schema's WebServer DAD. Your System Administrator sets this profile option during the install process.
Use the following syntax to enter your URL:
http://<WebServer.Machine_Name>/<DAD_name>/
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Attachment File Upload Directory
Provides the directory path used to upload attachment files. Your System Administrator sets this profile option during the install process.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Concurrent:Attach URL
Setting this option to "Yes" causes a URL to be attached to request completion notifications. When a user submits a request, and specifies people to be notified in the Defining Completion Options region, everyone specified is sent a notification when the request completes. If this profile option is set to Yes, a URL is appended to the notification that enables them to view the request results on-line.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Concurrent:Hold Requests
You can automatically place your concurrent requests on hold when you submit them.
The default is "No". The concurrent managers run your requests according to the priority and start time specified for each.
Changing this value does not affect requests you have already submitted.
"Yes" means your concurrent requests and reports are automatically placed on hold. To take requests off hold, you:
- Navigate to the Requests window to select a request
- Select the Request Control alternative region
- Uncheck the Hold check box
Concurrent:Multiple Time Zones
"Yes" sets the default value to 'Sysdate-1' for the 'Schedules Start Date' used by request submissions. Sysdate-1 ensures that you request is scheduled immediately regardless of which time zone your client session is running in. You should use this profile option when the client's session is running in a different time zone than the concurrent manager's session.
Concurrent:Report Access Level
Determines access privileges to report output files and log files generated by a concurrent program. This profile option can be set by a System Administrator to User or Responsibility.
If your Concurrent:Report Access Level profile option is set to "User" you may:
- View the completed report output for your requests online
- View the diagnostic log file for those requests online. (system administrator also has this privilege)
- Reprint your completed reports, if the Concurrent:Save Output profile option is set to "Yes".
- If you change responsibilities, then the reports and log files available for online review do not change.
If your Concurrent:Report Access Level profile option is set to "Responsibility", access to reports and diagnostic log files is based on the your current responsibility.
- If you change responsibilities, then the reports and log files available for online review change to match your new responsibility. You can always see the output and log files from reports you personally submit, but you also see reports and log files submitted by any user from the current responsibility.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Concurrent:Report Copies
You can set the number of output copies that print for each concurrent request. The default is set to 1.
- Changing this value does not affect requests that you have already submitted.
Concurrent:Request Priority
This displays the default priority number for your concurrent requests. Only a system administrator can change your request priority.
Requests normally run according to start time, on a "first-submitted, first-run" basis. Priority overrides request start time. A higher priority request starts before an earlier request.
Priorities range from 1 (highest) to 99 (lowest). The standard default is 50.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Concurrent:Request Start Time
You can set the date and time that your requests are available to start running.
- If the start date and time is at or before the current date and time, requests are available to run immediately.
- If you want to start a request in the future, for example, at 3:45 pm on June 12, 1998, you enter 12-JUN-1998 15:45:00 as the profile option value.
- You must include both a date and a time.
- Changing this value does not affect requests that you have already submitted.
Concurrent:Save Output
You can save your request outputs in a file.
- "Yes" saves request outputs.
- Some concurrent requests do not generate an output file.
- If your request output is saved, you can reprint a request. This is useful when requests complete with an Error status, for example, the request runs successfully but a printer malfunctions.
- Changing this value does not affect requests you have already submitted.
Concurrent:Sequential Requests
You can force your requests to run one at a time (sequentially) according to the requests' start dates and times, or allow them to run concurrently, when their programs are compatible.
- Concurrent programs are incompatible if simultaneously accessing the same database tables incorrectly affects the values each program retrieves.
- When concurrent programs are defined as incompatible with one another, they cannot run at the same time.
"Yes" prevents your requests from running concurrently. Requests run sequentially in the order they are submitted.
"No" means your requests can run concurrently when their concurrent programs are compatible.
Changing this value does not affect requests you have already submitted.
Concurrent:Wait for Available TM
You can specify the maximum number of seconds that the client will wait for a given transaction manager (TM) to become available before moving on to try a different TM.
Concurrent:URL Lifetime
The numeric value you enter for this profile option determines the length of time in minutes a URL for a request ouput is maintained. After this time period the URL will be deleted from the system. This profile option only affects URLs created for requests where the user has entered values in the notify field of the Submit Request or Submit Request Set windows.
Attention: All request ouput URLs are deleted when the Pruge Concurrent Requests and Manager... program is run even if the URL liftime has not expired.
Concurrent:Use ICM
"Yes" allows you to use the Internal Concurrent Manager to resolve request conflicts instead of the Conflict Resolution Manager.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Currency:Mixed Precision
Currency:Negative Format
You can use different formats to identify negative currency. The default identifier is a hyphen ( - ) preceding the currency amount, as in "-xxx". You can also select:
Angle brackets < > < xxx >
Square Brackets [ ] [ xxx ]
If you use the negative number formats of "(xxx)" or "[xxx]," in Oracle Applications Release 11, your negative numbers appear as "<xxx>".
Note: Currency:Negative Format only affects the display currency. Non-currency negative numbers appear with a preceding hyphen regardless of the option selected here.
Currency:Positive Format
You can use different formats to identify positive currency values. The default condition is no special identifier.
Currency:Thousands Separator
You can separate your currency amounts in thousands by placing a thousands separator. For example, one million appears as 1,000,000.
Database Instance
Entering a valid two_task connect string allows you to override the default two_task. This profile is specifically designed for use with Oracle Parallel Server, to allow different responsibilities and users to connect to different nodes of the server.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Default Country
This is the default source for the Country field for all address zones and is used by the Flexible Address Formats feature, the Flexible Bank Structures feature and the Tax Registration Number and Taxpayer ID validation routines.
The profile can be set to any valid country listed in the Maintain Countries and Territories form and can be set to a different value for each user.
Flexfields:AutoSkip
You can save keystrokes when entering data in your flexfields by automatically skipping to the next segment as soon as you enter a complete valid value into a segment.
- "Yes" means after entering a valid value in a segment, you automatically move to the next segment.
- "No" means after entering a valid value in a segment, you must press [Return] to go to the next segment.
Note: You may still be required to use tab to leave some segments if the valid value for the segment does not have the same number of characters as the segment. For example, if a segment in the flexfield holds values up to 5 characters and a valid value for the segment is 4 characters, AutoSkip will not move you to the next segment.
Flexfields:BiDi Direction
This profile option controls the appearance of the flexfields window in Applications running in Semitic languages. Possible values are "Left To Right" and "Right To Left". If the profile option is not defined on a particular installation, the default value is "Right To Left", where the window appears in a normal, left to right fashion, and the text and layout are reversed to accommodate the right-to-left nature of the Semitic language environment.
Flexfields:LOV Warning Limit
Use Flexfields:LOV Warning Limit to improve efficiency when retrieving a list of values.
Sometimes, particularly when no reduction criteria has been specified, an LOV can take a very long time to run if there is a very significant amount of data in it. Set this profile option to the number of rows to be returned before the user is asked whether to continue retrieving the entire list.
Flexfields:Open Descr Window
You can control whether a descriptive flexfield window automatically opens when you navigate to a customized descriptive flexfield.
- "Yes" means that the descriptive flexfield window automatically opens when you navigate to a customized descriptive flexfield.
- "No" means that when you navigate to a customized descriptive flexfield, you must choose Edit Field from the Edit menu or use the List of Values to open the descriptive flexfield window.
Note: This profile option does not apply to descriptive flexfields in folders.
Flexfields:Shared Table Lock
This profile option is reserved for a future release. You should not alter the value of this profile option.
Flexfields:Shorthand Entry
If shorthand flexfield entry is defined for your flexfield, you can use a shorthand alias to automatically fill in values for some or all of the segments in a flexfield.
| Not Enabled
| Shorthand Entry is not available for any flexfields for this user, regardless of whether shorthand aliases are defined.
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| New Entries Only
| Shorthand Entry is available for entering new records in most foreign key forms. It is not available for combinations forms, updating existing records, or entering queries.
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| Query and New Entry
| Shorthand Entry is available for entering new records or for entering queries. It is not available for updating existing records.
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| All Entries
| Shorthand Entry is available for entering new records or updating old records. It is not available for entering queries.
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| Always
| Shorthand Entry is available for inserting, updating, or querying flexfields for which shorthand aliases are defined.
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Flexfields:Show Full Value
If an alias defines valid values for all of the segments in a flexfield, and Flexfields: Shorthand Entry is enabled, when you enter the alias the flexfield window does not appear.
"Yes" displays the full flexfield window with the cursor resting on the last segment.
Flexfields:Validate On Server
This profile option is set to "Yes" to enable server side, PL/SQL flexfields validation for Key Flexfields. This improves performance when using Key Flexfields over a wide area network by reducing the number of network round trips needed to validate the entered segment combinations.
Folders:Allow Customization
Your system administrator controls whether you can create or customize a folder definition layout in folder block.
- "Yes" means that you can create or customize a folder definition, that is, the entire Folder menu is enabled in the folder block.
- "No" means that you can only open an existing folder definition in a folder block, that is, only the Open option is enabled in the Folder menu.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Gateway User ID
Oracle login for gateway account. For example, applsyspub/pub.
Help System Base URL
Help System Base URL provides the URL to the Applications Help System. Your System Administrator sets this profile option during the install process.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Indicate Attachments
This profile option allows you to turn off indication of attachments when querying records (for performance reasons).
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
MO:Operating Unit
Determines the Operating Unit the responsibility logs onto.
Printer
You can select the printer which prints your reports. If a printer cannot be selected, contact your system administrator. Printers must be registered with Oracle Applications.
RRA:Delete Temporary Files
When using a custom editor to view a concurrent output or log file, the Report Review Agent will make a temporary copy of the file on the client. Set this profile to "Yes" to automatically delete these files when the user exits Oracle Applications.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
RRA:Enabled
Set this user profile to "Yes" to use the Report Review Agent to access files on concurrent processing nodes.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
RRA:URL
Specify a URL which points to the CGI script on your WebServer to use the Report Review Agent to access files on concurrent processing nodes.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Note: This profile option is valid only for those environments which support Oracle Web-Deployed Applications report viewer.
RRA:Maximum Transfer Size
Specify, in bytes, the maximum allowable size of files transferred by the Report Review Agent, including those downloaded by a user with the "Copy File..." menu option in the Oracle Applications Report File Viewer and those "temporary" files which are automatically downloaded by custom editors. For example, to set the size to 64K you enter 65536. If this profile is null, there is no size limit.
Only the System Administrator can update this profile option.
Sequential Numbering
Sequential Numbering assigns numbers to documents created by forms in Oracle financial products. For example, when you are in a form that creates invoices, each invoice document can be numbered sequentially.
Sequential numbering provides a method of checking whether documents have been posted or lost. Not all forms within an application may be selected to support sequential numbering.
Sequential Numbering has the following profile option settings:
| Always Used
| You may not enter a document if no sequence exists for it.
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| Not Used
| You may always enter a document.
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| Partially Used
| You will be warned, but not prevented from entering a document, when no sequence exists.
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Only system administrators can change this profile option.
Session ID
This runtime profile option contains the session ID number of the last database session that was created.
Sign-On:Notification
"Yes" displays a message at login that indicates:
- If any concurrent requests failed since your last session,
- How many times someone tried to log on to Oracle Applications with your username but an incorrect password, and
- When the default printer identified in your user profile is unregistered or not specified.
Signon Password Length
Signon Password Length sets the minimum length of an Applications signon password. If no value is entered the minimum length defaults to 5.
Only system administrators can change this profile option.
Only system administrators can change this profile option.
Stored Procedure Log Directory
Specifying a log directory enables stored procedures used with Oracle 7.3 to generate and store log files. You must also set this log directory in the init.ora file of the database.
For example, if the Stored Procedure Log Directory is /rladev/rla/1.1/log and the Stored Procedure Output Directory is /rladev/rla/1.1/out, then the following entry should be made in the init.ora file of the database containing stored procedures that write to these directories:
UTL_FILE_DIR = /rladev/rla/1.1/log,
/rladev/rla/1.1/out
Stored Procedure Output Directory
Specifying a output directory enables stored procedures used with Oracle 7.3 to generate and store output files. You must also set this output directory in the init.ora file of the database.
For example, if the Stored Procedure Log Directory is /rladev/rla/1.1/log and the Stored Procedure Output Directory is /rladev/rla/1.1/out, then the following entry should be made in the init.ora file of the database containing stored procedures that write to these directories:
UTL_FILE_DIR = /rladev/rla/1.1/log,
/rladev/rla/1.1/out
Two Task
TWO_TASK for the database. This profile is used in conjunction with the Gateway User ID profile to construct a connect string for use in creating dynamic URLs for the Web Server. This should be set to the SQL*NET. alias for the database.
Note: The TWO_TASK must be valid on the node upon which the WebServer is running
Viewer: Text, PostScript, PDF, and HTML
You can use the viewer of your choice when reviewing online the log and output files from your concurrent requests. In almost all cases, you need to specify different viewers for reviewing text files, postscript (bitmap) files, PDF files, and HTML files. Oracle Report programs with VERSION=2.0b as the concurrent program's execution option produce postscript files.
To link the Oracle Applications concurrent processing facility with a text, postscript, PDF, or HTML, with the appropriate application installed on your computer, enter as the profile option value the:
- Name of the application's executable file, when the file can be found in your computer's default path (for example, write.exe), or
- Full path to the application's executable file, when the file is not in the default path of your compute (for example, c:\windows\bin\write.exe).
You should also enter any required parameters that may be necessary to invoke the application in a particular mode.
Attention: In a client-server environment, PC clients can access log and output files on the servers by using either a Report Review Agent or a PC-NFS mount.
Only system administrators can change this profile option.
