, , , , ,

Password Policy and profile options

On apps there are a lot of profile options that are useful in making apps passwords difficult to guess, the profiles are

1-Signon password failure limit
2-Signon Password Length
3-Signon Password No Reuse
4-Signon Password Hard to Guess

For the first one it means how many time can I try to access the system using wrong password. It is recommended to change this value to 3. The default value is null.

The second one to allow minimum password length. The default value is 5, it is recommended to make it 6 or 7.

The 3rd profile is for not allowing using same password again for specified number of days.

The default value for 4th profile option is No. Following are the password rules if the value is set to Yes
1) The password contains at least one letter and at least one number.
2) The password does not contain the username.
3) The password does not contain consecutively repeating characters.

Reference: Metalink Note 362663.1

/by
, , ,

Usuage of PL/SQL Wrap Utility

The PL/SQL Wrap Utility – Hide source code in Oracle

A company has a code(Package, Procedure, Function etc) with all the proprietary information and logic in it. If this information is leaked out in the market then the competitors can take advantage of it and this can affect the business. One of the way to deal with this is to hide the code from others.
This can be achieved using oracle’s WRAP utility. The advantage of WRAP utility is that this converts the source code into some language that is not understood but the code can still be compiled like any other source code.
Using Wrap is very simple. In the bin directory of Oracle Home, the wrap utility is installed. The file name could be WRAP.exe or WRAP80.exe depending on the oracle version installed.
Syntax

 C:orantBIN>wrap.exe iname=[inputfilename] oname=[outputfilename]

e.g.
 C:orantBIN>wrap.exe iname=wrap_test.sql oname=wrap_test.plb

An example of using WRAP

Create a sample procedure wrap_test using following code

CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE wrap_test
IS
BEGIN
 dbms_output.put_line(‘Wrap test complete’);
END;
/
then call the wrap utility using following
wrap.exe iname=wrap_test.sql oname=wrap_test.plb

Content of new file wrap_test.plb
CREATE OR REPLACE PROCEDURE wrap_test wrapped
a000000
b2
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
abcd
7
4f 8d
LPjE3qKQyH/yQRCK4+efvSyST50wg5nnm7+fMr2ywFznKMB04yhSssvum3SLwMAy/tKGBvVS
m7JK/iiyveeysx0GMCyuJOqygaVR2+EC8XcG0wJd5GisbnfxwzIu9tHqJB/2OabWTW+0
/

It is very clear from this that the new code is not readable and so is completely hidden from others.
Drop your procedure(if already created) and recreate using the the new file wrap_test.plb which can be compiled as any other package. Important point here is that the source code will be hidden and cannot be read.
Another important point to remember is that once wrapped, a code cannot be unwrapped.

/by
, , , , , , ,

Set Profile Option Value using PL/SQL

On request here is how to set the profile option value using PL/SQL

Function FND_PROFILE.SAVE can be used to set the value of any profile option at any level i.e. Site, Application, Responsibility, User etc.

Below is a sample code of how to use this function

DECLARE
   a   BOOLEAN;
BEGIN
   a := fnd_profile.SAVE (‘CONC_REPORT_ACCESS_LEVEL’
                        , ‘R’
                        , ‘USER’
                        , ‘22746’
                        , NULL
                        , NULL
                         );
   IF a
   THEN
      DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (‘Success’);
      COMMIT;
   ELSE
      DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line (‘Error’);
   END IF;
END;

/by
, , , , ,

R12 Sales Order Line Status Flow and Meaning

Below are some of the different statuses of Sales Order Line with brief explanation

OM = Order Management Sales order form
SE = Shipping Transactions or execution form

1) Entered (OM): Order is saved but not booked

2) Booked (OM): Order is Booked.

3) Awaiting Shipping (OM): Order is booked but lines are not yet picked.
Navigating to Shipping Execution, the delivery line status flow is:

4) Not Ready to Release (SE): A delivery line may be in this status when it is interfaced manually into Shipping, is not scheduled and has no reservations. When lines are imported automatically from Order Management this status is not used

5) Released to Warehouse (SE): Pick Release has started but not yet completed. One of the reason could be allocation have not been pick confirmed. The Pick Release process creates a Move Order Header & Mover Order Line in Inventory. This is a common status for users that perform a two-step pick release process. This status indicates that inventory allocation has occurred however pick conformation has not yet taken place.

6) Ready to Release (SE): Order Line is booked and passed to shipping execution. The line is now eligible to pick Release.

7) Backordered(SE): The status of Backorderd is assigned to a line under the following circumstances.

·         The Pick Release process attempted to allocate inventory to the line and all or a partial quantity of the item was not available. In this case the system automatically backorders the discrepant quantity.
·         At Ship confirm the user enters a shipped quantity for an item that is less than the original requested quantity.
·         The user manually Backorders the entire delivery.

8) Shipped (SE): The delivery line is shipped confirmed.

9) Confirmed (SE): The delivery line is shipped or backordered and the trip stops are open.

10) Picked (OM): Pick release is complete, both allocations and pick confirm

11) Picked Partial (OM): This status occurs when a delivery line is not allocated the full quantity during Pick Release and Ship Confirm has not occurred

12) Interfaced (SE): The delivery line is shipped and Inventory interface concurrent process is complete.

13) Awaiting Fulfillment (OM): When fulfillment set is used, Not all shippable lines in a fulfillment set or a
configuration are fulfilled

14) Fulfilled (OM): All lines in a fulfillment set are fulfilled.

15) Interfaced to Receivables (OM): The order is linked with Receivables and the invoice is created.

16) Partially Interfaced to Receivables (OM): This status is used in a PTO flow and indicates that the particular PTO item is required for revenue.

17) Closed (OM): Closed indicates that the line is closed.

18) Canceled (OM): Indicates that the line has been completely canceled. No further processing will occur for this line.

/by
, , , , , ,

Resolving ORACLE ERROR:ORA-28000: the account is locked

From your command prompt, type
sqlplus “/ as sysdba”

Once logged in as SYSDBA, you need to unlock the scott account
SQL> alter user scott account unlock;
SQL> grant connect, resource to scott;

/by