Oracle EBS Learnings

In a multi-org environment, many a times business demands centralize procurement across multiple operating units as this provides following major benefits 1.Provides cost savings by consolidating purchases for volume discounts 2.   Centralized control provides a single source of information for businesses 3.  Better control on purchasing is possible under centralized purchasing. There is no chance of reckless purchase since one unit is authorized to make purchase for the whole organization. Business Flow Demonstrated in this White Paper: Step1: Creation of Requisition from Operating X (ZZ Plant) Step 2: Creation of Purchase order in Centralized Operating Unit Y (Vision Operations) Step3:  Receiving in Inventory Organization (ZA1) which belongs to Operating Unite X (ZZ Plant) Step4:  Request for Intercompany Invoice Generation   Mandatory setup: 1. Setup Following profile options INV: Intercompany Invoice for Internal Orders = Y...

Question 1 :While  creating internal Bank Account, Legal entity is not popping up. You have created a Bank and LE but when you try to access LE at Bank Account Manager Page , LE is not visible internal bank account creation window?  Looks like you have issue with the following: The roles are not assigned to user when a responsibility has been added. For a big organization where: 1). You have hundreds of Orgs and thousands of users with new users added almost every day. 2). If you have to grant Bank Account creation rights user by user it will be a maintenance nightmare for system administrator. 3). Oracle core access design is tied at different levels like Site, Organization, Responsibility, User etc. Solution (1). If you are unable to see: 'User Management' then: 1. Use Management is part of Sysadmin. UMX Error: 'There are no functions available for this responsibility' And/Or 'There are no valid navigations for this responsibility' w...

What are the system wide consequences of running the concurrent program Replicate Seed Data and is it safe to run? What Effects Does Replicate Seed Data Concurrent Request Have On Oracle Applications? Answer: The purpose of the Replicate Seed Data Concurrent Program is to populate the Installed modules seeded values, so that new organizations can use the seeded data. Whenever new Organizations are created (under the Multi-org Setup, which is mandatory), running Replicate Seed data is a pre-requisite step before you can start working in the newly created organization. The Replicate Seed Data Concurrent Program can be run for a particular Operating Unit or for all Operating Units (as it is not mandatory parameter) but you cannot run the program for a particular module, for example, Incentive Compensation. Please reference the Replicate Seed Data step in the Oracle E-Business Suite Multiple Organizations Implementation Guide for more information. The concept of the program...

Basic Business Needs Oracle Applications provides you with the features you need to satisfy the following basic business needs: Use a single installation of any Oracle Applications product to support any number of organizations, even if those organizations use different ledgers. Support flexible organizational models. Secure access to data so that users can only access relevant information. Access one or more operating units using a single responsibility. Major Features Multiple Organizations in a Single Installation You can define multiple organizations and the relationships among them in a single installation of Oracle Applications. These organizations can be ledgers, business groups, legal entities, operating units, or inventory organizations. Secure Access You can assign operating units to a security profile and then assign the security profile to responsibilities or users. If multiple operating units are assigned to the security pro...