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Overview

The APPS.GMD_COA_DATA_OM_NEW package is a supporting PL/SQL component within the Oracle E-Business Suite Process Manufacturing (OPM) module, specifically tied to the generation of Certificates of Analysis (COA). Its role is to populate and format the analytical data that appears on a Certificate of Analysis report, drawing quality results, specification limits, sample information, and order-related details from the Process Quality and Order Management schemas into a structure that the COA report can render. The package is owned by the APPS schema and holds a VALID status. In the ETRM metadata it is classified under API classification OTHER, indicating that it is not a formally published open interface but rather an internal helper package used primarily by the seeded COA concurrent program. It is referenced by the GMD_QCRCOA03_XMLP_PKG package, which is the XML Publisher program unit associated with the COA report, confirming its role as a data-preparation layer beneath the report layout logic.

Key Procedures and Functions

The documented package exposes six procedures and functions, reflecting an internal utility design rather than a callable business API:

• POPULATE_COA_DATA — The principal routine; gathers the analytical and transactional data required to build the Certificate of Analysis output.
• POPULATE_HDR_TEXT — Populates header-level descriptive text displayed at the top of the certificate.
• GET_TEXT_FOR_RANGE — Derives descriptive text for a value or specification range, supporting formatted presentation of limits and results.
• GETPRECISION — Returns numeric precision handling, used to format result values consistently on the certificate.
• LOG_INITIALIZE — Initializes logging for the package execution, supporting diagnostics during report runs.
• PRINTLN — A debug/utility routine for emitting log output lines.

No parameter lists are documented in the ETRM metadata, and none should be assumed.

Tables Accessed

The package reads from a broad set of OPM quality, inventory, customer, and order tables, all reached through APPS synonyms:

• Quality data: GMD_RESULTS, GMD_COMPOSITE_RESULTS, GMD_QC_TESTS, GMD_QC_TESTS_B, GMD_SAMPLING_EVENTS, GMD_SPECIFICATIONS_B — the analytical results, test definitions, samples, and specification limits that form the substance of the certificate.
• Inventory and item data: MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B_KFV, MTL_ITEM_REVISIONS, MTL_LOT_NUMBERS, MTL_SECONDARY_INVENTORIES, MTL_PARAMETERS — item descriptions, lot and revision details, and warehouse context.
• Customer data: HZ_PARTIES, HZ_CUST_ACCOUNTS, HZ_CUST_SITE_USES_ALL — the ship-to and customer identification printed on the COA.
• Order and delivery data: OE_ORDER_HEADERS, OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL, OE_ORDER_LINES, WSH_DELIVERY_DETAILS, WSH_NEW_DELIVERIES — sales order and shipment references linking the lot to the customer delivery.

Usage Notes

GMD_COA_DATA_OM_NEW is not intended for direct invocation by end users or custom integrations. It is driven by the Certificate of Analysis concurrent program and its XML Publisher report definition (GMD_QCRCOA03_XMLP_PKG), which calls into this package to assemble and format the result data before layout. Because it is referenced by only one other package, it should be treated as an internal implementation detail of the seeded COA reporting flow in OPM. Customizations should avoid modifying the package body directly; report-specific extensions are better handled through the XML Publisher template or a custom wrapper. When troubleshooting COA output discrepancies, this package and the quality result tables it reads are the logical starting point.