Finally Cool: @OracleFedApps is on Twitter
If you haven’t visited the actual blog lately and are just keeping up via a blog reader or some other type of subscription, you might have missed that I incorporated a Twitter feed a couple months back. I admit, my tweets aren’t going to be as entertaining as @CharlieSheen and I don’t expect to have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )R12 SLA Sources Breakdown
One of the most fundamental components of the R12 Subledger Accounting Architecture (SLA) is the concept of SLA Sources. There is a good bit of documentation on many SLA components, including my prior OAUG Presentations on SLA, but good explanations of SLA sources are a bit harder to find. So I thought I’d take a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Be aware of R12 Data Model changes to properly assess R12 upgrade rework
Any entity upgrading to R12 should sufficiently understand the data model changes between 11i and R12. Based on an entities’ dependence on the existing 11i data models that change, there can be a significant level of rework required to ensure that existing custom RDF/BI Pubisher Reports, Discoverer Reports, outbound interfaces, custom views, custom SQL & [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )New R12 CGAC & FV Consolidated Patches, Good, But…
Federal Development released a patch (9307787) for R12 in late December that provides a number of Federal Financials enhancements focused on better accommodating the OMB Common Government Accounting Classification (CGAC) attributes. The most obvious enhancements included are changes to the Treasury Symbols forms and related functionality. There is certainly more to the changes and a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )11i10 Patch 8448145: Allows entry of FV Budget Execution Entries for Expired Appropriations
I wanted to share an enhancement that we got Oracle to deliver a ways back for USAF DEAMS & share that the patch is available for download. We have a requirement to enter Budget Authority increases/decreases, even after Appropriations are expired. This is because we need to move money around to cover various Expired Year [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Collaborate ’09 Recap – A Federal Spin
Now that I’m back in Denver, here’s a recap from the Collaborate ’09 conference in Orlando that I thought would be helpful to share. I definitely enjoyed seeing friends, meeting new ones and taking in as much information as I could during the conference. Being responsible for three different presentations was a bit more than [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Comments on Proposed CGAC Fed Admin Changes due back to Oracle May 15th
As was previously mentioned, Mike Barker and Oracle Federal Development provided a web-conference that gave insight into some changes to Federal Administrator being considered to comply with CGAC on the 1st of April (Sorry for the delay in getting this out, I’m definitely way behind on my blogging due to a new-born, Collaborate 09, a [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Webinar on NoetixViews for Oracle U.S. Federal Financials Available for Replay
If you were interested in attending the webinar on the new NoetixViews for Federal Financials, but weren’t able to sit in on it this week, Noetix has made it available for download here. The webinar includes live demos. I sat in on the call and I thought it was a good presentation. Noetix has developed [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oracle BI Apps 7.9.6 Released: Includes Oracle Federal Financials Analytics
We’ve been hearing about the canned Federal Financials OBIEE analytics capability for some time, and now it has been released. From an initial look, it looks like this initial Federal-specific batch of canned offerings includes 2 Dashboards, one focused on various Federal Balance Sheet metrics and the other focused on Federal Budget & Spending. Of [...]
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