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Overview

The IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION table is a transactional data object within the IGW – Grants Proposal product module of Oracle E-Business Suite (validated in releases 12.1.1 and 12.2.2). It resides in the IGW schema and carries a status of VALID. As its description indicates, the table stores explanations to questions that appear on grants proposal report forms. In practice, this means the table captures the narrative or textual responses that a proposer supplies against configured questions presented during the grant proposal submission and reporting lifecycle.

From a dimensional modeling perspective, the ETRM metadata classifies this object heuristically as satellite-leaning. The table is keyed by a composite of QUESTION_NUMBER and ORGANIZATION_ID — a structure that references a parent question definition rather than acting as an independent hub. This suggests the table functions primarily as an attribute-bearing satellite attached to the question/answer relationship, holding descriptive explanatory content rather than introducing new business entities of its own.

Key Information Stored

The documented physical schema for this table comprises four columns. The most significant are summarized below.

• QUESTION_NUMBER — Part of the composite primary key (IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION_PK). Identifies the specific report question to which the explanation applies. This is a business-key column, not a system-generated surrogate.
• ORGANIZATION_ID — The second component of the composite primary key and a foreign key to IGW_ORG_QUESTIONS. Scopes the explanation to a particular organization, reinforcing the multi-tenant, organizational partitioning common across IGW.
• EXPLANATION — The core payload of the table. Holds the narrative textual explanation associated with the identified question.
• PROPOSAL_FORM_NUMBER — Identifies the proposal form context under which the question and its explanation are presented.

Notably, the composite primary key is not purely surrogate; the business-key candidate is captured by the unique index IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION_U1 on (ORGANIZATION_ID, QUESTION_NUMBER). Administrators and developers should recognize that the PK and the U1 unique index cover the same column set, so the two are functionally aligned.

Common Use Cases and Queries

Typical use cases center on retrieving the explanations attached to grant proposal questions for display, audit, and reporting purposes. Standard patterns include joining this table to its parent question definition to enrich the explanation with question text.

• Retrieving all explanations for a given organization:

  SELECT QUESTION_NUMBER, EXPLANATION, PROPOSAL_FORM_NUMBER FROM IGW.IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION WHERE ORGANIZATION_ID = :org_id;

• Joining to the parent question table to present question and explanation together:

  SELECT q.QUESTION_TEXT, e.EXPLANATION FROM IGW.IGW_ORG_QUESTIONS q, IGW.IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION e WHERE q.ORGANIZATION_ID = e.ORGANIZATION_ID AND q.QUESTION_NUMBER = e.QUESTION_NUMBER;

• Reporting on questions lacking an explanation, or auditing explanations by proposal form using PROPOSAL_FORM_NUMBER.

Reports and concurrent programs within the Grants Proposal module, and any custom BI Publisher layouts rendering proposal forms, are the most likely consumers of these queries.

Related Objects

The following objects are most significant in relation to this table, based on documented FK relationships.

• IGW_ORG_QUESTIONS — The parent table. The foreign key from IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION.ORGANIZATION_ID and QUESTION_NUMBER references IGW_ORG_QUESTIONS, defining the question to which each explanation belongs.
• IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION_PK — The primary key constraint enforcing uniqueness on (QUESTION_NUMBER, ORGANIZATION_ID).
• IGW_REPORT_Q_EXPLANATION_U1 — The unique index reinforcing the business-key candidate on (ORGANIZATION_ID, QUESTION_NUMBER).
• Proposal form and question configuration tables within the IGW schema, referenced via PROPOSAL_FORM_NUMBER, that define the surrounding report layout.
• Downstream reporting views and proposal-submission APIs in the Grants Proposal module that read explanation content for form rendering.

Because IGW is a Grants-specific module layered on Oracle EBS, any extension or query should respect organizational partitioning and observe the composite key structure when joining to parent question definitions.