Search Results identify_ca_project

Overview

PA_CC_CA is a PL/SQL package body owned by the APPS schema in Oracle E-Business Suite, classified under the ETRM documentation as an "OTHER" API type. The package is part of the Oracle Projects (PA) module family, and its naming convention—"CC" for Cross Charge and "CA" for a specific processing unit—indicates that it supports the cross-charge and cost allocation functionality used by Oracle Projects. In Oracle EBS 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, cross-charge processing governs how costs incurred in one organization, project, or expenditure type are redistributed or charged to another entity according to the cross-charge rules defined during project setup. The PA_CC_CA package body encapsulates the PL/SQL logic required to identify the correct project or entity target for such cross-charge distribution. The package is documented as VALID, meaning it compiles cleanly against the APPS schema and is available for use by the applications and dependent code. Its dependencies are limited to the APPS schema itself and the SYS.STANDARD package, indicating a self-contained implementation that does not rely on external PL/SQL libraries.

Key Procedures and Functions

The ETRM metadata documents a single procedure or function within this package body:

• IDENTIFY_CA_PROJECT — As the name implies, this routine identifies the CA (cross-charge or cost-accounting) project associated with a given cross-charge transaction or context. Its purpose is to resolve which project should be used as the target of cross-charge processing. Given the package's focus, this routine is likely invoked internally as part of a larger cross-charge or distribution workflow, supplying the project identifier that drives subsequent allocation logic. The metadata does not expose a parameter list, and none should be assumed; the routine is documented by name and purpose only.

No other procedures or functions are recorded for this package body in the ETRM extract, and no parameter signatures are provided. The absence of additional entries suggests that PA_CC_CA is a narrowly scoped helper package rather than a broad public API.

Tables Accessed

The ETRM documentation lists no explicit table references through APPS synonyms for this package body. It does, however, record a dependency on the APPS schema and on SYS.STANDARD. The lack of direct table references in the metadata does not necessarily mean the package performs no data access; it may resolve tables dynamically or access them through views whose dependencies are captured against the owning schema. Because the documented evidence does not enumerate tables, no specific tables can be asserted as being read or written. The package's function of identifying a cross-charge project strongly suggests it interacts with project and cross-charge definition data at runtime, but the metadata provided does not confirm specific object names.

Usage Notes

PA_CC_CA is a private implementation package rather than a public interface. It is not referenced by any database object according to the dependency listing, which indicates it is referenced by one other package—i.e., it is called from a single client package in the Oracle Projects cross-charge processing chain. Consequently, it is not intended for direct invocation from Oracle Forms or concurrent programs; instead, it is invoked indirectly through the parent cross-charge logic when a CA project must be resolved. Because it is an internal helper, it should not be called from custom code, as Oracle does not guarantee the stability of its interface across releases. When troubleshooting cross-charge processing issues in 12.1.1 or 12.2.2, the presence of PA_CC_CA in the call stack points to project identification logic, and its VALID status confirms the package is compiled and usable on the instance under review.