Using BIP for Interactive Reconciliation Reports

Written by Bidisha Silveira
I’m going to give a little more detail on how the Interactive Financial reports David described here were put together. In 4 simple steps (with pictures!)
Step 1:
The Reconciliation Data Extract background program is submitted which collects all the data and generates an xml file
Step 2:
To view the reconciliation data we use [...]

Defining Intracompany Balancing Rules

Written by Rohit Kathuria and David Haimes
In order to take advantage of the automatic Intercompany balancing during GL posting and SLA Accounting you first need to define the accounts you want us to use.
Intercompany and Intracompany Accounts in R12 are defined in two different Set Up Pages, the Intracompany Balancing Rules are what we [...]

New Grant based Security in AGIS

 
Managing a large number of responsibilities can become a complex, time consuming and expensive activity. It is also very frustrating for users if they have to constantly switch responsibility if they have a number of roles, this is a big issue in 11i Global Intercompany System as you could only have one Balancing Segment [...]

Why do I need another period ?

In R12 we introduced AGIS periods that control the transactions entered in AGIS, this is a feature that is often misunderstood. The usual question is - Why do I want another period? I’ll give some ideas why you might want one, but if you decide you don’t need one, don’t worry we made [...]

Legal Entity Configurator - Why?

In Oracle Ebusiness Suite 11i, the Legal Entity is tied closely to a set of books and operating Unit, so your Legal Structure has to be defined in the way you set up your apps partitions (OU, Set of Books etc.). In R12 financials breaks away from that with the introduction of the Legal [...]

Can I assign an Operating Unit to Multiple Legal Entities?

The short answer is sort of. Which is not much help to anyone, hopefully you will have a few moments to read on and I can explain myself. This post assumes that you understand the relationship between Legal Entities and Ledgers which I discussed in an earlier post.
In R12, a new [...]

Intercompany Reconciliation Reports just got Interactive

In R12 the Advanced Global Intercompany System was introduced and one of the main goals was to make the reconciliation process more efficient. Intercompany is often the top barrier to a fast period close, because you have to be sure you eliminated it all to zero, so your parent company does not report a [...]

What can we do for you ?

I have an Intercompany group on Oracle Mix and I want to invite all readers of this blog to join and start posting ideas, discussions and also sharing experiences.
It doesn’t have to be specific to Oracel products, it could be ideas for new features, better collateral or whatever you want to start discussions about and [...]

R12 Intercompany Accounts Set Up

In R12 the Intercompany Accounts setup is broken out from GL and included in the Advanced Global Intercompany System (AGIS) product (Don’t worry you don’t need any additional license for this product). There is a separate set up screen for Intercompany and Intracompany Accounts. The same set up pages are available through the [...]

Intercompany Segment in Secondary Ledgers

I was recently asked - Do I need to define an Intercompany Segment in my secondary ledger if the primary it is attached to has an Intercompany Segment?