1. Operational Reporting for R12 with OBI EE, Cognos, and Business Objects
Mike Hoover
Product Specialist
Noetix Corporation 1

2. Agenda Release 12 Overview Report Migration
Key Reporting Issues
Noetix Solution - The Alternative
Q & A

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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 .

6. 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

7. Reports Will Break Report integrity a constant, costly challengeV 7

8. 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 V
R12

9. How big is the problem?

10. 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

11. 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

12. Total Effort ~ 10 person years
Validated and modified nearly 750 views
Across 24 modules

13. Upgrade Protection R12 R12 V11.5.10
[ reports written against database tables ]
[ reports written against Noetix views ]

14. 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”

15. 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

16. Subledger Accounting – Report Migration Needs
How do I reconcile my AP Invoices to the GL Journal Entries and distributions?

17. 11i and Release 12 Reports

18. View Changes 11i GL_Je_AP_Inv_Dist_Details
Release 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
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XLA_Events
XLA_Event_Classes_TL
XLA_Event_Types_TL
XLA_Transaction_Entities
XLA_Distribution_Links

19. 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

20. How does Noetix address the problem?

21. 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

22. NoetixViews Coverage .

23. 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]

24. Reporting from both 11i and Rel. 12
Some Customers want both V
Legacy data
Validation
R12
[ reports written against Noetix views ]

25. Noetix Provides a Reporting Application With Any Front End Tool
Noetix HelpFile
OBI EE
Cognos
Discoverer 25

26. Noetix Generator for Oracle BI
Generate object definitions
Export UDML
Convert UDML to RPD
UDML
Oracle E-Business Suite
NoetixViews
Generate Oracle BI Answers
RPD
(Repository Model)
NoetixAnswers
Oracle BI Server 26

27. Noetix Generator for Oracle BI
Any product / tool that works with the Oracle BI Server will work with generated RPD file
Oracle BI Answers
Oracle Interactive Dashboards
Oracle BI Publisher
Oracle BI Delivers
Oracle Briefing Books
Supports Current Shipping Version 27

28. Noetix Generator for Cognos
Oracle E-Business Suite
Generate query subjects
Publish packages
XML
NoetixViews
Cognos Content Store
Generates NoetixViews Roles

29. Noetix Generator for Cognos
Framework Manager
Report Studio
Query Studio
Content is published into the Cognos Content Store
Supports Cognos 8 BI environment

30. Noetix Generator for Business Objects
Oracle E-Business Suite
Generate object definitions
Export universes
UNV
NoetixViews
Business Objects CMS
Generate security groups

31. Noetix Generator for Business Objects
Universe Designer
InfoView
Web Intelligence
Desktop Intelligence
Crystal Reports
Support for BusinessObjects XI R2 and Edge Series Standard (formerly Crystal Decisions Standard)

32. What’s In It for You? Cost effective and faster time to market
Successfully meeting project goals
Proven, tested and patented

33. Questions & Answers 33