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Overview

HR_LOCATIONS_PKG is an Oracle Application Object Library (APPS) schema PL/SQL package classified in the ETRM as an OTHER type API rather than a formally published public interface. It encapsulates the core data-manipulation and validation logic for the HR_LOCATIONS entity, which represents the physical addresses (offices, warehouses, plants, receiving sites, and ship-to destinations) defined in Oracle Human Resources and referenced throughout Oracle E-Business Suite. Because locations are shared across Human Resources, Inventory, Purchasing, Order Management, and Payables, the package provides a controlled, centralized path for creating, amending, and locking location records so that downstream modules read a consistent address model.

The package is listed as VALID in the APPS schema at release 12.2.2 (and applies equally to the 12.1.1 code line). Its dependency chain is minimal in the documented metadata: it references the SYS STANDARD package, and it is self-referenced by APPS (its own package body resolves against the package specification). No other APPS packages are documented as depending on it, indicating that it is a low-level helper rather than a widely shared utility interface.

Key Procedures and Functions

The ETRM documents eight procedures and functions within HR_LOCATIONS_PKG. These span the standard Table Handler (row-maintenance) idiom used by Oracle Forms generated against the HR_LOCATIONS block, together with several location-specific utilities:

  • INSERT_ROW — Inserts a new row into the locations base table, applying the package's defaulting and mandatory-column logic.
  • UPDATE_ROW — Applies changes to an existing location row, maintaining the concurrency and WHO columns expected by the schema.
  • LOCK_ROW — Obtains the row-level lock used by the maintaining form to prevent concurrent modification of the same location.
  • GET_START_DATA — Retrieves the initial/seed values needed to populate the form block when a new location record is started.
  • GET_INV_ORG — Resolves the Inventory Organization associated with a location, supporting the linkage between a physical site and an inventory organization definition.
  • GET_DES_REC — Returns the descriptive/flexfield record for a location, exposing the descriptive flexfield context and segment values stored for that address.
  • SET_SHIP_TO_LOCATION — Designates or derives the ship-to location used in ordering and receiving flows.
  • VALIDATE_INSERT_LOCATION — Performs validation of a location candidate prior to insertion, enforcing the package's business rules before the row is committed.

Parameter lists are not documented in the ETRM metadata and should not be assumed; callers should obtain the exact signature from the package specification or the dependent form.

Tables Accessed

Three base objects are documented as referenced through APPS synonyms:

  • HR_LOCATIONS_S — Although the ETRM names this alias, the package's primary target is the HR_LOCATIONS base table and the HR_LOCATIONS_S surrogate-key sequence; INSERT_ROW, UPDATE_ROW, LOCK_ROW, and VALIDATE_INSERT_LOCATION operate against this location record.
  • FND_DESCR_FLEX_CONTEXTS — Read by GET_DES_REC to resolve the descriptive flexfield context assigned to the location, driving which attribute segments are exposed.
  • FND_SESSIONS — Used to read the current application session context, providing the WHO/audit values and environment required when inserting or updating rows.

Usage Notes

HR_LOCATIONS_PKG is invoked primarily by the Oracle Forms application that maintains the Locations window (the HR Locations form) rather than by concurrent programs or third-party custom code. The INSERT_ROW, UPDATE_ROW, and LOCK_ROW trio corresponds to the standard block-level triggers generated by Oracle Forms, while GET_START_DATA supplies initial block population on record creation. Location-specific helpers such as GET_INV_ORG and SET_SHIP_TO_LOCATION are called where a location must be tied to an inventory organization or used as a ship-to destination, and GET_DES_REC supports the descriptive flexfield display.

Because the package is classified as OTHER and is referenced by no documented downstream packages, customizations should treat direct calls as unsupported and prefer the public HR_LOCATION_API where one is available. Any custom invocation must still respect the FND_SESSIONS context and the FND_DESCR_FLEX_CONTEXTS configuration so that validation in VALIDATE_INSERT_LOCATION and defaulting in INSERT_ROW behave identically to the seeded form.