Operational Reporting for R12 with OBI EE, Cognos, and Business Objects Mike Hoover Product Specialist Noetix Corporation 1
Agenda Release 12 Overview Report Migration Key Reporting Issues Noetix Solution - The Alternative Q & A
R12 Functional Enhancements (Part 1) Enhanced User Interface Release 12 still relies heavily on Oracle Forms, but the interface has been streamlined and given a cleaner look Single Accounting Engine Shared subledger accounting engine stores accounting entries in subledger tables that are standard across all products creating a single version of the truth Global Financial Management Users can be assigned to multiple operating units and processes, and transactions can span operating units
R12 Functional Enhancements (Part 2) Converged Inventory Module The data model for process manufacturing and discrete manufacturing has been converged in a single model Infrastructure Upgrade Most Release 12 users will upgrade at least to Oracle Database 10g and some components of Oracle Fusion Middleware Accelerated Implementation Oracle accelerators can significantly reduce Release 12 implementation time
Overall Goal of Enhancements The Goal Real time, role-based information with a common data model as a foundation for a single source of truth across the enterprise The Implications Changes in the underlying data management infrastructure can have a significant impact on reporting .
Key Reporting Issues More than a dozen changes have an impact on reporting The conversion from “sets of books” to “ledgers” Funds disbursement processing moving from Payables to the new Payments application Tax calculations centralized in the new E-Business Tax application Check and letter processing information now in Oracle BI Publisher tables Bank and supplier information now in the Trading Community Architecture (TCA) Bank setup moving from Receivables to the Cash Management application
Reports Will Break Report integrity a constant, costly challenge V11.5.10 7
Reporting from Both 11i and Rel. 12 Re-implementing to address configuration imperfections Some data may not migrate Global consolidation Multi-instance environments no longer needed V11.5.10 R12
How big is the problem?
What did it take for Noetix to Upgrade? Analyze the Oracle R12 documentation per module to identify any significant changes. Functionally test all views in R12 to identify all affected views. Design and implement required functional updates Create new views Obsolete views add/modify columns add/modify profile options
What did it take Noetix for our Upgrade? View Count 58 34 56 Modified 48 14 32 New 10 3 8 General Ledger Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable 58 60 7 9 6 Fixed Assets Purchasing
Total Effort ~ 10 person years Validated and modified nearly 750 views Across 24 modules
Upgrade Protection R12 R12 V11.5.10 [ reports written against database tables ] [ reports written against Noetix views ]
Subledger Accounting All accounting performed before transfer to the GL User-definable accounting rules At the data level, it’s a big change for all the subledgers, though there is a first generation in 11i Payables “Accounting Events”
Tie It All Together Data flows from distributions, thru distribution links and SLA tables, to GL Three key stages Distributions (before accounting applied) SLA (in draft or final form) GL Three key views of the data Distributions only Tie distributions to SLA to GL Tie GL back to distributions
Subledger Accounting – Report Migration Needs How do I reconcile my AP Invoices to the GL Journal Entries and distributions?
11i and Release 12 Reports
View Changes 11i GL_Je_AP_Inv_Dist_Details Release 12 GL_Je_SLA_AP_Inv_Dist GL_Sets_Of_Books GL_Ledgers PO_Vendors AP_Suppliers PO_Vendor_Sites_All AP_Supplier_Sites_All AP_AE_Headers_All XLA_AE_Headers AP_AE_Lines_All XLA_AE_Lines AP_Accounting_Events_All ????? XLA_Events XLA_Event_Classes_TL XLA_Event_Types_TL XLA_Transaction_Entities XLA_Distribution_Links
The Impact? Some 11i queries will easily migrate to Rel. 12 Some with no changes at all Some will need table name changes Some 11i queries will need moderate attention Data moved to TCA will require query re-writes Customer correspondence will require re-writes Basic reports can remain the same Some 11i queries won’t migrate 1:1 to Rel. 12 SLA may require new reports, queries & ETL routines
How does Noetix address the problem?
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL What is a Noetix view? Your report Customer Selling Org. Cust. Status Open Quant. Order Quant. Booked Date Order No. Orders Customer No. Oracle database tables Noetix view of the database Order Lines ATO Flag Booked Date Customer Customer No. Item Item Desc. Line Status Open Quant. Order No. Order Quant. Project Quantity Organization Flexfield column in the table [Oracle EBS upgrade] [remaps view] [doesn’t break] MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS HZ_CUSTOMERS OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL PA_PROJECTS_ALL PA_TASKS HZ_CUST_ACCOUNTS OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL HZ_PARTIES PA_TASKS ATTRIBUTE1: “Customer Status” Flexfield column in the view Cust. Status
NoetixViews Coverage .
Combine your set up with our subject matter expertise Information about your enterprise application Business Best Practices Object Definition User Interfaces Financials Supply Chain Business Rules Security Human Resources Mfg. [Interrogated] [Handcrafted] Generated data Business Views Reports Business Glossary [Configuration-specific Views] [Configuration-specific Answers] [Configuration-specific Help]
Reporting from both 11i and Rel. 12 Some Customers want both V11.5.10 Legacy data Validation R12 [ reports written against Noetix views ]
Noetix Provides a Reporting Application With Any Front End Tool Noetix HelpFile OBI EE Cognos Discoverer 25
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