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Overview

The PON_CUSTOM_MESSAGES table is a core data structure within the Oracle E-Business Suite Sourcing (PON) module. Its primary function is to store user-customized versions of application messages. In standard Oracle EBS implementations, translatable application text is stored in central repositories like FND_NEW_MESSAGES. This table allows organizations to override those standard messages with their own specific text, enabling customization of user interface prompts, labels, warnings, and error messages within the Sourcing application without modifying the base code. This facilitates tailoring the application to meet specific business terminology or procedural requirements.

Key Information Stored

The table's design enforces data integrity through its primary and foreign keys. The composite primary key, PON_CUSTOM_MESSAGES_PK, consists of APPLICATION_ID, LANGUAGE_CODE, and MESSAGE_NAME. This structure ensures a unique custom message is defined per application, per language. The APPLICATION_ID column links to FND_APPLICATION, identifying the specific EBS module. LANGUAGE_CODE references FND_LANGUAGES, supporting multilingual implementations. The MESSAGE_NAME is the internal identifier for the specific message being customized. While the provided metadata does not list all columns, the table's relationship to FND_NEW_MESSAGES implies it likely contains a column such as MESSAGE_TEXT to hold the customized message string. The foreign key relationships ensure that customizations can only be created for valid applications, languages, and existing message names.

Common Use Cases and Queries

A primary use case is modifying system-generated text to align with an organization's internal procurement lexicon. For instance, the standard message "Requisition Approved" could be customized to "Purchase Request Authorized." Administrators use this table to query, insert, update, or delete these customizations. A common reporting query would join with FND_NEW_MESSAGES to compare custom text against the standard seed data. A typical SQL pattern to retrieve all custom messages for the Sourcing application in US English would be:

• SELECT pcm.message_name, pcm.message_text, fnm.message_text AS standard_text
• FROM pon_custom_messages pcm,
• fnd_new_messages fnm
• WHERE pcm.application_id = fnm.application_id
• AND pcm.message_name = fnm.message_name
• AND pcm.language_code = fnm.language_code
• AND pcm.application_id = 187; -- Application ID for Sourcing

Data maintenance is typically performed via the Oracle Application Object Library's message dictionary forms or dedicated administrative scripts.

Related Objects

PON_CUSTOM_MESSAGES is integrally linked to several foundational Oracle EBS tables, as defined by its foreign key constraints. The table references FND_NEW_MESSAGES on the columns APPLICATION_ID, MESSAGE_NAME, and LANGUAGE_CODE. This is the most direct relationship, as FND_NEW_MESSAGES stores the standard, seed application messages from which customizations are derived. It also references FND_APPLICATION on APPLICATION_ID to validate the owning module, and FND_LANGUAGES on LANGUAGE_CODE to ensure the language is installed and active. These relationships ensure that all custom message records are anchored to valid, existing metadata within the application framework.