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Purpose
Questions and Answers
What is the purpose of AX Inventory?
Does AX Inventory exist beyond release 11.5?
Are there country specific accounting rule sets for AX Inventory?
Can other countries than France implement AX Inventory?
Is AX Inventory mandatory for country France?
I am implementing AX Payables and AX Receivables. Do I have to implement AX Inventory as well?
Can I define a set of books with AX Inventory and other set(s) of books without AX Inventory?
I would like to enable AX Inventory but not for all organizations in my set of books. Is it possible?
What is Non Permanent Inventory (NPI)?
Does AX Inventory generate any accounting for WIP transactions?
Does AX Inventory generate any accounting for Accruals?
Does AX Inventory support Periodic Costing?
Does AX Inventory support Multiple Posting?
Subledger Setup form: What is the purpose of the Intercompany check box?
How does AX Inventory handle with Inventory Intercompany Invoicing?
Subledger Setup form: What is the purpose of the Automatic IPV and Automatic PPV check boxes?
Subledger Setup form: What is the purpose of the Bridging Options check boxes?
Must the accounting category set name be 'Accounting'?
Cannot find the profile option 'INV: Accounting Category Set'
How to automatically assign a default accounting category when creating items?
Why and When defining category accounts?
Where to set up the bridging account?
Which is the correct context for the Inter-organization parameters descriptive flexfield?
What is AX_INTRANS?
How AX Inventory events get created?
Does AX Inventory generate one event for each Inventory transaction?
How to map AX Inventory event types to Inventory transaction types?
How to map events to transactions?
How to manually launch the AX Posting Manager?
Submit Posting Manager form: What is the purpose of the Maximum Processing Date?
I can see the accounting in General Ledger but where to see the accounting entries in AX Inventory?
Inventory and Cost Management reports are not showing the same accounts than AX and General Ledger. Why?
Can I enter adjustments in AX Inventory?
Is there any open interface or published API for AX?
I am not satisfied with AX Inventory accounting logic. Can I modify it?
Can I use Accounting Engine Developer (AX Developer) responsibility?
How to generate debug information for AX Inventory?
Cost Manager (cost worker) errors out and the error message refers to AX. Why?
How to troubleshoot AX Posting Manager translation errors?
How to improve the performance for AX Posting Manager?
Are there Oracle Support diagnostic tests for AX Inventory?
How to determine AX Inventory code level?
Are there specific steps to perform when patching AX Inventory?
Where to find the documentation for AX Inventory?
References
Applies to:
Global Accounting Engine - Version: 11.5.1 to 11.5.10.2
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Purpose
To answer common questions about the implementation and the use of AX Inventory. (Global Accounting Engine for Inventory)
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Can I define a set of books with AX Inventory and other set(s) of books without AX Inventory?
Yes. AX Inventory logic will only apply to the set of books for which AX Inventory is enabled.
Also, you can perform inter-organization transfer transactions between AX Inventory sets of books and non AX Inventory sets of books. In this case, no AX events are generated for
the non AX Inventory set of book. The core Transfer to GL feature is used instead.
I would like to enable AX Inventory but not for all organizations in my set of books. Is it possible?
No. AX Inventory is enabled at set of books level and not at Inventory organization level. When AX Inventory is enabled for a set of books, then it applies to all Inventory
organizations associated to this set of books.
NOTE:
Regarding how to associate Inventory organizations to sets of books, this is done in HRMS Define Organizations form (PERWSDOR).
Navigation: Inventory: (N) Setup > Organizations
See for instance Note 76440.1.
Subledger Setup form: What is the purpose of the Intercompany check box?
Intercompany Balancing is a feature implemented in General Ledger (GL). It applies to the case of multiple companies sharing the same set of books. When an accounting entry
refers to two different values for the balancing segment, this mechanism will automatically create additional distributions to balance the accounting for each company. Specific
accounts must be defined in General Ledger for this.
For more details, refer to Oracle General Ledger user's guide, CH. 9: Intercompany Accounting for Multiple Companies with a Single Set of Books.
This mechanism can be enabled in AX Inventory too. This is done in the Subledger Setup form.
Navigation: AX Inventory: (N) Setup > Financials > Setup Subledger
See the Intercompany check box in header block Subledgers. (close to the Details button)
If the check box is enabled, then AX Posting Manager will apply the balancing mechanism, using the same intercompany accounts than GL.
This is explained in in Global Accounting Engine user's guide, see section Intercompany Balancing for AX.
To summarize, when AX Inventory is enabled, Intercompany Balancing distributions can be created in AX (by checking the Intercompany check box) and then transferred to GL, or
they can be created in GL only (by unchecking the check box).
NOTES:
1. The same applies to AX Payables and AX Receivables. See for instance Note 393389.1.
2. If there is no particular need for AX Inventory, then do not check the Intercompany check box and use the GL mechanism instead. (to not unnecessarily slow down the AX
Posting Manager)
3. Do not get confused with the Inventory Intercompany Invoicing feature. See below.
Subledger Setup form: What is the purpose of the Automatic IPV and Automatic PPV check boxes?
These are the Inventory Processing options in the Inventory Setup Details window of the Subledger Setup form. They refer to the Non Permanent Inventory accounting feature which
has been obsoleted.
Please ignore these check boxes. They do not have any impact. See also Note 456866.1.
Subledger Setup form: What is the purpose of the Bridging Options check boxes?
These are the check boxes at the bottom of the Inventory Setup Details window in Subledger Setup form.
Enabling a check box indicates to the AX Posting Manager that it must replace the user entered account with the bridging account set at category accounts level.
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For more details on this feature please refer to Note 465646.1 (case of Inventory account aliases) and Note 465649.1 (generic).
Which is the correct context for the Inter-organization parameters descriptive flexfield?
The Inter-organization parameters descriptive flexfield applies to the Define Shipping Networks form. (INVSDOSI) It is defined in the Descriptive Flexfield Segments form
(FNDFFMDC).
AX Inventory requires a context to store specific inter-organization accounts. This is explained in Global Accounting Engine user's guide, CH 2 Setting Up, Entering InterOrganization Accounts.
The correct context code to choose is 'AX Accounts'.
You may also encounter the context 'Global Accounting Engine'. It has been obsoleted. Please ignore it. If it is enabled, disable it and enable the 'AX Accounts' context instead.
For more details on this setup step, please refer to Note 452457.1.
What is AX_INTRANS?
AX_INTRANS is a pseudo-subinventory used by AX Inventory for material transactions with no subinventory. Examples: (non exhaustive)
- Intransit regular inter-org transfer
- Intransit internal order transfer
- Average cost update
- Intercompany logical transaction
- Internal order transfer to expense destination
- etc.
It is a technical hint to satisfy design constraints that are common to AX-AP, AX-AR and AX-INV.
The subinventory AX_INTRANS must exist in every organization. It is not created by end users but by the procedure AX_INVENTORY_PKG.INITIALIZE. See Note 438182.1.
AX_INTRANS subinventories are not visible in the Application. This is implemented as below:
- The procedure AX_INVENTORY_PKG.INITIALIZE will create AX_INTRANS subinventories as disabled. (DISABLED_DATE is not null in table
MTL_SECONDARY_INVENTORIES)
- As a result, users cannot enter any transaction for these subinventories.
- This cannot be changed because the Define Subinventories form (INVSDSUB) will not display subinventories with name 'AX_INTRANS'. (this logic is hard coded)
- The procedure AX_INVENTORY_PKG.INITIALIZE will create category accounts records for AX_INTRANS subinventories, without populating the accounts. (columns
BRIDGING_ACCOUNT, MATERIAL_ACCOUNT, MATERIAL_OVERHEAD_ACCOUNT, etc. are null in table MTL_CATEGORY_ACCOUNTS)
Notice it is impossible to create such record using the Define Category Accounts form (INVSDCAS) because most of these accounts are mandatory fields.
- AX_INTRANS may be pickable in the Subinventory list of values of the Find window but the form will not retrieve the AX_INTRANS records, because it will only display records
with all the following accounts being not null:
MATERIAL_ACCOUNT
MATERIAL_OVERHEAD_ACCOUNT
RESOURCE_ACCOUNT
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OVERHEAD_ACCOUNT
OUTSIDE_PROCESSING_ACCOUNT
EXPENSE_ACCOUNT
(these are mandatory fields in the form)
- As a result, AX_INTRANS category accounts records cannot be viewed nor modified through the Define Category Accounts form.
Submit Posting Manager form: What is the purpose of the Maximum Processing Date?
The field Maximum Processing Date allows the user to restrict AX Posting Manager processing to the transactions created until this date.
The restriction applies to the translation phase and to the transfer phase from AX to General Ledger.
Per Bug 4134056:
- Case of the translation phase:
The maximum processing date is compared with the event date (column EVENT_DATE in table AX_EVENTS) which is derived from the Inventory transaction date.
- Case of the transfer phase from AX to GL:
The maximum processing date is compared with the accounting date (column EFFECTIVE_DATE in table AX_SLE_HEADERS) which is copied from the Inventory transaction date.
There are several known issues for the case of AX Inventory due to the time stamp on Inventory transaction dates. Please refer to the following notes:
- Note 465630.1: translation phase
- Note 312672.1: transfer phase (from AX to GL)
I can see the accounting in General Ledger but where to see the accounting entries in AX Inventory?
Refer to Note 435520.1.
Inventory and Cost Management reports are not showing the same accounts than AX and General Ledger. Why?
Indeed, it is a limitation when using AX Inventory. Per the design, AX Inventory will use its own accounts, at least the bridging account. AX Inventory is just built on top of Cost
Management product. Its logic is non intrusive, eg AX Inventory does not modify the core accounting data created by Cost Management product. And the core Inventory and Cost
Management reports do not look at AX Inventory data. So, depending on the setup, it may very well happen that accounts are different across reports and products.
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Cost Manager (cost worker) errors out and the error message refers to AX. Why?
Refer to Note 452649.1.
Change Record
Date
Version
Description of Change
1.0
13-NOV-2007
Published document.
References
NOTE:130693.1 - Recommended Countries to Install the Global Accounting Engine for Release 11i
NOTE:167000.1 - E-Business Suite Diagnostics Installation Guide
NOTE:207525.1 - Official Positioning for Global Accounting Engine
NOTE:273081.1 - Oracle Global Accounting Engine Version Data Data Collection Test
NOTE:275589.1 - INV: Accounting Category Set Not Found
NOTE:287974.1 - Oracle Global Accounting Engine General Setup Test
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NOTE:300558.1 - Oracle Inventory INV-AX Translation and Posting Events Diagnostic Data Collection Test
NOTE:308856.1 - What is the AX Rule Set for Italian Payables ?
NOTE:312672.1 - AX Posting Manager For AX Inventory Will Not Transfer Today's Transactions
NOTE:315584.1 - Is Global Accounting Engine (AX) Required for France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, And Spain?
NOTE:393389.1 - How to get Intercompany Accounts from AX Journal generated according setup in GL Intercompany Accounts
NOTE:435487.1 - AX Inventory: How To Stop the Flow of Incoming Events
NOTE:435504.1 - About AX Debug Profile Options
NOTE:435505.1 - AX Inventory: How To Collect Debug Information for AX Posting Manager
NOTE:435516.1 - AX Inventory: How To Generate AX Debug Information for Costing
NOTE:435520.1 - AX Inventory: How To Review the Accounting for a Specific Transaction
NOTE:435522.1 - AX Inventory Stuck Or Missing Events - Common Steps For Datafixes
NOTE:438171.1 - Guidelines for Applying AX Inventory Patches - Functional Steps
NOTE:438182.1 - About Procedure AX_INVENTORY_PKG.INITIALIZE
NOTE:443350.1 - AXInvEvent115 - AX Inventory Event Standalone Diagnostic Test
NOTE:444176.1 - Understanding the Event Translation Report (AXXPSETR) for AX Inventory
NOTE:444179.1 - AXXPSMAN AX Inventory Translation Errors - Missing WIP Bridging Account
NOTE:445041.1 - About AX Inventory Event Type INV_EVENT_OPW
NOTE:445053.1 - AXXPSMAN AX Inventory Translation Errors - Missing Inventory Bridging Account
NOTE:452457.1 - How To Set Up the Inter-Organization Parameters Descriptive Flexfield for AX Inventory
NOTE:452458.1 - AXXPSMAN AX Inventory Translation Errors - Missing Inter-organization Accounts
NOTE:452461.1 - How To Determine the Current Code Level for AX Inventory
NOTE:452462.1 - Troubleshooting AX Posting Manager Translation Errors for AX Inventory
NOTE:452649.1 - Cost Manager is Failing with Errors ORA-01403, ORA-06512 in AX_INVENTORY_PKG
NOTE:456866.1 - About Non Permanent Inventory Accounting (NPI) in AX Inventory
NOTE:465630.1 - AXXPSMAN AX Posting Manager for AX Inventory Is Ignoring Eligible Events
NOTE:465646.1 - AX Inventory is Overriding Inventory Account Alias Accounts
NOTE:465649.1 - About AX Inventory Bridging Options
NOTE:465653.1 - Guidelines for Improving the Performance of the AX Posting Manager for AX Inventory
NOTE:76440.1 - Inventory Organization Setup Steps
Related
Products
Oracle E-Business Suite > Financial Management > Financials Common Modules > Global Accounting Engine
Keywords
DEFAULT CATEGORY SETS; ACCOUNTING RULES; POSTING MANAGER; CATEGORY ACCOUNTS; AX_EVENT_TYPES; AX_INVENTORY_PKG; AXXPSMAN;
CATEGORY ACCOUNTS
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