Profile Options

Profile Options

During implementation, your system administrator sets a value for each user profile option to specify how Oracle Applications controls access to and processes data.

Profile Options Summary

The following tables for the Asia/Pacific countries indicate whether you can view or update profile options and at which System Administrator levels the profile options can be updated: at the user, responsibility, application, or site levels.

A Required profile option requires you to provide a value. An Optional profile option already provides a default value which you can change.

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Profile Options in Oracle Financials for Asia/Pacific Countries

This section lists the profile options in Oracle Financials for the Asia/Pacific countries that are referenced in this user guide.

JA: Australian Auto Accounting

Use the JA: Australian Auto Accounting profile option to enable auto accounting functionality to generate account numbers for internal requisitions in Oracle Purchasing for Australia.

JA: Australian Materials Management

Use the JA: Australian Materials Management profile option to create requisition types in Oracle Purchasing for Australia.

FA: Tax Asset Type Category Segment

Use the FA: Tax Asset Type Category Segment profile option to specify the category segment number. You use this number while defining the tax asset type for the Japanese Depreciable Asset Tax report.

MO: Operating Unit

Use the MO: Operating Unit profile option to associate an organization to your responsibility.

MO: Default Operating Unit

Use the MO: Default Operating Unit profile option to associate a default organization for your responsibility. You must set this profile to Ledger in Oracle Financials for Korea to run the Korean Withholding Tax and VAT reports.

MO: Security Profile

Use the MO: Security Profile profile option to restrict access privileges.

GL: Set of Books Name

Use the GL: Set of Books Name profile option at the responsibility level to specify the ledger that you want to use for tax reporting for Singapore.

JA: CN Legal Entity

Use the JA: CN Legal Entity profile option to associate a legal entity with the responsibility.

Currency: Thousands Separator

Use the Currency: Thousands Separator profile option to separate the currency in thousands (Example: 999,999,999.99) by setting the value to Yes, else set it to no (Example: 999999999.99). Set the value to No to export the data.

Currency: Positive Format

Use the Currency: Positive Format profile option to determine how to display positive numbers in the General Ledger and Financial Statement Generator. Set the value to 'XXX' to export the data.

Currency: Negative Format

Use the Currency: Negative Format profile option to determine how to display negative numbers in the General Ledger and Financial Statement Generator. Set the value to '-XXX' to export the data.

Related Topics

Overview of Setting User Profiles, Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide