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MASS ADDITIONS

Product Design and Architecture

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Nancy A. Lanning Sr. Technical Analyst, Fixed Assets Support,

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Contents

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1
Objective.................................................................................................................................. 1
Scope ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Background.............................................................................................................................. 1
THE BIG PICTURE ......................................................................................................................... 2
CREATE MASS ADDITIONS (FAMACR)......................................................................................... 3
EXTERNAL SOURCES .................................................................................................................... 4
PREPARE MASS ADDITIONS (FAXMADDS) .................................................................................. 5
POST MASS ADDITIONS (FAMAPT).............................................................................................. 6
Behind The Scenes ................................................................................................................... 6
DELETE MASS ADDITIONS (FAXMADEL).................................................................................... 7
PURGE MASS ADDITIONS (FAXMAPUR)...................................................................................... 8
MASS ADDITIONS REPORTS .......................................................................................................... 9
INFORMATION SOURCES ............................................................................................................. 10

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Introduction

Objective

To provide an overview of the Mass Additions Process in Fixed Assets

with the hopes of giving the reader a good understanding of the different
steps involved in Mass Additions.

Scope

This paper will cover the functional and technical side of Mass Additions.
It will describe the steps of Create Mass Additions, Prepare Mass
Additions, Post Mass Additions, Delete Mass Additions and Purge Mass
Additions. It will show you the reports that are available within Oracle
Assets to help you in these processes.

Background

Mass Additions consists of five separate programs. Three of these

programs (Create, Prepare, and Post) were all designed for inputting the
data and then massaging the data to get it in the correct format so that it
can be posted in Oracle Assets to become an Asset. The Delete and Purge
Mass Additions programs were designed as a cleanup mechanism for the
FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table.

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The Big Picture

Data can come into Oracle Assets via the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table
from the following sources: external sources (i.e. legacy systems), Project
Accounting (PA), Accounts Payable (AP). Once the data is in the
FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table, the user must then perform Prepare Mass
Additions on the data to add additional information such as the expense
account, location, etc., After the Prepare Mass Additions has been
performed, the data can then be posted in Oracle Assets. After Post Mass
Additions has completed, the data is then considered to be a true asset.
There are Delete and Purge Mass Additions programs that can be used to
cleanup the data from the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table

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Create Mass Additions (FAMACR)

The Mass Additions Create Program (FAMACR) is submitted from

Accounts Payable (AP). From Project Accounting (PA), the Interface
Assets process (PAXCPCAL) calls the Mass Additions Create Program.

When assets are created from AP they are created from invoice distribution
lines and associated discounts. You can enter purchase orders in Oracle
Purchasing and receive invoices in Oracle Payables. When you want to
import invoice lines from a new invoice entered in Oracle Payables, you
must charge the distribution to a clearing account that is already assigned
to an asset category. You can also easily integrate Oracle Assets with
other Payables systems.

The assets created from PA are created from capitalized project lines. You
can track all expenses during construction and capitalize completed
projects. You process construction-in-process (CIP) assets by adding,
building and capitalizing them. CIP assets are not ready for use because
they are still being built and are non-depreciable. CIP assets can only be
added to Corporate books.

The data is inserted into the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table. This table

acts as an interface for the Oracle Assets product. The asset lines that are
sent to Oracle Assets are inserted as one mass addition line. Once the data
resides in this table, the Post component can then be used to move the asset
information from the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table to Oracle Assets.
You can then use the Post Mass Additions program to perform the data
import.

In 10.7, the FA_MASSADD_DISTRIBUTIONS table was introduced to

support multi-distributed assets. Four database triggers maintain this table.
The triggers are:
• FA_MASS_ADDITIONS_INSERT_DIST - Inserts a row into
FA_MASSADD_DISTIBUTIONS when a row has been inserted with
distribution information into FA_MASS_ADDITIONS.

• FA_MASS_ADDITIONS_UPDATE_DIST - Updates
FA_MASSADD_DISTRIBUTIONS when distribution information has
been updated in FA_MASS_ADDITIONS.

• FA_MASS_ADDITIONS_DELETE_DIST - Deletes rows in

FA_MASSADD_DISTRIBUTIONS when the corresponding
FA_MASS_ADDITIONS row has been deleted.

• FA_MASS_ADDITIONS_INSERT_NAME - Inserts into

FA_MASSADD_DISTRIBUTIONS when you manually insert
FA_MASS_ADDITIONS rows with distribution sets.

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External Sources

It is possible to load data into Oracle Assets via External Systems such as
Legacy subledgers. This can be done in two different ways.

1) SQL*Loader – Use the SQL*Loader utility to upload your data into

the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table. For more information on this, see
Oracle Applications Open Interfaces Manual (available on MetaLink).

2) Applications Desktop Integrator (ADI) – This is an Oracle Applications

product that is Excel based and allows you to enter and validate your
data in an Excel spreadsheet and upload it to Oracle Assets. It will
load your data into the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table.

Once your data resides in the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table, you can

move onto the next step, Prepare Mass Additions.

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Prepare Mass Additions (FAXMADDS)

Once the data resides in FA_MASS_ADDITIONS, you must go into the

Prepare Mass Additions form in Oracle Assets to enter additional
information to each line in preparation for it to become an asset. You can
do the following in the Prepare Mass Additions form:

• Enter additional source, descriptive and depreciation information.

• Assign the mass addition to one or more distributions, or change

existing distributions in the Assignments window.

• Adjust the cost of a mass addition

• Merge a mass addition into another mass addition.

• Split a multiple-unit mass addition into several single-unit mass

additions.

• Add mass addition lines to existing assets such as a cost adjustment.

After adding and/or updating your information, you then assign a mass
addition queue to specify whether it is ready for posting. Only mass
addition lines in the POST or COST ADJUSTMENT queue can be posted.

For further explanation of the mass addition's queues, see the Oracle Assets
User's Guide - Mass Additions Process (available on MetaLink).

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Post Mass Additions (FAMAPT)

The posting process creates assets from mass addition lines in the POST
queue using the data you entered. It also adds mass additions in the COST
ADJUSTMENT queue to existing assets. You can run this program as
often as you want during a period.

Behind The Scenes

When you run Post Mass Additions, Oracle Assets creates rows in the
following tables:

FA_TRANSACTION_HEADERS – A '(CIP) ADDITION' row and a

'TRANSFER IN' row

FA_ADDITIONS – Descriptive information about the asset

FA_ASSET_HISTORY – Descriptive information about the asset

FA_ASSET_INVOICES – Information about the mass addition

FA_INVOICE_TRANSACTIONS – A 'MASS ADDITION' row

FA_BOOKS – Financial Information (defaulted from category)

FA_DISTRIBUTION_HISTORY – Assignment information

FA_DEPRN_SUMMARY – A single 'Books' row

FA_DEPRN_DETAIL - A 'B' row for each distribution line

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Delete Mass Additions (FAXMADEL)

Delete Mass Additions is part of the “Clean Up” process that is supplied by
Oracle Assets. When reviewing your mass additions lines, you can place
lines that should not become assets in the DELETE queue. The Delete
Mass Additions program will take the following mass additions and place
them in the interim table FA_DELETED_MASS_ADDITIONS and delete
them from the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table.

• Mass additions in the SPLIT queue for which you have already posted
the child mass addition lines created by the split.

• Mass additions in the POSTED queue that have already become assets.

• Mass additions in the DELETE queue.

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Purge Mass Additions (FAXMAPUR)

The Purge Mass Additions from Oracle Assets program removes mass
additions from the interim table FA_DELETED_MASS_ADDITIONS.
The items in the interim table are the audit trail from the mass addition
lines that you marked DELETE and removed using Delete Mass Additions.
When you purge the interim table, you lose your audit trail. For security,
the Purge Mass Additions from Oracle Assets program can only be
accessed through the Fixed Assets Administrator standard responsibility.

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Mass Additions Reports

See the Oracle Assets Reference Manual, available on MetaLink, for more
details on these reports.

Report Name Report Executable

Mass Additions Create Report FAS822
Mass Additions Delete Reports FAS829
Mass Additions Invoice Merge Report FASMAIMR
Mass Additions Invoice Split Report FASMAISP
Mass Additions Posting Report FAS824
Delete Mass Additions Preview Report FAS828
Mass Additions Purge Report FAS826
Mass Additions Status Report FAS823
Unposted Mass Additions Report FAS833

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Information Sources

Information from this paper came from the following sources:

Oracle Assets Reference Manual, Release 10

Oracle Assets Users Guide, Release 11
FA For Support Manual

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