Empty PO_DOCUMENT_TYPES table

Question

Hi,
I am implementing an interface from a custom application to Oracle Financials, using the provided interface table.
I also need to be able to cancel Purchase Orders on database level using
po_document_control_pub.control_document (...)
I keep getting the same error
You do not have sufficient authority to control the status of this document.
no matter which user, responsibility and application I initialize with.
By looking at the stored procedure code line by line I deducted that the problem is, that there aren't any records in
PO_DOCUMENT_TYPES (a synonym for PO_DOCUMENT_TYPES_VL)
The control_document procedure uses this table to check the document type and document subtype and the access rights for the document type.
If I take a look at PO_DOCUMENT_TYPES_ALL_B, I have all the records for the document types (f.i PO STANDARD, PO BLANKETT) and settings in there, but when selecting from PO_DOCUMENT_TYPES returns no records.
Additionally, when I cancel a PO in the application itself, it works swimmingly. Only when I try to execute the stored procedure on the database level I can't read the document types.
Therefore I am assuming, it is a security issue, or some configuration issue.
I am not a Oracle developer or dba, so I don't know the first thing on how to proceed... please help.
cheers, Heino

Answer 1

You have initialized the user/resp/application but have you set your context?
Select org_id from po_document_types_all. Let's say it is 123.
This is the org_id you need to initialize your environment with.
If you are on 11.5.10, add the following code before calling the api
begin
dbms_application_info.set_client_info(123);
end;
If you are on R12, use mo_global.set_policy_context.
Hope this helps,
Sandeep Gandhi