March 6, 2010

Valuesets

What is $FLEX$ and $PROFILES$?


$FLEX$ and $PROFILES$ are Special Variables in oracle Apps environment and are used to hold values at runtime.

Every Oracle Apps technical consultant will be familiar with the term $FLEX$ and $PROFILES$.
 
To segregate this based on the functionality


$FLEX$: Used for basing the value of a parameter on another parameter.

$PROFILES$: used for fetching the data stored in the specified profile option value which is currently active.

Syntax:


:$FLEX$.previous_value_set_name

Important:

 $FLEX$ must always be in capitals.

 A ‘:’ must precede the declaration of $FLEX$.

 The previous value set name must have already been assigned and saved on a different parameter.

$PROFILES$.Profile_option_name

Important:

 $PROFILES$ must be always in capitals.

 ‘:’ must always precede the declaration.

 Profile option name is the Profile Name and not to be confused with the User profile Name.

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