Introduction to Oracle Applications R12

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 Course Objectives

After completing this lesson, you should be able to describe the

following:
• Footprint of R12 E-Business Suite
• Benefits of R12 E-Business Suite
• R12 E-Business Suite architecture
• Major components of the architecture
• File system and database structure

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 Oracle E-Business Suite

Customers Employees

Suppliers Partners

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 Complete E-Business Suite from Oracle

Develop • Automate key

Contracts E-Business Suite Market internal business
processes
Projects Sell
• Extend automation
HR Order and collaborate
Finance Customers
Plan with your
Suppliers
Products
trading partners
Maintain Procure
• Drive continuous
Service Make
improvement
Fulfill
with real-time
Fusion Business Intelligence
intelligence

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 Integrated, Yet Modular

Vendor X Oracle Oracle

Vendor Y Vendor Z
Human Finance Marketing
Planning Purchasing
Resources

Legacy Environment

The open applications solution enables you to:

• Leverage investment in existing technology
• Eliminate disparate systems as needed

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 Benefits of Oracle E-Business Suite

• Available in multiple languages

• Supports multiple currencies
• Supports flexible management of business processes
• Has a common data model
• Supports statutory and customary local requirements
• Is built on open standards
• Collaborates with trading partners

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 Information-Driven Applications

Develop Philosophy behind Oracle

Contracts Market E-Business Suite

• Start with a common data

Projects Sell model that produces a single
definition of key business
HR Customers, Order entities (customers,
Suppliers, suppliers, products, etc)
Finance Plan
Products, …
• Build a robust suite of
Maintain Procure applications designed to
work together
Service Make
Fulfill
• Support modular deployment
of tailorable business flows
• Promote low-cost integration
with service oriented,
standards-based architecture

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 Major Oracle Application Product Families

• Oracle Financials
• Project Management Product Suite
• Supply Chain Planning and Management Suite
• Oracle Manufacturing: Discrete and Process Management
• Human Resources Management System Suite
• Customer Relationship Management Suite
Finance
Customer
Relationship Projects
Management
Human Supply Chain
Resources Management
Manufacturing
Oracle Workflow

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 R12 E-Business Suite Footprint
New in R12

Financials Corporate Performance Mgmt.

General Ledger Daily Business Intelligence (DBI)
Receivables Balanced Scorecard
Payables Financials & Sales Analyzer
Assets Enterprise Planning and
Cash Management Budgeting
Global Consolidation System Profitability Manager
Advanced Collections Financial Consolidation Hub
Internet Expenses
Government, Risk & Compliance
iReceivables
Treasury Government, Risk and
Lease Management Compliance Manager
Internal Controls Manager Application Access Controls
Financials Centralized Solution Application Configuration
Set (FINS) Controls
Financial Services Accounting Governance, Risk and
Hub (FSAH) Compliance Intelligence

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 R12 E-Business Suite Footprint
New in R12

Human Resources Management Projects

Human Resources Project Costing
Self-Service Human Resources Project Billing
Advanced Benefits Project Resource Management
Compensation Workbench Project Collaboration
iRecruitment Project Management
Payroll Project Portfolio Analysis
Performance Management Project Contracts
Time and Labor DBI for Projects
Workforce Scheduling
Approvals Management
Learning Management
iLearning
Tutor
DBI for HR

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 R12 E-Business Suite Footprint
New in R12

Supply Chain Planning Order Management

Advanced Supply Chain Planning Order Management
Constraint Based Optimization Advanced Pricing
Inventory Optimization Release Management
Global Order Promising Sales Contracts
Collaborative Planning Configurator
Strategic Network Optimization iStore
Demand Management Supply Chain Planning and Order
Advanced Forecasting & Demand Management Intelligence
Management
Real-time Sales & Operations Asset Lifecycle Management
Planning
Enterprise Asset Management
Predictive Trade Planning
Self-Service Work Requests
Deduction and Settlement
Management Asset Tracking
Trade Promotion Optimization Property Manager

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 R12 E-Business Suite Footprint

Procurement Manufacturing
Purchasing Discrete Manufacturing
Sourcing Manufacturing Execution System
Sourcing Optimization Mobile Supply Chain Applications
iSupplier Portal Flow Manufacturing
Procurement Contracts Flow Sequencing
Services Procurement Production Scheduling
Advanced Pricing Repetitive Manufacturing
iProcurement Optimization
DBI for Procurement Process Manufacturing

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 R12 E-Business Suite Footprint
Logistics
Inventory Management
Mobile Supply Chain Applications
Warehouse Management
Transportation Management
Transportation Operational
Planning
Logistics Inventory Visibility
Forwarding & Brokering Operations
Freight Payment, Billing & Claims
Transportation Sourcing
Transportation Cooperative Routing
Fusion Transportation Intelligence
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New in R12
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Data Synchronization for
GDSN and UCCnet Services
CADView-3D
Master Data Management (Hubs)
Customer Data Management
Product Information Management
Financial Consolidation
 R12 E-Business Suite Footprint

Marketing and Sales Service

Marketing TeleService
Trade Management Service Contracts
Advanced Pricing Field Service
TeleSales Spares Management
Field Sales Advanced Scheduler
Mobile Field Service
Sales for Handhelds
Depot Repair
Quoting
iSupport
Partner Management
Service Intelligence
Proposals
Incentive Compensation Interaction Center Technology
Marketing & Sales Intelligence Advanced Inbound Telephony
Advanced Outbound Telephony
Email Center
Scripting

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 Oracle Applications R12 Architecture

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 Understanding the Oracle Applications
R12 Architecture
The following topics are included in the Oracle Applications
R12 architecture:
• Business architecture
• Technical architecture

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 Business Architecture: Oracle Applications R12

The R12 EBS has five principles that drive its business
architecture:
• Modern Foundation
• Complete
• End-to-end Integration
• Global
• Rapid Implementation

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 Technical Architecture: Oracle Applications R12

The following topics are included in the technical architecture of

Oracle Applications R12
• Forms-based
• Self-service (HTML/JSPs)
• Business Intelligence
• Mobile

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 Basic Technical Architecture of
Oracle Applications R12

Desktop/Client Tier Application Tier Database Tier

Internet

Application Data &

User Interface Application Logic
Database Logic

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 Desktop/Client Tier

Desktop/Client Tier Application Tier Database Tier

Internet

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 Applications Tier

Desktop/Client Tier Web server/Listener Database Tier

Portal (PHP)

Forms server
Concurrent Processing
server
Servlet Engine
Internet
Java Server Pages (JSP)

Discoverer server

Reports server

Administration server

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 Database Tier

Desktop/Client tier Application tier Database tier

Internet

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 The Network

• Although the network is not a tier of R12 E-Business Suite’s

three-tier architecture, it is a critical component that makes it
all work.
• R12 EBS allows access through multiple channels including
internal networks (LANs/WANs) and external networks
(Internet/VPNs).
• All of the choices in the network will ultimately affect your
performance, for good or bad.

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 Oracle Applications Technology Layer

The Oracle Applications technology layer is an integrated

collection of components used by all Oracle Applications
modules:

CRM Financials HRMS Manufacturing ...

Oracle Applications Technology Layer

The various components of the Applications technology

layer are discussed in the following slides.

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 Oracle Homes

The three Oracle Homes fit into the architecture as shown in

the following diagram:
Database Developer 10.1.2 AS 10.1.3
Oracle Home C Oracle Home Java Oracle Home

RSF 10.2 RSF 10.1 RSF 10.1

Forms 10 OC4J
RDBMS
Components
Reports 10 Apache 1.3

APPL_TOP

COMMON_TOP

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 Oracle Application File System

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 Oracle Applications File System: Application Tier

apps

apps_st tech_st

appl comn 10.1.2 10.1.3

Oracle Files common Oracle Homes for the
Applications across products Applications Technology stack
product files (COMN_TOP)
(APPL_TOP)

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 Oracle Applications File System: Database Tier

db

apps_st tech_st

data 10.2.0
Oracle 10g Oracle Home
database files files for the
used by Oracle Oracle 10g
Applications Database
product files

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 Oracle Applications Product Directories

<db_name>APPL

APPS admin au fnd inv

<CONTEXT_NAME>.env
12.0.0 12.0.0 12.0.0

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 Oracle Applications Manager

Oracle Applications Manager is a key system administration

tool:

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 Rapid Install

Rapid Install

Database Applications Technology Stack File System

Oracle Reports Graphics

Oracle Forms iAS

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 Rapid Install Utility

• Automates many of the steps required for installing Oracle

Applications, Release 12
• Simplifies both single-node and multi-node installations
• Creates, installs, and configures all of the components
required for your Oracle Applications system
• Minimizes installation time
• Allows you to select languages and the corresponding
character sets
• Reduces the number of certification issues

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 Rapid Install: Tasks

With Rapid Install, you can perform the following tasks:

Install a new, fully Install a new database

configured Oracle node or Applications
Applications system. node technology stack

Set up the file system and Use a Wizard to guide you

configure server processes through the screens to carry
for an upgraded system out the selected task

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 Summary

In this lesson, you should have learned to describe:

• The basic architecture of Oracle Applications
• The major components of the architecture
• The Oracle Applications file system
• The Product subdirectory structure and their roles

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