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Oracle® Retail Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service

Release Notes
Release 22.1.302.0
F61216-01
August 2022

This document highlights the major changes for Release 22.1.302.0 of Oracle Retail Merchandising Foundation
Cloud Service.

Overview
Retailers leverage Oracle Retail Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service (RMFCS) functionality to execute
core merchandising activities, including merchandise management, inventory replenishment, purchasing,
import processes, sales auditing, and financial tracking. Its Trade Management module is used to manage the
import process, including automating the steps necessary to import goods, managing file exchanges with
trading partners, and providing a central database of critical import order information.
Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service also includes the Sales Audit module. The Sales Audit module
evaluates sales transaction from all channels, identifying any missing, duplicate, or erroneous data and
highlighting any suspicious transactions, to ensure errors are resolved so that downstream systems operate off
the same cleansed sales information.

Feature Summary
The enhancements below are included in this release.

Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Added Missing Key in the Errors 34354012 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Table

Added New Optional Columns in 33910204 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Item Supplier Country Screen Table

Additional Item Dimension Entities in 34157634 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Cloud WMS Integration

Additional Search Operators in 34070725 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Replenishment Attribute Download
Screen

Addressed Intermittent Failures of the 34222174 Sales Audit Enabled Small No


Sales Audit Voucher Upload Batch

Adjusted Date Format on Estimated 33996819 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Departure Date to Match User Prefer-
ences

Adjusted Item Subscription API Cre- 34184042 Merchandising Enabled Small No


ation of Barcode Items with Custom
Flex Attributes (CFAs)

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Business Metrics Projection to Retail Merchandising Enabled Small No


Home
Corrected Attribute Defaulting to 34162750 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Below Transaction Level Items

Corrected CONNECT String Issue in 34403964 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Archive and Truncate Purge History
Tables Job

Corrected Deletion Processing of Item 34204014 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Location Records

Corrected Display of Customer and 33968629 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Fulfillment Order Numbers

Corrected Display of Primary Replen- 33991358 Merchandising Enabled Small No


ishment Pack

Corrected Error in Order Detail Screen 34155305 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Corrected Error in Transaction Screen 34110512 Sales Audit Enabled Small No

Corrected Error when Creating 34272628 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Import Purchase Order via Spread-
sheet Upload

Corrected Issue in Monthly Rollup of 34203792 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Data/Calculations for Stock Ledger
Batch

Corrected Item Subscription API to 34249508 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Allow Marking Items as Forecastable
Corrected Partner Validation Issue in 34123737 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Upload of Deals from 3rd Party Sys-
tems Batch

Corrected Processing Of Ownership 33956069 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Change

Corrected Processing of Monthly 34193966 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Stock Ledger Batch Job

Corrected Promotional Markdown 34206168 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Transaction Posting (Transaction Code
15)

Corrected Quantity Validation While 33410682 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Creating Transfer From Existing

Corrected Receipt Processing For Item 34249450 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Across Multiple Cartons

Corrected Setup of Ticket Type As 33521144 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Merchandise Hierarchy Default

Corrected Stock Ledger Inventory 34280780 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Calculation

Corrected Unique Constraint Error 34089701 Merchandising Enabled Small No


with Order Detail Publishing from
Merchandising

Corrected Unit Cost Update In 34142337 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Replenishment After Cost Change

Corrected Update of Transfer 34315848 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Reserved Inventory During Transfer
Modification

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Corrected Validation for Transporta- 34149517 Merchandising Enabled Small No


tion Delete
Corrected Validation of Ship Dates 34198251 Merchandising Enabled Small No
when Updating Orders via Order
Subscription API

Corrected Values on Item Inventory 34106458 Merchandising Enabled Small No


By Location Screen

Corrected Vendor Org Unit Publica- 34249637 Merchandising Enabled Small No


tion

Corrected WAC Calculation for Book 34117327 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Transfers

Corrected Workflow Of Adding Store 34116768 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Delivery Schedule

Corrected Tax Details being Inter- 34318404 Merchandising Enabled Small No


faced to ReIMCS on Obligation
Invoices for Partners in Exempt VAT
Regions

Correction to Order Location Revi- 34188803 Merchandising Enabled Small No


sions for Customer Orders

DAS Table Updates 34396801 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes

DAS Table Updates 34326140 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes

DAS Table Updates 34221539 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes


Data Conversion - Corrected Issue 34120318 Merchandising Enabled Small No
with Customer Order Creation

Data Conversion - Modified Cascad- 34302729 Merchandising Enabled Small No


ing of Supplier Discontinue Date
when Creating Items

Data Conversion Update 34128508 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Data Filtering in BI Publisher Reports 33953486 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Editable Parameters For All BDI Jobs 34261479 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Enabled Access of BDI Control Tables 34161564 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Through APEX Data Viewer
Enabled Edit Parameter for All BDI 34173113 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Jobs

Enabled Item Ranging to Franchise 34122098 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Stores in Scheduled Item Mainte-
nance Batch

Enhanced Error Message Text 34333428 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Encountered While Uploading Data
using the Location Closing Template

Enhanced Field Length In CFA Tables 34234752 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Enhanced File Handling Logic 33927820 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Enhanced Processing of RTLOG Files 34235407 Sales Audit Enabled Small No


Enhanced Processing of Transaction 34109105 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Import Process to Sales Audit

Enhanced Search in Replenishment 34134248 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Attributes Download Screen

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Enhanced Supplier Site Functionality 34273103 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes


to Support Default Pay Site in Mer-
chandising

Enhanced Up Charges with Min-Max 34128040 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Calculations

Enhanced the Replenishment 'Order 34255497 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Not After Days' System Option to
Accept Zero Value

Enhanced the Stock Count Error Han- 34030608 Merchandising Enabled Small No
dling Process
Enhancements to Deal Income Pro- 34301165 Merchandising Enabled Small No
cessing Job

Enhancements to File Error Handling 33137761 Merchandising Enabled Small No


for Certain Batches

File Handling Enhancements 34111924 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Fixed Auto Accept of Order Revi- 34116811 Merchandising Enabled Small No


sions for Customer Order POs

Fixed Cost Change Creation While 34116773 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Using Upload List Option

Fixed Data Loading of Error Messages 34111969 Sales Audit Enabled Small No

Fixed Logic in the Incomplete Items 34215791 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Report to Display Non-Ranged Items
Fixed Message Families to Return 34131261 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Correct Error Code

Fixed PO Receipt Message Processing 34246311 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Issue

Fixed Sales Audit Totalling Process to 34206600 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Not Consider Disabled Totals
Fixed Table Stats Delete Job Error 33992439 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Fixed Update of OTB EOW Date 34135976 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Through XOrder API

Fixed Validation for Unexpected Item 34271140 Merchandising Enabled Small No


in ASNIN Message

Fixed the Sales/Issues By Location UI 34279600 Merchandising Enabled Small No


to Display Data for All Sales Types

Fractional Adjustments when Stan- 34076918 Merchandising Enabled Small No


dard UOM is Each

Improved Inventory Adjustment Pro- 34088707 Merchandising Enabled Small No


cess by Allowing Fractional Update
for Items Having the Standard UOM
as 'Each'

Improved Performance of Daily Purge 34127283 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Job

Improved the Performance of the 34354017 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Future Cost Processing Batch

Improvements to Main Processing of 34088588 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Staged Sale/Return Transactions
(salesprocess) Batch

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Improvements to Receiver Unit 34009769 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Adjustment (RUA) handling in MFCS
Modifications to Correct Purchase 34295984 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Order Address Sequence and Display

Modifications to Exclude VAT from 34231021 Merchandising Enabled Small No


the EDI Invoice for Exempt VAT
Regions

Modifications to Improve User Expe- 34092381 Merchandising Enabled Small No


rience in Stock Ledger Download
Screen
Modifications to Logic which Deter- 34285015 Merchandising Enabled Small No
mines Deal Turnover Transaction Data
Units

Modifications to Correct User Access 34173547 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Capabilities for Expenses

Modified 'Include on Order' Default 34070550 Merchandising Enabled Small No


when Creating Purchase Order via
Spreadsheet Upload
Modified Processing of Purchase 34089793 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Order Creation via Spreadsheet
Upload
Modified Vendor Publication API to 33876869 Merchandising Enabled Larger No
Publish Supplier-Org Unit Updates

Order Revision Auto Accepted for 34049373 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Customer Order-type Orders

Order Revision Enhancements Merchandising Enabled Small No

Performance Improvements for ALC 34264666 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Finalization Screen

Performance Improvements for Daily 34099550 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Purge of Foundation Data Batch

Performance Improvements for Daily 34315838 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Purge of Item-Location Batch
Performance Improvements for Docu- 34121794 Merchandising Enabled Small No
ment Close Batch Job

Performance Improvements for 34268427 Sales Audit Enabled Small No


Export from Sales Audit to Oracle
Retail Analytics Batch

Performance Improvements for 34321976 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Future Cost Processing

Performance Improvements for Item 33976728 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Inventory by Location Screen

Performance Improvements for Item 34260144 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Location Subscription API

Performance Improvements for Item 34302313 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Subscription API
Performance Improvements for Order 34316006 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Subscription API

Performance Improvements for Pur- 34301157 Merchandising Enabled Small No


chase Order Processing

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Performance Improvements for Purge 34346011 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Item Induction Staging Tables Batch
Performance Improvements for Recal- 34206356 Merchandising Enabled Small No
culate Maximum Levels for Floating
Point Replenishment Batch

Performance Improvements for 34270647 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Receipt Processing

Performance Improvements for 34153926 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Replenishment ROQ Batch Job

Performance Improvements for Sales 33891067 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Audit Purge Job

Performance Improvements for Sup- 34097090 Merchandising Enabled Small No


plier Integration from CFIN to MFCS

Performance Improvements to Finan- 34096658 Merchandising Enabled Small No


cial General Ledger Mapping Upload
ReST Enabled Inventory Publish Merchandising Enabled Small No

ReST Enabled Subscription APIs Merchandising Enabled Small No

Rectified Upload Sales Process 34151133 Merchandising Enabled Small No

Remediated Inventory Availability 34319546 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Message to Include Only Stockhold-
ing Locations

Remediated Sales Audit Rules Batch 34343671 Sales Audit Enabled Small No
Program For Failure

Remediated Sales Process Batch Pro- 34317767 Merchandising Enabled Small No


cessing In Case of Same Item With
Different Taxes

Remediation of OI Forecast History 34305218 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Job
Removed Field Enabling in System 33738369 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Options Screen for Users with View
Only Access

Removed RDS Data Pump Depen- 34191765 Merchandising Enabled Small No


dency on Lift and Shift Component in
Data Migration Schema

Removed Unused Stock Ledger Man- 33934248 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes
agement Security Privilege and Duty

Removed the Ability to Update 33972784 Sales Audit Enabled Small No


RTLOG Declared Total in View Mode

SAVOUCH Batch Failing with 33722230 Sales Audit Enabled Small No


Generic File Handling Error

Shipment Purge Tables Replicated to 34258725 Merchandising Enabled Small No


RDS to Provide Complete Shipment
Information
Successful Processing of Transaction 34160758 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Upload Batch Failure

Updated GTS Unit Retail Tax Data- 34129065 Merchandising Enabled Small No
base Views

Updated Order Subscription API to 34137293 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Accept Lading Port Updates

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Updated Stock Count Conversion and 33011416 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Sales Audit Voucher Upload Pro-
grams to Move Input Files to Outgo-
ing and Archived Directories
Updated Wrong Store Receiving Pro- 34070651 Merchandising Enabled Small No
cess

Updated the Decimal Precision of 34259821 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Unit Cost in Item Detail Contextual
Report

Use of Purchase Order Number as 34206470 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes


ASN Identifier on Receipts

Added New Index on the ALC_ 34404580 Merchandising Enabled Small No


COMP_LOC Table

Added New RDS Views for Integra- 34141877 Merchandising Enabled Small No
tion with Inventory Optimization

Additional Generic Variable for Cus- 34042954 Merchandising Enabled Small No


tom BI Reports

Batch Job for Deal Upload Available 34356493 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes
to Run in Adhoc Cycle

Corrected Error in Purchase Order 34374275 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Induction Upload

Corrected Issue with Closed Order 34338930 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Update Via Purchase Order Induction

Corrected Issue with Salmaint Post 34399512 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Job

Corrected Logic of Fetching Unit Cost 34337862 Merchandising Enabled Small No


in ITEM_LOC Publishing Payload

Corrected Receiving Process for Allo- 34396478 Merchandising Enabled Small No


cated Purchase Orders

Corrected Transaction Data Extract to Merchandising Enabled Small No


Planning
Corrected Transaction Data Extract to 33617840 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Planning

Corrected Vat Item Export Issue for 34384225 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Items Created and Ranged on Differ-
ent Dates

Corrected handling of Mark- 34092449 Merchandising Enabled Small No


down/Markup for Transfer Ship-
ments

Corrected Issue of Duplicate Records 34371849 Merchandising Enabled Small No


in the ORG Hierarchy Extract

Data Conversion - Correction in the 34393954 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Price History Template File

Data Conversion - Enhanced Tem- 34155615 Merchandising Enabled Small No


plate for Computation Value Bases
Enhanced Merchandise Hierarchy and 34391112 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Item Extract to Planning and Forecast-
ing BDI Job

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Table 1
Customer
Module Action
Feature Bug Number Impacted Delivered Scale Required?

Enhanced Purging of Item Location 34353850 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Data Exported Via Item Location
Export Batch Job

Enhanced the Deal Upload Batch to 34350179 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Include Merchandise Hierarchy
Details

Fixed Actual/Forecast Field Display 34241883 Merchandising Enabled Small No


to Account for Turnover Measure

Fixed Allocation RIB API to Publish 34364796 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Allocation Deletes

Fixed Issue in Reprocessing of Trans- 34141371 Merchandising Enabled Small No


actions Pending GL Posting due to
Missing Account Mappings

Fixed population of Merchandise 34326268 Sales Audit Enabled Small No


Hierarchy on Non-Merch Item sales in
Sales Audit

Integration with Supplier Evaluation 34243455 Merchandising Disabled Small Yes


for Merchandising

Performance Improvement For Daily 34360688 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Purge Batch Process
Performance Improvement For Deal 34402122 Merchandising Enabled Small No
Calculation Job

Performance Improvement to Deal 34363752 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Purge Job

Performance Improvement to Owner- 34363650 Merchandising Enabled Small No


ship Change Job

Performance Update for Inventory by 34445718 Merchandising Enabled Small No


Location and Inventory by Item
Screens

ReST Enabled Subscription APIs - Merchandising Enabled Small No


Additional Services

Added Missing Key in the Errors Table


The table key related to an error triggered in case of incorrect item setup in the ITEM_SUPP_COUNTRY table
which was missing from the Errors table has been added.

Added New Optional Columns in Item Supplier Country Screen Table


Following new optional columns are added to Countries to Sourcing table on the Item Supplier Country screen
that can be accessed by users in view or edit mode.
■ Round Level
■ Thresholds
■ Inner
■ Case
■ Layer
■ Pallet

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Additional Item Dimension Entities in Cloud WMS Integration
The Item Supplier Country dimensions and Supplier Pack Size details related to the primary Supplier/Country
combination have been added as part of Item publish message to the WMS Cloud application.

Additional Search Operators in Replenishment Attribute Download Screen


Changes were made to the Replenishment Attributes Download screen to enable refinement of search results.
Limited operators were brought back for the Location field - EQUALS and BETWEEN were made available in
the Advanced search criteria. The Activate and Deactivate Date fields will also have the EQUALS and
BETWEEN operators and the Item Description Field will have the CONTAINS operator. The rest of the fields
will have NO operators available so it will always just be EQUALS if a value is provided.

Addressed Intermittent Failures of the Sales Audit Voucher Upload Batch


An intermittent issue which was occurring in case the Sales Audit Voucher Upload batch was multi-threaded
and resulting in a restart bookmark deletion error while processing a file has been fixed.

Adjusted Date Format on Estimated Departure Date to Match User Preferences


Modified the format display of Estimated Depart Date fields according to selected user preference date format
for the following screens; ALC Finalization, CE Details, Manage Transportation by Order, and Transportation
Finalization.

Adjusted Item Subscription API Creation of Barcode Items with Custom Flex Attributes (CFAs)
Modifications have been made to correctly update the internal processing status of the CFA data while creating
barcode items via the Item Subscription API (XItem).

Business Metrics Projection to Retail Home


The Merchandising cloud services previously provided a mechanism for calculating some specific business
metrics that provide insight into the usage of the cloud services. These metrics are calculated by a batch job and
stored in a specific business metrics table in the application database. More information about these metrics
and the batch job can be found in the Merchandise Foundation Cloud Service Operations Guide Volume 1 with
the job title Retail Business Metrics Calculation. With this cloud service update the calculated business metrics
will now also be viewable in Retail Home tiles. The tiles will group the business metrics as follows:
Tile 1: Merchandising Metrics
■ Tile State 1: Purchase Order Metrics
- Metric 1: Count of Purchase Order Receipts
- Metric 2: Count of Purchase Order Lines Received
■ Tile State 2: Stock Order Metrics
- Metric 1: Count of Stock Orders Receipts
- Metric 2: Count of Stock Order Lines Received
■ Tile State 3: Cost Change Metrics
- Metric 1: Count of Cost Changes
- Metric 2: Count of Cost Change Details
■ Tile State 4: Cost Change Location Details

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- Metric 1: Count of Cost Change Locations
Tile 2: Sales Audit Metrics
■ Tile State 1: Count of Sales Audit Transaction Line Items
Details for the REST service end points that enable these metrics to be configured and viewed in Retail Home
are included in the Merchandising Foundation Cloud Service Operations Guide volume 2.
In addition to exposing the calculated metrics in Retail Home, this cloud service update will include the ability
to manage which metrics are calculated and how they’re calculated by using the spreadsheet
download/upload feature in Merchandising. A new template for Retail Business Metrics has been added
under the Administration template type.

Steps to Enable
Enabling this feature for use requires that the calculations be enabled using the spreadsheet download/upload
function and configuring the tiles and tile states within Retail Home to perform the REST service calls once the
metrics are calculated. More information for configuring tiles in Retail Home is available in the Retail Home
Administration Guide.

Integration Impacts

Table 2
Integration
API Name New/Updated? Type Field Name Change Notes
Retail Business Metric Data New Table-based RBM_MASTER This new template will be used
Template to enable/disable the different
metrics maintained in
Merchandising (RBM_
MASTER)

Code Impacts

Table 3
New or
Code Type Code Type Description Code Code Description Updated? Delivered
LABL Label CPOR Count of the purchase Update Enabled
orders
LABL Label CPORL Count of the purchase Update Enabled
orders lines received
LABL Label CSATH Count of sales audit Update Enabled
transaction header
LABL Label CSATI Count of sales audit Update Enabled
transaction item
records
LABL Label CSOR Count of stock order Update Enabled
LABL Label CSORL Count of stock order Update Enabled
received

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Table 3 (Cont.)
New or
Code Type Code Type Description Code Code Description Updated? Delivered
LABL Label TCOE Total number of cost Update Enabled
changes executed
LABL Label TCOED Total number of cost Update Enabled
changes executed at
detail level
LABL Label TCOEL Total number of cost Update Enabled
changes executed at
detail loc level

Corrected Attribute Defaulting to Below Transaction Level Items


In the previous version of Merchandising, the following attributes were being cascaded from parent item to
below transaction level child items. These attributes are not held at that level and this version restricts
cascading to only transaction level child items.
■ Brand
■ Service Level
■ Product Classification
■ Gift Wrap Indicator
■ Ship Alone Indicator

Corrected CONNECT String Issue in Archive and Truncate Purge History Tables Job
Modified the Archive and Truncate Purge History Tables program to remove reassigning of CONNECT string
with DB credentials passed from the Process Orchestration and Monitoring solution.

Corrected Deletion Processing of Item Location Records


An issue was causing unsuccessful processing by Daily Purge job when Item Location records were being
deleted through XAPI. The processing logic is modified in this version to address this issue.

Corrected Display of Customer and Fulfillment Order Numbers


This version of Merchandising addresses the issue that was causing Customer and Fulfillment Order Number
to not show on the screen for CO type purchase orders.

Corrected Display of Primary Replenishment Pack


In previous versions of Merchandising, as issue was causing Primary Replenishment Pack of an item not being
displayed on the Replenishment Attributes screen when effective date of the replenishment is in future. This
issue is addressed in this version.

Corrected Error in Order Detail Screen


Corrected issue that was causing a navigation error on the Order Detail Screen whenever orders with
associated allocation were edited in the GTS TAX setup.

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Corrected Error in Transaction Screen
Corrected issue that was causing a error on the Transaction screen when reviewing a non-sale/return
transaction or a transaction that does not have any item records.

Corrected Error when Creating Import Purchase Order via Spreadsheet Upload
The purchase order spreadsheet upload logic has been modified to not default the purchase order's import
country to base country defined on system options when no import country is provided in the upload file.
Instead, the system will obtain the correct import country from the address of a location on the order.
Similarly, when no exchange rate is provided in the input file, the same method will be used to determine the
local exchange rate needed to convert between the local and purchase order currencies.

Corrected Issue in Monthly Rollup of Data/Calculations for Stock Ledger Batch


Corrected an issue that was preventing the monthly stock ledger batch processing for the retail method of
accounting.

Corrected Item Subscription API to Allow Marking Items as Forecastable


Corrected an issue such that the Item Subscription API will now allow an item to be marked as forecastable.

Corrected Partner Validation Issue in Upload of Deals from 3rd Party Systems Batch
Corrected issue that was causing the Upload of Deals from 3rd Party Systems (dealupld) batch to fail due to a
missing partner validation. With this fix, both supplier and partner in a deal are validated from the
item/supplier/country table.

Corrected Processing Of Ownership Change


In the previous version of Merchandising an issue was causing ownership change process to fail for items with
multiple locations. Changes have been made in the invoicing logic to address this.

Corrected Processing of Monthly Stock Ledger Batch Job


This version of Merchandising addresses an issue that was causing SALMTH\_JOB to fail when system was
set to use Gregorian calendar.

Corrected Promotional Markdown Transaction Posting (Transaction Code 15)


Corrected so that Promotional Markdown transactions (TC15) are not posted for non-inventory items.

Corrected Quantity Validation While Creating Transfer From Existing


In the previous version of Merchandising, when a transfer was created from existing, it was copying item lines
with zero request quantity and such transfers were being able to be approved too. This issue has been fixed and
now only item lines with quantity greater than zero will be copied.

Corrected Receipt Processing For Item Across Multiple Cartons


The current version of Merchandising addresses and issue that was causing a Receipt message to fail when it
included an item across multiple cartons.

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Corrected Setup of Ticket Type As Merchandise Hierarchy Default
In the previous versions of Merchandising, an error was causing Ticket Type to be still visible for a
Merchandise Hierarchy even when it was set as Not Available and Not Required as part of Merchandise
Hierarchy Default setup. This version addresses this issue.

Corrected Stock Ledger Inventory Calculation


Stock ledger calculations while using Retail method of accounting has been updated to not consider
intercompany transfers and freight claim cost while calculating Inventory Addition Cost. Considering these
values in Retail method of accounting was misstating ending inventory value and HTD GAFS.

Corrected Unique Constraint Error with Order Detail Publishing from Merchandising
Corrected duplicate entries in the order detail publishing table when new items and custom flex attributes are
added to a previously approved order.

Corrected Unit Cost Update In Replenishment After Cost Change


In previous versions of Merchandising, unit cost of an item location was not being update after a cost change
was executed for the item. This version addresses this issue.

Corrected Update of Transfer Reserved Inventory During Transfer Modification


Modifications have been made to avoid deleting transfer reserved inventory records when the transfer details
are modified. This data needs to be retained because is used to determine the quantity to back out when closing
Externally Generated (EG) or Customer Order (CO) type transfers that involve a physical warehouse.

Corrected Validation for Transportation Delete


Fixed issue with tranupld batch that allows deletion of a transportation record even though there is an
associated obligation which should not be allowed. The current version addresses the issue along with a
corresponding error message why the record is not deleted.

Corrected Validation of Ship Dates when Updating Orders via Order Subscription API
Previously, when modifying an existing order which was created in the past and contained an Earliest Ship
Date which is also in the past, an error was returned, even though there was no attempt to modify the dates.
The Order Detail Create message validation in the Order Subscription API has been modified to no longer
validate the Earliest and/ Latest Ship Dates unless one of the dates has been modified.

Corrected Values on Item Inventory By Location Screen


In the previous version of Merchandising, Item Inventory By Location screen was showing inaccurate values
for On Order and Transfer Expected total quantities for Location Type location list. The current version
addresses this issue.

Corrected Vendor Org Unit Publication


In the earlier version of Merchandising an incorrect Vendor Org Unit delete message was being published on
deletion of Org Unit when there were no more Org Units associated with the vendor. This scenario is not
allowed in Merchandising. To correct this anomaly, now users are not allowed to save Vendor record when no
org units are associated and hence preventing message publication.

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Corrected WAC Calculation for Book Transfers
This version of Merchandising corrects the computation of new WAC. The earlier version was considering
current stock on hand instead of total stock.

Corrected Workflow Of Adding Store Delivery Schedule


Corrected the behavior of Delivery Schedule option in Store screen. In this version of Merchandising, it will be
enabled only when the Store screen is accessed in edit or view mode to avoid the issue of store not being saved
in database.

Corrected Tax Details being Interfaced to ReIMCS on Obligation Invoices for Partners in Exempt
VAT Regions
In a SVAT Tax regime, when MFCS sends a non-merch invoice to ReIMCS for an Obligation or Customs Entry,
if either the location’s or the supplier’s VAT region are Exempt or if the supplier/partner’s VAT region is
different from the Location’s VAT region, then VAT details will not be captured in the INVC_NON_MERCH
table and the TVATS record will be omitted while creating the edidlinv file.

Correction to Order Location Revisions for Customer Orders


Correction to Order Location Revisions while processing EDI Cost updates for Customer Orders. Order
Locations Revisions has been updated to reflect correct status of cost updates received via ediupack for
Customer Orders.

DAS Table Updates


In this release, a few columns in the existing DAS views, DAS_WV_ORDHEAD_REV and DAS_WV_
ORDLOC_REV have been modified.

Steps to Enable
In order to enable this functionality, you will need to replace the modified configuration files with the latest
version. The directions for how to download updated files and replace the old versions can be found in the
white paper on My Oracle Support (support.oracle.com) under ID 2283998.1.

Data Access Schema (DAS) Updates

Table 4
Table Name View Name New/Updated? Change Notes
ORDHEAD_REV DAS_WV_ORDHEAD_ Update Modified constraints and
REV comments on NBD_STATUS,
NAD_STATUS, and PUD_STATUS
columns
ORDLOC_REV DAS_WV_ORDLOC_ Update Modified constraints and
REV comments on QTY_STATUS and
COST_STATUS columns

DAS Table Updates


New columns have been added to existing DAS-replicated views.

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Steps to Enable
In order to enable this functionality, you will need to replace the modified configuration files with the latest
version. The directions for how to download updated files and replace the old versions can be found in the
white paper on My Oracle Support (support.oracle.com) under ID 2283998.1.

Data Access Schema (DAS) Updates

Table 5
Table Name View Name New/Updated? Change Notes
PROCUREMENT_UNIT_ DAS_WV_ Update Added DEFAULT_TO_ASN_IND
OPTIONS PROCUREMENT_ column
UNIT_OPTNS
SYSTEM_OPTIONS DAS_WV_SYSTEM_ Update Added DEFAULT_TO_ASN_IND
OPTNS column

DAS Table Updates


New columns have been added to existing DAS-replicated views.

Steps to Enable
In order to enable this functionality, you will need to replace the modified configuration files with the latest
version. The directions for how to download updated files and replace the old versions can be found in the
white paper on My Oracle Support (support.oracle.com) under ID 2283998.1.

Data Access Schema (DAS) Updates

Table 6
Table Name View Name New/Updated? Change Notes
V_GTS_IL_UNIT_RETAIL_TAX DAS_WV_V_GTS_IL_ Update Added TAX_REGION column
UNIT_RETAIL_TAX
V_GTS_IL_UNIT_RETAIL_TAX_ DAS_WV_V_GTS_IL_ Update Added TAX_REGION column
DTL UNIT_RETAIL_TAX_
DTL

Data Conversion - Corrected Issue with Customer Order Creation


This update resolves a previous issue in the data conversion tool where successfully validated customer orders
were not getting loaded in the main Merchandising tables.

Data Conversion - Modified Cascading of Supplier Discontinue Date when Creating Items
While creating items through data conversion, the cascade of the supplier discontinue date from parent items
to child items has been modified to ensure that defaulting occurs only when the value is not populated for the
child items.

Data Conversion Update


In the previous versions of Merchandising, if an environment being used for conversion, had previously data
Imported through lift and shift from another environment, then there were object mismatches leading missing
seed data during a new mock cycle. This has been corrected.

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Data Filtering in BI Publisher Reports
Updates were made to the BI Publisher reports to utilize the data filtering by Merchandise and Organizational
Hierarchy when defined.

Editable Parameters For All BDI Jobs


BDI job parameters have been now made editable for all jobs so as to enable customer control. If they are kept
unchanged then the jobs would be executed with default values.

Batch Schedule Impacts

Table 7
Process Name Process Type New/Updated? Delivered
BDI Jobs Nightly Update Enabled

Enabled Access of BDI Control Tables Through APEX Data Viewer


This version of Merchandising allows BDI control tables in the RMS\_BDI\_INT schema accessed through
APEX Data Viewer.

Enabled Edit Parameter for All BDI Jobs


With this update, the editability of job parameters is enabled for all BDI jobs from the Process Orchestration
and Monitoring (POM) solution.

Batch Schedule Impacts

Table 8
Process Name Process Type New/Updated? Delivered
BDI Jobs Background Update Enabled

Enabled Item Ranging to Franchise Stores in Scheduled Item Maintenance Batch


This update resolves a previous issue in the scheduled item maintenance batch where items could not be
ranged to a franchise store.

Enhanced Error Message Text Encountered While Uploading Data using the Location Closing
Template
Enhanced the text of the error message encountered on specifying incorrect values while uploading data using
the Location Closing Template in order to enable the user to understand the issue and rectify the same.

Enhanced Field Length In CFA Tables


Field length of columns create_id and last_upd_id in SVC_CFA_ATTRIB and SVC_CFA_ATTRIB_LABELS
tables is increased to 254 from 30 to facilitate processing of longer values during upload.

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Enhanced File Handling Logic
The file handling logic in cases when a job aborts has been enhanced to move the input files to the outgoing
directory.

Enhanced Processing of RTLOG Files


Enhancements are made to RTLOG processing logic to ensure that the rejected files remain in the input folder
when store day lock is encountered so that they can be processed in the next run.

Enhanced Processing of Transaction Import Process to Sales Audit


Transaction Import Process (saimptlogi) is enhanced to not abort when a non-numeric value is passed in
Fulfilment Location column when fulfilment is by supplier. Instead it will be recorded as an error.

Enhanced Search in Replenishment Attributes Download Screen


Changes have been made to the Replenishment Attributes Download screen to enable refinement of search
results. Advanced Search on this screen has been enhanced to offer additional operators for filtering select
fields such as the Location, Activate /Deactivate date, Item Description etc.

Enhanced Supplier Site Functionality to Support Default Pay Site in Merchandising


With this enhancement, Merchandising and Invoice Matching allow adding a default pay site to a purchasing
supplier site. The default pay site is maintained at supplier site level as an optional field in Merchandising.
When documents are passed to Financials via the Invoice Matching financial staging tables, the default pay site
(if populated) is passed as the pay site to the financial system.

Steps to Enable
The new field "Default Pay Site ID" is displayed in the Supplier Site UI in Merchandising when the Financials
system option (FINANCIAL\_AP) is NOT NULL and the supplier site is a purchasing supplier site, otherwise
hidden. The field is visible and enabled only when the Supplier Site Screen is accessed in EDIT mode.

Data Access Schema (DAS) Updates

Table 9
Table Name View Name New/Updated? Change Notes
SUPS DAS_WV_SUPS Update New field DEFAULT_PAY_SITE_
ID added.
SUPS RDS_WV_SUPS Update New field DEFAULT_PAY_SITE_
ID added.

Enhanced Up Charges with Min-Max Calculations


Currently, Merchandising only supports up charge calculations of a monetary amount for a given unit of
measure as a percentage of the weighted average cost/supplier cost/net cost or a percentage of the sum of
other up charges. With this enhancement, the users will now have the ability to configure ways such as
calculate an up charge as the maximum or the minimum of two or more values which is then used to
determine the final up charge to be used for a certain computation value base while processing the related
transfers or allocations.

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Steps to Enable
Computation value base must either be setup as a maximum or minimum at the header level using the
Comparison Operator column in the Up_Charge_CVBs worksheet Computation Value Bases (CVBs) Template.
On patching, the base Computation Value Bases (CVBs) Template (CVB_DATA) will be automatically updated
with this information, such that the new version of the base template is available for download.

Integration Impacts

Table 10
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Computation Value Bases (CVBs) Update Flat File Comparison A new ‘Comparison Operator’
Spreadsheet Template Operator column has been added in the
Up_Charge_CVBs worksheet.
Valid values are ‘>’, ‘<’ or NULL.

Code Impacts

Table 11
New or
Code Type Code Type Description Code Code Description Updated? Delivered
UCCO Up Charge Comparison < < New Enabled
Operators
UCCO Up Charge Comparison > > New Enabled
Operators

Enhanced the Replenishment 'Order Not After Days' System Option to Accept Zero Value
The System Options screen has been modified such that the 'Order Not After Days' system option related to
Replenishment will now accept a value of zero days.

Enhanced the Stock Count Error Handling Process


As a part of this enhancement, all stock counts that have encountered upload errors will be flagged in order to
avoid these being picked up for auto-processing. An indicator will be displayed on the screen to help identify
counts where the processing has got delayed and require user action.

Enhancements to Deal Income Processing Job


Multiple modifications are made to the batch program calculating deal income (DEALINC) with respect to
currency conversion, income calculation and proration, and enhance general performance.

Enhancements to File Error Handling for Certain Batches


Previously, when a batch that processes an input file failed while processing the files were retained in the
Inbound directory and customers could not retrieve them. With this enhancement these files will be moved
into Reject directory so customers can move them into the Outbound directory for retrieval. Batches covered by
this enhancement: fcosttmplupld.ksh, fcustomerupload.ksh, replindbatch.ksh, load_item_forecast.ksh,
iindbatch.ksh, poindbatch.ksh.

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File Handling Enhancements
Enhancements were made to file handling process to move input files to outgoing and archived directories as
reject files whenever job aborts.

Fixed Auto Accept of Order Revisions for Customer Order POs


This version of Merchandising addresses the issue where order revision for Customer Order type purchase
orders were not auto accepted when interfaced through ediupack API.

Fixed Cost Change Creation While Using Upload List Option


The current version of Merchandising addresses the issue where Recalculate Orders flag was not updated
when adding Items using Upload List option in Cost Change by Item screen.

Fixed Data Loading of Error Messages


In the previous version of Sales Audit an issue was causing erroneous processing of Error Messages when
uploaded through Data Loading. This version addresses the processing issue.

Fixed Logic in the Incomplete Items Report to Display Non-Ranged Items


The current logic used while displaying items in the Incomplete Items report present in the Data Steward
Dashboard has been fixed to display items that have already been ranged as well as those that are not yet
ranged to a specific location.

Fixed Message Families to Return Correct Error Code


The following message families - Item, Item Loc, Purchase Order, Allocation and Transfer have been fixed to
return an error code of ‘H’ instead of ‘E’ so that their respective adaptors do not go down and the retry
mechanism that is present in the Integration Layer can work correctly.

Fixed PO Receipt Message Processing Issue


A locking issue was causing PO receipt message failure. This version of Merchandising addresses the
processing issue.

Fixed Sales Audit Totalling Process to Not Consider Disabled Totals


Modifications has been made to satotal batch to not consider disabled totals for recalculation.

Fixed Table Stats Delete Job Error


An incorrect library reference was causing the Table Statistics Delete job (DELETE_TAB_STATS_JOB) to fail.
This has been resolved in this update.

Fixed Update of OTB EOW Date Through XOrder API


Update was made to process and accept update to OTB EOW Date when passed through XOrder API subject to
necessary validations.

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Fixed Validation for Unexpected Item in ASNIN Message
In previous version of Merchandising, because of an issue, the ASNIN message was failing when it has an item
which was not on the purchase order. The current version addresses the issue by correcting the validation.

Fixed the Sales/Issues By Location UI to Display Data for All Sales Types
An issue with the Sales/Issues by Location UI has been addressed to show details for all types of sales related
to the item/location combination.

Fractional Adjustments when Standard UOM is Each


This update supports the ability to make a fractional update to an item's inventory when the item's standard
UOM is an Each (EA). In certain cases, such as selling an item with a weighted selling unit of measure, an
item's stock on hand can become a fractional value, so adjustments need to be supported in the same manner.

Improved Inventory Adjustment Process by Allowing Fractional Update for Items Having the
Standard UOM as 'Each'
The overall inventory adjustment process has been enhanced by allowing inventory adjustments containing
fractional values in case of items having the Standard Unit of Measure (UOM) as Eaches (EA) via the UI as well
as the API (RIB/ReST).

Improved Performance of Daily Purge Job


Updates were made to Daily Purge (DLYPRG) batch process to improve performance and reduce long running
instances.

Improved the Performance of the Future Cost Processing Batch


The overall performance of the Future Cost processing batch has been improved by modifying the deletion
process of future cost records from the database table which is carried out by the function EXPLODE_FC.

Improvements to Main Processing of Staged Sale/Return Transactions (salesprocess) Batch


A retry mechanism has been implemented to reduce locking issues for the Main Processing of Staged
Sale/Return Transactions (salesprocess) batch job. The specific locking issue addressed involved addition of
new items to the system after a stock count for a specific merchandise hierarchy had been scheduled and then
processing sales of items involving the same hierarchy-location combination.

Improvements to Receiver Unit Adjustment (RUA) handling in MFCS


MFCS internally treats adjustments received against already matched shipments as child shipments.
Modifications to these unmatched child shipments were allowed only from ReIM. Modifications have now
been made to allow adjusting of unmatched child shipment records in MFCS in a manner similar to the
adjustments flowing in from ReIM.

Modifications to Correct Purchase Order Address Sequence and Display


Modifications have been made to ensure that the correct address sequence based on the primary address
indicator is retrieved for the purchase order address. Logic has been updated to ensure that in the event of a
matching address not being identifiable based on the address sequence stored on the purchase order, the
primary address will be returned for display.

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Modifications to Exclude VAT from the EDI Invoice for Exempt VAT Regions
The EDI Invoice download (edidlinv) batch has been modified to exclude the TVAT line while writing records
into the EDI invoice download file for RTVs from locations in Exempt VAT Regions.

Modifications to Improve User Experience in Stock Ledger Download Screen


Modifications have been made to ensure that valid End of Period values are available for selection on the Stock
Ledger Download screen when the View filter on the same screen is set to ‘Days’ and the calendar is set to
‘Normal’ in System options.

Modifications to Logic which Determines Deal Turnover Transaction Data Units


For deal turnover, the batch logic has been modified to only consider the units recorded against the transaction
data (tran code 20) postings for merchandise cost. Units recorded against transaction data (tran code 20)
postings for non-merchandise costs have been excluded from the deal turnover units calculation to avoid
double counting.

Modifications to Correct User Access Capabilities for Expenses


Modified access capabilities to ensure that only users assigned the MAINTAIN_EXPENSE_PROFILES_PRIV
privilege will have the ability to edit expense information. Users with the VIEW_EXPENSE\_PROFILES_PRIV
privilege will be restricted to view only access.

Modified 'Include on Order' Default when Creating Purchase Order via Spreadsheet Upload
Modified defaulting of the ‘Include on Order' flag for purchase orders created via spreadsheet upload.
Previously, if no value was provided for Include on Order, the system would default the flag to No (N), the
processing of the spreadsheet has been updated to match the defaulting used in the online UI which will
default the value to Yes (Y) when no value is provided.

Modified Processing of Purchase Order Creation via Spreadsheet Upload


Whenever the spreadsheet based order upload process encounters a location which is non-stockholding (such
as a non-stockholding virtual warehouse), it flags an error indicating that “Only stockholding locations can be
added” to the order. The upload logic has been modified to properly tag this error only to those locations in the
Order Details worksheet that are non- stockholding and not impact the rest of the locations in Order Details,
irrespective of the sequence in which the locations are listed in the spreadsheet.

Modified Vendor Publication API to Publish Supplier-Org Unit Updates


Logic has been modified such that changes to the primary pay site designation for Supplier/Org Units will
trigger a publishing of the updates via a new VendorOuMod message.

Note: Integration with third party systems may need to be modified


to either discard or consume this new message type.

Order Revision Auto Accepted for Customer Order-type Orders


Prior to this update, revisions to Customer Order-type POs sent through the Upload Purchase Order and
Purchase Order Change Acknowledgements from Suppliers to RMS (ediupack) process were not being
updated to reflect the changes. The has been corrected in this update.

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Order Revision Enhancements
This version of Merchandising introduces the ability to reject an order revision from the existing Order
Revisions screen. Currently order revisions can only be accepted and not explicitly rejected. The screen is
enhanced to show status of each order revision along with iconic buttons to take accept or reject action.
Possible stats can be Pending, Accepted or Rejected. There is also an option to reject all changes for a particular
revision through new Reject All button.

Performance Improvements for ALC Finalization Screen


Updates were made to improve the overall performance of searching in the ALC Finalization screen.

Performance Improvements for Daily Purge of Foundation Data Batch


Modifications have been made to improve the overall performance of the Daily Purge of Foundation Data
(dlyprg) batch processing.

Performance Improvements for Daily Purge of Item-Location Batch


Updates were made to improve the overall performance of the _Daily Purge of Item-Location Data_ batch
program (item_loc_purge_job).

Performance Improvements for Document Close Batch Job


Enhancement were introduced in Document Close batch program (DOCCLOSE_JOB) for better performance.

Performance Improvements for Export from Sales Audit to Oracle Retail Analytics Batch
Updates were made to the Export from Sales Audit to Oracle Retail Analytics (SAEXPDW) batch process to
improve performance and reduce long running instances.

Performance Improvements for Future Cost Processing


Updates were made to improve the overall performance of the Prepare Threads for Batch
Calculation/Recalculation of Future Cost Values (fcthreadexec) batch.

Performance Improvements for Item Inventory by Location Screen


Enhancements were made to Item Inventory by Location screen for better performance when selecting All
Locations/All Warehouses/Location List - Store as Location Type.

Performance Improvements for Item Location Subscription API


Updates were made to improve the overall performance of the Item Location Subscription API.

Performance Improvements for Item Subscription API


Updates were made to improve the overall performance of the Item Subscription API (XItem).

Performance Improvements for Order Subscription API


Updates were made to improve the overall performance of Order Subscription API (Xorder) processing.

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Performance Improvements for Purchase Order Processing
Update purchase order table indexes to improve the overall performance of purchase order searching, creation
and maintenance.

Performance Improvements for Purge Item Induction Staging Tables Batch


Updates were made to the Purge Item Induction Staging Tables batch program (itm_indctn_purge) to improve
the overall performance.

Performance Improvements for Recalculate Maximum Levels for Floating Point Replenishment
Batch
Modifications were made to improve the overall performance of the _Recalculate Maximum Levels for Floating
Point Replenishment_ batch program (repladj).

Performance Improvements for Receipt Processing


Updates have been made to improve the overall performance of receipt processing.

Performance Improvements for Replenishment ROQ Batch Job


Enhancements were made to the Replenishment ROQ batch program (REPLROQ_JOB) for improved
performance.

Performance Improvements for Sales Audit Purge Job


Updates were made to the Sales Audit Purge (SA_PURGE_JOB) batch to improve overall performance.

Performance Improvements for Supplier Integration from CFIN to MFCS


Indexes have been added to the Address table update to improve performance of the Supplier integration into
MFCS.

Performance Improvements to Financial General Ledger Mapping Upload


Modifications have been made to improve performance of the Financial General Ledger mapping upload.

ReST Enabled Inventory Publish


A new webservice to fetch available inventory at customer orderable store or warehouse location has been
introduced. Also, to capture changes to stock on hand in Merchandising, a new batch process has been
introduced. This is to assist in integrating the delta changes in inventory to external systems. Additionally, the
following updates are done for all existing ReST services for Merchandising Omni Integration and External
Integration:
■ The default page limit size is reduced from 10,000 to 1,000 for all the pages.
■ Validation and error handling of Node Id and Node Level parameters has been implemented.

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Batch Schedule Impacts

Table 12
Process Name Process Type New/Updated? Delivered
MERCHAPI_DELTA_ITEM_LOC_ Ad Hoc New Enabled
SOH_PROCESS

Integration Impacts

Table 13
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Get Available Inventory details New REST Service This web service is used to fetch
Service /services/inven available inventory at customer
tory/available orderable store or warehouse
locations. The service considers
only approved transaction level
items which are sellable,
inventoried and ranged to
stockholding and customer
orderable locations. To keep the
data volume manageable for
performance consideration, the
service publishes inventory
availability for item/locations
which currently have non-zero
inventory position, or had
non-zero inventory position in the
last 7 days when the current
inventory position is zero.

ReST Enabled Subscription APIs


With this update, new synchronous subscription ReST enabled services are introduced in Merchandising. The
existing methods of integration, which leverages the Oracle Retail Integration CS (RICS) component (RIB and
SOAP) between External systems and RMFCS would be planned for deprecation in a future release once the
ReST-based alternatives are available for all APIs. Until then, the available interfaces via RICS remain in place
to support integrations for backward compatibility with 3rd party solutions. The below listed services have
been introduced in this release:
■ Get Pricing Cost
■ Update Average Cost
■ Update Customer Credit Status
■ Get BI Publisher Report URL
■ Create Customer Order Item Substitution
■ Get Available Inventory for Customer Orderable Items
■ Create Inventory Backorder
■ Create Differentiator Groups
■ Update Differentiator Groups
■ Delete Differentiator Groups

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■ Create Differentiators
■ Update Differentiators
■ Create Freight Term
■ Create Cost Change Effective Immediately

Integration Impacts

Table 14
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Get Pricing Cost Service New REST Service This service is used to retreive
/services/cost/ pricing cost information for an
pricingCost/get item location.
Get Available Inventory for New REST Service /services/custo This real-time inventory
Customer Orderable Items Service merOrders/avai availability lookup facility can be
lableInventory/ used by external systems, such as
get an on-line order capture system
(OOC) or order management
system (OMS), to retrieve
item/location available inventory
based on Merchandising's current
view of inventory.
Create Differentiator Groups New REST Service /services/items This service is used to create
Service /differentiators differentiator groups from
/group/create external systems in
Merchandising.
Delete Differentiator Groups New REST Service /services/items This service is used to delete
Service /differentiators existing Differentiator Groups
/group?/delete from Merchandising.
Create Differentiators Service New REST Service /services/items This service is used to create
/differentiators differentiators from external
/create systems in Merchandising.
Update Differentiators Service New REST Service /services/items This service is used to update
/differentiators existing Differentiator Ids in
/update Merchandising.
Create Cost Change Effective New REST Service /services/cost/ This service allows external
Immediately Service costChange/im systems to update unit cost within
mediate/create Merchandising. All cost changes
that are sent through this service
are executed immediately.
Update Average Cost Service New REST Service /services/cost/ This service supports updating
averageCost/up weighted average cost from an
date external system for one or more
item/locations combinations.
Update Customer Credit Status New REST Service /services/franc This service provides a way for an
Service hiseManagemen external source, usually a
t/customerCred financials system, to update the
itStatus/update credit status for a franchise
customer in Merchandising.

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Table 14 (Cont.)
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Get BI Publisher Report URL New REST Service /services/admi This service is used by Oracle
Service nistration/oper Retail Financial Integration (RFI)
ations/biPublis to retrieve the URL of a BI
herReport/url/ Publisher report from
get Merchandising or Sales Audit that
can be invoked from the
PeopleSoft Financials General
Ledger based on a particular
journal entry.
Create Customer Order Item New REST Service /services/custo This service allows Store
Substitution Service merOrders/ite Inventory Systems to substitute
mSubstitution/c items on the customer order with
reate another predefined substitute
item.
Create Inventory Backorder New REST Service /services/custo This web service will update the
Service merOrders/inv backorder quantity in
entoryBackorde Merchandising - increasing when
r/create the backorder is taken and
decreasing when the backorder is
released for fulfillment or
cancellation.
Update Differentiator Groups New REST Service /services/items This service is used to update
Service /differentiators existing Differentiator Groups in
/group/update Merchandising.
Create Freight Term Service New REST Service /services/finan This service allows an external
cials/terms/frei financial system to create freight
ghtTerm/create terms in Merchandising.

Rectified Upload Sales Process


The current version of Merchandising addresses the issue where Posting Store was not picked up by Upload
Sales process.

Remediated Inventory Availability Message to Include Only Stockholding Locations


COINVAVAIL message was updated to include values only for stockholding locations.

Integration Impacts

Table 15
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
COINVAVAIL Update RIB Message N/A COINVAVAIL will be published
only for stockholding locations.

Remediated Sales Audit Rules Batch Program For Failure


Sales Audit Rules Batch (sarules) program is remediated to not abort when an invalid UOM is passed. Instead
it will now log an error in sa_error.

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Remediated Sales Process Batch Processing In Case of Same Item With Different Taxes
In the previous versions of Merchandising, an issue was causing SALESPROCESS batch to fail when the POSU
file has same item with multiple transactions with different taxes. The current version addresses the issue by
summing the tax and using average of vat rate for invoicing.

Remediation of OI Forecast History Job


An issue was causing RMS_OI_FORECAST_HISTORY_JOB to abort during nightly batch run. Enhancements
were made to ensure its successful processing.

Removed Field Enabling in System Options Screen for Users with View Only Access
Previously, when a user, who is granted view only access to the System Options screen by having the
Application Administration Inquiry Duty assigned, opened the System Options screen, some fields appeared
to be enabled for edits. These users were unable to save any edits made to the values in these fields, but the
screen should not enable any fields in this case. The screen was modified to ensure all fields are disabled from
edits unless the user has the Application Administrator Management Duty.

Removed RDS Data Pump Dependency on Lift and Shift Component in Data Migration Schema
Previously, the database component used for importing/exporting data was owned by the data migration
schema. The component is no longer needed to be persisted in the data migration schema like RMS01_DM. The
package can be owned by RMS01 and only contains database functions which are used for RDS or DAS export.

Removed Unused Stock Ledger Management Security Privilege and Duty


The existing Stock Ledger Management Duty (RMS_STOCK_LEDGER_MGMT_DUTY) and Maintain Stock
Ledger Privilege (MAINTAIN_STOCK_LEDGER_PRIV) present as part of the Merchandising Security
configuration have been removed as they did not serve any purpose. All stock ledger functionality is view only
within Merchandising. The existing Stock Ledger Inquiry Duty (RMS_STOCK_LEDGER_INQUIRY_DUTY)
will be used going forward. In the default security configuration the Stock Ledger Inquiry Duty is mapped to
the Application Administrator, Financials Analyst and Financial Manager roles. All roles for which you wish to
grant access to the stock ledger workflow, the Cumulative Markon Variance and Shrinkage Variance dashboard
reports, and the Division Year End Valuation and Department Year End Valuation reports, should be mapped
to the Stock Ledger Inquiry Duty (RMS_STOCK_LEDGER_INQUIRY_DUTY).

Steps to Enable
For these new/updated duties and privileges, the actions described below need to be followed in the same
sequence in order to enable the features. If this update doesn't contain changes related to one of the steps
below, it can be skipped and you can move to the next one. For more information on the workflows used to
support the actions described below, see the Merchandising Administration Guide.

Step 1: Add Duties to Roles


The new duty should be added to the roles that require the access that is defined above.
1. Select Settings - Security - Role Mappings.
2. Select a role that will be assigned one or more of the duties.
3. For each role, click Select and Add and then select the duties you want to add to the role using the pop up.
4. Repeat the above set of steps for each role where you want to add the duties.

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Step 2: Synchronize Modified Privileges
Each privilege that had changed its permissions from the previous updates will need to be synchronized to
update these permissions for the patch.
1. Select Settings - Security - Policy Patching.
2. Select Sync with Patch.
3. Under the Base Policies tab, select the checkbox next to each the corresponding privileges and click Sync.
4. Repeat this for each privilege that had updated its permission.

Updated Privileges

Table 16
Priv Name Change Type Priv Description Parent Duty
MAINTAIN_STOCK_ Removed A privilege for maintaining the RMS_STOCK_LEDGER_MGMT_DUTY
LEDGER_PRIV stock ledger.

Updated Duties

Table 17
Duty Name Change Type Duty Description Child Duty Base Role
RMS_STOCK_ Removed A duty for maintaining the RMS_STOCK_LEDGER_ REMOVED THE
LEDGER_MGMT_ stock ledger. This duty is an INQUIRY_DUTY MAPPING OF THIS
DUTY extension of the Stock DUTY TO FINANCIAL_
Ledger Inquiry Duty. MANAGER_JOB AND
RMS_APPLICATION_
ADMINISTRATOR_JOB
RMS_STOCK_ Update A duty for viewing the stock ADD A MAPPING OF
LEDGER_INQUIRY_ ledger. THIS DUTY TO
DUTY FINANCIAL_
MANAGER_JOB AND
RMS_APPLICATION_
ADMINISTRATOR_JOB

Removed the Ability to Update RTLOG Declared Total in View Mode


Fix to disable update to Total Value field for transaction type 'RTLOG Declared Totals' when Transaction
Details screen is opened in view mode.

SAVOUCH Batch Failing with Generic File Handling Error


To correct a generic file handling error, the multi-threading of the Sales Audit Vouch Upload (savouch) batch
program was fixed and a graceful exit when handling aborted runs was added.

Shipment Purge Tables Replicated to RDS to Provide Complete Shipment Information


In order to ensure that complete shipment data along with details on the deleted shipments is available to the
user, the SHIPMENT_PRG_HIST and SHIPSKU_PRG_HIST tables have been replicated to RDS to support
integration between MFCS and RI.

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Successful Processing of Transaction Upload Batch Failure
In the previous version of Merchandising, when TRANUPLD batch failed, it was causing issues with next
batch run. This version addresses the issue by ensuing successful removal of temp files.

Updated GTS Unit Retail Tax Database Views


Tax Region was added to the following databased views:
■ V_GTS_IL_UNIT_RETAIL_TAX_DTL
■ V_GTS_IL_UNIT_RETAIL_TAX

Data Access Schema (DAS) Updates

Table 18
Table Name View Name New/Updated? Change Notes
V_GTS_IL_UNIT_RETAIL_TAX_ DAS_WV_V_GTS_IL_ Update Added TAX_REGION
DTL UNIT_RETAIL_TAX_
DTL
V_GTS_IL_UNIT_RETAIL_TAX DAS_WV_V_GTS_IL_ Update Added TAX_REGION
UNIT_RETAIL_TAX

Updated Order Subscription API to Accept Lading Port Updates


Previously, when attempting to update the lading port on a purchase order via the Order Subscription API, the
change was ignored. The program has been updated to accept the new value and update the order accordingly.

Updated Stock Count Conversion and Sales Audit Voucher Upload Programs to Move Input Files
to Outgoing and Archived Directories
When handling fatal errors, the Conversion of Warehouse Stock Count Results File (lifstkup.ksh) and Sales
Audit Voucher Upload (savouch.ksh) batch programs have been modified to move input files that cause the
error from the input directory to outgoing to the customer and archived directories.

Updated Wrong Store Receiving Process


The wrong store receiving process in Merchandising is rounded out to handle scenarios irrespective of whether
container ID is passed in the receipt payload. If the system is configured to handle wrong store receiving and
container ID is passed then Merchandising will back out shipment at original location and process the receipt
into wrong location. If the container ID is not passed then the shipment will be treated as unexpected line item
at the receiving location and original line item will be reconciled at the time of transfer close.

Updated the Decimal Precision of Unit Cost in Item Detail Contextual Report
Previously, the Item Detail contextual report displayed the unit cost with a decimal precision of two rather than
using the configured decimal precision defined for the currency in which the cost is displayed. The report has
been updated to obtain the cost decimal precision for the currency and use that to determine the display of the
unit cost value in the report.

Use of Purchase Order Number as ASN Identifier on Receipts


Enhancement has been made to Merchandising to provide an option where if ASN number is not provided in
the Receipt message then purchase order number will be defaulted based on a system level indicator. This

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enhancement would allow you to create obligations against the defaulted ASN number in order to pay
partners at the ASN level without a true ASN coming from the vendor.

Note: This functionality is intentionally limited to enabling payment


of obligations with the level of ASN when actual vendor ASNs are not
used.

Steps to Enable
1. Log an SR to have AMS run the following from the backend: update procurement_unit_options set
default_to_asn_ind = ‘Y’;
2. Verify that PROCUREMENT_UNIT_OPTIONS.DEFAULT_TO_ASN_IND = ‘Y’

Updated System Options

Table 19
New or
Attribute Name Updated? Attribute Description Default Value
DEFAULT_TO_ASN_IND New This parameter is used to indicate if the N
Purchase Order number should default into
the ASN field when the shipment is created
upon receipt, so in cases where no vendor
ASNs are communicated.

Data Access Schema (DAS) Updates

Table 20
Table Name View Name New/Updated? Change Notes
PROCUREMENT_UNIT_ DAS_WV_ Update Added new column DEFAULT_
OPTIONS PROCUREMENT_ TO_ASN_IND.
UNIT_OPTNS
SYSTEM_OPTIONS DAS_WV_SYSTEM_ Update Added new column DEFAULT_
OPTNS TO_ASN_IND.

Added New Index on the ALC_COMP_LOC Table


Added a new foreign key index on the ALC_COMP_LOC table to prevent deadlock.

Added New RDS Views for Integration with Inventory Optimization


The following tables have been replicated in RDS for integration with Inventory Optimization:
■ STORE_ORDERS
■ WF_ORDER_HEAD
■ WF_ORDER_DETAIL

Additional Generic Variable for Custom BI Reports


With this release, additional parameters including chain, area, region and district are available for custom BI
reports.

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Batch Job for Deal Upload Available to Run in Adhoc Cycle
This version of Merchandising provides a version of DEALUPLD batch job that can be run in adhoc cycle.
Earlier it could be run only as part of nightly cycle.

Steps to Enable
Enable the process through POM UI using the Batch Administration Screen.

Batch Schedule Impacts

Table 21
Process Name Process Type New/Updated? Delivered
DEALUPLD_PROCESS_ADHOC Ad Hoc New Disabled

Corrected Error in Purchase Order Induction Upload


Corrected an error in PO induction while fetching the country id for warehouse location on the purchase order.
The fix ensures that for location type as warehouse, system fetches physical warehouse's country id when
determining the import country id based on the PO location.

Corrected Issue with Closed Order Update Via Purchase Order Induction
Previously, the PO induction processing was accepting date updates for a closed order and was logging an
incorrect warning. The code logic has been modified to error out such updates with an appropriate error
message and set the process status as 'PE'- Processed with Errors.

Corrected Issue with Salmaint Post Job


Corrected an error in the Salmaint Post job which was logged when the database connection is released by this
program.

Corrected Logic of Fetching Unit Cost in ITEM_LOC Publishing Payload


The existing logic of fetching the unit cost in the ITEM_LOC publishing payload has been fixed to refer to the
primary supplier/country associated with the item at the time of ranging.

Corrected Receiving Process for Allocated Purchase Orders


The receiving process for allocated purchase orders has been modified to correctly update the transfer reserved
and expected quantities when TO_DISPOSITION for allocated warehouse is RIP (Receiving in Progress).

Corrected Transaction Data Extract to Planning


Transaction Data Extract to Planning applications has been corrected to publish only items in Approved status.
In the pervious versions of Merchandising, it was including Deleted items as well.

Corrected Transaction Data Extract to Planning


Transaction Data extract to Planning has been modified to include only items in Approved status. In the
previous versions, it was erroneously including item in Deleted status as well.

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Corrected Vat Item Export Issue for Items Created and Ranged on Different Dates
Corrected an issue in Item Master Export and Item VAT Rates Export that was preventing generation of delta
vat item file for locations that are ranged on a different date than the item creation date.

Corrected handling of Markdown/Markup for Transfer Shipments


Corrected an issue with the transfer shipment processing which was preventing the markdown or markup
posting when there is a difference in retail between source and receiving locations.

Corrected Issue of Duplicate Records in the ORG Hierarchy Extract


Fixed issue wherein duplicate entries were being inserted in the org hierarchy extract for stores with Flex
attributes.

Data Conversion - Correction in the Price History Template File


The Price History (price_hist) Template was incorrectly showing a default value for the ID field. This has been
removed in this update.

Data Conversion - Enhanced Template for Computation Value Bases


A new comparison operator column has been included in the template for the CVB_HEAD_CHRG entity. This
column is used for minimum/maximum calculation for upcharges.

Enhanced Merchandise Hierarchy and Item Extract to Planning and Forecasting BDI Job
Modified the flat file BDI extract of Merchandise Hierarchy and Item to extract subclasses when there are no
items present in the Merchandising hierarchy. This enhancement allows sending changes in Merchandising
hierarchy to Planning and Forecasting even in cases when there are no items set up under the hierarchy.

Enhanced Purging of Item Location Data Exported Via Item Location Export Batch Job
The purge logic for the item export staging (ITEM_EXPORT_STG) table has been modified to be based on the
retention period defined in the Item Sales Months system option.

Enhanced the Deal Upload Batch to Include Merchandise Hierarchy Details


The Deal upload batch logic has been modified to ensure that data gets inserted into the correct table based on
the specified Merchandise level, as mentioned below:
■ 1, 2, 3 - DEAL_ITEMLOC_DIV_GRP
■ 4, 5, 6 - DEAL_ITEMLOC_DCS
■ 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 - DEAL_ITEMLOC_PARENT_DIFF
■ 12 - DEAL\ITEMLOC_ITEM

Fixed Actual/Forecast Field Display to Account for Turnover Measure


Fixed the actual/forecast field on the Deal Performance screen to display the value in units (without decimals)
when the Threshold Limit is specified in terms of Quantity and include decimals in display when the
Threshold limit is specified in terms of Amount.

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Fixed Allocation RIB API to Publish Allocation Deletes
This version of Merchandising addresses the issue that was causing no publication of message through
Allocation publish RIB API when an allocation was deleted.

Fixed Issue in Reprocessing of Transactions Pending GL Posting due to Missing Account


Mappings
It is expected that transaction data records that are missing account mappings will have the mappings fixed
and be reprocessed before the month end. The processing logic that marked transaction error data as exported
included a check that validated for the current month. This check was relaxed to ensure that transaction error
data that was exported to GL would be marked as such irrespective of the date of posting.

Fixed population of Merchandise Hierarchy on Non-Merch Item sales in Sales Audit


When a RTLOG is uploaded into Sales Audit for non-merch item sales, if the non-merch item definition exists
in MFCS, then the department/class/subclass information for the item will be populated on the sales
transaction based on the merchandise hierarchy defined for the item in MFCS.

Integration with Supplier Evaluation for Merchandising


A new add-on module Supplier Evaluation (SE) is being introduced which will be integrated with
Merchandising via ReST services. Within Merchandising, the Supplier Evaluation information can be used in
creating custom validation rules for supplier site activation and deactivation, item submission and approval,
and purchase order submission and approval. The integration covers the below two data flows:
1. Supplier and supplier site data provided by Merchandising to the Supplier Evaluation (SE) module.
2. Supplier Evaluation data sent from the Supplier Evaluation (SE) module back to Merchandising Additional
information about Supplier Evaluation is available in the Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation documentation.

Steps to Enable
A new system option, Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation has been added to Service Based Integration section of
System Options Screen. This must be checked (enabled) to enable the Supplier Evaluation module to integrate
with Merchandising and invoke the Vendor ReST service API to retrieve data for all new and updated
suppliers.

Updated System Options

Table 22
New or
Attribute Name Updated? Attribute Description Default Value
SE_API_IND New Oracle Retail Supplier Evaluation - N
Indicates if Supplier Evaluation is
integrated with Merchandising

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Integration Impacts

Table 23
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Manage Supplier Evaluation New REST Service This service will integrate supplier
Codes /services/foun evaluation date fron Supplier
dation/supplier Evaluation (ORSE) with
s/evaluation/co Merchandising
des
Manage Supplier Evaluation New REST Service /services/foun This service integrates master
Transactions dation/supplier glossary data from Supplier
s/evaluation/tr Evaluation with Merchandising
ansactions

Code Impacts

Table 24
New or
Code Type Code Type Description Code Code Description Updated? Delivered
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language DE 2 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language EN_GB 1 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language EN_US 1 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language ES 4 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language FR 3 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language IT 22 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language JA 5 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language NL 18 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language PT_BR 12 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language RU 7 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language SV 31 New Enabled
SELG Supplier Evaluation Language ZH_CN 8 New Enabled

Performance Improvement For Daily Purge Batch Process


Enhancements were made to Daily Purge (dlyprg) batch process for better performance.

Performance Improvement For Deal Calculation Job


Enhancements were made to batch job inserting into Deal calculation queue (DITINSRT) to prevent unwanted
job failure.

Performance Improvement to Deal Purge Job


Enhancements were made to Deal Purge (DEALPRG_JOB) batch job for better performance.

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Performance Improvement to Ownership Change Job
Enhancements were made to Ownership Change (OWNCHG_PROCESS_JOB) batch process for better
performance.

Performance Update for Inventory by Location and Inventory by Item Screens


Implemented performance improvements to correct timeout error in Item Inventory by Location and Inventory
by Item Screens.

ReST Enabled Subscription APIs - Additional Services


The following ReST-based alternatives have been introduced for the corresponding integration APIs. The
available interfaces via RICS remain in place to provide backward compatibility for integrations with 3rd party
solutions. The below listed services have been newly introduced in this release:
■ Create Payment Term Service
■ Update Payment Term Service
■ Update Payment Term Detail Service
■ Delete Differentiators Service
■ Reserve Item Numbers Service
■ Create Placeholder Items Service

Integration Impacts

Table 25
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Create Payment Term Service New REST Service The service will be used by Oracle
/services/finan Retail Financial Integration (RFI)
cials/terms/pay for integration of payment terms
mentTerm/creat with PeopleSoft Financials, and
e can also be used by an external
financial systems to send new and
updated payment terms
information to Merchandising.
Update Payment Term Detail New REST Service Through this service existing
Service /services/finan details of payment terms can be
cials/terms/pay updated.
mentTerm/deta
il/update
Delete Differentiators Service New REST Service /services/items This service will be used to delete
/differentiators existing Differentiator Ids from
/delete Merchandising.

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Table 25 (Cont.)
Integration
API Name Change Type Type Field Name Change Description
Reserve Item Numbers Service New REST Service /services/items The service allows external
/itemNumbers systems such as Oracle Retail
/reserve Assortment Planning (AP) to
reserve item numbers in
Merchandising. The requested
item numbers are sent back to the
calling solution as a response.
Update Payment Term Service New REST Service /services/finan This service will be used to update
cials/terms/pay existing payment terms header
mentTerm/upd information.
ate
Create Placeholder Items Service New REST Service /services/items This service supports subscribing
/placeholderIte to new placeholder items
ms/create (Style/Color or Styles) created in
A&IP as part of the slow item
creation workflow. This service
allows A&IP to create items in
Merchandising Item induction
staging area with partial
information of the item that the
business team can later enrich in
Merchandising using the item
induction process. A&IP uses the
item number fetched from the
Reserve item number service for
the placeholder item number

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