Oracle Application World

Good Bye AIM.. Welcome OUM

Ahmad Bilal — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:28:38 +0000

Time to say good bye to Oracle Application Implementation Methodology as Oracle is going to remove it this month. Welcome Oracle Unified Method with new Templates Good thing it will also standardize BI implementations etc.

http://blogs.oracle.com/jheadstart/2007/12/oracle_unified_method_oum_free.html

The Oracle® Unified Method (OUM) can help you develop and implement technology-based business
solutions with precise development and rapid deployment. You can tailor OUM to support your specific project situation. With its ready-made templates, guidelines, and scalable work breakdown structure, OUM provides the programmatic tools you need to manage the risks associated with your information technology-based projects.
OUM supports the complete range of technology projects including deep support for Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Integration, Custom Software, Identity Management (IdM), and Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC)

Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management

Ahmad Bilal — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:46:43 +0000

Guys,
I got a request to review book “Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Supply Chain Management” written on Oracle Supply Chain by Muneeb A. Siddiqui and published by Packt Publishing.

Apparently it seems to me good book for beginners with Case study etc. I will review this and will keep everyone posted. Meanwhile you guys can have a look at Sample Chapter on following link

Hyperion S9 OpenLDAP Service

Ahmad Bilal — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 12:49:47 +0000

How to Recover Database to start the Hyperion S9 OpenLDAP Service Click to Download

Hyperion Oracle Enterprise Performance Management System 11.1.2 Installation on Windows 2008 and UAC

Ahmad Bilal — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 12:47:33 +0000

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Hyperion Planning Things you need to Know

Ahmad Bilal — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:13:56 +0000

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Line Drilldown in GL Journal Screen Requires User Name and Password

Ahmad Bilal — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:16:22 +0000

Problem
One of my clients was complaining about error “You Have Insufficient Privileges For The Current Operation” while Line Drill down from GL Journal screen. Internet explorer version was 6.0.2900 with Java 6 update 21. Oracle suggestion in METALINK note “1106048.1“ is Uninstall all updates on Java 6 which are more than 15. What does it means, Java version should be Java 6 with Update 15 maximum. Downgrading Java is a problem as might some other Application requires latest Java Version. It’s always hectic to explain to the client with business reason. So this option out of scope. Later on I found out that issue is because of one option only and no need to uninstall all updates.
Solution
1. On the local computer, move to the Control Panel – choosing Start/Settings/Control Panel – Choose the Java icon
2. A window opens – choose the advanced tab
3. Locate the entry for Java Plug-in – expand this option (refer to Image below)
4. Uncheck the Enable the next-generation Java Plug-in box (refer to Image below)
5. Restart the browser and retest the issue.

How to Create Code Combination ID by API

Ahmad Bilal — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:21:15 +0000

I was on an integration assignment between Home Grown Project System and Oracle Payable. A big gap which I faced there was how to maintain single source of Account Code Combinations. We had following options to manage this issue.
Built a View of GL_CODE_COMBINATIONS table and pass Combination and ID from Oracle to Custom System
Use API and create Code Combination
I used second way to handle this. Here is script which i used in that Assignment ( it works for me but you need to be careful as it’s not documented any where
—–Create Function
CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION APPS.XXX_CREATE_CCID
( P_CONCAT_SEGS IN VARCHAR2
) RETURN VARCHAR2
IS
L_STATUS BOOLEAN;
L_COA_ID NUMBER;
BEGIN
SELECT CHART_OF_ACCOUNTS_ID
INTO L_COA_ID
FROM GL_SETS_OF_BOOKS
WHERE SET_OF_BOOKS_ID = 2021; –UPDATE THIS WITH SET OF BOOKS ID

L_STATUS := FND_FLEX_KEYVAL.VALIDATE_SEGS(
‘CREATE_COMBINATION’,
‘SQLGL’,
‘GL#’,
L_COA_ID,
P_CONCAT_SEGS,
‘V’,
SYSDATE,
‘ALL’, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL,
FALSE,FALSE, NULL, NULL, NULL);
IF L_STATUS THEN
RETURN ‘S’;
ELSE
RETURN ‘F’;
END IF;
END ;
/

—–EXECUTE FUNCTION
DECLARE
RETVAL VARCHAR2(200);
P_CONCAT_SEGS VARCHAR2(200); /* ’10.2001.2211101.987872.001.0000′ THIS COMBINATION I WANT TO CREATE */
BEGIN
RETVAL := APPS.XXX_CREATE_CCID ( P_CONCAT_SEGS );
COMMIT;
END;

How to Change Company Logo on Standard Purchase Order Template

Ahmad Bilal — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 08:02:22 +0000

Few days back one of my friend was asking me that how can She add corporate logo on standard purchase order template . here is solution with screen shots. same solution is also there on METALINK but missing a major step

How to Change Company Logo on Standard Purchase Order Template

Types of Siebel User Interfaces

Ahmad Bilal — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 11:54:19 +0000

What are types of Siebel User Interfaces?
Following two Types of Siebel User Interfaces are available
– High Interactivity Mode (HI)
– Standard Interactivity Mode (SI)
HI and SI user interfaces are designed to serve two different group of user.
High Interactivity Mode (HI)
HI is available for employee applications like Siebel Sales. It is supporting highly interactive users. It requires Internet Explorer 5 +. It provides additional functionality (using additional code such as Active X controls). It has drag-and-drop for setting column width etc. It reduces number of page refreshes (So Decrease load on Server). It has menu bar and tool bars and has implicit save (automatically save record by stepping out). It reduces the number of page refreshes.
Standard Interactivity Mode (SI)
SI is available for customer Application and behaves like traditional web applications; requiring frequent page refreshes. It behaves like typical HTML based Web Application. It is available on a wide variety of browsers.
Major Plus Points in High Interactivity Mode (HI)
The following features are supported only by high interactivity rest almost everything is same
• HI Required Internet Explorer 5 + to Run application
• Client-side scripting is available with access to Siebel objects on the client side
• Hi have Interactive controls. Like calculator, calendar date/time selector
• Implicit save. saves the record without having to press the save button
• Supports High interactive graphical UI Elements such as Flowcharts, Organization charts

Siebel Introduction

Ahmad Bilal — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 08:15:54 +0000

First Step to Siebel . In next post i will write about Interfaces , Components and Architecture.

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