Quality profile options control how data is accessed and processed and how Quality integrates with other Oracle and non-Oracle products. During implementation, you set a value for each user profile option to specify how Oracle Quality controls access to and processes data. Generally, the system administrator sets and updates profile values. See: Setting User Profile Options, Oracle System Administrator's Guide.
The following table lists Quality profile options and indicates whether a user can view or update them, and at what system administrator levels (user, responsibility, application, or site) they can be updated. It also indicates whether the profile option is required and its default value, if any. You must provide a value for a Required profile option. An Optional profile option already provides a default value, so you do not need to change it unless you do not want to accept the default. The second column, User, references the user, while the next four columns, User, Resp, App, and Site, reference the System Administrator. The last two columns, Required and Default Value, reference requirements.
| Profile Option | User | User | Resp | App | Site | Required? | Default Value |
| QA:Blind Results Entry | + | + | + | + | + | Optional | No Default |
| QA:Collection Plan Security | - | - | - | - | + | Optional | No |
| QA:Default Collection Plan | + | + | + | + | + | Optional | Null |
| QA:Default Organization | + | + | + | + | + | Optional | No Default |
| QA:Default Specification Targets | + | + | + | + | + | Required | No Default |
| QA:PO Inspection | - | + | + | + | + | Optional | PO Inspection |
| QA:Quality Category Set | + | + | + | + | + | Optional | Null |
| QA:Receive Web Supplier Notifications | + | + | + | + | + | Obsolete | Null |
| QA:Self-Service Buyer Notification | + | + | + | + | + | Optional | Null |
| QA:Self-Service Transaction Notification | + | + | + | + | + | Obsolete | Null |
| QA:Statistics Engine | + | + | + | + | + | Obsolete | Quality |
| QA:Update Quality Results Autoquery | + | + | + | + | + | Optional | Always |
| + | You can update the profile option |
| - | You can view the profile option value, but you cannot change it |
| 0 | You cannot view or change the profile option value |
When quality results are collected, the setting in this profile determines whether the specification limits and units of measure (UOMs) associated with collection plan elements or specification elements are displayed.
Available values are listed below:
| Blind Entry On | The operator does not see the specification limits and UOMs when collecting quality results. Actions associated with results are processed regardless. |
| Blind Entry Off | The operator sees the specification limits and UOMs when collecting quality results. |
Note: While there is no default value for QA: Blind Results Entry, a blank value for this profile option is treated as "Blind Entry On".
Turns on collection plan security, which limits user access to specific collection plans. See: Collection Plan Security. This profile option must be set at the site level.
Available values are listed below:
| Yes | Collection plan security is turned on. The administrator must set up user groups, then grant privileges to a collection plan before a user in that group can gain access to the plan. See: Setting Up Collection Plan Security. |
| No | Collection plan security is turned off. |
Indicates which collection plan to use as the default when entering, updating, and viewing quality results. This default is also used when viewing lot and serial quality results and when finding and viewing action log entries. The default collection plan is not used during transactional data collection.
Enables users to default organization in the Quality Workbench:
if this profile option is set.
If the user has access to only one organization, and the profile option is not set, then that organization will default on the Quality Workbench.
Note: If the profile option is set to an organization which is different than the organization(s) that the user responsibility has access to, then the organization will not default on the workbench.
Indicates whether to use specification element target values as collection plan element default values when you collect quality results.
If you do not select a specification when entering quality results, or if no specification element target values are defined, target values from collection elements are defaulted instead.
If you have explicitly defined collection plan element default values, these values are used regardless of how this profile option is set. See: Default Value Assignment Rules.
Available values are listed below:
| Yes | Defaults target values from specification elements. |
| No | Does not default target values from specification elements. |
Determines whether accepted or rejected inspection results and quantities are entered in Oracle Purchasing or Oracle Quality.
Available options are as follows:
| Quality Quality | If this option is set, Quality's Enter Quality Results window appears when you choose the Inspect button from the Purchasing Receiving Transactions window. See: Entering Quality Results Directly. |
| Oracle Purchasing | If this option is set, when you choose the Inspect button from the Purchasing Receiving Transaction window, Purchasing's Inspection Details window appears. See: Inspecting Received Items. |
Indicates which item category set to use as the default in Oracle Quality. Item category sets are defined in Oracle Inventory. See: Overview of Item Categories and Defining Category Sets.
The item category set specified here is used as the default when defining item category specifications. You must therefore set this profile option before defining item category specifications.
If you are entering quality results for an item using a collection plan that is associated with a specification, but no specification for that item can be found, then the system uses the Quality Category Set to find a specification that is defined with the item's category. See: Finding Specifications While Entering Results Directly and Finding Specifications During Transactional Data Collection.
Note: The Quality Category Set profile is the default category set used to populate the categories in the transaction trigger field in setup transaction triggers as well as the item category field in skiplot setup form. Set this profile to populate categories.
This profile option is obsolete.
Enables you to specify which workflow is activated when the user enters quality results during transactions on Oracle iSupplier Portal. You can choose to activate either a pre-defined Oracle Quality workflow, which notifies the buyer that Quality results have been submitted, or a user-defined workflow that you customize to send the notification to your own list of recipients.
| Oracle Quality | This option activates the QA Self Service Buyer Notification (QASSNOT) pre-seeded workflow. This workflow notifies the buyer that quality results have been submitted, and cannot be customized. |
| User-defined | This option activates the QA Self Service Buyer Notification: User-Customizable (QASSUNOT) pre-seeded workflow, which you can customize to send the notification to a list of recipients that you define. This workflow notifies the recipients that quality results have been submitted. |
This profile option is obsolete.
This profile option is obsolete.
Controls whether the Update Quality Results form automatically queries results when a plan is selected.
| Always | Default Value. Automatically inserts the Update Quality Results window with the plan data upon selecting a plan name. |
| Never | Never inserts the Update Quality Results window with the plan data upon selecting a plan name. |
| Ask Each Time | Asks each time if you want to insert the Update Quality Results window with the plan data upon selecting a plan name. |