Leveraging NoetixViews to
Support Report Migration from
EBS 11i to R12 with OBI EE,
Cognos, and Business Objects
Joe Dahl
Product Specialist
Noetix Corporation
Agenda
• Release 12 Overview
• Report Migration
– Key Reporting Issues
• Noetix Solution - The Alternative
• Q&A
R12 Functional Enhancements (Part 1)
• Enhanced User Interface
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Release 12 still relies heavily on Oracle Forms,
but the interface has been streamlined and given
a cleaner look
• Single Accounting Engine
–
Shared subledger accounting engine stores
accounting entries in subledger tables that are
standard across all products creating a single version
of the truth
• Global Financial Management
–
Users can be assigned to multiple operating units and
processes, and transactions can span operating units
R12 Functional Enhancements (Part 2)
• Converged Inventory Module
–
The data model for process manufacturing and
discrete manufacturing has been converged in a
single model
• Infrastructure Upgrade
–
Most Release 12 users will upgrade at least to Oracle
Database 10g and some components of Oracle Fusion
Middleware
• Accelerated Implementation
–
Oracle accelerators can significantly reduce
Release 12 implementation time
Overall Goal of Enhancements
• The Goal
–
Real time, role-based information with a common data
model as a foundation for a single source of truth
across the enterprise
• The Implications
–
Changes in the underlying data management
infrastructure can have a significant impact on
reporting
Key Reporting Issues
• More than a dozen changes have an impact on
reporting
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The conversion from “sets of books” to “ledgers”
Funds disbursement processing moving from
Payables to the new Payments application
Tax calculations centralized in the new E-Business
Tax application
Check and letter processing information now in
Oracle BI Publisher tables
Bank and supplier information now in the Trading
Community Architecture (TCA)
Bank setup moving from Receivables to the Cash
Management application
Reports Will Break
Report integrity a constant, costly challenge
R12
V11.5.10
Reporting from Both 11i and Rel. 12
• Re-implementing to
address configuration
imperfections
V11.5.10
–
Some data may not
migrate
• Global consolidation
– Multi-instance
R12
environments no
longer needed
How big is the problem?
BI Content Generation Experts
Oracle E-Business
Suite
Siebel CRM
PeopleSoft
NoetixViews
Oracle Discoverer
NoetixAnswers
Noetix Platform
Noetix Analytics
Cognos BI
Business Objects
Oracle Business
Intelligence EE
ETL
What is a Noetix view?
Oracle database tables
Flexfield column
in the table
[Oracle EBS upgrade]
HZ_PARTIES
HZ_CUSTOMERS
HZ_CUST_ACCOUNTS
ATTRIBUTE1:
“Customer Status”
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL
PA_PROJECTS_ALL
PA_TASKS
OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL
Noetix view of
the database
Your report
[remaps view]
[doesn’t break]
Order Lines
Orders
ATO Flag
Booked Date
Customer
Customer No.
Cust. Status
Item
Item Desc.
Line Status
Open Quant.
Order No.
Order Quant.
Project
Quantity
Organization
Flexfield column in
Order No.
the view
Customer
Customer No.
Cust. Status
Booked Date
Order Quant.
Open Quant.
Selling Org.
NoetixViews Coverage
Oracle E-Business Suite 11i & 12.0
Financials
General Ledger
Pay ables
Receiv ables
Assets
Procurement
Discrete Manufacturing
Bill of Materials
Work in Process
Inv entory
Master Scheduling/MRP
Cost Management
Quality
Purchasing
Order Management
Order Management
Human Resources
Human Resources
Adv anced Benef its
Pay roll(US, UK, CAN, & AUS legislations)
EBS Administration
Application Object Library
Finanicals Interf ace Tables
Process Manufacturing
Product Dev elopment
Process Planning
Process Execution
OPM Financials
OPM Inv entory
Asset Lifecycle Management
Enterprise Asset Management
Service
TeleServ ice
Install Base
Depot Repair
Field Serv ice
Serv ice Contracts(LA)
Projects
Project Costing
Project Billing
Project Manufacturing
Project Manuf acturing(LA)
Grants
Grants Proposal
Grants Accounting
Advanced Planning and Scheduling
Adv anced Supply Chain Planning
Industry Verticals
US Federal Financials
What did it take for Noetix to Upgrade?
• Analyze the Oracle R12 documentation per
module to identify any significant changes.
• Functionally test all views in R12 to identify
all affected views.
• Design and implement required functional
updates
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Create new views
Obsolete views
add/modify columns
add/modify profile options
What did it take for Noetix to Upgrade?
View Count
58
Modified
New
34
48
56
14
10
32
3
General Ledger
8
Accounts Payable
58
Accounts Receivable
60
9
7
6
Fixed Assets
0
Purchasing
Total Effort ~ 10 person years
• Validated and modified nearly 750 views
– Across 24 modules
Upgrade Protection
V11.5.10
R12
V11.5.10
R12
[ reports written against
database tables ]
[ reports written against
Noetix views ]
Upgrade Protection
R12
[ reports written against
database tables ]
V11.5.10
R12
[ reports written against
Noetix views ]
Subledger Accounting
• All accounting performed before transfer to
the GL
• User-definable accounting rules
• At the data level, it’s a big change for all the
subledgers, though there is a first generation
in 11i Payables “Accounting Events”
Tie It All Together
• Data flows from distributions, thru
distribution links and SLA tables, to GL
• Three key stages
– Distributions (before accounting applied)
– SLA (in draft or final form)
– GL
• Three key views of the data
– Distributions only
– Tie distributions to SLA to GL
– Tie GL back to distributions
Subledger Accounting – Report
Migration Example
• How do I reconcile my AP Invoices to the GL
Journal Entries and distributions?
View Changes
11i
GL_Je_AP_Inv_Dist_Details
Release 12
GL_Je_SLA_AP_Inv_Dist
GL_Sets_Of_Books
GL_Ledgers
PO_Vendors
AP_Suppliers
PO_Vendor_Sites_All
AP_Supplier_Sites_All
AP_AE_Headers_All
XLA_AE_Headers
AP_AE_Lines_All
XLA_AE_Lines
AP_Accounting_Events_All
Various shown below:
XLA_Events
XLA_Event_Classes_TL
XLA_Event_Types_TL
XLA_Transaction_Entities
XLA_Distribution_Links
The Impact?
• Some 11i queries will easily migrate to Rel. 12
– Some with no changes at all
– Some will need table name changes
• Some 11i queries will need moderate attention
– Data moved to TCA will require query re-writes
– Customer correspondence will require re-writes
– Basic reports can remain the same
• Some 11i queries won’t migrate 1:1 to Rel. 12
– SLA may require new reports, queries & ETL
routines
How does Noetix address the
problem?
What is a Noetix view?
Oracle database tables
Flexfield column
in the table
[Oracle EBS upgrade]
HZ_PARTIES
HZ_CUSTOMERS
HZ_CUST_ACCOUNTS
ATTRIBUTE1:
“Customer Status”
OE_ORDER_HEADERS_ALL
PA_PROJECTS_ALL
PA_TASKS
OE_ORDER_LINES_ALL
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
MTL_SYSTEM_ITEMS_TL
Noetix view of
the database
Your report
[remaps view]
[doesn’t break]
Order Lines
Orders
ATO Flag
Booked Date
Customer
Customer No.
Cust. Status
Item
Item Desc.
Line Status
Open Quant.
Order No.
Order Quant.
Project
Quantity
Organization
Flexfield column in
Order No.
the view
Customer
Customer No.
Cust. Status
Booked Date
Order Quant.
Open Quant.
Selling Org.
Combine your set up with our
subject matter expertise
Information about your
enterprise application
Business Best Practices
Object
Definition
User
Interfaces
Financials
Supply Chain
Business
Rules
Security
Human
Resources
Mfg.
[Interrogated]
[Handcrafted]
Generated data
Business Views
[Configuration-specific
Views]
Reports
[Configuration-specific
Answers]
Business Glossary
[Configuration-specific
Help]
NoetixViews leverages existing
investments
Noetix
WebQuery
Oracle
Discoverer
Noetix
Dashboard
Oracle
BI Suite EE
Virtual
tables
Business areas
Business models
Cognos
8 BI
Models /
Packages
Data Access Layer
Oracle E-Business Suite
NoetixViews
BusinessObjects
XI
BusinessObjects
Edge Series
Universe
Other
Third-party
BI Tools
Other data
models
How BI Tools Ship – No Content
Noetix Provides a Reporting
Application With Any Front End Tool
NOETIX HELP FILE
OBI EE
COGNOS
DISCOVERER
Reporting from both 11i and Rel. 12
Some Customers
want both
V11.5.10
– Legacy data
– Validation
R12
[ reports written against
Noetix views ]
What’s In It for You?
• Cost effective and faster time to market
• Successfully meet project goals
• Proven, tested and patented
Questions & Answers