Oracle General Ledger Product Enhancements & Future Directions Fall 1998 OAUG Conference
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Oracle General LedgerProduct Enhancements & Future Directions
Fall 1998 OAUG Conference
Presented At:Atlanta User’s Group Meeting
November 20, 1998
Presented by:Brad Eldredge
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Introduction:
Brad EldredgeManager, Oracle|solutionsAnswerThink Consulting GroupGL Enhancements Chairman Since Spring 1995
Oracle GL Product ManagersGeneral Ledger
Rondy Ng, Product DirectorHolly Roland, Sr Product Mgr
Application Desktop Integration (ADI)Brett Hooker, Group MgrColleen McKenna, Product Manager
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Product Enhancement Process:
Product enhancement requests submittedPerformed by users, consultants, & Oracle2 methods of submission
Via e-mail [email protected] OWWS; CSI # required
Product Ballots PreparedPerformed by enhancement chairsBallots prepared annually
Enhancement Vote Performed by company key contacts (via web)Voting occurs annually
Oracle Review & ResponsePerformed by Oracle product managerRequired to respond to “Top 10” votes @ fall OAUG
conferences
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GL Voting Results - “Top 10”:
#10 - Automatically Display Accounting Flexfield (GUI)
Response: Future Release Candidate
#9 - Prevent Disabled Account Balance Rollforward
Response: Release 12 Candidate
#8 - Generate Year-end Closing Entries Response: Planned Release 11.5 w/ Release 11.0
backport
#7 - Entity Autonomy / FSG Component Security Response: Release 12 Candidate
#6 - Intercompany Balancing - Due To / Due From Response: Planned Release 11.5
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GL Voting Results - “Top 10”:
#5 - Segment Value Inheritance Response: Planned Release 11.5
#4 - Automatic Intercompany Eliminations Response: Partial Compliance Release 11.0;
Complete Compliance Planned Release 11.5
#3 - Drill to Any Oracle Sub-ledger Response: Partial Planned Release 11.5; Complete
Planned Release 12.0
#2 - Auto Allocations / Auto Step-down Allocations
Response: Planned Release 11.5
#1 - Drill to Complete Journal Entry Response: Current Functionality Release 11.0
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Future Product Direction (Rel 11.5):Enhanced Journal Automation
Auto Allocation Workbench (Workflow Enabled)
Automatic Journal ReversalGenerate reversals upon opening next periodOptionally post reversals automatically
Schedule Journal GenerationAllocationsRecurring
Intercompany EnhancementsDue To / Due From Intercompany Balancing
Global Intercompany System (GIS)Renaming & enhancing ‘CENTRA’ - Release 11.0
Intercompany Transaction Notification via e-mailIntercompany Transaction Interface (sub-
ledgers)Automatic Transaction Generation
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Future Product Direction (Rel 11.5):Global Consolidation System (GCS)
Automatic Intercompany EliminationsConsolidation Workbench
Drilldown EnhancementsDrill between sets of books Journals & Sub-ledgers
AssetsInventoryPurchasingProjectsWork In Process
Drill to common inquiry form & view full sub-ledger transaction
Advanced AnalysisBusiness Intelligence System Integration w/ Oracle Data WarehouseEnhanced Financial Analyzer Integration
(Drilldown)
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Future Product Direction (Rel 11.5):
Maintenance EnhancementsSegment Value Inheritance - Automatically
Propagate Segment Value Changes to Account Code Combinations
EnabledPostingBudgeting AllowedAccount Types
Calendar AuditingEnsure Accounting Calendar IntegrityCalendar Setup Validation Program
Enhanced Close ProcessOption to Create Year-end Closing Journals
ReportingSegment Value Security Added to Standard ReportsFSG: Unlimited Page Sizing (unlimited columns >
ADI)FSG: Absolute Values Function
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Oracle General Ledger Availability:
When will Rel 11.5 be available?????
Oracle wouldn’t commit @ fall 1998 OAUG conference
When pressed for an answer, Oracle loosely responded “sometime during 1999”
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Applications Desktop Integration (ADI):Business Areas
General LedgerFixed AssetsReport Management - Variable Format Reports
What’s New?Fixed Assets Desktop Integration (FADI)Cell Level FormattingFaster PerformanceCertified on Win98 & Terminal ServerTip WizardEnhanced Toolbar
ADI 4.0 released on 10/23/98
ADI Product DevelopmentEnhancements >> [email protected] month cycle, future releases announced via
Ora-Apps List Server
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Getting Involved:
Enhancements ProcessSubmit RequestsVote
GL Special Interest Group (SIG)To Be Kicked Off @ Spring 1999
For More Information Regarding Enhancement ProcessProduct Voting ResultsProduct Enhancement ScorecardsEnhancement Chairs
See the ‘Enhancement’ links within OAUG’s ‘Members Only’ section of their website . . . http://www.oaug.org/members/
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Questions:
Contact Info: Brad Eldredge
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 770.690.9700, ext 3092