User Profiles

User Profiles
A user profile is a set of changeable options that affects the way your applications run. Oracle Application Object Library establishes a value
for each option in a user’s profile when the user logs on or changes responsibility. Your user can change the value of profile options at any
time. Oracle Application Object Library provides many options that your users can set to alter the user interface of your applications to
satisfy their individual preferences.

User Profile Levels
User profile options exist at Site, Application, Responsibility and User levels. Oracle Application Object Library treats user profile levels as a
hierarchy, where User is the highest level of the hierarchy, followed by Responsibility, Application and at the lowest level, Site. Higher–level
option values override lower–level option values. Each user profile option ordinarily exists at each level. For example, Oracle Application
Object Library provides a site–level Printer option, an application–level Printer option, and so on. As a result, if your Site–level Printer value
is ”New York”, but your User–level Printer value is ”Boston”, your reports print on the Boston printer.

Site Level
Site is the lowest user profile level. Site–level option values affect the way all applications run at a given installation.

Application Level
Application is the user profile level immediately above Site. Application–level option values affect the way a particular application runs.

Responsibility Level
Responsibility is the user profile level immediately above Application. Responsibility–level option values affect the way applications run for
all users of a responsibility.

User Level
User is the highest user profile level and is immediately above Responsibility. User–level option values affect the way applications run for an
application user.