CEMLI And Reports Migration

From 11i to R12

24 October 2011 Worcester MA

11i CEMLI and Reports

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 AboutthePresenters

PallaviKumar
PrincipalConsultantatAppsAssociatesLLC
Over10yearsofOracleEBSexperienceasaproject
managerandtechnofunctionalconsultant

PavanVonkayalapati
PrincipalConsultantatAppsAssociatesLLC

Over8yearsofOracleEBusinesssuiteexperience
implementing/upgradingandmaintainingdifferent
versionsof11iandR12.

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 SessionAgenda

Case studies
CEMLI and Reports Cataloging
Process flow
Planning
Assessment
Remediation
Testing Cycles
Some New Key Features in R12
Post Production issues
Lessons learned
Best Practices
Documentation
Q&A

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 CEMLIandReportsCataloging

CEMLI Configurations,Extensions,Modifications,Localizations,
IntegrationsFramework
CaseStudyA CaseStudyB

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 Planning

Plan,Plan,Plan,Plan..
Keyforsuccessfulupgrade
Setrealisticdeadline

PreCRP1
DecideTeamstructure
o 1ProjectManagerforEntireProject
o 1PMforCEMLI/1PMforReports
o FunctionalBAs(2perprocessflow OrdertoCash,P2Petc)
o Developers technologyspecific(OAFramework,Reports,
PL/SQLetc.)
o KeyBusinessUsers
o DBAs ifpossible,dedicatedteam

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 Planning(Contd.)

ForeveryCEMLI,assigna
BA
Developer
BusinessUserfortesting
Considerthatteamisalsosupporting11i
IntegrateCEMLIwithBusinessProcessFlowTestscripts
Thiswillhelpidentifyredundantobjectsandalsoneedfor
newobjectstofillgaps
LinkwithIDsinbothfiles,helpedalot
PreCRP1processtakesabout3weeks
Notify3rdpartyVendorsandstartworktoupgradethe
interfacessooner(170MarkviewSystems,Antenna,Banks
etc.)
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 Assessment

AllCEMLIobjectswillnotbemigrated
Someredundant
AddnewonesforgapsinR12

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 Assessment(Contd.)

CategorizebyLOE,howmanywill
1)Migrateeasilywithminor/moderatedatamodelchanges
Ledger insteadofSetofBooks
CustomerCorrespondence(InvoicePrint)
Suppliers/BanksmovedtoTCA
FormPersonalizationtoCustomer/Supplierformsetc.
inR12 allOApages

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 Assessment(Contd.)

CategorizebyLOE,contd..
2)Completerewrites
NewSLAmodule
RewriteGLreconciliationreports(nowusingXLAtables)
o AccountAnalysis

IntroductionofnewPaymentmodule(IBY)
CreationandvalidationofPayments
FormatandTransmissionofFiles
ReportsinMFSapplicationaredeprecatedand
applicationisdevelopedinUIX(userinterfacexml).
Developedcustomreportsusinghooksprovidedby
Oracle

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 CEMLIRemediation

o CustomForms/Reports6i
OpenandRecompile6iForms/Reportsin10gBuilder
Modifyfordatamodelchanges
Set'OperatingUnit'modetoSingle forallConcurrentPrograms
Settingorg_contextchangedtomo_global.set_policy_context
('S',org_id)
RewritecustomreportsbasedonobsoleteseededRDFs
SalesJournalbyGLAccountReport(RAXGLRreplacedbyARSJGLARPT)
UninvoicedReceiptsReport(POXPORRAreplacedbyCSTACREP)
U.S.SalesTaxReport(ARXSTRreplacedbyZXXSTR)
PostedInvoiceRegister(APXINPIR)replacedbyR12PayablesPosted
InvoiceRegisterAPXPOINV).
APchecks,PositivePayreportaredevelopedinJavainsteadofRDF

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 CEMLIRemediation

Menu/Responsibility
Thesehadtobedonemanually.
Fixtheminfirsttwotestcycles,extractthemusingFnd loadutility
reimportthemforthefinalupgrade,tosavethecutovertime.

WorkflowCustomizations
UsedWFLoadutilitytoDownloadandUploadWFCustomizations
OnsomeWFshadtoreimplementcustomizationontheR12version

OACustomPages
Reimplementedfromscratch,budgetlotoftime
o OLM,iRecruitmentwerecustomizedin11.5.10.Hadtoreimplementall
customizations

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 CEMLIRemediation

Alerts/ValueSets/DFFs
Modifyfordatamodelchanges
InR12,Valueset'GL_SRS_COA_ID_BYSOB'isreplacedby
'GL_SRS_COA_UNVALIDATED'.ConcurrentprogramsthatusethisValue
Sethavetobemodified.

FormsPersonalizations
GUIformsmigratewell.
Remediatefordatamodelchanges
FormsthatmovedtoOAframework(HTMLpages),e.g.Customer
Standard,Suppliersetc.allFormPersonalizationswerereimplemented
withOAPersonalizationsandExtensions
UpgradingFormPersonalizationsandOAFrameworkPersonalizations
fromOracleEBusinessSuiteRelease11ito12.1[ID1292611.1]

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 DiscovererReportsRemediation

Upgradeto10gorhigher FoldersinCustomBusinessAreas

EULautomaticallyrelinkedduring
Upgrade
Replaceviews/folderswherechanges
weremade
Modifyjoinsoraddnewjoinswhere
needed

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TestingCycle

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 TestingCycle

Test,Test,Test,Test.
Thoroughlyvalidatetheupgradeplan
CaseStudyA Did3testruns
CaseStudyB Did4testruns

RunreportsinR11ipreupgradeandcomparewithequivalentR12
reportspostupgrade
Ex.ReconcileyourTrialBalancetotalstoGLbefore theupgrade.
ComparetheR12andR11iTrialBalancetotalsafter theupgrade
TestDrilldownfromGLtoold/upgradedandnewsubledger accountingdata.
Testtheperiodcloseprocessesforseveralmonths

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 NewFeatures

FundsDisbursementtobankviaNewfunctionalityinR12.
TransmissionConfigurations:PriortoR12therewerecustomhostprograms
writtentodotheTransferoffilestothebankswhichwereusuallysftpcalls
totheBankservers.InR12.1.3replacedwiththeseededfunctionality.
PaymentsSetupAdministrator TransmissionConfiguration
ServerHostName:
Port#:
AccountUserName:
AccountPwd:
ClientPrivateKey:
ClientPrivatekeyPwd:
RemoteFileDirectory:
SentfileName:
KeepLocalFile:

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 NewFeatures

AccrualandReconciliationReportsmovedfromPOtoCSTSchema.

In11.5.9:
1)AccrualReconciliationRebuild(ShortName:POXACRCR)
2)AccrualReconciliationReport(ShortName:POXACREC)

InR12:(ShiftingfromPOtoCSTSchema)
1)AccrualReconciliationLoadRun
2)AccrualReconciliationReport(APandPOAccrualReconciliationReport)
3)MiscellaneousAccrualReconciliationReport
4)SummaryAccrualReconciliationReport

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 NewFeatures

Leverageformspersonalization'sifcomingfrom11.5.9
ExportingPersonalization importingthemtonewinstance
Profileoption:FND:PersonalizationDocumentRootPath
Createdirectory:/tmp/custdocs

NavigatetoFunctionalAdministratorandclickonPersonalization.
Import/Export Youcanexportcorrespondingpersonalizationunder
/tmp/custdocs
Oncedone,allpersonalizationsarecreatedwithsubdirectories
underneaththis

Dosamestepsininstancewhereyouwanttodoupload
Makesurethesamedirectoriesarecreatedunderneath/tmp/custdocs
sothatyoucanImportthemtothisinstance.

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 PostProductionIssues/LessonsLearned

Donotapplypatchesclosetogolive,unlessitisabsolutelycritical.We
appliedanATGpatchduringUATanditimpactediRecruitmentApprovalWFs
forgolive
Complete allWFbeforeyoustarttheupgradeprocess

ClearInterfacesandAnyProcessingExceptions

Testallofyourbusinessscenarioswithupgradedaswellasnew data

SLAlinksdidnotcomeoverforsometransactions.Oracleprovidedscripts

CheckLogfilesfortheSeededProgramsforUpdateSubledger Accounting,
thiswillbuildtherecordsforthehistoricaltransactionsinsubledger tables
andestablishtheDrilldowns

PerformanceissueswithARforms/Serviceforms

WFSynchronizationprocessnotworking,sonewcontactsarenotcreated
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 PostProductionIssues/LessonsLearned

CustomerContactsnowcreatedwithemailoptionasText insteadofHTML.
CustomWFnotabletosendformattedemails

InvoiceValidationProgramnotvalidatinginvoices

Fundsdisbursementinformationaboutexpensereportscreatedpriorto
upgradeandafterupgradehasvariations.

CreditCardNumbersarenowencrypted,sincetheyhavesecuritypatch.
CausingissueswithT&ERemittanceprogram.Workingwithbankforthat

Forongoingmaintenance,Oraclenowtypicallyprovidingrollup patches.
Leveragebackup folder,containthefilesthataremodified.

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 BestPractices
Realisticplans,realisticexpectations
Reducenewcustomizationsin11i
TestnewdevelopmentinparallelonR12instancetoensure
compatibility
Freeze11icustomizationsatleast23monthspriortocutover
Testallofyourbusinessscenarioswithupgradedaswellasnew data
GiveyourselfplentyoftimetoTrainandprepareyourendusers
UseTUMSutility,filteroutupgradestepsnotneededforyoursystem
InstallOracleConfigurationManagertoleveragehealthchecksand
priorityhandlingofSRs
UseMaintenanceWizard
Collectsdatafrom11iandfiltersR12upgradesteps
Recordstasktimes,assignstasks
UtilizetheUpgradeAdvisorviaOracleSupport
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 DocumentationandMetalinkNotes

MetalinkNote:OracleEBusinessSuiteUpgradeCenter Home[ID 461705.1]

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 DocumentationandMetalinkNotes

Metalink NoteID Title

215527.1 InformationonsettingupandusingtheMaintenanceWizard
PreparingCustomDevelopmentforNextOracleEBusinessSuite
374398.1
Release
OracleApplicationsMultipleOrganizationsAccessControlforCustom
420787.1
Code
PlanningYourOracleEBusinessSuiteUpgradefromRelease11ito
987516.1
Release12.1
790942.1 R12.1documentationroadmap
806593.1 OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1Infocenter
580299.1 BestPracticesforAdoptingOracleEBusinessSuite,Release12
399362.1 R12Upgrade,SizingandBestPractices
806593.1 OracleEBusinessSuiteRelease12.1InformationCenter
850008.1 InterestinglinksaroundEBSUpgrade

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QuestionsandAnswers

Contact:
Pallavi.Kumar@AppsAssociates.com
Pavan.Vvr@AppsAssociates.com

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