As the name explains in Oracle KFF is a field which is flexible to be structured as per the requirement of the Business.

One has to know well about the KFF before building the system. KFF is a critical setup and many of them are irreversible.There are totally 38 KFF available acroos all Modules.

Key points to be noted in the KFF are as follows:

Which application does it belong to?

How many structure allowed?

Possibility of Dynamic insert

To be More clear about the Basic KFF for a functional consultant, lets move into some of the specific KFF and its application.

Application: Inventory

1) System Item flexfield
2) Item Categories
3) Item Catalogs
4) Sales Orders
5) Stock Locators
5) Account Aliases

Application: General Ledger

1) Accounting Flexfield
2) GL Ledger Flexfield ---> This is a additional KFF in R12
3) Reporting Attributes:Accountin

Application: Assets

1) Asset Key Flexfield
2) Category Flexfield
3) Location Flexfield

Application: Human Resources

1) Competence Flexfield
2) Grade Flexfield
3) Job Flexfield
4) Position Flexfield

Application: Payroll

1) Cost Allocation Flexfield
2) People Group Flexfield


The Best place to drill down further is User guide pertaining to modules.

Cheers!
Shanmuga