Oracle r 12 – e business essentials

1. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsIt provides functional foundation to any E-BS fundamental course.

2. It covers major components of R 12 E-BS architecture and SWAN user interface.

3. E-BS is fully integrated, comprehensive suite of business applications for the enterprise.

4. Major topics are shared entities, integration, Flex-field, Multi org. access control, workflow, alerts, sys. Admn. And Business Intelligence.1

5. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsAccessing and navigating using SWAN user interface. SWAN is a sub-class of Browser Look And Feel (BLAF).

6. Form based apps are optimized for a large volume of transactions AND HTML based apps are optimized for ease of first time use.

7. Oracle apps FORM is a user’s interface to business data stored in the database. We navigate between and within forms to enter and access information from the database.2

8. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOther SourcesMeta-link:For Service Request (SR), bug and patches.

9. Apps world: Hands-on learning environment.

10. Apps Net: On line community for users and implementers.

11. Oracle Technology Network (OTN): Comprehensive technical resource.3

12. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Apps Security4

13. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Apps Security contd…It is based on Oracle Apps “user name”.

14. Responsibility is a level of authority in E-BS.5

15. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Apps Security contd…6

16. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMisc topicsWe can put an end date for the records which can not be deleted.

17. A field that has predefined list of valid values displays an LOV icon.

18. Error Message:7

19. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsConcurrent ProcessingIt is a non-interactive, data dependent and does not interfere the task.8

20. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsE-BS ArchitectureIt is engineered to work as an integrated system on a common IT infrastructure. It is integrated yet modular. 9

21. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsE-BS Architecture – Business Architecture10

22. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsE-BS Architecture – Technical Architecture11

23. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsTierIt is a logical grouping of services, spread across more than one physical machine.12

24. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsApplication TierWeb server

25. Form Server

26. Report Server

27. Discoverer Server

28. Concurrent processing server

29. Admn Server

30. Upgrade oracle apps

31. Applying database patches

32. Maintaining oracle apps data13

33. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsDatabase TierContains oracle data server files and oracle apps database executables.

34. Storage, retrieval and management of data.14

35. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Application Technical Layer (OATL)It is an integrated collection of components used by all Oracle apps modules.Components are:Application DBA

36. App Object Library

37. Apps Utilities

38. Common modules

39. Workflow

40. Alert

41. OA Framework

42. Oracle XML Publishers15

43. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Application ManagerIt is a key sys admn tool which manages and monitors Oracle apps system from an HTML based central control console.Tasks:Configure and administer the system

44. Diagnose and correct the problem

45. Manage patches

46. Monitor and tune performance

47. Monitor system security16

48. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsRapid InstallationComponents:Oracle database

49. Appl technology stack

50. Oracle apps file system17

51. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsShared EntitiesFeatures:One time definition of an object

52. Use of that product across several products

53. Owned by a single product for table purpose only18

54. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsAppl Object Library (AOL) and LedgerAOL is a robust infrastructure for security, application administration and configuration.Ledger provides means to collect and quantify financial data.19

55. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsKey Business FlowsForecast to Plan

56. P 2 P

57. Demand to Build

58. Campaign to Order

59. Click to Order

60. O 2 C

61. Contract to Renewal

62. Request to Resolution

63. Project to Profit

64. People to Paycheck

65. Plan to Replenish

66. Benefits to Payroll20

67. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of System AdministrationLayers of access control with Oracle user management.Each layer adds an increasing level of administrative flexibility and scalability.21

68. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Self Service & Approvals:Obtains new user account or

69. Request additional access to the system

70. Reset password22

71. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Function Security:Defines applications

72. Defines data groups

73. Creates responsibilities and users

74. System administrator manages security by creating user sign-on and assigning them to one or more responsibilities.

75. Defining an application:23

76. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Data group:It is a collection of pairing of an application with an Oracle ID.

77. It automatically supports concurrent processing and cross application reporting.

78. An application can be listed only once in a data group.

79. An Oracle ID can be paired with more than one applications.

80. AOL owns database tables.

81. We can control relationship among application, forms and programs by defining a data group.24

82. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Components of Responsibility:Required:Data group – Forms and Reports

83. Menu – Forms and Functions.Optional:Request Group

84. ExclusionFunction: A set of executable code available as a menu option. We can exclude function at any level.25

85. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Data Security:Components:Object: It is a system entity subject to access control. It usually corresponds to a table.Object Instance: It represents all rows in the database table.Object instance set: Related set of instances of an object. Set of rows.26

86. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Data Security privileges: Grants and Permissions:It gives additional access control on the data and the action that can be performed on data.

87. Grantee can be a group of users, specific user or all users.

88. Permission is an approval to perform operation on an object.

89. Permissions or grants are access granted to users through roles.27

90. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Profile Option: Determines how the application look, feel and operate.Profile hierarchy type:Security: Site Appl Responsibility user Organization: Site Organization UserServer: Site Server UserSecurity type is most widely used.28

91. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsSystem Administration contd..Standard Request SubmissionElements involved in submitting request:Selecting a request or request set

92. Defining a submission schedule

93. Providing completion option29

94. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF)It is a configurable field that opens in a window from a regular Oracle Appl window.

95. It enables us to tailor Oracle Appl to our own business environment.

96. It structures certain identifier (key FF)

97. It collects and displays additional information (Descriptive FF)30

98. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Components of FF:FF Structure

99. Segments

100. Values

101. Value setDifferent FF can share same value set.Different segments of the same FF can use same value set.31

102. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Value Set: It is defined to control permitted values for each segment of the key.32

103. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Value set contd.. Types of Value setDefining value set:Use existing when possible

104. Define value set

105. Define LOV if appropriate33

106. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Key FF:Features:Builds unique entity identifiers

107. Function as intelligent keys

108. Contains meaningful information

109. Usually consists of multiple segments

110. Appears as a normal field on a form34

111. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Key FF contd..Value of segments becomes code combinations that act as an intelligent keys for use by Oracle Application.35

112. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Key FF contd…Key FF qualifiers:It is a label attached to a particular key FF segment so that it can be located by the application requiring its information.Types of qualifiers:36

113. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Descriptive FF:Features:Optional

114. Appears as a field enclosed within brackets

115. Collects and displays additional informationComponents:Global segment

116. Context sensitive segment

117. Reference field – field on existing window

118. Context field – this field allows the user to manually select different context.37

119. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFlex-Field (FF) contd..Misc. topics:Allow dynamic insertion: we can enter new code combinationCross validation rules: Prevent combinations of segment values that are illogical or that should not be allowed.Value set security: specify who should use particular segment values. Define the rules and associate it with appropriate responsibility.Shorthand aliases: enable user to enter data faster and more easily. It is a label for a particular combination of key FF segment values.38

120. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)It is a server based (application / database) enhancement of Oracle Application, while keeping transaction data separate and secure.

121. User access to multiple OU is called MOAC.

122. MOAC allows companies to gain processing efficiencies because user can more easily access, process and report on data across multiple OU from a single responsibility without affecting corresponding data security or system performance.39

123. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..Benefits of MOAC:Support multiple business units with different ledger

124. Sell & ship from different LE

125. Procure & receive from different LE

126. Secure access to data by line of business

127. Define different organization levels

128. Produce reports across entities or within single entity40

129. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..Tasks in MOAC without changing responsibility:Enter payable invoice

130. View consolidates requisition

131. Perform collection

132. Process receiving and drop shipments

133. Customer data management

134. Accounting set up41

135. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..42

138. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..Steps for adding new OU: It can be created by HRMS or Accounting set up manager responsibility.45

139. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..Security Model: Responsibility is the key to MO security & reporting. It determines OU and reporting ability.46

140. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..Data security by Application:Supplier and customer header information is stored in an un-partitioned table for all entities within an instance. Sites are stored by OU.47

141. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..Cross organization reporting:Benefits:Ability to report across OU for many reports

142. Simple reporting security set up

143. Financial reporting across BG

144. MO reporting application for custom reports48

145. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsMulti Org. Access Control (MOAC)contd..MO preferences: user level preferences49

146. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of workflow and alertsFeatures of workflow:It delivers a complete business process definition, automation and integration solution.

147. Routing information of any type according to user defined business rules.

148. Automates and streamlines business process within and beyond enterprise.

149. Workflow process definition must be saved to the same database as the workflow engine.

150. It focuses on managing business process and not individual transaction.

151. It captures exceptions and take action.50

152. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of workflow and alertsWork list web page:Lists open notifications

153. View notification details

154. Respond to notificationNotification work list:View all open notifications

155. View all FYI notifications

156. View all TO DO notifications

157. View all notifications

158. Reassign notifications51

159. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of workflow and alertsBusiness event system:Workflow supports e-Business integration workflows through the Business Event System (subscription based processing).Event subscription is a registration indicating that an even is significant to a system. It can be defined in Event Manager.52

160. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of workflow and alertsAlerts:Alerts monitor our database information and notify us when the condition that we have specified is found.

161. To find out important or unusual activity in our database.An exception is a specified condition found during an alert check.53

162. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of workflow and alertsAction types for an Alert:Send an e-mail message

163. Submit concurrent program request

164. Run SQL statement script

165. Run operating system scriptAction Levels:Detail

166. Summary

167. No exception54

168. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsFundamentals of workflow and alertsDifference between workflow and alert:55

169. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI)It is an integrated out-of-the-box reporting and analysis application that enables senior managers and executives to see relevant, accurate and timely information using self service dashboard.

170. DBI provides planning, execution and reporting capabilities to optimize business performance.Fusion intelligence:It is a set of new application products.56

171. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI)Need of DBI:Cost control

172. Changing market

173. Information availability

174. Increased accountability

175. Emphasis on corporate governance57

176. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI)DBI Report components:Region:Table

177. Graph

178. Parameter

179. KPI

180. LinkCommon Parameters:Date, period type, compare to, primary dimension (one per page), currency58

181. Oracle R 12 – E- Business EssentialsOracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI)Features of Fusion Intelligence:Embedded dashboard

182. Guided drill down

183. Integrated security

184. Guided navigation and action links59

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