Posts Tagged ‘Oracle Cloud’

The use of the Payables Standard Invoice Template for importing mass invoices is great for clients who prefer not keying in invoices manually, which, let’s be honest here, is most clients. This FBDI (file-based data import) file comes in handy and is fairly simple to use. The greatest feature is the amount of invoices that […]

In regard to the example I gave of AR transactions not functioning in last week’s blog, there is a simple fix. This is not something that my team discovered on Oracle Support or through Google, but it’s something that was discovered when looking at roles. The AR roles on the role template for the “Receivables […]

Harvard Medical Faculty Physicians at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc., a legacy Oracle Hyperion Planning customer, needed to refine its finance and labor planning models, as well as provide end users a platform that was simpler and more intuitive to use, and that provided a real-time look into their budgeted bottom line throughout the […]

Turning subledger transactions into subledger journal entries is easy in the Subledger Accounting section of Oracle Cloud R11.  Users can generate accounting for legal and corporate reporting, and reconcile accounting using predefined functionalities. Users can define custom formulas and use subledger accounting rule definitions from the Manage Formulas Payables page found under Setup and Maintenance. […]

When setting up data access sets (DAS) and business units (BU) in the Financials module Functional Setup Manager (FSM), the name used for each can affect performance more than one may realize. Not only is the name chosen for each important for users to be able to identify which BU or DAS to use for […]

A second part of the Receivables work area deals with Accounts Receivable.  Users can easily take action on pending items or drill down to more details activities by quickly glancing at one or more of the four infotiles available: Receipt Batches, Lockbox Exceptions, Unapplied Receipts and Unapplied Credits. The first infotile allows users to see […]

A recent survey of 1,900 finance leaders released by Oracle and Intel reveals that the CFO/CIO alignment is more important than ever as cloud is viewed as a key strategy to transform their business. The survey, included in a report titled Modern Finance: Driving Transformation from Within, found that: “45% of finance leaders say they’re […]

The use of the AutoInvoice FBDI is helpful for Accounts Receivable personnel that want to import invoices in mass quantities and/or want the system to validate the data they are importing. One key thing to remember in regards to the FBDI tool is that the data won’t be imported to the desired subledger unless all […]

Oracle has provided Fusion users and consultants with the File Based Data Import (FBDI) tool, which allows them to key in mass quantities of information at once. This is a handy tool because even though there are integrated spreadsheets available within each subledger application, none allow for uploading of more than 100 lines. Sometimes, as […]

The Receivables work area provides three infotiles for Billing, Accounts Receivable and Revenue.  Included in these is a number of services for customer billing and payment activities, revenue recognition and adjustments, AR balances and reconciliation to the general ledger.  Real-time transactions and customer account information are available in the Billing and Accounts Receivable infotiles.  Like […]

Kscope16, ODTUG’s user conference known for providing a rich opportunity for networking and education on Oracle technologies, didn’t disappoint this year.  Conference attendees had numerous hands-on training sessions to choose from as well as a full day of Sunday Symposiums featuring Oracle VPs and product managers sharing insights into what is new and what to […]

Booking trips through the Oracle Internet Expenses is a quick and efficient process for just about anyone that uses it. Oracle has partnered with the GetThere travel booking partner to ensure that users have a simplified experience. When companies purchase this feature, they inform the implementation team of the travel agency or site they prefer […]