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OracleFinancials CloudGetting Started with YourImplementation

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Oracle Financials Cloud Getting Started with Your Implementation

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Oracle Financials CloudGetting Started with Your Implementation

Contents

Preface i

1 Introducing Oracle Financials Cloud 1Introduction to Implementing Oracle Financials Cloud: Overview ............................................................................... 1

Oracle Financials Cloud: Overview ............................................................................................................................ 1

Working with Your System Integrator: Overview ........................................................................................................ 5

2 Getting Started with Oracle Cloud 6Purchasing and Activating Oracle Cloud Application Services: Highlights .................................................................. 6

Implementing Financials Security: Overview .............................................................................................................. 7

General Ledger Security: Explained ........................................................................................................................ 10

Payables Security: Explained .................................................................................................................................. 10

Other Financials Security Considerations: Explained ................................................................................................ 11

Oracle Cloud Application Services Security: Explained ............................................................................................ 11

Signing in and Accessing Setup Tasks: Procedure ................................................................................................. 13

Define Implementation Users Tasks: Points to Consider ......................................................................................... 13

Preparing the IT Security Manager Role: Procedure ................................................................................................ 15

Creating Implementation Users: Procedure ............................................................................................................. 16

Creating Data Roles for Implementation Users: Procedure ...................................................................................... 18


3 Implementing Oracle Financials Cloud 22Manage Application Implementation: Overview ....................................................................................................... 22

Getting Started with an Implementation: Overview .................................................................................................. 23

Define Financials Configuration for Rapid Implementation: Overview ........................................................................ 25

Creating an Oracle Fusion Financials Rapid Implementation Project: Worked Example ............................................ 26

Set Up Geographies ............................................................................................................................................... 27

Implementing Enterprise Structures: Procedure ....................................................................................................... 31

Implementing General Ledger: Procedure ............................................................................................................... 34

Implementing Cash Management: Procedure .......................................................................................................... 40

Implementing Tax: Procedure ................................................................................................................................. 40

Implementing Payables and Payments: Procedure .................................................................................................. 43

Implementing Assets: Procedure ............................................................................................................................. 46

Implementing Expenses: Procedure ........................................................................................................................ 48

Implementing Receivables and Payments: Procedure ............................................................................................. 49

Intercompany Balancing Rules: Explained ............................................................................................................... 53

Intercompany Balancing Rules: Examples ............................................................................................................... 54

4 Defining Financial Data Security 60Define General Ledger Security: Explained .............................................................................................................. 60

Data Access Set Security: Overview ....................................................................................................................... 61

Data Access Set Security: Examples ...................................................................................................................... 62

Segment Value Security: Examples ......................................................................................................................... 63

Enabling Security on a Chart of Accounts: Example ............................................................................................... 64

5 Configuring Financial Reporting 67Financial Reporting Center: How It Works .............................................................................................................. 67

Define Financial Reporting Center ........................................................................................................................... 68

Configure Smart View Client for Users .................................................................................................................... 71

Configure Financial Reporting Studio Client for Users ............................................................................................. 74

Define Essbase Database Connections in Workspace ............................................................................................ 75

Create Financial Statements: Explained .................................................................................................................. 77


6 Uploading Data for Oracle Financials Cloud 95Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets: Explained .......................... 95

Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets: How They Are Processed ... 98

Create Hierarchies in a Spreadsheet: Example ..................................................................................................... 107

GL Cross-Validation Rules: Overview .................................................................................................................... 108

Creating a Cross-Validation Rule: Example ........................................................................................................... 109

Cash Management Rapid Implementation: Overview ............................................................................................. 110

Tax Configuration Workbook: Explained ................................................................................................................ 111

Creating Tax Setup Using the Tax Configuration Workbook: Worked Example ...................................................... 112

Budget Uploads .................................................................................................................................................... 113

7 Introduction to External Data Integration 120Integration with Financial External Systems: Points to Consider ............................................................................ 120


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Chapter 1Introducing Oracle Financials Cloud

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1 Introducing Oracle Financials Cloud

Introduction to Implementing Oracle FinancialsCloud: OverviewThis document provides a high level introduction to Oracle Financials Cloud.

NoteThis guide covers the basic requirements used to create an implementation project. The tasks presented in thisdocument are intended for a quick introduction or pilot implementation. This document does not include all set upand security tasks that are appropriate for a complete implementation.

The rapid implementation setups for Financials include implementing:

Users Enterprise Structures Bank, Branches, and Bank Accounts Tax Ledgers Business Units Financial Reporting Payables and Payments Assets Expense Reporting Receivables and Payments

NoteReferences to related help accompany each of the steps. The help and additional information is available from:

Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Financials guide.

Oracle Cloud Learning Center.

Oracle Fusion Applications Help embedded in the applications.

Oracle Financials Cloud: OverviewOracle Financials Cloud delivers a complete solution that includes:

General Ledger



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Payables

Receivables

Payments

Cash Management

Tax

Expenses

Assets

Use these applications with their integrated social networking tools, business intelligence, compliance reporting, and mobiledata access to facilitate:

Financial accounting

Transaction processing

Payment delivery

Cash reconciliation

Employee expense processing

Asset management



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Access data through pages that contain:

Navigation tools in the global area at the top of the page.

Task and search panes in the regional area on the left side of the page.



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Analytics and tools panes in the contextual area at the right side of the page.

A transactions area where most work is done, in the center of the page.

From the pages within the applications, access:

Embedded analytics that enable actionable insight by providing access to information or data that helps completea transaction or analysis data.

Interactive dashboards that provide:

Information summaries providing a high level overview.



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Information monitoring and drill down capability.

Transaction information that is central to one or more business processes.

Business intelligence content that is complementary to one or more business processes.

NoteThe main page within Oracle Financials Cloud is the Oracle Fusion Home, which is a collection ofdashboards. and opens by default to the Welcome dashboard. The other dashboards appear as tabsacross the top of the page.

Real-time reporting that allows:

Viewing relevant reports and analytics for each individual work area.

Exploring predefined analyses.

Creating and editing of analyses from the Reports and Analytics pane or work area.

Optionally, access to the Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Enterprise Edition through the Reports andAnalytics pane. New objects and changes to existing objects that you make in Oracle BI Enterprise Edition arereflected and available from Oracle Financials Cloud.

Viewing and running financial reports from the Financial Reporting Center which is a single point of entry forgeneral ledger financial reporting functions. The Financial Reporting Center includes:

Tools to create and format financial report including Financial Reporting Studio and Workspace.

Live and interactive financial reports with multiple output options including HTML, PDF, Excel, or Excel inQuery Ready mode using Smart View Enabled formats.

Drill down to underlying journals and subledger transactions with the Account Inspector.

Multiple reporting methods for ad-hoc analysis, efficient monitoring, and tracking of key account balances inreal-time with the Account Monitor.

Working with Your System Integrator: OverviewAfter you determine the applications that you want to implement, complete any steps that you determined are needed foryour implementation plan in Oracle Fusion Global Human Resources first to ensure that dependencies with the Oracle FusionFinancials are met.

If needed, see: Oracle Cloud Getting Started with Oracle HCM Cloud

Your system integrator uses his or her implementation expertise to help you with a smooth transition to the Oracle FinancialsCloud. They also use the Rapid Start procedures to help you achieve a successful implementation in the shortest timepossible.


Chapter 2Getting Started with Oracle Cloud

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2 Getting Started with Oracle Cloud

Purchasing and Activating Oracle Cloud ApplicationServices: HighlightsPurchase and activate Oracle Cloud Application Services from the Oracle Cloud web site, https://cloud.oracle.com.

The whole process involves:

Requesting and activating trial subscriptions.

Purchasing and activating your services.

Verifying that the services are activated, monitoring the services, and performing other administrative tasks.

Purchasing and activating any Oracle Cloud service is described in the Oracle Cloud Getting Started with Oracle Clouddocument. All of the following references in this section point to that document.

NoteNot everything in that document is relevant to Oracle Cloud Application Services, for example details about OracleJava Cloud Service and Oracle Database Cloud Service.

Terminology and User Roles Before you proceed, you should understand terms that are used in documentation about Oracle Cloud.

See: Oracle Cloud Terminology

You should also be familiar with roles for users of the Oracle Cloud web site or of the actual service.

See: Oracle Cloud User Roles and Privileges

Requesting and Activating Trial Subscriptions Oracle Cloud Application Services are available through free trial subscriptions. After you request trial subscriptions,

you activate, monitor, and manage the services for use before purchase.

See: Overview of Getting a Trial Subscription

Purchasing and Activating Services Your buyer or an Oracle sales representative orders a cloud service and specifies information about the account

administrator during the ordering process.

See: Ordering an Oracle Cloud Service

The account administrator receives an e-mail with a link to activate the service. As part of activation, the accountadministrator provides information about the administrator who performs the functions of both the serviceadministrator and the identity domain administrator.

See: Activating Your Order for an Oracle Cloud Service



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Next Steps The administrator who was identified during the activation process:

Verifies that the service is activated.

See: Verifying a Service Is Up and Running

Manages and monitors the service.

See: Using My Account to Activate and Monitor Oracle Cloud Services

See: Using My Services to Monitor and Administer Oracle Cloud Services

Optionally creates initial administrator and implementation users before enterprise structures setup.

See: Define Implementation Users Tasks: Points to Consider

Alternatively, the administrator sets up enterprise structures and then creates service users, includingfunctional implementors.

Functional implementors perform configuration and setup steps.

Developers can add custom features and extend the application.

Implementing Financials Security: OverviewIn Oracle Fusion Applications, roles provide access to functions and data. The roles assigned to a user determine what theuser can see and do. Access is not granted to users directly.

Oracle Financials Clouds predefines common job roles such as Accounts Payable Manager and General AccountingManager. You can use these roles, modify them, or create new job roles as needed. A user can be assigned more than onerole, so don't define a role that includes all the accesses needed for every user.

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The following table is an example of key job responsibilities and roles that are assigned in Oracle Fusion Financials to providethe necessary system capabilities.

Key Duties Roles Assigned

Chief financial officer duties including:

Monitors financial performance.

Provides financial results to outside stake holders

Analyses variances across the enterprise

General Accounting Manager - All Access

Line Manager

Controller duties including:

Provides status of financial condition byinterpreting, and reporting financial data

Achieves budget objectives

Prepares special reports by analyzing andsummarizing information and trends

General Accounting Manager

Tax Manager

Cash Manager

Line Manager

Manages the general accounting functionsincluding:

Journal entry review and approval

Reconciliation

Account balance analysis

Financial reporting

Manages billing and collections

Maintains setup and reference data on an ongoingbasis


Financial Application Administrator

Line Manager

Oversees accounts payable operations and isresponsible for:

Creating payments

Managing override exceptions

Monitoring and analyzing accounts payablebalances

Accounts Payable Manager

Asset Accounting Manager

Cash Manager


Line Manager



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Key Duties Roles Assigned

Submitting tax and withholding reports tomeet regulatory requirements

Ensuring that company payment policies arefollowed

Monitors and manages assets

Manages payroll

Reconciles bank statements

Maintains setup and reference data on an ongoingbasis

Financial reporting

Financial Analyst - Read Only

General accounting

Journal entries

General Accountant

Asset Accountant

Processes inbound invoices

Matches invoices to purchase orders and receipts

Accounts Payable Specialist

Configures the Oracle Fusion Applications system

Configures and performs ongoing maintenance oftheir system security

Integrates existing systems

System Administrator

IT Security Manager


Procurement Application Administrator

Responsible for profit and loss in their respectivebusinesses

Financial Analyst - Read Only: Access further restrictedto their respective business areas using data accesssecurity based on the chart of accounts structure

Performs initial implementation

Application Implementation Manager

Application Implementation Consultant

Creating Users and Assigning Roles

Create and sync your user accounts with their employee records by running the Run User and RolesSynchronization Process task.



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Proceed to assign the appropriate roles to users.

Use role provisioning rules to automatically assign commonly used roles such as Employee and Line Manager.

Manually assign roles that are assigned to a limited number of users.

NoteFor a listing of all predefined job roles in Oracle Fusion Financials and their intended purposes, please refer to theSecurity Reference Manual.

General Ledger Security: ExplainedOracle Fusion General Ledger includes the following predefined roles:


General Accountant

Financial Analyst

For each of these predefined roles, the included duties grant access to application functions and data that correspondsto their responsibilities. For example, the General Accounting Manager role grants comprehensive access to all generalledger functions to both the Chief Financial Officer and the Controller.

General Ledger uses data roles to provide access to specific ledgers. Access is granted for individual ledgers or for a set ofledgers. You decide whether each role provides read-only access or read and write access. For example, grant the ability tocreate journal entries and modify existing journal entries or the ability to only view journals.

General Ledger automatically creates the data roles that provide single ledger access. You then manually set up theconsolidated accesses to other ledgers.

Payables Security: ExplainedIn Oracle Fusion Payables you secure access to invoices and payments by business unit. You can access invoices andpayments for viewing or processing only in the business units to which you have permission. The permission must beexplicitly granted to each user using data roles.

Payables is integrated to the document repository for processing scanned invoices. Edit access to the document repository isgranted to the following predefined roles:

Accounts Payable Manager

Accounts Payable Specialist

Accounts Payable Supervisor

The following predefined roles have view-only access to the document repository:


Cost Accountant

Project Accountant



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Other Financials Security Considerations: ExplainedCommon functionality that is not job specific, such as creating expense reports and purchase requisitions, are granted toabstract roles like Employee, Line Manager, and Purchase Requestor.

Oracle Financials Cloud includes the following roles that are designed for initial implementation and the ongoing managementof setup and reference data:

Application Implementation Manager: Used to manage implementation projects and assign implementationtasks.

Application Implementation Consultant: Used to access all setup tasks.

NoteFor ongoing management of setup and reference data, the Financial Application Administrator, a predefinedadministrator role, provides access to all financial setup tasks.

Segregation of Duties Considerations

Segregation of duties (SOD) separates activities such as approving, recording, processing, and reconciling results so you canmore easily prevent or detect unintentional errors and willful fraud.

Oracle Financials Cloud includes roles that have been defined with a knowledge of a set of SOD policies that are included inthe Oracle Cloud Access Controls Governor product. The job roles are based on those commonly defined in business andthe duty definitions are defined using the Oracle Cloud SOD policies.

For example, the privilege Create Payments is incompatible with the privilege Approve Invoice. The predefined AccountsPayable Manager role has the privileges of Force Approve Invoices and Create Payments.

When you assess and balance the cost of duty segregation against reduction of risk, you may determine that the AccountsPayable Manager role is not allowed to perform force approve invoices and remove this privilege.

Data Security Considerations

Use data security to restrict access to journal entries and balances based on certain values in the chart of accounts,such as specific companies and cost center values, to individual roles.

Control data security to protect your organization as it grows and hires additional staff members, each responsiblefor only a portion of the business activities.

For more information, see:

Oracle Enterprise Repository

Oracle Fusion Applications Financials Security Reference Manual

Oracle Cloud Application Services Security: ExplainedSecurity in Oracle Cloud Application Services is the same as for any other kind of Oracle Fusion Applications deployment.However, the experience of getting started and managing initial users is slightly different.

Aspects of security that are specific to Oracle Cloud Application Services involve the following:

Initial environment and sign in



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Initial user administration

Infrastructure

Aspects of security that are equivalent for any type of deployment involve the following:

Ongoing user administration

Managing roles and security policies

Initial Environment and Sign InOracle provides your account administrator with a link to activate and access the service. Oracle creates one initial user foryou. Sign in as the initial user to create other users, including the service administrator, the identity domain administrator, andusers who must perform implementation tasks.

Initial User AdministrationIf your enterprise requires additional implementation users for security administration before setting up enterprise structures,the service administrator performs the Define Implementation Users tasks.

Defining implementation users can include these tasks:

Creating users

Creating data roles

Provisioning users with roles

The service administrator can also perform delegated administration tasks such as resetting passwords of otheradministrators.

Ongoing User AdministrationAfter you set up basic enterprise structures, create and manage users by using the hiring processes in Human CapitalManagement (HCM) or performing the Manage Users task.

User management includes provisioning users with roles that provide access to functions and data in Oracle CloudApplication Services. You can also set up rules that automate role provisioning according to your criteria. You set up theserules through the Manage HCM Role Provisioning Rules task.

Managing Roles and Security PoliciesThe Oracle Fusion Applications security reference implementation provides predefined roles and policies, as well as data roletemplates that generate data roles for non-HCM users based on your enterprise structures setup.

You can view the security reference implementation using the following resources:

User interfaces where you perform application security tasks

Security reference manuals for each offering

Oracle Enterprise Repository for Oracle Fusion Applications

To extend the security reference implementation with roles and policy modifications needed by your enterprise, use taskssuch as:

Manage Job Roles

Manage Role Templates



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Manage Data Security Policies

Manage Duties

InfrastructureYour Oracle Cloud Application Services integrate with identity management domains. For information about using yourexisting local users in an Oracle Applications Cloud service with Federated Single Sign-on (SSO), see Configuring IdentitySynchronization in Oracle Fusion Cloud Services [ID 1513123.1] and Fusion Applications Technology: Master Note on FusionFederation [Doc ID 1484345.1] on My Oracle Support, https://support.oracle.com.

The following optional security features are currently not available in Oracle Cloud Application Services.

Oracle Database Advanced Security

Oracle Data Masking

Signing in and Accessing Setup Tasks: ProcedureOracle provides one user account and password for signing in to Oracle Applications Cloud services. This is the serviceadministrator account.

Before your enterprise has generated task lists, implementors and application users can access setup tasks by searching forthe task in the Setup and Maintenance Overview page. After task lists have been generated, users can access their assignedtasks or the task lists for the offerings included in their project. For example, the Define Common Applications Configurationtask list for each offering includes the Define Implementation Users tasks.

The following procedure assumes that the administrator has not yet configured an offering and set up task lists.

1. Access your Oracle Cloud Application Services by using the universal resource locator (URL) link provided byOracle.

2. Sign in using the administrator user account and password provided by Oracle based on your activation request.Initial sign-in prompts you to reset your password.

3. Access tasks as follows:

a. Go to Navigator > more... > Tools > Setup and Maintenance.

b. On the Overview page, click the All Tasks tab.

c. Search for the task by entering the name in the Search field.

d. Click Search.

e. In the search results, perform the task by clicking its Go to Task icon.

Define Implementation Users Tasks: Points toConsiderThe Define Implementation Users task list includes tasks for creating users, optionally creating data roles, and provisioningusers with roles before you have set up enterprise structures. After you have set up enterprise structures, do not use theDefine Implementation Users tasks for creating any users that you need a Human Capital Management (HCM) record for.



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ImportantAll Oracle Fusion Applications offerings include HCM Foundation. Performing the Manage Users task to createusers always creates an associated HCM record even if you are not implementing full HCM.

Creating Implementation UsersThe users you create using the Create Implementation Users task are created in Oracle Identity Manager.

Use Create Implementation Users task under the following circumstances:

Before setting up enterprise structures if your enterprise needs additional users such as a dedicated securityadministrator or implementation users for setting up enterprise structures

If you require user accounts that must not have an associated HCM record

The service administrator user that is provided by Oracle for generating task lists and setting up enterprise structures is a usercreated using this task. The service administrator user is provisioned with the following roles:

IT Security Manager

Application Implementation Consultant

Application Diagnostics Administrator

Optionally Creating Data Roles for Implementation UsersThe predefined Application Implementation Consultant role may be too broad for your security needs. As an alternative toprovisioning an implementation user with the Application Implementation Consultant role to access all enterprise structures,you may need implementation users with access restricted to enterprise structures for specific products. Use the CreateData Roles for Implementation Users task to create a data role based on a job role with less broad access, such as the HCMApplication Administrator job role.

For example, you can create a View All data role, such as a View All Financials Application Administrator data role. This datarole is based on the Financials Application Administrator job role and combines the entitlements that have been granted tothat role with unrestricted access to data on the secured objects that the role is authorized to access.

Provisioning Roles to Implementation UsersThe Create Implementation Users task includes provisioning the user you have created with predefined roles.

For example, assign a role to the implementation user that provides the access necessary for setting up the enterprise.Depending on need, provision the implementation user with the predefined Applications Implementation Consultant role.

CautionThe Application Implementation Consultant has broad access. It is a very useful role for experimentation or settingup a pilot environment, but may not be suitable for implementation users in a full implementation project or forapplication users.

After basic enterprise structures have been set up you can provision additional users with product family-specificadministrator data roles, such as a data role based on the predefined Financials Applications Administrator.

If you create additional roles, such as optionally creating data roles before enterprise structures setup, provision those roles toexisting implementation users by performing the Provision Roles to Implementation Users task.



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Preparing the IT Security Manager Role: ProcedureTo perform the Define Implementation Users tasks, the IT Security Manager job role must be given user and role managementaccess by adding the job role as a member of the Identity User Administrators role and Role Administrators role in OracleIdentity Manager.

ImportantThe IT Security Manager role comes predefined in Oracle Applications Cloud. This procedure is necessary only foron premise implementations.

WarningThis expansion of the IT Security Manager job role can pose a security risk. If you are averse to this type of risk,you can skip defining implementation users before enterprise structure setup. Instead, use the administrator userto set up enterprise structures and then create service users as Human Capital Management (HCM) records.

1. While signed into Oracle Identity Manager as the administrator user, click the Administration link in the upper rightof the Oracle Identity Manager.

This accesses the Welcome to Identity Manager Delegated Administration menu.

2. In the Roles list of tasks, click Advanced Search - Roles.

3. Search for the Identity Users Administrators role by entering the role name in Display Name and clicking Search.

4. In the Search Results, click the role's Display Name.

5. On the Hierarchy tab, select Inherits From and click Add.

6. In the Add Parent Role to: IDENTITY USER ADMINISTRATORS window, select the role category: Common - JobRoles.

7. Click the arrow icon to show the list of available roles. Select IT Security Manager and move it to the Roles to Addlist.

8. Click Save.

9. Search for the Role Administrators role, and repeat steps 3 to 8 to add that role to the IT Security Manager role'srole inheritance.

10. Assign the IT Security Manager role to the Xellerate Users organization.

a. In the Welcome to Identity Manager Delegated Administration menu (see step 1, above), in the Organizationslist of tasks, click Advanced Search - Organizations.

b. Search for the Xellerate Users organization by entering Xellerate Users in Display Name and clicking Search.

c. In the Search Results, click the organization's Display Name.

d. On the Xellerate Users page, click the Administrative Roles link in the row of links above the XellerateUsers.

e. In the Organization Detail > Administrative Roles subwindow, click Assign.



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f. In Filter By Role Name of the Details window, enter:

*IT_SECURITY_MANAGER*

g. Click Find.

h. Enable Read, Write, Delete, and Assign.

i. Click Assign.

j. Click Confirm.

NoteThis changed definition of the IT Security Manager job role is available in the identity store, but not available inHuman Capital Management (HCM) unless the administrator performs the Run User and Roles SynchronizationProcess task.

Creating Implementation Users: ProcedurePerform the Create Implementation Users task to create user accounts in Oracle Identity Manager if your enterprise requiresuser accounts that are not associated with records in Human Capital Management (HCM). These users principally set upenterprise structures and administer security.

Aspects of defining implementation users in Oracle Identity Manager involve:

Initial Sign In and Accessing Tasks

Creating implementation users

Provisioning roles to implementation users

Defining Implementation Users after Enterprise Structures Setup

NoteThe following tasks assume that the administrator has not yet configured an offering or set up task lists.

Creating Implementation UsersThis procedure creates additional users for security administration and setting up enterprise structures. If the singleadministrator provided by Oracle is sufficient for configuring offerings, generating task lists, and setting up enterprisestructures, you can skip this task.

1. Sign in as the administrator user.

WarningThe administrator user provided by Oracle is provisioned with the IT Security Manager job role. Be surethis user has signed into Oracle Identity Manager and prepared the IT Security Manager job role toinclude the necessary user and role management entitlement.



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2. Access the Create Implementation Users task.

3. In Oracle Identity Manager click Create User.

4. Provide the following attributes. The example values show creating a dedicated IT security manager.

Attribute Value Example

Last name

Smith

Organization

Xellerate Users

N/A

User Type

Non Worker

N/A

User login

MY_ SECURITY_ ADMIN

Password

SeKur1TyPa$$w0Rd

a. In the Organization field, enter Xellerate Users. Or click the Search icon, then in the Organization Search subwindow, click the Search arrow without entering anything in the Search field, select the Xellerate Usersorganization in the search results, and click Add.

b. Set the User Type. For example, Non Worker.

c. Enter the desired user login and password.

For details, see the Creating Users section in the Oracle Fusion Middleware User's Guide for Oracle IdentityManager.

5. Click Save.

Provisioning Roles to Implementation UsersCreating an implementation user includes provisioning the user with roles. Review the available predefined roles by eitherviewing them in the user interfaces where security tasks are performed or in the security reference implementation manual foreach Oracle Fusion Applications offering.

1. On the Roles tab in the user creation page, click Assign.

2. In the Add Role window, search for a role by entering the initial letters of the role name in the Display Name BeginsWith field. For example, enter IT for the IT Security Manager job role or App for the Application ImplementationConsultant job role.

ImportantIf you are provisioning the IT Security Manager job role for defining implementation users beforeenterprise structures setup, be sure the IT Security Manager job role has been prepared for user and rolemanagement in Oracle Identity Manager.



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3. Click Search.

4. Select the desired role from the search results. For example, IT Security Manager or Application ImplementationConsultant.

5. Click Add.

6. Repeat steps 2-5 to add other roles.

7. Click Assign.

8. Close the User page.

If you are creating an application implementation consultant user for setting up enterprise structures and need to limit theiraccess to data, create data roles using the Create Data Roles for Implementation Users task and then provision those roles tothe user you have created by performing the Provision Roles to Implementation Users task.

Defining Users after Enterprise Structures SetupDo not use the Create Implementation Users task after your enterprise has been set up unless you need users specificallydefined in Oracle Identity Manager only and without an associated HCM record.

Once you have basic enterprise structures set up, such as a legal entity and business unit, you can create implementationusers by the following means:

Manage Users task

Hiring processes if you are implementing Human Capital Management (HCM)

For more information about the Manage Users task, see the Define Security chapter in the Oracle Fusion ApplicationsCommon Implementation Guide

Creating Data Roles for Implementation Users:ProcedureImplementation users who are created using the Create Implementation Users task for setting up product-specific enterprisestructures may need to be provisioned with roles with restricted data access. See the Oracle Fusion Applications SecurityReference Manuals for information about the available predefined Oracle Fusion Applications roles.

Aspects of performing the Create Data Roles for Implementation Users task involve:

Creating View All data roles

Creating reference data sharing data roles

Provision the data roles to implementation users

NoteThe following tasks assume that the administrator has not yet configured an offering or set up task lists. If basicenterprise structures have been set up, provision automatically generated data roles to users.



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Creating a View All Data RoleYou create a View All data role, such as a View All Financials Application Administrator data role, so that when you provisionthis role to an implementation user using the Provision Roles to Implementation Users, the user's access is restricted tofinancials data on the secured objects that the role is authorized to access.

1. Sign into Oracle Fusion Applications.

2. Access the Create Data Roles for Implementation Users from the Setup and Maintenance Overview page.

3. In the Manage HCM Data Roles page, click the Create Data Role icon. For details about Manage HCM Data Rolestasks, see the Oracle Fusion Applications Workforce Deployment Implementation Guide.

4. Create a View All data role, such as a "HCM Application Administrator View All" data role with the Human CapitalManagement Application Administrator as the base job role. In Security Criteria, make the following selections:

a. Grant access to all data for all the security profiles by selecting View All for each field.

b. Grant access for Person and Public Person by selecting View All People.

c. Click Review.

d. Verify the data is correct.

e. Click Submit.

5. Provision the implementation user who sets up HCM with this View All data role, such as the HCM ApplicationAdministrator View All data role, by performing the Provision Roles to Implementation Users task.

ImportantOnce an implementation user with a View All data role has completed HCM setup, it may be prudent to revokethe role by performing the Revoke Data Role from Implementation Users task. Provision the View All data role onlywhen HCM setup changes are necessary.

Creating a Reference Data Sharing Data RoleCreate a reference data sharing (Set ID) data role to secure data reference sets in HCM.

1. Access the Manage Role Templates task.

2. In the Authorization Policy Manager, click Role Templates.

3. Search for role template names starting with the data stripe.

For example, search Hcm (case sensitive) to select the templates you need to generate data roles, such as theHcmCmpSetId template for generating a data role that gives access to compensation data.

4. In each template:

a. Open the template.

b. Click Generate Roles.

c. Open the Policies tab.



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d. Below the Data Security Policies, open the Actions tab.

e. Deselect the Manage Assignment Grade option.

f. Click Apply.

g. Open the Summary tab.

h. Under Generated Roles, expand the Valid Roles section.

The list of roles includes sets of COMMON and ENTERPRISE data roles for each job and includes any dataroles for sets that are created by the Manage Reference Data Sets task.

i. Highlight each reference data set data role template and click Refresh Role.

j. Re-enable the Manage Assignment Grade option using steps 4 c - 4 e, above.

k. Under Generated Roles, expand the Valid Roles section, highlight each reference data set data role template,and click Refresh Role to refresh the data security policies.

5. For the reference data set data role templates, verify that data security policies exist and are properly created foreach valid data reference set.

6. In Authorization Policy Manager, on the Home tab, in the Global section, search for external roles containingCOMMON.

a. Select an HCM-related row in the search results.

b. Select Open Role.

c. View the details of the corresponding COMMON reference data set external role.

d. Select Find Global Policies.

e. Validate that row(s) exist in the Data Security Policies table for the respective COMMON set. If not, refreshroles again using the above steps.

7. Repeat steps 6 a - 6 e above, for ENTERPRISE and any External Role sets you have created.

Provision Implementation Users with Data RolesProvision the implementation user who sets up HCM with reference data set data roles by performing the Provision Roles toImplementation Users task. The steps for this task are the same as provisioning roles as part of the Create ImplementationUsers task.

NoteIf the scheduled Run User and Roles Synchronization Process has not run, the data roles you created may not beavailable for selection on the Roles tab of the User Creation page in Oracle Identity Manager.

The user provisioned with the data roles you created can now proceed with enterprise structures setup.

1. Access the Provision Roles to Implementation Users task from the Setup and Maintenance Overview page.

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3. On the Users page, search for the user login of the user to whom you want to provision the View All and Set ID dataroles.

4. Select the user by opening the Display Name link.

5. Open the Roles tab.

6. Click Assign and select all applicable rows containing the data roles you want to provision the user with. If thescheduled Run User and Roles Synchronization Process has not run, the data roles may not be available forselection.

7. Click Assign again.

8. The user provisioned with the predefined roles or the data roles you created can now proceed with enterprisestructures setup.

Related Topics

Creating an HCM Data Role: Worked Example

Synchronization of User and Role Information with Oracle Identity Management: How It's Processed
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Manage Application Implementation: OverviewThe Manage Applications Implementation business process enables rapid and efficient planning, configuration,implementation, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of Oracle Fusion applications through self-service administration.The Setup and Maintenance work area offers you the following benefits:

Prepackaged Lists of Implementation Tasks

Task lists can be easily configured and extended to better fit with business requirements. Auto-generated, sequentialtask lists include prerequisites and address dependencies to give full visibility to end-to-end setup requirements ofOracle Fusion applications.

Rapid Start

Specific implementations can become templates to facilitate reuse and rapid-start for comparable Oracle Fusionapplications across many instances.

Comprehensive Reporting

A set of built-in reports helps to analyze, validate and audit configurations, implementations, and setup data ofOracle Fusion applications.

With Oracle Fusion Functional Setup Manager you can:

Learn about and analyze implementation requirements.

Configure Oracle Fusion applications to match your business needs.

Achieve complete visibility to setup requirements through guided, sequential task lists downloadable into Excel forproject planning.

Enter setup data through easy-to-use user interfaces available directly from the task lists.

Export and import data from one instance to another for rapid setup.

Validate setup by reviewing setup data reports.

Implement all Oracle Fusion applications through a standard and consistent process.

The following documentation resources are available for learning how to configure Oracle Fusion Applications.

Functional Setup Manager Developer's Guide

Common Implementation Guide

Customer Data Management Implementation Guide

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Sales Implementation Guide

Fusion Accounting Hub Implementation Guide

Financials Implementation Guide

Compensation Management Implementation Guide

Workforce Deployment Implementation Guide

Workforce Development Implementation Guide

Incentive Compensation Implementation Guide

Procurement Implementation Guide

Project Execution Management Implementation Guide

Project Financial Management Implementation Guide

Getting Started with an Implementation: OverviewTo start an Oracle Fusion Applications implementation, you must set up one or more initial users using the super userthat was created during installation and provisioning of the Oracle Fusion Applications environment, or using the initialadministrator user provided by Oracle for Oracle Cloud implementations. Because Oracle Fusion Applications is secure asdelivered, the process of enabling the necessary setup access for initial users requires the following steps when gettingstarted with an implementation:

1. If you are not starting an Oracle Cloud implementation, sign into Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) as the OIMAdministration users and provision the IT Security Manager job role with roles for user and role management.This enables the super user account, which is provisioned with the IT Security Manager job role, to createimplementation users.

2. For starting all implementations, sign in as the user with initial access: either the Oracle Fusion Applicationsinstallation super user or the initial Oracle Cloud administrator user.

3. Select an offering to implement, and generate the setup tasks needed to implement the offering.

4. Perform the following security tasks:

a. Synchronize users and roles in the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) store with HCM usermanagement by using the Run User and Roles Synchronization Process task.

b. Create an IT security manager user by using the Create Implementation Users task.

c. Provision the IT security manager with the IT Security Manager role by using the Provision Roles toImplementation Users task.

5. As the newly created IT security manager user, sign in to Oracle Fusion Applications and set up at least oneimplementation user for setting up enterprise structures.

a. Create an implementation user by using the Create Implementation Users task.

b. Provision the implementation user with the Application Implementation Manager job role or the ApplicationImplementation Consultant job role by using the Provision Roles to Implementation Users task. The



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Application Implementation Consultant job role inherits from all product-specific application administratorsand entitles the necessary View All access to all secured objects.

c. Optionally, create a data role for an implementation user who needs only the limited access of a product-specific Application Administrator by using the Create Data Role for Implementation Users. Then assign theresulting data role to the implementation user by using the Provision Roles to Implementation Users task.

The figure shows the task flow from provisioning the IT Security Manager job role with the user and role managemententitlement to creating and provisioning implementation users for enterprise setup.

Related Topics Initial Security Administration: Critical Choices

User and Role Synchronization: Explained
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Enterprise Structures: Overview

Define Financials Configuration for RapidImplementation: OverviewUse the Define Financials Configuration for Rapid Implementation task list to streamline your setup configuration to focus onlyon the critical setup steps. The rapid implementation task list minimizes the time needed for you to complete your key setupsand enable the day-to-day use of Oracle Fusion Financials.

The rapid implementation task list includes tasks that are:

Critical setup tasks for initial setup.

Setup steps that are required by most users.

To create an implementation project that includes the Define Financials Configuration for Rapid Implementation task list, usethe Manage Implementation Projects page in the Setup and Maintenance work area. The application implementation managercan customize the task list and assign and track each task.

NoteYou are not restricted to only the setup configuration in the rapid implementation task list. You can manually addthe standard Financials offering task lists and tasks to your rapid implementation project to change and updateyour setup.

Task ListsThe Define Financials Configuration for Rapid Implementation task list contains the following task lists. These task listsincorporate setup tasks related to specific functional areas within your Oracle Fusion Financials implementation.

Task List Description

Define Common Financials Configuration for RapidImplementation

Define the common configuration for Oracle FusionFinancials rapid implementation, which includesenterprise structures and banks setup.

Define Transaction Taxes for Rapid Implementation

Configure tax setup according to local and internationaltax requirements.

Define Ledger Configuration for Rapid Implementation

Define the configuration for Oracle Fusion GeneralLedger rapid implementation that includes generalledger and intercompany.

Define Financial Reporting Center Configuration forRapid Implementation

Define the configuration for Financial Reporting Centerrapid implementation that includes setup for financialreporting and integration with planning and financialmanagement applications.
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Task List Description

Define Invoicing and Payments Configuration for RapidImplementation

Define invoicing and payments configuration for OracleFusion Payables rapid implementation.

Define Expenses Configuration for Rapid Implementation

Define corporate expense policies and rules, expensetypes, and expense report approval rules for OracleFusion Expenses rapid implementation.

Define Fixed Assets Configuration for RapidImplementation

Define the configuration for Oracle Fusion Assets rapidimplementation.

Define Receivables Configuration for RapidImplementation

Define the configuration for Oracle Fusion Receivablesrapid implementation.

Define Financials Security Configuration for RapidImplementation

Define the configuration for user and data roles setup forOracle Fusion Financials rapid implementation.

NoteThe Open First Period task is a required task and is also part of the Define Financials Configuration for RapidImplementation task list.

Configuring Rapid Implementation Tasks ListsBased on the applications you are implementing, you can streamline your task lists even more. For example, when you areonly implementing:

Oracle Fusion Payables, Expenses, and Assets: Delete the Define Receivables Configuration for RapidImplementation task lists from your implementation project:

Oracle Fusion Receivables: Delete the following task lists from your implementation project:

Define Invoicing and Payments Configuration for Rapid Implementation

Define Expenses Configuration for Rapid Implementation

Define Fixed Assets Configuration for Rapid Implementation

Creating an Oracle Fusion Financials RapidImplementation Project: Worked ExampleThis example shows how to create an implementation project for the Oracle Fusion Financials rapid implementation task list.

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Decision to Consider In This Example

What Oracle Fusion applications are included in thisimplementation?

The Oracle Fusion applications being implemented are:

General Ledger

Financial Reporting Center

Payables

Receivables

Expenses

Assets

Cash Management

Tax

Are the setup requirements unique to this organization?

No

Can the rapid implementation task lists and tasks beused for this implementation?

Yes

Creating the Implementation Project1. Navigator > Setup and Maintenance > Manage Implementation Projects link.2. Click Create in the Search Results table.3. On the Create Implementation Project: Enter Basic Information page, enter Implementation Project-

FIN_Rapid_Implementation in the Name field.4. Click in the Description field to automatically update the name in the description.5. Click the Save and Open Project button.6. On the Implementation Project: Implementation Project-FIN_Rapid_Implementation page, click Add in the Task

Lists and Tasks table.7. On the Select and Add: Task Lists and Task dialog box, enter %Rapid Implementation% in the Name field.

Use wildcard characters if you do not know the exact name of the task list or task.8. Search .9. Select the Define Financials Configuration for Rapid Implementation row.

10. Done.11. On the Implementation Project: Implementation Project-FIN_Rapid_Implementation page, expand the task list to see

the task lists and tasks associated with your implementation project.12. Done.

Set Up GeographiesSetting up your geography structure correctly is critical to the proper running of Oracle Fusion applications. The geographystructure and data is shared across all applications. The geography structure is used both for third-party site and address



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information, and to group geographical regions into territories that share the same requirement, such as a tax zone. You needat least one level under the country level, such as STATE or CITY, to trigger the processes that assign geography records tousers.

Create and manage geographies used for real-time address validation and tax calculation.

In the following steps, you define the country structure for the United States and adding the state of California and the countyof Alameda to the country hierarchy.

Geography StructureIn the Manage Geographies page, search for United States and click the Structure Defined button to define the countrystructure for the United States.

The Manage Geography Structure page allows you to define the geography structure of a country. You can either copy anexisting country structure or create a new country structure. Alternatively, you can use the Manage File Import Activitiestask to import geography structure using a csv or xml file.

1. Click the Create button to create a new country structure.2. Click the State list item in the Add Geography Type list.3. Click Add to include the State geography type as the first level in the geography structure.4. You can add subsequent levels such as County and City to the geography structure, by selecting the appropriate

geography type and clicking the Add button.5. Click the Add Geography Type list.6. Click the County list item.7. Click the Add button.8. You can also create additional geography types, if they are not available in the list.9. Click the Create and Add Geography Type button.

10. Enter the new geography type name into the Geography Type field. Enter a valid value, such as City.11. Click the Save and Close button.12. Click the Add Geography Type list.13. Click the Postal Code list item.14. Click the Add button.



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15. Click the Save and Close button.

Geography HierarchyIn the Manage Geographies page, click the Hierarchy Defined button to define the geography hierarchy data.

The Manage Geography Hierarchy page allows you to define a geography hierarchy. You can add geographies for eachgeography type to create a hierarchy for the country.

1. Create the state of California under United States. Click the United States object.2. In the Geography Hierarchy region, click the Create button.3. Enter the information into the Name field. Enter California.4. Click the Save and Close button.5. Create the Alameda county under the California state. Click the California object.6. In the Geography Hierarchy region, click the Create button.7. Enter the information into the Name field. Enter Alameda.

8. Click the Save and Close button.9. You can add subsequent levels such as City and Postal Code to the geography hierarchy, by selecting the

appropriate geography and clicking the Create button in the Manage Geography Hierarchy page.10. Click the Save and Close button.

Geography ValidationIn the Manage Geographies page, click the Validation Defined button to define the geography mapping, validation for acountry's address styles, and the overall geography validation control for a country.

The Manage Geography Validation page allows you to specify the geography validations of a country.

The No Styles Format is the default address style format for a country, which can be used to define mapping and validationfor any address in the country.



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You can create address style formats in the Manage Address Formats page. Address formats specify the layout of anaddress, including the address components and their position in the layout.

1. Click the No Styles Format object.2. You can map geography types to address attributes for each address style format to be used for tax or geography

validation.3. Click the State list item.4. Click the Enable List of Values option to specify whether the geography type will appear as a list of values during

address entry in user interfaces.5. Click the Tax Validation option to specify whether the geography type will be included in tax validation. A

transaction that involves an address with the included geography type must have correct geography information tobe considered valid for tax calculation.

6. Click the Geography Validation option to specify whether the geography type will be included in geographyvalidation.

7. The Geography Validation Control determines if an address that did not pass geography validation duringaddress entry can be saved or not. If the validation control is set to Error, then an address that has failed validationcannot be saved. If the validation control is set to No Validation, all addresses are saved including incomplete andinvalid addresses.

8. Click the Error list item.

9. Click the Save and Close button.

Address CleansingIn the Manage Geographies page, click the Address Cleansing Defined button to validate, correct, and standardizeaddresses that you enter in a user interface.

While geography validation validates the geography attributes of an address, address cleansing validates both geographyattributes and the address line attributes.

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2. Click the Optional list item.

3. Click in the Save and Close field.

Implementing Enterprise Structures: ProcedureThe Enterprise Structures task list provides a framework for developing and managing your chart of accounts, ledgers, legalentities, and business units to meet your accounting and reporting requirements.



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Setting Up Enterprise StructuresThe tasks in the following list relate to the setup of enterprise structures. These are the basic steps for setup. These tasksappear in the setup task list in the Setup and Maintenance work area; however, in your task list the tasks may be interspersedwith other tasks that do not need to be performed before you can use Oracle Fusion Financials.

NoteAfter performing all the enterprise structures tasks, run diagnostic tests for the enterprise structures setup data.See; Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledger guide: Define Chart ofAccounts for Enterprise Structures: Running Diagnostic Tests for Enterprise Structures Setup Data: Explained.

Each task is performed by the Application Implementation Consultant.

1. Manage geographies.

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See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Common Features guide: Define Enterprise Structures chapter:Define Geographies section: Importing Geographies: Explained Importing Country Structures Using File-Based Import: Explained Importing Geographies Using File-Based Import: Explained Importing Geographies Using File-Based Data Import: Worked Example Managing Geography Structures, Hierarchies, and Validation: Worked Example

2. Create chart of accounts, ledger, legal entities, and business units in a spreadsheet.

Perform the task Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheetto create a spreadsheet for entering the primary ledger and all the accompanying enterprise structures. Thespreadsheet entry includes the chart of accounts with segment values and account hierarchies, associatedbusiness units, associated legal entities, and rules for generating sequential IDs for transactions recorded in thesystem, as well as select setup objects along with their accounting specifications for the various modules ofOracle Fusion Financials.

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledger guide: Define Chart ofAccounts for Enterprise Structures: Manage Chart of Accounts section: Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets: Explained Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets: How They Are

Processed3. Upload the chart of accounts file.

Perform the task Upload Chart of Accounts to load the chart of accounts structure, including segments andvalue sets from spreadsheet.

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledger guide: Define Chart ofAccounts for Enterprise Structures: Manage Chart of Accounts section: Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger,Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets: How They Are Processed

4. Deploy chart of accounts structure.

Perform the task Deploy Chart of Accounts to run the deployment process for the chart of accounts so thatit can be used in ledger and account setup.

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledger guide: Define Chart ofAccounts for Enterprise Structures: Manage Chart of Accounts section: Define Chart of Accounts for EnterpriseStructures: Manage Chart of Accounts section: Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger, Legal Entities, and BusinessUnits in Spreadsheets: How They Are Processed.

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Common Features guide: Define Enterprise Structures chapter:Define Legal Entities: Manage Legal Entity section: Legal Entities: Explained Legal Entity in Oracle Fusion: Points to Consider

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Common Features guide: Define Enterprise Structures chapter:Define Business Units: Manage Business Units section: Business Units: Explained.



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5. Upload the ledger, legal entities, and business units.

Perform the task Upload Ledger, Legal Entities, and Business Units to load the key enterprise structures,including the ledger, legal entities, and business units, that depend on the chart of accounts.

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledger guide: Define Chart ofAccounts for Enterprise Structures: Manage Chart of Accounts section: Create Chart of Accounts, Ledger,Legal Entities, and Business Units in Spreadsheets: How They Are Processed.

Implementing General Ledger: ProcedureThe Define Ledger Configuration for Rapid Implementation and Define Financial Reporting Configuration forRapid Implementation task lists provide a framework for developing and managing general ledger features including:

Ledger Sets

Data Access Sets

Intercompany Balancing Rules

Journal Approval Rules

Journal AutoPost Criteria Sets

Journal Reversal Criteria Sets

Accounting and Reporting Sequences

Revaluations

Historical Rates

Financial Reporting Center

Financial Reporting Studio

Smart View

Budgets

Setting Up General LedgerThe tasks in the following lists relate to the setup of general ledger. These are the basic steps for setup. These tasks appearin the setup task list that was generated in the Setup and Maintenance work area. Your task lists contain tasks that may beinterspersed with other tasks that are not required to implement the Oracle Fusion Financials.

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Define Ledgers Configuration for Rapid ImplementationAll documentation references are from the Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledgerguide unless otherwise stated in the reference.

1. Manage ledger sets.

Perform the task Manage Ledger Sets to enable review and update existing collections of ledgers intendedfor batch processing or financial reports, and create new collections.

See: Define Ledgers chapter:

Ledgers and Subledgers: Explained

Ledgers: Points to Consider

Financial Ledgers: How They Fit Together

Creating Primary Ledgers: Example

Specifying Ledger Options: Worked Example

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2. Manage data access sets.

Perform the task Manage Data Access Sets to review and update existing groups of ledgers intended fordata security and create new groups.

See: Define Ledgers chapter: Data Access Set Security: Examples

Data Access Set Security: Overview

3. Manage intercompany balancing rules.

Perform the task Manage Intercompany Balancing Rules to define rules to assign intercompany receivablesand intercompany payables accounts for transactions unbalanced by legal entity or management entity.

See: Define and Maintain Intercompany Processing Rules chapter Manage Intercompany System Options

Manage Intercompany Organizations

Define Invoicing Options

Manage Intercompany Balancing Rules

Manage Ledger Balancing Options

4. Manage journal approval rules.

Perform the task Manage Journal Approval Rules to run review and update rules to route journal entriesthrough the approval process.

See: Define Ledgers chapter: Manage Journal Approval Rules

See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Common Features guide: Define Approval Management chapter:Approval Management: Highlights

5. Manage AutoPost criteria sets.

Perform the task Manage AutoPost Criteria Sets to review and update existing automatic journal postingsettings and define new settings.

See: Define Ledgers chapter: Manage AutoPost Criteria Sets

6. Manage journal reversal criteria sets.

Perform the task Manage Journal Reversal Criteria Sets to review and update existing automatic journalreversal settings and define new settings.

See: Define Ledgers chapter: Manage Journal Reversal Criteria Sets

7. Manage accounting and reporting sequences.

Perform the task Manage Accounting and Reporting Sequences to review and update existing journalposting and period close sequencing definitions and create new definitions.



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See: Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Common Features guide: Maintain Common Reference Objectschapter: Define Document Sequences

See: Define Ledgers chapter: Manage Accounting and Reporting Sequences section: Accounting and Reporting Sequences: Overview Defining Journal Sequences Manually: Explained What happens if I enable sequencing in the rapid implementation spreadsheet

8. Manage allocations and periodic entries.

Perform the task Manage Allocations and Periodic Entries to review, update, and create allocation andperiodic definitions and journal entries. Generate journal entries from the allocation and periodic definitions.

See: Define Period Close chapter: Manage Allocations and Periodic Entries section Allocation and Periodic Entries: Overview Calculation Manager: Overview Oracle Essbase Balances Cubes: Overview Allocation Security: Explained

See: Define Period Close chapter: Manage Recurring Journals section Recurring Journals: Overview Recurring Journal Types: Explained Creating Recurring Journals: Example Generating Allocations and Periodic Entries Manually: Worked Example

9. Manage revaluation definitions.

Perform the task Manage Revaluations to review and update existing calculations of unrealized gains andlosses on foreign currency transactions, and define new calculations.

See: Define Period Close chapter: Manage Revaluations Rules section Revaluation Process: Explained Accounting for Unrealized Gain or Loss on Revaluation: Explained Income Statement Accounts Revaluation Rule: Explained Revaluing Across Multiple Balancing Segments: Worked Example Defining Revaluations

10. Manage historical rates

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See: Define Currencies and Currency Rates chapter: Manage Daily Rates section

Entering Daily Rates Manually: Worked Example

Updating Currency Rates: Worked Example

11. Open the first period.

Perform the task Open First Period to open the first accounting period so you can begin recordingtransactions.

See: Define Period Close chapter:

Opening First Period: Overview

Close Monitor: Overview

Define Financial Reporting Center Configuration for RapidImplementationAll documentation references are from the Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Enterprise Structures and General Ledger:Define Financial Reporting Ledgers chapter.

1. Define Financial Reporting Center configuration:

Perform the task Define Financial Reporting Center Configuration to define and manage technicalconfiguration options for the Oracle Fusion Financial Reporting Center.

See:

Financial Reporting Center: How It Works

Setting Up Your Financial Reporting Center: Critical Choices

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Mobile Financial Reporting Implementation: Points to Consider

2. Define Essbase database connections:

Perform the task Define Essbase Database Connections in Workspace to define database connections toconnect to Essbase in Workspace.

See: Setting Up Your Financial Reporting Center: Critical Choices3. Configure Financial Reporting Studio client:

Perform the task Configure Financial Reporting Studio Client for Users to install Financial ReportingStudio client on users' computers to create financial reports.

See: Setting Up Your Financial Reporting Center: Critical Choices4. Configure Smart View Client:

Perform the task Configure Smart View Client for Users to install Smart View client on users' computers toperform balance inquiry.

See: Setting Up Your Financial Reporting Center: Critical Choices5. Define budget scenarios.

Perform the task Define Budget Scenarios to define scenarios to track budgets for different periods orforecasts.

See: Define Budget Configuration chapter: Budget Uploads: Overview

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Loading Data to the Budget Interface Table: Explained

Importing Budget Data from a Spreadsheet: Explained

Budget Correction with Oracle ADF Desktop Integrator: Explained

Implementing Cash Management: ProcedureThe Oracle Fusion Cash Management product provides a framework for developing and managing your banks, bankbranches, and bank accounts.Setting Up Cash Management

The tasks in the following list relate to the setup and uploading of banks, bank branches, and bank accounts. These are thebasic tasks that appear in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

For setting up cash management, each task is performed by the Application Implementation Consultant. All documentationreferences are from the Oracle Financials Cloud Implementing Payables Invoice to Pay: Define Cash Management andBanking Configuration chapter 10.

1. Create banks, branches, and accounts in a spreadsheet.

Perform the task Create Banks, Branches, and Accounts in Spreadsheet to create your bank, branch,and account information and loaded it into the Oracle Fusion Cash Management.

2. Upload banks, branches, and accounts.

Perform the task Upload Banks, Branches, and Accounts to import your bank, branch, and accountinformation into the Oracle Fusion Cash Management.

See: Cash Management Rapid Implementation: Overview

Implementing Tax: ProcedureOracle Fusion Tax provides a single-point solution for managing your transaction and withholding tax requirements.

Oracle Fusion Tax:

Uniformly delivers tax services to all Oracle Fusion application business flows through one application interface.

Provides features for upload

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