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Overview

APPS.GR_PHRASES_B_V is a supplementary view in the Oracle E-Business Suite Applications (APPS) schema, registered in FND Design Data under the identifier GR.GR_PHRASES_B_V. In EBS 12.1.1 and 12.2.2 this object is classified as a "View" with status VALID and is explicitly designated with a view type described as a supplementary view used to simplify Forms coding. Oracle's own documentation carries an explicit warning that the view should not be used for querying or altering data, as its definition may change dramatically across minor or major releases.

The view consolidates phrase-related descriptive text spanning two translation-enabled parent entities — main headings and sub-headings — into a single, flat structure suitable for Forms-driven display and lookup. Because the user search term was "sub_description," the most directly relevant payload column is SUB_DESCRIPTION, which carries the translated sub-heading text at a length of 240 characters.

Underlying Base Objects

The documented view metadata identifies three referenced base objects, all exposed in the APPS schema as synonyms:

  • GR_MAIN_HEADINGS_TL — the translation-layer table supplying main heading descriptions.
  • GR_PHRASES_B — the base (non-translated) phrase entity holding the phrase code and heading code associations.
  • GR_SUB_HEADINGS_TL — the translation-layer table supplying sub-heading descriptions.

The "_TL" suffix on the heading tables indicates they are Translation (MLS) tables, meaning MAIN_DESCRIPTION and SUB_DESCRIPTION reflect language-specific rows keyed to the current session language. GR_PHRASES_B supplies the structural linkage between phrase codes and their heading codes, while the two translation tables contribute the human-readable headings.

Key Columns

  • ROW_ID (ROWID, length 10) — the physical row identifier.
  • PHRASE_CODE (VARCHAR2, 10) — the phrase identifier joining to GR_PHRASES_B.
  • MAIN_HEADING_CODE (VARCHAR2, 10) — key to GR_MAIN_HEADINGS_TL.
  • MAIN_DESCRIPTION (VARCHAR2, 240) — translated main heading text.
  • SUB_HEADING_CODE (VARCHAR2, 10) — key to GR_SUB_HEADINGS_TL.
  • SUB_DESCRIPTION (VARCHAR2, 240) — the translated sub-heading description, the column of primary interest for "sub_description" searches.
  • ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY (VARCHAR2, 30) and ATTRIBUTE1 through ATTRIBUTE30 (each VARCHAR2, 240) — the DFF (Descriptive Flexfield) API column set.
  • CREATED_BY, CREATION_DATE, LAST_UPDATED_BY, LAST_UPDATE_DATE, LAST_UPDATE_LOGIN — WHO audit columns; numeric IDs are length 15, dates are DATE.

Common Use Cases and Queries

Because of the explicit warning against querying the view, the primary supported use is Forms-driven display of the phrase hierarchy. Where read-only reporting is required, it should be treated as a convenience join rather than a stable integration surface. A representative query returning the phrase, its main heading and its sub-description is:

SELECT PHRASE_CODE, MAIN_HEADING_CODE, MAIN_DESCRIPTION, SUB_HEADING_CODE, SUB_DESCRIPTION FROM APPS.GR_PHRASES_B_V ORDER BY PHRASE_CODE;

To isolate rows where a sub-heading description is populated — the "sub_description" scenario — a filter such as WHERE SUB_DESCRIPTION IS NOT NULL can be applied, optionally restricting by MAIN_HEADING_CODE to retrieve the sub-descriptions belonging to a single heading. For production integrations, querying the underlying GR_PHRASES_B, GR_MAIN_HEADINGS_TL, and GR_SUB_HEADINGS_TL tables directly is preferable, since they form the documented, stable base objects on which this view depends.