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Preface

• Audience
• Documentation Accessibility
• Related Documents
• Customer Support
• Review Patch Documentation
• Improved Process for Oracle Retail Documentation Corrections
• Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network
• Conventions

1 Introduction

• Road Map for Implementing CFAS
• Getting Started with CFAS
  • About CFAS
  • CFAS Components
  • CFAS Data Flow

2 Planning Custom Flex Attributes

• Entities
• Attribute Group Sets
• Attribute Groups
• Attributes
• Other Setup Data
  • Record Groups
  • Codes
• Custom Functions

3 Planning Your Implementation

• Prerequisites
• Process/Business Flows
• Integration Considerations
  • Integration with Retail Integration Bus (RIB)
  • Flat File Integration
• Internationalization Considerations
• Additional Considerations

4 CFAS Maintenance Screens

• Additional Considerations
• Setting Up Entities and Entity Labels
• Setting Up Codes
• Setting Up Record Groups
• Setting Up Attribute Group Sets
• Setting Up Attribute Groups
• Setting Up Attributes

5 Ongoing Maintenance

• Modifying Attributes
• Deleting Attributes
• Security Considerations
• Upgrading CFAS

A CFAS Use Cases

• External Application Attributes
• Alternate Hierarchies
• Ranging and Grading
• Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
• Difference Between CFAS and User Defined Attributes (UDAs)

B CFAS Database Scripts

• CFAS Database Create Script
• CFAS Load Scripts
• CFAS Migration Script
  • Migrating CFAS Metadata
  • Syntax
  • Considerations

C CFAS User Interface Validation Routines

• About Validation Routines
• Simple Validations
• Complex Validations

D Debugging CFAS

E CFAS Table Definitions

• Extension Install Objects
  • CFA_EXT_ENTITY
    • Sample Data - CFAS_EXT_ENTITY
  • CFA_EXT_ENTITY_KEY
    • Sample Data - CFA_EXT_ENTITY_KEY
  • CFA_EXT_ENTITY_KEY_LABELS
    • Sample Data - CFA_EXT_ENTITY_KEY_LABELS
• Custom Metadata Tables
  • CFA_ATTRIB_GROUP_SET
    • Sample Data - CFA_ATTRIB _GROUP_SET
  • CFA_ATTRIB_GROUP_SET_LABELS
    • Sample Data - CFA_ATTRIB_GROUP_LABELS
  • CFA_ATTRIB_GROUP
    • Sample Data - CFA_ATTRIB _GROUP
  • CFA_ATTRIB_GROUP_LABELS
    • Sample Data - CFA_ATTRIB_GROUP_LABELS
  • CFA_ATTRIB
    • Sample Data - CFA_ATTRIB
    • Additional Note about Validation
  • CFA_ATTRIB_LABELS
    • Sample Data - CFA_ATTRIB_LABELS
  • CFA_REC_GROUP
    • Sample Data - CFA_REC_GROUP
  • CFA_REC_GROUP_LABELS
    • Sample Data - L10N_REC_GROUP_DESCS
  • CFA_CODE_HEAD
    • Sample Data - CFA_CODE_HEAD
  • CFA_CODE_DETAIL_DESCS
    • Sample Data - CFA_CODE_DETAIL_DESCS
• Entity Specific CFAS Storage
• Supporting Custom Objects
  • CFAS Access Views
    • Additional Consideration
  • CFAS Staging Table
    • Additional Consideration

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