AP 11i Invoice Approval API

Hi,
We were trying to implement Invoice Approval Workflow, but in our version 11.5.8 (on Sun SPARC) there was a bug and it was not sending emails to approving users. Then once we put a SR to Oracle Support they said that 11.5.8 is de-supported and there is no bug fix for this version and asked us to upgrade which is not possible at this moment.
So we are finding a solution to where an Invoice Approval out of Oracle Financials. Is there any API for Oracle Invoice Approvals?
Thanks!
Nilaksha.

Hi Nilaksha,
I'd want to know the problem you're encountering to see if it can be solved through other methods. If its a core problem then you'd probably strike the same issue trying to call private APIs around Invoice Approvals. Note that the main logic is in the Workflow APINV, so you could reproduce what it does. This course of action would be unsupported.
Regards,
Gareth

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We are facing the below error while using standard API (ap_approval_pkg.approve) to approve an Invoice in R12.
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DECLARE
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20001: APP-SQLAP-10000: ORA-06502: PL/SQL: numeric or value error: NULL
index table key value occurred
in
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with parameters (&PARAMETERS)
while performing the following operation:
Set Options from Cache
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ORA-06512: at line 22
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Hi,
I am facing the same error. Do anyone knows the solution?
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I need to customize the payable invoices approval method for the legacy data (data migration)
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Get the API which the Workflow is using to approve the Invoices... and customize it... create a concurrent program and submit the concurrent program...
after the data migration is completed enable the workflow...
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I do not want to customize the workflow as it is a one time job...
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We have done an extension on the approval workflow here.
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Pl post details of OS, database and EBS versions.
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AP Invoice Approval Workflow White Paper (Doc ID 293152.1)
A Guide to Invoice Approval Workflow - setup and demo (Doc ID 299618.1)
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Hi Experts,
My client is using oracle 11i, we are in the process of configuring the oracle payable invoice approval workflow using AME.
We have a requirement where in the person who receives the workflow notifications should be able to modify the distribution in the invoice.
The approver may not have the Oracle Payable responsibility.
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Vishvesh

Hi,
Using the Sysadmin responsibility, please submit "Workflow Background Process" with the below parameters and see if it helps:
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How to Manually Process the Events from Workflow Queues When The Deferred Agent Listener Won't Start [ID 953103.1]
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Using the Sysadmin responsibility, please submit "Workflow Background Process" with the below parameters and see if it helps:
Process Deferred: Y
Process Timeout: Y
Please also see the following notes;
How to Manually Process the Events from Workflow Queues When The Deferred Agent Listener Won't Start [ID 953103.1]
Workflow Background Process Does Not Progress Shipped Lines: Stuck in Fulfill - Deferred [ID 804133.1]
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We were able to do so, but we are not able to populate the approval history correctly.
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I did not find any notes or bugs that address this specific error. I see that the AP_WORKFLOW_PKG.Get_ALL_Approvers procedure calls the AME_API2.getAllApprovers1.
I can certainly look at your versions and see if there are any existing code bugs that address this. You would need to provide the versions of those procedures by running the following:
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where name = 'AP_WORKFLOW_PKG'
and line = 2;
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and line = 2;
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Cheryl

AP Invoice Approval - Notification to originator/requestor

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I would like to customize the APINVAPR (AP Invoice Approval) to send FYI notification to requestor when the request is rejected?
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Ung

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Your question : Is this option available in 11i also or in R12 only ?
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Dear,
We are on R12.0.6, setting up AME for invoice approval.
Looking at the Invoice Approval process Approval lookup type I don't see 'forward' or 'approve and forward' lookup codes.
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AP Invoice Approval Workflow White Paper (Doc ID 293152.1)
A Guide to Invoice Approval Workflow - setup and demo (Doc ID 299618.1)
HTH
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This is on r12.1
For some reason all invoices entered on Invoice workbench goes into approval mode "Not required" after we check the "initate approval" checkbox on the Action button.
This is happening irrespective of any supplier, amount we use.
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Darsh

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