1          Preface

This section provides information about the OFSAA Data Model Naming Standards Guide.

Topics:

·        How this Guide is Organized

·        Purpose of this Document

·        Audience 

·        Access to the Oracle Support 

·        Related Documents 

·        Conventions 

·        Abbreviations

How this Guide is Organized

The Installation Guide is organized into the following sections:

·        Table and Column Naming Standards: This section provides information about the Table and Column naming standards and conventions used in the OFSAA data model.

·        Keywords: This section provides a sample list of the keyword abbreviations and names in naming the OFSAA data model tables and columns that you can use.

·        Domains: This section provides information about the Domains in the OFSAA data model.

·        User Defined Properties: This section provides the User Defined Properties for the tables and columns in the OFSAA data model.

·        Management and Maintenance: This section provides information about the management and maintenance of the OFSAA data model.

Purpose of this Document

Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) leverages a common underlying data model. This document provides an overview of the naming standards followed in the development process of the OFSAA data model. As a standard, the details of naming conventions followed in the OFSDF and OIDF data models are mentioned in this document.

Oracle recommends that these standards are followed in the data model extensions carried out at the customer sites.

Audience

This document is intended for Administrators, Business User, Strategists, and Data Analyst, who are responsible for installing and maintaining the following application pack components:

·        OFSAA Data Model

·        OFSAA Application Components

·        OFSAA Architecture

·        UNIX Commands

·        Database Concepts

Access to the Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For more information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

Related Documents

Oracle strives to keep this and all other related documents updated regularly; visit the OFSDF OHC Documentation Library and OIDF OHC Documentation Library to download the latest version available there. The list of related documents is provided as follows:

·        Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) Data Model Extension Guidelines Document Release 8.1.x

·        Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) Data Model Document Generation Release 8.1.x 

·        Oracle Financial Services Data Foundation Application Pack User Guide Release 8.1.0.0.0

·        Oracle Insurance Data Foundation Application Pack User Guide Release 8.1.0.0.0

·        My Oracle Support for the OFSDF Application Pack Release 8.1.0.0.0 technical documents:

§       Data Model Difference Reports

§       Changelog

§       SCD Metadata

§       T2T Metadata

§       Run Chart

·        My Oracle Support for the OIDF Application Pack Release 8.1.0.0.0 technical documents:

§       Data Model Difference Reports

§       Changelog

§       SCD Metadata

§       T2T Metadata

§       Run Chart

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document.

Abbreviations

The following table lists the abbreviations used in this document.