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Saturday, November 28, 2020

Oracle Fusion Financials R13 -  Reports and Analyses

Perhaps the most useful report listing I always have at my disposals is the one Oracle delivers for Financials. It lists all the reports currently available for the following modules: -

• Accounting Hub
• Advanced Collections
• Assets
• Budgetary Control
• Cash Management
• Expenses
• Financials for EMEA
• Financials for Asia/Pacific
• Financials for the Americas
• General Ledger
• Intercompany Accounting
• Payables
• Payments
• Receivables
• Revenue Management
• Tax

Furthermore it classifies the reports accounting to type, sub type and run type and provides catalogue location, description and report output samples.

Download the Oracle Financials Cloud Release 13 Reports and Analyses Listing which covers reports available from Release 12 up to R13.18A

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Oracle Fusion Procurement R13 -  Reports and Analyses

With each major release Oracle produces a seeded listing of reports. Periodically with the quarterly updates one might see a a few new reports appear. I always find it quite useful to have this to hand when working with clients as it is searchable and you can filter by specific modules. Download the Oracle Procurement Cloud Release 13 Reports and Analyses Listing which outlines what’s available for Sourcing, Suppliers, Purchasing, Self Service Procurement and Purchasing.

Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Oracle OpenWorld 2017 Keynotes and Presentations

If you missed out on Oracle OpenWorld 2017 or simply want to catch up on the plethora of keynotes and sessions that were available then the session catalog is a good place to start as you can download presentations there. You can search by keyword or apply any of the following filters to view pertinent content: -

• Day
• Emerging Technologies for Business
• IT Infrastructure
• Intelligent Cloud Applications
• Integrated Cloud Platform
• SMB (Small to Medium Business)
• Session Type

Furthermore, there’s a pretty good library of on-demand keynotes where you can watch highlights or full length replays.

Personally, I’m going to start making my way through this content with a view to highlighting some of the best picks here.

Sunday, October 08, 2017

Oracle Enterprise Repository for Fusion Applications

A very useful resource I’ve been making good use of for Fusion implementations is the Oracle Enterprise Repository for Fusion Applications. Examples of content provided include: -

• File-Based Data Import Templates
• Report Listings
• Roles
• SOAP Web Services
• Tables and Views
• Business Process Models
• Technology Audit
• Flexfields
• Lookups
• Profile Options
• Schedules Processes

All of this content is available across the following product areas: -

• Sales
• Global Human Resources
• Financials
• Procurement
• Project Portfolio Management
• Supply Chain Management

Furthermore the content provided spans various releases, namely Release 11, Release 12 and Release 13 (update 17b).

I hope you find this a useful resource for your Fusion projects.

Saturday, October 07, 2017

Oracle Unified Method (OUM) for Cloud Application Services

Having used many of Oracle’s project management methodologies over the past two decades of implementing it I’m always interested to see what their latest offerings have in store. More recently I’ve been implementing their Fusion applications so have taken a natural interest in Release 6.4 of Oracle Unified Method which has evolved to include an approach for their Cloud Application Services (CAS).

Suzanne Armstrong highlights the key features on the OUM blog as follows

OUM release 6.4 provides support for Application Implementation, Cloud Application Services Implementation, and Software Upgrade projects as well as the complete range of technology projects including Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Security, WebCenter, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Integration Architecture (AIA), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Integration, and Custom Software. Detailed techniques and tool guidance are provided, including a supplemental guide related to Oracle Tutor and UPK.

This release features:

• Cloud Home Page – Added to Highlight Cloud Support in OUM
• CAS OUM (Cloud Application Services OUM) [previously OUM Cloud Application Services Implementation Approach] – Updated Task and Activity/Task Group Identifiers, Updated Terminology
• Operate Focus Area – Added to Provide Visibility into Services Offered by Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS)
• Establish Governance Activity [previously Complete Project Management Plan] – Renamed and reframed to place greater emphasis on its main objective, which is to establish project governance by engaging in a dialogue to collaboratively define the processes which will be used to govern and control the project from start to finish. This approach recognizes that the delivery of documentation, while necessary and important, should be the by-product of rather than the driver for conversation.
• Project Management Plan (PMP) template [previously Project Management Framework] – Developed to streamline the process for documenting project governance. The BT.070 task was renamed to Create Project Management Plan and the guidance was updated. All related tasks that contribute to the PMP were revised to refer to the new PMP template eliminating the prior individual templates. The PMP should be used to document the processes that govern the project.  Once defined, the PMP will remain relatively fixed and only require updates if there are material changes to the governance.
• Acceptance Certificate [SM.040] Updated and Delivery Note [SM.040] Added - Clarified that acceptance, agreement, and acknowledgment should be secured using one of these templates.  Removed signature boxes / sign-off pages and project manager countersignature from all templates.
• Risk Management Process, Tasks, and Templates – Streamlined Flow and Clarified Content

Bruce Dehner also has a really good overview presentation which talks about the Cloud Application Services Implementation Approach. It contains a pictorial view of the key activities at each implementation phase which also outlines who is responsible for doing what.

The Oracle OUM Partner Knowledge Zone has an abundance of further information and resources. Here you can download OUM collateral, obtain training and certification and view webcasts. Certainly I’m looking forward to making use of the templates and deliverables in my existing and forthcoming implementations.