Chinmayee Pattanaik

Oracle Global Support :

Principal Support Engineer

Expertise :
EBS - Financials Receivables
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SLA - Best Practices Why?
Central Source of Truth

Industry Specific Accounting Requirement

Dos & Don'ts

Check list of 10 Best Practices

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Agenda
What Is SLA?
10 Best Practices
Where to look for more information?
Q & A

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What is SLA?
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Which EBS modules in R12?






Payables
Assets
Purchasing
Projects
Inventory
Receivables
Leasing
Payroll
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What is SLA?
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What is SLA?
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What is SLA?
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10 Best Practices
1
Upgrade - Considerations for SLA
2
Set Up Components Reusability
3
Naming Conventions
4
Judicious JLT and ADR Definition
5
Minimal Usage of Constant Values
6
Minimal Usage of Custom Sources
7
Judicious Use Of Summarization
8
Supporting Reference
9
Receivables Merge Distributions
10
Performance Guidelines
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Upgrade - Considerations for SLA
Upgrade
Considerations
Set Up Components Reusability
Naming Conventions
Judicious JLT and ADR Definition
Minimal Usage of Constant Values
Minimal Usage of Custom Sources

Setup
Considerations

Judicious Use Of Summarization
Supporting Reference
Receivables Merge Distributions
Performance Guidelines

Features
10 Best Practices
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Upgrade -
Considerations for
SLA
Upgrade
Considerations
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Best Practice 1

Upgrade - Considerations for SLA

Evaluate business requirements
Can impact increased data volume / system resources

How far back?

Only upgrade the data that you need.

For E.g. Open transactions / Last successfully reconciled period



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Upgrade - Considerations for SLA

To upgrade historical data after R12 upgrade
- Run SLA hot patch
OR
- "Upgrade Historical Subledger Transaction Accounting
Program (Introduced in R12.1.2)

Before running SLA post-upgrade - Enter Initial Date

Profile Option SLA: Initial Date for Historical Upgrade







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Best Practice 1



Upgrade - Considerations for SLA

FAQ for the SLA Pre Post-Upgrade & Hot Patch
Doc ID 604893.1

Upgrade Historical Subledger Transaction Accounting Program
Doc ID 1376752.1

Oracle Apps Release 12 Upgrade Sizing and Best Practices
Doc ID 399362.1






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Best Practice 1




Set Up Components
Reusability

Naming Conventions

Judicious JLT and ADR
Definition

Minimal Usage of
Constant Values

Minimal Usage of
Custom Sources

Setup
Considerations
10 Best Practices


Best Practice 2
Set Up Components Reusability

Quickly create rules, copy and reuse to meet similar,
yet distinct requirements.

Enables to separately define & reuse setups for each
component of a journal entry, such as the journal line types,
journal line descriptions etc.




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Accounting Method Builder - AMB

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Best Practice 2











GL Account on Distribution for Invoices, Debit Memos, Deposits,
Guarantees, and Charge backs Distributions
Source: Transaction Distribution GL Account
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Best Practice 2


Naming Conventions

Define self explanatory naming conventions
Use consciously for all setup components.

Should be consistent

Follow standard Oracle naming standards.

Good Example: AP_BANK_ERRORS_NAT_ACCT



Best Practice 3
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Judicious JLT and ADR Definition

Single JLT - If different attributes like Side, Balance Type are same

Don't group together significantly different JLTs

Maximize use of mapping sets and/or conditions at the ADR level.

Benefits :
Increases functional component reusability.
Reduces maintenance.
Reduces the AAD package size.
Best Practice 4
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Best Practice 4

Journal Line Type - Definitions
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Minimal Usage of Constant Values

Minimize hard coding constant values in the setup.
Can use in an ADR if 2/3 possible values

Use sources instead.

Making them reusable:
1. saves functional effort
2. reduces the size of the AAD package.



Best Practice 5

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Best Practice 5



Minimal Usage of Custom Sources

Use the custom sources as little as possible.

Use transaction object (Extract View) instead, if possible.

This will improve the performance of the accounting program


Best Practice 6

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Judicious Use Of
Summarization

Supporting Reference

Receivables Merge
Distributions

Performance
Guidelines

Features
10 Best Practices
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Judicious Use Of Summarization

The Journal Entry Summarization Option
Determines amount of summarization done when
subledger journal entries are transferred to GL

It can be set to the following values:
Summarize by GL Date
Summarize by GL Period
No Summarization

Level of summarization has a direct impact on
Data growth in the XLA and GL tables
Create Accounting Performance.
Best Practice 7

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Judicious Use Of Summarization

To access this screen, from the GL Super User Responsibility:
(N) Setup ~ Financials ~ Accounting Setup Manager ~ Accounting Setups ~
Subledger Accounting Options, and select specific sub-ledger
Best Practice 7

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Judicious Use Of Summarization

Note: The Journal Entry Summarization option shouldn't be confused
with the Merge Matching Lines of the JLT that summarizes journals
lines within XLA tables.



Best Practice 7

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Judicious Use Of Summarization

The 2 options work together as shown in the following table:
GL Journal Entry
Summarization
JLT -Transfer to GL Expected behavior
Summarize
(By GL Date or Period)
Summary Summarized at both
GL_JE_HEADERS and
GL_JE_LINES
Summarize
(By GL Date or Period)
Detail Summarized at
GL_JE_HEADERS, detail
GL_JE_LINES
No Summarization Detail Detailed at
GL_JE_HEADERS
and GL_JE_LINES
No Summarization Summary Detailed at
GL_JE_HEADERS
and GL_JE_LINES
Best Practice 7

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Judicious Use Of Summarization

FAQ on Transfer to GL in R12
Doc ID 876190.1

What Do Group By GL Date And Group By GL Period Options
In Accounting Setup Manager Do?
Doc ID 1289618.1



Best Practice 7

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Supporting Reference

Stores additional source information about subledger
journal entry either at the header or line level.

Allows to tag transactions for reporting
for which SLA will maintain balances

Review before implementing Supporting Reference.

Not maintained in Entered Currency.
Not posted to Oracle General Ledger.
Tracks balances only at the period level


Best Practice 8
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Supporting Reference

FAQ about Supporting References Doc ID 790978.1



Best Practice 8

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Receivables Merge Distributions

Merge Distributions feature - Summarized Distributions for
adjustments & applications created at invoice header level.

Driven by the checkbox Create Detailed Distributions
on the System Options form.





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Best Practice 9



Benefits of Business Solution
Significant performance gain - creating accounting
Limits the growth of data volume.
Summary distributions are easier to interpret
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Best Practice 9



Receivables Merge Distributions

Merged Distributions feature should not be enabled if using

Cash Basis Accounting
Multi-Fund Accounts Receivable
Line Level Cash Applications
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Best Practice 9



Receivables Merge Distributions

System Options Form: What is the Checkbox 'Create
Detailed Distributions' for?
Doc ID 1081657.1

New Feature Release: Receivables Merged Distributions
Doc ID 1374115.1




Best Practice 9

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Performance Guidelines

Apply the latest performance patches.

Setup parallel processing in Create Accounting
Accounting Setup Manager update >
Subledger Accounting Options - update >
Update System Options (for the application).

Note:
Parallelization is limited to Accounting program processing
Not extended to GL Transfer/Posting.
This is applicable per ledger per application.


Best Practice 10



Performance Guidelines

How to Improve Performance in SLA & FAH
Doc ID 791049.1

Performance issues on SLA tables for 11.2.0.3 Database
Doc ID 1465689.1





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Best Practice 10





Upgrade - Considerations for SLA
Upgrade
Considerations
Set Up Components Reusability
Naming Conventions
Judicious JLT and ADR Definition
Minimal Usage of Constant Values
Minimal Usage of Custom Sources

Setup
Considerations

Judicious Use Of Summarization
Supporting Reference
Receivables Merge Distributions
Performance Guidelines

Features
10 Best Practices
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Chinmayee Pattanaik

Oracle Global Support :
Principal Support Engineer

Expertise :
EBS - Financials Receivables
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