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10 Tips To Improve Create Accounting
Performance in Oracle E-Business Suite
Anupam Shrivastava
Principal Software Engineer
April 12th, 2016

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Advisor Webcast
10 Tips To Improve Create Accounting
Performance in Oracle E-Business Suite
Anupam Shrivastava
Principal Software Engineer
April 12th, 2016

Objectives
Gain an overview of Create
Accounting and its impact
Become familiar with some

quick tips to improve the
performance of Create
Accounting
Learn strategies to handle

scenarios when you have a
strict deadline

Agenda
1 What is Create Accounting and what does it do?

2 Performance problems faced during Create Accounting
3 Top 10 recommendations for better performance
4 Tips and tricks for crisis situations

Create Accounting Overview
Event driven processing
Validates and creates subledger journal entries
Transfers final entries in current GL period
Generates subledger accounting report
Create Accounting spawns
Accounting program
Journal Import
Runs with parameter as-of GL date

Create Accounting Diagram
Dr | Cr
Assets Projects Inventory
XLA
Create Tables Final Mode
Transfer to GL
Accounting
Leasing Payables Receivables
Subledger General Ledger

Create Accounting Submitted
End Date
Parameter

Agenda


Case Study
Banking customer using Financial Accounting Hub (FAH)
Millions of records and events to be processed in one run

Agenda


Long Term Versus Short Term Objectives
Long Short
Term Term
Objective Performance Objective
degrading over Crisis situation
time and Period Closure
conditions

Tip #1: Make Sure To Have The Latest Patches
Use Doc ID 791049.1 to identify latest available versions for your release
Release Suggested Patches Addressed Issue

12.1.3 14246749:R12.XLA.B Performance issue in Create Accounting and
MPA
13698935:R12.XLA.B Performance fix for Delete Bulk Events API and
also Invoice Workbench
18618110:R12.XLA.B Performance Fix for Create Accounting and
Accounting Program

Tip #2: Database 11.2.0.3 Considerations
Bug: Partition order in index definition is different than table definition
Verify if any of the below XLA tables have incorrect stats
XLA_TRANSACTION_ENTITIES
Recommended
XLA_EVENTS Patches for
XLA_AE_HEADERS 11.2.0.3
mentioned in
XLA_AE_LINES
XLA_DISTRIBUTION_LINKS Doc ID 1473388.1
If yes then follow Doc ID 1465689.1 to fix the issue

Tip #3: Profile Value Considerations
If required, profile options should be set at User Level
Profile values should be set as follows
FND: Debug Log Enabled = No
AR: Enable Debug Message Output = No
SLA: Enable Diagnostics = No
Run the Purge Transaction Objects Diagnostics program

Tip #3: Profile Value Considerations Time Out Parameters
Concurrent: OPP Response Timeout 240 seconds

Concurrent: OPP Process Timeout 10800 seconds
Optimal settings for
Output Post Processor
(OPP) Time Out

Tip #4: Parallel Processing Concept
Accounting
1000 Invoices
Program 1
Accounting 1200 Credit

Create Accounting
Program 2 Memos
Accounting 1000
Program 3 Payments

Tip #4: Parallel Processing Setup
Navigation: Accounting Setup Manager > Query primary ledger > Subledger
Accounting Options > click on update > Update System Options (for the
application)

Tip #5: Optimal Settings Number Of Processors
How to Determine the Optimal Number of Processors
n= Number of Physical Processors Number of

Processors
Single Core Dual Core Quad core

(n-3) for n>=10 (2n-3) for n>=5 (4n-3) for n>=5
(n-1) for n<10 (2n-1) for n<5 (4n-1) for n<5

Tip #5: Optimal Settings Processing Unit Size Recommend
How to Determine the Processing Unit Size? Doc ID
791049.1 for
Optimal
Settings
Determine
Count of Events which Batch Size Processing Unit
are eligible to be Batch Size= Count of Size=Batch
processed for an Events/(Processor * n) Size+1
application and Ledger n can be 3 or 4
Determine # of Determine
Events Processing Unit

Tip #6: Evaluate Volume Of Data
Sample Output
EVENT_ID COUNT(*)
How to identify the number of 75480447 557791
events which are yet to be 75494443 107283
accounted? 75480446 59401
Doc ID 1537608.1 provides SQL script 75479463 53273
ar_rec_eventdist_unpcnt.sql 75480445 46526
75480443 2486
75480444 608
75480441 534
Count(*) : Indicates Number Of Distributions For Each Events

Tip #7: Fine Tuning & Configuration
Increase the memory for JAVA(Heap size) used by concurrent program
Navigation: System Administrator > Concurrent >Program > Define
Query for report
Enter value as -Xmx2048M
Note the
minus (-)
sign

Tip #7: Fine Tuning & Configuration Scalable Mode
Scalable mode: Data engine

takes advantage of disk space
when it processes the data
Parameter-
P_SCALABLE_FLAG
Default Value - Y

Tip #8: Custom Indexes When to Consider?
Any expensive query with join on the GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS table

Reference to specific individual segment of chart of accounts in where
clause
If you have mapping set and costly SQL appears because of it

Tip #9: Identify Any Locks On The XLA Table
Use the following select to check for any locks on the

XLA_TRANSACTION_ENTITIES and XLA_EVENTS tables:
SELECT *
FROM DBA_DML_LOCKS
WHERE name in ('XLA_TRANSACTION_ENTITIES'
, 'XLA_EVENTS') ;

Tip #10: Receivables Merge Distribution Feature
Merge Distributions feature -
Summarized Distributions for
adjustments & applications
created at invoice header level
Driven by Create Detailed
Distributions checkbox on System
Options form
Exception: must be enabled if
Cash Basis or Multi Fund Accounting
Line Level Application

Tip #10: AR Merge Distribution Accounting Entries
Detailed Distributions Summarized (Merged)
Distributions
Receipt Account Debit Credit Ref Invoice Line Account Debit Credit
Application
Invoice 20 Invoice Line 1 Invoice 40
Receivables Receivables
Invoice 10 Invoice Line 2 Unapplied Cash 40
Receivables
Invoice 6 Invoice line 3
Receivables
Invoice 4 Invoice Line 4
Receivables
Unapplied Cash 40 Invoice line 5

Summary: 10 Tips for Better Performance
1. Latest patches 6. Evaluate volume of data
2. Database 11.2.0.3 consideration 7. Fine tuning and configuration
3. Profile value considerations 8. Custom indexes
4. Parallel processing 9. Identifying locks
5. Optimal settings 10. Receivables Merge Distributions

Agenda


Short Term Fix During the Period Close Process
Handling large volume
Run for different process categories and/or end dates
Use Online Accounting for events with large distributions
Report Options
Summary Mode
Without Report option
Without Transfer to GL option
Take clone of production for detail reports

Summary
What We Covered Today
High level overview of Create Accounting

Create Accounting Performance
Top 10 Tips from various perspectives
Configuration
Database
Application
Short Term Fixes

Top Articles & Community Links
R12 SLA : How to Improve Create
Accounting Performance For Receivables?
(Doc ID 1537608.1)
R12 SLA/FAH : How To Improve
Performance in Subledger Accounting and
Financial Accounting Hub (Doc ID 791049.1)
Performance Issues on SLA Tables for
11.2.0.3 Database (Doc ID 1465689.1)
Create Accounting Performance Issue After
Database Upgraded to 11.2.0.3 (Doc ID
1473388.1)

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Become familiar with some

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1 What is Create Accounting and what does it do?

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Leasing Payables Receivables

Subledger General Ledger

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1 What is Create Accounting and what does it do?

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1 What is Create Accounting and what does it do?

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Release Suggested Patches Addressed Issue

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Concurrent: OPP Response Timeout 240 seconds

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Accounting 1200 Credit

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n= Number of Physical Processors Number of

Single Core Dual Core Quad core

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Count(*) : Indicates Number Of Distributions For Each Events

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Scalable mode: Data engine

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Any expensive query with join on the GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS table

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Use the following select to check for any locks on the

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Unapplied Cash 40 Invoice line 5

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1. Latest patches 6. Evaluate volume of data

2. Database 11.2.0.3 consideration 7. Fine tuning and configuration

3. Profile value considerations 8. Custom indexes

4. Parallel processing 9. Identifying locks

5. Optimal settings 10. Receivables Merge Distributions

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1 What is Create Accounting and what does it do?

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