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Overview

BIS_COUNTRIES_V is a reporting view within the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Applications BIS product family, intended to expose country-level territory information drawn from the BIS territory model. The view presents a consolidated, distinct list of countries together with their associated area codes and descriptive attributes, enabling developers and report authors to resolve country data without directly navigating the underlying territory and hierarchy structures.

In Oracle EBS releases 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, BIS views of this type are commonly used as the source for LOV (List of Values) queries, region data sources in Oracle Forms and OAF pages, and for integration feeds where a normalized list of countries is required. Because the view is defined over other BIS views rather than base tables, its definition is aligned with the BIS territory hierarchy and inherits the filtering logic applied by those underlying views.

The ETRM metadata records that the object is documented but not implemented in the reference database, which is consistent with many BIS reporting views that are deployed conditionally depending on the installed BIS modules and patch levels.

Underlying Base Objects

The supplied ETRM metadata does not document any base tables directly referenced by BIS_COUNTRIES_V. Instead, the view text shows that it is defined over three other BIS views:

  • BIS_TERRITORIES_V (alias BTA) — supplies the country records filtered by TYPE = 'COUNTRY'
  • BIS_AREAS_V (alias BTC) — supplies area code information joined through the hierarchy
  • BIS_TERRITORY_HIERARCHIES_V (alias BTH) — provides the parent-child territory relationships used to relate areas to countries

The relationships are established via an outer join on TERRITORY_CODE and PARENT_TERRITORY_CODE, so countries without an associated area or hierarchy entry are still returned. This layered definition means BIS_COUNTRIES_V is effectively a denormalized projection of the BIS territory model at the country level.

Key Columns

  • ID — A computed identifier produced by a DECODE expression over AREA_CODE and TERRITORY_CODE. When no area code exists it resolves to the territory code alone; otherwise it concatenates area and territory with a '+' separator. This provides a unique key for LOV and form purposes.
  • VALUE — The display name of the country, sourced from the territory NAME.
  • COUNTRY_CODE — The underlying TERRITORY_CODE for the country record.
  • NAME — The descriptive name of the country.
  • DESCRIPTION — The full description associated with the country territory.
  • AREA_CODE — The area code related to the country through the territory hierarchy, where one exists.

The view applies SELECT DISTINCT, which guarantees that duplicate combinations arising from multiple hierarchy paths are collapsed before reaching the consumer.

Common Use Cases and Queries

Typical usage includes populating country LOVs, driving report parameters, and feeding downstream integration tables. A standard query retrieves all countries ordered by name:

  • SELECT country_code, name FROM bis_countries_v ORDER BY name;
  • SELECT id, value FROM bis_countries_v WHERE area_code IS NOT NULL;
  • SELECT country_code, area_code, description FROM bis_countries_v WHERE country_code = :p_country;

Because the view is built on other BIS views, query performance depends on the underlying territory and hierarchy views. In 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, the definition should be validated against the active patch level before use in custom integrations.