Oracle EBS - ERP Techno-Functional Foundation

Explore how the Oracle e-Business Suite enables end-to-end business flows from plan to cash, covering procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, inventory to fulfillment, and manufacturing versus retail.

Explore Oracle EBS navigation, focusing on user responsibilities, login and password changes, favorites, and access to menus, reports, and data via menu, request group, and data group components.

Explore how concurrent programs run data-intensive tasks in the background within the Oracle e-business suite, managed by the concurrent manager, with manual submissions, scheduling, and program chaining.

Learn how to submit and schedule concurrent programs and reports in Oracle EBS, manage request groups and responsibilities, monitor status, and automate periodic invoicing processes.

Explore how Oracle ERP uses key flex fields and descriptive flex fields, built from segment value sets, to capture and report data, with careful planning and workshops.

Explore the multi-org concept in Oracle e-business, using a single Oracle ebs installation to manage multiple legal entities and operating units, with country-specific requirements, intercompany transfers, and centralized reporting.

Trace the evolution of Oracle EBS architecture from early client-server to three-tier web models, detailing database, application, web logic servers, forms based components, and the shift to cloud SaaS.

Explore the Oracle EBS application tier file system, including the application top, home directory, environment variables, and the Berkeley filesystem layout for modules and reports.

Explore access control in Oracle EBS, detailing data security, function security, and how responsibilities, data groups, and menus govern user access.

Master profile options in Oracle EBS by adjusting site, application, responsibility, and user levels to customize display and behavior, with Postnet and system options.

Define concurrent programs in Oracle EBS, pass parameters via value sets, and arrange single or multiple program requests using requisites, request groups, and request sets to run sequentially.

Learn to register and run Oracle e-business concurrent programs by creating an executable, defining a concurrent program with parameters, and adding it to a request group for submission.

Understand inbound and outbound interfaces in Oracle EBS, including open interfaces, public API, and EDI, with emphasis on interface tables, staging, and standard interface programs.

Interfaces repeatedly import external data into Oracle E-Business Suite, while conversions occur in a one-time implementation to migrate legacy data. Interfaces run periodically; conversions occur during implementation.

Explore how SQL loader automates data exchange between internal systems and ERP applications using flat files, control files, and staged loading into the staging table and the base apps table.

Move the control file and csv data file into the sql loader directory, create the students table with row number and name, and verify the load with sqlplus.

Learn to run sqlldr with a control and load file to populate the students table, review the track log for loaded versus discarded rows, and automate via cron jobs.

Explore the entity-relationship concepts behind Oracle EBS data structures, defining entities and attributes, and understanding relationships and the logical data model for effective reporting and data retrieval.

define bidirectional entity relationships and cardinalities, including one-to-one, one-to-many, and many-to-many, with optional and mandatory constraints, illustrated by employee, department, job, customer, and bank accounts.

Explore the Oracle eTRM technical reference to access the logical data model, table and view structures, and how GL interface tables map to physical databases, including column details and relationships.

Explore Oracle E-Business Suite documentation to access in-depth guides on data flows, transactions, and flex fields, guiding you toward becoming a techno-functional consultant.

Explore the procure to pay overview across finance and supply chain, from requisitions to payment, covering procurement, sourcing, contract management, supplier collaboration, inventory, and payables.

Explore the end to end order to cash lifecycle in Oracle EBS, including pricing configuration, credit checks, order booking, fulfillment, and invoicing, plus customer acceptance, pre-billing, and returns.

Trace how journal entries flow into the general ledger to produce financial reporting. Review and posting finalize entries that impact the balance sheet and profit and loss statements.