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Overview

The APPS.BEN_EXTRACT package is a core component of the Oracle E-Business Suite Advanced Benefits (Oracle Benefit Management) extraction framework. Its principal business function is to drive the extraction of benefit enrollment data from the EBS transactional tables into flat files or staging records that are subsequently transmitted to third-party providers such as insurance carriers, benefit administrators, payroll processors, and regulatory reporting agencies. The package operates within the benefits extract engine, orchestrating the runtime logic that evaluates extract definitions, identifies eligible records, applies selection criteria, and produces the output files associated with a given extract run.

In Oracle EBS 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, the benefits extraction feature allows an implementation team to configure a "benefit extract" that maps selected data elements (for example, employee, dependent, plan, and coverage attributes) into a fixed or delimited file layout. BEN_EXTRACT serves as the central control package that ties together the extract definition, the record type and level configuration, and the criteria profiles that determine which rows are extracted. It is classified as an OTHER API rather than a public callable interface, indicating that it is intended primarily for internal use by the benefits extract engine and its dependent packages.

Key Procedures and Functions

The ETRM metadata documents three procedures or functions within the package:

  • XTRCT_SKLTN — The extraction "skeleton" routine. This procedure provides the overarching control flow for an extract run, establishing the structure within which individual record types and data elements are processed. It effectively frames the sequence of operations that produce the extract output.
  • SET_EXT_LVLS — Configures or resolves extract levels. Benefit extracts are organized hierarchically by level (for example, person level, assignment level, or coverage level). This procedure establishes the level context so that the correct records and their associated child records are generated in the proper order.
  • SETUP_RCD_TYP_LVL — Sets up record type level information for the extract. This procedure prepares the linkage between record types defined in the extract definition and the levels at which those records are emitted, ensuring that the output file honors the configured layout.

Tables Accessed

BEN_EXTRACT reads from a set of benefits extract definition and criteria tables, including:

Usage Notes

BEN_EXTRACT is invoked indirectly through the Oracle Benefits extract concurrent programs rather than by end users. It is referenced by eighteen dependent packages, including BEN_EXT_ANSI, BEN_EXT_BNF, BEN_EXT_DPNT, BEN_EXT_ELIG, BEN_EXT_ENRT, BEN_EXT_FMT, BEN_EXT_PERSON, BEN_EXT_THREAD, and BEN_EXT_UTIL, as well as GHR_US_NFC_EXTRACTS and the PQP pension extract packages. This dependency pattern confirms its role as a shared foundation utility. Custom code should call the supported extract framework rather than BEN_EXTRACT directly, since the package is an internal API.