May 2012

Getting Started with Oracle Fusion

Applications: Financials Reporting
 Getting Started with Oracle Fusion Applications: Financials Reporting

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Warning
The tasks presented in this guide are intended as a quick introduction or pilot
implementation. The guide does not include all the setup tasks that are appropriate for a
complete implementation.
 Getting Started with Oracle Fusion Applications: Financials Reporting

Table of Contents
Introduction ......................................................................................3
Documentation Note ........................................................................3
Additional References......................................................................3
Location of this Document ..............................................................3
Financial Control and Reporting Offering ......................................4
Prerequisites ....................................................................................5
Table 1: Client Install Prerequisites ............................................5
Financial Reporting Overview .........................................................6
Table 2: Financial Reporting........................................................8

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Introduction
This guide provides a quick overview of how to do various types of reporting in Oracle Fusion
Applications in the Financial Control and Reporting offering.

Warning: The tasks presented in this guide are intended as a quick introduction or pilot
implementation. The guide does not include all the setup tasks that are appropriate for a complete
implementation.

Documentation Note
• The tasks in the boxes show the navigation path in Oracle Fusion Applications.
• The guides are found in the Oracle Fusion Applications Technology Library or the Oracle
Fusion Applications Concept and User Guides Library.

Additional References
Oracle Enterprise Repository for Oracle Fusion Applications provides visibility into service-
oriented architecture assets to help you manage the lifecycle of your software from planning
through implementation, testing, production, and changes.
Use the Oracle Enterprise Repository for technical information about integrating with other
applications, including services, operations, composites, events, and integration tables. The
classification scheme shows some example scenarios in which you can use the assets. The Oracle
Enterprise Repository also includes diagrams, schematics, and links to other technical
documentation.

Location of this Document

Getting Started with Oracle Fusion Applications: Financials Reporting (Document ID 1458904.1
on My Oracle Support)

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Financial Control and Reporting Offering

The business process of financial control and reporting enables you to control your enterprise
financial management activities. It provides you with better visibility of the entire process from
capturing transactions and closing subledgers to financial consolidation and reporting processes.
The business process provides efficiency in updating and reconciling general ledger accounts, with
checks and balances across all subledger systems.
Transactional business processes within Financial Control and Reporting include:
• Capture transactions
• Close accounting period
• Manage transaction taxes

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Prerequisites
Table 1: Client Install Prerequisites
Subject Description
Financial Tool for defining financial reports in
Reporting Oracle Fusion General Ledger. It is
Studio based on a graphical interface that
uses grids, text boxes, and images to
design financial reports. Financial
Reporting Studio must be installed
prior to defining any custom financial
reports.
Oracle Spreadsheet tool that integrates
Hyperion Oracle Fusion General Ledger with
Smart View Microsoft Excel to analyze actual and
for Office, budget account balances in real time.
Fusion Edition Smart View must be installed as an
add-on to Microsoft Excel before you
can use it for financial inquiry and
reporting.
Documentation
Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub Implementation
Guide: Chapter – Define Financial Reporting
• Setting Up Your Financial Reporting Center:
Critical Choices
• Financial Reporting Center Configuration:
How It Works
Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub Implementation
Guide: Chapter – Define Financial Reporting
• Setting Up Your Financial Reporting Center:
Critical Choices
• Financial Reporting Center Configuration:
How It Works
Oracle Hyperion Enterprise Performance
Management System Installation and
Configuration Guide:
• Installing Financial Reporting Studio and
Financial Reporting Print Server
• Configuring the Financial Reporting Print
Server
• Administrative Information for Financial
Reporting
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Financial Reporting Overview

The General Ledger posting process updates your balances and stores these balances in a balances
cube for efficient multidimensional analysis and reporting. The following figure and table illustrate
the Oracle Fusion General Ledger financial reporting solution.

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Reporting Need Solution

Boardroom ready financial statements with live drill down Financial Reporting in the Financial
to your source transactions. Reporting Center
Exception based account monitoring with Account Monitor and Account
multidimensional analysis and drill down capability. Inspector in the Financial Reporting
Center and from the General
Accounting Dashboard
Spreadsheet financial reports with multidimensional Oracle Hyperion Smart View for
analysis, pivoting, and drill down capability. Office, Fusion Edition
High volume operational reporting with configurable Oracle Business Intelligence
templates. Examples include Journal Batch Summary, Publisher
Collections Aging 4 Bucket, Asset Additions, Payables
Cash Requirement, and many more.
Ad hoc queries of transactions. Oracle Fusion Transactional Business
Intelligence
Key performance indicators (KPIs), metrics, and highly Oracle Business Intelligence Analytics
summarized queries from a data warehouse.

Navigator
- General Accounting
o Financial Reporting Center
 Balance Inquiry
• Inquire and Analyze Balances
• Inquire and Analyze Average Balances
• Inquire on Journal Lines
 Financial Reports
• Launch Workspace > Navigate
o Applications > BICatalog
o Administer
o Schedule > Batch Scheduler

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Table 2: Financial Reporting
Page Description
Financial Reporting Provides entry to general ledger
Center work area balances and financial reporting
functions. It provides secure, self-
service access to reports that use
real time account information.
Provides tools to design traditional
financial report formats such as
balance sheets, profit and loss
statements, and cash flow reports
and nontraditional formats for
financial or analytic data that include
text and graphics.
Documentation
Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub
Implementation Guide: Chapter –
Define Financial Reporting:
• Financial Reporting Center
Configuration: How It Works
• Setting up Your Financial
Reporting Center: Critical
Choices
Oracle Fusion Applications Financial
Control and Reporting, Accounting
Transactions, Tax Transactions, and
Reporting Guide: Chapter - Close
Accounting Period: Section - Prepare
and Analyze Financial Performance
• Reviewing Financial Reporting
Solutions: Points to Consider
• Financial Reporting Center:
Explained
• Configuring Account Groups
for Account Monitor: Example
• Oracle Hyperion Smart View:
Explained
Oracle Fusion Applications Help:
• Creating a Financial Report
Demo
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