The image below depicts where within the value set you would select the appropriate option and is followed by an explanation of the resultant impact.

Third Party Control Account Options

General Ledger journals can be entered directly in that module or be received from a Subledger. Since control accounts should accurately reflect the movements in a related Subledger its ideal that we only allow postings to these that are sourced from the Subledger. Hence, minimising the number of manual postings to a control account is recommended and makes Subledger to General Ledger Control Account reconciliation a lot simpler.

Whichever option is chosen below will determine the allowed journal source for a GL nominal account and the level of restriction to be applied:

1. Customer Control Account - only journal postings sourced from Accounts Receivable can be posted to this nominal.
2. No - either this is not a control account or you want to allow any type of journal to be posted to this account.
3. Restrict GL Manual Journals - journals with a source of Manual which are those entered directly into General Ledger will not be allowed. This provides more flexibility in that any Subledger can post to this account.
4. Supplier Control Account - only allow journal postings sourced from Accounts Payable can be posted to this nominal.
5. Third Party Control Account - only allow journal postings sourced from Accounts Receivable or Payables can be posted to this nominal.

Inherit Segment Values

Following any updates to a value set its important to point out that you should run the Inherit Segment Value Attributes program. This will propagate the attributes of a segment value to all account combinations that contain that segment value. Note that selecting the Create Execution Report option when running this program produces a report which lists each updated account for comparison including original and current attributes. Download an example of the Segment Value Inheritance Execution Report

• Accounting Hub
• Advanced Collections
• Assets
• Budgetary Control
• Cash Management
• Expenses
• Financials for EMEA
• Financials for Asia/Pacific
• Financials for the Americas
• General Ledger
• Intercompany Accounting
• Payables
• Payments
• Receivables
• Revenue Management
• Tax

Furthermore it classifies the reports accounting to type, sub type and run type and provides catalogue location, description and report output samples.

Download the Oracle Financials Cloud Release 13 Reports and Analyses Listing which covers reports available from Release 12 up to R13.18A

• Day
• Emerging Technologies for Business
• IT Infrastructure
• Intelligent Cloud Applications
• Integrated Cloud Platform
• SMB (Small to Medium Business)
• Session Type

Furthermore, there’s a pretty good library of on-demand keynotes where you can watch highlights or full length replays.

Personally, I’m going to start making my way through this content with a view to highlighting some of the best picks here.

You’ll find help for each of the following modules

• Financials
• HCM
• Procurement
• Projects
• Risk Management
• Sales
• Service
• Supply Chain

Within each module you can see the help sorted by task and product. Furthermore there is role specific help and numerous videos

Happy Learning…….

• File-Based Data Import Templates
• Report Listings
• Roles
• SOAP Web Services
• Tables and Views
• Business Process Models
• Technology Audit
• Flexfields
• Lookups
• Profile Options
• Schedules Processes

All of this content is available across the following product areas: -

• Sales
• Global Human Resources
• Financials
• Procurement
• Project Portfolio Management
• Supply Chain Management

Furthermore the content provided spans various releases, namely Release 11, Release 12 and Release 13 (update 17b).

I hope you find this a useful resource for your Fusion projects.

• Enterprise Planning and Performance Management
• Marketing
• Sales
• Order Fulfilment
• Supply Chain Planning
• Product Management
• Production
• Procurement
• Materials Management and Logistics
• Project Management
• Financial Control and Reporting
• Cash and Treasury Management
• Asset Lifecycle Management
• Enterprise Information Management
• Workforce Deployment
• Workforce Development
• Compensation Management

Starting with a collection of standard business process models allows you to compare with existing processes and then determine what gaps there may be.

According to the Oracle Fusion Help

Business process modelling is one of the driving forces in the design of Oracle Fusion Applications. This modelling carries through to almost every aspect of Oracle Fusion Financials. The Business Process Models (BPMs) manage the deployment, upgrade, integration, and configuration of the product. Oracle Fusion documentation follows the process models very closely. Roles Based Access security is also tied closed to the BPM Model, so that tasks and activities are assigned appropriately. Messaging and online help are arranged along BPM lines. Field support uses the BPM models to organize their efforts to examine and resolve issues.

The Business Process Model has five levels:

• Level zero (L0): A specific industry organized around raising capital, executing a business model, and reporting the resultant income to shareholders. For example, Automotive, Communications, Education, Healthcare, and Utilities, to name a few of the approximately thirty identified industries.
• Level one (L1): A specific business process area.
• Level two (L2): A specific business process
• Level three (L3): A specific activity.
• Level four (L4): Specific tasks involved in an activity.

Having business processes with varying levels means you can start with high level processes and then drill down to lower levels of detail as you require. Furthermore each level will relate back to the hierarchical employee levels in an organisation. An example of how the process levels might look is outlined in Figure 1.

Figure 1: An example of Oracle Fusion Business Process Model Levels

The process flows that Oracle provide can be downloaded at Oracle Support Doc ID 1542019.1. The diagrams are pitched at L3 and are typical swim lane Visio documents as illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 2: An example of an L3 Process Flow Diagram for Ledger Close

I’ve also prepared a process flow listing which you can also download.

Suzanne Armstrong highlights the key features on the OUM blog as follows

OUM release 6.4 provides support for Application Implementation, Cloud Application Services Implementation, and Software Upgrade projects as well as the complete range of technology projects including Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Security, WebCenter, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Application Integration Architecture (AIA), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Integration, and Custom Software. Detailed techniques and tool guidance are provided, including a supplemental guide related to Oracle Tutor and UPK.

This release features:

• Cloud Home Page – Added to Highlight Cloud Support in OUM
• CAS OUM (Cloud Application Services OUM) [previously OUM Cloud Application Services Implementation Approach] – Updated Task and Activity/Task Group Identifiers, Updated Terminology
• Operate Focus Area – Added to Provide Visibility into Services Offered by Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS)
• Establish Governance Activity [previously Complete Project Management Plan] – Renamed and reframed to place greater emphasis on its main objective, which is to establish project governance by engaging in a dialogue to collaboratively define the processes which will be used to govern and control the project from start to finish. This approach recognizes that the delivery of documentation, while necessary and important, should be the by-product of rather than the driver for conversation.
• Project Management Plan (PMP) template [previously Project Management Framework] – Developed to streamline the process for documenting project governance. The BT.070 task was renamed to Create Project Management Plan and the guidance was updated. All related tasks that contribute to the PMP were revised to refer to the new PMP template eliminating the prior individual templates. The PMP should be used to document the processes that govern the project.  Once defined, the PMP will remain relatively fixed and only require updates if there are material changes to the governance.
• Acceptance Certificate [SM.040] Updated and Delivery Note [SM.040] Added - Clarified that acceptance, agreement, and acknowledgment should be secured using one of these templates.  Removed signature boxes / sign-off pages and project manager countersignature from all templates.
• Risk Management Process, Tasks, and Templates – Streamlined Flow and Clarified Content

Bruce Dehner also has a really good overview presentation which talks about the Cloud Application Services Implementation Approach. It contains a pictorial view of the key activities at each implementation phase which also outlines who is responsible for doing what.

The Oracle OUM Partner Knowledge Zone has an abundance of further information and resources. Here you can download OUM collateral, obtain training and certification and view webcasts. Certainly I’m looking forward to making use of the templates and deliverables in my existing and forthcoming implementations.

Simon’s going to the UKOUG EBS Financials SIG in May to help with a workshop on this, so it would be tremendous to get your views, so we can have a discussion with some bite. Moreover I think we will all find the results of interest. If you’re not currently working with an organisation, please complete the survey from the perspective of the organisation that you last worked for.   

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