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ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS

Schema: INVviewPer inventory orgView

The delivered view that presents inventory organizations with their operating unit, legal entity, ledger, and chart of accounts in one row — the org-mapping backbone of most inventory reporting

Identity
Module: FoundationInventory-org partitioned (ORGANIZATION_ID)
Notes

APPS-schema view (product: Inventory) joining the HR org tables, MTL_PARAMETERS, and GL_LEDGERS. SET_OF_BOOKS_ID is the legacy column name — in R12 it carries the ledger id.

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.

Structural facts — how the table is partitioned, not a trap by itself

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 with ORGANIZATION_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 LANGUAGE column (a _TL translation table or FND_LOOKUP_VALUES) — one row per language. Filter to one LANGUAGE or a join multiplies rows (see the quirks guide).

Join & extract hazards — verify before you rely on this

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.
In field listings, the Key chip marks a primary-key field.

Fields

10 fields · 1 key

10 fields.

Table fields: position, field name, description, data type, and flags. 10 fields.
#FieldDescriptionTypeFlags
1ORGANIZATION_IDThe inventory organization's idNUMBER
Primary-key field
2ORGANIZATION_CODEThe short org code users see (from the inventory parameters)VARCHAR2
3ORGANIZATION_NAMEOrganization nameVARCHAR2
4BUSINESS_GROUP_IDThe business groupNUMBER
5OPERATING_UNITThe operating unit (ORG_ID) this inventory org rolls up to — the org-mapping join
6SET_OF_BOOKS_IDThe ledger — legacy column name kept from 11i; carries the R12 ledger id
7LEGAL_ENTITYThe legal entity the org belongs to
8CHART_OF_ACCOUNTS_IDThe chart of accounts behind the org's ledgerNUMBER
9INVENTORY_ENABLED_FLAGWhether the org is inventory-enabledVARCHAR2
10DISABLE_DATEWhen the org was end-dated — NULL while activeDATE

Field provenance: hand-curated. 1 key field.

Boilerplate SQL

Starting point for reading ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS 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.

Query parameters

4 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema>, <inventory_org_id>, <watermark>

-- ============================================================
-- Table  : ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS — The delivered view that presents inventory organizations with their operating unit, legal entity, ledger, and chart of accounts in one row — the org-mapping backbone of most inventory reporting
-- Purpose: Column-selected read of ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS — auto-generated from field metadata
-- Grain  : One row per inventory org (ORGANIZATION_ID) — see the Fields section for the full key
-- 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. APPS-schema view — land its base tables for extraction; see the table notes.
-- ============================================================
SELECT
  t.ORGANIZATION_ID AS "The inventory organization's id",
  t.ORGANIZATION_CODE AS "The short org code users see (from the inventory parameters)",
  t.ORGANIZATION_NAME AS "Organization name",
  t.BUSINESS_GROUP_ID AS "The business group",
  t.OPERATING_UNIT AS "The operating unit (ORG_ID) this inventory org rolls up to — the org-mapping join",
  t.SET_OF_BOOKS_ID AS "The ledger — legacy column name kept from 11i; carries the R12 ledger id",
  t.LEGAL_ENTITY AS "The legal entity the org belongs to",
  t.CHART_OF_ACCOUNTS_ID AS "The chart of accounts behind the org's ledger",
  t.INVENTORY_ENABLED_FLAG AS "Whether the org is inventory-enabled",
  t.DISABLE_DATE AS "When the org was end-dated — NULL while active"
FROM <catalog>.<schema>.ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS t
WHERE
  t.ORGANIZATION_ID = <inventory_org_id>  -- inventory org, NOT the operating unit — see quirks guide #two-orgs
  -- AND t.LAST_UPDATE_DATE >= TIMESTAMP '<watermark>'  -- WHO watermark, bulk-stamped by batch jobs; see quirks guide #who-columns
ORDER BY t.ORGANIZATION_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

  • ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONSMTL_PARAMETERSforeign key · 1:1
    ON ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS.ORGANIZATION_ID = MTL_PARAMETERS.ORGANIZATION_ID
  • ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONSHR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITSforeign key · 1:1
    ON ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS.ORGANIZATION_ID = HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITS.ORGANIZATION_ID
Extraction note

ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS is an APPS-schema convenience view. Land the base tables it joins instead of extracting from the view directly — views can be slow at scale and aren’t guaranteed stable across patches.

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