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GL/AP/AR Release 11i
Overview
Agenda
Release 11i Overview
Aesthetics
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General Ledger
Functionality
Issues
General Ledger Screen Shots
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Payables
Functionality
Issues
Payables Screen Shots
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Receivables
Functionality
Issues
Receivables Screen Shots
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Aesthetics
The overall look and feel of the Oracle Release 11i suite has taken a step into the future.
• Login – Added procedures offer new
functionality
• Navigation – virtually unchanged
•Appearance – New and improved
•Toolbar – Changed (better or worse?)
• Forms – Embedded, Tab delineated
General Ledger
ORACLE
General Ledger
Release 11i
GL Functionality
Inter-Company Functionality Change
• New flexfield qualifier ‘Inter-Company Segment’
•Same value set as the balancing segment
• New Inter-Company program GIS replaces CENTRA
• New GIS responsibilities distinct (GL_SUPERUSER)
Consolidation Functionality Change
• Automatic inter-company eliminations
• Multi-Currency Enhancements
•Rounding Differences
•Daily Rates enhancements
Journal Auto-Reversal
• Schedule auto-reversals for future periods
• Schedule reversal to run upon the opening of a period
GL Issues
Additional Changes
• Segment Value Inheritance
•Disabling a segment = Disabling relative combination
• ADI Enhancements
•Full Hierarchy Copy
•Mass Modify Descriptions
•Query/Find Segment Values
• Drilldown Functionality
• Oracle Projects, Assets, PO, Inventory, and WIP
• T-Accounts Window
• New Report – Inactive Accounts Listing
Known Bugs
• Table width error in the calendar table
• Journal creation bug
GL Screen Shots
GL Journal Entry Process
GL Screen Shots
GL Journal Entry Form
Payables
ORACLE Payables
Release 11i
AP Functionality
Creating Payables Accounting
• New ‘Accounting’ feature allows:
•Posting at the sub-ledger level
•Online views of accounting entries
•Journal entry modification at the sub-ledger level
Matching to Receipts
•11i Payables allows matching of invoices to one or more
receipt transaction
Multiple Organizations Reporting
•The following reports support multiple organization reporting:
• AP Trial Balance
• Posted Invoice Register
• Posted Payment Register
• AP Transfer to GL Audit/Exception Reports
AP Issues
Additional Changes
• Viewing Accounting Entries online within
Payables eliminates need for some manual
journal entry adjustments
•Multiple Organizations reporting features
eases pain of using Automatic Offsets
Known Bugs
• Problems with running the ‘Create Payables Accounting’ Process
AP Screen Shots
View Accounting Lines
AP Screen Shots
Matching Find Screen
Receivables
ORACLE Receivables
Release 11i
AR Functionality
AutoInvoice Exception Handling
•Release 11i provides the functionality to query and correct invalid
AutoInvoice interface data
–New form: “AutoInvoice Errors” window to view exceptions
–New form: “Interface Lines” window to update invalid records
Cross Currency Lockbox
•AutoLockbox and QuickCash now provide the functionality to automate
cross currency receipt application for both variable and fixed exchange
rates
Multi-Org Reporting
•Release 11i provides the functionality to report on data across operation
units. Examples of standard AR reports that can be viewed at the SOB
level include:
–Aged Trial Balance
–Credit Hold Report
AR Functionality
Credit Card Processing (in partnership with Oracle Payment Server):
•The functionality requires Credit Card Payment Method to be established
during configuration.
•Credit Card transactions are closed by Automatic Receipts, and remittances
are created to initiate funds transfer to bank
AR Online
•Integrated web interface that provides both external and internal users
access to AR data and functionality via a browser
Credit Memo Workflow
•Automate the credit memo process by systematically forwarding requests for
approval via Oracle Workflow
AR Issues
Additional Changes
•Most AR interface tables have been updated.
• Pay special attention changes in these tables
during upgrade
•Increase tax functionality related to VAT tax
•Ability to defer tax liability to the time when tax is
collected rather then when invoice is created
Known Bugs
• Significant issues with the customer interface
• Credit Memo form bug
AR Screen Shots
AR Online Inquiry Form
AR Screen Shots
AR Online Invoice
Breakout Reminder
Don’t forget to tell all your friends
about the GL, AP, and AR
breakout sessions from
11:00 – 12:00!