To illustrate or clarify your application data, you can link non-structured data such as images, word processing documents, spreadsheets, or video to more structured application data. For example, you could attach an image file to an invoice to show the item or items that your customer ordered.
The Attachment icon in the toolbar indicates whether the Attachments feature is enabled in a Receivables window. When the button is greyed out, the Attachment feature is not available. When the Attachment feature is enabled in a window, the icon becomes a solid paper clip. The icon changes to a paper clip holding a paper when the Attachment feature is enabled in a window and the current record has at least one attachment.
To view the attachment, choose the Attachment icon, or choose Attachments from the View menu.
In Receivables, you can use Attachments in the following windows and pages:
Credit Transactions
Customer Calls
Customers set of pages
Receipt Batches and Receipt Batches Summary
Receipts, Receipts Summary, and Receipt Applications
Remittances and Remittances Summary
Transactions, Transaction Lines, and Transactions Summary
In certain windows, Receivables also lets you view attachments from related windows.
For example, you can view a file attached to a customer record when looking at that customer's transaction in the Transactions window.
To see attachments that are attached to related entities, choose Attachments from the View menu, or choose the Attachment icon, to open the Attachments window. When you check the Include Related Documents check box, the Attachments window queries those related attachments as well as the attachments for the base entity.
In Receivables, you can see:
Attachments to customers from the Transactions and Transactions Summary windows
Attachments to Order Management orders and order lines from the Transaction Lines window
Attachments to customers from the Receipts and Receipts Summary windows
Attachments to customers and transactions from the Receipt Applications window
Attachments to customers and transactions from the Account Details window
Attachments to customers, transactions, and receipts from the Account Details Activities window
For more information, see: About Attachments, Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide.