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Oracle Applications Attribute Length Assumptions
As the following table shows, some important business object attributes have different standard lengths inWindchill PDMLink and the Oracle Applications distribution target.Windchill ESI assumes that your business process limits theWindchill PDMLink attributes to the lengths allowed by the Oracle Applications distribution target. If the attributes sent are longer than those allowed by Oracle Applications, Oracle Applications throws an exception. Before installing Windchill ESI, you must decide how to deal with these field length differences.
The instructions in the Installing and ConfiguringWindchill ESI section of the Windchill Enterprise Systems Integration Installation and Configuration Guide - Oracle Applications describes how to handle the field length discrepancies between the out-of-the-boxWindchill PDMLink attributes and out-of-the-box Oracle Applications attributes.
If either system has been customized, the following documents should provide you with guidelines on how to customizeWindchill ESI to compensate for field length differences.
• For information on how to limit attribute lengths in Windchill PDMLink, refer to the Customizing Column Lengths section of the Windchill Customization Guide.
• For guidelines on how to set up auto-numbering in Windchill PDMLink, refer to the section Basic Administration.
The following table summarizes the field length differences as well as the actions that you can take to prevent erroneous data and failures if you have customized your system with different attribute lengths. For more information on object numbering functionality and field length differences inWindchill PDMLink and Oracle Applications, see the Object Numbering appendix in theWindchill Enterprise Systems Integration Installation and Configuration Guide - Oracle Applications.
Windchill Attribute
Windchill Maximum Default Attribute Length
Windchill Typical Default Attribute Length
Oracle Applications Attribute
Oracle Applications Attribute Length
Action Required to Prevent Failures
Part Number
40
10 digit all numeric
SEGMENT1
81
None
Name
60
60
DESCRIPTION
240
None
CN Number (Change Number)
32
5 digit all numeric
CHANGE_ NOTICE
10
If the CN number is over 10 characters, an error is thrown and the transaction fails. In this case Windchill PDMLink should be modified or business processes should be in place to prevent CN numbers over 10 characters in length.
Name
256
70
DESCRIPTION
2000
None
CN Description (Change Number Description)
2000
2000
N/A
N/A
N/A
Reference Designator
200
200
REFERENCE_ DESIGNATOR_NAME
10
If the Reference Designator is over 10 characters, an error is thrown and the transaction fails. In this case Windchill PDMLink should be modified or business processes should be in place to prevent Reference Designators over 10 characters in length.
Operation Label
No limit
No limit
4 digits, all numeric
4 digits all numeric
Must be a numeric, four digit value.
Resource Sequence Number
40
10
4
4
Must be a numeric, four digit value.
Department
No limit
No limit
10
10
Must be a numeric, four digit value.