ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS
Schema: INVviewPer inventory orgViewThe 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
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
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- Data class: what the table holds — master data, transaction documents, control/configuration, interface/staging, or an APPS-schema view.
Fields
10 fields · 1 key
| # | Field | Description | Type | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ORGANIZATION_ID | The inventory organization's id | NUMBER | Key |
| 2 | ORGANIZATION_CODE | The short org code users see (from the inventory parameters) | VARCHAR2 | |
| 3 | ORGANIZATION_NAME | Organization name | VARCHAR2 | |
| 4 | BUSINESS_GROUP_ID | The business group | NUMBER | |
| 5 | OPERATING_UNIT | The operating unit (ORG_ID) this inventory org rolls up to — the org-mapping join | ||
| 6 | SET_OF_BOOKS_ID | The ledger — legacy column name kept from 11i; carries the R12 ledger id | ||
| 7 | LEGAL_ENTITY | The legal entity the org belongs to | ||
| 8 | CHART_OF_ACCOUNTS_ID | The chart of accounts behind the org's ledger | NUMBER | |
| 9 | INVENTORY_ENABLED_FLAG | Whether the org is inventory-enabled | VARCHAR2 | |
| 10 | DISABLE_DATE | When the org was end-dated — NULL while active | DATE |
Field provenance: hand-curated. 1 key field.
Boilerplate SQL
Starting point for reading ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONSon Databricks — real DATE columns need no conversion, and the org anchor and the LAST_UPDATE_DATE watermark are already in place. Set your Unity Catalog location, schema, and org values below; they’re substituted into the SQL and the copy button.
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-- 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.
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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;4 parameters not filled: <catalog>, <schema>, <inventory_org_id>, <watermark>
Relationships
1-hop neighbors — click a table to navigate there. FND lookup decode and translation edges are highlighted; they’re the joins newcomers most often get wrong.
Join details
ON ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS.ORGANIZATION_ID = MTL_PARAMETERS.ORGANIZATION_IDON ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONS.ORGANIZATION_ID = HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNITS.ORGANIZATION_ID
ORG_ORGANIZATION_DEFINITIONSis 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.