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Designing with Application Adapters Previous: Oracle Applications Manufacturing Module Next: Oracle Applications Validation Error Codes Oracle Applications Financial Module The Financial module is divided into the following sub-modules:

Accounts Payable Module.

Accounts Receivable Module.

Cash Management Module.

Fixed Assets Module.

General Ledger Module.

Accounts Payable Module The Oracle Accounts Payable module works with other Oracle Financial modules to provide a complete set of transactions and reports for maintaining accounts payable control.

Accounts Payable Module

Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

ap_invoices_interface

ap_invoice_lines_interface

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_ap_invoices_interface

sb_ap_invoice_lines_interface

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_ap_inv_pkg.sql

sb_validate_ap_inv_lines_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_payable_pkg.sql

Accounts Receivable Module The Oracle Accounts Receivable module works with other Oracle Financial modules to provide a complete set of transactions and reports for maintaining accounts receivable control.

Auto Invoice Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

ra_interface_distributions

ra_interface_lines_all

ra_interface_salescredits_all

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_ra_interface_distributions

sb_ra_interface_lines_all

sb_ra_interface_salescredits_all

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_ra_dist_pkg.sql

sb_validate_ra_lines_pkg.sql

sb_validate_ra_sales_cr_pkg.sql

This file is controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_auto_inv_pkg.sql

Auto Lock Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

ar_payments_interface_all

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_ar_payments_interface_all

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following file:

sb_validate_ar_payments_pkg.sql

This file is controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_auto_lock_pkg.sql

Customers

Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

ra_customers_interface

ra_contact_phones_int_all

ra_cust_pay_method_interface

ra_customer_banks_int_all

ra_customer_profiles_interface

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_ra_customers_interface

sb_ra_contact_phones_int_all

sb_ra_cust_pay_method_interface

sb_ra_customer_banks_int_all

sb_ra_customer_profiles_interface

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_cust_pkg.sql

sb_validate_contact_phones_pkg.sql

sb_validate_cust_pay_mtd_pkg.sql

sb_validate_cust_banks_pkg.sql

sb_validate_cust_profiles_pkg.sql

This file is controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_customers_pkg.sql

Cash Management Module The Oracle Cash Management module works with other Oracle Financial modules to provide a complete set of transactions and reports for maintaining cash management control.

Bank Statement Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

ce_statement_headers_int_all

ce_statement_lines_interface

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_ce_statement_headers_int_all

sb_ce_statement_lines_interface

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_stmt_headers_pkg.sql

sb_validate_stmt_lines_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_bank_stmt_pkg.sql

Fixed Assets Module The Oracle Fixed Assets module works with other Oracle Financial modules to provide a complete set of transactions and reports for maintaining fixed asset control.

Categories Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

fa_categories_b

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_fa_categories_b

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following file:

sb_validate_cat_pkg.sql

This file is controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_fa_categories_pkg.sql

Locations Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

fa_locations

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_fa_locations

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_loc_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_fa_locations_pkg.sql

Mass Additions Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

fa_mass_additions

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_fa_mass_additions

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_additions_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_fa_mass_add_pkg.sql

General Ledger Module The Oracle General Ledger module works with other Oracle Financial modules to provide a complete set of transactions and reports for maintaining general ledger control.

Budget Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

gl_budget_interface

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_gl_budget_interface

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_gl_budget_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_budget_pkg.sql

Daily Rates Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

gl_daily_rates_interface

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_gl_daily_rates_interface

Pre-Validation Scripts The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_gl_daily_rates_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_dailyrates_pkg.sql

Journal Oracle Interface Tables Oracle provides the following Interface Table for Requisitions:

gl_interface

Sun Staging Tables The Oracle Applications Adapter sets up the following staging table, corresponding to the Oracle Open Interface Table listed above:

sb_gl_interface

Oracle Applications Adapter The scripts corresponding to the Sun Staging Tables listed above are packaged within the following files:

sb_validate_gl_int_pkg.sql

These files are controlled by the following master validation file:

sb_validate_journal_pkg.sql

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