ORACLE APPLICATIONS USER GROUP GL/AP/AR Release 11i Overview

ORACLE APPLICATIONS USER GROUP

GL/AP/AR Release 11i Overview

Release 11i Overview

Aesthetics 3

General LedgerFunctionality 5Issues 6General Ledger Screen Shots 7

PayablesFunctionality 10Issues 11Payables Screen Shots 12

Receivables Functionality 15Issues 17Receivables Screen Shots 18

Agenda

AestheticsThe overall look and feel of the Oracle Release 11i suite has taken a step into the future.

•Appearance – New and improved

•Toolbar – Changed (better or worse?)

• Forms – Embedded, Tab delineated

• Login – Added procedures offer new functionality • Navigation – virtually unchanged

ORACLE General Ledger

Release 11i

General Ledger

GL Functionality

Inter-Company Functionality Change• New flexfield qualifier ‘Inter-Company Segment’

•Same value set as the balancing segment• New Inter-Company program GIS replaces CENTRA• New GIS responsibilities distinct (GL_SUPERUSER)

Journal Auto-Reversal• Schedule auto-reversals for future periods• Schedule reversal to run upon the opening of a period

Consolidation Functionality Change• Automatic inter-company eliminations• Multi-Currency Enhancements

•Rounding Differences•Daily Rates enhancements

GL Issues

Known Bugs• Table width error in the calendar table• Journal creation bug

Additional Changes• Segment Value Inheritance

•Disabling a segment = Disabling relative combination• ADI Enhancements

•Full Hierarchy Copy•Mass Modify Descriptions•Query/Find Segment Values

• Drilldown Functionality• Oracle Projects, Assets, PO, Inventory, and WIP• T-Accounts Window

• New Report – Inactive Accounts Listing

GL Journal Entry Process

GL Screen Shots

GL Journal Entry Form

GL Screen Shots

ORACLE PayablesRelease 11i

Payables

Creating Payables Accounting• New ‘Accounting’ feature allows:

•Posting at the sub-ledger level•Online views of accounting entries•Journal entry modification at the sub-ledger level

Matching to Receipts•11i Payables allows matching of invoices to one or more receipt transaction

Multiple Organizations Reporting•The following reports support multiple organization reporting:

• AP Trial Balance• Posted Invoice Register• Posted Payment Register• AP Transfer to GL Audit/Exception Reports

AP Functionality

Known Bugs

• Problems with running the ‘Create Payables Accounting’ Process

Additional Changes• Viewing Accounting Entries online within Payables eliminates need for some manual journal entry adjustments

•Multiple Organizations reporting features eases pain of using Automatic Offsets

AP Issues

View Accounting Lines

AP Screen Shots

Matching Find Screen

AP Screen Shots

ORACLE ReceivablesRelease 11i

Receivables

AutoInvoice Exception Handling•Release 11i provides the functionality to query and correct invalid AutoInvoice interface data

–New form: “AutoInvoice Errors” window to view exceptions –New form: “Interface Lines” window to update invalid records

Cross Currency Lockbox•AutoLockbox and QuickCash now provide the functionality to automate cross currency receipt application for both variable and fixed exchange rates

Multi-Org Reporting•Release 11i provides the functionality to report on data across operation units. Examples of standard AR reports that can be viewed at the SOB level include:

–Aged Trial Balance–Credit Hold Report

AR Functionality

Credit Card Processing (in partnership with Oracle Payment Server):

•The functionality requires Credit Card Payment Method to be established during configuration.

•Credit Card transactions are closed by Automatic Receipts, and remittances are created to initiate funds transfer to bank

AR Online•Integrated web interface that provides both external and internal users access to AR data and functionality via a browser

Credit Memo Workflow•Automate the credit memo process by systematically forwarding requests for approval via Oracle Workflow

AR Functionality

Known Bugs

• Significant issues with the customer interface• Credit Memo form bug

Additional Changes•Most AR interface tables have been updated. • Pay special attention changes in these tables during upgrade•Increase tax functionality related to VAT tax •Ability to defer tax liability to the time when tax is collected rather then when invoice is created

AR Issues

AR Online Inquiry Form

AR Screen Shots

AR Online Invoice

AR Screen Shots

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