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Using Descriptive Flexfield Information

You can insert, update, and view information using descriptive flexfield structures.

Descriptive Flexfield Relationships

The following table illustrates the relationships between windows that display descriptive flexfields. It is composed of groups of windows that contain the same descriptive flexfield information. For each window, the base database table containing the descriptive flexfield is shown as well as information on whether you can insert, update, or simply view descriptive flexfields in the window.

Note: Windows that are accessed using gateway windows and buttons are documented by giving their navigational path which includes both the gateway window and the button. For example you can access the Material Requirements (Where Used) window from Discrete Jobs window by choosing the Components button. In this case the Where used window is documented as View Discrete Jobs [Components]. Also, unless otherwise noted, all source windows are Work in Process windows.


Transferring Descriptive Flexfields From Oracle Bills of Material to Work in Process

You can transfer the descriptive flexfield information defined in Oracle Bills of Material to Work in Process as you create discrete jobs and repetitive schedules. Work in Process takes a snapshot of the bill of material requirement, operation, and resource descriptive flexfield information as you create jobs and schedules with bills and routings and as those bills and routings are exploded. You can modify this information in Work in Process without affecting the original bill of materials or routing.

The following diagram illustrates how descriptive flexfield information is transferred from Oracle Bills of Material to Work in Process.

Transferring Descriptive Flexfields Within Work in Process

Work in Process allows you to transfer descriptive flexfield information on production lines, and shop floor statuses when you use these lines and statuses.

For example, as you associate a production line with a repetitive assembly in the Associate Lines and Assemblies window, Work in Process takes a snapshot of the production line definition from the Production Lines window and carries it over to the Associate Lines and Assemblies window. The descriptive flexfield that you defined for the production line defaults to the descriptive flexfield in the Associate Lines and Assemblies window. If you change the original descriptive flexfield in the Production Lines window, the descriptive flexfield in the Associate Lines and Assemblies window is not affected. You can change the descriptive flexfield information in the Associate Lines and Assemblies window at any time.

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