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ORGANIZATION TABLES
MTL_PARAMETERS

Associated with Organization

Primary Key : Organization ID

MTL_INTERORG_PARAMETER
S

Identifies Receiving organization linked to a particular org.

Define an Inter-org relationship before you perform any
inter-organizational transfers.
Contains: Unit of measure, Distance, Transfer charge and
Accounting information.
Primary Key: FROM_ORGANIZATION_ID ,
TO_ORGANIZATION_ID

GL_SET OF BOOKS

Stores Defined Set of books in General Ledger

Primary Key: GENERAL_LEDGER_UPDATE_CODE

GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS

Stores valid Accounting Flexfield segment value

combinations for each accounting Flexfield structure in GL.
Primary Key: CODE_COMBINATION _ID

HR_ALL_ORGANIZATION_UNI
TS

Stores Generic Data about organizations.

Primary Key: ORGANIZATION ID.

SUBINVENTORY & LOCATOR TABLES

MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B

It is the definition table for Items.(Inventory Items,

Engineering Items, & Purchasing Items)
Flexfield code : MSTK
Primary Key: INVENTORY ITEM_ID & ORGANIZATION_ID

MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL

It holds translated description column for items.

Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_ID , ORGANIZATION_ID,
LANGUAGE

GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS

This table stores valid Accounting Flexfield segment value

combinations for each accounting Flexfield structure
within your General Ledger.
Primary Key: CODE_COMBINATION _ID

MTL_SECONDARY_INVENTORI
ES

It is the definition table for subinventories assigned to an

inventory or engineering items.
Primary Key: SECONDARY_INVENTORY_NAME,
ORGANIZATION ID.

MTL_ITEM_SUB_INVENTORIES

This table maintains a listing of subinventories assigned to

an inventory or engineering items.

Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_ID, ORGANIZATION_ID,

SECONDARY_INVENTORY.
MTL_ITEM_LOCATIONS

This table is the definition table for stock locators.

The associated attributes, describe the subinventory to
which this location belongs, and the locator physical
capacity.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_LOCATION_ID.

MTL_SECONDARY_LOCATORS

This table stores all locators within a subinventory for a

specific item.
Primary key: INVENTORY_ITEM_ID, ORGANIZATION_ID,
SECONDARY LOCATORS
The table stores the parameters for an inventory
organization with which an item is associated.
Primary Key: ORGANIZATION_ID

MTL_PARAMETERS

ITEM MASTER TABLES

MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B

It is the definition table for Items.(Inventory Items,

Engineering Items, & Purchasing Items)
Flexfield code : MSTK
Primary Key: INVENTORY ITEM_ID & ORGANIZATION_ID

MTL_ITEM_TEMPLATE_B

This table is the definition table for item templates.

Primary key: TEMPLATE_ID

MTL_ITEM_ATTRIBUTES

This table stores Item Attributes

Primary Key : ATTRIBUTE_NAME

MTL_ITEM_TEMPL_ATTRIBUTES

This table stores the attributes and attributes values for

a template.
When the template is applied to an item, the enabled
attribute values are propagated to the item.
Primary Key: TEMPLATE_ID,ATTRIBUTE_NAME

MTL_ITEM_STATUS_TL

It is definition table for a Material Status Code. The

values of the Individual status attributes associated with
an item status are stored in
MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE

MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALU
ES

This table stores the attribute values associated with an

item status code.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE ,
ATTRIBUTE NAME

MTL_PARAMETERS

This table is an inventory organization with which an

item is associated.

Primary Key: ORGANIZATION_ID

ITEM STATUS TABLES

MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B

It is the definition table for Items.(Inventory Items,

Engineering Items, & Purchasing Items)
Flexfield code : MSTK
Primary Key: INVENTORY ITEM_ID & ORGANIZATION_ID

MTL_ITEM_ATTRIBUTES

This table stores Item Attributes

Primary Key : ATTRIBUTE_NAME
8 TOP ATTRIBUTES: STOCKABLE, TRANSACTABLE, BOM
ALLOWED, WIP ALLOWED, PURCHASABLE, OE
ORDERABLE, INTERNAL ORDERABLE.

MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALU
ES

This table stores the attribute values associated with an

item status code.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE ,
ATTRIBUTE NAME

MTL_ITEM_STATUS_TL

It is the definition table for a material status code. Say

Active, pending or obsolete etc,
The values of the Individual status attributes associated
with an item status are stored in
MTL_STATUS_ATTRIBUTE_VALUES.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_STATUS_CODE

MTL_PENDING_ITEM_STATUS

The table is used to define and store the history of the

item status that have been or will assigned to an item.
This table also stores pending status information.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_ID; ORGANIZATION_ID;
STATUS_CODE; EFFECTIVE DATE.

ITEM CATEGORIES TABLE

MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B

It is the definition table for Items.(Inventory Items,

Engineering Items, & Purchasing Items)
Flexfield code : MSTK
Primary Key: INVENTORY ITEM_ID & ORGANIZATION_ID

FND_ID_FLEX_STRUCTURES

This table stores structure information about key

Flexfield.
Primary Key: APPLICATION_ID; FLEX_CODE_ID;
ID_FLEX_NUM

MTL_CATEGORIES_B

This table is the code combinations table for items

categories.
Primary Key: CATEGORY_ID

MTL_CATEGORIES_TL

This table is a table holding translated description

column for item categories.
Primary Key: CATEGORY _ID; LANGUAGE.

MTL_CATEGORIES_SETS_B

This table contains the entity definition for category

sets. A category set is a categorization scheme for a
group of items.
Primary Key: CATEGORY_SET_ID

MTL_CATEGORY_SETS_TL

This table holds translated Name and Description

columns for category sets.
Primary Key: CATEGORY_SET_ID; LANGUAGE.

MTL_CATEGORY_SET_VALID_CA
TS

This table defines the valid category list for a particular

category set. If category validation is required, the list
of valid categories is stored in this table and is used to
restrict category selection for the category set.
Primary Key : CATEGORY_SET_ID; CATEGORY_ID

MTL_DEFAULT_CATEGORY_SET
S

This table stores the identifier of the category set that

acts as the default for a particular functional area.
It is also used to default category set for forms and
reports that require a category set field value or
parameter.
Primary Key: FUNCTIONL_AREA_ID; CATEGORY_SET_ID

MTL_ITEM_CATEGORIES

This table stores the item assignments to categories

within a category set.
Items can be assigned to multiple categories and
category sets, but can be assigned to only one category
in a given category set.
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_ID; ORGANIZATION_ID;
CATEGORY_SET_ID.

ITEM RESERVATION TABLES

MTL_DEMAND

This table stores demand and reservation information

used in ATP, Planning, and other manufacturing functions.
Four row types are stored in this tables:
Summary Demand Rows; Dependent Demand rows ; Open
Demand rows; Reservation Rows;
Primary Key: INVENTORY_ITEM_ID ;
DEMAND_SOURCE_TYPE; DEMAND_SOURCE_HEADER_ID ;
DEMAND_SOURCE_LINE(O);
DEMAND_SOURCE_DELIVERY(O);
COMPONENT_SEQUENCE_ID(o).

MTL_SALES_ORDER

This table stores the oracle inventory local definition of

sales orders and maps sales order between oracle

inventory and other oracle manufacturing applications.
Primary Key: SALES_ORDER_ID
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL

This table stores header information for orders in oracle

order management.
Primary Key: HEADER_ID

OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL

This table stores information for all orders lines in oracle

order management.
Primary Key: LINE_ID

GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS

This table stores valid Accounting Flexfield segment value

combinations for each accounting Flexfield structure
within your General Ledger.
Primary Key: CODE_COMBINATION _ID

MTL_GENERIC_DEPOSITIONS

This table stores the user-defined account alias.

Available inventory can be reserved against an account
alias.
Primary Key: DISPOSTION_ID ; ORGANIZATION_ID

MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIO
NS

This table stores a record of every material transaction or

cost updated performed in inventory.
Primary Key: TRANSACTION_ID

MTL_DEMAND_INTERFACE

This table in the interface point between non-inventory

applications and the oracle inventory demand module.
Records inserted in this table are processed by the
Demand Manager Concurrent Program.

MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B

It is the definition table for Items.(Inventory Items,

Engineering Items, & Purchasing Items)
Flexfield code : MSTK
Primary Key: INVENTORY ITEM_ID & ORGANIZATION_ID

INVENTORY TRANSACTION TABLES

MTL_TRANSACTIONS_INTERFACE

This is the interface point between non-inventory

application and the inventory application
transaction module.
Transaction Manger program concurrent polls this
table.
Processing contains: Data derivation, Validation and
Transfer of records from
MTL_TRANSACTION_INTERFACE;
MTL_TRANSACTION_LOTS_INTERFACE ; &
MTL_SERIAL_NUMBERS-INTERFACE.

MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS_TE
MP

This table is the gateway for all material

transactions.
Records are processed from this table into inventory
through transaction processor.

MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS

This table stores a record of every material

transaction or cost update performed in inventory.
Records are inserted into this table either through
the transaction processor or by the standard cost
program.
Primary Key: TRANSACTION_ID

MTL_TRANSACTION_ACCOUNTS

This table holds the accounting information for each

material transaction in
MTL_MATERIAL_TRANSACTIONS.
Oracle inventory uses this information to track the
financial impact of your quantity moves.

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