R12.2 Latest Feature Update for oracle release 12

Compiled by Ravi SagarUSA
ORACLE EBIZ
R12.2 FEATURES

Contents
Module Key Enhancements Slide#
Generic • Release history, upgrade from 11/11i and Online Patching 4-7
Pricing • Pricing -- Non Continuous Price breaks
• Pricing -- Buy hardware and get service free
8-9
OM • ATO items as mandatory items in PTO models or kits
• Tax on Freight
• Prevent reapplication of credit holds
• Credit hold based on Bill-To Customer
• Scheduling Features
• Scheduling Features with substitute items
• Integration with approval management system AME
• Additional order hold sources
• Recipients for the credit check hold
• Apply and release holds by users with view only access
• Search by hold name for users who can apply holds
• Defaulting attribute for Intermediate Ship-to
• Ship set based on warehouse (Implemented as a one off patch for Trilogy)
• Reassignment of drop ship orders created by inactive users
• Copy Automatic attachments when lines are split
• Derivation of COGS account for RMA
• Performance improvement in order organizer
• Performance improvement in Scheduling orders
• Audit history purge enhancement
• Longer freight carrier name field
• Selling service products
10-30

Contents contd..
Module Key Enhancements Slide#
Shipping • Integration to 3PLs or 3rd
party distributed warehouse management 31
iStore • Access to Multiple Customers accounts for a single user id 32-34
Quoting • Separate configuration Session
• Custom Parameters
35-36
Financials • E-business tax – Customer tax information import
• E-business tax -- Tax rules -- New Conditions
• Common modules – Separate AP/AR netting batches
• GL – Integration with fusion accounting hub
• AR – Review and Manage accounting exceptions during period close
• AR -- Lock box program – Auto launch
36-42
Application Technology • Online Patching
• Cloning
• Application tier
• 64 bit Java
• Usability Improvements
43-47
MDM Customers • New features 48
MDM Products • New Features 49
Version comparisons • Comparison of versions between R12.1.x(*) and R12.2 for the
technology components
50-52
Past presentations on R12 • Past presentations on R12.1.2, and R12.1.3; New features in R12
Order Management
53

Oracle R12 Release Time Line
There are two types of EBS releases: Rapid Installs and Release Update Packs. Rapid Installs can be used to create a
brand-new E-Business Suite environment. Release Update Packs can only be applied on top of an existing environment.
The releases are:
EBS 12.2 -- Rapid Install (September 2013)
EBS 12.1.3 -- Release Update Pack (August 2010)
EBS 12.1.2 -- Release Update Pack (December 2009)
EBS 12.1.1 -- Rapid Install (May 2009)
EBS 12.0.6 -- Release Update Pack (November 2008)
EBS 12.0.4 -- Rapid Install (March 2008)
EBS 12.0.3 -- Release Update Pack (October 2007)
EBS 12.0.2 -- Release Update Pack (July 2007)
EBS 12.0.1 -- Release Update Pack (April 2007)
EBS 12.0.0 -- Rapid Install (January 2007)

Upgrade from 11i to R12
If you are on 11.5.10.2, then you can upgrade to R12.2. If not, first upgrade to
R11.5.10.2 and then to R12.2
11.5.10.2
11i(<11.5.10.2)
12.2
12.0
12.1.1

R12.2 Application Technology
Online Patching – Revolutionary breakthrough
 Online Patching (OLP) is available
with this release. With R12.2, all
future and maintenance packs will be
applied online, requiring only a short
cut over period to make the new
functionality active.
 Online patching can be applied when
users are online
 A new utility ADOP (AD online
patching) is provided to apply online
patching. This replaces adpatch
 A minimum downtime is required to
restart the services
 Reduced down time for upgrades will
reduce costs.
R12.2 features
Up to 12.1.3 release
Setups required for this feature
 None
 Down time is needed to apply
Release Update patches (RUP) and
Critical patch Updates (CPU) and bug
fixes

Key Feature -- Online Patching contd..
The application of patching has the
following steps.
 Copy the file system and database
when the application is running.
Copying the database is possible with
database 11gR2 which can maintain
multiple copies of the application
definition.
 Patches are applied to the copied
systems
 After the patches are applied, the
running system and the copied
system are swapped using
Autoconfig.
 The former system is discarded, and
the space is reclaimed
R12.2 features
 None
 Down time is needed to apply
Release Update patches (RUP) and
Critical patch Updates (CPU) and bug
fixes

R12.2 Pricing Features
Non Continuous Price Breaks
R12.2 features
 You can’t start volume discounts with
a number other than zero and also
the price breaks have to be defined
without breaks
 You can now define non continuous
price breaks .
 You can start the volume breaks from
a value higher than zero
 The above functionality provides
more flexibility to define the volume
discounts
 Following price breaks are not valid.
5-10 (It should start with zero)
15-20 (It can’t be 15 and it should be 10)
20-9999
 Here is an example for valid price
breaks.
5-10
15-20
20-9999
 None

R12.2 Pricing Features
Buy Hardware and get service free
R12.2 features
 You can’t setup in pricing ‘Buy
Hardware and get service item for
free’
 When you define promotional
modifiers, like buy one get one free,
you can setup a service item as a get
item. See the screenshot
 This will help the business to provide
a service item, such as ‘one year
service free’, when customer buys a
hardware item
 The Service item will be added
automatically when an order is placed
for the hardware item
 None

R12.2 OM Features
Tax on Freight
 Tax (estimated) will be calculated in
this release in OM and displayed.
Also it is supported in Order import.
R12.2 features
 The feature will help OM personnel to
know in advance the estimated tax on
the freight.
 Tax(estimated) on freight is not
calculated on order header or lines in
OM. Instead, this is calculated in
Receivables
 Set the OM system parameter
‘Invoice Freight as Revenue’ to Yes

R12.2 OM Features
Prevent reapplication of credit holds
 Introduced some tolerance limits for
the order amount. If the order is
modified after the credit check hold is
manually released, and if the
changes to the order are within the
tolerance limits, credit check hold will
not retrigger.
R12.2 features
 The above feature is applicable only
when the changes increase the order
amount. This is not applicable if you
make changes to bill to customer or
certain other fields on the sales order
 When changes are made to an order
for which credit check hold is
manually released, the credit check
hold may reapply if the order amount
is increased.
 Specify the Tolerance Currency,
amount (or percent) in the credit
check rules in the customer setup

R12.2 OM Features
Credit Hold based on Bill-to Customer
 A new option is introduced in this
release to apply credit hold based on
the bill-to customer if the bill-to
customer is on credit hold.
R12.2 features
 Option is provided to apply this hold
either at the order header level or line
level based on the bill-to customer.
 Credit hold is applied when sold-to
customer is on credit hold. It will not
consider if the bill-to customer is on
credit hold
Setups required for
this feature
 Specify sold-to customer, header
level bill-to customer, or line level bill-
to customer for the system
parameter: ‘Apply Credit Hold Based
on’. The default option is Sold-to
Customer
 By default, sold-to customer is used
for credit check hold
• By default, sold to
customer is checked
for credit hold
Sold to
customer
• Now we can
specify to check
credit hold on
bill-to-customer
Bill to
custome
r

R12.2 OM Features
Scheduling Features
release to split the line automatically
when partial qty is available on the
requested date. The original line will
have the schedule date based on the
partial available qty for the request
date. The split line will have the
schedule date for the remaining qty.
R12.2 features
 Scheduling is done for the entire qty.
Schedule date shows the earliest
available date for the entire line QTY.
Partial available Qty is not taken into
account while scheduling
 A new system parameter ‘Scheduling
Auto Split Criteria’ has been added.
Select ‘With Partial Substitution’.
 This feature is available for standard
items with ATP enabled.
Cust
#
Ite
m
Ordere
d Qty
Avail
able
QTY
Request
date
SSD
1 A 500 400 03-15-14 08-31-14
2 A 80 400 03-15-14 03-15-14
Cust
#
Ite
m
Ordere
d Qty
Avail
able
QTY
Request
date
SSD
1 A 400 400 03-15-14 03-15-14
1 A 100 0 03-15-14 08-31-14

R12.2 OM Features
Scheduling Features with substitute item
release to split the line automatically
when partial qty is available on the
requested date. The original line will
have the schedule date based on the
partial available qty for the request
date. The split line will be scheduled
with the substitute item for the
remaining qty.
R12.2 features
 If the entire qty for the ordered item is
not available for the requested date
and if the qty is available for the
substitute item, then the original item
is replaced with the substitute item
 A new system parameter ‘Scheduling
Auto Split Criteria’ has been added.
Select other than None.
 This feature is available for the ATP
enabled standard items. It is also
available for the order import. HVOP
is not included for this feature
Cust
#
OR
DE
R
Ite
m
Ordere
d Qty
Avail
able
QTY
Request
date
SSD
1 O1 A 500 100 03-15-14 08-31-14
Cust
#
OR
DE
R
Ite
m
Ordere
d Qty
Avail
able
QTY
Request
date
SSD
1 O1 B(S
UB)
500 500 03-15-14 03-15-14
Cust
#
OR
DE
R
Ite
m
Ordere
d Qty
Avail
able
QTY
Request
date
SSD
1 O1 A 100 100 03-15-14 03-15-14
1 O1 B(S
UB)
400 500 03-15-14 03-15-14

R12.2 OM Features
Additional order hold sources
 New hold source attributes are
introduced
R12.2 features
 Customer#, item category, end
customer etc. are not available for
hold sources.
 No New setups are required to
enable these attributes
 The additional attributes in
12.1.3
 Order Type
 Line Type
 Price List
 Creation Date
 Sales Channel Code
 Deliver to Site
 Payment Type
 Shipping Method code
 Top Model
 Project Number
 Transaction Currency Code
 The additional attributes in 12.2
 Customer# at header
 Item Category at line
 End customer at line

R12.2 OM Features
Integration with Approval Management System AME
 Approvers are decided by the setups
in AME. There is lot of flexibility to do
these approvers setup in AME with
the rules.
R12.2 features
 Approvers are fixed.
 A new option to use the approval
management engine has been
introduced in the transaction types
setup. Select that option.
 The feature is applicable for quotes,
sales agreements and RMAs
 AME uses dynamic list of approvers
based on rules, attribute values,
approval types , approval groups etc.

R12.2 OM Features
Apply and release holds by users with view only access
 Users with view only access to sales
orders can place or release holds
based on their authorization.
R12.2 features
 Users with view only access to sales
orders can’t place or release holds
 Set the profile OM: Credit Check
Notification Recipient to a user or role

R12.2 OM Features
ATO items as mandatory items in PTO models or kits
 ATO items can be setup as
mandatory items under PTO models
or kit from R12.2.
R12.2 features
 When an order is created for the PTO
model, the ATO item will be
automatically selected with the ATO
flag set and other ATO related
attributes set at the line level in OM
 ATO items can be setup as optional
items or as non mandatory items
under PTO models
 Setup profile OM: Allow Standard
ATO items in a KIT or as a mandatory
in a PTO Model’ to Yes at the site
level
 Setup profile BOM: Allow ATO item in
a KIT or as a mandatory in a PTO
Model to Yes at the site level

R12.2 OM Features
Recipients for the credit check hold
 A new profile is created to specify a
different user or a role assigned to
users to receive the credit check hold
notification
R12.2 features
 Users who create sales orders
receive the credit check hold
notification when the order goes on
hold
 Set the profile OM: Credit Check
Notification Recipient to a user or role

R12.2 OM Features
Search by hold name by users who can apply holds
 In this release, users who can apply
holds but not release holds can also
search sales orders by hold name
R12.2 features
 Users with ability to release holds
only can search sales orders by hold
name. Users with ability to apply
holds but with no ability to release
holds can’t search sales orders by
hold name
 No Setups are required

R12.2 OM Features
Defaulting attribute for Intermediate Ship-to
 Defaulting feature is provided for the
intermediate-ship-to-org at the line
level.
R12.2 features
 Defaulting attribute is not available for
intermediate-ship-to-org
 No Setups are required

R12.2 OM Features
Ship set based on warehouse
 New Ship sets are created
automatically based on the
warehouse on the lines when the line
set = ship is selected
R12.2 features
 All the lines in a ship set are sourced
from the same warehouse when Line
Set = Ship is selected on order
header.
 New System Parameter ‘Assign New
Ship Set for each warehouse in an
order’ to be set to Yes
Cust# ORDE
R
Item WH Ship Set
1 O1 A CHINA 1
1 O1 B CHINA 1
1 O1 C CHINA 1
Cust# ORDE
R
Item WH Ship Set
1 O1 A CHINA 1
1 O1 B CHINA 1
1 O1 C US 2

R12.2 OM Features
Reassignment of Drop Ship orders created by inactive
users
 For drop ship orders, If the user who
created the original sales order is
inactive, then an alternative user
specified in the system parameter is
passed to Purchasing when the
purchase release process is initiated.
R12.2 features
 None
 Setup the system parameter
‘Requestor for Drop Ship Orders
created by Inactive users’ to an
alternative user name

R12.2 OM Features
Copy Automatic attachments when lines are split
 When lines are split, automatic
attachments are copied to the split
lines, if the ship-to address on the
split line is same. In case there is a
change to the ship-to address, then
the automatic attachments are
applied based on the application rules
R12.2 features
 Manual attachments are copied to the
split line but automatic attachments
are not copied
 Setup the profile OM: Apply Automatic
Attachments to Yes

R12.2 OM Features
Derivation of COGS account for RMA
 An option is provided to derive the
COGS account from RMA line rather
than the original referenced sales
order line
R12.2 features
 COGS account is derived for the
RMA from the original sales order line
 Set the new system parameter
‘Source Line for deriving COGS
account on referenced RMA’ to
‘Return Line’

R12.2 OM Features
Performance improvement in Order Organizer
 Performance has been improved in
searching orders from order organizer
R12.2 features
 NA
 None

R12.2 OM Features
Performance improvement in Scheduling orders
 Performance has been improved for
the job to schedule orders
R12.2 features
 NA
 None

R12.2 OM Features
Audit History Purge Enhancement
 Order Purge program is enhanced to
purge audit history data too while
purging sales orders.
R12.2 features
 NA
 None

R12.2 OM Features
Longer Freight carrier name field
 The freight carrier name field is
increased to 360 characters
R12.2 features
 Freight Carrier name field was limited
to 30 characters
 None

R12.2 OM Features –Selling Service Products
Billing Options for service products
 Service contracts of type
‘Subscription Contract’ can also be
ordered from OM.
 Service items can be now configured
using configurator
R12.2 features
 Service contracts of type ‘Extended
Warranty’ can be ordered from OM
 A new System Parameter ‘Default
Behavior for Subscription Item on
Order Line’ was introduced and
should be set to ‘Subscription
Contract’

R12.2 Shipping
Integration to 3PLs or 3rd
party distributed Warehouse
management
 Shipment requests can be sent to
3PL and shipment advise can be
received via XML gateway
R12.2 features
 NA
 None

R12.2 iStore
Access to Multi Customers
 A user for B2B account like distributor
can place orders and view order
history for multiple customers with a
single log-in id. User can switch the
customer# on the home page.
R12.2 features
 One user like a distributor can’t place
orders for multiple customers
 None

R12.2 iStore
Ordering Service items
 Service items can be bought by
customer along with hardware using
istore
 Configurator can be used to configure
service items along with hardware
items
R12.2 features
 Service items can’t be sold using
configurator
 None

R12.2 iStore
Other features
 Customers now can see ‘Pay now
amount’ and ‘Pay Later Amount’
 Customers can duplicate carts from
saved carts for repeat orders
R12.2 features
 None

R12.2 Quoting
Separate Configuration session
 Configuration will be launched in a
separate page, eliminating vertical
scrolling
R12.2 features
 Configuration UI is embedded within
a region inside quoting page
 None

R12.2 Quoting
Custom Parameters
 Custom parameters like ship-to
country, sales office, Ultimate
destination country etc. can be
passed as parameters from quoting
to configurator session using a hook.
R12.2 features

 None

R12.2 Financials -- E-Business Tax
Customer Tax Information Import
 Customer interface is enhanced to
interface tax information like party tax
profile, tax registrations, exemptions,
reporting code association
R12.2 features
 There was no feature to import tax
information for the customer using
customer interface
 None

R12.2 Financials E-Business Tax
Tax Rules – New conditions
 Additional rules to calculate taxes
using two new operators NULL and
not NULL for transaction attributes
R12.2 features
 None

R12.2 Financials – Common Modules
Schedule AP/AR netting batches
 The program can be now scheduled
at regular intervals for automatic
creation and settlement of netting
batches
R12.2 features
 None
 There was no feature to schedule the
AP/AR netting program

R12.2 Financials – GL
Integration with Fusion accounting Hub (FAH)
 As a reporting platform, fusion
accounting hub provides exceptional
reporting and real time analytics.
R12.2 features
 None

 Fusion GL for reporting provides
-- Financial statements for board
-- Analyze variances
--Online Slice and dice account analysis

R12.2 Financials – AR
Review and Manage Accounting exceptions during
Period close
 A new ‘Sweep Invalid Distributions
Report’ shows the details of the
accounting exceptions during the
period close which are blocking the
period close.
R12.2.2 features
 None

 The report helps on reducing the
period close cycle

R12.2 Financials – AR
Lock box program – Auto launch
 Provision has been made to create a
custom concurrent program for auto
launching of the lock box program
when a data file is received
R12.2 features
 None
 Can’t be launched as a concurrent
program from standard Submit
request form. It has to be manually
launched from UI for each data file.
 Improves productivity with the
automation

Cloning
 Cloning is simplified.
R12.2 features
 None
 Support is now provided for cloning
the fusion middleware components of
Ebiz

Technology Stack
 Oracle weblogic server component of
the fusion middleware is adopted in
association with the oracle HTTP
server component
R12.2 features
 A second file system is added for the
application tier which facilitates online
patching for minimal patching
disruption
 R12.2 will use web logic server from
fusion middleware 11g in place of
OC4J 10g as part of the internal
technology stack. Other additional
new Fusion Middleware 11g
components include web logic JSP
and UIX 11g

64 Bit Java
 64 bit java is supported which can
handle large amounts of data
compared to 32 bit Java
R12.2 features
 None

Usability Improvements
 Home page includes a tip at the top
of the page displaying number of
open notifications
R12.2 features
 Search option for a function within
navigator that displays responsibilities
 A distinctive popup indicator for
popup enabled items
 Enhancements to personalizations
 iPad certification. Now the application
framework is now certified for iPad
 Display user name instead of user id
for the last updated by field
 Modal Popup windows are possible

Usability Improvements contd...
 Users can now add long text type
attachments containing text longer
than 4k bytes
R12.2 features

R12.2 MDM -- Customers
New Features
 Real time address validation with the
third party address data using 3rd
party validation adapter database
R12.2 features
 Customer import is enhanced to
include tax attributes associated with
customer and customer address
 Record History(WHO columns) is
provided for the customer in the
application framework based pages
similar to forms basis for legal
compliance and traceability.
 Customer data hub provides a new
API and web service to merge two
customer accounts

R12.2 MDM – Product Hub
New Features
 PIM to PIM synchronization is now
possible and can synchronize Item
Catalog categories, Attribute groups
and value sets
R12.2 features
 Rules framework enhancements were
made for validation rules, assignment
rules, composite rules on item
revision level attributes
 New and enhanced APIs are provided
to support bulk load import for related
items and item cross references
 A new public API is provided for item
search. Simple and advanced search
capability is provided for item search,
category search, cross org search
etc.

Application Technology
R12.1.X(*) vs R12.2
Oracle E-Business Suite uses the following major technology components in Release R12.1.3 and R12.2
Oracle Technology
Certified version for
12.1.X(*)
Most Recent Certified
version for 12.2
Oracle Database 11g 11.2 11.2
XDK for the Database Tier Matches the Database
version as indicated above
11.2
Oracle Applications server (for
Application Tier forms and Reports)
10.1.2.3 10.1.2.3
Oracle Applications server (for
Application Tier java code and Oracle
Applications Frame work)
10.1.3.5 11.1.1.6
XDK for the Application Tier 10.1.3.5 11.1.1.6
Oracle HTTP Server 10.1.3.5 11.1.1.6
Oracle HTTP Client 10.1.3.5 11.1.1.6
JSP Compiler OJSP 10.1.3.5 WebLogic JSP engine 11.1.1.6
JSP Engine OJSP 10.1.3.5 WebLogic JSP engine 11.1.1.6
Oracle Web Logic Server NA Oracle WebLogic Server
10.3.6 in Oracle Fusion
Middleware 11g Release 1
(11.1.1.6)

Java Technology
12.1.x(*)
Most Recent
12.2
Java SE Development Kit – JDK( for Application Tier Java Code and
Oracle Applications Frame work)
7.0 7.0
Java SE Development Kit – JDK( for Concurrent Processing Tier) 7.0 7.0
Native Java Plug – in (for client side java code running in the Browsers) 7.0 7.0
Oracle Technology
(Technology Components Delivered in APPL_TOP)
12.1.x(*)
Most recent certified
version for 12.2
Oracle JDeveloper runtime libraries 10.1.3 10.1.3
Oracle BI Beans 3.1.1.10 3.1.1.11
Oracle Thin JDBC Drivers ( for Application Tier Java Code) 11.2 11.2
Oracle Technology
(Externally Installed Oracle Technology)
12.1.x(*)
Most recent certified
version for 12.2
Oracle Single Sign On 11.1.1.0 11.1.1.0
Oracle Internet Directory 11.1.1.5.0
11g Release 1 PS4
11.1.1.7.0
11g Release 1 PS4
Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4.3 11.1.2.1
Oracle Collaboration Suite 10.1.2 10.1.2
R12.1.X(*) vs R12.2 contd..

Oracle Technology
(Externally Installed Oracle Technology)
12.1.x(*)
Most Recent Certified
version for 12.2
Oracle Discoverer 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.7
Oracle BI Enterprise edition 10.1.3.4 11.1.1.6
Oracle Web Center 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.7
Oracle BPEL Manager Process Manager 11.1.1.6 11.1.1.7
Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 11.1.2.2 11.1.2.2
Oracle Enterprise Manager 10.2.0.5 11.1.0.1
R12.1.X(*) vs R12.2 contd..

Past Presentations on R12
R12.1.2 and R12.1.3 features
NCOAUG 2011 Winter session
http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_
code/32097270
R12 New Features in QTC track
NCOUAU 2008 Spring session
http://www.slideshare.net/ravisagaram/r12-n
ew-features-in-order-management

Contact Info
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