1) What is a Ledger? What happened to my Sets of Books?

Your 11i Set of Books is now an R12 ledger, any 11i sets of books you had will be a ledger after you run the R12 upgrade.

2) Why did you change the name?

I am not fully aware of the history of the decision, but a Ledger is a much better description and matches the business terminology more closely. Also with the introduction of Ledger Sets in R12, wed have had a clumsy Set of Books Sets term to deal with.

3) Does the new table gl_ledgers replace gl_sets_of_books table.

Yes.

4) So what about my custom reports that query gl_sets_of_books table or gl_sets_of_books_v view

No need to change those. For backward compatibility we created a view gl_sets_of_books which references the gl_ledgers table. gl_sets_of_books_v is also modified to reference gl_ledgers table.

5) What happens to the sob_id, are these primary keys preserved?

Yes, the sob_id from 11i will become the ledger_id you see in R12

6) I see Ledger_id in the gl_interface table, do I have to update all my feeder programs that write to that to populate ledger_id instead of sob_id?

No. GL_INTERFACE is backward compatible, the sob_id column is still there and ledger_id is optional, if Journal Import does not find any value in ledger_id it will use the sob_id.Table Changes in Oracle General Ledger Tables Release 12 from 11i

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abhiPublished on 12-30-2011 09:07 AM

Introduction

This article is about the changes which have been done to existing General Ledger tables in Release R12 as compared to 11i.

GL_BALANCES

Added quarter_to_date_dr_beq, quarter_to_date_cr_beq, project_to_date_dr_beq and project_to_date_cr_beq columns as extra in r12 to store entered ledger currency balances

GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS

Added alternate_code_combination_id column to support replacement for disabled accounts functionality implemented by Journal Import

GL_INTERFACE

Added ledger_id and retain set_of_books_id in r12 for backward compatibility

GL_JE_BATCHES

Dropped set_of_books_id and add chart_of_accounts_id, period_set_name and accounting_period_type to support batches containing journals for multiple ledgers sharing the same chart of accounts and calendar

GL_JE_HEADERS

Added columns to store the accounting and reporting sequences

GL_PERIOD_STATUSES

Added ledger_id and retain set_of_books_id for backward compatibility

MISC

GL_SETS_OF_BOOKS is replaced in R12 as GL_LEDGERS

GL_TRANSLATION_RATES is replaced in R12 as GL_DAILY_RATES

The set_of_books_id column has been renamed to ledger_id in all tables with some exceptions.