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Current Support Policies If you are on Oracle EBS 12.1 or database 12c or below, you might want to consider upgrading.  Oracle support policies change, so be sure and check the latest updates, but at the time of this writing, premier support for EBS 12.1 ends in December 2021. Currently Oracle does not plan to […]

Recently when I was working on a migration project, I noticed that the Essbase on OCI has differences when it comes to editing the outline and update metadata. On IE 11: When opened, the outline won’t show members to edit, as seen in the screenshot below. On Chrome: When open, the outline usually works to […]

Over the last couple of years, Oracle has been incredibly hard at work developing, from the ground up, what many are calling a game-changer for Oracle—and its customers. It’s called Clinical One. If your company uses any Oracle Health Sciences applications, you’ve probably already heard a little about Clinical One. You may already have received […]

Perficient’s Life Sciences practice regularly monitors the software release notes for several Oracle Health Sciences applications, including: Argus Safety Oracle Clinical/Remote Data Capture (OC/RDC) Thesaurus Management System (TMS) Generally speaking, we review release notes at the beginning of each month for the previous month. On occasion, there are no new releases and, therefore, nothing to review; however, […]

First of all, big kudos to first responders such as doctors, nurses, police, front-end-shop staff, and mental health workers for keeping your communities running during these troubling times. At the same time, my heart felt condolences for anyone who has lost a loved ones during this time. One of the things that the COVID-19 pandemic […]

I recently delivered a webinar, in which I discussed the CTMS migration approaches taken across several case studies. You’ll come away with an understanding of: Pros and cons of each CTMS migration method Types of migration tools, including APIs, ETL tools, and adapters Approximate timelines and costs associated with each migration method The topics discussed […]

There are basically 2 options when upgrading FDM classic to FDMEE: rebuild all artifacts, or use FDM to FDMEE migration utility to migrate some, then build the rest.  FDM to FDMEE migration utility is a helpful tool but it has its limitation, for example, the utility can not translate script from VB script to Jython. […]

Forrester has included Perficient in its Now Tech: Oracle Apps Implementation Services Providers, Q2 2020 report. The newly launched report lists implementation service providers who help global clients identify potential partners to support their shift to Oracle Cloud providing guidance through each stage of an enterprise cloud transformation. Within the report, Forrester examined implementation service […]

Many Energy companies that are running Oracle ERP, SCM, and EPM solutions are working on their roadmap and deciding whether to cross the chasm and move to the Cloud or upgrade their on-premise applications. Change Management is an important part of such a decision and is a critical part of the roadmap to be considered […]

The use of Scheduled and Opportunistic Counting will improve your inventory controls.  Cycle Counting utilizes both of these methods of counting.  The utilization of both methods will increase the accuracy of your on-hand reporting.  Inventory accountants need this to confidently and accurately report these numbers to investors and banks.  So, what exactly is scheduled and […]

Last week was clearly busy for Oracle. I attended three online events to learn more about Clinical One as the Data Collection capabilities were launched.  Oracle revealed that Clinical One Data Collection will:  Save time: Build a study in weeks instead of months; make mid–study changes in real time; deploy them in minutes without any cost  Harmonize data: Eliminate inconsistent, incompatible, incomplete, missing, and duplicated data  […]

Starting with the 20.09 update, Oracle will cease supporting Internet Explorer as a compatible browser for EPM Cloud applications. This will leave Edge, Chrome, and Firefox ESR as the remaining supported browsers for Windows users. The move away from Internet Explorer is due to the fact that Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 11 is […]