ADI SIG Meeting

Marsha Edgell ADI SIG Coordinator BizTech

Desktop Integration September 2005

Agenda  Product Overviews – Client / Server ADI – Web ADI – Report Manager  Product Roadmap / Release Information  ADI SIG – what’s next?  Questions & Answers

The ADI SIG was formed in order to:  Instruct – product functionality  Inform – future product direction  Answer – functional & technical questions  Network – forum for users to meet  Identify & submit – strategic enhancement requests ADI SIG - Purpose

What is ADI?  Provides desktop integration with Oracle Applications  Original Version – client/server based – Journal, Budget, and Asset Wizards – Report and Analysis Wizard – Request Center

? What is Web ADI? Web ADI is a Web-Based Application that Brings Oracle E-Business Suite Functionality to Desktop Applications.

Take Client/Server Benefits to the Web  Increase Productivity – Leverage desktop application functionality to do your job faster – Familiar environment  Have a Custom User Interface – Determine how the documents created on your desktop will look  Make Your Work Mobile – Desktop application files can be distributed to coworkers for review or to complete additional steps in your process – Work with the E-Business Suite when not connected to your network

Web ADI Offers More – Web Benefits  Centralized deployment and maintenance  Faster over slow WAN connections  Integrators added centrally on-demand

Web ADI Offers More – SDK  Create a spreadsheet interface for any E-Business Suite product  Services provided – document creation, LOVs, import data, validation, upload, Internationalization, security, and flexfields  Extensive uptake by product development teams  Uptake beyond product development

Web ADI  Implementations for MS Excel, MS Word and MS Projects  Zero client install  No patches required to be applied to client  First released January 2001, 1 solution  11 i 10 released with over 100 solutions by 18 teams

Solution Product Owners  Advanced Product Catalog  Assets  Financial Intelligence  General Ledger  Human Resources  Incentive Compensation  Internal Controls Manager  Projects  Public Sector Budgeting  Public Sector Financials International  Public Sector HR  Public Sector Payroll  Sales Offline  Student Systems  Territories  Trade Management  Training Administrator  Web Applications Desktop Integrator

? Report Manager is a secure point-in-time report repository offering centralized management and distribution of reports. What is Report Manager?

Report Manager Benefits  Access business information from a central site using a standard browser  Ensure that reports are protected from unauthorized access  Store and distribute ANY type of report or file  Preview reports prior to mass distribution  New - Just in time formatting

Product Roadmap / Release Information

Technology stack  Client side – OS: Office 97 / 2000 / XP / 2003 – Browser: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla  Oracle Applications or later – Oracle Self Service Framework version 5.6E or later – Oracle 9iAS release – Oracle 8.1 database or later  Languages: All 11i languages

Product roadmap – ADI migration Journal Wizard GL 11i Production Create Assets Record Physical Inventory Report Publishing Format Reports FA FRM 11i. 11i.10 + Patchset G Production ADI Feature Owner Base Release Status Budget Wizard Analysis Wizard Report Wizard 11i & 12 In Progress Q4CY2005 ADI Feature Release Status Devel Cmp GL Owner

ADI - Current Releases  ADI 7.2 – terminal release – Patch  ADI 7.2 rollup patch 2 – Patch  All bug fixes implemented against 7.2 base

Web ADI - Current Releases  Web ADI Patchset C – Rollup patch 6 in 11i10 – patch – Rollup patch 7 in 11i.10 CU2 – patch  Web ADI Patchset D rollup patch 1 – Base – – Latest patch – – Includes support for all browsers

Report Manager – Current Release  Patch Set G – Patch 11i.FRM.G: – Web-based Submission and Publishing of Financial, Standard and Variable Reports – Financial Report Template Editor – ‘Themes’ – Excel, HTML and PDF Output – Repository Management

Future Report Manager Release  Patch Set H – Financial Report Definition – Drilldown – Request Set Submission/Publishing – Report Set Submission/Publishing – Ad Hoc FSG – Report migration utility

Other OpenWorld Sessions:  Session S1847: “Extending the Oracle E- Business Suite with Desktop Applications, using Web ADI”  Alex Drexel & Kin Cheung – Thursday 9/22/05 – 1:00pm – 2:00pm – Moscone West, Room 2006

ADI SIG: Upcoming Meetings  ADI SIG - Internet Meetings: – November 2005 – February 2006  OAUG, IOUG and Quest User Group Conference – April 23 – 27, 2006 (Nashville, TN)

ADI SIG: What’s Next?  Feedback: Topics of interest for future meetings  FAQ repository  Knowledge base – White papers – Installation, implementation notes, etc.

ADI SIG: Call for Volunteers  Speakers for future meetings  Enhancements  Communications  Web site content – User Forum, Customer Collaboration Contact Marsha Edgell

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