FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS
Schema: APPLSYScontrolValue set definitions for key and descriptive flexfields — one row per value set with its validation type, format rules, and size limits; the configuration that gives SEGMENTn columns their meaning
What the badges mean
- Schema: INV
- Schema: the Oracle product schema that owns the table (INV, ONT, WSH, PO, BOM, WIP, MRP, MSC, AR, AP, GL, HR, APPLSYS) — tells you which product family the object belongs to, not who can query it.
- master
- Data class: what the table holds — master data, transaction documents, control/configuration, interface/staging, or an APPS-schema view.
- OU-striped (ORG_ID)
- Rows are scoped to an operating unit. A landed extract carries every operating unit’s rows — filter or join on
ORG_ID, and don’t confuse it withORGANIZATION_ID(see the quirks guide). - Per inventory org
- Rows are scoped to an inventory organization (plant or warehouse) via
ORGANIZATION_ID— a different partition from OU-striped tables (see the quirks guide). - Language-striped
- The table carries a
LANGUAGEcolumn (a _TL translation table or FND_LOOKUP_VALUES) — one row per language. Filter to oneLANGUAGEor a join multiplies rows (see the quirks guide). - View
- This is an APPS-schema convenience view, not a physical table. Extract the base tables it joins instead — views can be slow at scale and aren't guaranteed stable across patches.
Structural facts — how the table is partitioned, not a trap by itself
Join & extract hazards — verify before you rely on this
Fields
8 fields · 1 key
8 fields.
| # | Field | Description | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID | Surrogate key of the value set | NUMBER | Primary-key field |
| 2 | FLEX_VALUE_SET_NAME | The value set's unique name — how setup screens and practitioners refer to it | VARCHAR2 | |
| 3 | VALIDATION_TYPE | How values are validated — none, independent, dependent, table-validated, special, or pair | VARCHAR2 | |
| 4 | FORMAT_TYPE | Data format of the values (char, number, date…) | VARCHAR2 | |
| 5 | MAXIMUM_SIZE | Maximum length of a value in this set | NUMBER | |
| 6 | PARENT_FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID | For dependent value sets, the independent set this one depends on | NUMBER | |
| 7 | DESCRIPTION | Description of the value set | VARCHAR2 | |
| 8 | LONGLIST_FLAG | Whether the list is too long for a poplist — a UI hint, occasionally useful for sizing | VARCHAR2 |
Field provenance: hand-curated. 1 key field.
Boilerplate SQL
Starting point for reading FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS on Databricks — real DATE columns need no conversion, and the org anchor is already in place. The optional LAST_UPDATE_DATE watermark is included. Set your Unity Catalog location, schema, and org values below; they’re substituted into the SQL and the copy button.
4 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema>, <FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID>, <watermark>
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-- Table : FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS — Value set definitions for key and descriptive flexfields — one row per value set with its validation type, format rules, and size limits; the configuration that gives SEGMENTn columns their meaning
-- Purpose: Column-selected read of FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS — auto-generated from field metadata
-- Grain : One row per FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID
-- Notes : Auto-generated skeleton for Oracle EBS R12 data landed in your lakehouse. Dates are real DATE/TIMESTAMP columns — no conversion needed. WHO audit columns omitted (see the quirks guide); the optional LAST_UPDATE_DATE watermark filter supports incremental extracts.
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SELECT
t.FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID AS "Surrogate key of the value set",
t.FLEX_VALUE_SET_NAME AS "The value set's unique name — how setup screens and practitioners refer to it",
t.VALIDATION_TYPE AS "How values are validated — none, independent, dependent, table-validated, special, or pair",
t.FORMAT_TYPE AS "Data format of the values (char, number, date…)",
t.MAXIMUM_SIZE AS "Maximum length of a value in this set",
t.PARENT_FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID AS "For dependent value sets, the independent set this one depends on",
t.DESCRIPTION AS "Description of the value set",
t.LONGLIST_FLAG AS "Whether the list is too long for a poplist — a UI hint, occasionally useful for sizing"
FROM <catalog>.<schema>.FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS t
WHERE
1 = 1 -- no partition column on this table; the filters below are optional
-- AND t.FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID = <FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID>
-- AND t.LAST_UPDATE_DATE >= TIMESTAMP '<watermark>' -- WHO watermark, bulk-stamped by batch jobs; see quirks guide #who-columns
ORDER BY t.FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID;Verified September 2026
Relationships
Diagram of 1-hop neighbors — join details below. FND lookup decode and translation edges are highlighted; they’re the joins newcomers most often get wrong.
Join details
ON FND_FLEX_VALUES.FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID = FND_FLEX_VALUE_SETS.FLEX_VALUE_SET_ID
More Foundation tables
- FND_FLEX_VALUESThe valid values belonging to each flexfield value set — one row per segment value, with enabled/date-effectivity flags and the parent-value linkage dependent and rollup hierarchies use
- FND_LOOKUP_VALUESThe generic lookup table — every seeded and user-defined code list (lookup type + code) with its meaning and description, one row per code per language; the decode target for coded columns across every module (EBS's analog of JDE's UDC table)
- GL_CODE_COMBINATIONSEvery chart-of-accounts segment combination (CCID) stored once — the account string behind each SEGMENTn set; inventory accounting distributions and every journal line reference accounts through CODE_COMBINATION_ID
- GL_LEDGERSOne row per ledger, tying together the four Cs — currency, calendar, chart of accounts, and accounting convention; the R12 replacement for the 11i sets-of-books table, and the ledger context every operating unit resolves to
- HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITSThe master list of every organization unit of every classification — business groups, legal entities, operating units, inventory organizations, HR organizations — across all business groups; classification detail lives in HR_ORGANIZATION_INFORMATION
- HR_OPERATING_UNITSThe delivered view that enumerates operating units — the ORG_ID domain — with their business group, ledger, and legal context; the standard way to turn the ORG_ID on an _ALL table into a name