Profile Options

Profile Option values control the behavior of Oracle Apps, in other words they determine how Oracle Apps should run. The value for a profile option can be changed any time.

The profile option description includes the following information:

• Required: Indicates whether the profile option must be set.
  
• Profile Levels: There are two levels for which profile options can be set, personal and system.
  
  • Personal Profile Levels: Indicates whether a user can view or update the profile option. Oracle Applications users with the Preferences responsibility may use the Personal Profile Values window to set their own personal profile options at the user level. Not all profile options are visible to users and some profile options, while visible, may not be updated by users.
    
  • System Profile Levels: Indicates the levels at which a particular profile option can be set. System administrators can set profile options at the site, application, responsibility, and user levels. Not all profile options have settings at all levels.
• Profile Settings: Lists available values, a description of each value, and any usage considerations.
  
• Default Value: Indicates the default profile option value if no value has been set. Depending on the how the profile option is used in the application, the default may be a predefined value or it may be determined dynamically at runtime.

Profile Options can be set at different levels. Site level being the highest and User being the lowest in the heirarchy. If a profile option is assigned at two levels, then value assigned at lowest level takes the precedence.

• Site (restricted to the whole of Apps)
• Application ( restricted only to a particular application like Payables, Receivables)
• Responsibility (restricted only to a particular responsibility)
• Organization (restricted to a particular organization)
• User (restricted to a user)