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10 Things You Can Do Today

to Prepare for Oracle
E-Business Suite 12.2
Nadia Bendjedou
Senior Director, Product Strategy, Oracle

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 Supported Upgrade Paths

12.0 &
11.5.10 12.2
12.1

11.5.10
11.5.9 CU2 [1]

[1]: Patch Requirements for Extended Support of Oracle E-Business Suite Release 11.5.10 [ID 883202.1]

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 E-Business Suite 12.2 - Highlights
Signature Feature – Online Patching for Business Continuity

 Users remain online while patches are applied

 User downtime is limited to the time required to
restart the system
 The maintenance window in 12.2 is predictable
 Critical business operations and revenue
generating activities are not interrupted

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 Preparing for the 12.2 Upgrade

12.2 Overall EBS READINESS 12.2 Online Patching READINESS

1. Review the Functional Changes 5. Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle

2. Understand the Technical 6. Understand Edition Based

Architecture Changes Redefinition (EBR, 11gR2 DB)
7. Understanding the Enablement
3. Consider Upgrading your Technical
Process for Online Patching (OP)
Architecture
8. Review Online Patching Standards
4. Learn about WebLogic Server
9. Plan for 12.2 Dual File System
10. Consider New Operational
Characteristics

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 #2 Understand The
Technical Architecture
Changes

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 #2
Oracle E-Business Suite 11i Architecture
Client Application Database

iAS 1.0.2.2.2 10gR2 | 11g

JServ
Global Single
JSP Data Model

Web Listener

JDBC/SQL Net
HTTP/S
BC4J
RAC & ASM
UIX

BI Publisher

Forms

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 Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0/12.1 Architecture #2
Client Application Database

10g
10gR2 | 11g
OC4J
Global Single
JSP Data Model

Web Listener

JDBC/SQL Net
HTTP/S
BC4J
RAC & ASM
UIX

BI Publisher

Forms

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 #2
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Architecture
Client Application Database

R2

WebLogic Server
Global Single
WebLogic JSP Data Model

Web Listener

JDBC/SQL Net
HTTP/S
BC4J
RAC & ASM
UIX 11g

BI Publisher Edition-Based
Redefinition
Forms

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 #2
Oracle E-Business Suite Architecture

Applications Tier – 12.1 Applications Tier – 12.2

Oracle HTTP Server (OHS)

Fusion
WebLogic Server (WLS) Middleware 11g
AS 10.1.3.1

Developer 10.1.2 Developer 10.1.2

APPL_TOP APPL_TOP

COMMON_TOP COMMON_TOP

INST_TOP INST_TOP

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 #2
Applications Tier
Oracle E-Business Suite Architecture in 12.2
 Forms & Reports Services
– OracleAS 10.1.2.1 ORACLE_HOME
– Coming from 11i: Replaces the 8.0.6-based Oracle_Home provided by iAS 1.0.2.2

 HTML-based Apps
– FMW 11g ORACLE_HOME
– Coming from 11i: Replaces the 8.1.7-based Oracle_Home provided by iAS 1.0.2.2
– Coming from 12: Replaces the OracleAS 10.1.3-based ORACLE_HOME (OC4J)
used in Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0 and 12.1

 Oracle JDeveloper 10.1.2

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 #2 Understand the Technical Architecture Changes
Resources

 Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Technical Planning Guide,

First Edition: 1585857.1
 EBS 12.2 Product Information Center , 1581299.1
 12.2 Documentation Library

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 #5 Understand the 12.2
Patching Cycle

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 Online Patching
Online Patching Cycle - Overview

Prepare Apply Finalize Cutover Cleanup

• Copy the • Apply one or • Compile invalid • Restart • Remove
production app more patches to objects application on obsolete
code the Patch Edition Patch Edition objects
• Wait for a good
• Create a new downtime window
Patch Edition in
the DB
Users Users Users
Online Offline Online

 Online Patching cycle includes 5 phases

 Application is only offline during the “Cutover” phase
 Online Patching is used to apply all patches in 12.2

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 #8 Review Online Patching
Standards

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 #8 Review Online Patching Standards
a) Readiness Reports
 Helps prepare customization and extensions for Online Patching
– Custom schemas that require registration for Online Patching enablement
– Custom objects that require manual intervention in order to avoid
invalidation post enablement
 All Customers should
– Execute the Readiness Reports before enabling Online Patching
– Understand and fix any exceptions reported before enabling Online
Patching
 Standalone patches available for Readiness Reports
– 11i, 12.0 & 12.1

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 #8 Review Online Patching Standards
a) Readiness Reports
 Summary Readiness Report (ADZDPSUM.sql)
– Reports schemas that will be automatically editioned
 All schemas owned by EBS are automatically registered for editioning
– Reports custom schemas with objects that will become invalid if schema is
not registered for editioining
 Recommended to register all schemas listed
 Manual Readiness Report ( ADZDPMAN.sql)
– Reports custom objects that must be manually fixed before Online
Patching is enabled
– Any exception not fixed will cause object invalidation post enablement

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 #8 Review Online Patching Standards
a) Readiness Reports

1. Execute Summary 2.Register Custom

Unregistered Yes
Readiness Report Custom
Schemas for
(ADZDPSUM.sql) Schemas? Enablement

No
3.Execute Manual Fix
Exceptions Yes
Readiness Report 4.Fix Exceptions
Reported?
(ADZDPMAN.sql)

No
Ready for
enablement

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 #8 Review Online Patching Standards
b) Development Standards

 Database Objects and code must follow a new set of standards

– Standards must be followed to successfully patch objects Online
 Review your customizations for violations of Online Patching standards
– Database check report ( ADZDDBCC.sql)
 Scans the data dictionary for objects and code that violate the Online Patching
standards
(i.e. Table with LONG columns cannot be patched online)
– File System check report (gscc.pl)
 Scans the file system for source files that violate the Online Patching standards
(i.e. DML statements must access tables via APPS synonyms)

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 #8 Review Online Patching Standards
b) Development Standards

1. Execute Database
Yes
Standards Checker Exceptions 2. Fix Exceptions
( ADZDDBCC.sql) Reported

No

3. Execute File System

Standards Checker
Yes
Exceptions 4. Fix Exceptions
(gscc.pl) Reported

Code
No
Standards
Compliant

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 #8 Review Online Patching Standards
References for Readiness Reports and Development Standards

 The standalone Readiness Reports are documented in the MOS

Note:1531121.1
 Development Standards are documented in Chapter 7 of the
Oracle E-Business Suite Developer's Guide Release 12.2.
– This book is currently available as part of the R12.2 Documentation
Library. The library can be downloaded from the Software Delivery Cloud,
Under E-Business Suite 12.2 Media Pack

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 Key Takeaways

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 E-Business Suite Support Timelines
Reinforce Customer Choice to Use 12.1 or 12.2
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Nov 2010 Nov 2013 Dec 2015
11.5.10 Premier Extended Exception Sustaining
GA Nov 2004 1
Jan 2012 Jan 2015
12.0 Premier Extended Sustaining
GA Jan 2007

May 2009 Dec 2016 Dec 2019

12.1 Premier Extended Sustaining
GA May 2009 2 3
Sep 2013 Sep 2018 Sep 2021
12.2 Premier Extended Sustaining
GA Sep 2013

Support updates as of Sep 2013

1.
1 11.5.10 Sustaining Support Exception through Dec 2015 (from Dec 2014; additional 12 months)
2 12.1 Premier Support through Dec 2016 (from May 2014; additional 31 months)
2.
3
3. 12.1 Extended Support through Dec 2019 (from Dec 2018; additional 12 months)

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 Which Release Should You Target?
Will Depend on Your Circumstances

 Choose 12.2 if you:

– Need the high availability provided by Online Patching
– Want the functional enhancements that are in 12.2
– Prefer to invest in a single project to upgrade directly to 12.2

 Choose 12.1 if you:

– Prefer to target a release with thousands of live customers
– Would like to stay on 12.1 for 3-5 years before upgrading to 12.2
– Need to move from a release below 11.5.10 with no direct upgrade to 12.2

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 Key Takeaways

 Don’t wait, keep moving forward with your upgrade

 Direct upgrade path from EBS 11.5.10.2, 12.0.4 and 12.0.6 to 12.2
 11gR2 (11.2.0.3) is Pre-requisite for 12.2
 Get familiar with Web Logic Server
 Understand the 12.2 Patching Cycle
 Review Online Patching Standards
 Plan for 12.2 Dual File System
 Consider New Operational Characteristics

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 Q&A

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What’s Hot in E-Business Suite
Release 12.2 Plus Q&A with
Oracle EBS Strategy Leader

Nadia Bendjedou
Senior Director -
Product Strategy
Oracle Europe

Shoba Sivanesan
National Practice Manager –
Oracle E-Business Suite
UXC Red Rock Consulting
ORACLE E-BUSINESS SUITE R12.2 NEW FEATURES BY
MODULE FAMILIES
 Top Enhancement across Product Families

FINANCIALS PROJECTS
ORACLE GENERAL LEDGER ORACLE PROJECT BILLING
1) Oracle E-Business Suite General Ledger Integration with the 1) Standard Invoicing for Adjusted Transactions
Fusion Accounting Hub
2) Data Relationship Management (DRM) Integration with E- ORACLE PROJECT COSTING
Business Suite 1) Labor Costing Enhancements
2) Costing with HR Rates with Support for Multiple Rates per
ORACLE RECEIVABLES Employee
1) Review and Manage Accounting Exceptions during Period 3) New OTL Timecard Layout to Support Rate by Criteria
Close 4) Labor Costing using Payroll Actual
2) Automate Auto Lockbox Processing 5) Labor Costing Accruals
3) Assign Customers to Unidentified Receipts using API 6) Total Time Reporting for Exempt Employees
4) Golden Tax Adapter Enhancement for Mainland China

ORACLE IEXPENSES ORACLE PROJECT MANAGEMENT

1) Standard Program to Update Employee Supplier bank account 1) Planning with HR Rates
details from Payroll 2) Updated Rates when Generating Forecast from the Workplan
3) Planning without Resource Classes
ORACLE ENVIRONMENTAL ACCOUNTING & REPORTING 4) Planning by Cost Breakdown Structure
1) Updated Carbon Disclosure Project Report
2) Enhanced Performance Dashboards PROJECT RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
3) Enhanced Key Performance Indicators No enhancements
 Top Enhancement across Product Families

FINANCIALS ORDER MANAGEMENT AND

CONTRACTS
ORACLE E-BUSINESS TAX ORACLE ORDER MANAGEMENT
1) Customer Tax Information Import 1) OM integration with Oracle Approvals Management (AME)
2) New Condition Set Operator for Tax Rules 2) Tax Calculation on Freight Charges
3) Credit Tolerance for Honouring Manually Released Credit
ORACLE PAYMENTS Checks Holds
1) Payment Acknowledgement Import 4) Support for Service as Promotional Goods
5) Scheduling Enhancements
ORACLE PAYABLES 6) Credit Card Authorisation Reversal
No enhancements 7) Support for Assemble-To-Order (ATO) Items in Pick-To-Order
(PTO) Models and Kits
SUBLEDGER ACCOUNTING (SLA) 8) Order Information Portal (OIP) Enhancements
No enhancements 9) Support for Credit Hold Based on Bill To Customer
10) Selling Services Enhancements
ORACLE ASSETS 11) User Defined Attributes (UDA)
No enhancements 12) Support for Advanced Catch Weight
13) Additional Business Events
14) Order Management Productivity Enhancements
 Top Enhancement across Product Families

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ORDER MANAGEMENT AND

(SCM) CONTRACTS
ORACLE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS ORACLE SALES CONTRACTS
1) Apply Multiple Templates to a Sourcing or Purchasing Document 1) Repository Contracts Enhancements
2) API’s for Importing Templates, Rules, Questions and Constants 2) UDA support for Deliverables
3) New Clause Descriptor Field 3) MS Word 2010 Certification
4) Clause Mandatory Attribute at Rule Level
5) Clause Selection Placement by Contract Expert
ORACLE ADVANCED PRICING
6) Deletion of Provisional Sections from Solicitation to Award
7) Instruction Text 1) Service Item Support in Promotional Modifiers
8) Multi-Row Variables 2) Support of Non-Continuous Price Breaks
9) Display Clause Number and Sort by Clause Number
10) Repository Contracts Configurability Enhancements ORACLE SHIPPING
11) UDA support for Deliverables 1) Integration to 3PLs or 3rd Party Distributed Warehouse
12) MS Word 2010 Certification Management System
13) Contract Expert Performance Improvements
 Top Enhancement across Product Families
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
(SCM) (SCM)
ORACLE SOURCING ORACLE ISUPPLIER PORTAL
1) Add Requisition lines to a Draft Negotiation (RFx & Auction) 1) Integrate with Oracle Flow Manufacturing to View and Edit E-
2) Response Withdrawal Kanbans
3) Track Amendment Acknowledgement 2) Capture Additional Supplier Contact Details
4) Staggered Awards
5) Import of Price Breaks SERVICES PROCUREMENT
6) Negative Cost Factors No enhancements
7) Sourcing API’s
8) Online Discussion Attachments SOURCING OPTIMIZATION
9) Terms and Conditions Controls No enhancements
10) Lot Price Summation

ORACLE SPEND CLASSIFICATION

1) Reclassify Historical Data
2) Asynchronous Approval Flow
3) Enhanced Training Data Upload
4) Enhanced Tracking Capabilities
5) Improvements in Analyzing Batches and Excel to Export
6) Increased Flexibility in Resetting Data
 Top Enhancement across Product Families

Human Capital Management (HCM) Human Capital Management (HCM)

CORE HR ORACLE PAYROLL
1) Workflow Synchronization 1) Enhanced Retro Pay set as Default
2) Update Records with Future Person Changes
3) Enhanced Key Performance Indicators ORACLE IRECRUITMENT
1) Multi Location Vacancy
ORACLE SELF SERVICE HR
1) Support for Parallel Approvals in SSHR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT
2) Organization Chart 1) Use Star Ratings to Rate Performance and Proficiency Levels
3) Current Effective Date Appears on Initial Page
4) Launch Actions from Side Navigator in Organization Chart or SUCCESSION PLANNING
Talent Profile No enhancements
5) Control the Display of Effective Date, Review, and Confirmation
Pages COMPENSATION WORKBENCH
6) Use Quick Termination and Changing Hours Processes No enhancements

ORACLE TIME AND LABOR (OTL)

1) New Projects layouts for Actual Costing
2) Attachments in Timecards
3) Checkbox to Confirm Time Entry Accuracy
WHICH RELEASE SHOULD YOU UPGRADE TO?
 Choosing R12.1.3 or R12.2 ?

THIS WILL DEPEND ON YOUR CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCE

CHOOSE R12.2 IF YOUR BUSINESS:
1) Needs the high availability provided by Online Patching
2) Wants the Functional Enhancements introduced in R12.2.
3) This also means that customisations within R11.5.10 can be replaced by standard
functionality in R12.2 related to these enhancements
4) Prefers to invest in a single project to upgrade directly to R12.2

CHOOSE R12.1.3 IF YOUR BUSINESS:

1) Prefers to target a release with thousands of live customers
2) Would like to stay on R12.1 for 3 – 5 years before upgrading to R12.2
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