Concurrent Program Registration and add it to request group

Overview:

• Develop a report or PL/SQL Package to register as a concurrent program
  
• Create Executable: Link it to Report file(.rdf) or PL/SQL Package created
  
• Create Concurrent Program: Link to it executable defined in previous step
  
• Enter Parameters and link Value Sets
  
• Assign the registered Concurrent Program to a request group
  

Creating Executable:

Navigation: Login into Oracle Applications –> Go to Application Developer Responsibility –> Concurrent –> Executable

Here we will register oracle report as a concurrent program

FIELDS:

• Executable: This is User Understandable Name
  
• Short Name: This is Unique and for system reference
  
• Application: Under which application you want to register this Conc. Program
  
• Description: Description
  
• Execution Method: Based on this field, your file has to be placed in respective directory or database.
  
• Execution File Name: This is the actual Report file name. If you register a PL/SQL Procedure in a package you have to give the packagename.procedure. You don’t need to specify any parameters in procedure here.
  

Action: Save

Create Concurrent Program:

Navigation: Application Developer –> Concurrent –> Program

FIELDS:

• Program: User Understandable Program Name
  
• Short Name: This should be unique name and for system reference
  
• Application: Enter the application under which you want to register this conc.prog
  
• Executable Name: Enter the User Understandable Executable Name
  
• Method: This will be populated automatically from Executable Definition
  
• Output Format: Select the format of the output you want
  
• Output Style: Select A4 to print on A4 Paper
  
• Printer: You can default any printer or you can enter while submitting concurrent program.
  

DEFINE PARAMETERS AND VALUE SETS

Navigation: click on Parameters button in above screen

FIELDS:

• Seq: It’s always better to enter sequences in multiple of 5 or 10. So that you can insert any additional parameters if you want later in middle.
  
• Parameter: Name the Parameter Field. This is for system reference
  
• Description: You can see this description while submitting the conc.prog.
  
• Value set: “15 Characters” is the standard value set for Character input parameters
  
• Default Type: This field is not mandatory. If you want to default any particular value to save time while submitting the concurrent program you can do so here.
  
• Prompt: This is the actual message displayed while submitting the conc.prog
  
• Token: This is used to link this parameter to the parameter defined in actual report file(.rdf)
  

Action: Save

Assign this Concurrent Program to a request group:

Navigation: Switch to “System Administrator” Responsibility –> Security –> Responsibility –> Request

Action: Open/Double click

Action: Press F11

Action: CTRL+F11

Action: Select the First record in the “Requests” and then File –> New

Action: Enter Your User Readable Name of your concurrent program

Action: Save

Now Your Concurrent Program is ready to use from the responsibilities having” Purchasing Reports” as Request Group.

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