Anda di halaman 1dari 12

R12 Happy Hour! Bill Dunham OATC, Inc. www.oatcinc.

com The focus of this paper is present a variety of helpful information on Oracle Applications R12 (up to R12.1.3 at this time but this paper and presentation are evolving as we do more and more R12 projects). The intent is to provide blinks of useful information to attendees that are typically found during an implementation or upgrade but is outside the setups, methodology used, etc. Some of these topics have been discussed time and time again, this paper focuses on real project issues and problems, with solutions, that are applicable to any or all installations of the R12. This document consolidate a lot of good R12 information while the most pertinent information will be found in the presentation which can also be downloaded from the OAUG Collab 12 website. The presentation will be an hour of fun filled discussion about Oracle R12, new features, functionality, and technology, along with some interesting findings from R12 upgrades and implementations. We will discuss a variety of information on R12; technical and functional, as well as provide some helpful tidbits from Oracle and other sources. We believe that each attend will learn something from this presentation and encourage you to attend. About OATC, Inc OATC, Inc. - Oracle Applications and Technology Consulting was founded by Bill Dunham in 2002. Bill is a renowned Oracle Applications and Technology consultant having worked with Oracle Applications since 1991 starting with Release 7.9 (MPL7) of the applications. Bill has presented at many OAUG, Collaborate and Oracle OpenWorld events over the years, he is the active Chairperson of the Eastern States OAUG and member of the OAUG GEO/SIG Committee. Visit www.oatcinc.com for more details. Background We intend to present information on Oracle Applications R12 not found anywhere but through research, trial and error, My Oracle Support, and in some cases in the minds of consultants who deal with the applications day-in and day-out. Some information found below is exactly what can be found in the presentation. We encourage you to attend the presentation to hear this information first hand. We will continue to add items to the presentation right up to Collab 11 so please be sure to download the latest version from www.oaug.org prior to the conference. Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour starting point There is a wealth of data available on Oracle Applications R12 on the internet, through My Oracle Support (MOS), blogs, etc. We have provided some starting points for you and your team, and highly recommend that you visit these websites on a regular basis.
COLLABORATE 12 Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC Page 1

R12 Happy Hour! The first site is support.oracle.com, or better known as My Oracle Support (MOS). As you can see by the screen shot below, weve queried up document identification number 806593.1 this is the latest information available on R12.1 on the Oracle Support website and should be considered a must visit prior to starting your R12 implementation or upgrade. This website contains information on new products being released in R12 to how to approach executing your R12 upgrade; it is the best information center for R12 available. Being Oracle is the source of this information, and it gets frequently updated (note the date), it should be considered a very reference-able source.

support.oracle.com The second site, or blog, we like is that of Steven Chan, which can be found here: blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/ Stevens website contains detailed information presented in summary form with active links and diagrams that help users comprehend the most complex subjects. On occasion there are detailed technical aspects which users may want their technical team evaluating but overall the blog is easy to read, updated frequently, and has excellent information to support the most complex R12 environments. Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! The following pages contain blinks of information that weve either uncovered from R12 projects through research, trial and error, website hits, inquiring on MOS, or stumbled upon. Most of the information found below can be found in the companion presentation which will be presented at Collab 11. The first thing we need to bring up is Multiple Organization Access Control or MOAC. How you use, change or setup MOAC will be based on whether or not you are using Oracle HRMS, and Security groups. The below examples are based on not using HRMS but profile values to drive the use of multiple organizations in an organization.
COLLABORATE 12 Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC Page 2

R12 Happy Hour!

Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued) MOAC profile settings such as MO: Default Operating Unit, MO: Operating Unit and MO: Security Profile are the primary settings for implementing and activating multiple organizations within an Oracle Application R12 environment. A screen shot of the profile options is below.

This example shows that for the Payables Manager Canada, the Canada OU is being set, therefore it will be used throughout the session for that responsibility.

The example above shows the MO: Security Profile being assigned, if this is assigned along with the MO: Operating Unit, the MO: Security Profile takes precedence and based in the group assigned will provide a list of values to be shown when using the responsibility. This is most likely not what was intended when a new responsibility was
COLLABORATE 12 Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC Page 3

R12 Happy Hour! created for Canada the assume was that only Canada would be assigned, so lets clear the MO: Security Profile to allow this to happen.

This is the list of values that would present if the MO: Security Profile is set as noted above. Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued) Reprinting concurrent requests in R12 has changed as well. As you can see below the form looks the same, but when the Reprint/Republish option is selected, the system takes you to a fancy new web based form.

The Reprint option presents the below form which is fairly intuitive.

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 4

R12 Happy Hour! Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued)

So you want to know where to get a list of all the R12 reports that are obsolete? Well, look no further than MOS MOS provides the document below as well as many more that have a complete list of obsolete reports/concurrent request.

If the General Ledger link is selected above, the below screen will appear listing all obsolete reports.

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 5

R12 Happy Hour! Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued)

Another great place to visit for information on integrating with Oracle Applications is the Integration Repository, found at irep.oracle.com. If you are integrating with third party products or home grown applications to Oracle Applications this is a must use reference.

As you can see by the screen shot below (next page), Oracle has provided some great information for each integration point; Name, internal Name, and other pertinent details.

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 6

R12 Happy Hour! Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued)

Another must visit place for Oracle R12 information is the documentation repository shown below. This information can be also downloaded from the installation CDs for R12 but we like to reference the online material to ensure we have the latest and greatest information.

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 7

R12 Happy Hour!

Another must visit place for Oracle R12 information is the documentation repository shown below. docs.oracle.com/cd/E18727_01/index.htm

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 8

R12 Happy Hour! Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued) The below screen (next page) is an actual snapshot of an Oracle Applications R12 session gone badly. Weve experienced this on many occasions and the end result to fix it is to completely log out of the session, clear the buffer cache, and start a new session.

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 9

R12 Happy Hour! The below screen is an actual snapshot of an attempt to add a new field using Folder Tools. You will see the highlighted/circled areas below; well the field we added never showed up but the C that is circled is actually an O for Operating Unit which never appeared on the form. We subsequently found out that the field is present, its just behind the Customer field, .

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 10

R12 Happy Hour! Oracle Applications R12 Happy Hour! (Continued) Some more helpful blinks, the Delivery Opts found on the Submit Request form now allows users to print on document on an Internet Printer somewhere, email, fax or FTP all based on having these features activated. Also, there are some products, like from STR Software, which do an excellent job of delivering, and managing, eBusiness documents.

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 11

R12 Happy Hour!

In conclusion, we could go on-and-on with R12 Helpful blinks and R12 Crazy Stuff throughout this paper but want to leave some for our presentation. We have a lot more in-store for attendees of the presentation, so please join us if you can. We have found working and finding solutions to these issue and problems, and helpful blinks to be exciting, challenging, and frustrating. We write this paper and presentation to hopefully help users understand and overcome some of the same issues in less time than it took us, hopefully relieving any concerns and allowing you to focus on reaping the benefits of one of the best enterprise applications in the world; Oracle Applications R12. As you can see weve only scratched the surface on what the presentation entails - we encourage you to attend our presentation and learn. We can pretty much assure our attendees will learn something about R12 that youve not already experienced, or walk away from the session wanting to know more blinks or about Oracle Applications R12. References Most information and screen shots in this paper are from the following websites: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. www.oracle.com support.oracle.com irep.oracle.com blogs.oracle.com/stevenChan/ www.oatcinc.com

COLLABORATE 12

Copyright 2012 by Bill Dunham/OATC

Page 12

Anda mungkin juga menyukai