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Overview

APPS.OE_AK_RETURN_REASON_V is a lightweight reporting view in the Oracle E-Business Suite Order Management (OM) and Oracle Receivables (AR) schema. It is one of the standard "AK" (Application Kit / Oracle EBS Framework) value-set style views used to expose a single, flat list of valid lookup codes for a specific lookup type. Despite its name referencing "return reason," the documented definition does not filter on any return-specific lookup type; instead, it returns the lookup codes associated with the lookup type CREDIT_MEMO_REASON. This makes the view a convenience wrapper that lists valid credit memo reason codes for use in reporting, concurrent programs, validation logic, and integrations.

The view is owned by the APPS schema, meaning it is a read-only, publicly accessible object intended for cross-module consumption. Its principal role is to provide a stable, self-documenting interface for retrieving credit memo reason values without requiring the caller to know the internal OE/AR lookup schema or the exact lookup type string literal. Because it maps directly to the user-facing credit memo reason list of values, it is commonly referenced in Oracle Reports, BI Publisher data templates, OAF/ADF value-set declarations, and custom PL/SQL validation routines.

Underlying Base Objects

The view is defined over a single documented base object: OE_AR_LOOKUPS_V, itself a view. The exact definition is a simple filtered projection:

  • Source view: OE_AR_LOOKUPS_V — the shared OM/AR lookups view that exposes lookup codes and meanings from the underlying lookup tables.
  • Filter predicate: WHERE lookup_type = 'CREDIT_MEMO_REASON' — restricts the result set to the credit memo reason lookup type.
  • Projected column: lookup_code — the only column explicitly selected in the documented source text.

Because OE_AR_LOOKUPS_V is itself a view, the physical lookup data ultimately resides in the shared lookups tables (such as FND_LOOKUP_VALUES and the OM/AR lookup structures) that OE_AR_LOOKUPS_V abstracts. This layered design shields OE_AK_RETURN_REASON_V from underlying table changes and centralizes the OM/AR lookup logic. No direct join to a return line, RMA, or credit memo transaction table is present; the view is purely a reference/value-list object rather than a transactional source.

Key Columns

The ETRM metadata documents only a single explicit column in the view's SELECT list:

  • lookup_code — the coded value of the credit memo reason (for example, a short alphanumeric code representing the reason). This is the primary and, per the documented text, only guaranteed output column of OE_AK_RETURN_REASON_V.

Note that while the underlying OE_AR_LOOKUPS_V view typically also exposes columns such as lookup_type, meaning, description, enabled_flag, and date ranges, the documented definition of OE_AK_RETURN_REASON_V selects only lookup_code. Consumers requiring the descriptive meaning should query OE_AR_LOOKUPS_V directly or join back to it using lookup_code.

Common Use Cases and Queries

The view is typically used to present or validate the list of credit memo reasons. A basic retrieval of all reason codes:

  • SELECT lookup_code FROM apps.oe_ak_return_reason_v; — returns every credit memo reason code defined for the CREDIT_MEMO_REASON lookup type.
  • Validation of an incoming reason code: SELECT 1 FROM apps.oe_ak_return_reason_v WHERE lookup_code = :p_reason; — confirms the supplied code is a valid credit memo reason.
  • Populating a parameter list of values in a concurrent program or report by selecting lookup_code for display and comparison.
  • Integration scenarios where an external system must map its own reason codes to Oracle's credit memo reason codes before loading AR credit memo or RMA data.

Because only lookup_code is exposed, any use case that requires the human-readable reason text must supplement this view with a join to the underlying lookups, typically on lookup_code and lookup_type = 'CREDIT_MEMO_REASON'. Used in this way, OE_AK_RETURN_REASON_V serves as a compact, schema-independent entry point for credit memo reason enumeration within Oracle EBS 12.1.1 and 12.2.2.