Import Your Eligibility Rule Data

How You Map Your Source Data to Target Object Attributes

To import your Eligibility Rule data into Oracle Applications Cloud, you need to populate a CSV file with your source data and map that source data to target object attributes in Oracle Applications Cloud.

You need to do the following before creating the .CSV file for data import:

Identify how your source data attributes map to the target object attributes in Oracle Applications Cloud.
Ensure prerequisite steps are complete, such as understanding what attributes are required for importing your objects.
Understand your options for uniquely identifying the records.
Ensure parent records exist before importing child records.
Identify the target object attributes that are required in the .CSV file for a successful import.

Before You Start

You must do some basic checks before starting your import. For example, make sure that:

You have completed all the prerequisites for importing each attribute in your source data.
You have all parent records in place before importing child records.

Select a Unique Identifier for Your Records

To import data into Oracle Applications Cloud, your CSV file must include some specific attributes that enable the import process to uniquely identify the records. The file import process uses the attribute values to automatically map your source data to the target object attributes in Oracle Applications Cloud.

The preferred options for uniquely identifying an object record are as follows:

Internal ID: If you're identifying a record that already exists in Oracle Applications Cloud, then you can use the internal ID of the record, a system-generated unique identifier Attributes with "id" in the attribute name are typically internal IDs. You can determine the internal ID of a record by exporting Oracle Applications Cloud object data, or by doing a transactional database query. Using an internal ID typically provides better performance and reduces the import duration. For the Eligibility Rule object, this attribute is EligibilityRuleId.
Public unique identifiers: If you're creating new records, then you can provide a user-friendly public unique identifier (attributes denoted with 'Number' and usually visible in the business object's UI). If you update a record for which you have previously provided a Number attribute, or for which a Number attribute is visible in the object's UI, you can use the Number attribute to identify the record. For the Eligibility Rule Item object, the attributes are ParPGReferenceNumber, ItemNumber, and GeographyCode.

Required Attributes and Validations for Eligibility Rule Object

To import data successfully into Oracle Applications Cloud, your .CSV file must include the required attributes. Ensure that you provide valid values for the attributes.

The following table lists the required attributes for importing new Eligibility Rule records, required attributes for updating Eligibility Rule records, prerequisite setup tasks for the attributes, and specific validations, if any, for Eligibility Rule import:

Attribute	Description	Data Type	Data Length	Prerequisite Setup Task/ Import Validations	Creating a Eligibility Rule Record	Updating an Existing Eligibility Rule Record
EligibilityRuleId	Autogenerated Id to update the record.	Long	18	No validation	Not Required	Required
RuleType	This can have only two values -AVAILABLE and NOTAVAILABLE.	String	30	No validation	Required	Not Required
StartDate	The start date of the eligibility rule	Date Time		The StartDate can't be greater than the EndDate	Not Required	Not Required
EndDate	The end date of the eligibility rule	Date Time		No validation	Not Required	Not Required
ProductNumber	Product number against which this eligibility rule is created or updated	String	300	No validation	Required	Required
ProdGroupId	Required if creating a new eligibility rule using the Internal ID	Long	18	No validation	Required	Not Required
ParPGReferenceNumber	Required if creating or updating an existing eligibility rule using the PUID	String	50	No validation	Required	Required
InventoryItemId	Required if creating a new eligibility rule using the Internal ID	Long	18	No validation	Required	Not Required
InvOrgId	Required if creating a new eligibility rule using the Internal ID	Long	18	No validation	Required	Not Required
GeographyId	Required if creating a new eligibility rule using the Internal ID	Long	18	There can't be more than one eligibility rule for the same country.	Required	Not Required
CountryName	Specify value to update the country for an existing eligibility rule using the PUID.	String		No validation	Not Required	Not Required
GeographyCode	Required if creating or updating an existing eligibility rule using the PUID.	String		There can't be more than one eligibility rule for the same country.	Required To create an Eligibility Rule for all the countries, specify the Geography code value as "ALL". To create an Eligibility Rule for a specific country (for example, USA), specify the Geography code value as "US".	Required When updating an Eligibility Rule with the PUID, if you update the Geography Code from "ALL" to "US", specify the value of Geography Code as "ALL" in the import CSV file. Specify the value as "United States" for the "CountryName" attribute.

You can view the Eligibility Rule object along with all its child objects and attributes in the Manage Import Objects page of the Import Management flow. You can find attribute information like type, length, description, and so on, on this page.

Create the Source CSV File

You include the data that you want to import into Sales and Fusion Service in a source CSV file.

You can use the templates available in the Import Objects UI page to create the source CSV file. To download a template:

Go to Navigator > Tools > Import Management > Import Objects.
Select the Eligibility Rule object in the table and click Download.

You can now edit the downloaded file and provide valid values for the required attributes.

Note: For help in populating the CSV file and to avoid any issues in entering values, see the topic Potential Issues When Opening CSV Files With Excel in Related Topics section.

Create the Import Activity

After you have the CSV file ready, create an import activity to import the information. To create an import activity:

Go to Navigator > Tools > Import Management > Import Queue.
Click Create Import Activity in the Manage Imports page.
In the Enter Import Options page, provide a name for the import activity, and select Eligibility Rule from the Object drop-down list.
Select the CSV file in the File Name field, and click Next.
You would see that the source and target attributes are automatically mapped in the Map Fields page. Review and edit the mappings if required.
Check the file for unmapped columns or data format issues by clicking Validate Data. Click Next.
Review the import details on the Review and Submit page, and click Submit when you're ready.

Review the Import Results

Check if your import succeeded on the Manage Imports page. This page shows the status of all active, completed, and unsuccessful imports. To check the status of the import activity:

Go to Navigator > Tools > Import Management > Import Queue.
Click All Imports and search for the import activity that you created earlier.
Check the Status column for the import activity. The import is successful if the status displays as Completed. You can drill down on the import activity to go to the Import Status page which provides the status details of the import activity.