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Overview

XNP_DEBUG is a table owned by the XNP schema within Oracle E-Business Suite, associated with the Number Portability (XNP) product module. Its documented purpose is to store general debug information generated by the Number Portability system. In EBS 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, XNP supports telecommunications-style number portability workflows, and a diagnostic table of this nature provides a persistent record of runtime debug output that would otherwise be ephemeral. The table is validated and carries the standard Oracle proprietary classification.

From a heuristic Data Vault modeling perspective, XNP_DEBUG is classified as standalone. This classification is mined from the foreign key structure rather than from an explicitly declared model, so it should be treated as a modeling suggestion. Practically, the table behaves like a satellite-style diagnostic record: it captures descriptive context and severity-level attributes keyed by a single surrogate identifier, and it does not participate as a hub or link in the broader referential web. The presence of standard audit columns and an operating-unit security column is consistent with other EBS application tables.

Key Information Stored

The documented physical schema contains 10 columns. The most significant are:

• DEBUG_ID — the surrogate primary key, enforced through the XNP_DEBUG_PK constraint and also the sole column of the unique index XNP_DEBUG_U1. Because it is the only unique-index candidate besides the primary key itself, it is the de facto business-key candidate for row identification.
• DEBUG_LEVEL — the diagnostic severity or verbosity tier associated with the logged entry, distinguishing informational messages from higher-severity conditions.
• CONTEXT — the originating program, routine, or functional area in which the debug event was raised.
• DESCRIPTION — the free-form message text describing the debug condition.
• SECURITY_GROUP_ID — the operating-unit style security attribute, which participates in a foreign key to FND_SECURITY_GROUPS.
• CREATED_BY, CREATION_DATE, LAST_UPDATED_BY, LAST_UPDATE_DATE, LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN — the standard EBS audit Who columns recording row creation and modification metadata.

Note that there is no separate durable business identifier beyond DEBUG_ID; XNP_DEBUG is an operational log rather than a master-data entity, and its content is expected to be transient and purgeable.

Common Use Cases and Queries

The primary use case is diagnostics: support and development teams query XNP_DEBUG to trace anomalies raised during number-portability processing. A typical retrieval filters by context and recency:

SELECT debug_id, debug_level, context, description,
       creation_date, created_by
FROM   xnp.xnp_debug
WHERE  context = :context
AND    creation_date >= SYSDATE - 1
ORDER BY creation_date DESC;

Because SECURITY_GROUP_ID is the only foreign key, access is frequently constrained by the security group derived from the session operating unit. Reporting scenarios include frequency analysis of debug levels by context, trend reporting of error volume over time, and extraction of recent entries for inclusion in service requests. Administrative maintenance typically involves periodic purging of records older than a retention threshold, since the table is not designed for indefinite retention.

Related Objects

The documented relationship data identifies a single outbound foreign key, and supporting objects are limited accordingly:

• FND_SECURITY_GROUPS — referenced by XNP_DEBUG.SECURITY_GROUP_ID, joining on the security group identifier to control row-level visibility.
• XNP_DEBUG_PK — the primary key constraint on DEBUG_ID.
• XNP_DEBUG_U1 — the unique index on DEBUG_ID.
• Other XNP product tables and concurrent programs that emit debug output into this table, although no additional FK relationships are documented.

Administrators should treat the relationship set as narrow and rely on the security-group join as the principal integration point when constructing operational or diagnostic reports.