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Overview
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Overview

OE_FLEX_UTIL is a utility package owned by the APPS schema in Oracle E-Business Suite, classified by ETRM as an API of type UTIL. Its role is to support the Order Entry (OE) module's flexfield handling by assembling descriptive flexfield (DFF) concatenated segment values for order-related entities. In Oracle EBS, descriptive flexfields allow descriptive attributes to be attached to order headers, lines, shipments, and related structures, with each attribute corresponding to an individual segment. Where a consuming process requires the full concatenated representation of these segments rather than individual values, OE_FLEX_UTIL provides that consolidation logic.

The package header carries a header revision of 120.0 dated 2005/06/01, indicating that the interface has remained stable across the 11i and Release 12 code lines. It is a narrowly scoped utility, exposing a single documented function, and is referenced by one other package within the ETRM dependency inventory. That dependency direction suggests it is a low-level helper consumed by higher-level order management APIs or by the OE flexfield infrastructure rather than being invoked directly by end-user flows.

Key Procedures and Functions

  • GET_CONCAT_VALUE — The single documented function in the package. It returns a VARCHAR2 value representing the concatenated flexfield segments for a given order structure context. The parameter list, as published in the package specification, accepts a line number, a shipment number, an option number, and optional component and service numbers, with the component and service arguments defaulting to NULL. This signature indicates that the function targets the configurable order structures used by Oracle Configurator within Order Management, where a line, shipment, option, component, and service identify a specific configuration node. The function resolves the flexfield segment values associated with that node and returns them as a single concatenated string suitable for display, validation, or storage in a flexfield segment. The return type is VARCHAR2.

Tables Accessed

The ETRM metadata documents no explicitly listed tables referenced through APPS synonyms for this package. It is reasonable to infer that the function reads descriptive flexfield definition and value tables such as FND_DESCR_FLEX_COL_USAGE, FND_FLEX_VALUES, and the OE order and configuration tables that carry the identifying keys passed as arguments, but no table-level detail is available in the documented metadata and none should be relied upon without direct source inspection.

Usage Notes

Because OE_FLEX_UTIL is classified as a UTIL package with a single function, it is typically called from within other PL/SQL code rather than from forms or concurrent programs directly. The most probable callers are Order Management configuration APIs and the OE flexfield validation routines that need a concatenated segment value to seed or verify a descriptive flexfield segment during order entry or configuration save. Customizations that extend Order Management flexfields for configured items may invoke GET_CONCAT_VALUE to obtain a canonical concatenated representation for comparison or display. Developers should treat the function as a helper: pass the full set of identifying node arguments where available, and note that the component and service parameters are optional, allowing callers to retrieve concatenated values at line, shipment, or option level without specifying deeper configuration detail. Given the age of the header revision, the interface should be considered frozen, and any integration should follow the documented signature exactly.