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An introduction to the

OracleE-Business Suite

R 12.1.3


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Who am I ?

Karan Kukreja

Working with leading e-tailer organization.

Oracle Certified Associate (11g)

4.5 Years of exp. as Core and Apps DBA

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Agenda

Why ERP Various vendors What is E-business Suite and the tier system Look and feel of an EBS System Architecture and installation options Starting and stopping of services Roles of various people involved Future Scope License cost and various certifications Revision and overview of the next session Question

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Why organizations implementERP

ERP Enterprise Resource Planning

Enhance productivity , flexibility and

customer responsiveness Eliminate cost and inefficiencies

Data consistency

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A practical Example

Before ERP implementation : Employee applies on job portal ( Naukri.com etc.) HR shortlist candidates and conducts interview. Candidate selected -- offer letter created on word

and printed , manual entry made in employeedatabase . Employee takes a leave -- entry is made into the

system manually , has to take a approval on emailfrom manager.

When employee resigns -- FnF done on mail andsignatures are taken on paper and submitted.

Database updated manually and marked and enddate.

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After ERP implementation: Employee applies on ERP online portalSelected employee -- offer letter created

through ERP , entry automatically done in thedatabase.

User applies leaves GUI ,automatically getupdated in database and go for approval.

Employee resigns -- FnF mail goes to all using

workflow concept , just a click clears all his nodues. Employee gets automated mail for no dues and

database gets updated automatically.

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Various Vendors for ERP

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What is Oracle E-businessSuite Exactly ?

ERP software

Oracle E-Business Suite is the mostcomprehensive suite of integrated,global business applications.

Consists of various modules like CRM ,Finance , SCM , HRMS , PAYROLL etc.

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Tier System and compatibility

Recommended Browsers for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (Doc ID389422.1)

Supported OS

RHEL , OEL

AIX

Windows

etc.

Supported Browser

Windows IE 7,8,9 ,10

FF 3.5,3.6

FF ESR 10,17,24

MAC OS Safari 4.0,5.0,6.0

DB node

Single Node

RAC

Dataguard

Partitioning

Supported OS

RHEL , OEL

AIX

Windows

etc.

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Few Glimpses

The main login page : Web services

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Web services

Works on Apache. Main page where user can viewresponsibilities assigned to him and his/her workflownotifications.

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Form Services

Using form user submits the concurrentrequests , for eg: Generation of employeeoffer letters.

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Concurrent Services

A concurrent request is fired which does theprocessing. A status of running normal indicates thatyour request is being addressed.

These requests can be scheduled to run periodicallywithout the users intervention.

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Architecture

APPL_TOP : Contain product directories for all products being installed

COMMON_TOP : Directories contain Files common to all the products like HTML Pagesetc.

10.1.2 Home : Contains configuration file of Forms, report builder

10.1.3 Home : Contains configuration file of Apache, JVM , and logs for Apache and JVM.

INST_TOP : Contains all the instance related configuration files. Request log and outputfiles. Startup-shutdown scripts etc. 14


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Installation Options

Setup has 2 parts Apps and DB

Same server ( node) or multi node.

App same node or multi node

DB - single node or RAC.

For practice installation can be done on 8Gb RAM , 4 core , 100 Gb HDD system.

Can be very well integrated with SOA ,SSO , Load Balancer etc.

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Start and stop the servicesTo Start :

1.) Start the database :

cd ORACLE_HOME / appsutil/scripts /SID_hostname

addbctl.sh start PRODaddlnctl.sh start PROD

2. )Start the application:cd $INST_TOP/admin/scripts

./adstrtall.sh apps/appspwd

To Stop :

1.)Stop the application :

./adstpall.sh apps/appspwd

2. Stop the database :

addbctl.sh stop PRODaddlnctl.sh start PROD

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Who all run this show ?

Functional People , like HRMS consultant.

Technical people to covert the data from thefunctional people into relevant programs.

A DBA to keep the system up and running.

End users (eg. HR) to work on the front end.

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Role of the Apps DBA

Keeping the instance and application up 24X7

Doing all the tasks that a Core DBA does.

Creating clone of the database.

Applying application patches

Catering to day to day user issues pertaining toweb , form and concurrent services.

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Difference between Apps andCore DBA

Core DBA Apps DBA

Responsible only for the Database Responsible for both Application and

Database

Generally use the expdp/impdp for

doing schema refresh

No Schema refresh. Perform full DB

clone after dropping the dev databaseand then clone the application.

Apply Opatches whenever needed on

Oracle binaries and rollback as and

when needed.

Apply opatches along with adpatches.

Ad patches cannot be rolled back.

Generally 24X7 profile Includes both 24X7 and normal day

shifts Jobs

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Future scope of E-BusinessSuite

E-Business suite market - ever expanding in allgeographies.

Very nominal cost licenses available with the new Oraclecloud and fusion.

All giants have implemented EBS- Genpact , Xerox,Emerson, Stryker, Colgate , Fedex etc.

Players giving ERP Service - Wipro , TCS , HCL , infosys,

Oracle etc.

Organizations that provide EBS consulting KPMG ,Deloitte , EnY, Oracle etc.

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License cost

Licensing is done per module with a minimum numberof users that have to be purchased.

RAC , partitioning are charged separately.

Refer to Oracle pricing list for more details orcontact your local oracle sales representatives.

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Various certificationsassociated with EBS r12

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So , now you know :

What is ERP

Architecture of the E-Business Suite

Installation options Look and feel

Starting and stopping Oracle Apps

Licensing options

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More to come in next session ..

Detailed steps on cloning OracleApplications ( DB and Applications both).

Approach and patch application on anOracle EBS system.

Up-gradation from 12.1.3 to 12.2.3

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Questions ?

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Contact info

You can reach me [email protected]

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