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Overview

APPS.CZ_FCE_DATA is a stored PL/SQL package registered in the APPS schema of Oracle E-Business Suite, delivered as part of the Oracle Application Object Library component set associated with the Configurator (CZ) product family. The package is classified as an API of type OTHER within the ETRM repository, indicating that it is not exposed as a standard public business API but is instead an internal support utility used by the Configurator feature set. Its documented status is VALID in both Release 12.1.1 and 12.2.2, confirming that the object is shipped and supported on those technology stacks.

The name and the single documented program unit suggest that the package is responsible for populating the data structures that underpin the "FCE" data model used by Configurator features. In practical terms, it acts as an extraction and materialization layer, moving configuration-related data into the working tables consumed by the Configurator runtime and its dependent packages. Because the ETRM documentation records no dependencies on other database objects, the package is largely self-contained in its declared dependencies and relies on the calling context to supply data through the APPS synonyms and standard EBS schemas.

Key Procedures and Functions

• POPULATE_FCE_DATA — The sole documented program unit in the package. Its purpose is to populate the FCE data structures with configuration data required by downstream Configurator processing. As an internal procedure classified under OTHER, it is intended for use by Oracle's own Configurator code paths rather than by customer-developed extensions. No parameter list is documented in the ETRM metadata, and developers should not assume a fixed signature.

Tables Accessed

The ETRM excerpt explicitly states that APPS.CZ_FCE_DATA does not reference any database object. This means that within the documented dependency graph, the package declares no direct hard references to tables, views, or sequences, and no APPS synonyms are recorded as accessed. In practice, such packages typically resolve their target tables dynamically or operate entirely on PL/SQL constructs and temporary structures. Because no tables are documented, integrators should avoid building dependencies on assumed underlying tables and should instead treat POPULATE_FCE_DATA as an opaque operation whose side effects are visible only through the FCE data structures it maintains.

Usage Notes

• Invocation context. The package is referenced by exactly one other package, APPS.CZ_FCE_COMPILE, which indicates it is called programmatically during a compilation or refresh sequence rather than directly from a form or concurrent program.
• Call sequence. In a typical Configurator flow, CZ_FCE_COMPILE invokes CZ_FCE_DATA.POPULATE_FCE_DATA to refresh the FCE data before dependent configuration logic executes.
• Customization guidance. Because the package is classified as OTHER and is not a published API, Oracle does not guarantee signature stability across patches. Custom code should not call POPULATE_FCE_DATA directly; instead, invoke the higher-level Configurator entry points that Oracle supports.
• Diagnostics. When troubleshooting Configurator data issues, DBMS_OUTPUT or package-level debug flags may need to be enabled by the supporting DBA, since the package provides no documented public logging interface.

In summary, CZ_FCE_DATA is a narrow internal Configurator utility whose documented scope is limited to a single data-population routine invoked by CZ_FCE_COMPILE. Its value lies in keeping the Configurator's FCE data current, and it should be regarded as implementation detail rather than an integration surface.