1. Report Manager for FSGs in R12 Farewell ADI toolbar
James Hoskins
BCom OCP
Shareable Content Objects Reference Model
Objectives
‘2.1.1 Actively developing any form of Technical communication to inform, educate or train.
……..Paper based or online information
Was at the Educause conference

2. This Presentation Definition Access Sets
ADI toolbar  Desktop Integrator
Report Manager
Value Security, review
FSG submission and viewing
Template editor changes
Report Sets

3. New Feature: Definition Access Set
Secure changes to 22 GL components
All FSG Components, Consolidation, M Allocations, Calendars, Ex. Rate
Create Definition Access Set name
Leave Defn Type, Defn Name blank initially
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

4. Definition Access Sets
Responsibility assign DAS
Auto Assign (All new/changes by Resp added DAS)
Use – Will appear in LOV
View – Can review the record
Modify – Can Change component definition
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

5. Assign Individually On Component Enable Security
Resp. on AutoAssign, record added to DAS
If Not Click to DAS
For view, no msg - grey record
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

6. Definition Access Sets Summary
Plan access by responsibility
Secure FSG components from unexpected change
Assign to a responsibility
Can assign to other GL components
Order of steps impt
Useful feature

7. Desktop Integration and Report Manager

8. Brief History ADI Toolbar
Prior to R10 basic version, 15+ yrs old
Functionality , widely used
GLDI, FADI, FSG component defn, templates
Installed client PC = IS dept support
webADI available many yrs, reqd in R12
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

9. Desktop Integration in R12
Launches from within Resp. Menu
Internet Security setting below
Excel Macros need to enable Project VBA
Add Function security to custom Resp’s
All features R11i retained except Report defn
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

10. Launch Journal Wizard
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

11. Report Manager Available for many yrs R12 reqd for some features
Short Code is FRM
Report Repository
Template editor
User to value Security
View output .pdf, .xls, html

12. Report Manager Components
General Ledger
FSG Components Row, Column Sets etc
Optional, Definition Access Set
Report Repository Setup
FSG Report
Optional Value Security Setup
Optional Template Editor
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
New 5 step FSG Submission Form
Std FSG Submission
Store in repository
Optional Mgr. review
Optional Resp. Menu
Output .pdf, .xls, HTML
Output .pdf, .xls, HTML

13. Profiles related to Report Manager
FRM: Set Auto Archive - # of Mths default
FRM: User to Value Owner Access - Yes/No for a user
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

14. User to Value Security Optional, Restricts FSG output access
Layer on top of Security Rules
Owners set contact/viewer privileges see values
Contact can set viewer privileges
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

15. Report Repository Often Monthly FSG’s saved to windows directory
Report Repository allows saving in Oracle
Licensing implications?
Report Manager SuperUser
Repository Management

16. Report Repository Plan how to group reports within repository
Can be changed later , not by Month
Tick Select to take action
Repository Maintenance Program
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

17. Folders Add Folder to create grouping
Create Menu Item within responsibility
Once report run, can update publishing, security
View - output Alphabetic date order

18. New HTML submission Form
5 Screen process
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

19. Publishing Parameters
Template
Profile will default
Can restrict expansion list values displayed
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
Can hold output until Reviewer has approved

20. Storage Location Can Add Folder, or select an existing one
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

21. Presentation Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

22. New Monitor Option (Financial Statement Generator) calculates
(Publish and Presentation) .xls, .pdf output
(FO Generator) is for HTML output
Form below “Concurrent Request Monitoring”
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

23. New 5 step FSG Submission Form
Rpt Mgr Review Output
Report Manager
General Ledger
FSG Components Row, Column Sets etc
Optional, Definition Access Set
Report Repository Setup
FSG Report
Optional Value Security Setup
Optional Template Editor
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
New 5 step FSG Submission Form
Std FSG Submission
Store in repository
Optional Mgr. review
Optional Resp. Menu
Output .pdf, .xls, HTML
Output .pdf, .xls, HTML

24. Reviewer, Value to User Security
CHORTON reviewer
Value to user Security XXTRAIN
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
Other Users

25. Different View Options, .pdf
Output option ALL
No tabs in Adobe reader
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

26. Output Option HTML
View ALL displays the output and can scroll down, XX1 XX2 then total
Figures Underlined
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

27. Output Option Excel Generic Template with Drilldown, ALL Double Click
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
Double Click

28. Report Manager Components
General Ledger
FSG Components Row, Column Sets etc
Optional, Definition Access Set
Report Repository Setup
FSG Report
Optional Value Security Setup
Optional Template Editor
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
New 5 step FSG Submission Form
3. Std FSG Submission
Store in repository
Optional Mgr. review
Optional Resp. Menu
Output .pdf, .xls, HTML
Output .pdf, .xls, HTML

29. Financial Report Templates
Responsibilities need Function to view
<r12 templates must redefine
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

30. Change Template Each row in Row set shown no &default
Borders with expansion
Each Line can have specific format
Excel Oracle menu
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

31. Early R12 Without Patches
Adobe
Excel
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

32. Custom Template HTML output
Colours
Note Underlining
Border Accurate
Substitution
HTML
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

33. Report Drilldown Display Accts no activity Jan-09 displayed
Export to Excel
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

34. Journal Details Click to drill Drill further to subledger details
Personalize
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

35. Summary Report Manager
Value to user Security
XML Templates need testing
Mindset change Report Repository
New focus expect patches
Maintenance conc. Jobs to archive
Great potential

36. Report Sets and Request Sets

37. Report Sets Define Set in General Ledger
XX Report Set below has 2 FSGs
Update Publishing parameters
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

38. Publishing Details 4 Steps Once details complete
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect
Once details complete

39. Publish Sets Reports completed in conc mgr first
Store report sets and/or request sets repository
Best with flexible format reports
Predefine default parameters, output options
Publishing this way should save time
Patching issues so time saving not achieved
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

40. Other Integrators Fixed Assets, GL below
“Project Super User” Responsibility
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

41. Summary Improvements to ADI deployment
Definition Access Sets great option
Plan Report Repository storage
Option for Segment Value Security
Expect to invest time on templates
Great potential for improvements

42. Functional Actuals - Single
Many different Layouts
Projects Super User Responsibility
Many new Loaders
More 4 Apps still offer best solution for many problems
Don’t want to be showing what is typical help software.
Nokia delivers both for the 9300 cell phone. They advise people to read manual, phone can be clicked and swiveled around to display what is inside phone, parts highlighted
Not just reading, have options to involve the Learner The interaction is normally much richer. Sound, active graphics, simulations movies etc
The advice can be related to the incorrect response and advise why their selection is incorrect

43. James 021 762-101 jmh@aspirecorporation.co.nz
Any Questions ?
James
Shareable Content Objects Reference Model
Objectives
‘2.1.1 Actively developing any form of Technical communication to inform, educate or train.
……..Paper based or online information
Was at the Educause conference