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  • 1 Overview
    • About This Guide
    • Overview of Common Implementation
    • Purchase and Activation of Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications
    • Diagnose and Synchronize Application Data
    • Why can't I edit setup data?
    • Why does the Date field display a different value than my preferred date?
  • 2 Application Taxonomy
    • Overview of Application Taxonomy
    • Modules in Application Taxonomy
    • Guidelines for Managing Modules in Application Taxonomy
  • 3 Enterprise Structures
    • Overview of Enterprise Structures
    • Enterprise Structures Business Process Model
    • Guidelines for Configuring Global Enterprises
    • Model Your Enterprise Management Structure
    • Essbase Character and Word Limitations
    • Define Initial Configuration with the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • How You Establish Enterprise Structures Using the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • How You Roll Back an Enterprise Structure Configuration
      • Design an Enterprise Configuration
      • Divisions
      • Overview
      • How You Create Legal Entities in the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • Model Legal Entities
      • Business Units
      • Considerations for Creating Business Units in the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • How Business Units Work with Reference Data Sets
      • How You Create Reference Data Sets in the Enterprise Structures Configurator
      • Considerations for Using Jobs and Positions
      • Examples of Positions
      • Job and Position Structures
      • FAQs for Define Initial Configuration
        • What happens if I don't use the Enterprise Structures Configurator to set up my enterprise structures?
        • What's an ultimate holding company?
        • What's the default reference data set?
        • What happens if I override the set assignment?
    • Reference Data
      • Items and Supplier Site Reference Data Sharing
      • FAQs for Reference Data
        • What reference data objects can be shared across business units?
        • What reference data objects can be shared across asset books?
        • What reference data objects can be shared across cost organizations?
        • What reference data objects can be shared across project units?
    • Enterprise HCM Information
      • Define Enterprises
      • Enterprise Information for Non-HCM Users
    • Geographies
      • Overview
        • Overview of Geographies, Geographic Entities, and Locations
        • How Geography Structure, Hierarchy, and Validation Fit Together
        • Geography Structures
        • Geography Hierarchy
        • How do I manage geography validation?
        • How do I manage Geography Structures, Hierarchies, and Validation?
        • Manage Geography Lookups
        • Setting Up Geography Validation
        • Manage Territory Geography Splits
        • How Territory Geographies are Grouped
      • What are the best practices for managing Geography mismatches?
      • Overview of Zone Types and Zones
      • Import Geographies and Zones
        • How do I import geographies?
        • List of Available Countries with Loqate Geography Reference Data
        • How do I replace the existing master geography data with revised Oracle-Licensed geography data?
        • Create Countries
        • How do I import Non-Oracle Licensed geography data?
        • Can you provide an example of importing geography data?
        • Import Your Country Structure Data
        • Example of Importing Country Structure Data
        • How You Import and Export Territory Geography Zones
      • Set Up Geocoding
        • What attributes are referenced to populate latitude and longitude during geocoding?
        • Set Up Geocoding
        • Use Web Services to Populate Location Attributes for the Around Me Feature
      • How You Set up Address Cleansing
      • FAQs for Loqate Support
        • How to Import Nokia Geography Data
        • How many countries does Loqate support? How do I get support for any additional country?
        • Will I be charged for Loqate data?
        • I am an existing customer, how will I be impacted? Can I import both Loqate and Nokia geography data?
        • How frequent are updates to Oracle licensed geography reference data available?
        • How is geography data updated? Are updates available for all countries at the same time?
        • Can I import Vertex or other third-party geography data in Manage Geographies?
        • Can I import geography data for multiple countries in one import job?
      • FAQs for Define Geographies
        • How You Search Geographies in the Language You Prefer
        • When do I define address cleansing?
        • Why can't I update a geography structure by copying an existing country structure?
        • How many levels in a geography structure can I define?
        • Why can't I delete a level of the country geography structure?
        • How do I add a geography to the geography hierarchy?
        • Edit a Specific Geography in the Geography Hierarchy
        • Edit Alternative Names and Codes for an Existing Country
        • How can I add a geography that's at a lower level to any geography in a geography hierarchy?
        • How can I verify whether the third-party geography structure and hierarchy I imported are available in the application?
        • How can I enable geocoding?
        • Where can I view the geocode values of a location?
        • What are Spatial Services?
        • Where can I update and view the geography name reference information for parties?
        • How can I save an address that didn't pass geography validation?
        • Why is Import Geography Data Disabled in Manage Geographies?
    • Legal Jurisdictions and Authorities
      • Overview of Legal Jurisdiction and Authorities
      • Jurisdictions
      • Legal Authorities
      • Create Legal Jurisdictions, Addresses and Authorities
      • Create Legal Entities, Registrations, and Reporting Units
    • Legal Entities
      • Overview
      • Model Legal Entities
    • Legal Entities in HCM
      • Examples of HCM Organization Models
      • How Legal Employers Work with Payroll Statutory Units and Tax Reporting Units
      • FAQs for Legal Entities in HCM
        • What's a legal employer?
        • What's a payroll statutory unit?
    • Legal Entity Tax Profiles
      • Party Tax Profiles
      • Considerations for Specifying First-Party Tax Profile Options
      • FAQs for Legal Entity Tax Profiles
        • When does a party tax profile get created for a legal entity?
    • Legal Reporting Units
      • Plan Legal Reporting Units
    • Chart of Accounts Structures and Structure Instances
      • Chart of Accounts
      • Thick Versus Thin General Ledger
      • Chart of Accounts Components
      • Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets
      • How Charts of Accounts, Ledgers, Legal Entities, and Business Units Are Created Using Spreadsheets
      • Example of One Chart of Accounts Structure with Many Instances
      • Create a Chart of Accounts Structure and Instance
      • Overview of Balancing Segments
      • Considerations for Multiple Balancing Segments
      • Example of Using Multiple Balancing Segments
      • FAQs for Chart of Accounts Structures and Structure Instances
        • How can I use future accounting segments?
    • Chart of Accounts Value Sets and Value Set Values
      • Value Sets for Charts of Accounts
      • Create a Value Set for Your Chart of Accounts
      • Configure Chart of Account Segments for Business Intelligence
      • FAQs for Chart of Accounts Value Sets and Value Set Values
        • What happens when I run the Inherit Segment Value Attributes process?
    • Accounting Calendars
      • Accounting Calendar Options
      • How Accounting Calendars Are Validated
      • FAQs for Accounting Calendars
        • How can I identify errors in my accounting calendar?
        • What's the difference between calendar and fiscal period naming?
        • When do I update an existing calendar?
        • What happens if I upgrade my calendar from Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12?
    • Primary and Secondary Ledgers
      • Overview of Accounting Configuration Offerings
      • Ledgers and Subledgers
      • Primary Ledgers, Secondary Ledgers, and Reporting Currencies
      • Ledgers, Legal Entities, Balancing Segments, and Business Units
      • Create a Primary Ledger
    • Ledger Options
      • Specify Ledger Options
      • FAQs for Ledger Options
        • What happens if I change the cumulative translation adjustment account?
        • What happens if I change the retained earnings account?
      • Assign Legal Entities and Balancing Segments
    • Reporting Currencies
      • How Balances for Reporting Currencies Are Calculated
    • Business Units
      • Business Units
    • Business Functions for Business Unit
      • Business Functions
    • Service Provider Relationships
      • Shared Service Centers
      • Guidelines for Shared Service Centers
      • Service Provider Models
    • Customer Contracts
      • Overview of Contracts Business Functions Setup
      • Contract Terms Library Business Unit Setup
    • Supplier Contracts
      • Set Up Business Unit for Supplier Contracts
      • Contract Terms Library Business Unit Setup
    • Workforce Structure Locations
      • Locations
      • Workforce Structure Locations
        • Why can't I see my location in the search results?
        • How can I associate a location with an inventory organization?
        • What happens if I select an inventory organization when I am creating or editing a location?
        • What happens if I select a geographic hierarchy node when I create or edit a location?
        • What happens if I inactivate a location?
    • Workforce Structure Division
      • Divisions
      • Example of Adding a New Division After Acquiring a Company
    • Workforce Structure Departments
      • Cost Centers and Departments
      • Department Classifications
    • FAQs for Job Families
      • What's the difference between a job set and a job family?
    • Workforce Structures Jobs
      • Jobs
      • Examples of Jobs
    • Facility Shifts, Workday Patterns, and Schedules
      • Schedule Components
      • Examples of Managing Shifts
      • Examples of Managing Workday Patterns
    • Inventory Organizations
      • Inventory Organizations
      • Guidelines for Using Inventory Organization
      • Considerations for Inventory Organizations
      • How Rounding the Reorder Quantity Affects Min-Max Planning Reorder Calculations
      • Considerations for Selecting Lot Number Uniqueness Control
      • FAQs for Inventory Organizations
        • What happens if I select the supplier item sourcing type for replenishment?
        • What happens if I create an inventory organization as a logistics services organization?
    • Item Organizations
      • Item Organizations
      • Item Master Organizations
  • 4 Home Page and Other Basic Setup
    • Home Page
      • Configure Infolet Display
      • Define Home Page Appearance
      • Create and Enable Announcements
      • FAQs for Home Page
        • Why don't I see infolets in the Analytics section of the home page?
        • How can I rename an icon for an infolet page in the page control on the home page?
    • Preferences
      • Set General Preferences for All Users
      • Set Value Formats for Regional Preferences for All Users
    • Global Header
      • Set a Banner Message in the Global Header
      • How do I define whether the user image, name, or initials display in the global header?
      • Set Privacy Statement URL
      • Disable or Enable Watchlist Categories and Items
      • Refresh Intervals for Watchlist Items
      • How can I change predefined Watchlist category and item names?
    • How can I determine which languages appear in the Translation Editor?
    • Set CSV as the Default Option for Exporting Table Data
    • Set Up the Mapping Service for Contextual Addresses
    • Configure Email Security
      • Set Up Sender Policy Framework (SPF)
      • Set Up DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
      • Set Up Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting, and Conformance (DMARC)
  • 5 Currencies and Currency Rates
    • Currencies
      • Considerations for Defining Currencies
      • Euro Currency Derivation
      • FAQs for Currencies
        • When do I create or enable currencies?
        • What's the difference between precision, extended precision, and minimum accountable unit for a currency?
        • What's a statistical unit currency type?
    • Conversion Rate Types
      • Guidelines for Creating Conversion Rate Types
      • Examples of Using Conversion Rate Types in a Journal
      • FAQs for Conversion Rate Types
        • What's the difference between spot, corporate, user, and fixed rate types?
    • Daily Rates
      • Enter Daily Rates Using the Daily Rates Spreadsheet
      • Update Currency Rates
  • 6 Languages and Other ISO Reference Data
    • Language Packs on Your Application
    • Considerations for Natural Languages
    • Considerations for Defining Currencies
    • Euro Currency Derivation
    • FAQs for Languages and Other ISO Reference Data
      • When do I create or edit territories?
      • When do I create or edit industries?
      • When do I associate industries with territories?
      • When do I create or enable currencies?
      • What do I do if a currency code I am still using in my existing transactions is desupported?
      • What's the difference between precision, extended precision, and minimum accountable unit for a currency?
      • What's a statistical unit currency type?
      • When do I create or edit ISO languages?
      • Can I add or edit time zones?
  • 7 Search
    • Search Extension Framework
      • Overview of Search
      • Enable Search Extension Framework
      • FAQs for Search Extension Framework
        • What do I do if the process for creating indexes keeps failing?
        • What do I do if I get errors about enabling the search extension framework?
        • What do I do if I get errors stating that the Oracle Search Cloud Service or OSCS isn't reachable?
    • Manage Search Indexes
      • Overview of Search Indexes
      • Add Extensible Attributes to Search Indexes
      • Remove Extensible Attributes from Search Indexes
    • Global Search
      • Overview of Global Search Setup
      • Global Search Configurations
        • Examples of Global Search Configurations Set as Enabled or Default
        • Create Global Search Configurations
        • Configure Attachment Search
        • Set Up Autosuggest for Global Search
        • Considerations for Disabling Saved and Recent Searches for Global Search
        • Set Up Filters for Global Search
        • Specify Pages for Global Search Configuration
      • Suggestion Groups
        • Suggestion Groups for Global Search
        • Change Heading Text and Icons for Suggestion Groups
  • 8 Workflow Approvals and Notifications
    • Configure Workflow Approvals and Notifications
    • Roles That Give Workflow Administrators Access
    • Search for Workflow Tasks to Configure
    • Assignments and Routing
      • How Workflow Task Routing Is Mapped Out
      • Types of Participants
      • Disable Stages or Participants
      • Create Approval Groups
      • Configure Approval Rule Sets and Rules
      • List Builders
      • Define Rules to Automatically Approve or Reject Workflow Tasks
      • Create Rules in Advanced Mode
      • Prevent Assigning Approvals to Specific Users
      • When Tasks Are Automatically Released to Approval Groups
        • Change the Workflow Task Priority
      • Limit Whom to Reassign or Delegate Workflow Tasks To
      • Define People to Support Workflow Tasks
    • Define the Due Date and Expiration Policies for Workflow Tasks
    • Workflow Notifications
      • Disable or Enable Workflow Notifications
      • Define When to Send Workflow Notifications
      • Aggregate Tasks to Minimize the Number of Notifications to Send
      • Remove Prefix from Subject Lines and Titles in Workflow Notifications
      • Show Approve and Reject Options in Notifications
      • Synchronize Notifications in the Global Header and Home Page with Workflow Tasks
      • Email Notifications
        • Add Header Content to Workflow Email Notifications
        • Set Up the From Field in Workflow Email Notifications
          • Change the From and Reply-To Address
          • Add Sender Name to the From Field
        • Set Up Attachments in Workflow Email Notifications
        • Send Test Workflow Email Notifications to One Address
        • More Setup for Workflow Email Notifications
      • Configurable Notifications
        • Best Practices for Working on Workflow Notifications
        • Best Practices for Content and Layout in Workflow Notifications
        • Add a Branding Logo and Change Other Shared Components in Workflow Notifications
        • Use Quick Parts for Workflow Notifications
        • Set Up Content to Appear in Only Email or In-App Workflow Notifications
        • Preview Changes and Upload Layout Templates for Workflow Notifications
    • Define Where and How Users Can Act On Workflow Tasks
    • Change Workflow Task Titles
    • Workflow Task Life Cycle
      • Define When to Automatically Dismiss or Withdraw Workflow Tasks
      • How Workflow Tasks Are Archived and Purged
    • Set Up the Approvals Work Area
    • Set Up the Worklist Region on My Dashboard
    • Monitor and Troubleshoot
      • Audit the Changes Made to Task Configurations
      • Things to Check If There Are Issues with Workflow Tasks
      • Transaction Console
        • Manage Workflow Transactions
        • Statuses for Filtering Transactions
        • Automatically Refresh Transaction Statuses
        • Actions for Managing Transactions
        • Manage Included Sections in Logs
        • Control Display of Approval History
        • Archive and Purge Transactions
        • Make the Days Parameter Available for Archiving Transactions
      • Review Employee Vacation and Delegation Rules
      • How You Can Regularly Reassign Pending Approvals for Workers That Become Inactive
  • 9 Attachments
    • Attachments
    • Attachment Entities
    • How Attachment Entities and Attachment Categories Work Together
    • Attachments Troubleshooting
    • FAQs for Attachments
      • What's an attachment category?
      • How can I restrict file formats for attachments?
  • 10 Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions and Job Sets
    • Overview of Managing Job Definitions and Job Sets
    • Manage List of Values Sources
    • Manage Job Definitions
      • Job Definitions
      • Create Job Definitions to Run Reports as Scheduled Processes
      • Duplicate Job Definitions
      • Edit Job Definitions
      • Define Parameters for Job Definitions
      • Define Dependent Parameters in Job Definitions
    • Manage Job Sets
      • Job Sets
      • Create Job Sets
      • System Properties for Job Sets
    • Assign Roles for Access to Manage Scheduled Processes
    • Allow Updates to Scheduled Process Priority
    • FAQs for Enterprise Scheduler Job Definitions and Job Sets
      • Why can't I see certain job definitions, and how do I find them?
      • Why can't I see all the parameters in a predefined job definition?
      • What do I select for job application name when I create a job definition?
      • Can I create a job set with jobs from multiple modules?
      • Can I use a table value set as the list of values for a parameter?
      • How can I restrict user access so that they can run only custom scheduled processes?
      • Why does an error about view definition not being found occur, for a custom job definition?
  • 11 Audit Policies
    • Audit Policies
    • Audit Configuration for Business Object Attributes
    • Overview of Audit Configuration
    • Set Up Auditing for Oracle Fusion Applications
    • Why is it taking so long to get search results when exporting audit summary of Fusion Application Business Objects?
  • 12 Help and Troubleshooting
    • Set Up Help
    • Hide or Show Help Icons
    • Give People Access to Create and Edit Help
    • Create Groups to Limit Access to Added Help
    • Guidelines for Setting Up General Troubleshooting
  • 13 Messages
    • Messages
    • Message Types
    • Message Groups
    • Create and Edit Messages
    • Use of Tokens in Messages
    • Common Messages
    • How can I make message components visible only to specific users?
    • File Format for Importing Messages
  • 14 Profile Options
    • Overview of Profile Options
    • Hierarchy in Profile Levels
    • Set Profile Option Values
    • File Format for Importing Profile Values
    • Import Profile Values
    • Import Flexfields, Lookups, or Profile Values Using Web Services
    • Create and Edit Profile Options
    • Profile Categories
    • FAQs for Profile Options
      • How can I access predefined profile options?
      • How can I bulk update user preferences?
  • 15 Flexfields
    • Overview of Flexfields
    • Overview of Flexfield Configuration
    • Flexfield Components
    • Flexfields at Runtime
    • Modify Flexfields Using Page Composer
    • How Flexfields Work with Oracle Application Cloud Architecture
    • Flexfield Management
      • Considerations for Managing Flexfields
      • Flexfield Segment Properties
      • Naming Conventions for Flexfield APIs
      • How Flexfield Segments are Rendered on Pages
      • How Flexfields and Value Sets Work Together
      • Default Segment Values
      • Flexfield Usages
      • FAQs for Flexfield Management
        • How can I access predefined flexfields?
        • Why can't I edit my flexfield or value set configuration?
        • Why did my page not display any flexfield?
        • Why did my flexfield changes not appear in the UI?
        • How can I resolve synchronization issues between flexfields and business objects?
    • Flexfield Deployment
      • Overview of Flexfield Deployment
      • How Flexfield Deployment Status is Calculated
      • How Deploying a Flexfield-Enabled Sandbox Works with Mainline Metadata
      • Considerations for Deploying a Descriptive Flexfield to a Sandbox
    • Value Sets
      • Overview of Value Sets
      • Validation Type Options for Value Sets
      • Considerations for Planning Value Sets
      • Create Value Sets
      • Considerations for Bind Variables in Table-Validated Value Sets
      • Create and Edit Table-Validated Value Sets Based on Lookups
      • Add Attributes to the Manage Value Sets Page
      • Import Value Set Values
      • Import Value Set Values Using Web Services
      • Import Related Value Sets
      • Import Related Value Sets Using Web Services
      • Requirements for Flat Files to Upload Value Set Values
      • Manage Values
      • Upload Value Set Values Process
      • Upload Comma-Separated Values File for Import Process
      • Translation of Flexfield and Value Set Configurations
      • File Format for Importing Data Security Instance Sets and Grants
      • FAQs for Value Sets
        • What happens if a value set is security enabled?
        • How can I set a default value for a flexfield segment?
    • Descriptive Flexfields
      • Overview of Descriptive Flexfields
      • Considerations for Planning Descriptive Flexfields
      • Considerations for Managing Descriptive Flexfields
      • Manage Descriptive Flexfields
        • Edit Descriptive Flexfields
        • Validate Descriptive Flexfields
        • Deploy Descriptive Flexfields
        • Manage Global Segments
        • Manage Contexts
        • Manage Context-Sensitive Segments
      • Enable Auditing for Descriptive Flexfields
      • Enable Auditing for Descriptive Flexfields
      • Configure Descriptive Flexfield Segments for a Lookup Type
      • Considerations for Enabling Descriptive Flexfield Segments for Business Intelligence
      • File Format for Importing Descriptive Flexfields
    • Extensible Flexfields
      • Overview of Extensible Flexfields
      • Considerations for Planning Extensible Flexfields
      • Considerations for Managing Extensible Flexfields
      • Considerations for Enabling Extensible Flexfield Segments for Business Intelligence
      • Considerations for Managing Extensible Flexfield Categories
      • Example of Configuring an Item Extended Attributes Flexfield
      • File Format for Importing Extensible Flexfields
      • Import Extensible Flexfields
      • Import Flexfields, Lookups, or Profile Values Using Web Services
      • FAQs for Extensible Flexfields
        • Why did the extensible flexfield context not appear at run time?
    • Key Flexfields
      • Overview of Key Flexfields
      • Considerations for Planning Key Flexfields
      • Considerations for Managing Key Flexfields
      • Key Flexfield Structures
      • Key Flexfield Structure Instances and Segment Instances
      • Cross-Validation Rules
      • Considerations for Cross-Validation Rules
      • Overview of Cross-Validation Rules in General Ledger
      • Considerations for Enabling Key Flexfield Segments for Business Intelligence
      • Example of a Key Flexfields
  • 16 Lookups
    • Overview of Lookups
    • Example of a Standard Lookup
    • Example of a Set-Enabled Lookup
    • Import Lookups
    • File Format for Importing Lookups
    • FAQs for Lookups
      • How can I access predefined lookups?
      • How can I edit lookups?
      • Why can't I see my lookup types?
      • What's the difference between a lookup type and a value set?
      • What's a lookup tag used for?
      • How can I search for a specific lookup code?
    • Import Flexfields, Lookups, or Profile Values Using Web Services
  • 17 Document Sequences
    • Document Sequences
    • Document Sequence Categories
    • Guidelines for Managing Document Sequences
    • File Format for Importing Document Sequences
  • 18 Reference Data
    • Reference Data Sharing
    • Reference Data Sets
    • Reference Data Sets and Sharing Methods
    • Assignment of Reference Data Sets to Reference Objects
  • 19 Trees
    • Overview of Trees
    • Tree Structures
      • Tree Structures
      • Guidelines for Defining the Tree Structure
      • Guidelines for Managing Tree Structures
      • Tree Structure Audit Results
      • Guidelines for Specifying Data Sources for Tree Structures
      • Guidelines for Improving the Performance of a Tree Structure
    • Tree Labels
      • Tree Labels
    • Trees and Tree Versions
      • Guidelines for Managing Trees and Tree Versions
      • Copy, Audit, and Flatten Tree Versions Using a Scheduled Process
        • Copy Tree Versions
        • Audit and Activate Tree Versions
        • Flatten Tree Versions
      • Tree Version Audit Results
      • Why is it taking so long to duplicate my tree version?
    • How Trees and Data Sources Work Together
    • Tree Nodes
    • File Format for Importing Data Loaders of Tree Hierarchies
  • 20 External Integration
    • Web Services
      • Overview of Web Services
      • Developer Connect
        • Overview of Developer Connect
        • Web Service Life Cycle
        • Message Patterns
        • Manage Web Service Sample Payloads
        • Import Value Set Values to Oracle Applications Cloud
      • Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
        • CORS
        • Configure CORS Headers
      • View Details About Predefined Scheduled Processes
    • Deep Links
  • 21 File-Based Data Import (FBDI) and File Import and Export
    • File-Based Data Import (FBDI)
      • Overview of External Data Integration Services for Importing Data
      • File Import Templates
      • Use Excel Integration Templates to Generate Data Files
      • Transfer Data Files to UCM Using Manual Flow
      • Document Transfer Utility
      • Load Interface File for Import Process
      • Import Data into Application Tables
      • Correct Import Load Process Errors
    • File Import and Export
      • Overview of Files for Import and Export
      • Guidelines for File Import and Export
  • 22 Migration of Common Reference Objects
    • Overview of Moving Common Reference Objects
    • Business Objects for Moving Common Reference Objects
    • Guidelines for Moving Related Common Reference Objects
    • Guidelines for Moving Common Reference Objects Using the Seed Data Framework