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Overview
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Overview

The PV_ATTRIBUTE_USAGES table is a core reference table within the Oracle E-Business Suite Partner Management (PV) module. It functions as a mapping table that defines the specific contexts or entities where a custom attribute can be applied. As indicated by its description, it governs the usage of extensible attributes for key Partner Management objects: Opportunity, Partner, and Locator. This table is essential for the system's attribute-driven extensibility, ensuring that attributes defined in the system are correctly associated and validated for their intended business objects, thereby enabling tailored data capture without core application modification.

Key Information Stored

While the full column list is not detailed in the provided metadata, the documented primary and foreign keys reveal its critical structure. The primary identifier is the ATTRIBUTE_USAGE_ID column, which uniquely defines each instance of an attribute being assigned to a usage context. The most significant foreign key is the ATTRIBUTE_ID column, which links directly to the PV_ATTRIBUTES_B table. This relationship ties a specific attribute definition to its permitted usage. Implicitly, the table must also store a column or columns (such as a USAGE_TYPE or ENTITY_CODE) to indicate the specific context—Opportunity, Partner, or Locator—for which the attribute is valid.

Common Use Cases and Queries

A primary use case is validating and determining which custom attributes are available for a given entity during data entry or reporting. For instance, when configuring a partner profile page, the application queries this table to list all attributes tagged for 'Partner' usage. A common reporting query involves joining to PV_ATTRIBUTES_B to get attribute details for all usages. A sample SQL pattern is:

  • SELECT pa.ATTRIBUTE_CODE, pa.ATTRIBUTE_NAME, pau.USAGE_TYPE FROM PV_ATTRIBUTE_USAGES pau, PV_ATTRIBUTES_B pa WHERE pau.ATTRIBUTE_ID = pa.ATTRIBUTE_ID AND pau.USAGE_TYPE = 'PARTNER';

Administrators may also query this table to audit attribute assignments or to troubleshoot issues where an expected attribute does not appear on its designated form.

Related Objects

The table maintains a direct and critical relationship with the base attributes table, as documented in the provided metadata.

  • PV_ATTRIBUTES_B: This is the primary related table. The foreign key PV_ATTRIBUTE_USAGES.ATTRIBUTE_ID references PV_ATTRIBUTES_B. This join is fundamental for retrieving the technical name (ATTRIBUTE_CODE), prompt (ATTRIBUTE_NAME), data type, and other definitional details of the attribute associated with a given usage record.

While not explicitly listed in the snippet, in a typical Oracle EBS setup, this usage table would also be referenced by various application programming interfaces (APIs) and user interface logic within the Partner Management module to enforce attribute context and by descriptive flexfield (DFF) metadata tables to resolve attribute prompts and validations for specific forms.