XLA/SLA AMB Components Underlying Data Structure
For anyone dealing with R12 Subledger Accounting (SLA) configuration and troubleshooting, it can be helpful to understand how the SLA Accounting Methods Builder (AMB) Components are organized within the XLA schema of the R12 database. Here’s an Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD) I’ve put together as a tool to utilize when needing to build queries of [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )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 )Taking the edge off implementing SLA…
Are you struggling w/SLA burnout?? Looking for something to fill the time during a potential government shutdown?? Fully understanding and implementing SLA for Federal Financials continues to be quite a challenge in a current upgrade I’m working on. This is especially true when trying to ensure all the proper Upward/Downward accounting is properly done, but [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None 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 )Dept. of Labor closing in on planned R12 go-live
First of all, sorry for the void of posts for the last few months, unfortunately I’ve just been severely swamped with project-work as we try to close in our USAF DEAMS go-live later this year. But I happened to notice an article where it looks like Dept. of Labor is targeting an Oct. 1st go-live [...]
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 )FedSIG CGAC call with Oracle Development – 1 Apr
FYI: “The CGAC call for the FedSIG with Mike Barker, Director of Public Sector Development, will be a concall / web conference. Here are the logistics: Participants should use Internet Explorer for the web conference. Participants should, at their earliest convenience, go to https://conference.oracle.com and click on “New User” to ensure that their system is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Oracle Federal Development CGAC/R12 Web Conference 4/1
It seems that Oracle development is offering up a web conference to the Federal Financials Special Interest Group (FED SIG) on how Oracle is addressing CGAC in R12. This is scheduled for April 1 from 1-2:30 Eastern. Oracle is asking how many different callers will be calling in to determine if they need to support [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )R12 FSIO Certification Press Release
I finally ran across an official press release from Oracle on the R12 FSIO certification. Here’s the link.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )FSIO Qualified Software now states Oracle E-Business Suite R12
I haven’t seen any press release, nothing on metalink or anything else official, but the FSIO Qualified Software page now shows version R12 as the certified version. Surprised there hasn’t been a bit more fanfare around this yet, but maybe some will be coming. Click here to go to the FSIO page.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )FSIO Certification of R12 Rumor Mill is Definitely Hot
Judging by the uptick in blog hits and searches like ‘R12 FSIO’ that are referring searchers here, many are hearing the same rumors I’m hearing. No official announcement yet (nothing on FSIO, metalink or any press releases yet), but the word is out that Oracle has received a FSIO letter for R12 certification. When I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Latest on R12 FSIO Status
Here’s an update I saw today from Oracle. “Federal Financials development delivered a second R12 demo to FSIO on January 7, 2009. FSIO needs to review the reports / output from the demo. FSIO did not commit to a date, but said they would probably need at least two weeks. At the end of this [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )December Federal CAB Info
The most recent Oracle Federal Customer Advisory Board (CAB) meeting was held on 3-December. A few interesting points of info include: -Both Oracle and FSIO are pointing to January 2009 as finalizing the R12 FSIO certification -In the Oracle Development update, Oracle pointed identified R12.1 as targeted for release in calendar year 2009 (12.1 is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )FSIO requests a 2nd R12 presentation/demo from Oracle prior to Certification
On the monthly Oracle Federal Financials Special Interest Group (FEDSIG) call this week (held on November 18), Oracle identified that FSIO has requested a 2nd followup presentation/demo from Oracle prior to certifying R12. Oracle provided an initial R12 demo/presentation in September to FSIO in hopes of attaining a thumbs-up on gaining the R12 certification, so [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Goodbye T-Codes! An Intro to R12 Subledger Accounting (SLA) for Federal Financials
I thought it would be appropriate to upload the presentation I gave with Cary Payne (i360 Technologies) at the Collaborate ’08 FEDSIG meeting in Denver. The presentation’s goal was to provide an introduction to SLA Concepts, Capabilities and Terminology with a focus on relevant topics to Federal Financials customers. We presented how R12 Subledger Architecture [...]
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