Oracle E-Biz provides a very effective and scalable way to manage the Human Resource of an enterprise. It is called Oracle human Resource Management System (a.k.a Oracle HRMS / Oracle HCM). Oracle HRMS as a whole is a combination of few Sub Modules. Each sub module supports one particular type of application / practiceSystem extracts is one of the most innovative and powerful tool that can be used across Payroll and Benefits space to create and manage interfaces.In order to extract records from the database for transmission to a third party, you must define the criteria that determine which records are extracted. You also must define the layout of the extracted records including the data elements that comprise the extract, the date range of the records you are selecting, and the output directory and file name of the extract file. After you create your extract definition, you run the system extract batch process to create your extract results using the Concurrent Manager. You can then review these results, including any errors that occurred during the batch process. When you are satisfied with the results of the extract, you can transfer the extract file onto the delivery medium by which you transmit or store the extract results.

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Oracle Fusion Compensation Workbench helps to to Create compensation plans and cycles used for compensating groups of workers on a focal or anniversary basis & Configure the type of compensation allocated, the information displayed to managers, whether budgeting is used, eligibility criteria for the plan or component, and the approval hierarchy. We can determine the number and types of tabs to display in the worksheet, columns displayed on each tab, the order in which they display, available menu actions, and text instructions to the managers. You can import the entire worksheet configuration from another plan and then modify it for use in a new plan.

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An Application Programmatic Interface (API) is a logical grouping of external process routines. The Oracle HRMS strategy delivers a set of PL/SQL packaged procedures and functions that together provide an open interface to the database. For convenience we have called each of these packaged procedures an API.Fundamental to the design of all APIs in Oracle HRMS is that they should provide an insulating layer between the user and the data-model that would simplify all data-manipulation tasks and would protect customer extensions on upgrade. They are parameterized and executable PL/SQL packages that provide full data validation and manipulation.The API layer enables us to capture and execute business rules within the database - not just in the user interface layer. This layer supports the use of alternative interfaces to HRMS, such as web pages or spreadsheets, and guarantees all transactions comply with the business rules that have been implemented in the system. It also simplifies integration of Oracle HRMS with other systems or processes and provides supports for the initial loading.

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Oracle Fusion SCM provides a supply chain data model and services for such things as product, order, inventory, shipping and receiving and also business processes for concept-to-launch, order-to-cash, and cost management. The Change Orders set of tasks are optional, and you do not have to configure them for Oracle Product Development to operate. However, if your installation requires routing change orders for items, manufacturer items, and assemblies, ensure that you configure this set properly. The Change Orders Class and Change Order Types must be created for your Product Development installation to have change orders available.

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An integral part of Oracle Fusion Procurement, Oracle Fusion Sourcing provides the next generation application for smarter negotiation.Oracle Fusion Sourcing delivers the structure, tools and information you need to maximize the value of supplier negotiations. As part of the integrated Oracle Fusion Procurement suite, you can negotiate enforceable agreements that comply with policies and deliver realized savings. When creating a negotiation document, you can use placeholders called variables to represent textual entries in the document. The variables refer to pieces of information defined elsewhere in the document. After the value of the referenced information is entered, users can see the variable substituted with that value in the Preview window as well as on the Review page. Using variables allows you to ensure that the document is current and that any necessary updates are made consistently throughout the entire document.

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In the Setup and Maintenance work area, under the Configure Procurement Business Function task, you select a document layout for each purchasing document type. The document layout is set by a purchasing document report template. The report template determines what information is displayed in the purchasing document report. It also provides the headers, footers, text, style, and pagination of the printed document.As a procurement application administrator with the data model developer role, you can create customized versions of the delivered purchasing document report templates.

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Approval policy is a configurable entity of request management that helps associate various request types with approval processes defined in the request service only for request-level and operation-level approvals. It associates approval workflows to be initiated at request or operation levels for a request type. You can use approval policies to associate various request types with various approval processes, which are the SOA-based workflows. Approval policies control which approval process is to be invoked based on the request data evaluation.You can define multiple approval policies for a request type. Each approval policy is associated with an approval process. When the request is submitted, in the approval initiation phase, all the approval processes associated with the request type are picked up dynamically. Each approval policy has a priority in the backend. Each approval policy decides on what process to invoke based on approval policy priority and approval policy rule.

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The Taleo Connect Client Monitoring feature is very helpful to get detailed information about the workflow execution of an integration process during its execution. However, when processes are scheduled to run at times where it is not practical for a user to monitor the execution, an e-mail report can help the user stay informed on the status of the integration processes. The Taleo Connect Client enables end users to get such notifications via the Alerting feature by sending notifications upon each workflow completion or only upon failures. The end user can choose to receive e-mails as text or in a custom format using an XSL transformation.

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Taleo Connect Client can be used to create the export request needed to extract the required information from the Taleo product. The New Export Wizard can be used to create an export request and the Export Editor can then be used to add the required projections. For the filtering, the Taleo Connect Client provides a Daily New Hire filter template that can be simply added to the export request as-is. Additionally, since the desired final format is custom to the ERP system and thus not natively supported by the Taleo Connect Platform, the extracted data is provided in XML format to enable an XSL transformation.

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An agent is a software plug-in that can be installed on a Web server (such as Oracle HTTP Server) where the application resides. To secure access to protected resources, a Web server, Application Server, or third-party application must be associated with an agent that is registered with Access Manager. To spare users from re-authenticating when accessing multiple resources, an application must delegate the authentication function to the single sign-on (SSO) provider: Access Manager. OAM Agents must be installed independently, following Oracle Access Management installation. After registering the agent with Access Manager, the agent communicates directly with registered OAM Servers and Access Manager services. OAM Agents communicate with Access Manager using the OAM Proxy to "sanitize" the request and respond identically for all agents.

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Oracle Procurement Contracts is a part of Oracle Advanced Procurement, which enables Standardizing Contract Processes with enterprise standards, policies that govern their use and tools to allow flexible contract administration. It allows you to take control of your contract lifecycle, from authoring and negotiation through implementation, enforcement, evaluation and closeout.Oracle Procurement Contracts enables organizations to control users' access to contact authoring features. In this way, users with different roles, such as contract negotiators, contract administrators, and contract approvers, can have access to only those features they need to use.

The HCM Extracts feature is a flexible tool for generating data files and reports. This topic covers how you can use the extract components to define what information you want the application to extract and report on. It also explains how the application displays, formats, and delivers the information.An extract definition refers to the complete setup of an extract, that consists of extract data groups, criteria, records, attributes, advanced conditions and output delivery options.You can distribute the extracted information by e-mail, fax and other delivery modes. Some common examples of extracts are: PDF payslips delivered to employees' mailboxes, payroll or benefits data transferred to third-party service providers, HR and talent data exchange between Fusion and legacy applications, for example in a coexistence scenario.

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In Oracle Fusion General Ledger, a user can create one or more chart of account structure instance. A chart of account structure defines key attributes of Chart of Account like number of segments, segment sequence, segments names, segments prompt, segment labels (eg natural account, primary balancing segments or default value sets) By default, a chart of account instance inherits all the attributes of a chart of account structure, which means that all instances of a same structure will share common shape and have same segments in the same order. However at the chart of account instance level, one can override the defaults value set assignments of segments and assign a unique account hierarchy. This will help to determines parent and child relationships between the different values of a same value set. As an alternative of creating new accounts combination manually, one has to enable Allow Dynamic Insertion to generate new account combinations dynamically.

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OAF is a java based application framework to develop web based applications that link to Oracle Applications instance while maintaining all the security features of that apps instance. A framework is a specialized set of related classes designed to make application development easier. In effect, a framework implements part of an application so developers don’t have to write all of its code from scratch; they can use the framework as the basis for their work and while focusing on the additional code required to implement their specific application requirements. Entity Objects (EO) are the source code representation of a database table. This is ultimately the layer that executes the insert, update, and delete commands against the database, however, an entity view object will need to present the EO.

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Sandboxes in Oracle Fusion Applications provide robust out-of-the-box functionality to help isolate and control customization efforts without impacting other users' configuration environments, and/or the production environment. Sandbox is a logically separate environment,where you can do your Configuration work and testing, separate from the mainline.To activate a sandbox, select the sandbox and then click the Set as Active button. Only one sandbox can be active at a time. Once a sandbox is active for your session, the sandbox name is displayed in the global area. After activating a sandbox, you should always log out from Oracle Fusion Applications and log back in. This helps you to avoid conflicts by ensuring that the cache is cleared. Note that if you log out and log back in, your sandbox remains active. A sandbox remains active until you exit the sandbox, publish the sandbox, delete the sandbox, or set another sandbox as active.

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Introduction

In a traditional ERP system End Users had to rely on the Development Team whenever they had a requirement for a new report. The entire process used to take a lot of time as it involves preparation of multiple documents like Business Requirement Document, Functional Design Document, Technical Design Document, Test Document, Configuration and Installation Document to name a few. In Oracle Fusion Cloud Application however OTBI does provides a way where in end user (one with practically minimal or even at times nil technical knowledge) may create simple reports (remember the good old Discoverer Desktop days). However, mere creating a report does not necessarily suffice at times as users would love to have the data delivered to their mailbox at a specific frequency.

OTBI does has such feature and in this article we would try to demonstrate the same.

The activities required in this demonstration may be broadly classified into two broad categories namely:

1. Creating a Simple OTBI Analysis

2. Scheduling the OTBI Analysis (Email Delivery in Excel Format)

So let us start now.

Creating a Simple OTBI Analysis

While we could have spent time and efforts on creating a OTBI Analysis focus currently is on the second part and hence we would use a pre-existing OTBI Analysis for this purpose.

The analysis we are using is ‘PersonBasicDetailAnalysis’ and consists of very simple fields like Person Number, City, Country and Full Name from ‘Workforce Management – Person Real Time’

When we move to the Next Tab (‘Results’) we could see the data too

So we have verified that the OTBI Analysis exists and is working fine. Now we may move to the next step

Scheduling the OTBI Analysis (Email Delivery in Excel Format)

In order to create a schedule, we would need to navigate to ‘Catalog’ and then after selecting the analysis choose the ‘Schedule’ option

Once we click on ‘Schedule’ a new page would open up and we need to fill in the ‘General’ tab ( all the values are defaulted and we need not to change any of those for this specific example)

Next we should populate details in the ‘Schedule’ tab

The details when filled in would appear as below:

Note that we have set the frequency of Re-running the agent every 1 min and have also provided a start and end date. One may change the frequency as per specific business needs.

Moving on to the next tab ‘Condition’ , where we have a default condition where-in the results will be delivered only if the analysis returns some rows.

The next tab is about ‘Delivery Content’ and we need to populate the following details:

Once these details are entered the UI screen appears as:

Next moving to the Recipients tab (here we can specific users, application roles, explicit email-id where we want to deliver the results)

Now we need to move to the ‘Destination’ tab and select ‘Email’ as delivery option

Moving on to the ‘Actions’ tab (we do not need to perform any specific action so the tab would be left blank)

Next we need to save and run the Agent.

Verifying the Results

Once we open the specific mailbox (the email address we mentioned) we should be able to see multiple emails all with the same subject line, message body as well as attachment as mentioned.

Opening up any specific email we could see the same

And the Output too is as expected (snapshot below)

I guess all well and time to end this article.

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The roles are defined at functional and technical levels. The functional level is the business definition that is used by business users and the technical level is the implementation of roles using Oracle Technology. This post will quickly review the definition of Functional Roles and provide introductory internals on the technical implementation of these Roles within Fusion Applications.In Fusion Applications, the RBAC implementation is based on abstract, job, duty, and data roles that work together to control access to functions and data.

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A secondary ledger is an optional ledger linked to a primary ledger for the purpose of tracking alternative accounting. A secondary ledger can differ from its primary ledger by using a different accounting method, chart of accounts, accounting calendar, currency, or processing options. All or some of the journal entries processed in the primary ledger are transferred to the secondary ledger, based on your configuration options. The transfers are completed based on the conversion level selected.Secondary ledgers provide functional benefits, but produce large volumes of additional journal entry and balance data, resulting in additional performance and memory costs. When adding a secondary ledger, consider your needs for secondary ledgers or reporting currencies, and select the least costly data conversion level that meets your requirements. For secondary ledgers, the least costly level is the adjustment data conversion level because it produces the smallest amount of additional data. The balance data conversion level is also relatively inexpensive, depending upon how often the balances are transferred from the primary to the secondary ledger. The journal and subledger data conversion levels are much more expensive, requiring duplication of most general ledger and subledger journal entries, as well as general ledger balances.

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Introduction

In one of the previous article we saw how to create a Comma Separated Value Report in Oracle Fusion Cloud Application and while CSV is among one of the most common and preferred way in which a 3rd party application expects data an Excel Output isn’t far behind.

In fact, Business Users and even to some extent mid-level executives at times prefer a Excel Report for performing day to day activities.

So in this example we would demonstrate how to create a Excel Report in Oracle Fusion Cloud Application as well as will even try to showcase the scheduling capabilities of the same such that the report gets delivered to a specific email-address at a specific time of the day.

So without much delay let’s begin.

Worked Out Example

We may classify the entire exercise into 4 broad classes as below:

1. Creating a Data Model

2. Creating a Report Based on the Data Model

3. Making specific changes into the Report to ensure we get Excel Output Format

4. Scheduling the Report to get Output via Email

Let-us now get into the details for the same

Creating a Data Model

I hope some of you might already have referred some previous articles which gives a step by step guide to creating a data model, in case you did not stumble upon something please spend some time to go through this article and you would get acquainted with the same.

As per this article since we have a lot to cover we would use a pre-existing data model.

Creating a Report Based on Data Model

For Report creation too we may refer the same article which clearly explains the various steps involved. The Report which we are going to refer for this example already exists in the environment and looks as below:

Making Specific Changes to get Excel Output

We would clearly see in the above snapshot that the output format is CSV (Comma Separated Value) while we intend to generate an Excel Output. As such we would need to make some changes in the Report Properties.

As a first step we need to click on the Actions Icon and choose the ‘Edit Report’ option

This would open up a new page where we need to click on ‘View a List’ link

Next we need to click on ‘View a List’ link which opens up the Report Layout page which would appear as below:

But the existing settings corresponds for a CSV data output and we need to change the same to ensure the same gives us an Excel output. We would need to the set the property values of attributes as mentioned in table below:

Once the details are filled in the page would appear as below:

Next we need to click on the ‘Save’ (Icon) and the same if successful would display a green tick

Now before proceeding let-us check whether we get the output in Excel as expected. For this we just need to click on the ‘View Report’ Button and a new popup window opens up

A click on ‘Ok’ and we should be able to view the Excel output

Scheduling the Report to get Output Via Email

We now need to schedule this report such that it gets delivered to some specific email address at a regular interval. For this we need to select the ‘Action’ icon and then choose the ‘Schedule’ option

The ‘General’ tab would hold pre-defined values and it should be left as is

On the output tab we need to provide the following details:

The Destination Section should hold below details

We also need to enter details in the Schedule tab (we are scheduling the report to send output every minute)

Next we need to click on ‘Submit’

We should be able to get emails from bipublisher-report in the specific email address mentioned

When we open one of the email we could see that the Subject, Message and the Excel Attachment are the ones which we expected.

The same details are found in the second email too

So, thus we have created an Excel Report from BI Publisher and even established that the same may be scheduled to deliver the results via email.

While in this example we have used a 1-minute frequency we may use a daily frequency too and ensure the same is delivered to a specific Distribution List Email (generally used for Operations Team)

Do try the same at your end and let-me know how it works for you

Good Luck!