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Using Oracle FNDLOAD

FNDLOAD is a great Oracle tool/utility to migrate data from one instance to another. It can be used with several different
entities/data types within Oracle 11i. Some of the examples in this FNDLOAD article include:-
FNDLOAD to transfer Request Groups, FNDLOAD for moving Concurrent Programs, FNDLOAD to download and upload
Forms Personalizations. FNDLOAD can be used to migrate Key FlexFields, Descriptive Flexfields, Responsibilities and
almost every other FND entity.

##To FNDLOAD Request groups

FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpreqg.lct
XX_MY_REPORT_GROUP_NAME.ldt REQUEST_GROUP
REQUEST_GROUP_NAME="XX_MY_REPORT_GROUP_NAME" APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME="XXGMS"
##Note that
##---------
## <> will be your Application Shortname where request group is registered
## XX_MY_REPORT_GROUP_NAME
Will be the name of your request group
## ##To upload this Request Group in other environment after having transferred the ldt file

FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpreqg.lct

##To FNDLOAD Concurrent Programs

FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpprog.lct
XX_CUSTOM_ORACLE_INTERFACE_PROG.ldt PROGRAM APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME="XXGMS"
CONCURRENT_PROGRAM_NAME="XX_CUSTOM_ORACLE_INTERFACE_PROG"
##Note that
##---------
## XXGMS will be your custom GMS Application Shortname where concurrent program is registered
## XX_CUSTOM_ORACLE_INTERFACE_PROG
Will be the name of your request group
## XX_CUSTOM_ORACLE_INTERFACE_PROG.ldt is the file where concurrent program definition will be extracted
## ##To upload
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpprog.lct
XX_CUSTOM_ORACLE_INTERFACE_PROG.ldt

##To FNDLOAD Oracle Descriptive Flexfields

$FND_TOP/bin/FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct
XX_PO_REQ_HEADERS_DFF.ldt DESC_FLEX APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=PO
DESCRIPTIVE_FLEXFIELD_NAME='PO_REQUISITION_HEADERS'
##Note that
##---------
## PO is the Application Shortname against which descriptive flexfield against PO Headers is registered
## PO_REQUISITION_HEADERS
is the name of Descriptive Flexfield against PO Requisition Headers
## Use the SQL below to find the name of DFF, rather than logging into the screen (ooops via jinitiator)
########----->SELECT
########----->application_id, DESCRIPTIVE_FLEXFIELD_NAME, application_table_name
########----->FROM
########-----> fnd_descriptive_flexs_vl
########----->WHERE
########-----> APPLICATION_TABLE_NAME like '%' || upper('&tab_name') || '%'
########----->ORDER BY APPLICATION_TABLE_NAME
########----->/
## To upload into another environment
$FND_TOP/bin/FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct
XX_PO_REQ_HEADERS_DFF.ldt
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## OK another example for DFF against FND_LOOKUPS

FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct
XX_FND_COMMON_LOOKUPS_DFF.ldt DESC_FLEX APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=FND
DESCRIPTIVE_FLEXFIELD_NAME='FND_COMMON_LOOKUPS'
## OK another example for DFF against Project Accounting Expenditure Types
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afffload.lct
XX_PA_EXPENDITURE_TYPES_DESC_FLEX_DFF.ldt DESC_FLEX APPLICATION_SHORT_NAME=PA
DESCRIPTIVE_FLEXFIELD_NAME='PA_EXPENDITURE_TYPES_DESC_FLEX'

##To FNDLOAD Oracle Menus

$FND_TOP/bin/FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afsload.lct
ICX_POR_SSP_HOME.ldt MENU MENU_NAME="ICX_POR_SSP_HOME"
##Note that
##---------
## Oracle Menus are not attached to applications. Hence no need to include application short name
## ICX_POR_SSP_HOME is the menu name. This can be validated via below SQL
## select user_menu_name from fnd_menus_vl where menu_name = 'ICX_POR_SSP_HOME' ;
## Also note that we do not pass in the User_menu_name in this example
## OK, now to upload this file
$FND_TOP/bin/FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afsload.lct
ICX_POR_SSP_HOME.ldt

## Now for the request sets that contain the stages and links for underlying concurrent programs
## For this you will be firstly required to download the request set definition.
## Next you will be required to download the Sets Linkage definition
## Well, lets be clear here, the above sequence is more important while uploading
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcprset.lct
XX_GL_MY_INTERFACE_SET.ldt REQ_SET REQUEST_SET_NAME="FNDRSSUB4610101_Will_look_like_this"
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcprset.lct
XX_GL_MY_INTERFACE_SET_LINK.ldt REQ_SET_LINKS
REQUEST_SET_NAME="FNDRSSUB4610101_Will_look_like_this"
## Note that FNDRSSUB4610101 can be found by doing an examine on the
########----->select request_set_name from fnd_request_sets_vl
########----->where user_request_set_name = 'User visible name for the request set here'
## Now for uploading the request set, execute the below commands
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcprset.lct
XX_GL_MY_INTERFACE_SET.ldt
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcprset.lct
XX_GL_MY_INTERFACE_SET_LINK.ldt

## For the responsibility

FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afscursp.lct
XX_PERSON_RESPY.ldt FND_RESPONSIBILITY RESP_KEY="XX_PERSON_RESPY"
## note that XX_PERSON_RESPY is the responsibility key
## Now to upload
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD O Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afscursp.lct
XX_PERSON_RESPY.ldt

## Forms personalizations
## For the forms personalizations, I have given three examples as below.
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct
XX_PERWSHRG.ldt FND_FORM_CUSTOM_RULES function_name="PERWSHRG-404"
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct
XX_HZ_ARXCUDCI_STD.ldt FND_FORM_CUSTOM_RULES function_name="HZ_ARXCUDCI_STD"
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y DOWNLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct
XX_AP_APXVDMVD.ldt FND_FORM_CUSTOM_RULES function_name="AP_APXVDMVD"
## Note that the function name above is the function short name as seen in the Function Definition Screen
## Now to upload the forms personalizations that are defined against these forms functions....
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FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct XX_PERWSHRG.ldt

FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct
XX_HZ_ARXCUDCI_STD.ldt
FNDLOAD apps/$CLIENT_APPS_PWD 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/affrmcus.lct XX_AP_APXVDMVD.ldt

Notes :
1. Give special attention when downloading Menus or Responsibilities.
In case your client has several developers modifying Responsibilities and Menus, then be ultra carefull. Not being carefull
will mean that untested Forms and Functions will become available in your clients Production environment besides your
tested forms, functions and menus.

2. Be very careful when downloading flexfields that reference value sets with independent values for GL Segment Codes.
By doing so, you will download and extract all the test data in GL Codes that might not be applicable for production.

3. There are several variations possible for FNDLOAD, for example you can restrict the download and uploads to specific
segments within Descriptive Flex Fields. Please amend the above examples as desired for applying appropriate
filterations.

4. The list of examples by no mean cover all possible FNDLOAD entities.

5. FNDLOAD is very reliable and stable, if used properly. This happens to by one of my favourite Oracle utilities.

4. Last but not the least, please test your FNDLOAD properly, so as to ensure that you do not get any unexpected data.
In past I have noticed undesired results when the Lookup gets modified manually directly on production, and then the
FNDLOAD is run for similar changes. If possible, try to follow a good practice of modifying FNDLOADable data only by
FNDLOAD on production environment.

5. As the name suggests, FNDLOAD is useful for FND Related objects. However in any implementation, you will be
required to migrate the Setups in Financials and Oracle HRMS from one environment to another. For this you can use
iSetup. "Oracle iSetup".
Some of the things that can be migrated using Oracle iSetup are
GL Set of Books, HR Organization Structures, HRMS Employees, Profile Options Setup, Suppliers, Customers, Tax
Codes
& Tax Rates, Financials Setup, Accounting Calendars, Chart of Accounts, GL Currencies.

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