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Oracle Applications Basic Concepts Terminology Navigation

Objectives

By completion of training you will be able to:

Navigate through Oracle Enter Data Search for Data Use flexfields Access On-line Help Run and monitor reports

Hardware and Network

World Wide Access Phone Access Desktop Computer Network Printer

Network Phone Line Security

Mass Hard Disk Storage

10 Mbp LAN Enterprise Network

Network Connections 100 Mbp - Backbone Database Server & Backup Computer room in the corporate Office

Web / Application Server & Backup

Oracle Applications are integrated using a central database and a corporate network.

Application Suite

GL

AR

AP

PO

INV

FA

CM

WIP

BOM

MRP

AOL
General Ledger Accounts Accounts Purchase Inventory Fixed Recv. Payable Orders Assets Cash Mgt. Work Bill In Of Progress. Materials Material Resource Planning

Application Object Library

(Single Point of Data Entry - Query and Run Reports On-Line)

Multiple user access applications using Desk Top PC or Network Computers

Enter and Query using On-Line Forms

Save related data in Database Tables

Store, Report and distribute data using Oracle Database and Applications Servers

Web Forms

Applications Object Library - AOL Relational Database Management System - RDBMS Operating System - OS

Graphical User Interface (GUI)

To Navigate use the Tab key, mouse or pointer to Point and click to the any field.
Tool Bar

Title Bar Menu Bar

Header Window displays data for PO

Pull Down Menu

Alternative Region

Forms

Starting Oracle Applications

To start application point your web browser to the applications URL

Enter your Oracle Applications: User Name and Password then, click Connect.

Choosing your Responsibility

Expanding the Navigation List

Top Menu

Sub- Menu
To expand and collapse menus click on the +

or
Buttons

Menus

Navigator Top-Ten List

Navigator Top Ten

Move frequently used menu options to the Top Ten area.

File Menu

Edit & Tools Menu

Help Menu On-Line Help

Displaying Oracle Information

The Toolbar

Navigating Within a Window

Oracle Flexfields
Account Block- Key Flexfield
XX
COMPANY

XXX
DEPARTMENT

XXXXX
ACCOUNT

XXXX
PRODUCT

XXXX
PROJECT

XX
INTERCOMPANY

01

000

71410

0000

0000

00

Requisition

Purchase Order
Receiving

Accounts Payable Inventory Fixed Assets

Post to General Ledger Accounts

List of Values

Key Flexfields
Key flexfield are intelligent codes to uniquely identify data through all applications.

Key flexfields provide a method to linking information enter on a Requisition to the Purchase Order, Receipt, Accounts Payable,Project, Work Orders and General Ledger Accounts. Key flexfields may have on one or many Segments. For example, a PO Number will have one Key segment while many Key segments can make up the account block for a companys GL codes.

Descriptive Flexfields
Descriptive Flexfields windows appear on many of the Oracle forms.

The Descriptive Flexfield appears as a single field with open and closed brackets. Using the tab key or a mouse click to navigate to the field will open the Descriptive Flexfield Pop-Up window where additional data is entered.

Enter Requisition
Enter Requisitions

Lines Alternative Region

Enter Requisition continued

Requisition Approval

Copy & Commit

Commit, saves the data to the Oracle database.

Query Operators

Query By Example

Query Find

Printing a Window

Run Reports in Oracle

Monitor Reports Concurrent Request Manager

Monitoring Reports

Objectives Check Off

You should now be able to:

Navigate through Oracle Enter Data Search for Data

Use flexfields Access On-line Help Run and monitor reports