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With the release of R12, Oracle had retired Client ADI, a tool that had been used for many things, amongst which was making FSG reports look pretty, and allowing users to drilldown into the financial information displayed on the reports to get more detailed information.

With the retirement of Client ADI, Oracle began to push Report Manager, a Report Repository tool that allows users to drill-down into FSG reports, as long as they have a report-specific Excel template assigned to them. I've been using Report Manager for some time, and I think it is a great tool to provide Management with access to the financial reports they need, as well as allowing them to discover what is behind the numbers (without bothering the folks in Accounting).

Although yet to be confirmed, Oracle is expected to release version R12.2 of it’s eBusiness Suite in October 2011. BizTech has analyzed the following modules, and has determined that significant functionality is expected to be added in R12.2. Some of the more significant functionality has been backported to older releases, and where appropriate, BizTech has identified the necessary patches.

Although yet to be confirmed, Oracle is expected to release version R12.2 of it’s eBusiness Suite in October 2011. BizTech has compiled a list of the Tax, Legal and Regulatory updates that are expected to be added, amended, or removed in this latest release.

Although yet to be confirmed, Oracle is expected to release version R12.2 of it’s eBusiness Suite in October 2011. BizTech has compiled a list, module by module, of the main features that have been added, amended, or removed in this latest release.

BizTech has analyzed the following modules, and has determined that at this time, no new functionality is expected to be added in R12.2

In my last post, I walked through the process for restricting specific responsibilities from creating or updating Key Flexfield Segment Values. For smaller companies with the same people doing multiple functions, this could be enough to meet this requirement. For my client, this restriction wasn’t enough. They needed to prevent specific responsibilities from seeing specific Flexfields, Titles, Structures, and Segments.

Many of my clients were initially surprised that, while Oracle provides a form to create and edit segment values, there is no seeded method to provide view-only access. Some have been further surprised to find out there was no seeded method to restrict access to specific segments.

A client of mine, a global financial institution, had identified 80 individuals who would require view-only access to all the segments in 2 Charts of accounts, and I was able to meet this challenge using 2 separate forms personalizations. I’ll discuss restricting access to specific modules, flexfields, structures, and segments in a follow-up blog entry, but for now, let’s look at preventing specific responsibilities from creating or editing segment values.

R12.1.3 has been released for some time now. BizTech has compiled a list, module by module, of the main features that have been added, amended, or removed in this latest release.

R12.1.3 has been released for some time now. BizTech has compiled a list of the Tax, Legal and Regulatory updates that have been added, amended, or removed in this latest release.

BizTech has analyzed the following modules, and has determined that significant functionality has been added in R12.1.3. Some of the more significant functionality has been backported to older releases, and where appropriate, BizTech has identified the necessary patches.

In 11i, the go-to tool of the financial analyst was Application Desktop Integrator (ADI) – from here, an analyst could format financial reports, drill down on the numbers produced to get journal line detail, enter and upload a journal entry or an entire budget.

With the changes in architecture in R12, ADI is no longer supported, and the functionality provided by ADI has been replaced by other modules. BI Publisher has become the primary report formatting tool, Report Manager delivers report repository functionality (as well as drill-down functionality for FSG reports),and many white-papers and presentations exist for these areas.