Unable to create elemt entry with APIf or element with formula validation

Question

Hello Im trying to create an element entry that has validation for the input value. The element name is Mortgage Loan Disbursment
The input values are :
Disbursment amount (user enterable)
Total Installements(user enterable)
and there is a validation for the total installment called 'Mortage Loan Validation' which does a check from the global value MORTAGE_LOAN_INST
Im getting the error below:
My question is which parameter do i have to use in the API to create the element sucessfully
SQL> declare
2 l_effective_start_date date;
3 l_effective_end_date date;
4 l_element_entry_id number;
5 l_object_version_number number;
6 l_create_warning BOOLEAN;
7 begin
8 pay_element_entry_api.create_element_entry
9 (
10 p_validate => FALSE
11 ,p_effective_date => '02-APR-1992'
12 ,p_business_group_id =>361
13 ,p_assignment_id => 18141
14 ,p_element_link_id => 141
15 ,p_entry_type => 'E'
16 ,p_input_value_id1 => '198'
17 ,p_input_value_id2 => '199'
18 ,p_entry_value1 => '34286707.82'
19 ,p_entry_value2 => '120'
20 ,p_entry_information2 =>'Mortage Loan Validation'
21 ,p_effective_start_date => l_effective_start_date
22 ,p_effective_end_date => l_effective_end_date
23 ,p_element_entry_id => l_element_entry_id
24 ,p_object_version_number => l_object_version_number
25 ,p_create_warning => l_create_warning
26 );
27
28 commit;
29 end;
30 /
declare
ERROR at line 1:
ORA-20001: Data MORTAGE_LOAN_INST not found at line 14 of Mortage Loan
Validation
Cause: A SQL SELECT statement, obtained from the application dictionary,
returned no rows when executed.
Action: Please refer to your local support representative.
ORA-06512: at "APPS.PAY_ELEMENT_ENTRY_API", line 890
ORA-06512: at line 8
SQL>

Answer 1

I think the error is occurring because a database item within the formula has returned no row, contrary to its 'NOTFOUND_ALLOWED' flag.
Depending on the nature of the database item, there could be a variety of reasons for that, but one possibility is that it is relying on the presence of a session date in order for the DB item value to be found. So, if prior to calling the api, you create (or update) a row in fnd_sessions for your session with the effective date set to the effective date input parameter value, you might get some success.
Clive