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Overview

CSI_CTR_GEN_UTILITY_PVT is a private PL/SQL package owned by the APPS schema in Oracle E-Business Suite. It is part of the Counter (CSI) module, which manages counters, counter templates, counter groups, and derived counter values for Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and related applications. The package is classified as a Private (PVT) API, meaning it is intended for internal consumption by other CSI packages and is not exposed as a public integration interface.

The package serves as a centralized utility layer that supports counter-related business logic. It provides common helper routines for debugging, error handling, descriptive flexfield (DFF) initialization and validation, formula and counter group validation, and diagnostic dumping of counter records and tables. By consolidating these cross-cutting concerns, the package enables other CSI packages to reuse consistent validation and logging behavior. The source header indicates the package was last updated in 2008 and references the file csivctus.pls.

Key Procedures and Functions

  • G_MISS_NUM, G_MISS_CHAR, G_MISS_DATE — Returner functions that supply a standard "missing" placeholder value for NUMBER, VARCHAR2, and DATE datatypes respectively, used when constructing record structures.
  • PUT_LINE — Writes a message string to the debug output, supporting the package's internal logging and diagnostics.
  • READ_DEBUG_PROFILES — Reads the current debug-related profile option values (such as debug level, debug file name, and file path) into package-level variables so that runtime debugging behavior can be controlled through profile settings.
  • EXITWITHERRMSG — Raises a standardized error, accepting a message name and up to four token name/value pairs for message token substitution.
  • INITIALIZE_DESC_FLEX — Populates a descriptive flexfield record structure for use in subsequent DFF validation.
  • IS_DESCFLEX_VALID — Determines whether a descriptive flexfield and its segment values are valid for a given API, application, flexfield name, and attribute count.
  • VALIDATE_DESC_FLEX — Validates descriptive flexfield column values against the flexfield definition.
  • INITIALIZE_DESC_FLEX_FOR_UPD — Initializes a DFF record structure specifically for update operations.
  • VALIDATE_FORMULA_CTR — Validates a formula-based counter definition.
  • VALIDATE_GRPOP_CTR — Validates counter group operation parameters.
  • IS_STARTENDDATE_VALID — Checks the validity of start and end dates associated with a counter or counter group.
  • CHECK_IB_ACTIVE — Determines whether Install Base integration is active for the current context.
  • DUMP_CTR_GRP_REC, DUMP_CTR_GRP_TBL — Diagnostic routines that dump a counter group record or record table.
  • DUMP_CTR_TEMPLATE_REC, DUMP_CTR_TEMPLATE_TBL — Dump a counter template record or table.
  • DUMP_CTR_ITEM_ASSOC_REC, DUMP_CTR_ITEM_ASSOC_TBL — Dump counter-to-item association records or tables.

Tables Accessed

  • CSI_COUNTER_DERIVED_FILTERS — Referenced to support validation of derived counter filter definitions.
  • CSI_COUNTER_RELATIONSHIPS — Used when validating counter relationships or group operations.
  • DUAL — Used for scalar evaluations and placeholder selects.
  • V$SESSION — Used to capture session identifiers (SID, OS user) for debug output.

The package also references the PL/SQL supplied utilities DBMS_SQL, UTL_FILE, and the PLITBLM package for dynamic SQL, file I/O for debug output, and index-by-table handling.

Usage Notes

CSI_CTR_GEN_UTILITY_PVT is a private package and is typically invoked from other CSI packages rather than directly from forms or concurrent programs. Its routines are called during counter creation and update flows to validate descriptive flexfields, formulas, date ranges, and counter group parameters before the core API commits data. The READ_DEBUG_PROFILES procedure is called at the start of processing to load debug settings so that PUT_LINE and the DUMP_* routines can emit diagnostic information when debugging is enabled. Because it is documented as referenced by approximately 12 other packages, changes to this package's private signatures can affect dependent CSI APIs.