Introducing Oracle iSetup

Kirk Williams

Frontier Consulting, Inc.

Senior Oracle Consultant

Presentation UpdatesFurnished by

Manoj Gupta Product Director

Oracle iSetup Development

Oracle Corporation

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Setup Automation and Management of the

Oracle e-Business Suite

Oracle iSetup

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Agenda

Vision and Goals

iSetup Components and Architecture

Benefits

Release Status

Footprint

Next Steps

Q&A

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To fully automate the setup of the Oracle E-Business Suite

Vision

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New Implementation Support initial implementation Simplify requirements collection Automate data setup

Management of Setup Data Automate moving setup parameters from

one instance to another Extend existing data Keep track of setup data Generate Setup Reports

Business Goals

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Oracle iSetup Components

iSetup Configurator

iSetup Migrator

iSetup Reporter

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For initial implementation Collects requirements by presenting

business questions Derives setup options based on your

responses Incorporates leading business

practices into template data Loads all the setup data with the click

of a button

iSetup Configurator

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iSetup Configurator

Load

APIs

Answer Questionnaire using iSetup Configurator

Configuration File

iSetup.oracle.com

Oracle E-Business Suite, Target Instance

SetupTables

API

Repository

SetupQuestionnaire

Database

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Automates moving of setup data from one instance to another

Generates additional setup data based on existing data. For example: Create a new Accounting Calendar Create a new Chart of Accounts

iSetup Migrator

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iSetup Migrator

Load

APIs

Extract

Snapshot File

Oracle E-Business Suite, Source Instance

Oracle E-Business Suite, Target Instance

SetupTables

API

Repository

APIs

Setup

Tables

API

Repository

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Report on Setup data Maintain snapshots for later reference Compare setup data across instances Compare setup data at different times

iSetup Reporter

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iSetup Reporter

iSetupReporter

Extract

Snapshot /Snapshot File/Configuration/

Configuration File

Oracle E-Business Suite, Source Instance

Setup Reports (HTML and Text)

APIs

SourceDatabaseInstance

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iSetup Usage Scenario - I

iSetupConfigurator

CRP

System

Test

Production

OriginalConfiguration

RevisedConfiguration

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iSetup Usage Scenario - II

Migrate

iSetupConfigurator

CRP

SystemTest

Production

OriginalConfiguration

Refine

Migrate usingiSetup Migrator

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iSetup Benefits

New Implementations Proven and consistent setup data

Reduced risk to your implementation

Reduced time to go-live

Reduced ongoing maintenance and support needs

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iSetup Benefits

Existing Implementations Ease of maintenance

Reduced time in administrative tasks

Easier expansion of setup parameters

Easier to maintain history of setup data

Help in resolving system problems

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Release Status

iSetup Configurator In production with R11i.8

iSetup Migrator Scheduled for R11i.9

iSetup Reporter Scheduled for R11i.9

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iSetup Footprint

Financial General Ledger Accounts Payable Accounts Receivable Fixed Assets Cash Management Purchasing

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iSetup Footprint

Manufacturing Inventory Bill of Material Engineering WIP Costing Order Management Shipping

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iSetup Footprint

Human Resources Human Resources Payroll

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Summary

iSetup Is Not for Every Customer Situation

Advantages & Disadvantages of iSetup

Summarize Cost of Implementation or Migration Option

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Contacts

Jim Lange, Product Director

E-mail: Jim.Lange@oracle.comPhone: 425-820-1203

Manoj Gupta, Product Manager

E-mail: Manoj.K.Gupta@oracle.comPhone: 650-506-5947

Kirk Williams, Project Manager

E-mail: Kirk.Williams@att.netPhone: 832-244-6255

AQ&Q U E S T I O N SQ U E S T I O N S

A N S W E R SA N S W E R S

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Updates Provided by Jim Lange and Manoj

GuptaFrom ORACLE