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-------------------------------------------------------------------------------Defining Data Groups

This essay explains how you can define data groups, which specify your applicati
ons database connections.
Introduction to Data Groups
A data group is a list of Oracle Applications and the Oracle username assigned t
o each application. Each application in a data group must have a Oracle username
assigned to it. An application may be listed only once in a data group.
An Oracle username and password allow access to an application's tables in an Or
acle database. Each Oracle username in a data group determines the database tabl
es and table privileges accessible by the corresponding application or applicati
ons.
Figure 1 - 8.

Data Group's Purpose

Each responsibility has a data group associated with it. A data group serves two
purposes:
1. It identifies the Oracle username that forms connect to when you select the r
esponsibility.
2. Concurrent managers use a data group to match the application that owns a rep
ort or concurrent program (submitted by a user of the responsibility) with a Ora
cle username.
Remarks on Data Group's structure
There are four points concerning the makeup of any Data Group.
1. Within each data group, an application can be listed only one time.
2. Within each data group, an Oracle username can be paired with more than one a
pplication.
3. Within each data group, the application Application Object Library is automat
ically included.
Application Object Library's Oracle username cannot be updated or deleted.
Application Object Library owns the database tables that oversee concurrent proc
essing and the standard submission of reports by any Oracle Application.
4. Within each data group, a Tool Oracle username can be associated with each ap
plication-Oracle username pair. If that application-Oracle username pair is chos
en as the one for forms to connect to when the responsibility is selected, then
the Tool Oracle username is relevant, and appears by default.
Attention: To prevent users of a responsibility from connecting to the database
using a Tool Oracle username, you can backspace over (erase) the default entry.
You cannot select a Tool Oracle username associated with another application in
the data group.
The Tool Oracle username identifies the database tables and privileges a user of
the responsibility has when connecting to the database using an Oracle Tool, fo
r example, SQL*Plus.

When users of the responsibility select Oracle Tools window to run a tool that r
equires a database connection, the Tool Oracle Username appears as the default t
ool access Oracle Username.
Users do not need to enter an Oracle password to use the Oracle Username.
Attention: The Oracle Tools window may not be available on your desktop platform
.
Warning: If the Oracle Tool is query-only, for example, Oracle Browser, you may
assign an unrestricted Tool Oracle Username. If the Oracle Tool allows write pri
vileges, you should assign a Tool Oracle Username that is restricted (read-only)
.
Warning: Modifying data or table structures using an Oracle Tool, for example, S
QL*Plus or SQL*Forms, may damage your data's integrity and is not supported by O
racle.
See Also
Overview of Concurrent Programs and Requests
Using Data Groups
Modifying Data Groups
Data Groups
ORACLE Users field help

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