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Seed Data Reconciliation
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Seed Data Reconciliation
Seed data is generally defined as any data delivered with a standard installation of
Oracle Applications. This includes menu definitions, concurrent manager
definitions, list of values, and so on. In this chapter, the definition of seed data is
limited to the data used for:
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Definition of transaction record layouts.
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Assignment of code categories to a transaction record layout.
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Definition of process rules associated with a transaction.
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Definition of column rules associated with a transaction.
Whenever a transaction-specific patch is applied, there may be changes or
additions to the transaction record layout. Code category assignments, column
rules, and process rules are closely linked to the transaction record layout so these
definitions may also be impacted by a change to the transaction record layout.
This Seed Data Reconciliation process allows you to reapply the preexisting
transaction record layout, if a patch updated the transaction record layout, or accept
the new transaction record layout. Retaining the preexisting transaction record
layout gives you a record layout that minimizes or eliminates transaction data map
changes for any process that uses your transaction.
In addition to reconciling transaction record layouts, this process also performs
reconciliation on the code conversion assignment, column rules, and process rules
associated with the transaction record layout changes.
To understand the reconciliation, the transaction record layouts will be in three
stages as defined in table 1.
The Seed Data Reconciliation process does the following when executed:
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Runs a comparison of the preexisting the record layout attributes and the new
record layout attributes for each column in the transaction.
Transaction Record Layout Description
Pre-existing (before patches
applied) Record layouts before new patches are applied.
Patch Applied (before
reconciliation) Record layouts as defined in the patch are stored but are not
applied or visible to the user.
New (after reconciliation) Record layouts after patch is applied and reconciliation is
executed.