Upload or Download Oracle Workflows using WFLOAD Command Line Utility

Oracle Workflows are Database Applications whose definitions are stored in different Database Tables.

We can easily Upload/Download these definitions of the Workflows to the flat files using WFLOAD command line utility.

Workflow files are stored under <Application Top>/patch/115/import/US/ (Ex: PO_TOP/patch/115/import/US/powfpoag.wft)

To Upload

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WFLOAD apps/<apps_password> <Access_Level> Y <upload_mode> <file_name>.wft

Example: WFLOAD apps/appspwd 0 Y FORCE powfpoag.wft

To Download

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WFLOAD apps/<apps_password> <Access_Level> Y DOWNLOAD <file_name>.wft

Example: WFLOAD apps/appspwd 0 Y DOWNLOAD powfpoag.wft

Different Access Levels Used:

0 -  9	Reserved for Oracle Workflow
10 - 19	Reserved for Oracle Application Library
20 - 99	Reserved for Oracle E-Business Suite
100 - 999	Reserved for Customer Organizations
1000	Public

Different UPLOAD modes used while uploading the WFT file to the database.

UPGRADE	Honors both Customization and Protection Levels of Data.
UPLOAD	Honors only Protection. Customization Levels are not respected.
FORCE	Both Customization and Protection Levels are not honored.

Usually all the Oracle Patches run the Workflows in UPGRADE mode and access level of 20 and hence our customizations are protected if properly preserved.

Basics about Profile Options

Profile Options are like Global Variables for Oracle Applications. They provide flexibility to Applications and how they work.

There are 2 types of Profile Options

1    1. System Profile Options

      2. User Profile Options

When logged in as System Administrator, the difference between System Profile and Personal Profile are to whom you are making the changes for.

To Navigate to System Profiles
System Administrator à Profile à System

From the System Profile screen, you are making changes to the profile options at any level including personal/user

From the User Profile Screen, you are making changes to the profile option values for yourself /user(who logged in). To navigate to Personal Profile:
System Administrator --> Profile --> Personal

User Profile Option is also available for all the users through Edit à Preferences à Profiles

Oracle Data Security and its components

Data Security: Coordinating with Function Security, Data Security provides additional security on the data. It lets the administrators decide what are all the actions that users can perform on the data.

Data Security Policies can reflect access to 
a. All Instances : All instances of an object represents that all rows in the database related to that object. If you consider Purchase Order (PO) as an object and All Instances of PO means all the Purchase Orders in the database. 
b. Instance Set: Instance set of an object represents a set of the related instances of an object. In our Purchase Order as an object example, a set of Blanket Purchase Orders represent a set of Instances of the PO. 
c. A Specific Instance: This generally represents a single row in the database. It is usually identified by a Primary Key value for the object(Ex: PO Header Id)

How to see Account Generator Workflows in Status Monitor of Workflow Administrator

By default, Oracle Account Generator Workflows does not show up in the Workflow Status Monitor screen of Workflow Administrator. To be able to see them in the status monitor, couple of profile options should be enabled to “Yes”.

           1. PO: Set Debug Workflow ON

           2. Account Generator:Run in Debug Mode

How to get a Total Amount on a Standard Purchase Order

Oracle provides couple of API's to get the Total Amount on a Standard Purchase Order. Using this API, you don't have to worry about the calculation of the Quantity x Unit Price and what needs to be excluded from the calculation.

To get the Total Amount of the current revision of the Standard Purchase Order
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DECLARE
  l_total  NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
  l_total := po_core_s.get_total('H', :p_po_header_id);
  dbms_output.put_line('PO Total Amount:'||l_total);
END;
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To get the Total Amount of any previous revisions of the Standard Purchase Order, use the following API.

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DECLARE
  l_total   NUMBER := 0;
BEGIN
l_total := po_core_s.get_archive_total_for_any_rev
                     (:p_po_header_id,-- PO Header Id

                      'H',            -- Standard Header
                      'PO',           -- Document Type
                      'STANDARD',     -- Document Sub Type
                      0,              -- Revision Num
                      'Y');           -- Base Currency
dbms_output.put_line('PO Total Amount:'||l_total);
END;
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