Search Results upd_ota_line

Overview

The APPS.OTA_COST_TRANSFER_TO_GL_PKG package is an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) PL/SQL package belonging to the Oracle Training Administration (OTA) module, also known as Oracle Learning Management (OLM). Its principal business function is to transfer training-related cost information into the General Ledger. Specifically, the package handles the cost transfer process between cost centers, updating the OTA finance tables and generating the corresponding journal entries that must be posted to GL. The package is declared with AUTHID CURRENT_USER, meaning it executes with the privileges of the invoking user rather than the package owner, which is significant in an environment where it is invoked through the concurrent manager and interacts with GL interface tables.

As indicated by the header comment, the package is called from the concurrent manager via the otatrans.sql script, making it a background, batch-oriented component rather than an interactive one. It is referenced by one other package within the application, confirming its role as a shared utility supporting the broader cost transfer workflow.

Key Procedures and Functions

• OTAGLS — A public procedure that serves as the primary driver for inserting GL lines. It processes cost transfer data for two cost centers, producing the corresponding General Ledger accounting entries. It is invoked from the concurrent manager execution path.
• OTAGLI — A public function that inserts individual GL interface lines for a cost transfer. It accepts identifiers and amounts describing a single accounting line (finance header, code combination, set of books, debit and credit amounts, currency, description, and cost center) and returns a status indicator as a VARCHAR2.
• UPD_OTA_HEADER — A public function that updates the values on the OTA_FINANCE_HEADERS record for a cost transfer. It takes a finance header identifier and an object version number (used for optimistic locking) and returns a VARCHAR2 status.
• UPD_OTA_LINE — A public function that updates the OTA_FINANCE_LINES records associated with a cost transfer. It accepts a finance header identifier and returns a VARCHAR2 status. This is the member most commonly searched for, since it governs the line-level adjustment of finance data prior to GL transfer.

All four members return or drive status outcomes through VARCHAR2 return values, which typically carry a success indicator or error message.

Tables Accessed

The package reads and writes the following documented tables through APPS synonyms:

• OTA_FINANCE_HEADERS and OTA_FINANCE_LINES — the core cost transfer records that are updated by UPD_OTA_HEADER and UPD_OTA_LINE.
• GL_INTERFACE — the staging table into which generated journal lines are written by OTAGLI/OTAGLS for subsequent GL posting.
• OTA_BOOKING_STATUS_TYPES, OTA_CATEGORY_USAGES, OTA_DELEGATE_BOOKINGS, OTA_EVENTS, OTA_OFFERINGS, OTA_PERFORMANCES, OTA_RESOURCE_BOOKINGS, OTA_SUPPLIABLE_RESOURCES — training/booking and resource tables referenced to derive the cost and accounting context for transfers.
• FND_CONCURRENT_REQUESTS and FND_PROFILE_OPTION_VALUES — concurrent manager and profile option infrastructure supporting batch invocation and environment resolution.

Usage Notes

This package is a backend, non-interactive component. It should not typically be called directly from Forms; instead it is triggered by the concurrent program launched through otatrans.sql. Custom code or extensions that call UPD_OTA_LINE or UPD_OTA_HEADER should respect the object version number convention used by UPD_OTA_HEADER to avoid concurrency conflicts, and should anticipate the VARCHAR2 status returns for error handling. Because the package uses AUTHID CURRENT_USER, callers must ensure the invoking schema has appropriate grants on the underlying OTA and GL objects.