Flexfields : A brief note

A flexfield is made up of sub-fields or segments. There are two types of flexfields:

1. Key Flexfield (KFF) :  It appears on our apps screen as a normal text field with an appropriate prompt. They are used to capture mandatory an key business information of the organization. Each KFF has its own base table.

There are 31 KFF supplied with the oracle package.

2. Descriptive Flex Field (DFF): They are used to capture additional or extra business information of the organization. They are used for adding extra accounts depends as per business requirements.

DFF has two different segments, Global DFF and context sensitive DFF.