Registering Segments
Use these steps to register segments for Oracle E-Business Suite General Ledger applications.
To register segments:
- In Add Segments, click Add.
- Enter the Segment/Value Set Code for the segment, the Segment Hierarchy Label, and optionally, the Segment Value Set Code Description.
- Select the check box next to Natural Account Segment if this segment is used as the natural account in a chart of accounts.
- Select Allow Duplicate Nodes if allowing shared nodes.
- Enter the Maximum Character Length for the values in the value set.
- Enter the External Segment/Value Set Code and click Next.
- For each segment added, you have the option of defining context sensitive descriptive flexfields for the segment.
Adding Context Sensitive Descriptive Flexfields
Context-sensitive descriptive flexfields enable you to capture additional attributes about segment values for specific segments only. The procedure for adding a context-sensitive descriptive flexfield to a segment is similar to adding a global descriptive flexfield, with these differences:
- Context-sensitive descriptive flexfields can be reused for more than one segment. If a context-sensitive descriptive flexfield applies to more than one segment, you must add it to each segment to which it applies.
- The properties associated with context-sensitive flexfields can also be reused. Unlike global descriptive flexfields, when you select a property to associate with a context-sensitive flexfield, that value does not get removed from the Property drop down menu and you can select it again for a different context-sensitive flexfield.