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hi all

Can any body explain profile options, why it is used and how it is used.

Regards
Imran

<b>What is profile option?</b>
The profile option acts like a Global Variable in Oracle. Profile Options provide flexibility to Oracle Apps.

Setting a user profile affects application users across one of four different levels.
<b>Site Level: </b> Site-level settings apply to all users at an installation site. To display the name of your installation site, select About Oracle Applications from the Help menu.
<b>Application Level: </b> Application-level settings apply to all users of the specified application. For example, a profile could be set that applies to all General Ledger users. Profile options that can be set at the application-level override options set at the site level.
<b>Responsibility Level:</b> Responsibility-level settings apply to all users currently signed on under the responsibility. For example, a profile could be set that applies to all users of the General Ledger GL budget supervisor responsibility. Profile options that can be set at the responsibility level override options set at the site and application levels.
<b>User Level: </b> User-level settings apply to individual users, identified by their application usernames. For example, a user profile could be set that applies only to user JDoe. Profile options set at the user level override all other options.


<b>Setting System Profile Options</b>

System Admin --> Profile --> System To see the find system profile window. Find your desired profile option at any desired level by selecting available option and then assign required value.


Read Oracle System admin guide there you will find details on profile options.

http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/A607 ... #n_profile