Flexfieds in Oracle Applications

What is a flex field in Oracle applications

A flex field is a field made up of sub-fields, or segments.

Types of Flex Fields

There are two types of flex fields: 

     key flex fields 

     Descriptive flex fields

How to identify Flex fields on your form

Key flex fields appears on your form as a normal text field with an appropriate prompt.

descriptive flex field appears on your form as a two-character-wide text field with square brackets [ ]

When clicked or opened, both types of flex field appear as a pop-up window that contains a separate field and prompt for each segment. Each segment has a name and a set of valid values. The values may also have value descriptions.


many companies use "codes" made up of meaningful segments (intelligent keys) to identify general ledger accounts, part numbers, and other business entities. Each segment of the code can represent a characteristic of the entity

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