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Oracle General Ledger Product Enhancements & Future Directions Fall 1998 OAUG Conference

Oracle General Ledger Product Enhancements & Future Directions Fall 1998 OAUG Conference Presented At: Atlanta User’s Group Meeting November 20, 1998. Presented by: Brad Eldredge. 1. Introduction:. Brad Eldredge Manager, Oracle|solutions AnswerThink Consulting Group

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Oracle General Ledger Product Enhancements & Future Directions Fall 1998 OAUG Conference

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  1. Oracle General Ledger Product Enhancements & Future Directions Fall 1998 OAUG Conference Presented At: Atlanta User’s Group Meeting November 20, 1998 Presented by: Brad Eldredge 1

  2. Introduction: • Brad Eldredge • Manager, Oracle|solutions • AnswerThink Consulting Group • GL Enhancements Chairman Since Spring 1995 • Oracle GL Product Managers • General Ledger • Rondy Ng, Product Director • Holly Roland, Sr Product Mgr • Application Desktop Integration (ADI) • Brett Hooker, Group Mgr • Colleen McKenna, Product Manager

  3. Product Enhancement Process: • Product enhancement requests submitted • Performed by users, consultants, & Oracle • 2 methods of submission • Via e-mail erreq@us.oracle.com • Via OWWS; CSI # required • Product Ballots Prepared • Performed by enhancement chairs • Ballots prepared annually • Enhancement Vote • Performed by company key contacts (via web) • Voting occurs annually • Oracle Review & Response • Performed by Oracle product manager • Required to respond to “Top 10” votes @ fall OAUG conferences

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Future Product Direction (Rel 11.5): • Enhanced Journal Automation • Auto Allocation Workbench (Workflow Enabled) • Automatic Journal Reversal • Generate reversals upon opening next period • Optionally post reversals automatically • Schedule Journal Generation • Allocations • Recurring • Intercompany Enhancements • Due To / Due From Intercompany Balancing • Global Intercompany System (GIS) • Renaming & enhancing ‘CENTRA’ - Release 11.0 • Intercompany Transaction Notification via e-mail • Intercompany Transaction Interface (sub-ledgers) • Automatic Transaction Generation

  7. Future Product Direction (Rel 11.5): • Global Consolidation System (GCS) • Automatic Intercompany Eliminations • Consolidation Workbench • Drilldown Enhancements • Drill between sets of books • Journals & Sub-ledgers • Assets • Inventory • Purchasing • Projects • Work In Process • Drill to common inquiry form & view full sub-ledger transaction • Advanced Analysis • Business Intelligence System • Integration w/ Oracle Data Warehouse • Enhanced Financial Analyzer Integration (Drilldown)

  8. Future Product Direction (Rel 11.5): • Maintenance Enhancements • Segment Value Inheritance - Automatically Propagate Segment Value Changes to Account Code Combinations • Enabled • Posting • Budgeting Allowed • Account Types • Calendar Auditing • Ensure Accounting Calendar Integrity • Calendar Setup Validation Program • Enhanced Close Process • Option to Create Year-end Closing Journals • Reporting • Segment Value Security Added to Standard Reports • FSG: Unlimited Page Sizing (unlimited columns > ADI) • FSG: Absolute Values Function

  9. 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”

  10. Applications Desktop Integration (ADI): • Business Areas • General Ledger • Fixed Assets • Report Management - Variable Format Reports • What’s New? • Fixed Assets Desktop Integration (FADI) • Cell Level Formatting • Faster Performance • Certified on Win98 & Terminal Server • Tip Wizard • Enhanced Toolbar • ADI 4.0 released on 10/23/98 • ADI Product Development • Enhancements >> infoadi@us.oracle.com • 3-4 month cycle, future releases announced via Ora-Apps List Server

  11. Getting Involved: • Enhancements Process • Submit Requests • Vote • GL Special Interest Group (SIG) • To Be Kicked Off @ Spring 1999 • For More Information Regarding • Enhancement Process • Product Voting Results • Product Enhancement Scorecards • Enhancement Chairs • See the ‘Enhancement’ links within OAUG’s ‘Members Only’ section of their website . . . http://www.oaug.org/members/

  12. Questions: Contact Info: Brad Eldredge Email: beldredge@answerthink.com Phone: 770.690.9700, ext 3092

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