Oracle® Daily Business Intelligence

Implementation Guide
Release 12
Part No. B25162-01

October 2006
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide, Release 12

Part No. B25162-01

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Preface

1 Introduction
Overview of Daily Business Intelligence ................................................................................ 1-1
Intelligence Areas...................................................................................................................... 1-4
Understanding Daily Business Intelligence............................................................................. 1-5
Architecture......................................................................................................................... 1-5
Common Dimensions.......................................................................................................... 1-9
Responsibilities.................................................................................................................. 1-13
Summarizing Data................................................................................................................... 1-14
Securing Daily Business Intelligence..................................................................................... 1-15
Inventory Organization..................................................................................................... 1-16
Operating Unit................................................................................................................... 1-16
Sales Group........................................................................................................................ 1-17
Commodity........................................................................................................................ 1-17
District............................................................................................................................... 1-18
Manager (Company Cost Center)...................................................................................... 1-18
Manager (Supervisor)........................................................................................................ 1-18
Project Organization.......................................................................................................... 1-19
Request Type..................................................................................................................... 1-19
Site (Web Store).................................................................................................................. 1-19

2 Set Up Daily Business Intelligence

Implementation Considerations............................................................................................... 2-1

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 Daily Business Intelligence Functionality............................................................................ 2-1
Time..................................................................................................................................... 2-2
Currency ............................................................................................................................. 2-2
Security ............................................................................................................................... 2-2
Set Up Checklist........................................................................................................................ 2-3
Prerequisites............................................................................................................................ 2-27
Verify Hardware and Software Prerequisites........................................................................ 2-27
Create an Implementation Plan.............................................................................................. 2-27
Assign Responsibilities to Implementers...............................................................................2-28
Setting Up Multiple Organization Architecture.................................................................... 2-28
Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework..................................................................... 2-29
Set Up Global Parameters....................................................................................................... 2-30
Administer Dashboards and Reports..................................................................................... 2-37
Enable Dashboards and Reports............................................................................................. 2-37
Configure Dashboards............................................................................................................ 2-38
Email Dashboards................................................................................................................... 2-39
Administer KPIs...................................................................................................................... 2-40
Customize Bucket Sets............................................................................................................ 2-41
Set Up Geography Dimension................................................................................................ 2-50
Enable Delegation................................................................................................................... 2-51
Delegate Roles, Privileges, Companies, and Cost Centers.....................................................2-51
Set Up Operating Unit Security.............................................................................................. 2-55
Enable Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feed Regions........................................................ 2-61
Define Custom Logo ............................................................................................................... 2-62
Set Up Notifications for My Approvals Report...................................................................... 2-62
Enable Email............................................................................................................................ 2-63
Enable Web Conferencing ...................................................................................................... 2-63
Enable Real-Time Chat............................................................................................................2-64
Enable Drill to Transaction..................................................................................................... 2-65
Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Features and Dashboards.............................................. 2-66
Post-Setup Steps...................................................................................................................... 2-66
Update Sales Group and District Hierarchies........................................................................ 2-66
Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets.......................................................................... 2-68
Run Initial Request Sets.......................................................................................................... 2-73
Set Up Users............................................................................................................................ 2-74
Schedule Incremental Request Sets........................................................................................ 2-75
Implementation Complete...................................................................................................... 2-75
Upgrade Checklist................................................................................................................... 2-75

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3 Extend Daily Business Intelligence
Overview of Creating Dimensions, KPIs, Reports, and Dashboards...................................... 3-1
Prerequisites........................................................................................................................ 3-2
Custom Dimensions.................................................................................................................. 3-3
Create Dimension Objects ................................................................................................... 3-3
Create Dimensions............................................................................................................... 3-7
Define Dimension Object Relationships............................................................................. 3-10
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 3-12
Custom Calendars................................................................................................................... 3-12
Create KPIs.............................................................................................................................. 3-13
Custom Reports....................................................................................................................... 3-17
Define the Report Data Source........................................................................................... 3-18
Define the Data Source Mapping for Existing Data Source Reports.................................. 3-22
Design the Report Layout.................................................................................................. 3-23
Edit the Title Region.................................................................................................... 3-24
Edit the Parameter Region........................................................................................... 3-25
Edit the Table Region.................................................................................................. 3-29
Create Simulation Views....................................................................................... 3-38
Edit the Graph Region (Optional)............................................................................... 3-40
Edit the Links Region (Optional)................................................................................. 3-41
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 3-41
Custom Dashboards................................................................................................................ 3-43
Design Dashboard Prototypes........................................................................................... 3-44
Create KPI Regions............................................................................................................ 3-47
Create a Links Region........................................................................................................ 3-51
Register RSS Feeds............................................................................................................. 3-52
Publish Content................................................................................................................. 3-53
Export and Import Dashboards and Reports..................................................................... 3-55
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 3-58

4 Maintain and Administer Daily Business Intelligence

Overview of Maintenance and Administration .......................................................................4-1
View Request Sets..................................................................................................................... 4-2
View Request Set Settings........................................................................................................ 4-2
View Request Set Analysis Reports..........................................................................................4-3
View Object Dependencies....................................................................................................... 4-7
Define Object Dependencies.................................................................................................... 4-8
Review Dimensions, Dimension Objects, and KPIs.............................................................. 4-11
Debug Performance and Rendering ...................................................................................... 4-14

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 Refresh Dashboards................................................................................................................ 4-15
Increase Tablespace................................................................................................................. 4-15
Implementing Generated Source Reports.............................................................................. 4-16

5 Manager Reporting
Overview of Manager Reporting.............................................................................................. 5-1
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................... 5-2
Analyze the Cost Centers and Managers You Want to Report On...................................... 5-2
Prerequisites.............................................................................................................................. 5-3
Implementing Manager Reporting........................................................................................... 5-4
Setup Checklist.................................................................................................................... 5-4
Set Up HR Profile Options................................................................................................... 5-4
Create Placeholder Organizations for Companies............................................................... 5-7
Create Organizations for Company Cost Center Combinations........................................ 5-10
Run the Synchronize GL company cost centers with HR Request Set............................... 5-11
Validate that the Company Cost Center Organization Classification is Enabled...............5-12
Assign Managers to the Organization................................................................................5-12
Run HRI Load All Cost Center Managers.......................................................................... 5-14
Maintenance and Administration........................................................................................... 5-14
Add a New Employee to an Existing Manager.................................................................. 5-14
Add a New Employee and Cost Center Owner to an Existing Manager........................... 5-15
Troubleshooting................................................................................................................. 5-15

6 Item Dimension Reporting

Overview of Item Dimension................................................................................................... 6-1
Terminology......................................................................................................................... 6-4
Architecture......................................................................................................................... 6-4
Open Interface Architecture ................................................................................................ 6-8
Item Control Levels.............................................................................................................. 6-8
Default Catalog.................................................................................................................... 6-9
Multiple Item Category Assignments.................................................................................. 6-9
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................. 6-10
Product Reporting Functional Area................................................................................... 6-10
Inventory Functional Area................................................................................................. 6-11
Purchasing Functional Area............................................................................................... 6-11
Prerequisites............................................................................................................................ 6-11
Implementing.......................................................................................................................... 6-11
Upgrade Item Dimension .................................................................................................. 6-12
Set Up the Product Catalog Hierarchy............................................................................... 6-12
Run the DBI Item Dimension Setup Request Set................................................................6-16

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 Maintenance and Administration........................................................................................... 6-16
Set the Default Category for the Default Catalog............................................................... 6-16
Creating an Orphan Category or Top Category.................................................................6-18
Adding a New Child Category to a Hierarchy.................................................................. 6-18
Updating or Disabling Categories in Category Windows..................................................6-18
Changing the Category Hierarchy..................................................................................... 6-18
Changing the Default Catalog for the Product Reporting or Inventory Functional Area
........................................................................................................................................... 6-18
Creating, Updating, or Deleting Item Category Assignments........................................... 6-19
Concurrent Programs............................................................................................................... 6-19
Create Categories from Value Set...................................................................................... 6-19
Upgrade Category from Value Set Hierarchy Concurrent Program ................................. 6-19
Update Value Set from Product Catalog Hierarchy Concurrent Program ........................ 6-20
DBI Item Dimension Setup Request Set............................................................................. 6-20

7 Daily Business Intelligence for Customer Support

Overview................................................................................................................................... 7-1
Understanding Reporting......................................................................................................... 7-2
Responsibilities......................................................................................................................... 7-2
Dimensions................................................................................................................................ 7-3
Key Performance Indicators...................................................................................................... 7-5
Customer Support Management KPIs................................................................................. 7-5
Securing Data............................................................................................................................ 7-8
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................... 7-8
Setup Steps................................................................................................................................ 7-9
Upgrade Service Audit Table History ....................................................................................7-10
Set Up the Product Dimension............................................................................................... 7-10
Maintenance and Administration........................................................................................... 7-11
Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................... 7-11

8 Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair

Overview................................................................................................................................... 8-1
Understanding Reporting......................................................................................................... 8-1
Reports................................................................................................................................. 8-2
Responsibilities......................................................................................................................... 8-4
Dimensions................................................................................................................................ 8-4
Key Performance Indicators...................................................................................................... 8-6
Depot Repair Management Key Performance Indicators.....................................................8-6
Securing Data............................................................................................................................ 8-7
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................... 8-7

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 Setup Checklist.......................................................................................................................... 8-8
Maintenance and Administration............................................................................................. 8-8

9 Daily Business Intelligence for Field Service

Overview................................................................................................................................... 9-1
Understanding Reporting......................................................................................................... 9-2
Responsibilities......................................................................................................................... 9-6
Dimensions................................................................................................................................ 9-6
Key Performance Indicators ..................................................................................................... 9-7
Securing Data............................................................................................................................ 9-9
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................... 9-9
Set Up Checklist...................................................................................................................... 9-11
Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy.................................................................................. 9-12
Assign Resources to Field Service Districts............................................................................9-13
Specify Break/Fix Task Type.................................................................................................. 9-15
Specify How to Derive Field Service District......................................................................... 9-16
Maintenance and Administration........................................................................................... 9-16
Field Service District Hierarchy Changes............................................................................... 9-16
Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................... 9-17

10 Daily Business Intelligence for Financials

Overview................................................................................................................................. 10-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 10-3
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 10-5
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 10-6
Key Performance Indicators ................................................................................................. 10-25
Profit and Loss Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)......................................................... 10-25
Profit and Loss by Manager Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)..................................... 10-25
Expense Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).............................................. 10-26
Expense Analysis Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)..................................................... 10-26
Funds Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)................................................. 10-26
Payables Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)............................................. 10-27
Payables Status Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)........................................................ 10-27
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 10-28
Implementing Security for the Profit and Loss and Expense Management Dashboards
......................................................................................................................................... 10-29
Implementing Security for the Expense Analysis and Funds Management Dashboards
......................................................................................................................................... 10-29
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 10-34
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 10-38

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 Source Ledger Groups..................................................................................................... 10-42
Budgets and Forecasts......................................................................................................10-45
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 10-60
Managing Changes................................................................................................................ 10-60
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 10-61
Concurrent Programs............................................................................................................. 10-62
Profile Options and Profile Option Categories Overview................................................... 10-64
Profile Option Category and Profile Options Descriptions..............................................10-65
DBI Debug Category................................................................................................. 10-65
DBI Deployment Category........................................................................................ 10-66
DBI Setup Category................................................................................................... 10-66
DBI User Interface Category...................................................................................... 10-68
Other......................................................................................................................... 10-68

11 Daily Business Intelligence for Interaction Center

Overview................................................................................................................................. 11-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 11-2
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 11-3
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 11-3
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................... 11-4
Email Center Management KPIs........................................................................................ 11-4
Inbound Telephony Management KPIs............................................................................. 11-7
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 11-10
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 11-10
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 11-10
Set Profile Options for Oracle Email Center........................................................................ 11-12
Set Profile Options for Oracle Inbound Telephony.............................................................11-12
Concurrent Processes............................................................................................................. 11-13
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 11-13

12 Daily Business Intelligence for Maintenance

Overview................................................................................................................................. 12-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 12-1
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 12-6
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 12-6
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................. 12-10
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 12-10
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 12-11
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 12-12
Set Up Inventory Organization Security.............................................................................. 12-13

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 Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 12-13

13 Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing

Overview................................................................................................................................. 13-1
Marketing Management Dashboard.................................................................................. 13-2
Lead Management Dashboard........................................................................................... 13-3
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 13-3
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 13-4
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 13-5
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................... 13-7
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 13-10
Security - Marketing Management Dashboard................................................................ 13-11
Security - Lead Management Dashboard......................................................................... 13-11
Implementation Consideration............................................................................................. 13-12
Set Up Checklist.................................................................................................................... 13-13
Set Up Lead Rank.................................................................................................................. 13-14
Set Up Region........................................................................................................................ 13-15
Define Profiles....................................................................................................................... 13-15
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 13-16
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 13-17

14 Daily Business Intelligence for Procurement

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 14-2
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 14-3
Procurement Status Dashboard......................................................................................... 14-3
Procurement Performance Management Dashboard......................................................... 14-3
Procurement Management Dashboard.............................................................................. 14-4
Procure-to-Pay Management Dashboard........................................................................... 14-4
Commodity Spend Management Dashboard.....................................................................14-5
Commodity Supplier Management Dashboard................................................................. 14-5
Cost Center Spend Management Dashboard..................................................................... 14-6
Sourcing Management Dashboard.....................................................................................14-6
Supplier Management Dashboard..................................................................................... 14-6
Average Price Reports........................................................................................................14-7
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 14-8
Dimensions............................................................................................................................ 14-11
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................. 14-17
Procurement Status KPIs................................................................................................. 14-17
Procurement Performance Management KPIs................................................................. 14-18
Procurement Management KPIs...................................................................................... 14-20

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 Procure-to-Pay Management KPIs................................................................................... 14-20
Commodity Spend Management KPIs.............................................................................14-20
Commodity Supplier Management KPIs......................................................................... 14-22
Cost Center Spend Management KPIs............................................................................. 14-23
Sourcing Management KPIs............................................................................................. 14-23
Supplier Management KPIs............................................................................................. 14-24
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 14-25
Operating Unit Security................................................................................................... 14-25
Commodity Security........................................................................................................ 14-26
Company and Cost Center Security................................................................................. 14-27
Buyer and Supplier Security............................................................................................ 14-27
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 14-27
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 14-44
Convert to a Multiple Organization Architecture................................................................ 14-46
Set Up Users as Employees................................................................................................... 14-46
Review POA: DBI Implementation...................................................................................... 14-47
Set Up Document Views....................................................................................................... 14-48
Consider Access to Human Resources and Financials Dashboards.................................... 14-50
Set Up Commodities............................................................................................................. 14-51
Set Up Company and Cost Center Dimensions................................................................... 14-61
Set Up DBI for Financials Profile Options and Source Ledger Group Assignment........... 14-62
Set Up Scores and Weights................................................................................................... 14-63
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 14-64
Request Set Generator........................................................................................................... 14-64
Commodities......................................................................................................................... 14-64
Validation Scripts.................................................................................................................. 14-65

15 Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management

Overview................................................................................................................................. 15-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 15-3
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 15-4
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 15-4
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................... 15-5
Product Management - Engineering Key Performance Indicators.....................................15-5
Product Management Key Performance Indicators........................................................... 15-6
Securing Data.......................................................................................................................... 15-7
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................. 15-8
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 15-10
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 15-11
Changing Unit Cost............................................................................................................... 15-12

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 Change Orders....................................................................................................................... 15-12
Changing Part Counts in Bill of Materials........................................................................... 15-12
Changing Manufacturing Steps in Routing......................................................................... 15-12
Changing Financial Dimension Mappings.......................................................................... 15-12

16 Daily Business Intelligence for Projects

Overview................................................................................................................................. 16-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 16-2
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 16-3
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 16-5
Event Type......................................................................................................................... 16-6
Expenditure Category........................................................................................................ 16-6
Job Level............................................................................................................................ 16-6
Organization...................................................................................................................... 16-7
Time................................................................................................................................... 16-8
Project Classifications........................................................................................................ 16-8
Project Type....................................................................................................................... 16-9
Work Type and Utilization Category................................................................................. 16-9
Expenditure Type............................................................................................................ 16-10
Revenue........................................................................................................................... 16-10
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................. 16-10
Projects Profitability Management Key Performance Indicators..................................... 16-11
Projects Operations Management Key Performance Indicators....................................... 16-12
Capital Projects Cost Management Key Performance Indicators..................................... 16-14
Contract Projects Cost Management Key Performance Indicators...................................16-15
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 16-16
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 16-16
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 16-17
Setting Up Security Profiles.................................................................................................. 16-18
Setting Up Daily Business Intelligence for Projects............................................................ 16-19
Setting Up Profile Options....................................................................................................16-22
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 16-25
Concurrent Programs............................................................................................................. 16-27
Load Project Intelligence Data......................................................................................... 16-35
Update Project Intelligence Data...................................................................................... 16-35
Refresh Project Intelligence Data..................................................................................... 16-35
Delete Project Intelligence Data....................................................................................... 16-36
Project Intelligence Security Audit Report....................................................................... 16-37
Materialized View Refresh Utility....................................................................................16-37

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17 Daily Business Intelligence for Quoting
Overview................................................................................................................................. 17-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 17-1
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 17-2
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 17-2
Key Performance Indicators ................................................................................................... 17-2
Securing Data.......................................................................................................................... 17-4
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................. 17-4
Set Up Checklist...................................................................................................................... 17-5
Summarizing Data................................................................................................................... 17-6
Troubleshooting...................................................................................................................... 17-8

18 Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance

Overview................................................................................................................................. 18-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 18-2
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 18-2
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 18-3
Financial Statement Certification Dashboard Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).............. 18-5
Implementation Considerations............................................................................................. 18-6
Set Up Checklist...................................................................................................................... 18-7

19 Daily Business Intelligence for Sales

Overview................................................................................................................................. 19-1
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 19-2
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 19-3
Dimensions.............................................................................................................................. 19-3
Key Performance Indicators ................................................................................................... 19-3
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 19-10
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 19-11
Set Up Checklist.................................................................................................................... 19-16
Set DBI for Sales Profile Options......................................................................................... 19-17
Flexible Bucket Setup............................................................................................................ 19-19
Run Initial Load of Opportunity Log Tables Concurrent Program..................................... 19-20
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 19-20
Assumptions.......................................................................................................................... 19-20
Summarizing Data: Base Summary Tables.......................................................................... 19-23
Summarizing Data: Materialized Views.............................................................................. 19-23
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 19-26

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20 Daily Business Intelligence for Service Contracts
Overview ................................................................................................................................. 20-2
Understanding Reporting....................................................................................................... 20-2
Responsibilities....................................................................................................................... 20-8
Dimensions............................................................................................................................ 20-10
Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................. 20-12
Service Contracts Management Key Performance Indicators.......................................... 20-12
Service Renewals Management Key Performance Indicators.......................................... 20-13
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 20-14
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 20-14
Setup Checklist...................................................................................................................... 20-20
Review Hardware and Software Requirements................................................................... 20-20
Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework....................................................... 20-20
Set Up the Item Dimension................................................................................................... 20-21
Set Up the Sales Group Hierarchy........................................................................................ 20-21
Determine Collection Start Date........................................................................................... 20-24
Set Up Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts Intelligence (Optional)...20-25
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 20-26
Currencies.............................................................................................................................. 20-26
Update Sales Group Hierarchy............................................................................................. 20-26
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 20-27
Concurrent Programs............................................................................................................. 20-27

21 Daily Business Intelligence for Supply Chain

Overview ................................................................................................................................. 21-2
Customer Fulfillment Management................................................................................... 21-3
Shipping Management....................................................................................................... 21-4
Inventory Management......................................................................................................21-4
Manufacturing Management............................................................................................. 21-5
Product Cost Management................................................................................................ 21-6
Plan Management.............................................................................................................. 21-7
Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog........................................................................... 21-8
Warehouse Management................................................................................................... 21-9
Transportation Management............................................................................................. 21-9
Sales Agreement Management.........................................................................................21-10
Understanding Reporting..................................................................................................... 21-10
Reports............................................................................................................................. 21-10
Responsibilities..................................................................................................................... 21-25
Dimensions............................................................................................................................ 21-28

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Key Performance Indicators.................................................................................................. 21-36
Customer Fulfillment Management Key Performance Indicators....................................21-36
Shipping Management Key Performance Indicators....................................................... 21-37
Inventory Management Key Performance Indicators...................................................... 21-38
Manufacturing Management Key Performance Indicators.............................................. 21-39
Product Cost Management Key Performance Indicators................................................. 21-41
Planning Key Performance Indicators............................................................................. 21-42
Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog Key Performance Indicators............................ 21-43
Warehouse Management Key Performance Indicators.................................................... 21-44
Transportation Management Key Performance Indicators.............................................. 21-45
Sales Agreement Management Key Performance Indicators........................................... 21-46
Securing Data........................................................................................................................ 21-47
Implementation Considerations........................................................................................... 21-48
Implementation Considerations for Customer Fulfillment Management and Shipping
Management.................................................................................................................... 21-48
Implementation Consideration for Inventory Management............................................ 21-48
Implementation Considerations for Manufacturing Management.................................. 21-48
Implementation Consideration for Product Cost Management....................................... 21-49
Implementation Considerations for Plan Management................................................... 21-49
Setup Checklists.................................................................................................................... 21-51
Review Hardware and Software Requirements................................................................... 21-56
Set Up Resource Groups....................................................................................................... 21-57
Associate Item with Inventory Category Set, Product Category Set.................................... 21-58
Modify Schedule Ship Dates................................................................................................ 21-60
Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule....................................................................................21-61
Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework....................................................... 21-61
Set Up Inventory Organization Security.............................................................................. 21-63
Synchronize Enterprise Calendar......................................................................................... 21-63
Set Up Financial Category Dimension................................................................................. 21-63
Synchronize Financial Data.................................................................................................. 21-64
Map Financial Accounts........................................................................................................ 21-64
Set Up Item Dimension......................................................................................................... 21-65
Enable Pegging in Advanced Supply Chain Planning........................................................ 21-65
Identify Time-Based Resources............................................................................................ 21-65
Ensure Complete Subledger Postings...................................................................................21-65
Consider Access to HR and Expense Management Dashboards......................................... 21-66
Set Up the Planning Instance................................................................................................ 21-67
Set Plan Collection Schedule................................................................................................ 21-67
Set the OM: DBI Installation Profile Option........................................................................21-71
Set the ISC: Shipping/Transportation Execution Profile Option for Transportation
Management.......................................................................................................................... 21-71

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 Set the FTE: Carrier On-Time Arrival Window Profile Option for Transportation
Management.......................................................................................................................... 21-72
Set the Unit of Measure That Represents Hours.................................................................. 21-72
Set Baseline Plan................................................................................................................... 21-72
Set Reporting Units of Measure (Optional)..........................................................................21-79
Post-Setup Steps.................................................................................................................... 21-81
Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy.............................................................................................. 21-82
Maintenance and Administration......................................................................................... 21-86
Run Plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning......................................................21-86
Run Incremental Requests Daily.......................................................................................... 21-86
Update Plan Collection Schedule......................................................................................... 21-89
Update Baseline Plan Collection Schedule.......................................................................... 21-89
Troubleshooting.................................................................................................................... 21-89

A Additional Documentation
Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS.................................................................................... A-1
Daily Business Intelligence for iStore/Web Analytics.............................................................A-1

B Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix

Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix..................................................................................... B-1

C Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts Intelligence

Service Contracts Intelligence: Administrator Business Area.................................................C-1

Index

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Preface

Intended Audience
Welcome to Release 12 of the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide.
This guide assumes you have a working knowledge of the following:
• The principles and customary practices of your business area.

• Computer desktop application usage and terminology

If you have never used Oracle Applications, we suggest you attend one or more of the
Oracle Applications training classes available through Oracle University.
See Related Information Sources on page xx for more Oracle Applications product
information.

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Structure
1  Introduction
2  Set Up Daily Business Intelligence
3  Extend Daily Business Intelligence
4  Maintain and Administer Daily Business Intelligence
5  Manager Reporting
6  Item Dimension Reporting
7  Daily Business Intelligence for Customer Support
8  Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair
9  Daily Business Intelligence for Field Service
10  Daily Business Intelligence for Financials
11  Daily Business Intelligence for Interaction Center
12  Daily Business Intelligence for Maintenance
13  Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing
14  Daily Business Intelligence for Procurement
15  Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management
16  Daily Business Intelligence for Projects
17  Daily Business Intelligence for Quoting
18  Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance
19  Daily Business Intelligence for Sales
20  Daily Business Intelligence for Service Contracts
21  Daily Business Intelligence for Supply Chain
A  Additional Documentation
B  Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix
C  Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts Intelligence

Related Information Sources

You can choose from many sources of information, including online documentation,
training, and support services, to increase your knowledge and understanding of Oracle
Applications.

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If this guide refers you to other Oracle Applications documentation, use only the
Release 12 versions of those guides.
Online Documentation
All Oracle Applications documentation is available online (HTML or PDF).
• PDF Documentation– See the Online Documentation CD for current PDF
documentation for your product with each release. This documentation CD is also
available on OracleMetaLink and is updated frequently.

• Online Help – You can refer to Oracle Applications Help for current HTML online
help for your product. Oracle provides patchable online help, which you can apply
to your system for updated implementation and end user documentation. No
system downtime is required to apply online help.

• Release Content Document – See the Release Content Document for descriptions of
new features available by release. The Release Content Document is available on
OracleMetaLink.

Related Guides
Oracle Applications Concepts
This book is intended for all those planning to deploy Oracle E-Business Suite Release
12, or contemplating significant changes to a configuration. After describing the Oracle
Applications architecture and technology stack, it focuses on strategic topics, giving a
broad outline of the actions needed to achieve a particular goal, plus the installation and
configuration choices that may be available.
Oracle Applications CRM System Administrator's Guide
This manual describes how to implement the CRM Technology Foundation (JTT) and
use its System Administrator Console.
Oracle Applications Developer's Guide
This guide contains the coding standards followed by the Oracle Applications
development staff. It describes the Oracle Application Object Library components
needed to implement the Oracle Applications user interface described in the Oracle
Applications User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products. It also provides
information to help you build your custom Oracle Forms Developer forms so that they
integrate with Oracle Applications.
Oracle Applications Flexfields Guide
This guide provides flexfields planning, setup, and reference information for the Oracle
Applications implementation team, as well as for users responsible for the ongoing
maintenance of Oracle Applications product data. This guide also provides information
on creating custom reports on flexfields data.
Oracle Application Framework Developer's Guide
This guide contains the coding standards followed by the Oracle Applications

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This guide is available in PDF format on OracleMetaLink and as online documentation
in JDeveloper 10g with Oracle Application Extension.
Oracle Application Framework Personalization Guide
This guide covers the design-time and run-time aspects of personalizing applications
built with Oracle Application Framework.
Oracle Applications Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install
This book is intended for use by anyone who is responsible for installing or upgrading
Oracle Applications. It provides instructions for running Rapid Install either to carry
out a fresh installation of Oracle Applications Release 12, or as part of an upgrade from
Release 11i to Release 12. The book also describes the steps needed to install the
technology stack components only, for the special situations where this is applicable.
Oracle Application Server Adapter for Oracle Applications User's Guide
This guide covers the use of OracleAS Adapter in developing integrations between
Oracle applications and trading partners.
Please note that this guide is in the Oracle Application Server 10g (10.1.3.1)
Documentation Library.
Oracle Applications Supportability Guide
This manual contains information on Oracle Diagnostics and the Logging Framework
for system administrators and custom developers.
Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide Documentation Set
This documentation set provides planning and reference information for the Oracle
Applications System Administrator. Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide -
Configuration contains information on system configuration steps, including defining
concurrent programs and managers, enabling Oracle Applications Manager features,
and setting up printers and online help. Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide
- Maintenance provides information for frequent tasks such as monitoring your system
with Oracle Applications Manager, managing concurrent managers and reports, using
diagnostic utilities, managing profile options, and using alerts. Oracle Applications
System Administrator's Guide - Security describes User Management, data security,
function security, auditing, and security configurations.
Oracle Applications User's Guide
This guide explains how to navigate, enter data, query, and run reports using the user
interface (UI) of Oracle Applications. This guide also includes information on setting
user profiles, as well as running and reviewing concurrent requests.
Oracle Applications User Interface Standards for Forms-Based Products
This guide contains the user interface (UI) standards followed by the Oracle
Applications development staff. It describes the UI for the Oracle Applications products
and how to apply this UI to the design of an application built by using Oracle Forms.

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Oracle Applications Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install:
This book is intended for use by anyone who is responsible for installing or upgrading
Oracle Applications. It provides instructions for running Rapid Install either to carry
out a fresh installation of Oracle Applications Release 12, or as part of an upgrade from
Release 11i to Release 12. The book also describes the steps needed to install the
technology stack components only, for the special situations where this is applicable.
Oracle Applications Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to Release 12:
This guide provides information for DBAs and Applications Specialists who are
responsible for upgrading a Release 11i Oracle Applications system (techstack and
products) to Release 12. In addition to information about applying the upgrade driver,
it outlines pre-upgrade steps and post-upgrade steps, and provides descriptions of
product-specific functional changes and suggestions for verifying the upgrade and
reducing downtime.
Oracle Applications Patching Procedures:
This guide describes how to patch the Oracle Applications file system and database
using AutoPatch, and how to use other patching-related tools like AD Merge Patch,
OAM Patch Wizard, and OAM Registered Flagged Files. Describes patch types and
structure, and outlines some of the most commonly used patching procedures. Part of
Maintaining Oracle Applications, a 3-book set that also includes Oracle Applications
Maintenance Utilities and Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures.
Oracle Applications Maintenance Utilities:
This guide describes how to run utilities, such as AD Administration and AD
Controller, used to maintain the Oracle Applications file system and database. Outlines
the actions performed by these utilities, such as monitoring parallel processes,
generating Applications files, and maintaining Applications database entities. Part of
Maintaining Oracle Applications, a 3-book set that also includes Oracle Applications
Patching Procedures and Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures.
Oracle Applications Maintenance Procedures:
This guide describes how to use AD maintenance utilities to complete tasks such as
compiling invalid objects, managing parallel processing jobs, and maintaining snapshot
information. Part of Maintaining Oracle Applications, a 3-book set that also includes
Oracle Applications Patching Procedures and Oracle Applications Maintenance
Utilities.
Oracle Applications Multiple Organizations Implementation Guide:
This guide describes the multiple organizations concepts in Oracle Applications. It
describes in detail on setting up and working effectively with multiple organizations in
Oracle Applications.
Oracle Balanced Scorecard User Guide:
This guide describes how to use Oracle Balanced Scorecard to manage performance. It
contains information on how to use scorecard views and objective reports.

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 Oracle Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide:
This guide describes how to set up and administer Oracle Balanced Scorecard and
scorecard systems. For scorecard designers, this guide explains how to design and
prototype scorecards and measures. It also explains how to move scorecards into
production. For administrators, this guide explains how to generate the database
schema; load data; manage user and scorecard security; and migrate scorecards to other
instances.
Oracle Balanced Scorecard Install Guide:
This guide describes how to how to install the Balanced Scorecard Architect
components.
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide:
This guide describes how to use the preseeded Daily Business Intelligence dashboards,
reports, and key performance indicators.
Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator Implementation and Administration
Guide
Oracle Web ADI brings Oracle E-Business Suite functionality to a spreadsheet where
familiar data entry and modeling techniques can be used to complete Oracle E-Business
Suite tasks. You can create formatted spreadsheets on your desktop that allow you to
download, view, edit, and create Oracle E-Business Suite data that you can then upload.
Use this guide to implement Oracle Web ADI and for information on defining
mappings, layouts, style sheets, and other setup options.

Integration Repository
The Oracle Integration Repository is a compilation of information about the service
endpoints exposed by the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications. It provides a
complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite's business service interfaces. The tool lets
users easily discover and deploy the appropriate business service interface for
integration with any system, application, or business partner.
The Oracle Integration Repository is shipped as part of the E-Business Suite. As your
instance is patched, the repository is automatically updated with content appropriate
for the precise revisions of interfaces in your environment.

Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle Applications Data

Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data
Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle Applications data unless
otherwise instructed.
Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and
maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as
SQL*Plus to modify Oracle Applications data, you risk destroying the integrity of your
data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.

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Because Oracle Applications tables are interrelated, any change you make using an
Oracle Applications form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle
Applications data using anything other than Oracle Applications, you may change a
row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables
get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information
and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle Applications.
When you use Oracle Applications to modify your data, Oracle Applications
automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle Applications also keeps track
of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using
database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who
has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a
record of changes.

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Introduction

Overview of Daily Business Intelligence

Daily Business Intelligence is an integrated out-of-the-box reporting and analysis
application that enables senior managers and executives to see relevant, accurate, and
timely information using self-service dashboards.

Introduction    1-1
 Profit and Loss Dashboard

Each Daily Business Intelligence dashboard is designed for a particular functional,

management responsibility. Managers can drill from the summarized information on
each dashboard to detailed reports or to specific transactions in underlying
applications.
For example, the Profit and Loss dashboard is designed for a profit center manager.
This dashboard summarizes profit and loss information using the Revenue, Expenses,
and Operating Margin key performance indicators (KPIs). Within the dashboard,
managers can drill from the summarized information in the Revenue region down to
detailed reports, such as the Revenue report, or down to specific transactions in Oracle
Receivables.
When a user logs into Daily Business Intelligence, the information that is displayed on a
dashboard changes depending on the responsibilities that are assigned to that user and
on the user's Oracle Applications security level. That way, each manager only views the
dashboards and the information that is relevant to his or her management area. For
example, commodity managers can only view the commodities that they have access to
in Oracle Purchasing; inventory managers, can only view the warehouses that they
have access to in Oracle Inventory; and managers can only view the employees that
report to them according to the supervisor hierarchy in Oracle Human Resources.
Daily Business Intelligence's unique, unified architecture simplifies the reporting
process and ensures that managers are looking at the most accurate and up-to-date
data. Because Daily Business Intelligence is part of Oracle E-Business Suite and runs in a

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single database, reporting data does not need to be replicated from a transaction
instance into a separate reporting instance. If you book an invoice in Oracle Receivables,
that invoice is reflected in the Profit and Loss dashboard the next time you run the
initial or incremental request set for the dashboard. You do not need to do any
additional processing to update your data.
Another part of Daily Business Intelligence's unified architecture is dimensions.
Common dimensions, such as Time, Manager, and Sales Group, are used across several
dashboards or product areas and enable you to view transaction data along a organized
hierarchy. For example, the Time dimension enables you to view data along different
time periods: week, month, fiscal period, year. (The available periods are based on your
Daily Business Intelligence enterprise calendar.) In addition, there are intelligence
product specific dimensions that enable you to view transaction data along other, more
specific hierarchies such as Financial Categories or Project Type. Because these
hierarchies are automatically updated whenever the dashboard is refreshed, the
dashboards are always synchronized with the current structure in the E-Business Suite.
Daily Business Intelligence's unified architecture also optimizes performance using
Oracle 9i R2 and higher versions' materialized views and incremental refresh
capabilities. This enables Daily Business Intelligence to summarize a large amount of
data efficiently. Using the incremental refresh capabilities, Daily Business Intelligence
only updates the data that has changed since the last refresh. Furthermore, because
Daily Business Intelligence enables you to summarize data daily, managers can perform
true day-to-day comparisons. For example, previously managers could only compare
mid-period results for December 12, 2002 to period-end results for December 2001;
however, with Daily Business Intelligence, managers can compare month-to-date
results for December 12, 2002 to month-to-date results for December 12, 2001.
To use Daily Business Intelligence effectively you should familiarize yourself with the
following terms:
• Dashboard: In Daily Business Intelligence, a dashboard, is a portal that contains
summarized data designed to meet the needs of a particular responsibility.

• Dimension: A dimension defines the summarization levels available for your data in
a dashboard or report. Dimensions can be flat, a simple list of objects such as a list of
cities, or hierarchical, a list of objects with parent-child relationships such as global
and regional sales groups.

• Functional Area:Functional areas are used to organize dashboards, reports and KPIs
into logical categories. Each functional area maps to an intelligence area, such as
Financials, Supply Chain, or Sales. Each functional area is the "owner" of a subset of
content. For example, the Daily Business Intelligence for Financials content, such as
the Profit and Loss and Expense Management dashboards and their associated
reports and KPIs, are owned by the Financials functional area. If you create custom
dashboards and reports, you can assign your custom content to a customer defined
functional area, so it is easy to distinguish the preseeded content from the custom
content.

Introduction    1-3
 • Parameter:Parameters appear at the top of each dashboard. Parameters enable you
to control the data displayed on the dashboard. A parameter is also known as a
dimension, but a parameter is a dimension within the context of a dashboard or
report. Each parameter can contain different dimension objects, depending on the
context of the dashboard or report.

• Report: A report is a summarized or transactional view of data in graph and table

format.

• Responsibility: An Oracle Applications responsibility designed for a particular

business function or user such as an Expense Manager. Responsibilities are
provided by the intelligence areas and provide access to dashboards.
Responsibilities can be multi-functional, spanning several dashboards.

• Region: A region is a unique set of information on a dashboard. There are eight

types of region: table, graph, parameter, KPI, simulation view, RSS feed, custom
scorecard, and links. You can drill down to more detailed reports or to transaction
details in Oracle Applications from all regions with the exception of the parameter
region.

Note: Custom scorecard views are only available if you have

installed Oracle Balanced Scorecard.

• KPI: A KPI is a key performance indicator or strategic business metric used for
reporting such as Revenue or Operating Margin. Managers can use KPIs to
compare and judge their performance.

This guide describes the various components of Daily Business Intelligence. It describes
the Oracle Applications prerequisites for Daily Business Intelligence reporting, and
describes how to setup the Daily Business Intelligence features and dashboards. This
guide is intended for functional and technical users who are responsible for planning
the Daily Business Intelligence implementation and who need a more in depth
understanding of Daily Business Intelligence reporting. It is strongly recommended that
you read through this entire guide before you begin your implementation.
The Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide contains a complete description of the
dashboards and reports provided.

Intelligence Areas
The following intelligence areas leverage the Daily Business Intelligence reporting and
analysis framework:
• Customer Support

• Depot Repair

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 • Field Service

• Financials

• Human Resources

• Interaction Center

• iStore/Web Analytics

• Maintenance

• Marketing and Leads

• Payables

• Product Lifecycle Management

• Projects

• Procurement

• Quoting

• Regulatory Compliance

• Sales

• Service Contracts

• Supply Chain

Each intelligence area maps to a functional area in Daily Business Intelligence.

Understanding Daily Business Intelligence

Daily Business Intelligence's unique, unified architecture makes it possible to perform
enterprise-wide daily reporting and analysis. The following sections provide more
details on how this architecture supports Daily Business Intelligence.

Architecture
Daily Business Intelligence leverages the Oracle single instance and Oracle E-Business
Suite architectures. The following diagram illustrates the various technical components
of Daily Business Intelligence and how they work together.

Introduction    1-5
 Architecture Overview

This diagram is explained in detail in the following sections.

Single Oracle Instance

The most prominent feature of the Daily Business Intelligence architecture is that it
resides in a single instance, which is the same instance as the transactional system. This
single instance architecture reduces the need for a separate maintenance and
administration team and optimizes reporting performance.
The materialized views and incremental refresh capabilities in Oracle 9i R2, and higher
version instances, enable Daily Business Intelligence to summarize a large amount of
data efficiently. With the incremental refresh functionality, after initial load is complete,
Daily Business Intelligence only updates the data that has changed since the last refresh.
The incremental request sets can be set to run daily, hourly, or at any required
frequency.
The ability to frequently refresh data enables Daily Business Intelligence to summarize
data daily, so you can perform true day-to-day comparisons. In previous releases,
intelligence products could only compare to-date results for the current period against

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 period-end results for the previous period. For example, in previous releases, if you
wanted to compare your profit and loss data on December 12, 2003, against profit and
loss data on the same date in the previous year, you would not be able to. Instead you
would have to compare the results from December 12, 2003 against the period-end
results for December 2002. In this release, you can now compare accurate month-to-date
results for the current period, December 12, 2003, against month-to-date results for the
previous period, December 12, 2002.

E-Business Suite Tables

Changes in the E-Business Suite tables are reflected in Daily Business Intelligence when
you run the incremental request set.
By leveraging the E-Business Suite architecture, Daily Business Intelligence provides
cross-enterprise functionality that is not available as part of standard Oracle reports. For
example, manager reporting in Daily Business Intelligence enables you to associate your
supervisor hierarchy, which is defined in Oracle Human Resources, with your cost
center hierarchy, which is defined in Oracle General Ledger, and view your financial
data by manager instead of cost center.

Base Summary Tables and Materialized Views

The base summary tables and materialized views sit on top of the E-Business Suite
tables and are used to store summarized Daily Business Intelligence data. Each
intelligence product delivers a unique set of base summary tables and materialized
views that serve as the source of the data on each dashboard.

Metadata
The metadata layer sits on top of the base summaries and materialized views and is
used to define the complex relationship between the dimensions, responsibilities,
menus, request sets, KPIs, dashboards, and reports. The metadata is predefined by
Oracle and cannot be modified. You can view the relationship between the metadata
and the underlying tables and views using the View KPI and Dimension Object
Dependencies reports.

Rendering Technology
The rendering technologies sit on top of the metadata layer and are used to render the
dashboards and reports based on the data that is defined in the base summaries,
materialized views, and the metadata layer. Information on the common features of
dashboards and reports is available in the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Request Set Generator

The request set generator is a tool that generates initial and incremental request sets
dashboards or reports. The request sets include all of the concurrent programs needed
to load or refresh the dashboard or report, so that you do not encounter any data load

Introduction    1-7
 or refresh issues, such as dangling records.

Request Set Generator

Initial and Incremental Request Sets

The initial and incremental request sets are generated by the Request Set Generator and
are used to load or refresh dashboards and reports.

Related Topics
Common Dimensions, page 1-9
Responsibilities, page 1-13
Summarizing Data, page 1-14

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Common Dimensions
A dimension defines a hierarchical relationship between data. For example, the Time
dimension defines the hierarchical relationship between different time periods in a
calendar.
Each dimension contains one or more dimension objects. Each dimension object
represents a list of values for the summarized data. For example, the Time dimension
contains several calendars, each of which is a separate dimension object. One calendar
may summarize data by year, quarter, period, month, week, or day, whereas another
calendar may summarize data by Rolling periods.
Dimensions are either flat or recursive:
• Flat dimension: Can be hierarchical, but is does not display the hierarchy between
items.

• Recursive dimension: Displays a hierarchy between items.

In dashboards or reports, dimensions appear in the parameter region and are known as
parameters. Each dashboard and report contains a set of common dimensions such as
Time and Currency. They also contain a primary dimension. The primary dimension is
the dimension that determines which values are compared in the KPI region. The
primary dimension is displayed as a dashboard parameter. The primary dimension is
different in each dashboard.
The following dimensions are common across Daily Business Intelligence:
• Currency Dimension, page 1-10

• Customer Classification Dimension, page 1-10

• Inventory Organization Dimension, page 1-10

• Item Dimension, page 1-10

• Operating Unit Dimension, page 1-10

• Organization Dimension, page 1-11

• Person Dimension, page 1-11

• Sales Group Dimension, page 1-11

• Time Dimension, page 1-12

Some dashboards may also use other dimensions. This guide contains information on
which dimensions are used by which dashboard.

Introduction    1-9
Currency Dimension
The currency dimension is a flat dimension that allows you to see financial data across
all organizational units in a common currency. The dimension is populated based on
the currencies and daily exchange rates that are defined in Oracle General Ledger and
the primary or secondary currencies set up for Daily Business Intelligence.
See: Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-30.

Customer Classification Dimension

The customer classification dimension is a flat dimension that is used to classify
customers or other parties. It is populated based on the classification you select when
you define the Party Market Classification Type global parameter. Party Market
Classifications are defined in Oracle Trading Community Architecture.

Inventory Organization Dimension

The inventory organization dimension is a flat dimension that defines a hierarchical
relationship between warehouses or other inventory organizations.
Inventory Organizations can be setup at the responsibility-level and are secured in the
Organization Access window in Oracle Inventory.

Item Dimension
The item dimension is a recursive dimension that defines the hierarchical relationship
between items. The item dimension contains the following dimension objects: Item,
Catalog, Procurement Catalog, or Product Catalog.
The item dimension is used by dashboards such as the Product Management -
Engineering dashboard.
See: Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Operating Unit Dimension

The operating unit dimension is a recursive dimension that defines the hierarchical
relationship between operating units in your enterprise.
See: Set Up Operating Unit Security, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation
Guide.

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 Operating Unit Hierarchy

Organization Dimension
The organization dimension is a flat dimension that defines the hierarchical relationship
between organizations in your enterprise. For example, the relationship between a
company, its subsidiaries, and the plants or locations associated with each subsidiary.
This dimension is used to construct the content for multiple dashboards, but it never
appears as a primary dimension on a dashboard.

Person Dimension
The person dimension is a recursive dimension that defines the hierarchical relationship
between managers in your enterprise. This dimension is based on your supervisor
hierarchy, which is defined in Oracle Human Resources. Managers can only see data for
subordinates in the supervisor hierarchy.

Sales Group Dimension

The sales group dimension defines the hierarchical relationship between sales groups in
your enterprise. This dimension is based on how you set up your resource groups in
Oracle Sales Online.
Additional Information
When a sales representative belongs to more than one sales group, the system selects a
sales group for that person using the following rules:
• If the sales representative is a member of two or more sales groups, which are at
different levels in the hierarchy:
• Assuming all groups are still effective and have the same Usage, the

Introduction    1-11
 representative is associated with the higher group in the hierarchy. In the
diagram available in Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-21 Apt, Peter M.
belongs to both the USA Sales and Industry Accounts sales groups; however, he
is displayed in the USA Sales group in the reports because that is the higher
group.

• Groups that are not within their effective date range are excluded from the
hierarchy. For example, if USA Sales in Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-
21 expired, Apt, Peter M. would display in the Industry Accounts sales group
in the reports.

• Groups whose Usage is not Sales and Telesales are excluded from the
hierarchy. For example, Africa Sales in Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-
21 has a Usage of Sales Compensation, and USA Sales has a Usage of Sales and
Telesales. Therefore, Sprague, Helena displays in the USA Sales group in the
reports.

• If the sales representative is a member of two or more sales groups, which are at the
same level in the hierarchy:
• Assuming all groups are still effective and have the same Usage, the group in
which the sales representative is assigned the Sales role type is chosen over
groups in which the sales representative is not assigned the Sales role type.

• If the sales representative uses the Sales role type in multiple groups, the system
checks the Group Member Roles section in the Groups tabbed region in the
Resource window. For example, if the sales representative is assigned a role of
Sales Manager in one group and Service Manager in another, the group in
which the sales representative is assigned the Sales Manager role is used.

• Groups that are not within their effective date range are excluded from the
hierarchy. Assume that the Europe Sales group has expired in Set Up Sales
Group Hierarchy, page 20-21, but the Middle East Sales group has not.
Mubarak, Mr. Taqi is therefore displayed in the Middle East Sales group in the
reports.

• Groups whose Usage is not Sales and Telesales are excluded from the
hierarchy. For example, Africa Sales in Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-
21 has a Usage of Sales Compensation, and USA Sales has a Usage of Sales and
Telesales. Therefore, Sprague, Helena displays in the USA Sales group in the
reports.

Time Dimension
The time dimension defines a hierarchical relationship between units of time based on
your enterprise calendar and on the global start date. The enterprise calendar and

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 global start date are defined when you set up the global parameters for Daily Business
Intelligence.
The following calendars are supported by the time dimension.
• Gregorian Calendar Hierarchy: Use this calendar to analyze your data based on a
standard daily calendar. In the Gregorian calendar, a year is composed of 12
months, 4 quarters, 52 weeks, and 365 days. (The number of days in the Gregorian
calendar differs depending on whether the year is a leap year or not.) One record is
created for every year. A quarter is defined as 3 months. For instance, the first
quarter includes January, February and March. The other quarters are defined
likewise. You cannot drill down to the week or day levels if you are using this
calendar. If you want to analyze data by week, you must use the period 445 or
financial calendar.

• Period 445 Hierarchy: Use this calendar to analyze your data by week or by 4-4-5
period.

• Enterprise Calendar Hierarchy: Use this calendar to analyze data across different
applications. It uses the same basic structure as the Gregorian calendar

• Financial Calendar Hierarchy: Use this calendar to analyze data by different

financial calendars. This calendar cannot analyze data by day. You can only analyze
data to the week level if you are using the financial calendar.

Responsibilities
Daily Business Intelligence uses responsibilities to regulate user access to content and
functionality.
A responsibility is a level of authority in Oracle Applications that lets you access the
functions and data that are appropriate to your role in an organization.
The responsibilities delivered with Daily Business Intelligence and its intelligence
products provide access to:
• A specific dashboard or set of dashboards. For example, users who are assigned the
Daily Financials Intelligence responsibility can access the Profit and Loss
dashboards and the Expense Manager dashboard.

• A menu that provides easy navigation to the commands or actions that the
responsibility can perform.

The system administrator assigns the appropriate responsibilities to each user. Each
responsibility can be assigned to one or more users, and conversely, each user can be
assigned to one or more responsibilities.
Daily Business Intelligence provides the following responsibilities:
• Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility: This responsibility

Introduction    1-13
 provides access to all of the Daily Business Intelligence setup windows. It also
provides access to other Daily Business Intelligence tools, such as the Request Set
Generator.

• Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility: This responsibility provides

access to all of the tools for creating custom dashboards, KPIs, dimensions, and
reports.

• Scoring Manager responsibility: This responsibility provides access to the weight

and scoring features for weighted KPIs.

Each intelligence area provides an additional set of responsibilities that provide access
to dashboards and reports. For a complete list of responsibilities provided with Daily
Business Intelligence, see: Appendix A, "Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix", Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide.
You can also define new responsibilities that provide access to a selected set of
dashboards and reports as required.

Note: If you define a responsibility, set the "Available From" attribute to

Oracle Self-Service Web Applications.

Related Topics
"Defining Responsibilities", Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide - Security
Appendix A, "Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix", Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
Implementation Guide

Summarizing Data
The summarized information in dashboards, regions, and reports, is built on base
summary tables and materialized views., which are relational in nature.
A base summary table is a term used in Daily Business Intelligence. It is a database table
that stores aggregated data derived from OLTP transaction tables.
A materialized view is a database object that contains the results of a query. It enables
users to manage aggregated data in a more efficient way.

Note: Materialized views are for internal Oracle use only and can
change without notice.

For detailed information on the base summary tables and materialized views used in
Daily Business Intelligence, see the Oracle Electronic Technical Reference Manual
(eTRM) available on OracleMetaLink (Note: 150230.1). The eTRM also contains Entity
Relationship Diagrams that illustrate the summarization flow used to load and refresh

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 these objects.
To see which base summary tables and materialized views are used by a particular
dashboard or report, use the View Object Dependencies utility.
In the case of Generated Source reports Analytical Workspaces, that are
multidimensional structures, can also be used to store aggregate data, instead of
Materialized Views.
For more information on data summarization in Generated Data Source reports, see:
Oracle Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide.

Related Topics
eTRM on Oracle MetaLink (Note: 150230.1)
View Object Dependencies, page 4-7

Securing Daily Business Intelligence

Daily Business Intelligence functions are secured using standard Oracle Applications
function security. When you assign a responsibility to a user, the user has access to all
of the functions on the responsibility's menu.
In addition, Daily Business Intelligence data is secured using a combination of
user-based and responsibility-based data and function security. This additional layer of
security restricts access to the following parameters:
• Common Parameters
• Inventory Organization, page 1-16

• Operating Unit, page 1-16

• Sales Group, page 1-17

• Dashboard-specific Parameters
• Commodity, page 1-17

• District, page 1-18

• Manager (Company Cost Center), page 1-18

• Manager (Supervisor), page 1-18

• Project Organization, page 1-19

• Request Type, page 1-19

Introduction    1-15
 • Store (Web Store), page 1-19

Inventory Organization
The following dashboards are secured by Inventory Organization.
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Plan Management

• Shipping Management

• Warehouse Management

The Inventory Organizations (warehouses), can be set up at the responsibility-level and

are secured in the Organization Access window in Oracle Inventory.
Although granted by responsibility, a given user's dashboards always display the same
list of inventory organizations based on ALL authorized organizations across all of the
user's responsibilities. The inventory organization security setup is specific to all the
responsibilities the user can access. For example, if you have three responsibilities and
each has access to three different inventory organizations, then the dashboard displays
all nine inventory organizations. It finds all inventory organizations from all
responsibilities for a particular user.

Note: Daily Business Intelligence does not use the Oracle Process
Manufacturing organization security. Access to operating units and
inventory organizations depends on the standard operating unit and
inventory organization security setup in Oracle Applications.

Related Topics
"Defining Organization Access", Oracle Inventory User Guide

Operating Unit
The following dashboards are secured by Operating Unit:
• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Payables Management

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 • Payables Status

• Procurement Management

• Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

Operating Units are secured by attaching a security profile to a user ID or

responsibility. In turn, a security profile is associated with an organization hierarchy.

Related Topics
Set up Operating Unit Security, page 2-55
"Security Profiles", Configuring, Reporting and System Administration in Oracle HRMS

Sales Group
The following dashboards are secured by sales group:
• Sales Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

Sales groups are secured based on the logged in user's sales group responsibility:
Manager or Administrator. The logged in user has access to their assigned sales groups
and any subordinate sales groups.

Related Topics
Oracle Sales Implementation Guide

Commodity
The following dashboards are secured by a combination of commodity and operating
unit:
• Commodity Supplier Management

• Commodity Spend Management

Commodities are set up for Oracle Purchasing and are visible to the commodity
managers who have been assigned to them, across all organizations and item masters.
Any number of commodity managers can be assigned to allow other managers to access

Introduction    1-17
 these dashboards for a given commodity.

Related Topics
Set Up Commodities, page 14-51

District
The following dashboard is secured by District.
• Field Service Management

Districts are secured based on the logged in user's district responsibility: Manager or
Administrator. The logged in user has access to their assigned district and any
subordinate districts.

Related Topics
For information on setting up districts, see: Update Sales Group and District
Hierarchies, page 2-66.

Manager (Company Cost Center)

The following dashboards are secured by the Manager parameter:
• Profit and Loss

• Profit and Loss by Manager

• Expense Management

The Manager (Cost Center) parameter is set up when you implement Manager
reporting for Daily Business Intelligence. This parameter restricts access to the logged in
manager and the manager's direct reports, if those managers are responsible for
managing cost centers.

Related Topics
Manager Reporting, page 5-1

Manager (Supervisor)
The following dashboards are secured by manager:
• Contingent Worker Management

• HR Management - Overview

• HR Management - Turnover

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 • HR Management - Headcount

• Workforce Budget Management

In these dashboards, the Manager parameter restricts access to the logged in manager
and the manager's direct reports. The manager can select any employee that reports to
him. The hierarchy of managers is defined when you set up the supervisor hierarchy in
Oracle Human Resources.

Related Topics
Configuring, Reporting and System Administration in Oracle HRMS

Project Organization
The following dashboard is secured by project organization:
• Project Summary

The Project Organization dimension is secured when you define the PJI: Organization
Security Profile. This parameter restricts access to the Project Organizations the logged
in user can access and can be set at either the user or responsibility level.

Related Topics
Set Up Security Profiles, page 16-18

Request Type
The following dashboard is secured by request type:
• Customer Support Management

This parameter restricts access to the request types that are granted to the logged in
user's responsibilities.

Related Topics
"Granting Access to Service Request Types by Responsibility" in the Oracle TeleService
Implementation Guide

Site (Web Store)

The following dashboard is secured by a combination of site and operating unit:
• Site Management

A user has access to a specific store only if the user has access to all of the operating
units that are associated with the store, as defined in Oracle iStore/Web Analytics.

Introduction    1-19
Related Topics
Oracle Web Analytics Implementation and Administration Guide

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 2
Set Up Daily Business Intelligence

Implementation Considerations
Before implementing Daily Business Intelligence, consider the following items that are
common to all intelligence products:
• Daily Business Intelligence Functionality, page 2-1

• Time, page 2-2

• Currency, page 2-2

• Security, page 2-2

Daily Business Intelligence Functionality

Determine the functionality that you want to implement.
Review the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide to create a list of the dashboards,
KPIs, and reports that you want to implement; the users that should have access to each
dashboard or report; the KPIs that you want to use; and the functionality that you want
to customize or disable.
Some typical questions to ask before beginning a Daily Business Intelligence
implementation are:
• Which dashboards and reports do you want to implement?

• Which KPIs do you want to hide from your users?

• What are the geographic areas that need to be set up?

• Which responsibilities do you require, and which users will you assign the
responsibilities to?

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-1

 • Do you need to customize the bucket sets in the dashboards and reports you are
going to implement?

• Do you want to configure any of the dashboards or reports? If so, do you want to
hide any of the regions on the dashboard?

Time
Determine the time period that you want to report on. Daily Business Intelligence
summarizes data for all the periods that are defined in the Enterprise Calendar; from
the Global Start Date up to the last date the initial or incremental load was run. You set
the Global Start Date and the Enterprise Calendar when you set up Daily Business
Intelligence.
To use dashboards effectively, you must ensure that the Enterprise Calendar has
periods defined from the Global Start Date to any future dated transactions that you
will report on. For example, if you are reporting on future dated transactions such as
budgets and forecasts, periods must be defined for all possible future and back dated
transactions.
To ensure that your data is timely, it is recommended that you run the incremental
request sets as frequently as possible. For the most up-to-date data, run the request sets
daily, if possible.

Currency
Determine the currencies you want to report on. Daily Business Intelligence populates
the currency dimension based on the functional and global currencies and the daily
exchange rates defined in Oracle General Ledger. To use Daily Business Intelligence,
ensure that a daily exchange rate is defined for every transactional, functional, and
global currency, and for every financial period defined in the Enterprise Calendar.
If you are reporting on future or back dated transactions such as budgets and forecasts
or service contracts, ensure that daily exchange rates are defined for all of the possible
future and back dated transactions.
If a daily exchange rate does not exist for a currency on a particular date, then Daily
Business Intelligence will search for a rate on the closest possible date. If no rate is
found, a missing rate error is returned when you run the initial or incremental request
sets.

Security
Review the security requirements for the dashboards and reports that you are going to
implement and modify the users' access rights accordingly.
Daily Business Intelligence summarizes data from across Oracle Applications and from
across your enterprise. Ensure that users do not have access to inappropriate or

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 confidential data, such as employee salaries or revenue information by setting up
security according to the requirements provided in this guide.

Set Up Checklist
The following table lists the setup steps required to set up Daily Business Intelligence,
including Daily Business Intelligence framework, common features, and intelligence
dashboards. Each step lists the responsibility required as well as the dashboards that
leverage the step.

Note: Several dashboards share common setup steps. Unless otherwise

noted, common setup steps only have to be performed once for all dashboards.
For example, the Profit and Loss, Expense Management, and HR
Management dashboards all require you to run the HR Load All Cost
Center Managers concurrent program; however, you only need to run
this program once for all dashboards.

Unless otherwise noted, you can perform these set up steps, concurrently and at any time
before you run the initial request set. For example, you can set up global parameters and
the HR Profile Options at the same time.
In the case of the Profit and Loss dashboards, unless otherwise noted, the step listed
applies to both Profit and Loss and the Profit and Loss by Manager dashboards.
Some steps are optional, depending on how you choose to set up each dashboard. See
the detailed step description for more information, as shown in the following table:

Step Responsibility Dashboard

Prerequisites    

Verify Hardware and Software N/A • All

Prerequisites, page 2-27

Create an Implementation Plan, N/A • All

page 2-27

Assign Responsibilities to System • All

Implementers, page 2-28 Administrator

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-3

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Multiple Organization System • Capital Projects Cost

Architecture, page 2-28 Administrator Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Contract Projects Cost

Management

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Procurement Management

• Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Status

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Projects Operations
Management

• Projects Profitability
Management

• Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    

Framework

Set Up Global Parameters, page 2- Daily Business • All

30 Intelligence
Administrator

Administer Dashboards and Daily Business • All

Reports, page 2-37 Intelligence
Administrator

Administer KPIs, page 2-40 Daily Business • All

Intelligence
Administrator

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-5

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Customize Buckets, page 2-41 Daily Business • Customer Fulfillment

Intelligence Management
Administrator
• Customer Support Management

• Depot Repair Management

• Field Service Management

• HR Management dashboards

• Maintenance Management

• Opportunity Management

• Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Status

• Quote Management

• Sales Management

• Sales Forecast Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Shipping Management

Set Up Geography Dimension, page Daily Business • Marketing Dashboards

2-50 Intelligence
Administrator • HR Dashboards

Enable Delegation, page 2-51 System • Expense Management

Administrator
• Profit and Loss

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Operating Unit Security, System • Commodity Spend

page 2-55 Administrator Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Procurement Management

• Procurement Status

• Procurement Performance
Management

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

Enable Really Simple Syndication System • All

(RSS) Feed, page 2-61 Administrator

Define Custom Logo (optional), System • All

page 2-62 Administrator

Set up Notifications for My System • Dashboards having My Open

Approvals Report (optional), page 2- Administrator Approvals Region
62

Enable Email (optional), page 2-63 System • All

Administrator

Enable Web Conferencing System • All

(optional), page 2-63 Administrator

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-7

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Enable Real Time Chat (RTC) System • Dashboards using Manager

(optional), page 2-64 Administrator parameter

Enable Drill to Transaction System • Dashboards using Manager

(optional), page 2-65 Administrator parameter

Set Up Features and Dashboards    

Set Up HR Profile Options, page 5- System • Expense Management

4 Administrator
• Profit and Loss

Create Placeholder Organizations HRMS Manager • Expense Management

for Companies, page 5-7
• Profit and Loss

Create Organizations for Company HRMS Manager • Expense Management

Cost Center Combinations, page 5-
10 • Profit and Loss

Run the Synchronize GL company HRMS Manager • Expense Management

cost centers with HR Request Set,
page 5-11 • Profit and Loss

Validate that the Company Cost HRMS Manager • Expense Management

Center Organization Classification is
Enabled, page 5-12 • Profit and Loss

Assign Managers to the HRMS Manager • Expense Management

Organization, page 5-12
• Profit and Loss

Run HRI Load All Cost Center Daily Business • Expense Management
Managers, page 5-14 Intelligence
Administrator • Profit and Loss

Upgrade Item Dimension, page 6- Item Manager • Upgrade only

12

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up the Product Catalog Item Manager • Customer Fulfillment

Hierarchy, page 6-12 Management

• Customer Support Management

• Depot Repair Management

• Field Service Management

• Opportunity Management

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Product Management

• Profit and Loss

• Quote Management

• Sales Forecast Management

    • Sales Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-9

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Run DBI Item Dimension Setup Daily Business • Commodity Spend

Request Set, page 6-16 Intelligence Management
Administrator
• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Customer Fulfillment
Management

• Customer and Product

Management

• Customer Support Management

• Depot Repair Management

• Inventory Management

• Field Service Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Opportunity Management

• Plan Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Status

• Product Management

• Product Management -
Engineering

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Backlog

• Product Management

• Profit and Loss

• Quote Management

• Sales Forecast Management

• Sales Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Shipping Management

• Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

• Warehouse Management

Set Up Field Service District Field Service • Field Service Management

Hierarchy, page 9-12 Administrator

Assign Resources to Field Service Field Service • Field Service Management

Districts, page 9-13 Administrator

Specify Break/Fix Task Type, page 9- Daily Business • Field Service Management
15 Intelligence
Administrator

Specify How to Derive Field Service System • Field Service Management

District, page 9-16 Administrator

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-11

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Define Source Ledger Group, page Daily Business • Profit and Loss
10-43 Intelligence
Administrator • Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

Define Financial Dimensions, page Daily Business • Profit and Loss

10-12 Intelligence
Administrator • Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

Manage Dimension Values and Daily Business • Profit and Loss

Hierarchies, page 10-16 Intelligence
Administrator • Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

Set Up Budgets and Forecasts, page Desktop • Profit and Loss

10-45 Integrator
• Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Security for General Ledger Daily Business • Expense Analysis

and Expense Reporting Data, page Intelligence
10-28 Administrator • Funds Management

Set Up General Ledger Profile System • Profit and Loss

Options, page 10-64 Administrator
• Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

Set Up Payables Profile Options, System • Payables Management

Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
Implementation Guide • Payables Status

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

Set Up Profile Options for Email System • Email Center Management

Center, page 11-10 Administrator

Set Up Profile Options for Inbound System • Inbound Telephony

Telephony, page 11-10 Administrator Management

Set Up Inventory Organization Oracle Inventory • Maintenance Management

Security, page 12-13

Set Up Lead Rank, page 13-14 Oracle • Marketing Management

Marketing
Administrator • Lead Management

Set Up Region, page 13-15 Business • Marketing Management

Intelligence
Systems • Lead Management

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-13

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Define DBI for Marketing Profile System • Marketing Management

Options, page 13-15 Administrator
• Lead Management

Set Up DBI for Projects Security Daily Business • Project Profitability

Profiles, page 16-18 Intelligence Management
Administrator
• Project Operations Management

• Capital Projects Cost

Management

• Contract Projects Cost

Management

Set Up DBI for Projects, page 16-19 Daily Business • Project Profitability
Intelligence Management
Administrator
• Project Operations Management

• Capital Projects Cost

Management

• Contract Projects Cost

Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Users as Employees, page 14- Purchasing • Procurement Status

46
HR • Procurement Performance
System Management
Administrator
• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-15

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Review POA: DBI Implementation Purchasing • Procurement Status

Profile Option, page 14-47
Purchasing • Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Document Views, page 14- Purchasing • Procurement Status

48
System • Procurement Performance
Administrator
Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-17

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Commodities, page 14-51 iProcurement • Procurement Status

Super User,
Purchasing • Procurement Performance
Super User, Management
Public Sector
Purchasing • Procurement Management
Super User
• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Company and Cost Center Daily Business • Procurement Status

Dimensions Intelligence
Administrator • Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-19

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up DBI for Financials Profile Daily Business • Procurement Status

Options and Source Ledger Group Intelligence
Assignment, page 14-62 Administrator • Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend
Management

• Commodity Supplier
Management

• Cost Center Spend

Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

Set DBI for Sales Profile Options, System • Sales Management

page 19-17 Administrator
• Sales Forecast Management

• Opportunity Management

Run Initial Load of Opportunity Log Oracle Sales • Sales Management

Tables Concurrent Program, page Administrator
19-20 • Sales Forecast Management

• Opportunity Management

Set Up Sales Group Hiearchy for Daily Business • Service Contracts Management
DBI for Service Contracts, page 20- Intelligence
21 Administrator • Service Renewals Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Determine Collection Start Date, Daily Business • Service Contracts Management

page 20-24 Intelligence
Administrator • Service Renewals Management

Set Up Oracle Discoverer Business System • Service Contracts Management

Areas for Service Contracts Administrator
Intelligence, page 20-25 • Service Renewals Management

Set Up Inventory Organization Oracle Inventory • Customer Fulfillment

Security, page 21-63 Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Plan Management

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

• Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-21

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, • Daily • Customer Fulfillment

page 21-63 Business Management
Administrat
or • Inventory Management

• Oracle • Manufacturing Management

General
Ledger • Plan Management
Super User
• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

• Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule, • Oracle • Customer Fulfillment

page 21-61 Managemen Management
t Super User
• Manufacturing Management
• Oracle
General • Product Cost Management
Ledger
Super User • Product Revenue Bookings and
Backlog

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Financial Category • Daily • Customer Fulfillment

Dimension, page 21-63 Business Management
Administrat
or • Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

Synchronize Financial Data, page • Oracle • Product Revenue Bookings and

21-64 Managemen Backlog
t Super
User,
Receivables

Map Financial Accounts, page 21-64 • Oracle • Customer Fulfillment

General Management
Ledger
(application) • Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-23

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Item Dimension, page 21-65 • Item • Customer Fulfillment

Manager Management
(application)
• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Plan Management

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

• Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

Set OM: DBI Installation Profile System • Customer Fulfillment

Option, page 21-71 Administrator Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Agreement

• Shipping Management

• Transportation Management

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Step Responsibility Dashboard

Associate Item with Inventory • Item • Inventory Management

Category Set, Product Category Set, Manager
page 21-58 (application) • Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Warehouse Management

Ensure Complete Subledger • OPM • Inventory Management

Postings, page 21-65 Financial
(application) • Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Warehouse Management

Set Reporting Units of Measure, Daily Business • Inventory Management

page 21-79 Intelligence
Administrator • Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

Set Up Resource Groups, page 21- Oracle • Manufacturing Management

57 Engineering
(application) • Product Cost Management

Identify Time Based Resources, page System • Manufacturing Management

21-65 Administrator
• Product Cost Management

Enable Pegging in Advanced Supply Advanced • Plan Management

Chain Planning, page 21-65 Supply Chain
Planner

Set Up the Planning Instance, page System • Plan Management

21-67 Administrator

Set Plan Collection Schedule, page Daily Business • Plan Management

21-67 Intelligence
Administrator

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence    2-25

 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Identify the Unit of Measure System • Manufacturing Management

Representing Hours, page 21-72 Administrator
• Product Cost Management

• Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

Set Baseline Plan, page 21-72 Daily Business • Manufacturing Management

Intelligence
Administrator • Product Cost Management

Set ISC: Shipping/Transportation System • Transportation Management

Execution Profile Option, page 21- Administrator
71

Set FTE: Carrier On-Time Arrival System • Transportation Management

Window Profile Option, page 21-72 Administrator

Post Setup Steps    

Update Sales Group and District CRM • Field Service Management

Hierarchies, page 2-66 Administrator
• Opportunity Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog

• Sales Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

Create Initial and Incremental Daily Business All

Request Sets, page 2-68 Intelligence
Administrator

Run Initial Request Set, page 2-73 Daily Business All

Intelligence
Administrator

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 Step Responsibility Dashboard

Set Up Users, page 2-74 System All

Administrator

Schedule Incremental Request Sets, Daily Business All

page 2-75 Intelligence
Administrator

Implementation Complete    

Prerequisites
Before you set up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, ensure that you complete the
following prerequisites:
• Verify Hardware and Software Prerequisites, page 2-27

• Create an Implementation Plan, page 2-27

• Assign Responsibilities to Implementers, page 2-28

• Set Up Multiple Organization Architecture, page 2-28

Verify Hardware and Software Prerequisites

Review Oracle Applications Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install or Oracle Applications
Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to Release 12, which is available on the Oracle E-Business Suite
Documentation CD, and ensure that all hardware and software prerequisites are
completed.

Create an Implementation Plan

Each dashboard has different functional requirements. You must review the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide before implementation and create an
implementation plan. Questions you should address in your plan include:
• Which responsibilities do I need to have?

• Which dashboards and reports do I want to implement?

• What is the list of setup steps that I have to perform to implement those dashboards
and reports?

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 • Do I have the dependencies specified for custom content?

• Are there any Generated Source Reports to be implemented?

• Which geographic areas should be setup?

• Do I want to configure any of the preseeded dashboards and reports?

• Do I need to disable any KPIs?

• Do I want to customize any bucket sets?

• How do I configure collaboration features like chat and email within DBI?

Related Topics
Setup Checklist, page 5-4
Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1

Assign Responsibilities to Implementers

Depending on which dashboards you are implementing, you must assign one or more
responsibilities to your implementers.
For information on how to assign responsibilities to users, see: Oracle Applications
System Administrator's Guide - Security

Related Topics
Setup Checklist, page 5-4
Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1

Setting Up Multiple Organization Architecture

The following dashboards are secured by the Operating Unit parameter, and require
that you implement Multiple Organization Architecture:
• Capital Projects Cost Management

• Cost Center Spend Management

• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

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 • Contract Projects Cost Management

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Procurement Management

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Status

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Projects Operations Management

• Projects Profitability Management

• Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

For information on how to set up Multiple Organization Architecture, see: Oracle

Applications Multiple Organizations Implementation Guide

Related Topics
Set Up Operating Unit Security, page 2-55

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework

Complete the following DBI Framework setup steps before you begin implementing
additional DBI features or dashboards.
1. Set up Global Parameters, page 2-30

2. Administer Dashboards and Reports, page 2-37

3. Administer KPIs, page 2-40

4. Customize Buckets, page 2-41

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 5. Set up Geography Dimension, page 2-50

6. Enable Delegation, page 2-51

7. Set Up Operating Unit Security, page 2-55

8. Enable Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feed Regions, page 2-61

9. Define Custom Logo, page 2-62

10. Set up Notifications for My Approvals Report, page 2-62

11. Enable Email, page 2-63

12. Enable Web Conferencing, page 2-63

13. Enable Real-Time Chat (RTC), page 2-64

14. Enable Drill to Transaction, page 2-65

Set Up Global Parameters

Global parameters define the default values for dashboards such as global currency,
enterprise calendar, and start day of the week. Use the Daily Business Intelligence
Administrator responsibility to set up global parameters.
You can change the values for these parameters after implementation is complete.
However, you must then run the initial or incremental load to resummarize or refresh
your data.
If you change any of the bolded parameters listed in the following table , then rerun the
initial request set for the dashboards indicated. You do not need to rerun the initial
request set if you change any of the non-bolded parameters.

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Parameter Name Required Description

Global Start Date (mm/dd/ Required Sets the absolute start date for
yyyy) the Time dimension used by
Daily Business Intelligence.
All data loaded into the Daily
Business Intelligence
summary tables is collected as
of this date. Historical data is
maintained from this date
forward. Note that in the
event that there is no data
available as of the Global Start
Date, then the closest start
date will be used. If there is
no data available at all, a null
value will appear. For more
information on how null
values are displayed in Daily
Business Intelligence, see:
Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide. If you
modify this parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

Custom Logo Optional Enables you to add a custom

logo to the top of preseeded
dashboards and reports. The
logo must be .GIF with a
recommended maximum size
of 124 x 16 pixels.

Start Day of the Week Required Sets the starting day for a
week (for example, Sunday or
Monday) for the Time
dimension used by Daily
Business Intelligence. If you
modify this parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

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 Parameter Name Required Description

Enterprise Calendar Required Sets the calendar (dimension

object) used for the Time
dimension used by Daily
Business Intelligence. The
calendar type determines the
year and the periods within
the year that are available for
cross-functional analysis. For
example, if you choose Fiscal
Calendar, you could do an
analysis by Quarter or Fiscal
Period. You can select any
calendar that is defined in
General Ledger. However,
Daily Business Intelligence
requires that a fiscal year to
be defined with 50 to 54
weeks. See: Oracle General
Ledger User Guide. If you
modify this parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

Period Required Sets the default period type

for the time dimension used
by Daily Business
Intelligence. You can choose
any period type in General
Ledger, for example, Fiscal
Year, Month or Quarter. See:
Period Types in Oracle General
Ledger User Guide. If you
modify this parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

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Parameter Name Required Description

Customer Hierarchy Type Optional Sets the Trading Community

Architecture (TCA)
relationship type for
hierarchical customer
dimension in order to display
aggregated data for related
customers and enable users to
navigate through receivables
measures and data based on
the customer hierarchy
relationships.

The values for the Customer

Hierarchy Type profile are
Relationship Types defined in
TCA/Oracle Customers
Online with attributes:
Hierarchical: Yes and Circular
Allowed: No. .

Party Market Classification Optional for: Sets the structure that you
Type want to use as the
• Service Contracts company-wide view of
Management market segments of
customers. You can select any
General Classification that is
defined in Oracle Trading
Community Architecture.

Note: The classification

must be flat, or
non-hierarchical.

If you modify this parameter

after implementation is
complete, then rerun the
initial request set for the
affected dashboards.

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 Parameter Name Required Description

Auto Factoring Required Sets whether or not you want

values in the table regions of
dashboards and reports to be
automatically factored based
on the lowest common
denominator. Autofactoring is
useful if you are reporting on
large numbers. For example,
if you are reporting on
revenue by business area and
the lowest common
denominator for a value is
1,000,000, then the value
displayed in the table region
will be 1, with a factor of a
million. The factor is
displayed in the column
heading. If you do not enable
autofactoring, then the
complete value will appear in
each row.

High % Range Required Sets the highest percent value

displayed. If a percent value
is greater than the high range,
then it appears as "---".

Low % Range Required Sets the lowest percent value

displayed. If a percent value
is lower than the low range,
then it appears as "---".

Collect Commit Size Required 1000

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Parameter Name Required Description

Debug Mode Optional for all dashboards Turning this profile to Yes
will add a column to the KPI
region that displays debug
information, such as
parameters, processing
information and returned
values. It will also add a View
Log link at the base of the KPI
region that displays
performance information on
how much time is spent on
displaying the KPI region.

Primary Currency Required Sets the first currency

displayed in the Currency
parameter of dashboards.
This is also known as the
global currency. You can
choose any currency that is
defined in General Ledger.
Transactions are converted
into the primary currency
using the primary rate type.
For more information on
currencies, see: Currencies in
Oracle General Ledger User
Guide. If you modify this
parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

Primary Rate Type Required Sets the rate type used to

convert transactions into the
Primary Currency. You can
choose any rate type that is
defined in General Ledger,
such as Corporate or Spot. For
more information about
setting up rate types, see:
Rates in Oracle General Ledger
User Guide. If you modify this
parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

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 Parameter Name Required Description

Primary Currency Display Optional Sets the display name for the
Name primary currency.

Secondary Currency Optional Sets the second currency in

the Currency parameter.
Transactions are converted
into the Secondary Currency
using the secondary rate type.
If you modify this parameter
after implementation is
complete, rerun the initial
request set for all dashboards.

Secondary Rate Type Optional Sets the rate type used to

convert transactions into the
secondary currency. You can
choose any rate type that is
defined in General Ledger,
such as Budget. If you modify
this parameter after
implementation is complete,
rerun the initial request set for
all dashboards.

Secondary Currency Display Optional Sets the display name for the
Name secondary currency.

Annualized Currency Optional for: Sets the currency that you

want to view as an
• Service Contracts annualized currency. You can
Management choose either primary or
secondary currency. If no
currency is selected, then the
Currency parameter will only
display the Primary,
Secondary and Functional
currencies.

If you modify this parameter

after implementation is
complete, then rerun the
initial request set for the
Service Contracts
Management dashboard.

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 Parameter Name Required Description

Annualized Currency Display Optional for: Sets the display name for the
Name annualized currency.
• Service Contracts
Management

Treasury Rate Type Required for: Sets the treasury rate used to
convert treasury transactions
• Site Management to the functional currency.

• Site Top Activity If you modify this parameter

after implementation is
• complete, then rerun the
Site Top Sales Activity
initial request set for the
• Profit and Loss, Expense
Quoting Management
Management, Expense
Analysis and Funds
Optional for:
Management dashboards.
• Service Contracts
Management

• Service Renewals
Management

Administer Dashboards and Reports

Each intelligence area provides a set of preseeded dashboards, reports, and KPIs that
you can use for out-of-the-box reporting and analysis. The Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide contains a complete description of this preseeded content.
Once you determine which dashboards and reports, preseeded or custom, that you
want to implement, you can use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility to administer the dashboards and reports, where applicable:
1. Enable Dashboards and Reports

2. Configure Dashboards

3. Email Dashboards

Enable Dashboards and Reports

You must enable the dashboards and reports that you want to implement so that the
Request Set Generator can generate optimized initial and incremental request sets.

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 It is strongly recommended that you enable dashboards and reports once, during initial
implementation.
If you enable or disable preseeded dashboards and reports, especially those that are
preseeded, after implementation is complete, then you must complete any required
setups for those dashboards and reports, including recreating and rerunning the
request sets.
Dashboards and reports for which no dependent object or refresh program have been
defined, cannot be enabled or disabled.

To enable dashboards and reports:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Setup : Global > Administer Content.

2. Query the dashboard or report that you want to implement.

3. Enable the Implement check box next to the dashboard or report. You can enable
several dashboards and reports at the same time.

Note: When a dashboard is disabled, all the reports that are linked
to it and are not part of any enabled dashboard are also disabled.
When a dashboard is enabled, all the reports linked to it are
enabled. However, enabling or disabling a report has no effect on
the implementation of the dashboard of which the report is a part.

4. Click Apply to save your work.

Configure Dashboards

To configure a dashboard:
1.
2.
3. Configure the dashboard by doing the following:
• Hide Regions: Hide a region if you want to prevent it from being displayed on
the dashboard.

Important: If you hide the parameter region, then the

dashboard will only display data for the default parameters. It
is strongly recommended that you do not hide the parameter
region.

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 • Edit the KPI region: Edit the KPI region if you want to change the title of the
region, change the display names of the KPIs, or hide KPIs from users.
You can also add existing KPIs (preseeded or custom) to the KPI region by
doing the following:
1. Click Add Existing KPI

2. Query the list of existing KPIs by functional area.

3. If you want to restrict the query so that it displays only the KPIs that
respond to the parameters on the selected dashboard, select Match
parameters check box.
For example, if you are configuring the Payables Management dashboard,
you can restrict the query to only KPIs that respond to the Operating Unit
parameter.

4. Select the KPI, and click Apply.

• Rearrange regions: Move regions in the dashboard.

• Add regions: You can add preseeded parameter, table, or graph regions. For
KPI or Links regions, you can add either preseeded or custom regions.

4. Click Finish to save your work.

5. If you added KPIs to the KPI region, or added new preseeded or custom regions to
the dashboard:
• Recreate the initial and incremental request sets for the dashboard.

• Run the initial request set to view the changes in the dashboard.

6. If you did not add any KPIs or regions to the dashboard, then refresh your browser
window to view the changed dashboard.

Email Dashboards
The Daily Business Intelligence Administrator can schedule an email to be sent to users
with a PDF of a dashboard and its default parameters, provided the user is assigned a
responsibility with access to that dashboard.

To email dashboards:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Setup : Global > Administer Content.

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 2. Query the dashboard.

3. Click Email.

4. Query and select the user.

The To field will be automatically populated with the email address of the selected
user.

Note: Ensure that the email ID is set up for all Oracle Applications
users. See: Set Up Users, page 2-74 .

5. Select the responsibility.

Select a responsibility that provides access to the selected dashboard and that is
assigned to the user.

6. Select the email frequency: Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Do Not Repeat. Choose Do
Not Repeat, if you want the email to be sent once.

7. Click Send.

Administer KPIs
You can enable or disable a KPI at anytime after implementation is complete. If you
disable or enable after implementation is complete, then refresh the dashboard or report
to view the results. It is recommended that you disable KPIs during initial
implementation.
You can disable KPIs if you want to hide the KPI from users. Hiding KPIs prevents
users from seeing sensitive data (such as salaries) or from seeing KPIs that do not apply
to your business. Hiding KPIs does not remove the KPI from the system or prevent data
from being loaded or refreshed for the KPI.
KPIs are disabled at site level; therefore, if the KPI is used in multiple dashboards, such
as the Revenue KPI which appears on the Profit and Loss and Expense Management
dashboards, then it is hidden from all the dashboards that contain the KPI.

Important: Always check with your functional implementation experts

before you disable a KPI.

To disable a KPI:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Setup : Global > Administer Key Performance Indicators.

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 2. Query the KPI.

3. Disable the Select check box next to the KPI.

4. Click Apply to save your work.

Customize Bucket Sets

Bucket sets are used to group like items into buckets for reporting purposes. Daily
Business Intelligence uses three types of bucket sets:
• Aging: Aging bucket sets group data into buckets of time. For example, the Invoice
Summary report groups Open Invoices into the following aging buckets: Less than
1 day, 1 - 3 days, 4 - 7 days, More than 7 days.

• Discount: Discount bucket sets group data into buckets of discounts. For example,
the Quote Management dashboard groups quotes by discounts: Less than 10%,
10-20%, and More than 20%.

• Name: Name bucket sets are used to divide data into any other reporting group.
For example, you could group items by color: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, and
Blue.

You can use the Daily Business Intelligence responsibility to customize some, but not
all, of the bucket sets used in dashboards and reports. Buckets are customized at site
level; therefore any changes you make are visible to all users on any dashboard or
report that uses the customized bucket.

Important: It is strongly recommended that you customize bucket sets

once, during initial implementation. Setting up bucket sets after
implementation is complete is a significant, time consuming, task.

The following table lists the bucket sets that can be customized and the dashboards or
reports that use the bucket sets:

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 Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Customer Fulfillment Aging • Customer Fulfillment

Management - Past Due Management dashboard
Value Aging
• Past Due Promise Value
Aging

• Past Due Schedule Value

Aging

• Past Due Schedule Value

Aging

Customer Support Aging • Customer Support

Management - Backlog Aging Management dashboard

• Service Request Backlog

Aging Distribution Trend

• Service Request Backlog

Aging

• Service Request Backlog

Detail

• Service Request Backlog

Aging Trend

• Service Request Backlog

Aging Distribution

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Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Customer Support Aging • Customer Support

Management - Closure Cycle Management dashboard
Time
• Service Request Closure
Distribution

• Service Request Closure

Distribution Trend

• Service Request Closure

Trend

• Service Request Closure

Detail

• Service Request Closure

Summary

Depot Repair Management - Aging • Depot Repair

Days Until Promised Management dashboard

• Repair Order Days Until

Promised

Depot Repair Management - Aging • Depot Repair

Mean Time To Repair Management dashboard

• Mean Time To Repair

Distribution

• Mean Time To Repair

Distribution Trend

• Mean Time To Repair

Trend

• Mean Time To Repair

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 Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Depot Repair Management - Aging • Depot Repair

Repair Order Backlog and Management dashboard
Completion
• Repair Order Late
Completion Aging

• Repair Order Past Due

Aging

Field Service Management – Aging • Field Service

Travel Time Management dashboard

• Travel Time Distribution

• Task Travel Detail

Field Service Management – Aging • Field Service

Travel Distance Management dashboard

• Travel Distance
Distribution

• Task Travel Detail

Field Service Management – Aging • Field Service

Travel Time Variance Management dashboard

• Travel Time Variance

• Travel Time Variance

Distribution

• Task Travel Detail

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Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Field Service Management – Aging • Field Service

Travel Distance Variance Management dashboard

• Travel Distance Variance

• Travel Distance Variance

Distribution

• Task Travel Detail

Field Service Management – Aging • Field Service

Task Backlog Aging Management dashboard

• Task Backlog and Aging

• Task Backlog and Aging

Detail

Field Service Management – Aging • Field Service

Mean Time to Resolve Management dashboard

• Mean Time to Resolve

• Mean Time to Resolve

Request and Task Detail

Human Resources Aging • Human Resources

Intelligence - Length of Work Management - Overview
Banding
• Human Resources
Management -
Headcount

• Human Resources
Management - Turnover

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 Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Human Resources Name • Human Resources

Intelligence - Performance Management - Overview
Banding
• Human Resources
Management -
Headcount

• Human Resources
Management - Turnover

Maintenance Management - Aging • Maintenance

Late Completion Aging Management dashboard

• Late Completion Detail

• Late Completion Aging

Maintenance Management - Aging • Maintenance

Past Due Aging Management dashboard

• Past Due Work Order

Detail

• Past Due Work Order

Aging

Maintenance Management - Aging • Maintenance

Request to Completion Management dashboard
Distribution
• Request to Completion
Distribution

• Request to Completion
Detail

Opportunity Win Probability Name • Sales Management

Bucket Set

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Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Procurement Performance Aging • Procurement

Management - Fulfilled Performance
Requisitions by Age Management

• Fulfilled Requisitions
Amount

• Fulfilled Requisitions
Aging

Procurement Status - Aging • Procurement Status

Unfulfilled Requisitions by
Age • Unfulfilled Requisitions
Amount

• Unfulfilled Requisitions
Aging

Procurement Status - Aging • Procurement Status

Unprocessed Requisitions by
Age • Unprocessed
Requisitions Amount

• Unprocessed
Requisitions Aging

Procurement Performance Aging • Procurement

Management - Processed Performance
Requisitions by Age Management

• Processed Requisitions
Amount

• Processed Requisitions
Aging

Quoting Discount Bucket Discount • Quote Summary by

Discount

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 Bucket Set Name Type Dashboards or Reports

Service Contracts - Late Aging • Late Renewal Bookings

Renewals Booking Aging Aging

Service Request – Resolution Aging • Customer Support

Performance Management dashboard

• Service Request
Resolution Distribution

• Service Request
Resolution Distribution
Trend

• Service Request
Resolution Trend

• Service Request
Resolution Detail

• Service Request
Resolution Summary

Shipping Management - Book Aging • Shipping Management

to Ship Aging dashboard

• Book To Ship Aging

Shipping Management - Past Aging • Shipping Management

Due Schedule Line Aging dashboard

• Past Due Schedule Line

Aging

• Past Due Schedule Line

Aging

For each bucket set, you can customize the following:

• Bucket Name: The display name used for the bucket set, such as "More than 50%".

• Number of Buckets: The number of buckets in the bucket set. Each bucket set
allows a maximum of 10 buckets.

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• Range of Buckets: The range of values in each bucket. Depending on the dashboard
or report, the bucket set either must be continuous or they can overlap. For the most
effective results, it is best to create continuous buckets sets.

Example
The buckets in the following table are not continuous, therefore, sets of records of data
will be omitted from the report:

Incorrect Bucket Set

Bucket 1 Bucket 2 Bucket 3

0-1 2-3 4-5

The following buckets are continuous and, therefore, contain all of the data in this range
of values:

Correct Bucket Set

Bucket 1 Bucket 2 Bucket 3 Bucket 4 Bucket 5

0-1 1-2 2-3 3-4 4-5

To create a continuous set of buckets, always use the highest value in the previous
bucket as the lowest value in the following bucket.
If you modify bucket sets after implementation is complete, then you can run either the
initial or incremental request sets to resummarize your data.

Note: Because data has to be resummarized into the new buckets, it is

strongly recommended that you run the initial request set for faster
performance.

To modify bucket sets:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Setup : Global > Define Bucket Sets.

2. Query the Bucket Set.

3. Click Update.

4. Insert, delete, or modify buckets, as required.

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 5. Click Apply to save your work.

If you perform this step after implementation is complete, rerun the initial or
incremental request set to view the changes in the affected dashboards.

Set Up Geography Dimension

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to define the
geographic areas that you want to use for reporting and analysis. Each geographic area
contains one or more countries. For example, North America is a geographic area that is
comprised of the USA, Canada, and Mexico. A country can belong to only one
geographic area at a time.
Only perform this step if you are implementing the following dashboards:
• HR Management – Overview

To set up the Geography Dimension:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Setup : Global > Define Geography Dimension.

2. Click Create Area.

3. Enter a name and internal name for the area. The internal name must be unique.
You can optionally enter a description.

4. Click Add Countries.

5. Query the country that you want to add to the area

6. Enable the check box next to the country and click Select.

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 A country can only belong to one geographic area.

7. Click Apply to save your work.

Enable Delegation
The Delegate item that appears in the Action menu at the top of selected dashboards,
allows a manager to delegate roles to subordinates for a limited amount of time

Note: Currently, this feature is only available in the Expense

Management, Profit and Loss, and HR Management dashboards.

Delegation is based on the concept of role-based security for Oracle Applications.

When a manager delegates a role, the subordinate can view the same data and is
granted the same level of security access as the manager, for a selected set of
dashboards and reports. The set of dashboards and reports is determined by the role. In
addition, the manager can specify a limited time period for the delegation, for example,
if the subordinate was delegated responsibility for the reports while the manager is on
vacation.
The ability to delegate roles is useful for high-level managers who have responsibility
for several areas and who want to delegate specific reporting responsibilities across
those areas to their subordinates. For example, a Chief Financial Officer could delegate
the Expense role to a Payables manager.
A manager can assign the Financial Analyst role to any of his subordinates.
To enable this feature, set the following profile option at the site-level, using the System
Administrator responsibility:

Profile Option Value

BIS: Enable Delegate Link Yes

Delegate Roles, Privileges, Companies, and Cost Centers

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to delegate roles and
privileges from one user to another. You can also delegate the responsibilities for
companies and cost centers from one user to another.
Each role provides a user with access to a set of privileges. Each privilege provides access
to a particular feature or set of data, such as the ability to run concurrent programs or to
access a particular report or dashboard.
When a user is granted a role, that user is granted access to the privileges associated

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 with the role. Because roles are granted from one user to another, the user who is
granted the role also inherits the data security privileges for the granting user for the
specified date range. For example, if the granting user has access to a cost center, the
user who is granted the role has access to the data for the cost center for the privileges
associated with the role until the specified end date. Use this feature to temporarily
grant authority for certain tasks to other users. For example, delegate roles from one
user to another when a user is going on vacation or if the user is delegating a particular
job function, such as expense reporting to another user.

Administrators can:
• Delegate preseeded and custom roles from one user to another

• Delegate access to companies and cost centers from one user to another

• Create roles

• Create privileges

Administrators can also manage the list of grants by revoking grants or changing the
start and end dates for existing grants.

Important: The ability to grant roles is not strictly limited to

administrators.

A manager can delegate roles to subordinate managers from the following dashboards:
• Profit and Loss

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• Expense Management

• HR Management

For more information, see: Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Detailed information on roles and privileges is available in "Role Based Security", Oracle
Applications System Administrator's Guide - Security.

To delegate a role:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Security : Delegation > Administer Roles. The List of Grants window lists all of the
currently granted roles.

2. Click Grant Roles.

3. In the Grant For field, select the manager that you want to delegate the role from.

4. In the Grant To field, select the subordinate manager that you want to grant the role
to.

5. Enter a Start and End Date for the delegation.

6. Select the role that you want to delegate. To view the list of reports delegated with
the role, click Associated Reports.

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 7. Click Apply to save your work.

To grant access to companies and cost centers:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Security : Delegation > Administer Company and Cost Center. The List of Grants
window lists all the individuals who currently have company and cost center
access.

2. Click Grant Access.

3. In the Grant For field, select the subordinate manager to whom you want to grant
the access.

4. Enter a Start and End Date for the delegation.

5. Assign a role to the individual.

6. Assign the Companies to the individual.

7. Assign the Cost Centers to the individual.

8. Click Apply to save your work.

To create a role:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Security : Delegation > Administer Roles. The List of Grants window lists all of the
currently granted roles.

2. Click Grant Roles.

3. Click Create Role.

4. Enter a name, internal name, and description for the role.

5. Query the privileges that you want to add to the role and move the privileges into
the Selected Privileges region.

6. Click Apply to save your work.

To create a privilege:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Security : Delegation > Administer Privileges.

2. Click Create Privilege.

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 3. Enter a name, internal name, and description for the privilege.

4. Query the reports that you want to add to the privilege and move the reports into
the Selected Reports region.

5. Click Apply to save your work.

You can update custom privileges as required.

To associate a privilege with a role:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Security : Delegation > Administer Privileges.

2. Click Associate Roles.

3. Query the role that you want to add to the privilege and move the role into the
Selected Role region.

4. Click Apply to save your work.

Set Up Operating Unit Security

The following dashboards use the Operating Unit parameter:
• Capital Projects Cost Management

• Contract Projects Cost Management

• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Procurement Management

• Procure to Pay Management

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Status

• Projects Profitability Management

• Projects Performance Management

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 • Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

The Operating Unit parameter restricts data to the operating units that are assigned to
the logged in user or responsibility. To secure the Operating Unit parameter, assign the
MO: Security profile at a user or responsibility level.
In Oracle Applications, Operating Units are defined as part of an organization
hierarchy. An organization hierarchy can define:
• An explicit list of organizations (operating units)

• A list derived as all nodes under a specified organization in a hierarchy

• A single operating unit specified in the MO: Operating Unit profile option for the
responsibility

To attach a security profile to a user or responsibility, set the MO: Security Profile
option at either the user or responsibility level.
• If you set the MO: Security Profile option at the user level, then the list of
organizations will not change by responsibility but will always remain the same for
that user.

• If you set the MO: Security Profile option at the responsibility level, then the list of
organizations will change by responsibility. If a user has three responsibilities, each
of which are assigned to a different operating unit, then the user can only see data
for the operating unit that is assigned to the logged-in responsibility.

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 MO: Security Profile Overview

To enable a maximum level of control over user access to operating units, it is

recommended that you set up multiple, operating unit-based responsibilities, for
example Daily Payables Intelligence - US, and Daily Payables Intelligence - Europe and
set the MO: Security Profile option for those responsibilities.
To understand how to apply set up Operating Units for your enterprise, the following
sections provide examples on how to set up security for different business models.

Example 1: Single Business Group and Operating Unit Security Profile

If you have a single business group and operating unit:

Business Group - Operating Unit:

1. Define Security Profile for the Business Group, by securing an organization list:

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 • Define Security Profile Name

• Select the Business Group

2. Select the Security Type: Secure organizations by organization hierarchy and/or

organization list.

3. In the Security Profile Setup window, include the single Operating Unit, selecting
the Operating Unit classification and the Operating Unit Name. Confirm that the
Include button is selected.

4. Run the Single Request: Security List Maintenance. In the Parameters window,
select to run the Request for One Named Security Profile and select the Security
Profile Name that you created.

Example 2: Multiple Operating Unit with a Single Business Group Security Profile
If you have multiple operating units and those operating units are tied to a single
Business Group.

Business Group - Operating Units

This setup can be achieved using two methods:

Method 1: Reuse an Existing Organization Hierarchy and define a new Security
Profile leveraging the existing Organization Hierarchy
1. Define Security Profile for the Business Group:
• Define Security Profile Name

• Select the Business Group

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 HR Security Profile

2. Select the Security Type: Secure organizations by organization hierarchy and/or

organization list

3. Define the Organization Hierarchy that has been previously defined in the
Organization Hierarchy field.

4. Enable the Include Top Organization check box, if the Top Organization in the
Organization Hierarchy is an Operating Unit that should be included in Daily
Business Intelligence.

5. Enable the Exclude Business Group check box, if the Business Group Name is in the
Organization Hierarchy, in order for the Business Group name to not be displayed
in the Daily Business Intelligence Operating Unit List of Values.

6. Run the Single Request: Security List Maintenance. In the Parameters window,
select to run the Request for One Named Security Profile and select the Security
Profile Name that you created.

Method 2: Define a Security Profile with an Organization List

1. Define Security Profile for the Business Group:
• Define Security Profile Name

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 • Select the Business Group

2. Select the Security Type: Secure organizations by organization Hierarchy and/or

organization list.

3. In the Security Profile Setup window, include all of the Operating Units, for each
Operating Unit, selecting the Operating Unit classification and the Operating Unit
Name. Confirm that the "Include" button is selected for each.

4. Run the Single Request: Security List Maintenance. In the Parameters window,
select to run the Request for One Named Security Profile and select the Security
Profile Name that you created.

Example 3: Multiple Operating Units and Multiple Business Groups Security Profile
If you have a multiple Operating Units and those Operating Units are tied to more than
one Business Group.

Business Groups - Operating Units

This setup can be achieved using the same methods used in Example 2, but when you
define the security profile do not select a business group.
To complete this setup, use the Global Security profile window, which is available from
the HR Foundation responsibility.
To set up an organization hierarchy for multiple business groups, define a global
organization hierarchy using the Global Org Hierarchy window, which is also available
from the HR Foundation responsibility.

Prerequisites
Depending on which features of Oracle E-Business Suite you are using, you may have
already performed the prerequisites.
• Define an Organization Hierarchy: Set up an organization hierarchy that defines
the operating units in your enterprise.
See: "Creating Organization Hierarchies", Using Oracle HRMS - The Fundamentals .

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 • Define a Security Profile: Set up a security profile to control access to records at or
above a certain level in an organization.
See: "Chapter 3: Security" in Configuring, Reporting and System Administration in
Oracle HRMS.

• Run the Security List Maintenance program: Run this program as a single request
to populate the hierarchy with the most up-to-date information in your
transactional system.
Use the Human Resources responsibility to run this program. Ensure that the
request completed successfully before proceeding.

To set up operating unit security:

1. Using the System Administrator responsibility, navigate to Profile > System.

2. Select the User or Responsibility you want to set the profile for.

3. Select the MO: Security Profile option.

4. Choose Find.

5. For this profile option, assign the security profile in the User or Responsibility
column.

Enable Really Simple Syndication (RSS) Feed Regions

Register an RSS feed if you want to add the syndicated content as a region in a
dashboard. For example, you can register an RSS feed for news headlines, stock quotes,
or currency exchange rates and then add that RSS feed as a region to a dashboard.
After you register a feed you can update or delete the feed as required.
To enable this feature, set the following profile options at the site level using the System
Administrator responsibility as shown in the following table:

Profile Option Value

POR: Proxy Server Name Sets the name of the proxy server.

For example: www-proxy.us.oracle.com

POR: Proxy Server Port Sets the port of the proxy server.

For example: 80

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Define Custom Logo
You can add your company logo to the title bar of dashboards and reports. You set the
logo at the site level, so the logo will appear on all dashboards and reports in the
instance where this profile option is set.

Note: The image file should be located in the directory specified in the
OA_MEDIA parameter.

Set the following profile options at the site level using the System Administrator
responsibility as shown in the following table:

Profile Option Value

BIS: Logo on DBI Pages and Reports Sets the location of logo file.

For example: My_Company_Logo.gif

Use only GIF files of a maximum size of 124 by 16 pixels for your custom logo.

Set Up Notifications for My Approvals Report

The My Approvals report is only available by drilling from My Open Approvals region
on a dashboard. The My Open Approvals region, which is associated with generic
functional areas, displays open notifications for users logged into Self-Service
Applications.
My Approvals report displays all notifications, with the option to filter by status and by
type of notification. By default, the PO Requisitions and Expense Account Approvals
notifications are displayed.

To enable notifications:
1. Using the Application Developer responsibility, navigate to Application : Lookups
> Application Object Library.

2. Search for BIS_PMV_APPROVAL_TYPES in the Meaning field.

3. Enter the Meaning and Description for new notification type. Ensure that the
Meaning is a valid value. This can be determined by looking at MESSAGE_TYPE
column in WF_NOTIFICATIONS table.

4. Save the changes and proceed.

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Enable Email

The Send an Email feature in the Action menus at the top of dashboards and reports,
enables you to send an email with a PDF file of the dashboard or report to anyone with
a valid email address.
To enable the Email functionality, you must have Oracle Collaboration Suite Email
implemented. See: Oracle Email Server Documentation.
You must also set up profile options at the site level using the System Administrator
responsibility as shown in the following table:

Profile Option Description

BIS: Base Domain Name Value Sets the DNS for the email feature.

For example: dc=oracle,dc=com

BIS: Mailing LDAP Server Sets the LDAP server for the email feature.

For example: gmldap.oraclecorp.com

BIS: Mailing SMTP Server Sets the SMTP server for the email feature.

For example: gmamersmtp.oraclecorp.com

The values for these profile options should match the values you set for the profile
options for Oracle Email.

Enable Web Conferencing

The Initiate Conference option in the Action menu at the top of each dashboard enables
you to enter a Web Conference with other Collaboration Suite users.
Use web conferences to discuss the contents of a dashboard or report.
To enable the Conference functionality, you must have implemented Oracle
Collaboration Suite Web Conferencing. See: Oracle Collaboration Suite Documentation

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 Library.
You must also set up the profile options at the site level using the System Administrator
responsibility as shown in the following table:

Profile Option Description

BIS: Conference Authentication Token Sets the authentication token for the web
conference.

For example:
MTAyMTE1OTQ6V0F4QGFTZmwpcncgITY/
Vw==

BIS: Conference Domain Sets the domain name for the web conference.

For example: .oracle.com

BIS: Conference Site ID Sets the site ID for the web conference.

For example: 10211594

BIS: Conference URL Sets the URL used for web conferencing.

For example:
https://conference.oracle.com/imtapp/OracleR
TCService

The values for these profile options should match the values you set for the
Authentication Token, Domain, SiteID, and URL profile options for Web Conferencing.

Enable Real-Time Chat

The Real-Time Chat icon, which appears in the Manager parameter of selected
dashboards, automatically launches Oracle Collaboration Suite and enables you to enter
into a real-time chat with other Collaboration Suite chat users. Use the chat feature to
discuss the content of a dashboard with any other manager in the supervisor hierarchy.

Note: Currently this feature is only available in the following

dashboards:
• Profit and Loss

• Expense Manager

• HR Management - Overview

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 To enable real-time chat functionality in Daily Business Intelligence, you must
implement Oracle Real-Time Collaboration.
See: Oracle Collaboration Suite Documentation Library.
You must also set up profile options at the site level using the System Administrator
responsibility shown in the following table:

Profile Option Value

BIS: RTC Site ID Sets the Real-Time Chat site used for
messaging.

For example: 104000896

BIS: RTC Site URL Sets the Real-Time Chat URL used for
messaging.

For example: https://rtc.server.com

BIS: RTC Authorization Token Sets the Real-Time Chat authorization token
used for messaging.

For example:
MTA0MDA4OTY6eGF1L3JCaVdxQ09LQCZw
SA==

The values for these profile options should match the values you set for the
Authorization Token, SiteID, and URL profile options for Real-Time Collaboration.
The Real-Time Chat feature requires Oracle Collaboration Suite versions 10.1.1.0.2 or
10.1.2.

Enable Drill to Transaction

The Drill icon in the Manager parameter of selected dashboards, allows you to navigate
to the HR Employee Directory and view HR related information like the full name,
phone number, and so on, of the employee.
To enable this feature, set the Report for Drilling to Detail attribute of the Dimension
Object. See: Create Dimension Objects, page 3-3.
The Non-DBI parameter on the transaction page should be mapped to the DBI
Dimension Object. You must also set up the profile options at the site level using the
System Administrator responsibility, as shown in the following table:

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 Profile Option Value

BIS: Default Drill URL Enabled Select Yes to enable the Drill to Transaction for
any dimension object. The default value is No.

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Features and Dashboards

Once you set up DBI Framework, set up the various Daily Business Intelligence features
and dashboards that you want to use.
For a list of setup steps required for each feature or dashboard, see:Setup Checklist for
Daily Business Intelligence, page 2-3.

Post-Setup Steps
Complete the following post setup steps after you have finished implementing DBI
features and dashboards. These steps must be completed for all intelligence areas and
dashboards.
1. Update Sales Group and District Hierarchies, page 2-66

2. Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68

3. Run Initial Request Set, page 2-73

4. Set Up Users, page 2-74

5. Schedule Incremental Request Sets, page 2-75

Update Sales Group and District Hierarchies

The Sales Group hierarchy is used to determine the organization of your sales force. It
populates the list of values in the Sales Group parameter, which is used by the
following dashboards:
• Sales Management

• Sales Management Comparative Performance

• Opportunity Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

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 The District hierarchy is used to determine the organization of your service
representative. It populates the list of values in the District parameter, which is used by
the following dashboard:
• Field Service Management

Before you run the initial request sets for these dashboards, update the Sales Group and
the District parameters by running the programs shown in the following table using the
CRM Administrator responsibility:

Concurrent Program Responsibility

Flatten Group Hierarchy CRM Administrator

Build Reporting Manager CRM Administrator

Run the programs in the order listed. This step only needs to be performed once for
both hierarchies.
Once these programs are run, any subsequent changes that you make to the hierarchies
will be automatically reflected when you run the initial or incremental request sets for
the affected dashboards.

Related Topics
Common Dimensions, page 1-9
Oracle Common Applications Components Implementation Guide

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Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to access the Request
Set Generator and to create the initial and incremental request sets that are used to load
and refresh preseeded and custom dashboards as well as custom reports.
The Request Set Generator is a tool that generates the initial and incremental request
sets for dashboards or reports. The request sets include all of the concurrent programs
needed to load or refresh the dashboard or report, so that you do not encounter any
data load or refresh issues, such as dangling records.
For each dashboard or custom report, create one of each of the following request sets:
• Initial request set: Loads information to populate data for the dashboard or report.
Run the initial request set once after implementation is complete and, unless
otherwise noted, after you change any setups after implementation is complete.

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• Incremental request set: Refreshes or updates information that has changed since
the last load or refresh. Run thin incremental request set as frequently as you want
to refresh data in the dashboards or reports. It is recommended that you run this
request set daily.
In addition to creating the request sets, you can also:
• Update request sets to add new dashboards or reports or change request set
options.

• Duplicate request sets if you want to copy an existing request set.

To create an initial or incremental request set:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Summarization : Request Sets > Administer Request Sets.

2. Click Generate Request Set.

3. Enter a Request Set Name and Internal Name. The internal name must be unique.

4. Enable the Load Summaries check box and choose one of the following options:
• Initial Load: Creates an initial request set that performs initial loads for empty
summaries and an incremental refresh for any summaries that are not empty.

• Incremental Load: Creates an incremental request set that performs

incremental refreshes for all summaries.

• Clear and Load All Summaries: Creates an initial request set that clears all
populated summaries and reloads data.

5. You can optionally enable the Gather Table Statistics check box if you want to
collect data on how long it takes the request set to load or refresh the base
summaries and materialized views.

6. You can disable the Enable Auditing option if you do not want to keep historical
record of request set runs like duration of run, completion status, objects refreshed,
and so on. Request Set Performance reports will show data for only those request
sets that have this option enabled.

7. Click Add Content to add the dashboards or reports to the request set.

8. Query and select the dashboards or reports you want to add to the request set. If
you add a dashboard to a request set, all of the reports that are associated with the
dashboard are automatically included in the request set.
If you are creating a request set for custom dashboards or custom reports you must

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 ensure that the dependent objects and refresh programs for dashboards or reports
are adequately defined.

Note: It is recommended to have a request set per dashboard or

report. If a set of preseeded dashboards or reports share common
objects, then you can create one initial and one incremental request
set for the set.

The following table lists the dashboards and EULs (end-user layers) that can be
combined into a single request set:

Intelligence Area Dashboards and EULs that Share

Common Objects

DBI for Customer Support • Customer Support Management

DBI for Depot Repair • Depot Repair Management

DBI for Field Service • Field Service Management

DBI for Financials - Payables • Payables Management

• Payables Status

DBI for Financials • Profit and Loss

• Profit and Loss by Manager

• Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

DBI for Human Resources • HR Management - Overview

• HR Management - Headcount

• HR Management - Turnover

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Intelligence Area Dashboards and EULs that Share
Common Objects

DBI for Interaction Center • Email Center Management

• Inbound Telephony Management

DBI for iStore/Web Analytics • Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

DBI for Marketing • Marketing Management

• Lead Management

DBI for Maintenance • Maintenance Management

DBI for Procurement • Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure to Pay Management

• Procurement Performance
Management

• Procurement Status

DBI for Product Lifecycle Management • Product Management - Engineering

• Product Management

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 Intelligence Area Dashboards and EULs that Share
Common Objects

DBI for Projects • Project Profitability Management

• Project Operations Management

• Capital Projects Cost Management

• Contract Projects Cost Management

DBI for Sales and DBI for Quoting • Quoting Management

• Sales Management

• Sales Forecast Management

• Opportunity Management

DBI for Service Contracts • Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Oracle Discoverer Business Area for

Service Contracts Intelligence

Note: You can create a single request set

for the DBI for Service Contracts
dashboards and Oracle Discoverer
Business Area for Service Contracts
Intelligence. Alternatively, you can
create a request set for the dashboards
and a separate request set for the Oracle
Discoverer Business Area for Service
Contracts Intelligence. This applies to
initial and incremental request sets.

DBI for Supply Chain - Customer, Shipping • Customer Fulfillment Management

and Product Revenue
• Shipping Management

• Product Revenue Booking and Backlog

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 Intelligence Area Dashboards and EULs that Share
Common Objects

DBI for Supply Chain - Inventory and • Inventory Management

Warehouse
• Warehouse Management

DBI for Supply Chain - Manufacturing and • Manufacturing Management

Product Cost
• Product Cost Management

DBI for Supply Chain - Plan • Plan Management

DBI for Supply Chain - Transportation • Transportation Management

9. Click Apply to save your work.

Run Initial Request Sets

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to run the initial the
initial request sets to load data for or reports. Run the initial request set once, after
implementation is complete. You can also run the initial request set if you change a set
up after implementation is complete.
Submit one request set at a time.

To run initial request sets:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Summarization : Request Sets > Run Request Sets.

2. Select the Request Set option.

3. Query the initial requests set.

4. Click Submit.
For information on how to run request sets, including setting up notifications and
scheduling request sets to run at a predetermined time, see: Oracle Applications User
Guide.

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Related Topics
"Running Oracle Applications Reports and Programs" in the Oracle Applications User
Guide

Set Up Users
Use the System Administrator responsibility to assign the appropriate responsibilities to
each Daily Business Intelligence implementer and user.

To set up users:
1. Using the System Administrator responsibility, navigate to Security > User > Define.

2. Query the user.

3. In the Responsibilities field of the Responsibilities tabbed region, choose a

responsibility, for example Daily Business Intelligence Administrator, and assign it
to the user. You can assign more than one responsibility to each user.
By default, users can access all of the dashboards, regions, and reports associated
with that the responsibility.

4. If you are implementing Manager reporting, ensure that the user is associated with
an employee. Employees are defined in Oracle Human Resources.

5. If you are implementing Item reporting, ensure that the following fields are
completed for the user:
• Person

• Customer

• E-Mail
If these fields are not completed, then the user will not be able to access the
Catalog Setup Workbench in Oracle Advanced Product Catalog.

Related Topics
Appendix A, "Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix", page B-1
"Managing Oracle Applications Security" in the Oracle Applications System Administrator
Guide

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Schedule Incremental Request Sets
To maintain dashboards, use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility to run the incremental request sets at regular intervals. Schedule your
incremental request sets as frequently as required for your users. It is recommended
that you schedule the incremental request sets to run daily.

Related Topics
"Running Oracle Applications Reports and Programs" in the Oracle Applications User
Guide

Implementation Complete
Congratulations! You have successfully implemented Daily Business Intelligence.
It is strongly recommended that you back up your system at this point.

Upgrade Checklist
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Daily Business Intelligence, perform
the following upgrade steps.

Step Responsibility Dashboard/Feature

Review the Upgrade Various All

Considerations for Each
Dashboard

Review the appropriate

chapter in this guide to
determine if there are any
specific upgrade
considerations for the
dashboards you have
implemented. Perform any
upgrade steps as directed.

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 Step Responsibility Dashboard/Feature

Recreate Initial and Daily Business Intelligence All

Incremental Request Sets Administrator

Recreate the initial and

incremental request sets for
all upgraded dashboards. For
Initial Request Sets, select the
"Initial Load (Incrementally
Refreshes Previously
Collected Summaries)"
option.

If you have implemented new

dashboards, ensure that you
include the new dashboards
in the requests sets for the
appropriate intelligence area.

See: Create Initial and

Incremental Request Sets,
page 2-68

Run Initial Request Sets Daily Business Intelligence All

Administrator
After creating the request sets,
run the initial request set for
each upgraded dashboard.

See: Run Initial Request Sets,

page 2-73

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 3
Extend Daily Business Intelligence

Overview of Creating Dimensions, KPIs, Reports, and Dashboards

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility to create custom
dimensions, KPIs (also known as measures), reports, and dashboards. This document
will refer to these objects collectively as "custom content".
The process of creating custom content is divided into two modes:
• Prototype Mode: Designers create the custom content. Designers can preview the
prototype dashboards, reports, and dimension objects to validate the design and
perform limited testing using prototype data. Prototype data is automatically
generated by the system.

• Production Mode: Designers publish the custom dashboards and reports to a

responsibility and menu. In production mode, you can load and refresh data into
the dashboards, reports, and dimension objects for more thorough testing and for
eventual rollout to all users.

This chapter discusses how you can create custom dimension objects, measures, reports,
and dashboards in prototype mode and move those prototypes into production mode.
To expedite the process of creating custom content, you can leverage the library of
preseeded content that is provided with Daily Business Intelligence. For example, you
can create a custom dashboard that is entirely built using preseeded dimensions, KPIs,
and reports. However, you can also create a custom dashboard using only custom
dimensions, KPIs, and reports or a combination of preseeded and custom content. As
you create custom content, it is added to the library. This document refers to this library
of content as "existing content". If you have implemented Balanced Scorecard, you can
also leverage the custom scorecard views, dimensions, and measures defined in that
application.
All content is organized by functional area. Preseeded content is available in the
functional area that corresponds to the intelligence area. For example, DBI for Financials
content, such as the Profit and Loss Dashboard, Expense reports, and the Revenue KPI,

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 is available in the Financials functional area.
You can create custom content under any functional area. When creating custom
content, select an appropriate functional area, such as Financials, Projects, or Supply
Chain. If no other suitable functional area is available, select Customer Defined. The
Customer Defined functional area is used to organize custom content that does not
relate to any other available functional area.
Dimensions, reports, KPIs, and dashboards have various dependencies on other content
types. For example, you must define a dimension object and assign it to a dimension
before you can use that dimension object in a report or dashboard. Due to these content
dependencies, you should create custom content in this order:
• Dimension objects, page 3-3

• Dimensions, page 3-7

• KPIs (measures), page 3-13

• Reports, page 3-17

• Dashboards, page 3-43

Prerequisites
Before you create any custom content, perform these steps:
1. Create a custom application.
When you create custom dimensions, measures, reports, and dashboards, you must
assign the content to an application. Oracle recommends that you create a custom
application for this purpose. A custom application ensures that your custom
content is preserved when you upgrade. See: Customization Standards, Oracle
Applications Developer's Guide.

2. Create a custom responsibility.

Before you can publish custom content, you must create a custom responsibility.
The custom responsibility is used to separate custom dashboards and reports from
the preseeded dashboards and reports.
Ask your system administrator to create one or more custom responsibilities to
which you can assign your custom content. See: Customization Standards, Oracle
Applications Developer's Guide.

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Custom Dimensions

Creating Custom Dimensions

Dimensions and dimension objects are the technical objects behind the parameters in
each report. Dimension objects are the values by which you can aggregate and filter data
in a report, such as by a particular sales group or location. Dimensions are logical
groupings of related dimension objects. For example, the City, State, and Country
dimension objects all belong to the Geography dimension.
When you create custom dimensions and dimension objects, you should:
• Create dimension objects before you create dimensions.

• Create both dimension objects and dimensions before you create any custom
reports.

Create Dimension Objects

Create custom dimension objects if the preseeded parameters do not meet your custom
reporting needs. You cannot add custom dimension objects to a preseeded report.
For information on the available dimension objects, see: Review Dimensions,
Dimension Objects, and KPIs, page 4-11.
To create a dimension object:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to
Performance Measurement > Dimension Designer.

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 2. Click Dimension Objects.

3. Click Create.

4. Define the primary attributes for the dimension object:

• Define the name, internal name, and application. The internal name must be
unique. You should choose a custom application. Enter a meaningful
description for the dimension object to indicate its content and use

• Specify the type of the dimension object to create.

• Dimension objects can be based on existing views or tables available in
your system. This type of dimension object is called an Existing Source
dimension object. The view or table used to create this type of dimension
object should have ID and VALUE columns. The ID is used as the identifier
for the values in the fact view or summary levels. The VALUE is the name
that appears in the list of values for the parameter.

• Dimension objects can be based on a generated source. This type of

dimension object is called a Generated Source dimension object. The
dimension designer automatically creates a table to support the new
dimension object, so you do not need to use an existing source view.

If you implemented Oracle Balanced Scorecard, then the default type is

Generated Source. To create an Existing Source dimension object, deselect the
Generated Source option.

• Assign the dimension object to a dimension. If no preseeded dimension is

appropriate, finish defining the dimension object; then create a custom
dimension and assign the dimension object to it. You must assign a dimension
object to a dimension before the dimension object is available for use in custom
reports. See: Create Dimensions, page 3-7.

5. Click Next.

6. Define the display attributes for an Existing Source dimension object.

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• Dimension Object Enabled: Select this option if you want users to be able to
assign the dimension object to a dimension. If this option is deselected, then the
dimension object is not available for use.

• All Enabled: Select this option if you want the dimension object to include an
"All" value. If you enable this option, the system automatically aggregates all
the values in the dimension object. See: Create Dimensions, page 3-7.

• 'All' Label: Specify an alternate label for the "All" value if it is enabled. This
attribute is reserved for future use.

• 'View By' Label: Specify an alternate label for the dimension object when it is
used as a View By. This attribute is reserved for future use.

• Prototype Value Prefix: You can enter a prefix for prototype data to distinguish
real data from prototype data. Each dimension object should have a unique
prototype value prefix.

• Dimension Object Values Order: Specify the attribute used to sort the
dimension object values: Description or User Code. This attribute is reserved
for future use.

Important: Daily Business Intelligence orders values only by

Description.

• Comparison Order: Specify how you want to sort the dimension object values:
Ascending, Descending, or Dimension values order. This attribute is reserved
for future use.

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 Important: Daily Business Intelligence sorts only in Ascending
or Descending order.

• Comparison Label Source: Enter an alternate application lookup that contains

customized comparison labels. If you do not specify a comparison label source,
then "Compare All" and "Compare Directs" are displayed in the KPI List region.

• Long List of Values: Select this option if you do not want all dimension object
values to appear in the parameter list of values. Oracle recommends enabling
this option when you have a very large number of dimension object values.

• List of Values Function: Select a form function for the dimension object that
displays a customized list of values.

• Report for Drilling to Details: Specify the default form function to which a
user can drill down using the dimension object value. You can assign both DBI
and non-DBI form functions to dimension objects. This attribute is used in the
Dimension Object for Manager parameter.

7. Click Next.

8. Define the attributes for the data source for an Existing Source dimension object.

• Source View/Table: Enter the view or table name where the dimension object
values exist. The source view or table must have ID and VALUE columns.

• Source View Object Name: This attribute is reserved for future use.

• Default Value: Specify whether the default value is a fixed value or a value
returned by a PL/SQL function. Enter the value or the function name based on
the selection made.

• Master Dimension Object: This attribute is reserved for future use.

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 9. Click Finish to save your work.

A warning message may appear if the source view or table for the dimension object
cannot be found or if the mandatory ID and VALUE columns are not found. You should
validate the source view or table for the dimension object definition before saving the
definition. If a dimension object with data source issues is included in custom reports
and dashboards, then error messages will appear.
For information about creating Generated Source dimension objects, see: Oracle Balanced
Scorecard Administrator Guide.

Create Dimensions

Create custom dimensions if the preseeded dimensions do not meet your reporting
needs.
For a description of the preseeded dimensions, see: Review Dimensions, Dimension
Objects, and KPIs, page 4-11.
To create dimensions:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to
Performance Measurement > Dimension Designer.

2. Click Dimension.

3. Click Create.

4. Define the name, internal name, and application for the dimension. You should
choose a custom application. Enter a meaningful description for the dimension
indicating its content and use.

5. Assign dimension objects to the dimension. You must assign a dimension object to a

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 dimension before you can use the dimension object in a report.

6. Click Apply to save your work.

To update attributes of dimension objects available under a dimension:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to
Performance Measurement > Dimension Designer.

2. Click Dimension.

3. Search for the dimension.

4. Click View Dimension Object. If no dimension object is assigned to the dimension,

then this icon is disabled.

5. Click Update to change these attributes for an Existing Source dimension object:
• Use for View By: Select this option if you want the dimension object to be
included in the View By list.

• Use for Ranking: Select this option to identify the primary dimension for the
selected dimension object. A dimension object can only have one primary
dimension at a time.

• All Enabled: Select this option if you want the dimension object to include an
"All" value when the dimension object is in combination with this dimension.
Since a dimension object can be part of multiple dimensions, you can still
disable the "All" value for the same dimension object when it is assigned to
other dimensions.

• Where Clause: Specify the criteria for filtering the dimension object values.

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6. Click Apply to save the changes.

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Define Dimension Object Relationships

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility to view the hierarchical
relationship between dimension objects.
You can define three different type of relationships:
• One-to-many relationships, also known as parent-child relationships.
Use this type of relationship when a child dimension object value belongs only to
one parent, but the parent can have multiple child dimension object values. For
example, a state and city have this type of relationship. A city belongs only to one
state, but a state can include multiple cities.

• Many-to-many relationships.
Use this type of relationship when a dimension object value can belong to multiple
values in the parent dimension object or when each parent dimension object can
have multiple values in the child dimension object. This type of relationship is
available only for Generate Source dimension objects when you have implemented
Oracle Balanced Scorecard. For example, products and distribution channels have
this type of relationship. A product can be distributed through multiple different
distribution channels, and a distribution channel can distribute multiple products.

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• Recursive relationships.
Use this type of relationship when a dimension object has as its parent another
value in the same dimension object. For example, managers and employees have
this type of relationship. An employee has as his or her manager, or hierarchical
parent, another employee on the same dimension object.

Each dimension object can have multiple parents and multiple children.
The following is an example of a sales hierarchy:
• Global Sales (parent)
• US Sales (parent and child)
• East (child)

• West (child)

• North (child)

• South (child)

• Europe Sales (child)

• Asia Sales (child)

To create a hierarchy between dimension objects:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to
Performance Measurement > Dimension Designer.

2. Click Dimension Object Relationships.

3. Query a custom dimension object and click Update.

4. In the Available Parent or Child Dimension Object regions, query the dimension
objects that you want to add to the dimension object hierarchy. You can select
preseeded or custom dimension objects.

5. Move the dimension objects into the Selected Parent or Child Dimension Object
regions.

6. Click Continue.

7. Review the mapping of dimension objects on the Attributes page. Existing Source
dimension objects require an additional column that indicates the corresponding
parent value. You can define this column in the same source view as the child
dimension object. Specify the table or view and column where the relationship is
defined for Existing Source dimension objects.

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 8. Click Finish to save your work.

Troubleshooting
Cannot add a custom dimension object to a report.
You must assign a dimension object to a dimension before you can add the dimension
object to a report or dashboard.

Custom Calendars
If you have implemented Oracle Balanced Scorecard, then the Daily Business
Intelligence Designer responsibility lets you create custom calendars. Custom calendars
enable you to report data on custom periods, such as school semesters or seasons. You
can use custom calendars in Generated Source or Existing Data Source reports.
For more information about creating calendars and defining custom periods, see: Oracle
Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide.

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Create KPIs

Creating Custom KPIs

Create KPIs if the preseeded KPIs do not meet your reporting needs.
Note that KPIs appear slightly differently in reports than in dashboards. In reports,
KPIs appear as columns in the report table and are commonly referred to as measures.
In dashboards, KPIs appear in the KPI region and as columns in the table region.
Additionally, in dashboards you can click the KPI to drill to a report.
Each KPI is based on a primary report, but you do not need to define the report before
creating the KPI.
To create a KPI:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to
Performance Management > Measure Designer.

2. Click Create.

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 3. Define the primary attributes for the measure.
• Define the name, internal name, and application for the measure. You should
choose a custom application for the measure. Ensure that the internal name is
unique. Enter a meaningful description indicating the use and content of the
measure.

• Select a functional area for the measure. If no other functional area is

appropriate, select the Customer Defined functional area.

• The Generated Source option is available if you have implemented Oracle

Balanced Scorecard. For information about creating Oracle Balanced Scorecard
measures, see: Oracle Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide.

4. Click Next.

5. Define the following additional attributes for the measure.

• Activity/Balance: Select the type of measure, either activity or balance. Activity

measures consider all the data in a given period, while balance measures
consider only the last data in a given period for computation purposes.

• Aggregation Method: Select the method for aggregating data: SUM, AVG,
MIN, or MAX.

• Unit of Measure: Enter a unit of measure for the measure, such as dollars,
units, or people.

• Measure Improvement: Select the method for determining when the measure is

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 improving. You can choose to show improvement if the measure increases or if
the measure decreases. For example, increased Revenue is an improvement;
however, a decrease in Service Backlog is considered an improvement.

• Prototyping: Set the prototype method and data ranges for the measure.
Prototype data enables you to test and demonstrate measures before publishing
them.

6. Click Next.

7. The Cause and Effect feature is reserved for future use.

8. Define a data source for the measure.

Select a data source for an Existing Source measure. The data source is the primary
report from which the data for this measure is taken. The data source can be any
existing report. This report becomes the default drill-down report for the measure.
You can access this drill-down report only when the measure is added to a KPI
region in a dashboard

Note: The report you want to use as the data source for an Existing
Source measure must already exist before you can define the data
source.

To define the data source, select an existing report as the data source. Select one
column available in the report as the source column to gather the actual value. The
list of available columns is restricted to the columns in the report's underlying view.
Select another column as the compare-to source column to calculate change.
If no report exists yet for this measure, you can save the measure and return to

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 update the data source for the measure after the report is created. If you mapped
the measure to a column when you created a report, the Source Column Name field
is automatically populated
To change the default drill-down report for the measure, select a report in the
Detailed Report in Alert field. The list of available reports is restricted to reports
that use the same view as the measure.
To enable users to access the drill-down report for the measure when the measure is
added to the KPI region of a dashboard, select the Enable Detailed Report in KPI
Region check box.
You can view the dimensions that are mapped for this measure by clicking Map.
This is provided for information purposes only, but is useful to understand if the
measure uses the same dimensions as a particular report or dashboard.

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Custom Reports

Creating Custom Reports

Design custom reports if the preseeded reports do not meet your business requirements
or if you want to report on data from applications other than Oracle E-Business Suite.
Using Report Designer, you can easily create custom reports according to your specific
needs that use the same style as the preseeded Oracle reports.
You can duplicate custom reports. A duplicate report has the same title and layout as
the original report but a unique internal name. You cannot duplicate preseeded reports.
There are three basic steps to designing a custom report:
1. Define the report data source, page 3-18

2. If the report has an existing data source, define the data source mapping for the
measures, dimensions, and attributes, page 3-22

3. Design the report layout, page 3-23

In addition, when you define a custom report, you can:

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 • Create a simulation view
Simulation views enable you to create "what if" scenarios that demonstrate the
effect of one or more KPIs on a calculated KPI. You create a simulation view within
the Report Designer; this feature is enabled after you have created at least one
calculated column. However, you can access simulation views only through
dashboards. After you create a simulation view in a report, you can select the
region from the report into a dashboard to display the simulation view.
You can only create a simulation view if you have implemented Oracle Balanced
Scorecard. You can add simulation views to any Existing Source or Generated
Source report that contains at least one calculated KPI. You cannot create simulation
views for weighted KPIs. See: Create Simulation Views, page 3-38.

• Preview custom reports for testing purposes

Preview the report in design mode so that you can approximate what it will look
like after it is moved into production mode.

• Export and import custom reports

If you are using Daily Business Intelligence on multiple instances, you can export
and import custom reports from one instance to another. See: Export and Import
Dashboards and Reports, page 3-55.

After you design the report, move the report into production mode by publishing the
report to a responsibility and menu and populate the report with data using the
appropriate data load and refresh method for the report data source.

Define the Report Data Source

The first step in designing a report is defining the report data source. The following
table describes the available data sources, the difficulty level of creating the report, the
specific requirements for each data source, and the method used to load and refresh
data for the data source.

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Report Data Sources

Report Description Difficulty Requires Requires Method for

Data Level BSC Custom Loading and
Source Views or Refreshing
Tables Data

Generate The system Moderate Yes, No After the report

Data automatically generates Oracle is moved into
Source the views and tables Balanced production
needed to support the Scorecard mode, data is
report based on the Release loaded into the
report prototype. 5.3 report using the
Data Loader in
The advantages of this Balanced
type of report are that Scorecard, and
you can easily create the summaries
mockups, you do not are refreshed by
need technical request sets.
knowledge such as an
understanding of the
data model or how to
create ETL programs,
and you can create
custom KPIs and
dimension objects
while creating a report.

Select The designer uses a High No Yes You can use the
Existing preseeded or custom Request Set
Data table, view, or PL/SQL Generator to
Source function to define the create a request
report. set to load and
refresh the data
The advantages of this for the report or
type of report are that create custom
you can design tables, scripts for
views, or PL/SQL loading and
functions optimally to refreshing data.
support reporting, and Oracle
you can easily handle recommends
data loading of custom using request
content through sets for these
request sets. Designers reports.
should understand the
data model as well as
the functional process
for designing this type
of report.

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 Report Description Difficulty Requires Requires Method for
Data Level BSC Custom Loading and
Source Views or Refreshing
Tables Data

Select The designer selects Low No No The data for

KPIs as preseeded or custom these reports is
Data KPIs to build the updated by the
Source report. Each KPI existing request
represents one column sets for the
in the report table. dashboards or
reports to which
The advantages of this the selected KPIs
type of report are that originally
you can add weighted belong. No
KPIs to a report and separate request
that you can easily set is required
leverage existing for these reports.
content that is already
updated by existing
request sets.

You can build this type

of report only using
KPIs that share the
same dimensionality.

After you select a data source type for a report, you cannot switch the data source for
the report while you are designing the report. For Generated Source reports you can
switch the data source to a view only after the prototype has been saved. In all other
cases, design an additional report.
To define the report data source:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Reporting
> Report Designer.

2. Click Create.

3. Define the name, internal name, application, functional area, and description for the
report. You should choose a custom application. Then click Continue.

4. Select the data source for the report:

• Generate Data Source: Select this option if you want the system to generate
automatically the table and view structure required to support the report. This
option is available only if you implemented Oracle Balanced Scorecard. For
more information on generated data sources, see: Oracle Balanced Scorecard
Administrator Guide.

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 If you select this option, you must use the Generate Database and Data Loader
process in Oracle Balanced Scorecard to generate the schema and load data for
the report. You must also use the Request Set Generator to generate a request
set to refresh the materialized views or analytical workspaces underlying the
report.

• Select Existing Data Source: Select this option if you want to use an existing
view or table as the data source for the report. You should choose this option if
you have created a custom view or table to use as the data source.
If you select this option, you must use the Request Set Generator to generate a
request set to load and refresh data for the report.

• Select KPIs as Data Source: Select this option if you want to build a report
based on existing KPIs that are already part of another report. You should
choose this option if you want to create a report based on preseeded or custom
KPIs that exist in another report, or if you plan to define weighted averages for
the KPIs.
If you select this option, use the existing request sets to load and refresh data
for the selected KPIs.

5. If you selected Generated Data Source, click Finish to begin designing the report
prototype.

6. If you selected Existing Data Source, select the table or view that you want to use as
the data source. Then begin mapping measures and dimension objects for the
report.

7. If you selected KPIs as Data Source, select the KPIs that you want to add to the
report. You can select preseeded or custom KPIs. Click Finish to begin designing
the report prototype.
The KPIs you select must share at least one period and one common dimension
other than Time and Currency. When you add more than one KPI to the report, the
system validates that the KPIs share at least one common dimension.

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Define the Data Source Mapping for Existing Data Source Reports

If you are creating an Existing Data Source report, map the columns from the data
source to the report. You can map each data source column to one of the following
column types:
• Dimension Object: Maps the data source column to a parameter in the report.

• Measure: Maps the data source column to a column in the report table. Use this
column type to map numeric data such as values or counts.

• Prior: Maps the column used as the Compare To value in the report. Use this
column type to map data from a previous period. Do not use this column to map
budget, plan, or forecast data.

• Blank: Maps the data source column to an informational column in the report table.
Use this column type to map numeric or non-numeric data, such as a name, phone
number, or description as an attribute or informational column.

To define the data source mapping:

1. In the Column field, select a column from the data source.

2. In the Column Type field, select the type of content you are mapping. Possible
choices are Dimension Objects, Measures, Prior, or Blank.

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 3. If the column type is Dimension Object, in the Measure/Dimension Object Mapping
field, select a dimension object to which to map the column. Dimension objects
must be defined and assigned to a dimension.

4. If the column type is Measure, in the Measure/Dimension Object Mapping field, if

you want to map the column to an existing measure, select the measure. The system
automatically populates the measure name. If you want to map the column to a
new measure, leave the field blank. After you finish designing the report, you can
create the new measure using the Measure Designer and specify this report as the
data source.

5. Change the Display Label for each mapped column, if required.

6. Click Finish to save your work. Then design the report layout.

Design the Report Layout

When you design the report prototype, the parameter and table regions are already
populated based on the data source selected. The following table lists the items that are
automatically populated in each region by report type.

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 Automatically Populated Report Items

Report Type Parameter Region Table Region Automatically

Automatically Contains... Contains...

Generate Data Source The following parameters: One column for View By
Time
• As of Date

• Period

• Compare To

• View By

Existing Data Source One parameter for each One column for each column
mapped dimension object mapped as a measure and a
column for the View By
parameter, if at least one
dimension object was
mapped

KPIs as Data Source Parameters that are shared by One column for each KPI and
all the selected KPIs. The a column for the View By
system compares all the parameter, if the base reports
parameters from the base contain View By
reports for the KPIs selected
and builds a new parameter
region based on the common
parameters.

The following sections describe how to define the different regions in the report
• Edit the title region, page 3-24

• Edit the parameter region, page 3-25

• Edit the table region, page 3-29

• Edit the graph region (optional), page 3-40

• Edit the links region (optional), page 3-41

Edit the Title Region

The title region is the first region in the report. It contains the logo, report title, and

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 global links (Home, Logout, and Help). The report title defaults to the name defined for
the report in the Primary Attribute window. You can edit this region and modify the
report title to make it more descriptive.

Edit the Parameter Region

The parameter region is the second region in the report. It controls the data that is
displayed on the report. After you define a parameter region for a report, that
parameter region is available for use in custom dashboards as well.
The parameter region contains different parameters depending on the type of report.
• For Generated Data Source reports, the report prototype automatically contains the
following parameters:
• As of Date: The current system date. This parameter forces the report to bring
period-to-date information. Daily information is required when as of date is
enabled in a report.

• Period: The available periods are based on the Enterprise Calendar selected.
The default periods are Year, Quarter, and Month. You can enable additional
periods from the Enterprise Calendar, or change the report calendar as
required. When As of Date is selected, the Day period is mandatory, though not
visible.

• Compare To: The available compare to values are Prior Period and Prior Year.
The default value is Prior Period.

• View By: This parameter will contain a list of all the dimensions added to the
report. The default View By is Time.

You can add additional parameters to Generated Data Source reports from existing
reports, existing dimension objects or existing dimensions, as required.

• For Existing Data Source reports, the report prototype automatically contains one
parameter for each dimension object you mapped in the Data Source Mapping
page. You can add new parameters to an Existing Data Source report by updating
the data source mapping and mapping additional columns as dimension objects.

• For KPIs as Data Source reports, the system builds the parameter region based on
the common parameters across all selected KPIs. Consequently, this type of report
has restrictions on adding or removing parameters. You can hide or show
parameters, but you cannot modify the structure of the report parameters because
the structure is derived from the KPIs' base reports.

To edit the parameter region:

1. In the report prototype, select Edit in the parameter region.

2. Define the parameter layout. Possible choices are:

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 • Wrap: Parameters are arranged dynamically, wrapping along the top of the
report.

• 3 Columns: Parameters are arranged into three columns.

For all formats, every time a user changes a report parameter, the report content
refreshes automatically.

3. Define the As of Date and Period parameters. Daily Business Intelligence supports
different report styles related to these parameters.
The first style is the "As of Date" style. Generated Source reports are typically
defined with three base parameters that are related to how you can see the data in
time and how you can compare it to prior periods. The default definition for a
Generated Source report considers a combination of these three parameters.
• As of Date

• Period Type

• Compare To

The other report styles can be used for other requirements, such as when data does
not need to be visualized daily or at a particular date.
The second report style is the "From-To" style, which allows users to select a range
within a period. For example, select the months January 2006 to March 2006 for the
monthly period type.
The third report style is a variation of the first style which uses the Period Type and
Compare To parameters, but hides the As of Date. Use this style when you do not
need the As of Date parameter.
Generated Source reports have the "As of Date" style by default, but you can switch
to the "From-To" style or hide the As of Date. To switch the report style, edit the
parameter region and select a style in the Date row, either "As of Date" or
"From-To". The system enforces some validations, such as for the Compare To and
Period Type, depending on the style selected. For example, Compare To is not a
valid option when the "From-To" style is selected.
Reports based on views or tables typically have the "From-To" style.
For reports based on KPIs as data source, the style is derived from the base reports.

4. In the Edit Parameter region, add parameters to the report parameter region as
required. If you selected Generated Source reports, you can add dimensions using
the following options:
• Existing Dimension Objects: Select individual existing dimension objects.

• New Dimension Object: Create a new dimension object. See: Create

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 Dimensions Objects, page 3-3.
The new dimension object, whose type is Generated Source, is created within
the report and registered within the common dimension object repository.
When a new dimension object is created from the report, you can define sample
values to see while the report is in prototype mode.

Note: This option is available only for Generated Source

reports.

• Existing Dimensions: Select a group of existing dimension objects previously

defined within a dimension.

Note: This option is available only for Generated Source

reports.

• Dimension Objects from Report: Select one or more dimension objects from a
preseeded or custom report and add them to the parameter region of the new
report. In this process the report inherits the properties of the dimension
objects. For example, the recursive ability of the manager or cost center
dimension objects and the relationships between dimension objects can be
inherited. These properties may not be part of the preseeded dimension object.
Use this method as the primary way to add dimension objects to new reports so
that you can easily duplicate the properties from existing reports.
This option is available for Generated Data Source and Existing Data Source
reports.

5. Define the period levels.

Update the corresponding Period row in the Edit Parameters page to see the
available options.
Enable or disable values as required. For example, by default the Period parameter
does not have the Day period enabled.
You can enable as many periods as required from the same calendar. However, you
cannot enable periods from different calendars.

6. Define "Compare to" values.

Update the corresponding "Compare to" row in the Edit Parameters page to see the
available options.
For the "Compare to" values, the default values are Prior Period and Prior Year. You
can also enable Budget as one of the values.
The system does not validate whether data is available for all enabled values.

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 Consequently, check with your implementation team that:
• Data is available for the selected value.

• There are no potential performance issues associated with reporting on a

particular value. For example, if Day is enabled the report performance will be
slower than it will be for greater periods such as Week or Month.

7. Update the other report parameters as required by defining the label and the
parameter selection style.
You can update the parameter label, which is the name of the parameter as it
appears in the report. If you change the display name in this page, it overwrites the
display name specified in the Data Source Mapping page.
You can also change the parameter selection style. These selection styles are
available for a custom dimension object within the report:
• Single Select Drop Down Value List

• Single Select Pop Up Search Window

• Multi Select Drop Down Value List

• Multi Select Pop Up Search Window

• Read Only

The selection style options for preseeded dimension objects vary depending on the
dimension object definitions.

8. Specify other parameter properties in the report context.

• Set the default value for each parameter. Select from the available values for
each parameter. If you use predefined secure dimensions, these settings may be
overwritten at runtime using the secured values for the specific user.

• If you do not want to display a parameter, then disable the Display check box
for the parameter.
Disable the display for a parameter if you want to control the content of the
report using the parameter, but you do not want users to be able to change the
value. For example, if you want to create a report that is always for the U.S.
sales group, you could add Sales Group as a parameter, set the default value to
U.S. sales, and disable the display for this parameter.

• Update the View By parameter as required. You can add custom values for the
View By parameter. For example, you can create an additional double view by,
such as view by Organization and Inventory Category. A double view by is

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 enabled based on the enabled single view by. Consequently, you cannot define
a double view by using a parameter that is not enabled as a single view by.

• Rearrange the order of the parameters as required.

9. When you finish defining the report parameters in the prototype, click Apply to
save changes for the report.

10. Save your work. The modifications made to a report are not saved until you click
Save in the Report Layout page.

Edit the Table Region

The table region is the fourth region in the report. It displays the detailed data for the
report.
For Generated Data Source reports, the report prototype automatically contains a single
column for View By Time.
For Existing Data Source reports, the report prototype automatically contains these
columns:
• One view by column, if you mapped at least one dimension object and view by is
enabled

• One column for each column that you mapped as a measure in the Data Source
Mapping page

• One column for each column that you mapped as an attribute (using the Blank
column type in the Data Source Mapping page) but that is not visible by default

For KPI as Data Source reports, the report prototype automatically contains one column

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 for each KPI that you added to the report when you defined the report data source.
To edit the table region:
1. In the report prototype, select Edit in the table region.

2. Add KPIs to the table region.

In the Add field select one of the following options and click Go.
• Existing KPI: Select an existing KPI. In Existing Source reports you can add
existing KPIs by updating the data source mapping and mapping columns as
measures.

• New KPI: Create a custom KPI of the Generated Source type. This option is
available only for Generated Source reports. See: Create KPIs, page 3-13.

• New Calculated KPI: Create a new KPI by defining a calculation between two
or more KPIs added to the report. This option is available only if you have
added at least one KPI to the report. See: Create Calculated KPIs, page 3-32.

• New Weighted KPI based on scores: Create a new KPI by assigning weights
and scores to two or more KPIs. This option is available only for KPI as Data
Source reports and only if you have added at least one KPI to the report. See:
Create Weighted KPIs, page 3-34.

When you add new KPIs to the table region, they immediately become available for
the graph region as well

3. Edit column labels.

Edit the column headings as required. Editing a column heading updates the
display name for the KPI. For reports based on tables or views, if you update the
display name in this page, it overwrites the display name entered in the Data
Source Mapping page.

4. Specify column spanning.

To group several columns into a spanning column:
• In the Add field, select Column Groups and click Go.

• Enter a title for the column group. The title spans the top of the columns in the
column group.

• Select the set of measures that you want to add to the column group. Each
measure can belong only to one column group.

• Select Apply to save your work.

5. Hide or show columns in the table region.

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 Enable the Display check box if you want to display the column in the table. By
default all measure columns are displayed. You can choose not to display a column
in the table. For example, you can hide a column if you want to include the measure
in a calculated KPI but do not want the measure to appear as a separate column in
the report, or if you want to graph a measure but do not want the measure to
appear in the table region.

6. Specify the table sorting.

For each column, enable the Sortable check box if you want to be able to sort on the
column.
You can also define which column you want to use as the default sort column for
the table. The default sort column for custom reports is Time.

7. Set up change calculation.

Enable the Change check box if you want to display a change value for the measure
based on the Compare To selected. If you chose not to display the Compare To
parameter, then you cannot enable the Change check box.

8. Specify grand total, total, and subtotal options.

Enable the Grand Total check box if you want to display the grand total for the
measure. The grand total includes even the rows that are not shown in the table
region.
To enable a total or subtotals, update the column you want. You should choose to
display either the total or the grand total consistently for all columns to avoid
confusion.
For reports that contain attributes, you can enable the Display Subtotal check box.
For example, reports that are based on a view as of today support this feature. If
you specified a double view by, then subtotals are always displayed.

9. Specify the number of table rows in the report.

Select the number of rows you want to display for the table. The standard number
of rows is 12 by default. You can change this value to meet your requirements based
on the report content. Graphs show the same number of items as the number of
rows in the table, except pie graphs, which can contain a maximum of 12 items.

10. Specify advanced column properties.

If the column is a measure, click Update to modify the advanced properties.

• Link: Specify the drill-down report for the column.

• Display Type: Select the display type for the measure, such as Float or Integer.

• Display Format: Specify a display format. You can use any valid format for

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 numeric values, such as 9,99,990 or 99.99%.

• Sort Order: Specify the sort order for the column. Possible choices are
Descending or Ascending.

• Total: If you want to view the totals for the rows displayed in the table region
for a measure, enable this option. You should enable only one of the total or the
grand total options at a time.

• Show column for Percent of Total: Enable this check box if you want to display
the Percent of Total for each row in the report table next to the measure actuals.

• Show column for value selected in Compare To parameter: Enable this check
box if you want to display the Compare To values in the report table next to the
measure actuals. If you select this option, when you run the report and select
Prior Year, Prior Period, or Budget in the Compare To list of values, then that
column appears next to the actual of that KPI.

11. Update the View By column in the table.

If the column is a View By, click Update to modify the drill-down report link for
each View By. You can also disable the Sortable check box if you do not want to sort
the View By column, or select the default sort order for the column.

12. Reorder columns.

You can optionally reorder the columns in the table. If you reorder columns for
which you defined column spanning, the whole group of spanned columns is
reordered.

13. Click Apply to continue your work.

Create Calculated KPIs

Create calculated KPIs to create formula expressions between two or more KPIs added
to the table region. For example, if you want to create a KPI that shows your Revenue
per Employee Number with the two columns Revenue and Employee Number, you can
add a third column where you define the expression between the columns as column
1= revenue / column 2 = number of employees. The values calculated for the
third column in this example are automatically calculated when a user runs the report
based on the existing columns for Revenue and Employee Number.

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As another example, to compute Net Profit you can use Revenue and Expenses KPIs to
create a calculated KPI that is defined as (Revenue – Expenses) .
Create a calculated KPI from within a custom report. The custom report must contain
all the KPIs that you want to include in the calculated KPI.
You can create calculated KPIs in any report, whether its data source type is Generated
Source, Existing Source, or KPIs as Data Source.
To create a calculated KPI:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Report
Designer.

2. Query a report.

3. In the table region, click Edit.

4. In the Add field, select New Calculated KPI. Then click Go.

5. Enter a name and definition for the calculated KPI.

6. Define the formula by adding the KPIs from the Available Columns region to the
Formula region and by selecting operands. The Definition region shows the KPI
formula using the internal names.

7. Click Validate to ensure that the formula is correct.

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 8. Click Apply to save your work. The calculated KPI is automatically added to the
table region. You can modify the properties for the calculated KPI just as for any
other KPI.

Create Weighted KPIs

Weighted KPIs are a type of calculated KPI that enables you to view a weighted average
of several related KPIs. You can assign weights and scores to each KPI based on a
particular dimension.
For example, suppose you want to score your suppliers based on the following
measures: Number of Rejections, On-time Delivery, and Supplier Quality. The
following table illustrates how to weight the KPIs.

Weighted KPI is Comprised of . . . Weight

Supplier Score 100%

Number of Rejections 20%

On-time Delivery 40%

Supplier Quality 40%

Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, create a KPIs as Data
Source report that contains the following KPIs: Number of Rejections, On-time
Delivery, and Supplier Quality. All the KPIs that you add to this type of report must
share a common dimension other than Time. In this case, assume that the common
dimension is Suppliers.
Next, edit the table region of the report and add a Weighted KPI. Name the new KPI
"Supplier Score".
Using the Scoring Manager responsibility, assign a weight to the KPIs. For example,
you might want to place greater emphasis on suppliers that score high in on-time
delivery and quality, and less emphasis on the number of rejections. In that case you
can assign weights of 40% to the On-time Delivery and Supplier Quality KPIs, and a
weight of 20% to Number of Rejections KPI. The total weight for the weighted KPI must
equal 100%.
Next, define the scores for each of the KPIs. For example, suppliers who have an
On-time Delivery of 100% could be assigned a score of 1, suppliers who have an
On-time Delivery between 99% and 70% could be assigned a score of 2, and so on. You
can define a different score and scoring range for different periods and different
dimension values. For example, you can define a different score for Hardware suppliers
in December.

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To create a weighted KPI:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Report
Designer.

2. Create or edit a "KPIs as Data Source" report.

3. Select the KPIs that you want to use in your report.

All the KPIs you want to use in your weighted average KPI should share the same
dimension object that you use for scoring.

4. Edit the table region.

5. In the Add field, select New Weighted KPI based on scores, then click Go.

6. Enter a name and description for the weighted KPI.

7. Define the following scoring parameters:

• Define Scores On: Select the dimension object that must be selected to view the
weighted KPI.
For example, if you set this field to "Supplier", the weighted KPI will appear
when the report View By = "Supplier".

• Define Scores For: Select the dimension object that you are loading scores for.
For instance, if you set this field to "Commodities", you would load scores for
your commodity suppliers. Alternately, you can set this field to "Supplier", in
which case you would load scores for every supplier, not just your commodity
suppliers.

8. Define the numeric format of the score. For example, you may want to use scores
with decimal places to increase the accuracy of the score.

9. Define the prototype data features for the KPI. These features are: Style, Trend,
Minimum Value and Maximum Value.

10. Click Apply and Save to save your report.

To enter weights and scores:

1. Switch to the Scoring Manager responsibility.

2. Navigate to Define Weights and Scores

3. Query the weighted KPI.

4. Click Update Weights and Scores.

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 5. In the Weights tab, assign a percent weight to each KPI in the calculated KPI. The
total of the percent values should equal 100.
For example, you can assign one KPI a weight of 40% and another KPI a weight of
60%. Click Recalculate to ensure that the total weight is 100%.

6. Navigate to the Scores tab.

7. Select a KPI.

8. To define scores for a specific period type, select a period type.

9. Select a period for the score.

10. Select the dimension object value for the score. For example, if you selected
Commodities, you could select Hardware, to define scores for your hardware
suppliers.

11. In the Scoring Value Ranges table, enter the following information for each score:

• Score: Enter the score value. For example, if you want to define a scoring range
between 1 and 5, enter a score of 1 in the first column of the first row, 2 in the
second row, and so on.

• Range: Enter the From and To values for the score range. For example, if you
want to assign a score of 1 to suppliers who are On-Time 100%, then enter a
range of From = 99%, To = 100%. When you define a range, ensure that the
From value is the highest value of the following score. This will ensure that no
values are omitted from the scoring ranges.

12. Click Apply to save your work.

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Score Mass Update

Use the Mass Update feature to load score ranges for all the dimension values and
periods being scored for a KPI. Select several periods or dimension object values at once
and save the defined score ranges for the selected values.
Use this feature if you want to define the same score ranges for several periods or
dimension object values.
If there are any exceptions, after the mass update is complete, you can define a special
score range for a particular dimension object value or period. For example, you could
define a special score range for one particular supplier. The latest score range saved for
a particular combination of periods and dimension values always overwrites the initial
setting from the initial mass update.

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Create Simulation Views

Simulation views enable you to create "what if" scenarios that demonstrate the effect of
one or more KPIs on a calculated KPI.
• Simulation views are available for any type of report, including generated source
reports, existing source reports, and reports based on existing KPIs, as long as you
have defined at least one calculated KPI in your report.

• Simulations between weighted average KPIs are not currently supported.

• The Simulation View functionality is enabled only if you have implemented Oracle
Balanced Scorecard.

• You create a simulation view in a report, but you must add the view as a region in a
dashboard to use the view and the simulation features.

To create a simulation view:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Report
Designer.

2. Create or edit a custom report.

3. In the table region, define at least one calculated KPI. See: Create Calculated KPIs,
page 3-32.
To create a meaningful simulation, you should typically use several calculated KPIs
with formulas that interrelate, so that when one KPI is simulated, the other KPIs
show the impact based on the formula.

4. After adding the calculated KPIs, return to the Report Designer layout page and

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 save your work. The Simulation View button becomes enabled as soon as you
create a calculated KPI. Click Create Simulation View.

5. Click Simulation View.

6. To begin defining the simulation view, select a background image for the view. You
can select image files of the following types: *.gif, *.jpeg, *.jpg, *.swf, or *.svg.
Ensure that the graphic is at least 196 by 30 pixels. The image should fit in your
dashboard view. If your image is too big, other dashboard regions may be
displaced.
The name and value for the calculated KPI and the name, value, and editable field
for the other KPIs contained in the formula are automatically added to the
background image.

7. After your background image is loaded, the simulation view design page appears.
Position the KPIs on the image by dragging and dropping the objects. Note that the
name, value, and editable field are separate entities and must be positioned
independently.

8. For each KPI, edit the following properties:

• General Properties: Specify a drill-down report for the KPI.

• Display Properties: Hide or show the following KPI properties.

• Color Alarm: The color alarm for Balanced Scorecard KPIs.

• Text: The KPI name.

• Hotspot: Create a hotspot on the graphic for the KPI drill-down.

• Actual Value: The value of the KPI.

• Change Value: The value of the change for the KPI.

9. Format the text and add KPIs to the view as required.

10. Click Apply to save your work and complete the view. The Update Simulation
View button appears.
You must add the view to a dashboard to see the simulation view. The simulation
will be available as one of the regions when you access a report within the
Dashboard Designer. Consequently it is important to note which report contains a
simulation view.

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Edit the Graph Region (Optional)

The graph region is the third region in the report. It provides a visual representation of
the measures in the table region. This region is optional. It appears before the table
region in the report layout.
You can add up to six graphs to each report, three per row. Each graph is based on a
measure in the report.
The graphs are automatically created based on the KPIs available in the table. For
example, if you have six columns in the table, the first graph is automatically created
based on the first KPI column, the second graph is based on the second KPI column,
and so on. You can optionally change the selection of default KPIs or combine KPIs in
one graph.
You can combine more than one measure in a graph. However, you cannot graph the
same measure twice in the same report.
You can change the label of the graph series without affecting the label defined in the
table region.
You can also choose to disable the "compare to" series in a graph and still show it in the
table region.
The size, color, and format of the graphs is automatically controlled by the system. You
can rearrange the graphs in the graph region using the arrow icons.
To add a graph to a report:
1. In the report prototype graph region, click New. The system automatically creates a
graph for the first measure in the report. If the default View By for the report is
Time, then the system generates a trend graph. If the default View By for the report
is another dimension, then the system generates a comparison graph.

2. Click Edit to modify the graph properties:

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 • Type: Select one of the available graph types. The primary graph types, which
usually provide the best means to represent data, are bar graph, line graph, area
graph, pie graph, and combination graph.
Secondary graph types are special usage or less common graphs that are
associated with particular data types or ways to display unique cases of data.
Do not use secondary graph types when the data can be adequately represented
by a primary graph type. The secondary graph types are scatter graph, bubble
graph, radar graph, polar graph, pareto graph, stock graph, and 3-D graph.
Use the default option if you want the graph to change based on the view by
selection. The horizontal bar graph type is displayed when you select the view
by for a non-time dimension; a line graph is displayed when you select view by
time.

• Title: The title for the graph.

• Y-Axis Title: The title for the y-axis of the graph. If you are graphing two
measures in the same graph, then you can specify two y-axis titles.

3. The Actual check box is selected by default.

4. If you want to graph additional KPIs that are not in the report, add existing or new
KPIs as required. Note that you cannot add a KPI that is already contained in the
report. Any KPI that you add to the graph region is automatically added as a
column in the table region as well.

5. Click Apply to save your work.

6. Click Save to save the report definition.

7. To add another graph, click New. The system automatically creates a graph for the
next unused measure in the report. Then repeat steps 2 through 6 for this graph.
You can add up to six graphs.

8. To rearrange the order of the graphs in the report, use the Move Up and Move
Down icons on the Edit Graph page or the Move Left and Move Right icons on the
Report Layout page.

Edit the Links Region (Optional)

The links region is the fifth region in the report. Defining a links region is optional.
For information on how to edit the links region, see: Create a Links Region, page 3-51.

Troubleshooting
Custom report does not pass parameters

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 Check that the dashboard and report from or to which you are drilling share the same
parameters.
Dimension object is not available in the Data Source Mapping window
Check that the dimension object is assigned to a dimension.
Report layout updates are not displayed
Allow the Layout window to refresh completely after making a change.
Unable to find recent reports
Reports are created under a specific functional area. If you cannot locate a new custom
report, try searching under ALL functional areas.
Unable to move or reorder KPIs in table as per user requirement
You can change the order of the table columns or KPIs that are at the same level in a
table, using the Move Up and Move Down icons. Change and "compare to" columns are
automatically associated with their KPI and cannot be separated when you are moving
or reordering KPIs in the table.
You cannot position a KPI or column immediately after another KPI that is under a
column group. To change the order of such KPIs, click the Update icon for the column
group or header column and add or remove the KPIs as necessary.
Unable to define calculated KPIs
You can define calculated KPIs only using columns associated with measures. For
Existing Source reports, check that each column mapped as a measure is associated
with a measure before you define calculated KPIs.

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Custom Dashboards

Creating Custom Dashboards

Design custom dashboards if the preseeded dashboards do not meet your business
requirements or if you want to significantly modify a preseeded dashboard.
To modify a preseeded dashboard, you can create a duplicate of the dashboard and
work with it. A duplicate dashboard has the same title and layout as the original
dashboard but a unique internal name.
In addition to designing the dashboard prototype, you can also use the Dashboard
Designer to:
• Create KPI regions
Create custom KPI regions if the preseeded KPI regions do not meet your
requirements. See: Create KPI Regions, page 3-47.

• Create links regions

Create custom links regions to add to dashboards and reports. See: Create a Links
Region, page 3-51.

• Preview dashboards for testing purposes

Preview the report in design mode so that you can approximate what it will look

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 like after it is moved into production mode.

• Export and import dashboards

If you are using Daily Business Intelligence on multiple instances, you can import
or export custom dashboards from or to another instance. See: Export and Import
Dashboards and Reports, page 3-55.

After you design the dashboard, move the dashboard into production mode by
publishing it to a responsibility and menu. To load and refresh data for a custom
dashboard, use the Request Set Generator to create a request set.

Design Dashboard Prototypes

A dashboard prototype uses the same basic structure as the preseeded dashboards that
are provided with Daily Business Intelligence. When you create a custom dashboard,
the dashboard prototype is automatically populated with the following basic regions,
which you can update as required:
• Title region

• Parameter region

• A region group that contains the following regions:

• KPI region

• Table region

• Links region

You can add new region groups and regions to the dashboard prototype as required.
You can add these types of regions:
• Table: Select an existing table region.

• Graph: Select an existing graph region.

• Links: Select an existing links region or create a custom links region. See: Create a
Links Region, page 3-51.

• Custom Scorecards: Select an existing custom scorecard view. This option is

available only if you implemented Oracle Balanced Scorecard. See: Oracle Balanced
Scorecard Administrator Guide.

• RSS Feeds: Select an existing RSS feed. See: Register RSS Feeds, page 3-52.

• Application Portlets: Select an existing portlet in the transactional application.

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• Report: Select a parameter, table, graph, simulation view, or links region from an
existing report. If a report contains more than one graph you can select any of the
graphs in the report. After you add a region from a report to a dashboard, you
cannot delete the report unless the region is first removed from the dashboard.

To design a dashboard prototype:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Reporting
> Dashboard Designer.

2. Click Create.

3. Define the following primary attributes for the dashboard: name, internal name,
and application. Select a functional area for the custom dashboard. If no other
functional area is appropriate, select the Customer Defined functional area.

4. Click Continue.

5. Define the dashboard title by clicking Edit in the title region. The title region is the
first region in the dashboard.
The dashboard title is automatically populated based on the name you specified in
the Primary Attributes page. You can also define the dashboard title by clicking
Primary Attributes and editing the name in that page.

6. Define the dashboard parameters by clicking Select in the parameter region. The
parameter region is the only region in the second region group in the dashboard.
On the standard region search page, you can search for and select an existing
parameter region or select a parameter region from a report. You can only add one
parameter region to each dashboard.

7. Click Save to save the dashboard prototype.

When you save the dashboard prototype after adding the parameter region, the
system adds a Match Parameters filter to the standard region search page. This filter
enables you to query only the regions that use the same parameters as the
dashboard.

8. Define the dashboard KPIs, by clicking Select in the KPI region. The KPI region is
the first region in the third region group in the dashboard. There are three ways to
define the KPI region:
• Select an existing KPI region.

• Create a KPI region. See: Create KPI Regions, page 3-47.

• Import a KPI region from another instance. See: Export and Import Dashboards
and Reports, page 3-55.

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 When you add a KPI region to the dashboard prototype, use the Match Parameters
filter to ensure that the KPIs in the region use the same parameters as the
dashboard.

9. Add other regions to the dashboard, as required.

Selecting regions from reports lets you bring any region from any custom or
preseeded report into your dashboard. You can select a parameter, table, graph,
simulation view, or links region from an existing report. If a report contains more
than one graph, you can select any of the graphs in the report. After you add a
region from a report to a dashboard, you cannot delete the report unless the region
is first removed from the dashboard.
To select a region from an existing report:
• Query the report on the standard region search page.

• Select the report that contains the content you want to bring into the dashboard.

• Click Next to preview the selected report with all the available regions.

• Select a parameter, table, graph, simulation view, or links region from the
report.

Note: In this step your parameters are active, so you can

change your view by definition if you want. For example, if the
report has a graph view by business unit, but you want the

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 graph view by manager, you can change this view by setting
during this process.

• Register the report region by modifying the primary attributes for the selected
region as required.
The system automatically defaults the region attributes based on the report
settings. If the region has already been added to another dashboard, the "Re-use
existing region attributes" option is selected; otherwise, the "Register as new"
option is selected. You can re-register a region that has already been added to a
dashboard by selecting the "Register as new" option.
• If you selected a table region, you can hide columns or change the sort
property originally defined in your report.

• If you selected a parameter region, you can enable or disable the View By
parameter for the region.

• Click Finish to save the region and add it to the dashboard.

After adding the region, you can edit the primary attributes for the region, or you
can continue selecting regions from other reports.

10. Click Finish to complete the dashboard prototype.

Create KPI Regions

The KPI region is a list of KPIs. In a preseeded dashboard, the KPI region provides a list
of KPIs that summarize the content that is available in other regions of the dashboard.
For example, in the Profit and Loss dashboard the Revenue KPI summarizes the data
that is available in the Revenue table and graph regions in the dashboard. In addition,
the KPI values change based on the dashboard parameters. For example, in the Profit

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 and Loss dashboard if you change the Manager parameter, the value of the Revenue
KPI changes based on the selected parameter value.
If you create a custom KPI region, Oracle recommends that you create a region that
behaves similarly to the preseeded KPI regions. As a result, custom KPI regions should:
• Respond to the primary dimension. KPIs can respond to more than one of the
parameters that are defined for the dashboard.

• Provide a summary of or relate to the content of the dashboard.

There are two basic steps to defining a custom KPI region:

• Define prototype properties: Define a list of KPIs and prototype data properties for
each KPI. Use the prototype properties to specify how you want the KPI region to
behave in prototype mode. You can use the prototype properties to preview and
perform initial testing on the KPI region and the dashboard.

• Define implementation properties: Define the actual list of KPIs in the KPI region.
Use the implementation properties to specify how you want the KPI region to
behave in production mode. You can specify the dimension object used for the
comparison graph, the existing KPIs that you want to include in the KPI region, and
the drill-down report for each KPI in the KPI region.

In addition to designing the KPI region, you can also use the Create KPI List page to:
• Preview the KPI region for testing purposes: Preview the KPI region in prototype
mode so that you can approximate what it will look like after it is moved into
production mode.

• Export the KPI region to another instance: If you are using Daily Business
Intelligence on multiple instances you can export custom KPI regions from one
instance to another. See: Export and Import Dashboards and Reports, page 3-55.

To create a new KPI region:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence responsibility, navigate to Reporting >
Dashboard Designers.

2. Click Create.

3. In the KPI region, click Select.

4. In the Select region page, click Create.

5. Define the prototype properties for the KPI region. These values appear in the KPI
region while the dashboard is in prototype mode and enable you to do preliminary
testing for the prototype dashboard.

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• Enter a name for the KPI region.

• Select a comparison graph type. Possible choices are: None, Directs Only, or
Directs and Peers.

• Select the Value Column Heading to use. Possible choices are YTD/QTD/MTD
or Year, Quarter/Month.

• Select whether or not to display the change column.

• Define the list of KPIs that you want to appear in the KPI region. You can add
as many KPIs to the KPI region as you want. Define these attributes for each
prototype KPI:
• KPI: Enter a name for the KPI.

• Drilldown URL: Specify a drill-down URL for the KPI. You can specify any
URL, but Oracle recommends that you provide a link to a report prototype
to simulate the actual KPI behavior.

• Prototype Value: Enter a prototype value for the measure.

• Prototype Change: Enter a prototype change value for the measure.

• Increase: Indicate whether an increase is considered "good" or "bad" for the

KPI. For example, an increase in Revenue is good; an increase in Customer
Calls may be considered bad.

• Format: Select the format to use for the prototype values. Possible choices

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 are: Autoscaled, Billions, Decimal, Decimal Percent, Integer, Integer
Percent, Millions, or Thousands.

• Comparative Performance: Select the method you want to use to compare

performance for the KPI. Possible choices are: Compare based on Change,
Compare based on Value, or Hide Comparison.

• Use the Move Up and Move Down icons to rearrange the order of the KPIs as
required.

• Use the Indent and Unindent buttons to create a hierarchy of KPIs in the KPI
region.

• Use the Create KPI button to create a new KPI. The parameter region must be
assigned to the dashboard prototype before you can create a new KPI. See:
Create KPIs, page 3-13.

6. Click Implementation Properties.

7. Define the implementation properties for the KPI region. The following properties
are visible only after the dashboard is published and moved into production mode.
• Comparison Dimension: Select the dimension object that you want to use as
the basis for the comparison graph. Select Time if you want the comparison

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 graph to be a trend graph.

• Performance Measure: Map the prototype KPI to an existing KPI. When you
select an existing KPI, the link field is automatically populated based on the
default drill-down report for the KPI.
If you have implemented Oracle Balanced Scorecard, you can also select any
existing Balanced Scorecard measure. When you select a Balanced Scorecard
measure, the KPI region displays the measure. For more information about
Balanced Scorecard measures, see: Oracle Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide.

• Link: If you want to specify a different link for the KPI, select an alternate
report.

8. Click Apply to save your work.

Create a Links Region

You can add links regions to dashboards and reports. The links region contains links to
the following content:
• Report: Link to any published report.

• Dashboard: Link to any published dashboard.

• Scorecard: This option is available only if you implemented Oracle Balanced

Scorecard.

• URL: Link to any URL.

• Other Menu Item: Link to any Oracle Applications function that is assigned to a
menu.

To create a links region:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Reporting
> Dashboard Designer.

2. Click Create.

3. In any region, click Select.

4. In the Type field, select Links. The Create button appears.

5. Click Create.

6. Define the primary attributes for the links region: name, internal name, application,
functional area, and description.

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 7. Click Apply to save the primary attributes. The Edit Links page appears.

8. To add a link to a report, dashboard, scorecard, or Oracle Applications function:

• Click Add Menu Item.

• Select the responsibility to which the content is assigned.

• Query the content.

• Enable the Select check box for the content you want to add as a link.
Before you can add a link to a report, dashboard, or scorecard, it must be
published and in production mode.

• Click Apply to save your work.

9. To add a link to a URL:

• Click Add URL.

• Enter a name for the link.

• Enter the URL for the link.

• Click Apply to save your work.

10. To change the order of the links, click Change Order. Use the arrow icons to
rearrange the links as required. Click Apply to save your work.

11. Click Apply to save your work.

Register RSS Feeds

Register an RSS feed if you want to add syndicated content as a region in a dashboard.
For example, you can register an RSS feed for news headlines, stock quotes, or currency
exchange rates and then add that RSS feed as a region to a dashboard.

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 After you register a feed you can update or delete the feed as required.
To register an RSS feed:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Reporting
> Register RSS Feed.

2. Click Create.

3. Enter a name for the feed.

4. Enter an XML URL for the feed.

5. Optionally add an XSL URL and description for the feed.

6. Click Apply to save your work.

Publish Content
To make your custom content available to users, you must publish it. To publish
content you must:
1. Add content to a menu
You can add custom dashboards, reports, or other content such as scorecards or
other Oracle Applications forms to a menu.
Oracle strongly recommends that you create at least one menu for your custom
content. You can create menus that are simple lists of functions, or you can create
hierarchical menus by attaching child menus to a parent menu. You can update or
delete custom menus as required.
You cannot update or delete preseeded menus; however, you can duplicate
preseeded menus and customize the duplicates.

2. Assign the menu to a responsibility

Assign the modified menu to an Oracle Applications responsibility. When you
assign a menu to a responsibility, the responsibility gains access to all the functions
assigned to the menu.
You cannot update preseeded responsibilities. You can only update custom
responsibilities. Ask your system administrator to set up the custom responsibilities
you require.

For more information about creating menus and responsibilities, see: Overview of
Function Security, Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide, Overview of Menus
and Function Security, Oracle Applications Developer's Guide, and Menus Window, Oracle
Applications Developer's Guide.
To add content to a menu:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility, navigate to Reporting

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 > Publish.

2. Query an existing menu or click Create to create a new menu. The Update icon is
greyed out for preseeded menus. You cannot modified preseeded menus; however,
you can duplicate them and customize the duplicate menu as required.
To create a new menu:
1. In the Menus window, click Create.

2. Define the menu name, internal name, and description.

3. Click Apply to save your work.

3. To add content to the menu, click Update.

4. Click Add Content. Add dashboards, reports, or other content (Oracle Applications
form functions) to the menu.
Query and select the content.

5. To add a submenu, click Add Menu. You can select any existing menu or create a
new menu.

6. To change the name or description of the menu, content, or submenus, click

Update.

7. To reorder the content within the menu, click Reorder Content. Use the arrow icons
to move content up or down in the menu as required.

To assign the menu to a responsibility:

1. Ask your system administrator to create a responsibility.

2. In the Menus window, click Responsibilities.

3. Query the responsibility and click Update.

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 4. In the Menu field, query and select the menu.

5. Click Apply to save your work.

Any user who is assigned that responsibility will have access to the menu and the
content attached to the menu.

Export and Import Dashboards and Reports

You can export and import custom dashboards and reports from a source instance to
one or more target instances.
You cannot export or import preseeded content. However, if a custom dashboard or
report references preseeded content, the references to that content will be exported. As a
result, it is important that the target instance be at the same patch level as the export
system, so that any references to preseeded content are maintained when you import
the dashboard or report into the target instance. For example, if you create a custom
report that includes the preseeded Revenue KPI and Supplier dimension, the Revenue
KPI and the Supplier dimension must exist in the target instance before starting the
import process or the imported report will not work.
The export and import process differs slightly, depending on whether you are
importing a dashboard or a report.
• Dashboards
Only the dashboard format is exported. The actual content of the dashboard, the
KPIs, reports, or scorecards, that are the basis for the regions on the dashboard are
not exported. The Links regions are also not exported.
If you are exporting a dashboard, to ensure that the dashboard will work as
designed, you must also export any custom content that is associated with the
dashboard. As long as the target instance is at the same patch level as the source
instance, any preseeded content that is associated with the dashboard will work.
You will have to redefine the Links region content after import is complete.

• Reports
The entire report definition, including the KPIs and Dimension Objects associated
with the report, is exported.
When you import reports into a target instance, the system will attempt to map the
KPIs, dimension objects, and calendars associated with the report to content in the
target instance. The system uses the name and internal name of the content to find a
suitable match. For example, if you are importing a report that contains a Custom
Revenue KPI, and a Revenue KPI exists in the target system, the system will suggest
that the Custom Revenue KPI you are importing maps to the existing Revenue KPI.
During the import process you can review the system mappings and confirm that
they are correct, manually map the imported content to other existing content, or
create new objects in the target instance.

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 The following items are not exported with the report:
• Source tables or views for Existing Data Source reports

• Custom calendars

• Links region

Import the source tables or views and recreate the custom calendars in the target
instance before you import the report.
You will have to redefine the Links region after import is complete.

If you used the Delegate functionality to grant access to the dashboard or report to users
in the source instance, the delegations will not be exported. You will have to grant
access to the dashboards or reports in the target instance after import is complete.
To export a dashboard or report from a source instance:
1. In the source instance, using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility,
navigate to Reporting > Dashboard Designer or Reporting > Report Designer.

2. Query the dashboard or report that you want to export and click Update.

3. In the Update window, click Export.

The system will display a message listing the preseeded objects (tables, views,
calendars) that must exist in the target instance to successfully import the content.

4. If you are exporting a dashboard, you can select the regions that you want to
export. Click Continue.

5. In the Export window, select the export file type, XML files *.zip, and click Export.
The system creates a .ZIP file with an XML definition of the dashboard or report
you are exporting.

6. Save the export file to a temporary local drive.

To import a dashboard to a target instance:

1. Ensure that the following prerequisites have been met:
• The export file is saved to a local drive.

• The target instance is at the same patch level as the source instance.

2. In the target instance, using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility,
navigate to Reporting > Dashboard Designer.

3. Click Import.

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4. In the File Name field, select the export file from the local drive. Click Apply to start
the import process.
The system lists the content that it will import. Note that preseeded content is not
imported.

5. Click Continue.

6. Update the primary attributes as required.

7. The imported dashboard is displayed in the Update Dashboard window. Click

Finish to complete the import.

To import a dashboard or report to a target instance:

1. Ensure that the following prerequisites have been met:
• The export file is saved to a local drive.

• The target instance is at the same patch level as the source instance.

• Custom calendars used by the report have been created in the target instance.

• Source tables or views have been imported into the target instance.

2. In the target instance, using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility,
navigate to Reporting > Report Designer.

3. Click Import.

4. In the File Name field, select the export file from the local drive. Click Apply to start
the import process.
The system lists the content that it will import. Note that preseeded content is not
imported.

5. If a report with the same internal name exists in the target instance, the system will
automatically select the "Reuse existing report attributes" option. If you select this
option, the report you are importing into the system will overwrite the existing
report.
Otherwise, if you the system will select the "Create a new Report" option. If you do
not want to reuse the existing report attributes, you can select this option to create
an entirely new report in the target instance. Modify the new report primary
attributes as required.

6. Click Continue.

7. Review the mappings for the report.

The system automatically attempts to map measures, dimension objects, and

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 calendars to existing content in the target instance. The system uses the name and
internal name of the content to match it to content in the target instance. For
example, if you have a Custom Revenue KPI in the imported report, the system
would attempt to match it to another Revenue KPI in the target instance.
If the mappings are correct, click Next. Otherwise you can manually map the
imported content to other existing content, or select the "Create as New" option to
create a new object in the target instance.

8. The imported report is displayed in the Update Report window. Click Finish to
complete the import.

Troubleshooting
Custom dashboard cannot pass parameters
Check that the dashboards and reports share the same parameters.
Import fails
Check that the environments are patched to the same level.

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 4
Maintain and Administer Daily Business
Intelligence

Overview of Maintenance and Administration

You can perform the following maintenance and administration tasks after
implementation is complete. These tasks are common to all intelligence products. Note
that some intelligence products may have product-specific maintenance and
administration tasks; see the appropriate chapter in this guide for more information.
• View Request Sets, page 4-2

• View Request Set Settings, page 4-2

• View Request Set Analysis Reports, page 4-2

• View Object Dependencies, page 4-7

• Define Object Dependencies, page 4-8

• Delegate Roles, Privileges, Companies, and Cost Centers, page 2-51

• Review Dimensions, Dimension Objects, and KPIs, page 4-11

• Debug Performance and Rendering, page 4-14

• Refresh Dashboards, page 4-15

• Increase Tablespace, page 4-15

• Implementing Generated Source Reports, page 4-16

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View Request Sets
Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to view the progress of
the initial or incremental request sets. To view the request set, navigate to Data
Summarization : Request Sets > View Request Sets.
If a request set completes with a Warning or Error, view the request set log for details
on what caused the problem. After fixing the problem, rerun the request set.
Request sets may fail if any of the following occur:
• Currencies do not load correctly
If a currency conversion error occurs during the load then the entire initial request
set fails. This error is typically caused by a missing currency exchange rate. Review
the request set log for more information on which currencies caused the failure, fix
the currency problem in Oracle General Ledger, and rerun the request set.

• Missing unit of measure

If a unit of measure error occurs during the load then the entire initial request set
fails. Review the request set log for more information on which unit of measure
caused the failure, fix the Unit of Measure problem in Oracle Inventory, and rerun
the request set.

• Insufficient temporary tablespace

Review the tablespace recommendations for the intelligence area on OracleMetaLink
, increase the temporary tablespace as required, and rerun the request set. See:
Increase Tablespace, page 4-15.

View Request Set Settings

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to view the settings for
a request set. For example, you can view the request set name, internal name, the type
of request set (initial or incremental), and whether or not the Gather Table Statistics
option is enabled. You can query request sets by dashboard, report, or request set name.

To view request set settings:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Summarization: Request Sets > Administer Request Sets.

2. Query the request set by dashboard, report, or request set name.

3. Click Details to view the settings for the request set.

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View Request Set Analysis Reports
Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to view the following
request set analysis reports:
• Request Set Performance, page 4-4

• Request Set Performance Details, page 4-4

• Request Set Run Details, page 4-5

• Request Object Details, page 4-5

• Request Set Space Usage Details, page 4-6

• Tablespace Details, page 4-6

To view these reports, navigate to Data Summarization: Tools > View Request Set
Analysis Reports.
To ensure the performance of these reports, the request set history is only maintained
for a limited amount of time. Set the following site-level profile option to determine the
time period for which request set history is maintained.
• BIS BIA Request Set History: Sets the time period for which the request set history
is maintained. Possible choices are Last 7 days, Last 30 days, or Last 90 days. The
default value is Last 7 days.

Ensure that all existing request sets have been regenerated so that the RSG History
Collection program is included in the request set that will collect request set run details.

Note: If you update a request set, then all the historical data on request
set runs is lost.

Parameters:
These reports use the following parameters:
• Request Set History: The time period for which you want to view the request set
history. Select All to view all of the unique request sets that were submitted during
the maintained time period.

• Request Set Type: The type of request set for which you want to view details. You
can choose initial, incremental, or gather statistics.

• Request Set Name: The name of the request set. This field lists all the unique
request sets that were submitted during the specified time period.

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 • Request Set ID: The unique ID assigned to the request set when it was submitted.
The Concurrent Manager assigns a separate ID to each request set run.

• Request Set Stages: The stages of the selected request set. Each stage contains
several concurrent programs.

• Programs: The concurrent programs used in the request set. If you selected a
request set stage, you can only select from the list of concurrent programs in the
selected stage.

• Tablespace: The name of the tablespace used to create objects.

Request Set Performance:

Use the Request Set Performance report to review the performance of the request sets
that successfully completed during the specified time period. If a request set completes
with a warning or error, the report will be blank with the exception of the Number of
Runs field.
• Request Set Name: The name of the request set. Drill on this value to view the
Request Set Performance Details report.

• Average Run Time: The average time that it took to successfully complete the
request set during the selected time period.

• Max Run Time: The maximum time that it took to successfully complete the
request set during the selected time period.

• Min Run Time: The minimum time that it took to successfully complete the request
set during the selected time period.

• Current Space Occupied: The total tablespace used by all objects updated by the
request set since the last update. If the report View By is set to Request Set, then you
can drill on this value to view the Request Set Space Usage Details report.

• Number of Runs: The number of times the request set has been submitted during
the selected time period, including times when the request set completed with a
warning or error.

Request Set Performance Details:

Use the Request Set Performance Details report to review the performance of a
particular request set over time. This report contains details on every run of the request
set, whether or nor it completed successfully.
• Request Set ID: The unique ID assigned to a particular run of the request set
during the selected time period. Drill on this value to view the Request Set Run
Details report.

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• Started: The time the request set started.

• Duration: The total time it took to complete the request set.

• Status: The status of the request set at completion. Possible statuses are Completed,
Warning, or Error. Drill on this value to view the log file for the request set. If the
request set completed with a warning or error, the log file indicates why the request
set did not complete successfully.

Request Set Run Details:

Use the Request Set Run Details report to view the details for each request in the
selected request set run.
• Request ID: The unique ID assigned to the request.

• Name: The name of the request. If the request is a concurrent program with objects
associated with it, you can click the name to view the Request Set Object Details
report.

• Started: The time the request was started.

• Duration: The total time it took to complete the request.

• Status: The status of the request at completion. Drill on this value to view the log
file for the request. If the request completed with a warning or error, the log file
indicates why the request did not complete successfully. If a request did not
complete successfully, do not resubmit a single request to fix the problem. Instead,
review the log file, fix the problem, and then rerun the entire request set.

• Completion Text: The message received on completion of the request.

Request Object Details:

Use the Request Object Details report to view details on the objects updated by the
request.
• Object Name: The name of the object updated by the request. You can drill on this
value to open the View Dependencies report.

• Object Type: The object type, such as materialized view, view, or table.

• Refresh Type: The type of refresh performed by the request. Possible statuses are
initial, incremental, analyzed if it was a request for gathering statistics on database
objects, or considered refresh. The Considered Refresh type is used for
unimplemented materialized views so that the log file of the table can be truncated
and thus prevent it from growing in size, especially if implemented materialized
views also exist for that table.

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 Request Set Space Usage Details:
Use the Request Set Space Usage Details report to view the details of the objects
updated by the request set.
• Object Name: The name of the table or view. Drill on this value to open the View
Dependencies report.

• Object Type: The object type.

• Tablespace Name: The name of the tablespace in which the object resides. Drill on
this value to view the Tablespace Details report.

• Row Count: The number of rows in the object as of the last successful request set
run.

• Space Occupied by Object: The number of megabytes occupied by the object as of

the last successful request set run.

• % Space Occupied by Object: The percentage of space occupied by the object,

relative to the tablespace size, as of the last successful request set run.

Tablespace Details:
Use the Tablespace Details report to review the tablespace details.
• Tablespace Name: The name of the tablespace.

• Tablespace Size: The size of the tablespace in megabytes.

• Initial Extent: The initial extent set for the tablespace in megabytes.

• Next Extent: The next extent set for the tablespace in megabytes.

• Max Extents: The maximum number of extents set for the tablespace.

• Free Space: The amount of free space remaining in the tablespace in megabytes.

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View Object Dependencies

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to view the object
dependencies for dashboards, regions, reports, tables, materialized views, and views.
For the selected object you can view the dependent objects, the initial and incremental
request sets used to load and refresh the database objects, and the columns of the
database object being populated.

Note: Database objects created by the system for Generated Source

reports are not available in the View DBI Object Dependencies menu
option. For more information about how tables and materialized views
are generated for such reports, see: Oracle Balanced Scorecard
Administrator Guide.

To view object dependencies:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Documentation: DBI Object Dependencies > View DBI Object Dependencies.

2. Query the object you want to view by choosing the object type and the name of the
object. After you select the object name, the Owner field is automatically filled in.
The Owner field indicates which application is the "owner" of the object.

3. Click Go.

4. Click Expand All to view the complete list of dependent objects, or click the drill
icon to expand one level of the dependent object hierarchy.

5. To view the list of concurrent programs used to load and refresh the objects, click
Program.

6. To view the columns in the table, view, or materialized view objects, click Columns.

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 For more information on the tables, views, and columns used to support the objects,
see the Electronic Technical Reference Manual (eTRM) on OracleMetaLink, note
150230.1.

Define Object Dependencies

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to define dependent

objects for custom content: dashboards, reports, regions, tables, views, and materialized
views. Defining dependencies between objects indicates which objects must be loaded
and refreshed to populate the parent object.
The dependencies for custom dashboards and reports are automatically defined when
you create the dashboards and reports using the Dashboard or Report Designer. You
can modify these dependencies after design is complete.
Define the dependencies for custom tables, views, and materialized views manually. In
addition, you can define the following:
• Programs: Define programs that load data into the tables.

• Properties: Define a custom API to perform other miscellaneous tasks, such as

dropping indexes while loading a table and then recreating them after the data
refresh program completes.

The following table illustrates the objects that you can define as dependent or child
objects for each parent object. For example, a dashboard cannot be dependent on
another dashboard; however, a dashboard can be dependent on a report, region, table,
view, or materialized view.

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Parent Dashboar Region Report Table View Materialize
Object / d d View
Child
Object

Dashboard No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Region No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Report No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Table No No No Yes Yes Yes

View No No No Yes Yes Yes

Materializ No No No Yes Yes Yes

ed View

You can view the following information for objects.

• Type: The object type.

• Name: The display name of the object. Note that many objects have generic names,
so for dependent objects, use the internal name to determine exactly which object
you are using.

• Internal Name: The unique name of the object. This information is available for
dependent objects only.

• Owner: The application that is the "owner" of the object.

To define object dependencies:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to Data
Summarization: Tools >Administer DBI Object Dependencies.

2. Query the object for which you want to define dependent objects, refresh programs,
and a property by choosing the object type and the name of the object. After you
select the object name, the Owner field is automatically filled in. The Owner field
indicates which application is the "owner" of the object.
For tables, views and materialized views, if the objects do not yet exist then you can
enter any name for the object along with a valid owner and define the
dependencies. Later you can create the database objects with the name specified on
the Dependencies page.

3. Click Dependent Objects.

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 4. In the Define Dependent Object page, select the object type and name of the
dependent object. Refer to the table for valid combinations of parent and child
objects. The internal name and owner are automatically populated.
Again, for tables, views and materialized views, if the objects do not yet exist then
you can enter any name for the object along with a valid owner and define the
dependencies. Later you can create the database objects with the name specified on
the Dependencies page.

5. To add another dependent object, click Add Another Row. To remove dependent
objects, select Remove Dependency. You can add as many dependent objects for a
Daily Business Intelligence object as you want.

Note: You can enable or disable dependent objects, as required. In

this way you need not add or remove objects every time there is a
change in the data model.

6. Click Apply to save your work.

7. Click Programs.

8. Select a program and specify the type. Possible choices are Initial Refresh,
Incremental Refresh, or Initial and Incremental.
Generally you specify two programs for a table, one for the initial refresh and the
other for the incremental refresh. When you create a request set for a dashboard or
report, based on the type, the appropriate program will be included in the request
set.
Do not specify programs for materialized views or views. A standard program to
perform materialized view refreshes is automatically included when you create a
request set.

9. To add another program, click Add Another Row. To remove a program, select
Remove Programs.

Note: You can enable or disable programs, as required.

10. Click Apply to save your work.

11. Click Property.

12. Specify a custom API.

13. Click Apply to save your work.

14. Click View Dependencies.

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 15. Click Expand All to view the complete list of dependent objects defined for the
selected object, or click the drill icon to expand one level of the dependent object
hierarchy.

16. To view the list of concurrent programs used to load and refresh the objects, click
Program.

17. To view the columns in the table, view, or materialized view objects, click Columns.

18. Click the locator link to return to the Dependencies page.

Note: You can add preseeded objects as dependent objects of a custom

object, but you cannot modify the dependencies of preseeded objects.

Review Dimensions, Dimension Objects, and KPIs

Use the review object reports to review information on the preseeded and custom
dimensions, dimension objects, and KPIs that are available for creating custom content.
The majority of the objects listed in these reports are used in the preseeded dashboards
and reports; however, several additional objects are provided for use.
The following review object reports are available:
• Review Dimension Objects, page 4-12

• Review Dimension Object Details, page 4-12

• Review Dimensions, page 4-13

• Review KPIs, page 4-13

Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to

Documentation: DBI Objects to access these reports.
The review object reports use one or more of these parameters:
• Application: The Oracle application that is the "owner" of the object. For example,
Supply Chain Intelligence is the owner of the Inventory Organization dimension.
You can use the application field to narrow your search to the objects owned by a
particular intelligence area. For example, if you are searching for the Inventory
Organization dimension, which you know is used in the Supply Chain Intelligence
dashboards and reports, you can search by that application.

Important: If you plan to use an object, you should complete the

setup for the owning application. Some but not all objects require
setup to populate and secure the data for the object.

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 • Source: The source of the object. The source can be either EDW or OLTP. Although
the review object reports enable you to view all the objects available in Oracle
Applications, Daily Business Intelligence uses only a subset of these objects.
All Daily Business Intelligence objects are OLTP source; however, not all OLTP
source objects can be used in DBI. Review the object definitions to determine if the
object is intended for use in DBI.

• Dimension: The name of the dimension.

• Dimension Object: The name of the dimension object.

• KPI: The name of the key performance indicator.

Review Dimension Objects

Use the Review Dimension Objects report to view basic information about dimension
objects. This report shows which dimension objects belong to which dimension.
The report shows these details:
• Dimension: The dimension name.

• Dimension Object: The dimension object name.

• Dimension Object Description: The description of the dimension object.

• Source: The source of the dimension object.

Several dimension objects may have the same name, so it is important to understand
how the dimension object relates to its parent dimension.

Review Dimension Object Details

Use the Review Dimension Object Details report to view more detailed information
about the dimension objects. This report shows the relationship between dimension
objects and KPIs.
The report shows these details:
• Dimension Object: The dimension object name.

• Internal Name: The unique name for the dimension object.

• Description: The description of the dimension object.

• Source: Only OLTP objects can be used to create custom content for Daily Business
Intelligence.

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 • KPIs: The KPIs associated with the dimension object.

The KPIs respond to changes in the dimension object on a report or dashboard. To

ensure that the KPIs change on a custom dashboard or report, choose a dimension
object that is associated with the KPI.

Review Dimensions
Use the Review Dimensions report to view more detailed information about
dimensions. This report shows the difference between similarly named dimensions.
The report shows these details:
• Dimension: The dimension name.

• Description: The description of the dimension.

• Internal Name: The unique name for the dimension.

Several dimensions may have the same name or very similar names. To understand the
difference between dimensions, review their descriptions and internal names.

Review Key Performance Indicators

Use the Review Key Performance Indicators report to view more detailed information
about KPIs. This report shows the difference between similarly named KPIs and the
relationship between KPIs and dimension objects.
The report shows these details:
• Name: The KPI name.

• Description: The description of the KPI.

• Dimension Objects: The dimension objects associated with the KPI.

• Application: The Oracle application that is the "owner" of the KPI. For example,
Financials Intelligence is the owner of the Expenses KPI. You can use the
Application field to narrow your search to the KPIs owned by a particular
intelligence area.

The KPIs respond to changes in the dimension object on a report or dashboard. To

ensure that the KPIs change on a custom dashboard or report, choose a dimension
object that is associated with the KPI.
Some KPIs require additional setup to populate and secure the data for the KPI. If you
plan to use an object, complete the setup associated with the owning application.

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Debug Performance and Rendering
The Debug Message Log report lets you debug Daily Business Intelligence dashboard
rendering issues when you enable the Detailed Debugging option or performance
issues when you enable the Performance Debugging option.
• Object Key: The session ID for this report. The session ID is generated by Oracle
Applications and is unique to the logged-in user and the region. Make a note of this
session ID if you want to view this report again using the View Latest Log report.

• Message: The message type. The default value is ALL, but you can enter a message
type to limit the results in this report.

• Module: The standard Oracle Applications modules rendered for the region.

• Message: The debug message generated by Oracle Applications.

• Duration: The total time it took to render this module.

• Debugging Performance: Displays performance statistics for rendering a region.

Both the Detailed Debugging and the Performance Debugging options reflect the
current session for the logged-in user.
The Detailed Debugging and Performance Debugging options have a binary
relationship with one another. If one option is enabled for the Debug Message Log
report, the other is disabled. You cannot enable one option unless you first disable the
other option.

To enable or disable the debugging report options:

1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Debug Utilities > Enable/Disable Debugging or Debug Utilities > Enable/Disable
Performance Debugging.

Note: Only one of these two options can be enabled at a time.

2. Confirm that you want to enable or disable the debug option by clicking the link in
the navigation window.

3. If the debug option is enabled, clicking the link disables the report. If the debug
option is disabled, clicking it enables the report. A confirmation message appears,
indicating the status of the report.

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 To access the Debug Message Log report:
1. After enabling the debug option, run the report or dashboard that you want to
debug from the menu where it is published.

2. Navigate to reach the point you want to debug by drilling down to the appropriate
report or region.

3. Access the Debug Message Log report using the View log link at the end of the
report.

Refresh Dashboards
The parameters selected on a dashboard are saved for each user. Consequently, the next
time a user views the dashboard, the parameters on the dashboard default to the last
saved values for that user. You can refresh a dashboard and return it to its original state
by clearing the cached parameter values for a specific user.

To refresh dashboards:
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, navigate to
Debug Utilities > Refresh Dashboard.

2. Enter a user name. To refresh the dashboard for all users, select "All".

3. Enter the page ID or page name of the dashboard to refresh. To derive the page ID,
prefix the function ID with a minus sign. The page name is the same as the function
name for the dashboard.

4. Click OK to refresh the dashboard.

Increase Tablespace
Daily Business Intelligence uses shared temporary tablespaces when summarizing data.
If the database is not sized correctly, the initial or incremental request sets may fail due
to insufficient tablespace.

To increase your tablespace:

1. Open the failed concurrent request log to see which tablespace caused the failure.

2. To view the current amount of tablespace, run the following query:

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 SELECT TABLESPACE_NAME,
SUM(BYTES)/(1024*1024) "Size in Megas"
FROM DBA_FREE_SPACE
WHERE TABLESPACE_NAME = '<tablespace_name>'
GROUP BY TABLESPACE_NAME

3. Increase the allocated free space in the tablespace using one of these commands:
• Alter Database: Increase the size of the datafile in a tablespace.

• Alter Tablespace: Add a data file to a tablespace.

Implementing Generated Source Reports

Daily Business Intelligence Designer allows you to create Generated Source Reports if
you have implemented Oracle Balanced Scorecard Release 5.3. After you configure a
Generated Source report using Report Designer and the prototype report is approved,
you must implement it before you can deploy it to end users.

To implement a Generated Source report:

1. Generate summaries for a Generated Source report.
To implement a Generated Source report, you must run the Generate Database
process for the report, which generates the appropriate summaries to support the
report. Use the Performance Management Administrator responsibility to access the
Generate Database process. See: Implement Generated Source Reports, Oracle
Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide.

2. Load data for custom dimension objects if required.

When you create a new custom dimension from a Generated Source report, you can
provide some prototype values for the dimension object. These values remain in the
system until they are replaced by the proper values when the report is
implemented. Before loading fact data for your custom reports, you must ensure
that the parameters are correct by loading data into custom dimension objects. For
details on how to maintain custom dimension objects, see: Maintain Dimensions,
Oracle Balanced Scorecard Administrator Guide.

3. Load data into the objective interface tables for the Generated Source report.
After the dimension objects have been refreshed, load fact data into the objective
interface tables generated for the report. For more information about loading
options available for interface tables, see: Oracle Balanced Scorecard Administrator
Guide.

4. Refresh summaries for custom reports.

After the summaries are created for a custom report, you can start feeding

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information for it. Ensure that your custom reports and dashboards are enabled and
that fact data exists in the objective interface tables before you attempt to load data
through request sets.

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 5
Manager Reporting

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview of Manager Reporting
• Implementation Considerations
• Prerequisites
• Implementing Manager Reporting
• Maintenance and Administration

Overview of Manager Reporting

When you implement manager reporting you are defining the list of values that appears
in the Manager parameter of the Profit and Loss, Profit and Loss by Manager and
Expense Management dashboards.
To implement this type of manager reporting you create an association between
company cost centers, which are defined in Oracle General Ledger and organizations
and manager hierarchies, which are defined in Oracle Human Resources. The following
diagram illustrates how this association works.

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 For each unique combination of company and cost center that exists in Oracle General
Ledger:
1. Create an organization in Oracle Human Resources. The Company Cost Center
organization classification must be enabled for the organization.

2. Define the Company Cost Center organization classification by assigning a

company and cost center, from Oracle General Ledger to the organization.

3. Enable the HR Organization organization classification and assign a manager to the

organization.

The following section outlines the steps that you need to perform to create these
associations and define management reporting for Daily Business Intelligence.

Implementation Considerations
When you implement Manager reporting, consider the following.

Analyze the Cost Centers and Managers You Want to Report On

Before you implement this feature you must determine which cost centers and
managers you want to report on. You also need to determine how many company cost

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 center organizations to create to enable manager reporting.
To help determine the cost centers and managers that you want to report on, create a
table, similar to the one pictured below for each set of books.)

Mapping of Companies, Organizations, and Managers

Company Company Cost Center Manager

Organization

DBI General - 110 1000-CEO (Cruishank)-110 Cruikshank, Stanford

  1100-EVP License (Dow)-110 Dow, Martin

  1200-EVP Services Debrovner, Andy

(Debrovner)-110

  1300-EVP Hosting Schnitzer, Joe

(Schnitzer)-110

  1400-Dir Marketing Roberts, Steve

(Roberts)-110

  1500-VP IT (Trotter)-110 Trotter, Marc

  1600-IT Manager Shapiro, Douglas

(Shapiro)-110

  1700-CFO VP Fin (Lasher)-110 Lasher, Melvin

  1800-Controller (Hendrix)-110 Hendrix, Joseph

DBI Resources - 120 1900-VP HR (Richter)-120 Richter, Johnny

  2000-VP Property Weingart, Steve

(Weingart)-120

Prerequisites
Before you implement the management reporting feature in Daily Business Intelligence,
ensure that your system meets the following prerequisites:
• Set up Daily Business Intelligence.

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 • Implement the following applications:
• Oracle General Ledger: Define a chart of accounts with a company and cost
center segment.

• Oracle Human Resources: Define at least one manager.

Implementing Manager Reporting

This section describes how to implement manager reporting for Daily Business
Intelligence dashboards.

Setup Checklist
The following table lists the steps required to implement management reporting. You
must perform these steps in the order they are listed

Step Responsibility Required?

Set Up HR Profile Options, System Administrator Required

page 5-4

Create Organizations for HRMS Manager Optional

Company Cost Center
Combinations, page 5-10

Run the Synchronize GL HRMS Manager Optional, but strongly

company cost centers with recommended
HR Request Set, page 5-11

Validate that the Company HRMS Manager Optional

Cost Center Organization
Classification is Enabled, page
5-12

Assign Managers to the HRMS Manager Required

Organization, page 5-12

Run HRI Load All Cost Daily Business Intelligence Required

Center Managers, page 5-14 Administrator

Set Up HR Profile Options

Use the HR profile options to define how you want to create organizations. For

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manager reporting to work, there must be one organization for each company-cost
center combination that exists in General Ledger, and the organization must have a
Company Cost Center organization classification enabled. Using the HR profile options
you can choose whether or not you want to automatically or manually generate these
organizations.
To set up the HR profile option:
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the System Administrator responsibility.

2. Navigate to the System Profile Values window.

3. Set the following profile options at the Site level.

HR: Profile Options

Profile Option Level Description

HR: GL organization name Site Sets the name format for any automatically
format generated organizations. You can choose one of
the following formats:

• <Company Name>-<Cost Center Name>

• <Cost Center Code>-<Cost Center

Name>-<Company Code>

To automatically generate organizations

using this name format, you must also set
the HR: Generate Organizations from GL
profile option.

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 Profile Option Level Description

HR: GL Cost Center Org Site Set this profile option to determine the
Synchronization Options behavior of the Synchronize GL company cost
centers with HR concurrent program. Select
one of the following options:

• Synchronize only: Synchronize cost

centers with existing organizations only. In
this case, you may have to manually create
new organizations to synchronize with
new cost centers.

• Synchronize and add missing

classifications: Synchronize cost centers
with existing organizations and add
missing organization classifications:
Company Cost Center and HR
Organization.

• Synchronize and add missing

classifications and organizations:
synchronize cost centers with existing
organizations and add missing
organizations and organization
classifications.

HR: GL Cost Center Org Site Set this profile option to determine the
Classifications behavior of the Synchronize GL company cost
centers with HR concurrent program. Select
one of the following options:

• None: Do not add organization

classifications to organizations. If you
select this option, manually check your
organizations to ensure they include the
required organization classifications.

• Company Cost Centers: Add only

Company Cost Center organization
classifications to organizations

• HR Organizations and Company Cost

Center: Add both HR Organization and
Company Cost Center organization
classifications.

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 Profile Option Level Description

HR: Automatically Site This profile option determines whether or not

Synchronized Single GL you want to automatically generate
Company Cost Center with organizations for any new company-cost
HR centers that are created after implementation is
complete.

Set this profile option to Yes if you want to

automatically generate an organization
whenever a new company-cost center is created
in General Ledger. Set this profile option to No
if you do not.

It is strongly recommended that you set this profile

option to Yes.

4. Save your work.

Create Placeholder Organizations for Companies

Create one placeholder organization for each company that you are going to report on.
This step is required.
1. Using the HRMS Manager responsibility, navigate to Work Structures >
Organization > Descriptions.

2. Create a new organization with an enabled Company Cost Center organization

classification as shown in the following figure.

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 3. Highlight the Company Cost Center organization classification and click Others.
The Additional Information window appears.

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4. Select GL Company and Cost Center and double click on the flexfield to open the
GL Company and Cost Center window.

5. In the Company Value Set and Company fields, enter a value. Leave the other fields
blank.
Consult with your GL users or your GL administrator to ensure that you are
selecting the proper company value set and company.

6. Repeat steps 1 through 6 for each company.

7. Save your work.

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Create Organizations for Company Cost Center Combinations
Complete this step if you set the HR: GL Cost Center Org Synchronization Options
profile option to Synchronize Only or Synchronize and Add Missing Classifications.
The following are the high-level steps required to create or modify an organization for a
company cost center combination.
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the HRMS Manager responsibility.

Note: Each responsibility can correspond to a subsidiary. For

example, you may have a US HRMS manager and a UK HRMS
manager.

2. Navigate to Work Structures > Organization > Descriptions.

3. Create a new organization or query an existing organization that you want to

modify.

4. Ensure that the organization has the following organization classifications enabled:
• Company Cost Center

• HR Organization

5. Highlight the Company Cost Center organization classification and click Others.
The Additional Information window appears.

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 6. Select GL Company and Cost Center. The Additional Organization Information
window appears.

7. Double click on the flexfield to open the GL Company and Cost Center window.

8. Enter a value in the Company Value Set and the Company fields, enter a value.
Leave the other fields blank.
Consult with your GL users or your GL administrator to ensure that you are
selecting the proper company value set and company.

9. Repeat steps 1 through 4 for each company that is assigned to the HRMS Manager
responsibility.

10. Save your work.

Run the Synchronize GL company cost centers with HR Request Set

Use the HRMS Manager responsibility to run the Synchronize GL company cost centers
with HR request set.
This request set includes the following concurrent programs:

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 • Create and Maintain Company Cost Center Organizations

• Synchronize GL Company Cost Centers with Existing Organizations

These programs automatically synchronize and create organizations based on how you
set the HR: GL Cost Center Org Synchronization Options profile option.

Validate that the Company Cost Center Organization Classification is Enabled

If you ran the Synchronize GL company cost centers with HR concurrent program, it is
a good idea to verify that the program completed successfully and that the Company
Cost Center organization classification is enabled for each organization.
This step is optional, but is recommended.
1. Using the Human Resources responsibility, navigate to Work Structures >
Organization > Descriptions.

2. Find the organization.

3. Ensure that the a Company Cost Center organization classification is Enabled.

4. Save your work.

Assign Managers to the Organization

Assign a manager to each organization.

Note: For more information on how to assign a manager to an

organization, see: "Entering Reporting Information for an HR
Organization or a Company Cost Center" in Oracle HRMS User's Guide.

1. Using the HRMS Manager responsibility, navigate to Work Structures >

Organization > Descriptions.

2. Find the organization.

3. Highlight Company Cost Center organization classification and click Others. The
Additional Information window appears.

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4. Select Reporting Information. The Reporting Information window appears.

5. Click in a row of the Reporting Information window to open the complete

Reporting Information window.

6. In the Manager field, enter a manager name.

7. In the Start Date field, enter the date when you want the manager to begin being
responsible for the organization.

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 Note: The manager's start date must be after the organization's start
date. If the manager's start date falls before the organization's start
date, modify the organization start date to be the same as or earlier
than the manager's start date.

8. Repeat these steps for each organization with a Company Cost Center organization
classification.

9. Save your work.

Run HRI Load All Cost Center Managers

Once a manager is assigned to each organization, run the HRI Load All Cost Center
Managers concurrent program using the Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility.
This program populates the company-cost center organization hierarchy. Once this
program completes successfully, the manager reporting setup is complete. For more
information on this concurrent program, see the Oracle HRMS documentation.

Maintenance and Administration

Once you complete the implementation, you may occasionally have to perform one or
more of the following tasks to maintain or administer manager reporting.

Add a New Employee to an Existing Manager

If you add a new employee to an existing manager, the headcount values that appear in
the Expense Management dashboard and reports will increase.
1. Using the HRMS Manager responsibility, add the employee.

2. Assign the existing manager as a supervisor of the employee.

3. Run HRI Load All Supervisor Hierarchy.

4. Switch to the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, and run the
incremental request set for the affected dashboards.

Related Topics
Oracle Human Resources User Guide

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Add a New Employee and Cost Center Owner to an Existing Manager
If you add a new employee to an existing manager, and that employee is a cost center
owner then the headcount values in the Profit and Loss, Expense Management, and HR
Management dashboards and reports will increase. In addition, the employee will be
available in Manager list of values.
1. Using the HRMS Manager responsibility, add the employee.

2. Assign the existing manager as a supervisor of the employee.

3. Run the HRI Load All Supervisor Hierarchy program.

4. Create a new Company Cost Center Organization and assign the employee as the
manager of the company cost center organization.

5. Switch to the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, and run the
incremental request set for the affected dashboards.

Related Topics
Create Organizations for Company Cost Center Combinations, page 5-10
Assign Managers to the Organization, page 5-12

Troubleshooting
The following section describes a problem that you may experience when using
manager reporting in Daily Business Intelligence.

No Values in Manager Parameter

If the Manager parameter is not displaying the correct values, verify the following:
• The Manager reporting setups are complete and accurate.

• The appropriate dashboard responsibilities are assigned to the appropriate user ID.

• The user ID points to a current employee.

• The user ID is a manager who is also a cost center owner or is a user that is
designated as a cost center owner.

• The employee to supervisor relationship is correct for the user ID's manager
hierarchy.

• The following tables are populated with data:

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 • FII_CC_MGR_SUP

• FII_GL_JE_SUMMARY_B

• HRI_CS_PER_ORGCC_CT**
If any of these tables are empty, run the following programs:
• Update General Ledger Base Summary

• Update General Ledger Summary

** If only the HRI_CS_PER_ORGCC_CT table is empty, only run the
"Update General Ledger Summary" program.

• If the self service reports display the Manager parameter correctly for the user, then
consider bouncing the middle tier. Bouncing the middle tier will clear the
dashboard cache and should restore the Manager list of values.

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 6
Item Dimension Reporting

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview of Item Dimension
• Implementation Considerations
• Prerequisites
• Implementing
• Maintenance and Administration
• Concurrent Programs

Overview of Item Dimension

The item dimension defines the hierarchical relationship between items and their
category assignments, as defined in Oracle Inventory or Oracle Advanced Product
Catalog. The following table lists the dashboards that use the item dimension and the
functional area that is used by each dashboard:

Dashboards with Item Dimension

Dashboard Name Inventory Purchasing Product Functional

Functional Area Functional Area Area

Commodity Spend   Yes  

Management

Commodity Supplier   Yes  

Management

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 Dashboard Name Inventory Purchasing Product Functional
Functional Area Functional Area Area

Customer Fulfillment Yes    

Management

Customer Support     Yes

Management

Depot Repair     Yes

Management

Field Service Yes Yes

Management

Inventory Yes    
Management

Manufacturing Yes    
Management

Opportunity     Yes
Management

Plan Management Yes    

Procurement   Yes  
Management

Procure-to-Pay   Yes  
Management

Procurement   Yes  
Performance
Management

Procurement Status   Yes  

Product Management     Yes

Product Management     Yes

- Engineering

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Dashboard Name Inventory Purchasing Product Functional
Functional Area Functional Area Area

Product Cost Yes    

Management

Product Revenue     Yes

Bookings & Backlog

Profit and Loss     Yes

Profit and Loss by     Yes

Manager

Quote Management     Yes

Sales Forecast     Yes

Management

Sales Management     Yes

Service Contracts     Yes

Management

Service Renewals     Yes

Management

Shipping Yes    
Management

Site Management     Yes

Site Top Activity     Yes

Site Top Sales     Yes

Activity

Transportation Yes    
Management

Warehouse Yes    
Management

Because item dimension reporting allows one schema to be the source for both current

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 and historical data, you only need to load the item dimension once during set up, even if you
are implementing dashboards from different intelligence products.

Terminology
The following terms are used to describe the hierarchy of values in the Item dimension.
• Parent category: Any category that has child categories assigned to it.

• Child category: Any category that has a parent category.

• Top category: Any category that does not have a parent. The top category is the
highest category in the hierarchy.

• Leaf category: Any category that doesn't have a child.

See: Figure 4–2, "Example of a Product Reporting Hierarchy", page 6-7

In general, the terms used in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence correspond to the terms
used by Oracle Advanced Product Catalog (APC), which is the product used to manage
the product catalog hierarchy. However, the elements used to construct the item
dimension also exist in Oracle Inventory. The following table maps the terms used by
Oracle Inventory to the terms used by APC and DBI.

Oracle Inventory Term Oracle APC Term Definition

Category Set Catalog A collection of similar items

that can be used to populate a
dimension.

Product Category Set Product Catalog A collection of items that are

categorized for sale, such as
"Tennis shoes".

Inventory Category Set Inventory Catalog A collection of items that are

part of inventory.

Item Catalog Group Item Catalog A collection of items that are

described by the item's
attributes such as "ruler",
"blue", "30 centimeters".

Architecture
There are three functional areas that are supported by the item dimension:

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 • Purchasing functional area

• Inventory functional area

• Product Reporting functional area

The following diagram illustrates the structure of these three functional areas in the
item dimension. These functional areas are described in detail in the following
paragraphs.

Item Dimension Structure

Purchasing Functional Area

This functional area is used by the following dashboards:
• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Status

The item dimension supports a default catalog for this functional area, but does not
support item category assignments, one time items, or supplier items. Any purchase

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 order line or one time items are bucketed under "Unassigned". The list of category
values for the purchasing functional area is provided by the ENI_ITEM_PO_CAT_V
view.

Inventory Functional Area

The Inventory functional area is used for reporting on inventory items. It is used by the
following dashboards:
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Field Service Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Plan Management

• Product Cost Management

• Shipping Management

• Warehouse Management

The item dimension supports the default catalog and item category assignments for this
functional area. The catalog can be controlled at the master or at the organization item
level. Any items that are not assigned to a category in the default catalog are
automatically bucketed under "Unassigned". The list of category values for the
inventory functional area is provided by the ENI_ITEM_VBH_CAT_V view. Report
queries are based on the ENI_ITEM_V view. See: Item Control Levels, page 6-8.

Product Reporting Functional Area

The Product Reporting functional area is used exclusively for reporting in Daily
Business Intelligence and Embedded Data Warehouse and is the only functional area
that supports a multiple-level hierarchy. It is used by the following dashboards:
• Customer & Product Management

• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Customer Support Management

• Depot Repair Management

• Field Service Management

• Opportunity Management

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• Product Cost Management

• Product Revenue Bookings & Backlog

• Product Management

• Profit and Loss

• Profit and Loss by Manager

• Quote Management

• Sales Forecast Management

• Sales Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Store Management

• Store Top Activity

An example multiple-level hierarchy is shown in the following figure:

Example of a Product Reporting Hierarchy

The default catalog for this functional area is the Product Catalog. The Product Catalog
is controlled at the item level. See: Item Control Levels, page 6-8.

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 Any new item that is created that has the Customer Ordered or the Internal Ordered
attributes set to Y, will be automatically assigned to the default category of the default
catalog of the Product Reporting functional area. Other items can either be manually
assigned to the category or you can modify the items' attributes to Customer Ordered or
Internal Ordered, accordingly.
The list of category values for this functional area is provided by the
ENI_ITEM_VBH_CAT_V view. Report queries are based on the ENI_ITEM_V (contains
master items only) and the ENI_ITEM _ORG_V (contains master and child items)
views.
The following diagram illustrates how the item dimension is populated for the Product
Reporting functional area:

Populating the Product Reporting Functional Area

Open Interface Architecture

Item and item assignment data can be propagated to the item dimension using the open
interface architecture.

Related Topics
Oracle Inventory User Guide

Item Control Levels

Default catalogs can be controlled at either item level or at the organization item level.

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 When a catalog is controlled at the item level, its attributes are shared across all
organizations, giving you centralized control over the values assigned. If an attribute is
maintained at the organization item level, you can have different values in each
organization the item is assigned to; therefore, you can have decentralized control over
that attribute.
Control levels affect the following functional areas:
• Inventory functional area: The default catalog of this functional area is controlled
at either the master or the organization item level. It is strongly recommended that
the default catalog be controlled at the organization item level.

• Product Reporting functional area: The default catalog of this functional area must
be controlled at the item level.

Note: The default catalog for the Product Reporting functional area
must be controlled at the item level, or you will not be able to
assign it to the functional area.

Related Topics
"Item Setup and Control" Oracle Inventory User Guide

Default Catalog
The default catalog drives the use of a functional area. When you define the default
catalog for a functional area, ensure that the catalog is designed for use in intelligence
reporting.

Related Topics
Oracle Inventory User Guide
Product Reporting Functional Area, page 6-10
Purchasing Functional Area, page 6-5

Multiple Item Category Assignments

Multiple item category assignments occur when the same item is assigned to different
categories in the same catalog. For example a sports store might assign the item "tennis
shoes" to both the "footwear" and "sportswear" categories.
From Oracle Applications 11i.8 onward, you cannot assign items in a default catalog to
multiple categories, if those categories are in the same catalog (with the exception of the
Asset Management default catalog). However, you can assign items to multiple
categories in non-default catalogs.
Because the item dimension only loads item assignments from the default catalog for a

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 functional area, it does not support multiple item category assignments.

Implementation Considerations
This section describes the implementation considerations that you should review before
setting up item dimension reporting in Daily Business Intelligence.

Product Reporting Functional Area

This section describes the implementation considerations for the Product Reporting
functional area.

Default Catalog for Product Reporting Functional Area

The default catalog drives the features of a Product Reporting functional area.
Therefore, when you choose the default catalog for this functional area, ensure that it
meets the following requirements:
• Controlled at the item level

• Does not support multiple item category assignments

If the default catalog has the Enable Hierarchy for Categories check box enabled, then
you cannot access the catalog using Oracle Inventory.

Default Category
The default catalog for the Product Reporting Functional area must have a default
category. Only leaf categories are included in the list of values for the default category.

Multi-Level Hierarchy for Product Reporting Functional Area

If the Enable Hierarchy for Categories check box is enabled for the default catalog
assigned to this functional area, then the item dimension will support the defined
multiple level hierarchy.

Item Assignment Restrictions

For the default catalog of the functional area, items can only be assigned to leaf nodes.
You cannot assign items to parent nodes.

Handling "Unassigned" Items

In the Inventory catalog or the Product catalog, any items that are not in the catalog, but
that have transactional data, are classified as Unassigned. Even though you will not be
able to see these items in the Browse Catalog window, you will be able to report on
them in Daily Business Intelligence.
In the Item catalog, any items that are not in the catalog are classified as Unassigned. In

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 this case, you will be able to see these items in the Browse Catalog window, and you
will be able to report on them in Daily Business Intelligence.

Inventory Functional Area

This section describes the implementation considerations for the Inventory functional
area.

Default Catalog for Inventory Functional Area

The default catalog drives the features of a functional area. Therefore, when you choose
the default catalog for the Inventory functional area, ensure that it is set up according to
the guidelines in the Oracle Inventory User Guide.

Purchasing Functional Area

See Purchasing Functional Area, page 6-5 for more information on how to define the
default catalog for the Purchasing functional area.

Prerequisites
Before you implement item dimension reporting for Daily Business Intelligence, ensure
that your system meets the following software requirements.
• Set up Daily Business Intelligence

• Implement the following applications:

• Oracle Inventory (required)

• Oracle Advanced Product Catalog (optional)

Implementing
The following table lists all of the steps that you need to perform to set up item
dimension reporting in Daily Business Intelligence.

Note: Complete these steps only once for Daily Business Intelligence.
You do not need to repeat these steps for each dashboard you are
implementing.

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 Set Up the Item Dimension

Step Required Responsibility

Upgrade Item Dimension, Optional Item Manager

page 6-12

Set Up the Product Catalog Required if you are Item Manager

Hierarchy, page 6-12 implementing dashboards in
the Product Reporting
Functional Area, page 6-10

and

Product catalog is the default

catalog of the Product
Reporting functional area.

Run the DBI Item Dimension Required Daily Business Intelligence

Setup Request Set, page 6-16 Administrator

Upgrade Item Dimension

In previous versions of Daily Business Intelligence the item dimension was populated
using a value set, now the item dimension is populated using the catalogs defined in
Oracle Advance Product Catalog.
If you are upgrading from a previous version of Daily Business Intelligence:
1. Run the Create Categories from Value Set concurrent program. See: Create
Categories from Value Set, page 6-19.

2. Run the Upgrade Hierarchy from Value Set Hierarchy concurrent program. See:
Upgrade Category from Value Set Hierarchy Concurrent Program, page 6-19.

Note: This process is for upgrade purposes only.

Set Up the Product Catalog Hierarchy

The default catalog for the Product Reporting functional area is the Product catalog;
however, you can change the default catalog to any defined catalog.

Note: This section describes how to set up the Product Catalog

Hierarchy for a shared install of Oracle E-Business Suite. If you have

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 fully implemented Oracle Inventory or Oracle Advanced Product
Catalog, it is recommended that you consult the product
documentation for more information.

If you are implementing any of the dashboards that use the Product Reporting
Functional Area ensure that you review these steps.
The high-level steps required to define the Product catalog and the hierarchy for the
catalog are provided below.
To define the product catalog:
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the Item Manager responsibility.

2. Navigate to Advanced Product Catalog Setup > Setup Workbench > Catalogs.

3. Select the Product catalog from the list of available catalogs. The Catalogs window
appears.

4. To modify the basic information for the catalog, choose Basic Information and then
choose Update. The Edit Catalog window appears.

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 You can modify the following details for the Product catalog:
• Name

• Description

• Default Category, page 6-10

Choose Apply to save your changes.

5. Modify the hierarchy for the catalog, as required.

1. Choose Categories from the side-bar menu.

2. Add categories (top categories) to the catalog by choosing the Add Categories
button.

3. Add parent and child values by choosing Add Sub-category from the drop
down list, and choosing Go.
Only the sub-categories that have the same flex structure as the default catalog
for the Product Reporting functional area will appear.
When adding sub-categories to the hierarchy, ensure that the existing nodes do

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 not already have items assigned to them.

4. To make a sub-category a top category, ensure that the Parent Category field for
the subcategory is blank.
• In the Edit Categories window, select the sub-category.

• Choose Update.

• Remove any entry in the parent category field.

6. Delete categories if required.

When you delete a category, you delete all of its sub-categories as well. Note that
categories that have item assignments cannot be deleted. You must first delete all
item assignments from the category and its sub-categories and then delete it.

7. Choose Publish.
If the Enable Hierarchy for Categories check box is enabled for the catalog, then you
cannot make changes to the catalog in Oracle Inventory.

Related Topics
Product Reporting Functional Area, page 6-1

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Run the DBI Item Dimension Setup Request Set
Run the DBI Item Dimension Setup request set using the Business Intelligence
Administrator responsibility to populate the Item dimension.
See: DBI Item Dimension Setup Request Set, page 6-20.
This program should be run only once for all intelligence products you are
implementing. Do not run this program for upgrade purposes.
If you update the default catalog of the Product Reporting, Purchasing, or Inventory
functional area, you must rerun this program to repopulate the Item dimension.
After running this program, ensure that the initial request set is run for the affected
dashboards.
After you run this program, any updates that are made to the dimension (for example,
adding items or changing the hierarchy) are automatically uploaded whenever you
choose to publish the hierarchy.

Maintenance and Administration

If you are using item dimension reporting in Daily Business Intelligence, there are
several maintenance and administration steps that you may have to perform. This
section describes how to maintain and administer the item dimension and item
dimension reporting after implementation is complete. It also provides process flow
diagrams to illustrate how to perform each step.
• Set the Default Category for the Default Catalog, page 6-16

• Creating an Orphan Category or Top Category, page 6-18

• Adding a New Child Category to a Hierarchy, page 6-18

• Updating or Disabling Categories in Category Windows, page 6-18

• Changing the Category Hierarchy, page 6-18

• Changing the Default Catalog for the Product Reporting or Inventory Functional
Area, page 6-18

• Creating, Updating, or Deleting Item Category Assignments, page 6-19

Set the Default Category for the Default Catalog

To set the default category for the default catalog:
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the Item Manager responsibility.

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2. Navigate to Advanced Product Catalog Setup > Setup Workbench > Catalogs.

3. Select the default catalog from the list of available catalogs. The Catalogs window
appears. In the following example the Product Catalog is the default catalog.

4. To modify the basic information for the catalog, choose Basic Information and then
choose Update. The Edit Catalog window appears.

You can modify the following details for the default catalog:
• Name

• Description

• Default Category

5. Choose Apply to save your changes.

Note: Once the Enable Hierarchy for Categories check box is

enabled, you cannot change the flex structure.

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Creating an Orphan Category or Top Category
Orphan categories and top categories are automatically loaded into the item dimension
whenever you choose to publish the hierarchy.

Adding a New Child Category to a Hierarchy

New child categories are automatically uploaded whenever you publish the hierarchy.
If you add a new child, ensure that you publish the hierarchy before you make any item
assignments to the child.
You can run the Load Catalog Hierarchy concurrent program to publish the hierarchy
changes.

Updating or Disabling Categories in Category Windows

It is strongly recommended that you update or disable categories using the Catalogs
window, instead of the Category window in Oracle Inventory.
If a catalog is enforced (the Enable Hierarchy for Categories option is enabled), then you
can only use the Catalogs window.

Changing the Category Hierarchy

Once the item dimension is populated, you can make the following changes:
• Add a child category

• Add a parent category

• Delete a category

• Move a category in the hierarchy

• Remove a category from the hierarchy

If you modify a hierarchy, ensure that you publish so that the changes are visible in the
intelligence dashboards.

Related Topics
Set Up the Product Catalog Hierarchy, page 6-12

Changing the Default Catalog for the Product Reporting or Inventory Functional Area
If you change the default catalog for the Product Reporting functional area, run the DBI
Item Dimension Setup Request Set, page 6-16.

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 The new default catalog for the Product Reporting functional area might not have all
the items with defining attributes assigned to it.

Creating, Updating, or Deleting Item Category Assignments

If you change, update, or delete an item assignment you do not have to perform any
manual process to reflect the changes in the Daily Business Intelligence dashboards or
reports. Changes will automatically be reflected in the item dimension.

Related Topics
Oracle Inventory User Guide

Concurrent Programs
The following concurrent programs are mentioned in this chapter.

Create Categories from Value Set

This program creates categories in Oracle Inventory from the value set that is associated
with the Product Categories flex structure.
Run this program before you upgrade the item dimension from a value set.

Upgrade Category from Value Set Hierarchy Concurrent Program

Use this program to upgrade the item dimension from a value set. This program should
be submitted as a single request using the Item Manager responsibility.
The Upgrade Category from Value Set Hierarchy concurrent program populates the
default catalog of the Product Reporting functional area, with the values and the
hierarchy from the specified value set. The specified value set is assigned to segment 1
of the flex structure of the default catalog of the Product Reporting functional area.
You can only use this program to upgrade from a value set to the default catalog of the
Product Reporting Functional Area.
There are two parameters for this program:
• Top Node: Choose any node in the value set as the top node of the hierarchy. Only
the values below the top node will be populated into the catalog.

• Validation: Choose Yes if you want to validate the value set only. The program log
will identify any issues. Once you correct the identified validation issues, rerun the
program and set this parameter to No.
Choose No if you want to populate the hierarchy without performing the
validation. Note that any values that fail the validation points listed above will not
be populated in the hierarchy.

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 The following validations are performed:
• Is only segment 1 enabled for the flex structure of the default catalog of the
Product Reporting functional area?

• Is the value set assigned to segment 1 of the flex structure of the default catalog
of the Product Reporting functional area?

• Are all values in the value set have a corresponding category?

• What are the categories that do not have an item assignment (as child or parent
node)? Categories without an item assignment will be removed from the
catalog.

• What are teh categories that do have an item assignment (as child or parent
node)? Categories that are not in the value set, but that have item assignments
are considered orphan categories. Categories that are in the value set and that
have item assignments are considered part of the hierarchy.

• Are there no multiple parents for any single value in the value set.

• Are there no parent nodes that have item assignments?

• Are there no multiple item assignments?

• Are all values populated, whether they are effective or not?

Update Value Set from Product Catalog Hierarchy Concurrent Program

Use this program to populate the values and the hierarchy from the default catalog of
the Product Reporting Functional Area, to the chosen value set.
Choose the value set that you want to use for the update in the Basic Information
window. You can also choose the top node, if necessary. If you choose a top node,
category hierarchy in the catalog will be pushed under the top node of the designated
value set.
This program is for customers who still want to use their product hierarchy in an value
set hierarchy structure. For example, if you have a segment in the chart of accounts.
This program allows the product hierarchy to be centrally maintained, but still be
available for other purposes, such as for reporting in Oracle General Ledger.

DBI Item Dimension Setup Request Set

This request set populates the item category hierarchy for the default functional area
and it loads the item dimension star table. It contains the following concurrent
programs:

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• Load Catalog Hierarchy: Loads the catalog hierarchy for the Product Reporting
functional area into the denorm_hierarchies table.

Note: The denorm_hierarchies table, used in Daily Business

Intelligence reporting looks at the
MTL_CATEGORY_SET_VALID_CATS table if the catalog is
enforced. Otherwise it looks at the MTL_CATEGORIES_B table. For
non-hierarchical, single-level catalogs, ensure that you bring the
required categories into the MTL_CATEGORY_SET_VALID_CATS
table if the catalog is enforced.

You can choose to run this program as an initial or incremental load.

Important: Do not run the Load Catalog Hierarchy program for

upgrade purposes.

• Load Item Dimension: Loads the items and their category assignments into the
ENI_ITEM_STAR table.

Note: The Load Item Dimension program may complete with a

warning in the following conditions:
• Multiple item assignments exist

• Multiple items have the same name

If this program completes with a warning, review the error log. The
log will list all of the items that are out of compliance. Fix the out of
compliance items and then rerun the program.
The program will complete with an error in the following
condition:
• The flexfield associated with the default catalog of the Product
Reporting functional area is not compiled.

To fix this error, follow the instructions in the Oracle Inventory

documentation and rerun the program. This program can be rerun
as a single request outside of the DBI Item Dimension Setup
request set.

Rerun this request set if you change the default catalog of either the Product Reporting,
Purchasing, or the Inventory functional area.

Important: To ensure that the ENI_ITEM_STAR table is completely

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 reloaded, you must truncate tthe table and then run the DBI Item
Dimension Setup Request Set.

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 7
Daily Business Intelligence for Customer
Support

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Steps
• Upgrade Service Audit Table History
• Set Up the Product Dimension
• Maintenance and Administration
• Troubleshooting

Overview
Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Customer Support provides concise and
comprehensive information about an organization's responsiveness to customer
support requests. With the Customer Support Management dashboard, a customer
support manager can see metrics on backlog, activity, resolution, and closure. The
reports enable you to compare the current period to previous periods and to analyze the
data by many dimensions, such as time, product, request type, assignment group,
customer, and severity. Key performance indicators (KPIs) at the top of the dashboard
summarize key metrics, enabling you to view important information at a glance.

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 Data comes from Oracle TeleService.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
DBI for Customer Support provides reports of the following types:
Backlog: These reports provide information about open service requests. The reports
give such metrics as the number of open service requests, the average age of service
requests, the percentage of open service requests that are escalated or unowned, and the
open service requests as a percentage of total service requests. You can also view the
same information pertaining to unresolved backlog service requests by setting the
Resolution Status parameter to Unresolved. A detail report shows service requests by
request number. From this report, you can access additional details about the selected
service request.
Activity: These reports provide information about the actions being taken on service
requests. The reports provide such metrics as the number of service requests that were
first opened in a time period, those that were reopened and closed, and the
opened-to-closed ratio.
Resolution: These reports provide information about the resolved service requests. The
reports provide such metrics as the number of service requests that are resolved and
that have remained resolved, the average time taken to resolve service requests, and the
breakdown of the number and percentage resolved by aging buckets. A detail report
shows service requests by request number. From this report, you can access the
additional details about the selected service request.
Closure: These reports provide information about closed service requests. The reports
provide such metrics as the number of service requests closed, the average days
required to close service requests, and the number and percentage of closed service
requests grouped by aging bucket. A detail report shows service requests by request
number. From this report, you can access the additional details about the selected
service request.
For complete, detailed descriptions of the backlog, activity, resolution, and closure
reports that DBI for Customer Support provides, see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.

Responsibilities
The Customer Support Management dashboard is designed for a user with the
functional role of customer support manager. A user in this role can have either of the
following responsibilities:

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 • Daily Customer Support Intelligence: Provides access to the Customer Support
Management dashboard only.

• Customer Support Manager: Provides access to the Customer Support

Management, HR Management - Overview, and Expense Management dashboards.
For information about the HR Management - Overview and Expense Management
dashboards, see the chapters on Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resources
and Daily Business Intelligence for Financials.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
DBI for Customer Support uses the following dimensions, some of which are common
across Daily Business Intelligence. All service requests refer to service requests created
in Oracle TeleService.

Date
The Date dimension is used by most reports to show information, using the date you
select as a point of reference. The Service Request Backlog Aging reports use the latest
collection date instead of the specified date. For details, see "Implementation
Considerations" in the Set Up Daily Business Intelligence chapter.

Period
The Period dimension is used by the reports to show aggregated information for a time
period. Options are Day, Week, Month, Quarter, Year, and in rolling periods of 7, 30, 90,
and 365 days. A rolling period is a set number of days starting from the specified date
and rolling back X days. An example of a rolling 30-day period would be from January
1 to January 30, if January 30 were the specified date.

Compare To
The Compare To dimension is used to indicate how you want to compare the data.
Options are Prior Year and Prior Period.

Service Request Type

This dimension appears as the Request Type parameter on the reports. It refers to the
type of service request. It corresponds to the service request types defined in Oracle
TeleService. It is also the dimension used for security on the dashboard and all reports.

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Product Category
The Product Category dimension is a hierarchical structure of product categories and
products. The product category setup is defined in the default catalog of the product
reporting functional area. See Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Product
The Product dimension shows the item being serviced. It corresponds to the product on
the service request. It resides in the Master Organization level. If a product is not
specified on the service request, then the value for that product appears as "Product not
Specified."

Customer
The customer listed on the service request.

Service Request Severity

This dimension appears as the Severity parameter in the reports. It refers to the severity
of the service request. These options are defined in Oracle TeleService. The importance
level is used to rank the relative importance of each severity.

Assignment Group
The resource group to which the service request is assigned. If a resource group was not
assigned in Oracle TeleService, then this value is "Unassigned" for the resource group.

Service Request Status

This dimension appears as the Status parameter in the reports. It refers to the status of
the service request. Statuses are defined in Oracle TeleService.

Service Request Resolution Status

This dimension appears as the Resolution Status parameter in the reports. It identifies
whether a service request is resolved or unresolved.

Aging Distribution
This dimension lists backlog aging buckets, for example, 0-5 days and 6-10 days. This
dimension retrieves values from the bucket set Customer Support Management -
Backlog Aging. For information on bucket sets, see Customize Bucket Sets, page 2-41.

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Service Request Channel
This dimension appears as the Channel parameter in the reports. It refers to the
customer communication channel used to create the service request.

Service Request Backlog Type

This dimension appears as the Backlog Type parameter in the reports. It identifies the
type of service requests in the backlog, for example, "Escalated" or "Unowned."

Time to Resolve Distribution

This dimension lists bucket values defined for resolution time, for example, 0-5 days
and 6-10 days. Service requests are grouped in buckets according to the time required to
resolve them. This dimension retrieves values from the bucket set Service Request -
Resolution Performance. For information on bucket sets, see Customize Bucket Sets,
page 2-41.

Time to Close Distribution

This dimension lists bucket values defined for closure time, for example, 0-5 days and
6-10 days. Service requests are grouped in buckets according to the time required to
close them. This dimension retrieves values from the bucket set Customer Support
Management - Closure Cycle Time. For information on buckets sets, see Customize
Bucket Sets, page 2-41.

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

DBI for Customer Support provides the following KPIs:

Customer Support Management KPIs

The purpose of the Customer Support Management KPIs is to provide quick access to
the latest status of the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the customer support
organization. This region summarizes information about the Service Request Backlog,
Service Request Activity, and Service Request Resolution and Closure Performance
reports.
For additional information about the KPIs, click the line item in the table to display a
full report. Alternatively, scroll down to the Service Request Backlog, Service Request
Activity, or Service Request Resolution and Closure Performance reports.

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KPI Columns
The KPI table contains the following columns:

Name
The name of the KPI.

X Days
The period for which data is aggregated in the table. This is based on the Period
parameter.

Change
The difference between the selected period and the comparison period from the
Compare To parameter. These metrics are expressed as follows:
• Percent: For numbers that represent a count, the change is shown as a percentage
and is expressed as:
(Current Measure - Comparison Measure) / Absolute value of Comparison Measure
* 100

• Difference: For numbers that represent days, percent, or a ratio, the change is
expressed as:
Current Measure - Comparison Measure

Compare Request Types

These points correspond to the request types in the drop-down list at the top of the
dashboard. Request types are listed from left to right with the least favorable measure
to the left. You will only see the request types to which your responsibility allows
access.

Report Headings and Calculations

This section explains the metrics in the KPI region and how they are calculated.
• Service Request Backlog: It is the number of open service requests on the selected
date. This KPI links to the Service Request Backlog report.

• Unresolved Service Request Backlog: It is the number of unresolved open service

requests on the selected date. This KPI links to the Service Request Backlog report.

• Unresolved Escalated Backlog %: Count of Unresolved Escalated Backlog Service

Requests / Count of Unresolved Backlog Service Requests * 100
It is the count of unresolved escalated service requests as a percentage of the
unresolved backlog service requests on the selected date. This KPI links to the

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 Service Request Backlog Distribution report.

• Unresolved Unowned Backlog Percent: Count of Unresolved Unowned Backlog

Service Requests / Count of Unresolved Backlog Service Requests * 100
It is the count of unresolved unowned service requests as a percentage of the
unresolved backlog service requests on the selected date. This KPI links to the
Service Request Backlog Distribution report.

• Service Requests Opened Activity: It is the number of times service requests were
opened. It includes first opened and reopened service requests. Opened activity is a
cumulative measure based on the selected date and period. This KPI links to the
Service Request Activity report.

• Service Request Closed Activity: It is the number of times service requests were
closed. Closed activity is a cumulative measure based on the selected date and
period. This KPI links to the Service Request Activity report.

• Mean Time to Resolve (Days): Sum of Time to Resolve Service Requests / Count of
Last Resolved Service Requests
It is the mean time to resolve service requests over a period of time. This KPI links
to the Service Request Resolution Summary report.

The following KPIs are available, but you must add them by configuring the dashboard
using the Daily Business Intelligence Designer responsibility.
• Close Time: Sum of Time to Close Service Requests / Count of Last Closed Service
Requests
It is the mean time to close service requests over a period of time. This KPI links to
the Service Request Closure Summary report.

• Service Request Unowned Backlog Percent: Unowned Backlog Service Requests /

Total Backlog Service Requests * 100
It is the percentage of unowned backlog service requests with respect to the total
backlog service requests. This KPI links to the Service Request Backlog Distribution
report.

• Service Request Escalated Backlog Percent: (Escalated Backlog Service Requests /

Total Backlog Service Requests) * 100
It is the percentage of escalated backlog service requests with respect to the total
backlog service requests. This KPI links to the Service Request Backlog Distribution
report.

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Securing Data
Oracle TeleService provides optional security that lets you control the service request
types a user can view, based on the user's responsibility. The Customer Support
Management dashboard and reports honor the same security by only returning data for
service request types that the user has access to based on the current responsibility. If
security is not enabled, then users have access to all service requests.
After implementing Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, open Oracle TeleService and
enable security by mapping the service request types to the new responsibilities. See the
Oracle TeleService Implementation Guide for information on setting up service request
types.

Related Topics
For more information on security, see Securing Daily Business Intelligence, page 1-15.

Implementation Considerations
Consider the following factors when implementing DBI for Customer Support.

Software
Oracle TeleService
See Verify Hardware and Software Prerequisites, page 2-27 for more information.

Product Category Hierarchy

This product hierarchy is defined in the default catalog of the product reporting
functional area. Each item must be assigned to a product category; otherwise, the item
appears as "Unassigned" in the reports.
For information on setting up this hierarchy, see Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Service Request Security Types

For information, see Securing Data, page 7-8.

Consider Access to HR Management - Overview and Expense Management Dashboards

A user with the Customer Support Manager responsibility has access to the following
dashboards:
• HR Management - Overview

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 • Expense Management

You are not required to enable these dashboards in order to implement the Customer
Support Management dashboard. If you implement them, be aware that the HR
Management - Overview and Expense Management dashboards will display data only
to users who are managers in the management hierarchy. To activate these dashboards,
see the chapters on Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resources and Daily
Business Intelligence for Financials.
If you do not want the user to have links to the HR Management - Overview and
Expense Management dashboards, then assign the user the Daily Customer Support
Intelligence responsibility. This responsibility does not display links to these
dashboards.
For more information about DBI for Customer Support responsibilities, see
"Responsibilities" in this chapter.

Setup Steps

Set Up Customer Support Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Customer
Support Management dashboard and associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Step Responsibility

Upgrade Service Audit Table History, page 7- Service

10

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

• System Administrator

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11. • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator
For DBI for Customer Support, this involves
populating the Product Dimension, page 7-10. • Item Manager

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 Step Responsibility

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Upgrade Service Audit Table History

If you are installing and setting up DBI for Customer Support for the first time, and you
are upgrading your Oracle TeleService data from a version older than Oracle
Applications Release 11.5.10, then you must upgrade your service audit table history.
You can upgrade your service audit table history by running the Service: Process to
Reformat Audit Data concurrent program. The Service Request Auditing feature uses
an auditing format that is different from the format of the previous releases. This
concurrent program processes existing service request audit records and makes them
compliant with the new format.
You can run this concurrent program on a live instance without any locking issues. The
concurrent program does not attempt to re-process data that has already been
processed. The concurrent program accepts two parameters:
• Process Cut-off Date: The concurrent program processes only audit records of
service requests that are updated after this cutoff date. If millions of audit records
exist, then you can reduce the processing time by processing the audit records in
batches. For example, in one batch, you could process the audit records of service
requests updated in the last six months; in the next batch, you could process audit
records for the six months prior to those in the first batch.

• Number of Workers: The concurrent program is designed to run using parallel

workers. The program runs as many numbers of parallel workers as the value of
this parameter. It is helpful to employ parallel workers if the number of audit
records in a single batch of audit records is in thousands. Note that too many
parallel workers potentially could slow down application performance.

This concurrent program is available to users with the Service responsibility. For more
information about this program, see Oracle TeleService Implementation Guide.

Set Up the Product Dimension

Setting up the Item dimension means populating the Product dimension in DBI for
Customer Support. All items in DBI for Customer Support come from the item master
in Oracle Inventory. Only items that can be sold in Oracle Inventory are classified as
Product in DBI for Customer Support.

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 Optionally, you can group the items into product categories and structure them
hierarchically. Ensure that all items that you want to appear in the DBI reports are
associated with a product category; otherwise, they appear in the Unassigned category
in the reports. For instructions on setting up the Item dimension, product category, and
product hierarchy, see Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Related Topics
Product Dimension, page 7-4

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration task.

Update DBI Data After Purging Service Requests

If you purge service requests from Oracle Service, then you must run an initial request
set to avoid data inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the reports.
The initial request set should have the Clear and Load All Summaries option selected.
See Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68 for information about request
sets.

Troubleshooting
This section provides solution to problems that you could experience when
implementing DBI for Customer Support.
What should I do when I encounter the error "Unable to Extend Tablespace" when I
submit the load request?
Contact your database administrator to resolve this issue.
What should I do when I do not find any data in the Customer Support Management
dashboard when I load it?
Check your security level set in Oracle TeleService to view the service requests. Oracle
TeleService provides optional security based on a user's responsibility. You can confirm
whether you have security issues by checking the Request Type dimension. If the
Request Type dimension displays only All as an option, then you are encountering a
security issue. For information, see Securing Data, page 7-8.
How is the Time to Resolve calculated for a service request that lacks a resolved date?
All closed service requests are considered resolved. Hence, if a service request does not
have a resolved date, then the Time to Resolve calculation takes the close date as the
resolved date.

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 8
Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklist
• Maintenance and Administration

Overview
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Depot Repair captures key information
about your depot repair organization and presents it in a dashboard and reports that
you can use to understand and monitor performance.
DBI for Depot Repair provides the Depot Repair Management dashboard.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair provides the Depot Repair Management
dashboard. The top section of this dashboard summarizes key performance indicators,
such as Repair Order Backlog and Repair Order Margin. The dashboard contains tables

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 and graphs that pertain to backlog, repair order margin, repair order completion, and
mean time to repair. From links on the dashboard, you can access related reports.
The Depot Repair Management dashboard and reports references data from the
following Oracle Applications:
• Oracle Depot Repair

• Oracle TeleService

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Inventory

• Oracle Work in Process

Cost data comes from Oracle Work in Process, and service charges data comes from
Oracle Order Management.
Use the Depot Repair Manager or Daily Depot Repair Intelligence responsibility to
access this dashboard.
For complete descriptions of the reports, see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

Reports
The Depot Repair Management dashboard offers the following reports for analyzing the
performance of your depot repair organization.

Note: Some of the reports contain buckets that can be modified by an

administrator. See Customize Bucket Sets, page 2-41 for more
information about customizing buckets.

• Repair Order Backlog: Lists all the repair orders that are in open status on or after
the global start date. The repair orders could have been created anytime from
inception (from the global start date) to the current date.
For more information on the global start date, see Set Up Global Parameters, page
2-30.

• Repair Order Backlog Trend: Shows backlog, past due, and past due percent
metrics over time.

• Repair Order Days Until Promised: This forward-looking report displays the
number of open repair orders grouped by the number of days until the repair is
promised to the customer. An administrator can modify the buckets.

• Repair Order Backlog Detail: Displays details about the repair orders that are in

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 open status.

• Repair Order Past Due Aging: Shows the number of past due repair orders
grouped by the number of days they are overdue. An administrator can modify the
buckets.

• Repair Order Past Due Detail: Lists all the current and past due repair orders as of
the last time data was retrieved from Oracle Depot Repair.

• Repair Order Margin: Shows charges to the customer, repair costs, and the margin
between the two.

• Repair Order Margin Trend: Provides information on the repair order charges,
cost, and margin over time.

• Repair Order Cost Summary: Displays the repair order actual costs broken down
by material, labor, and expense.

• Repair Order Cost Summary Trend: Shows repair order costs over time, broken
down by materials, labor, and expenses.

• Repair Order Charges Summary: Displays the repair order actual charges broken
down by material, labor, and expense.

• Repair Order Charges Summary Trend: Shows repair order charges over time
broken down by materials, labor, and expenses.

• Repair Order Margin Summary: Displays the repair order actual margin broken
down by material, labor, and expense.

• Repair Order Margin Summary Trend: Shows repair order margin over time
broken down by materials, labor, and expenses.

• Repair Order Margin Detail: Displays details of the repair orders shown in the
Repair Order Cost Summary, Repair Order Charges Summary, and Repair Order
Margin Summary reports.

• Repair Order Completion: Shows the number of repair orders, with and without
promise dates, that were closed in the selected period.

• Repair Order Completion Trend: Shows information on completed repair orders

over time, including late completions and average days late.

• Repair Order Completion Detail: Provides details on the completed repair orders.

• Repair Order Late Completion Aging: Shows the number of repair orders
completed late, broken down by age. An administrator can modify the buckets.

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 • Repair Order Late Completion Detail: Lists details about repair orders completed
late for the selected period.

• Mean Time to Repair: Shows the average time required to repair the customer
items for all repair orders, in the selected period to date. An administrator can
modify the buckets.

• Mean Time to Repair Detail: Shows details about repair orders that are listed in the
Mean Time to Repair report.

• Mean Time to Repair Trend: Shows the average time required to repair the
customer items for all repair orders over time. An administrator can modify the
buckets.

• Mean Time to Repair Distribution: Shows the mean time to repair of all repair
orders in the specified inventory category. The report also shows the number of
repair orders grouped by the number of days it took to complete them.
An administrator can modify the buckets.

• Mean Time to Repair Distribution Trend: Shows the mean time to repair over
time. An administrator can modify the buckets.

• Repair Order Service Code Summary: Displays the number of occurrences of

service codes that were used in open and closed repair orders, from inception (from
the global start date) to date.

Responsibilities
Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair provides the following responsibilities:
• Depot Repair Manager: Provides access to the Depot Repair Management
dashboard and all reports. In addition, this responsibility provides access to the
Expense Management and HR Management - Overview dashboards.

• Daily Depot Repair Intelligence: Provides access to the Depot Repair Management
dashboard and all reports. It does not provide access to any other dashboards.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair uses the following common dimensions:

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• Backlog Distribution: The number of days until promised, based on the promise
date on the repair order.

• Date: Most reports show data for the period to date. The backlog reports show data
from inception (from the global start date) to date. For a thorough explanation of
the Date parameter, see the DBI for Depot Repair chapter of the Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide.
The Date parameter is part of the Time dimension. See Time Dimension, page 1-12
for more information.

• Compare To: Use the Compare To dimension to determine how you want to
compare your data.

• Currency: See Currency Dimension, page 1-10.

• Customer: The customer on the repair order. This is technically the Prospect
dimension (level), which contains all customers, regardless of whether they have an
account in Oracle Receivables.

• Late Completion Days: The number of days between the repair order promise date
and the repair order closed date.

• Past Due Days: A distribution of the past due days. Past due days are the number
of days past the promise date on the repair order.

• Period: This dimension determines the period of data shown on the dashboard or
report. For important setup issues, see Time Dimension, page 1-12.

• Product Category: The product category from the repair order. Product category is
set up during Oracle Inventory setup. It is common to all dashboards and reports
that contain information on product category.

• Product: The product or item on the repair order.

• Repair Days: The number of days that were required to repair an item. Time to
repair is calculated as Current Shipped Date minus Current Received Date.

• Repair Organization: The organization that owns and manages the repair order
created in Oracle Depot Repair. This organization does not necessarily repair the
product. All users of DBI for Depot Repair can see data for all repair organizations.
This field was not present in early versions of Oracle Depot Repair, so repair orders
created at that time appear as "Unassigned."
Repair organizations are set up in Oracle Resource Manager. For more information,
see Oracle Common Application Components User's Guide.

• Repair Type: A repair order classification selected in Oracle Depot Repair, such as

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 "Repair and Return," "Exchange," or "Replacement." These are user-defined, so
actual values can vary.

• Service Code: The list of all service codes from Oracle Depot Repair.

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair uses the following key performance
indicators (KPIs).

Depot Repair Management Key Performance Indicators

The following section lists and defines the key performance indicators (KPIs) that
appear on this dashboard.

KPI Definitions
• Repair Order Backlog: The number of open repair orders for the period, regardless
of when they were created. Repair Order Status options are Open, Hold, or Draft.
Selecting Depot Repair Order Backlog opens the Repair Order Backlog Report.

• Past Due %: (Past Due/Repair Order Backlog) * 100

The percentage of past due repair orders to the total number of open repair orders
(Repair Order Backlog). A repair order is past due if it is still open and the Date
parameter is later than the promise date (calendar day) on the repair order. For
more information, see Common Concepts, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.
Selecting Past Due % opens the Repair Order Backlog Report.

• Repair Order Margin: [(Charge for the repair - Cost of the repair) / (Charge for the
repair)] * 100
Selecting Repair Order Margin opens the Repair Order Margin Report.

• Completed Repair Orders: Repair orders that were closed during the selected
period.
Selecting Completed Repair Orders opens the Repair Order Completion Report.

• Late Completions %: The percentage of repair orders that were completed late to
the total repair orders that were completed in the period. A repair order is late if the

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 close date is later than the promise date.
Selecting Late Completions % opens the Repair Order Completion Report.

• Mean Time To Repair (Days): For period-to-date closed repair orders, the average
of the sum of the number of days required to close the repair orders. Time to repair
is calculated as Current Shipped Date minus First Received Date. Data is given in
calendar days, not hours.
Selecting Mean Time to Repair (Days) opens the Mean Time to Repair Report.

Related Reports and Links

For information on the related reports, see Depot Repair Management Dashboard,
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
For information on how the KPI graph works, see KPI Region, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

Securing Data
Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair does not use security other than that
provided in the basic Daily Business Intelligence security model. All users of DBI for
Depot Repair can see data for all repair organizations.

Related Topics
For more information on security, see Securing Daily Business Intelligence, page 1-15.

Implementation Considerations
The following are common setup concerns that you should be aware of before you
begin setting up Daily Business Intelligence for Depot Repair.

Software
Install the necessary software.
• Oracle Depot Repair

• Oracle TeleService

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Inventory

• Oracle Work in Process

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Setup Checklist

Set Up Depot Repair Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Depot Repair
Management dashboard and its associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Step Responsibility

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

• System Administrator

Set Up Manager Reporting, page 5-4 • System Administrator

• HRMS Manager

• Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• Item Manager

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration task.

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Update DBI Data After Purging Service Requests
If you purge service requests from Oracle Service, then you must run an initial request
set to avoid data inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the reports.
The initial request set should have the Clear and Load All Summaries option selected.
See Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68 for information about request
sets.

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 9
Daily Business Intelligence for Field Service

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Set Up Checklist
• Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy
• Assign Resources to Field Service Districts
• Specify Break/Fix Task Type
• Specify How to Derive Field Service District
• Maintenance and Administration
• Field Service District Hierarchy Changes
• Troubleshooting

Overview
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Field Service enables executives and
managers to understand and monitor the performance of the field service organization.
The Field Service Management dashboard and reports contain relevant, up-to-date
information that can provide insight into ways of optimizing service efficiency,
improving customer relationships, and maximizing profits.

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Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
DBI for Field Service provides the Field Service Management dashboard.

Field Service Management Dashboard

The Field Service Management dashboard displays key performance indicators (KPIs),
tables, and graphs pertaining to the following:
• Technician use

• Inventory usage

• Travel time and distance

• Task activity and backlog

• Mean time to resolve

• First time fix rate

Using the Field Service Management dashboard, you can view summaries of the
following types of information:
• Percentage use of the technicians' total planned time

• Value of inventory used on field service tasks for the selected period

• On-hand inventory values on a given date

• Average time technicians traveled per task assignment

• Average distance technicians traveled per task assignment

• Number of pending tasks on a given date

• Number of tasks opened and closed during the selected period

• Mean time taken by technicians to resolve service requests with break/fix tasks

• Rate at which technicians resolved service requests with break/fix tasks at the first
visit

Data on the Field Service Management dashboard comes from the following Oracle

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Applications:
• Oracle TeleService

• Oracle Field Service

• Oracle Inventory

Use the Field Service Manager or the Daily Field Service Intelligence responsibility to
access the Field Service Management dashboard and related reports. Unless otherwise
noted in the documentation, DBI for Field Service displays data for the period to date or
for the rolling period. For information on period to date and rolling period, see the
section on parameters in the Using Daily Business Intelligence chapter of the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
DBI for Field Service offers the following reports.

Note: Some of the reports, such as the Travel Time Distribution report,
contain buckets that a DBI Administrator can modify. See Customize
Buckets, page 2-41.

• Technician Utilization: Provides information on technician use and its

components: labor and travel use.

• Technician Utilization Trend: Shows technician use and its breakdown over time,
based on the selected period.

• Usable Inventory Days on Hand: Provides information on inventory usage value,

on-hand inventory value for usable and defective items, and days on hand for
usable inventory.

• Inventory Trends: Provides the same measures as the Usable Inventory Days on
Hand report but over time.

• Travel Time and Distance: Provides the actual average field service technician
travel time and distance per task assignment by district.

• Travel Time and Distance Trend: Displays the same information as the Travel
Time and Distance report but over time.

• Total Travel Time and Distance Trend: Provides the total actual field service
technician travel time and distance over time.

• Travel Time Distribution: Displays the count of task assignments, the average
actual travel time per task assignment, and the distribution of task assignments
over travel time buckets. A DBI administrator can customize the task travel time
buckets.

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 • Travel Distance Distribution: Displays the count of tasks assignments, the average
actual travel distance per task assignment, and the distribution of task assignments
over travel distance buckets. A DBI administrator can customize the task travel
distance buckets.

• Travel Time Variance: Displays the scheduled and actual average travel time per
task assignment, the count of task assignments, and the task assignment percentage
distribution over travel time variance buckets. A DBI administrator can customize
the travel time variance buckets.

• Travel Distance Variance: Displays the scheduled and actual average travel
distance per task assignment, the count of task assignments, and the task
assignment percentage distribution over travel distance variance buckets. A DBI
administrator can customize the travel distance variance buckets.

• Travel Time Variance Distribution: Displays the count of task assignments and the
task assignment distribution over travel time variance buckets. A DBI administrator
can customize the travel time variance buckets.

• Travel Distance Variance Distribution: Displays the count of task assignments and
the task assignment distribution over travel distance variance buckets. A DBI
administrator can customize the travel distance variance buckets.

• Task Travel Detail: Provides detail information on the task, task type, task
assignment owner, assignee, scheduled and actual travel time in minutes and the
variance, scheduled and actual travel distance and the variance, and the customer
name and address.

• Task Activity: Displays information on the opened, closed, and opened-to-closed

ratios of the tasks. This report also provides information on the first opened
(opened only once) and reopened tasks (closed and opened again), which make up
the count of opened tasks.

• Task Closed Activity Trend: Displays the trend for closed tasks.

• Opened and Closed Task Activity Detail: Displays detailed information on task,
event date, task type, task owner, assignee, actual start and end dates, actual effort,
service request number, customer, and product.

• Task Backlog and Aging: Displays the number of backlog tasks as of the last
updated date, the average age of these tasks in days, and the distribution based on
age. A DBI administrator can customize the backlog age buckets. For information
on last updated date, see the Common Concepts section in the Using Daily Business
Intelligence chapter of the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Task Backlog and Aging Trend: Displays the trend of backlog tasks and task age.

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• Task Backlog and Aging Detail: Displays aging and other details of backlog tasks.

• Task Backlog Status Distribution: Displays the count of backlog tasks and the
distribution based on task status.

• Task Backlog Detail: Displays the details of the backlog tasks.

• Task Activity and Backlog: Provides the activity on tasks in the time period for
which the report is run. It also displays the count of backlog tasks at the beginning
and end of the same period.

• Mean Time to Resolve: Displays the mean time taken to resolve service requests
with tasks of type break/fix. It also displays the percentage distribution of such
service requests based on the time taken to resolve them.

• Mean Time to Resolve Detail: Displays the details of the service requests that the
system analyzed for the Mean Time to Resolve report.

• Mean Time to Resolve Trend: Displays the trend for mean time to resolve.

• First Time Fix Rate: Displays the percentages of firs- time-fix and non-first-time-fix
service requests. Service requests resolved at the first visit are first time fix service
requests. A resolved service request is a first-time-fix service request if it has only
one closed or completed break/fix task, or has multiple closed or completed
break/fix tasks that all began on the same day (identified by the actual start date of
the tasks).
Service requests not resolved at the first visit but resolved at a subsequent visit are
non first-time-fix service requests. A resolved service request is a non-first-time-fix
service request if it has multiple closed or completed break/fix tasks that began on
different days.

• Non First Time Fix Request and Task Detail: Provides the details of the no-
first-time-fix service requests that the system processed for the First Time Fix Rate
report.

• First Time Fix Rate Trend: Displays the trend for the first-time-fix rate.

Note: DBI for Field Service processes only field service tasks. In Oracle
Applications, field service tasks are task types with the rule set to
Dispatch. However, the Mean Time to Resolve and First Time Fix Rate
reports are relevant only for field service tasks of type break/fix (repair
tasks). Therefore, for the system to process data for these reports, you
must specify the task types that are to be considered break/fix. See
Specify Break/Fix Task Type, page 9-15.

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Responsibilities
DBI for Field Service provides the following responsibilities:
• Field Service Manager: Provides access to the Field Service Management
dashboard and reports. In addition, this responsibility provides access to the
Customer Support Management, Expense Management, and HR Management -
Overview dashboards.

• Daily Field Service Intelligence: Provides access to the Field Service Management
dashboard and reports.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence product, see:
Appendix A, "Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix."

Dimensions
Daily Business Intelligence for Field Service uses the following dimensions:
• Currency: For information on this dimension, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

• Organization: The District parameter in DBI for Field Service uses the Sales Group
dimension object of the Organization dimension. The district that you select
controls the information that appears on the dashboard or report. For more
information on this dimension, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9. For information
on how DBI for Field Service uses districts, see Field Service District Setup, page 9-
10. Also see the section on District parameter in the Using Daily Business
Intelligence for Field Service chapter of the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

• Item: DBI for Field Service uses Item dimension in the following ways:
• Item parameter uses the Item Org dimension object.

• Inventory Category parameter uses the Inventory Category dimension object.

• Product parameter uses the Item dimension object.

• Product Category parameter uses the Product Category dimension object.

For information on Item dimension, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

• Time: For information on this dimension, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

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 • Customer: Customer parameter uses the Prospect dimension object of the Customer
dimension. The Prospect dimension object takes the customer names from the
service requests.

• Event: Event parameter uses the Event dimension object to identify the task activity
event of the task that appears in the Opened and Closed Activity Detail report.

• Field Service Distance UOM: Distance UOM parameter uses the Field Service
Travel Distance UOM dimension object that belongs to the Field Service Distance
UOM dimension.

• Field Service Task Type: Task Type parameter uses the Field Service Task Type
dimension object.

• Field Service Distribution: DBI for Field Service uses the Field Service Distribution
dimension in the following ways:
• Actual Travel Time parameter uses the Field Service Travel Time Distribution
dimension object.

• Actual Travel Distance parameter uses the Field Service Travel Distance
Distribution dimension object.

• Travel Time Variance parameter uses the Field Service Travel Time Variance
Distribution dimension object.

• Travel Distance Variance parameter uses the Field Service Travel Distance
Variance Distribution dimension object.

• Age (Days) parameter uses the Field Service Backlog Aging Distribution
dimension object.

• Time to Resolve (Hours) parameter uses the Field Service Time to Resolve
Distribution dimension object.

• Service Request Severity: Severity parameter uses the Service Request Severity
dimension object.

Related Topics
For more information on these common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions.

Key Performance Indicators

The following table lists each KPI for DBI for Field Service and its calculation (if it is
calculated).

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 DBI for Field Service KPIs

KPI Calculation

Technician Utilization [(Debriefed Labor Time + Debriefed Travel

Time) / Planned Work Time] * 100

Debriefed labor and travel time as a

percentage of the planned work time.

Inventory Usage Value The total field service inventory usage value.

On Hand Inventory Value Total value of on-hand inventory, both

defective and usable, as of the selected date.

Average Travel Time (Minutes) Actual Travel Time Debriefed / Number of

Field Service Task Assignments with Actual
Travel Time

Average of debriefed technician travel time in

minutes.

Average Travel Distance Actual Travel Distance Debriefed / Number of

Field Service Task Assignments with Actual
Travel Distance

Average of debriefed technician travel

distance.

Task Backlog The count of open field service tasks as of the

selected date.

Task Closed Activity The total number of closed field service tasks.

Mean Time to Resolve (Hours) Sum of Time to Resolve of service requests

(with at least one completed or closed field
service task of type break/fix) / Total number
of resolved service requests (with at least one
completed or closed field service task of type
break/fix)

Time to Resolve = (Resolved on Date) –

(Incident Date)

The average number of hours taken to resolve

service requests with at least one completed
field service task of type break/fix.

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 KPI Calculation

First Time Fix Rate [Count of first time fix service requests /
(Count of first time fix service requests +
Count of non first time fix service requests)]

The ratio of the first time fix service requests

to the total number of resolved service
requests. For this measure, the system
considers only service requests with at least
one completed or closed field service task of
type break/fix.

Securing Data
In addition to the basic Daily Business Intelligence security model, DBI for Field Service
uses the following security types to determine which users have access to which data.
Field Service District Security: The information that appears on the Field Service
Management dashboard and all its reports is secured by districts. You must have
manager or administrator privileges in a district to access the data belonging to that
district and any district or resource that reports to it. For information on how to assign
resources to a district with manager or administrator privileges, see Assign Resources to
Field Service Districts, page 9-13.
Service Request Type Security: From some of the detail reports such as the Task
Backlog Detail report, you can access the service request details as available currently in
Oracle TeleService. However, the security in Oracle TeleService is based on the service
request type, and you must have security permissions to the type of service request that
you are trying to access from the detail report. This security is set up in Oracle
TeleService and is leveraged by DBI for Field Service. For more information, see the
Oracle TeleService Implementation Guide.

Related Topics
Securing Data, page 1-15.

Implementation Considerations
The following are common setup concerns that you should be aware of before you
begin setting up DBI for Field Service.

Software
The following applications are prerequisites for DBI for Field Service:

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 • Oracle TeleService

• Oracle Field Service

• Oracle Inventory

Field Service District Setup

For your users to view information in the Field Service Management dashboard and
reports, you must set up the districts and the district hierarchy. Beforethis setup,
however, you must determine the basis for the district hierarchy. For example, you can
base the districts on geographical locations, branch offices of your organization, or your
service teams.

Example District Hierarchy Based on Service Teams

In this example, Cindy Miller is the manager of the Team Cindy district to which the
Team Peter and Team Elizabeth districts report. Peter Apt is the manager of Team Peter
as well as a technician in that district. Helena Spraque and Jerry Weinbert are the other
technicians in Team Peter. Elizabeth Smith is the manager of Team Elizabeth in which
Jacob Williams and Thomas Jerome are technicians.
Consider the following before setting up the districts:
• The district hierarchy should reflect the relationship between the technicians and
their districts.

• The district hierarchy can extend up to any number of levels. However, the highest
level should be a district and the lowest level, a technician, or District.

• In DBI for Field Service, districts secure data. Therefore, users must have manager
or administrator privileges in a district to access the data belonging to that district
and any district or resource that reports to it. In the previous example, Cindy Miller
can access data for Team Peter and Team Elizabeth. Peter Apt can access data only
for Team Peter. Similarly, Elizabeth Smith can access data only for Team Elizabeth.
The technicians Helena Sprague, Jerry Weinbert, Jacob Williams, and Thomas
Jerome cannot access any data in DBI for Field Service.

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 • The field service districts that you set up in DBI for Field Service are independent of
the field service dispatch groups and territories set up using the CRM Resource
Manager responsibility.

Set Up Checklist

Set Up Field Service Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Field Service
Management dashboard and its associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of setting up
the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, you can perform setups concurrently.

Step Responsibility

If you have not already done so as part of Oracle Field Service • Field Service
setup, run the Generate Field Service Trips concurrent Administrator
program (previously called the Generating Shift Tasks
concurrent program).

For details, see the Oracle Field Service Implementation Guide.

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, page 2-29 • Daily Business

Intelligence
Administrator

• System Administrator

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business

Intelligence
Administrator

• Item Manager

Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy, page 9-12 Field Service Administrator

Assign Resources to Field Service Districts, page 9-13 Field Service Administrator

Specify Break/Fix Task Type, page 9-15 Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

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 Step Responsibility

Specify How to Derive Field Service District, page 9-16 System Administrator

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business

Intelligence
Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy

Setting up the field service district hierarchy involves creating the field service districts
and building the district hierarchy. You create districts by defining them as resource
groups in Oracle Resource Manager.

To set up the field service district hierarchy:

1. From the Navigator, select CRM Foundation, and then select Resource Manager.

2. Select Maintain Resources, and then select Groups.

3. 3. In the Define Groups window, enter the name of the district that you want to
create in the Name field.

4. In the Used In tabbed region, select Field Service District as the Application Area.

5. Use the Parent Groups and Child Groups tabbed regions to set up the district
hierarchy. That is, in the Parent Groups tabbed region, specify the district to which
the district you are creating would report. In the Child Groups tabbed region,
specify the districts that would report to the district that you are creating.

6. Repeat these steps for each district that you want to create.

Note: When you assign resources to a group, a resource's start date

in the group must be on or after the start date of the group. The
Start field in the Active Dates section of the window displays the
start date of the group. The Start Date field in the Roles tabbed
region displays a resource's start date in a group.

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Related Topics
Field Service District Setup, page 9-10

Assign Resources to Field Service Districts

After you create the district hierarchy, you can assign resources to the districts. A
resource can have manager, administrator, lead, and member privileges in a district.
Technicians are resources with only member privileges. Only resources such as district
managers with manager or administrator privileges in a district can access the
information in the district and any district or resource reporting to that district. You
grant privileges to resources by assigning them roles with the appropriate role
attributes, as explained in the following steps.

Important: If you do not assign a technician to any district, then the

system groups the corresponding information under the Unassigned
district. DBI for Field Service considers the Unassigned district like any
other field service district. Therefore, you must have manager or
administrator privileges in the Unassigned district to view the data
grouped under it.
Another way to access the data under an Unassigned district is to
assign it as a child of a district in which you have manager or
administrator privileges. However, Oracle recommends that you have
the Unassigned district as a top-level district and not as a child of
another district.

To assign a resource to a field service district:

1. From the Navigator, select CRM Foundation, and then select Resource Manager.

2. Select Maintain Resources, and then select Resources.

3. Use the Find Resources window to query for the resource that you want to assign to
a district.

4. In the Resource Search Results window, click Resource Details.

5. In the Roles tabbed region of the Resource window, add one of the following as the
Role Type:
• Field Service Representative

• Field Service Debrief Agent

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 • Field Service Debrief Review Agent

• Field Service Dispatchers

• Field Service District

6. Select a role in the Role field.

7. In the Groups tabbed region, select the district (group name) to which you want to
assign the resource.

8. In the Group Member Roles section, select an appropriate role for the resource in
the group.

Note: If the resource that you are assigning is a DBI for Field
Service user, then select a role that has the Manager or Admin role
attribute enabled.
A resource's start date in the group must be on or after the start
date of the group.

9. Save your changes. The resource is now assigned to the field service district.

Note: A resource using DBI for Field Service will find the District
parameter empty under one of the following conditions:
• You have not set up the field service district hierarchy, and the
resource does not have manager or administrator privileges in
the Unassigned district.

• The resource does not have manager or administrator

privileges in any district.

Additional Information
The system groups processed data under the district (Resource Group) to which the
corresponding technician (a resource with member privileges) belongs. When a
technician belongs to more than one district, the system determines a district using
the following rules:
• The system uses the creation date or the actual end date of the task to determine
the technician's current district. The system excludes the districts in which the
technician is not active on the task creation or actual end date.

Note: If the technician is not active in any district on the task

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 creation or actual end date, then the system groups the
corresponding data under the Unassigned district. Therefore,
make sure that a technician is active in the required districts
starting from the global start date to prevent data from being
grouped under the Unassigned district. You can use the Start
Date and End Date fields in the Groups tabbed region of the
Resource window to define the active period for a technician in
a district.

• Resource groups whose application area is not specified as Field Service District
are excluded.

• If the technician is active in two or more districts that have Field Service District
specified as the application area, then the system determines the district using
these parameters:
• If the districts are at different levels in the hierarchy, then the system uses
the higher district in the hierarchy.

• If the districts are at the same level in the hierarchy, then the system
determines the district based on the technician's Role Type in the following
order of priority:
1. Field Service Representative

2. Field Service Debrief Agent

3. Field Service Debrief Review Agent

4. Field Service Dispatchers

5. Field Service District

For example, if a technician's role type is Field Service Representative in

one district and Field Service Dispatcher in another, then the system uses
the district in which the role is Field Service Representative. If the role types
are the same, then the system determines the district based on the
alphabetical order of the districts.

Specify Break/Fix Task Type

The Mean Time to Resolve and First Time Fix Rate reports are relevant only for field
service tasks of type break/fix (repair tasks). Therefore, for the system to process data
for these reports, you must specify the task types that are to be considered break/fix.

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 To specify a task type as a break/fix task type:
1. From the Navigator, select Setup, Supply Chain Intelligence, Field Service Task
Setup.

2. In the Field Service Task Setup page, all task types with rule set to Dispatch appear.
Select the task types that you want the system to consider break/fix.
Note the following:
• If you do not specify the break/fix task types, then the Mean Time to Resolve
and First Time Fix Rate reports will not display any information.

• If you modify the break/fix task type set up after completing the DBI setup, you
must run the initial request set for the changes to take effect for the existing
data.

Specify How to Derive Field Service District

For the Mean Time to Resolve and First Time Fix Rate reports, you can set the system to
group data under the task assignee's or the task owner's district. You can specify this
using the DBI: Field Service District for Mean Time to Resolve and First Time Fix Rate
reports site-level profile option. The default value of this profile option is Derive from
Task Assignee.

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you might have to perform the following maintenance and
administration task:
• Field Service District Hierarchy Changes, page 9-16

In general, any time that you change your source data or your Daily Business
Intelligence for Field Service setup, you must rerun the incremental request set to
refresh your data.
• Purging of Service Requests in Oracle Tele Service

If the service requests are purged from Oracle Tele Service, then the administrator
should run the initial request set with the Clear and Load All Summaries option. This is
to avoid any data inaccuracies in trend and failure of drill to current view of service
requests. See: Oracle Tele Service Implementation Guide.

Field Service District Hierarchy Changes

See Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy, page 9-12 for instructions on setting up or

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 changing the district hierarchy. After you change the district hierarchy, you must run
the initial or the incremental request set for the changes to take effect.
Deleting a technician from the district hierarchy will result in an error when users try to
access information for the deleted technician. Instead of deleting a technician from a
district, you can use the End Date field in the Roles tabbed region of the Define Groups
window to terminate that technician's association with the district.

Troubleshooting
Why am I not able to see any values in the District parameter?
You will not see any values in the District parameter under one of the following
conditions:
• The field service district hierarchy is not set up, and you do not have manager or
administrator privileges in the Unassigned district.

• You do not have manager or administrator privileges in any district.

See Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy, page 9-12 and Assign Resources to Field
Service Districts, page 9-13.
How do I view data grouped under the Unassigned district?
DBI for Field Service considers the Unassigned district like any other field service
district. Therefore, you must have manager or administrator privileges in the
Unassigned district to view the data grouped under it. See Assign Resources to Field
Service Districts, page 9-13.
Why do I not see data in the Mean Time to Resolve and First Time Fix Rate reports?
The Mean Time to Resolve and First Time Fix Rate reports are relevant only for field
service tasks of type break/fix (repair tasks). Therefore, for the system to process data
for these reports, you must specify the task types to be considered break/fix. See Specify
Break/Fix Task Type, page 9-15.
Why am I seeing certain data grouped under the Unassigned district?
The system groups the processed data under the corresponding technician's district.
The system uses the Unassigned district when it is not able to determine a district for
the technician. The following are some of the conditions under which the system uses
the Unassigned district.
• The technician is not assigned to any district or does not have member privileges in
any district.

• The technician is not active in any district on the task creation or the task actual end
date. (The system uses the task creation or the task actual end date to determine the
technician's current district.)

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 • The technician is assigned only to the Unassigned district with member privileges.

• The teams are grouped under the Unassigned district.

See Set Up Field Service District Hierarchy, page 9-12 and Assign Resources to Field
Service Districts, page 9-13 for more information.

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 10
Daily Business Intelligence for Financials

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklist
• Maintenance and Administration
• Managing Changes
• Troubleshooting
• Concurrent Programs
• Profile Options and Profile Option Categories Overview

Overview
This chapter describes Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Financials (DBI for
Financials) to implementers and other technical users. It describes how to implement,
maintain, and administer DBI for Financials.
DBI for Financials provides up-to-date financial information to executives, managers,
and their finance departments with a collection of out-of-the-box reports and
dashboards. Using DBI for Financials, you can stay informed about daily financial
activities, develop insights, and take immediate actions, if necessary, to meet financial
and operational targets.

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 The two content areas displayed by DBI for Financials are:
• General Ledger Revenue and Expense Reporting, page 10-2

• Payables Reporting, page 10-2

These areas have different implementation considerations and are independently

implemented.

General Ledger Revenue and Expense Reporting

This content area provides an enterprise view of revenue, cost of goods sold, operating
expense, and funds information on the following dashboards:
• Profit and Loss

• Profit and Loss by Manager

• Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

Each dashboard contains a unique set of key performance indicators (KPIs), tables,
graphs, and detailed reports. Executives, managers, and their finance departments can
use these KPIs to benchmark and track revenue and expenses against budget, forecast,
or prior period actuals. Information is aggregated along various flexible hierarchies set
up during implementation. Using these hierarchies, users can view financial
information by Manager, Line of Business, Company, Cost Center, Financial Category,
and User Defined dimensions. Each dashboard contains links to underlying reports and
to other Daily Business Intelligence dashboards, such as the HR Management
dashboard.

Payables Reporting
This content area provides operational measures to help payables managers improve
productivity and process efficiency, especially in a shared service environment. The
following dashboards are provided:
• Payables Management

• Payables Status

Each dashboard contains a comprehensive set of KPIs and reports across four main
functional areas:
• Invoicing

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 • Payments

• Discounts

• Holds

These dashboards provide summarized information by Operating Units and Suppliers,

with extensive drilldown capability to facilitate problem identification, analysis, and
resolution.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
The following dashboards are provided by Daily Business Intelligence for Financials.
For complete descriptions of the DBI for Financials dashboards, see: Using Daily
Business Intelligence for Financials in the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Profit and Loss Dashboard

The Profit and Loss dashboard provides executives with daily, pre-close profit and loss
information compared to prior periods and budgets. This dashboard displays revenue,
cost of goods sold, gross margin, operating expenses, and operating margin information
by line of business.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Account
Payables, Oracle Account Receivables, Oracle Order Management, and Oracle Human
Resources (Getting Employee Hierarchy as well as Organizational Hierarchy and
Reporting details).

Profit and Loss by Manager Dashboard

The Profit and Loss by Manager dashboard includes the same information as the Profit
and Loss dashboard, displayed by manager instead of by line of business.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Account
Payables, Oracle Account Receivables, Oracle Order Management, and Oracle Human
Resources (Getting Employee Hierarchy as well as Organizational Hierarchy and
Reporting details).

Expense Management Dashboard

The Expense Management dashboard provides cost center managers with daily
information about operating expenses, by comparing current expenses to forecasted or

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 budgeted expenses. Managers can also view other expense information such as
expenses per employee, travel and entertainment expenses, and top 10 spenders.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger, Oracle iExpenses, and
Oracle Human Resources (Getting Employee Hierarchy details)

Expense Analysis Dashboard

The Expense Analysis dashboard provides up-to-date information on a company's
operating expenses and features a company/cost center/natural account-oriented view
of a company's expense activity. The design of Expense Analysis was targeted at a
company's finance departments and managers, and focuses on analyzing and managing
operating expenses.
Expense Analysis provides finance departments with the ability to explore anomalies
by drilling to subledger detail and viewing transactional details, such as original
invoices, expense reports, and asset depreciation transactions.
This dashboard provides an alternate view of expense information without the need to
set up the manager hierarchy, which the Profit and Loss and Expense Management
dashboards require. In addition, complementing the Expense Analysis dashboard and
reports are a set of revenue analysis reports providing similar content.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Account
Payables, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle iExpenses, and iAssets.

Funds Management Dashboard

The Funds Management dashboard lets public sector managers and analysts view
available funds, encumbrances, budgets, and actual expenditures.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger, Oracle Account
Payables, Oracle Purchasing, Oracle iExpenses, and iAssets.

Payables Management Dashboard

The Payables Management dashboard enables payables managers to monitor and
analyze payables operational efficiency. Using this dashboard managers can evaluate
invoice volume, late payments, discounts taken, hold volume, and trend patterns across
operating units to identify areas for improvement. The capability to drill down to
detailed invoice and payment information aids quick problem identification. Managers
can view data by operating unit, which drills to supplier.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger and Oracle Accounts
Payables.

Payables Status Dashboard

The Payables Status dashboard provides payables managers and analysts with the latest

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 status on payables activities. At a glance, a payables analyst can track outstanding tasks,
identify bottlenecks, and assess risks. This dashboard provides information about open
payables, unpaid invoices, available discounts, and invoices on hold. Similar to the
Payables Management dashboard, users can view data by suppliers or operating unit.
This dashboard contains data from the Oracle General Ledger and Oracle Accounts
Payables.

Responsibilities
The following responsibilities are provided by Daily Business Intelligence for
Financials.
• Cost Center Manager: The Cost Center Manager responsibility provides access to
the Expense Management dashboard and its associated reports. This responsibility
also provides access to the HR Management dashboard, but only if DBI for Human
Resources is implemented.

• Profit Center Manager: The Profit Center Manager responsibility provides access to
the Profit and Loss by Line of Business, Profit and Loss by Manager, and the
Expense Management dashboards and their associated reports.

• Daily Financials Intelligence: The Daily Financials Intelligence responsibility

provides access to the Profit and Loss by Line of Business, Profit and Loss by
Manager, Expense Management, Expense Analysis, and Funds Management
dashboards and their associated reports.

• Daily Payables Intelligence: The Daily Payables Intelligence function-based

responsibility provides access to the Payables Management and Payables Status
dashboards and their associated reports.

If the Industry profile option is Government and you are implementing the Funds
Management dashboard, then create another responsibility and remove any links that
are unrelated to the Funds Management dashboard. This table illustrates the links that
you should remove for each type of object, using the Menu Exclusions tab in the
Responsibilities window:

Object Type Type Name

KPI page links Function Profit and Loss

Profit and Loss by Manager

Expense Analysis

Expense and revenue reports Menu Financial Reports

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Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see:
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
Daily Business Intelligence for Financials uses the following unique dimensions for
Profit and Loss and Expense Management dashboards:
• Financial Category, page 10-7

• Line of Business, page 10-9

• Person, page 1-11

• Sales Channel (This is applicable only for the Profit and Loss dashboard.)

Daily Business Intelligence for Financials uses the following unique dimensions for
Expense Analysis and Funds Management dashboards:
• Financial Category, page 10-7

• Company/Fund, page 10-10

• Cost Center, page 10-10

• User Defined, page 10-11

You need to setup dimensions by:

• Assigning master and local value sets, page 10-11.

• Define Financial dimensions, page 10-12.

• Defining dimension mapping rules, page 10-14.

• Managing values and hierarchies, page 10-16.

Dimensions
Setting up DBI for Financials-specific dimensions enables you to map data from
different chart of accounts structures to a single structure, which makes it possible to do
enterprise-wide aggregation of financial data.
The following table illustrates which dimensions are used in each dashboard, and
which dimensions are required:

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Dimensions and Associated Dashboards

Dimensions Profit and Loss Expense Expense Analysis Funds Management

Management

Company, page 10- Not applicable Not applicable Required Required

10

Cost Center, page Not applicable Not applicable Required Required

10-10

Financial Category, Required Required Required Required

page 10-7

Line of Business, Optional Optional Not applicable Not applicable

page 10-9

User Defined, page Not applicable Not applicable Optional Optional

10-11

Financial Category Dimension

This dimension is based on the natural account segment from the different charts of
accounts that you have defined in the source ledger group. For more information about
source ledger groups, see Source Ledger Groups, page 10-42.
The following diagram displays an example of grouping natural account segments to
define the Revenue financial category.

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 The Financial Category dimension enables you to group and map your natural accounts
into a unified structure for reporting in DBI for Financials. This dimension uses six
Financial Category types to group these accounts:
• Revenue

• Cost of Goods Sold

• Operating Expenses

• Travel and Entertainment Expenses

Note: The following financial category types are not used by DBI for
Financials, but are used by other DBI product families:
Deferred Revenue - only used by DBI for Sales and DBI for Supply
Chain
Product Expenses - only used by DBI for Product Lifecycle
Management

As an example of using a Financial Category type, you could group and map all of your
Revenue natural accounts from the North America, Europe, and South America ledgers
to the Revenue financial category type. DBI for Financials can then display your
worldwide revenue aggregated across the enterprise.
In defining the Financial Category dimension, you can select an existing natural account

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 value set as the common reporting hierarchy. Alternatively, you could create a new
value set for the common hierarchy if you have heterogeneous charts of accounts and a
non-standard natural account structure.
For information on setting up the Financials Categories dimension, see: Define Financial
Dimensions, page 10-12.

Line of Business Dimension

A line of business can be a grouping of companies or cost centers that crosses country
boundaries and legal entities, such as General and Administrative, Sales, Support,
Manufacturing, and so on. The following diagram displays an example of grouping cost
centers to define a Customer Support line of business.

In DBI for Financials you can create a line of business hierarchy based on either the cost
center or the balancing segment from the chart of accounts that you have defined in the
source ledger group. See: Source Ledger Groups, page 10-42.
Setting up this dimension is optional; but if you do not set up this dimension, the
dashboards and reports that use the Line of Business parameter, such as the Profit and
Loss dashboard, will not work. There are no preseeded values for this dimension. You
must create the hierarchy and value set for the dimension based on your own
organization's needs. For example, if you set up General Administration as a line of
business, then you could view the results for your entire General Administration
division.
See: Define Financial Dimensions, page 10-12.

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Company Dimension
This dimension represents a hierarchy of strategic business units or legal entities, which
can be organized across geographic regions, or otherwise tailored to business needs. In
the case of the Funds Management dashboard, this dimension hierarchically represents
the institution's funds.
The following diagram displays an example of grouping companies to define a
geographic representation:

In DBI for Financials, you can create a company hierarchy based on either balancing or
cost center segment from the chart of accounts that you have defined in the source
ledger group. See: Source Ledger Groups, page 10-42. This dimension is supported by
the Expense Analysis and Funds Management dashboards only, and is not a supported
dimension for the Profit and Loss and Expense Management dashboards.

Note: For the Funds Management dashboard, this dimension is

renamed to Fund.

No preseeded values exist for this dimension. Create the hierarchy and value set for the
dimension based on your own organization's needs. See: Define Financial Dimensions,
page 10-12.

Cost Center Dimension

This dimension is a hierarchical grouping of balancing segment values or cost centers,
which are entities that track either expenses or revenue.
The following diagram displays an example of grouping cost centers to define an
organizational representation:

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 In DBI for Financials, you can create a cost center hierarchy based on either balancing or
cost center segment from the chart of accounts that you have defined in the source
ledger group. See: Source Ledger Groups, page 10-42. This dimension is supported
only by the Expense Analysis and Funds Management dashboards.
No preseeded values exist for this dimension. Create the hierarchy and value set for the
dimension based on your own organization's needs. See: Define Financial Dimensions,
page 10-12.

User Defined Dimension

This dimension is a hierarchical dimension that can be associated with any segment in
the chart of accounts. Using this dimension, companies can classify their transactional
data using a segment other than the company, cost center, and financial category
(natural account) segments. This facilitates better analysis and reporting of transactional
data.
In DBI for Financials, you can create a hierarchy based on any segment from the chart of
accounts that you have defined in the source ledger group. See: Source Ledger Groups,
page 10-42. This dimension is supported only by the Expense Analysis and Funds
Management dashboards.
No preseeded values exist for this dimension. Create the hierarchy and value set for the
dimension based on your own organization's needs. See: Define Financial Dimensions,
page 10-12.

Master and Local Value Sets

The General Ledger revenue and expenses reporting content lets you aggregate data
across sets of books with heterogeneous charts of accounts.
Reporting is based on the master value set, which you must designate for each
dimension. Then, for each dimension, map all value sets from the other charts of
accounts, known as local value sets, into the master value set.
The following diagram displays an example of how master and local value sets are
related.

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 Master Value Set
You must assign a master value set to each DBI for Financials dimension. A master
value set aggregates financial data from different charts of accounts for a given financial
dimension. You can either assign an existing value set or create a new value set to serve
as the master.
The value set selected as a master value set should represent how you want to do
reporting.
Local Value Sets
A local value set rolls up to a master value set for a given financial dimension. The list
of local value sets depends on the source ledgers that you defined. If all of your source
ledgers use the same value set, then you will see only one value set. If each source
ledger uses a unique value set, then you will see one value set per source ledger.

Define Financial Dimensions

Use the Financial Dimensions page to enable or disable the dimensions and provide the
master value sets that you want to use for financial reporting. A master value set is
required for all enabled dimensions.
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility and click Financial Dimensions Setup.

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2. Navigate to Financial Dimensions.
Use this window to define the dimensions used by the Profit and Loss, Expense
Management, Expense Analysis, and Funds Management dashboards. See:
Dimensions and Associated Dashboards, page 10-6.
Profit and Loss and Expense Management Specific Dimensions:
• Financial Category (required). You can use the preseeded Financial Category
value set as the master value set for this dimension, or you can choose your
own value set.

• Line of Business (optional). If you do not enable the Line of Business

dimension, the Profit and Loss by Line of Business dashboard will not work.

Expense Analysis and Funds Management Specific Dimensions:

• Financial Category (required).

• Company/Fund (required).

Note: If the Industry profile is set to Government, then the

Company dimension is renamed to Fund.

• Cost Center (required).

• User Defined (optional).

Note: If you do not enable the User Defined dimension, it will

be dropped from the View By parameter for all associated
reports.

3. Define each dimension as follows:

1. Click Update. The Update Financial Dimensions page appears.

2. Select the Enabled box to enable the dimension.

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 3. Select the Master Value Set.
See: Master and Local Value Sets, page 10-11.

4. For the User Defined dimension, enter a Display Name, such as Sub-Account.
You can optionally change the dimension descriptions.

Note: Only independent value sets are available for selection.

Define Dimension Mapping Rules

Dimension mapping rules specify the mapping between master and local value sets.
Dimension mapping includes two steps:
• Mapping Rules: Defines which segment from the chart of accounts will be
associated with the dimension.

• Values and Hierarchies: Defines the relationship between values in the master and
local value sets, therefore creating a hierarchy for your dimension.

The setup performed in the Financials Intelligence Source Ledger Group tab determines
the values that appear in the dimension/charts of accounts column. See: Source Ledger
Groups, page 10-42.
The general mapping rules for all enabled dimensions are:
• All dimensions use a single segment in the assignment.

• Segment: The Segment column allows you to select the segment for the selected
dimension. The following rules apply:
• The Company/Fund dimension is mapped to either the balancing segment or
cost center segment based on the qualifiers in General Ledger at the dimension
level.

• The Cost Center dimension is mapped to either the balancing segment or cost
center segment based on the qualifiers in General Ledger at the dimension
level.

• The Financial Category dimension is always mapped to the natural account

segment of the chart of accounts. For that reason, you cannot update the
mapping to this dimension.

• The Line of Business dimension is mapped to either the balancing segment or

cost center segment based on the qualifiers in General Ledger at the dimension
level.

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 • The User Defined dimension can be mapped to any segment in the chart of
accounts (COA). Consequently, you can select one segment from one COA, and
a completely different segment from another COA.

To define dimension mapping rules:

1. Navigate to Dimension Mappings > Mapping Rules.
The source ledger group determines which charts of accounts are listed in the
Dimension/Chart of Accounts column on the Dimension Mapping Rules page.

2. Define rules for each enabled dimension.

See: Dimensions and Associated Dashboards, page 10-7.
1. Click Update, and choose either a balancing or cost center segment.

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 2. For the Financial User Defined dimension, select the segment from each chart of
accounts that represents this user defined dimension.

Managing Values and Hierarchies

The Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager (FDHM) enables you to map local value
sets to the master value set that you defined when you set up your Financial
Dimensions. See: Define Financial Dimensions, page 10-12. This mapping determines
how data is aggregated and displayed in the Profit and Loss, Expense Management,
Expense Analysis, and Funds Management dashboards and reports.

Launch the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager

To launch the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager:
1. Navigate to Dimension Mappings > Values and Hierarchies.

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 2. Click Launch Hierarchy Manager.
1. To manage the dimensions, click the Launch Hierarchy Manager corresponding
to that dimension. See: Managing Values and Hierarchies for DBI for Financials
Specific Dimensions, page 10-17.

Managing Values and Hierarchies for DBI for Financials Specific Dimensions
Use the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager to manage values and hierarchies for
the Financial Categories, Line of Business, Company, Cost Center, and Financial User
Defined dimensions. The Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager enables you to map
values from local to master value sets by dragging and dropping values within a
hierarchy. It also enables you to work on both the master and local value sets for a given
financial dimension at the same time.

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 The Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager is divided into several regions.
• The left-top region shows all the distinct value sets from the source ledger group for
this segment. See: Source Ledger Groups, page 10-42.

• The left-middle region shows the master value set, chosen for the dimension. See:
Master and Local Value Sets, page 10-11.

• The left-bottom region shows all the local values in your local value sets.

• The right-side displays the hierarchy for the dimension and the top node for the
master value set.

Caution: At a single point in time, only one user should work on

the master and local value sets for a given Financial dimension
using the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager. This applies to
the usage of the value sets from another Financial Dimension
Hierarchy Manager session, from another Account Hierarchy
Manager session, or in an Oracle form.

To manage values in the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager:

1. In the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager, search for the value sets that you

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 want to map to the dimension. You can use the following criteria to search for a
value set.
• Parent: Displays the top level parent values for master and local value set.

• Child: Displays all child values.

• From: Beginning of the range.

• To: End of the range.

• Description.

2. Define the top node for the hierarchy.

Right click on an item in the master value set and choose Select Top Node from the
list of values to make that item the top node of the master value set.
The Top Node is a parent value, and the highest point in the dimension's hierarchy.
It is defined once, in the master value set only.

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 3. Manage the relationships between the master and local value sets by building a
cross-value set hierarchy.

Note: You must build a dimension hierarchy if the master value set
is different from the local value set.

You can drag and drop segment values from the local value set hierarchy to the
master value set hierarchy or within a master value set to create hierarchies.

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For example, Publications is a child node of Documentation and Media. You can move
Publications under Marketing Communications by dragging and dropping from
Documentation and Media into Marketing Communications.
In addition, if mapping ranges of values to parents, map ranges instead of dragging and
dropping one value at a time:
1. Select a parent in the master value set in the right side window.

2. Left click and select Edit Ranges

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 3. Click New for new range.

4. Select the range from the value set that you want to map.

Note that when you build a cross-value set hierarchy:

• If you move a parent value in the hierarchy, all of the parent's child values move
with it.

• If there is no local value set, you can maintain the dimension hierarchy within the
master value set.

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• If you have local value sets, the dimension hierarchy crosses the master and all local
values sets. You cannot move values between local value sets, you can only assign
local values as detail values to a master value set.

• You can edit the value descriptions directly in the window. By default, local value
set values are displayed using the following format:
• Value [description]
For example, 1100 [Cash].

• You can change the format to display the value set name. For example, 1100 -
Account VSet [Cash] by choosing View > Display Value Set Name.

• For the Financial Category dimension only, assign the following financial category
types to the hierarchy:
• Revenue

• Deferred Revenue - only used by DBI for Sales and DBI for Supply Chain

• Cost of Goods Sold

• Operating Expenses

• Travel and Entertainment

• Product Expenses - only used by DBI for Product Lifecycle Management

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 In addition, the following features are available in the FDHM:
Display Order: You can select the display order of values on the dashboards.
1. Select a parent value and left click.

2. Select View Attributes.

3. Enter the display order for this parent.

The following dimensions have the Display Order option:

• Company

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 • Cost Center

• Financial Category

• Line of Business

• User Defined

For example, for the Financial Category dimension, you can display Travel and
Entertainment expenses before Employee expenses by assigning #1 to Travel and
Entertainment, and #2 to Employee. With these assignments, all portlets and reports
will display Travel and Entertainment expenses first, and then Employee expenses.

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

Daily Business Intelligence for Financials uses the following KPIs.

Profit and Loss Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Revenue: Based on the accounts mapped to the Revenue financial category.

• Expenses: Based on the accounts mapped to the Operating Expenses financial

category.

• Operating Margin: xTD Revenue - (xTD Cost of Goods Sold + xTD Expenses)

• Operating Margin %: (xTD Operating Margin / xTD Revenue) * 100

Profit and Loss by Manager Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Revenue: Based on the accounts mapped to the Revenue financial category.

• Expenses: Based on the accounts mapped to the Operating Expenses financial

category.

• Operating Margin: xTD Revenue - (xTD Cost of Goods Sold + xTD Expenses)

• Operating Margin %: xTD Operating Margin / |xTD Revenue|

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Expense Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Expenses: Based on the accounts mapped to the Operating Expenses financial
category in the Financial Dimension setup.

• % of Forecast: (Actual Expenses / Forecast Expenses) * 100

• Forecast vs. Budget: ((Forecast Expenses - Budget Expenses) / Budget Expenses) *

100

• Expenses per Head: Total Expenses / Headcount

• T&E per Head: Total Travel and Entertainment Expenses / Headcount

• Headcount: Employee headcount based on the As Of date displayed in the

dashboard. The manager hierarchy used to calculate headcount is stored and
maintained in Oracle Human Resources.

Expense Analysis Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Expenses: Based on the accounts mapped to the Operating Expenses financial
category.

• Budget: Based on the budget for the Operating Expenses financial category.

• % of Budget: (Actual Expenses/Budget) * 100

• Forecast: Based on the forecast for the Operating Expenses financial category.

• % of Forecast: (Actual Expenses / Forecast) * 100

Funds Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Available: Funds available = Controlled (Budget - Encumbrances - Actuals)

• % Available: Controlled funds available as a percentage of budget.

• Budget: Approved organizational and project expenses.

• Encumbrances - Commitments: Total of all encumbrance balances due to

commitments.

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 • Encumbrances - Obligations: Total of all encumbrance balances due to obligations.

• Encumbrances - Others: Total of all encumbrance balances, not due to

commitments or obligations.

• Actuals: Incurred expenses that are accounted.

Payables Management Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Invoices Entered: Number of invoices entered, either manually or automatically,
into Oracle Payables.

• Electronic Invoices: Percent of electronic invoices relative to Invoices Entered,

calculated as:
((Number of electronic invoices) / Invoices Entered) * 100

• Invoices Paid: Number of invoices paid in current period.

• Paid Late: Percent of invoices paid after scheduled payment date relative to the
total invoices paid on time, within the designated period, calculated as:
(Number of Invoices Paid Late / Number of Invoices) * 100

• Invoice to Payment Days: Average number of days it takes for an invoice to be

paid, calculated as:
((Payment Date - Invoice Date) / Number of Payments) * 100

• Payments: Number of payments.

• % Discount Offered: Percent of discounts offered across all invoices, calculated as:
(Total Discount Amount / Total Invoice Amount) * 100

• % Discount Taken: Percent of discounts taken for all invoices paid, calculated as:
(Total Discount Amount Taken / Gross Invoice Amount) * 100

Payables Status Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.
• Open Payables Amount: Total amount of all unpaid invoices.

• Invoices Due Amount: Total amount of all unpaid invoices due on the As Of date.

• Number Invoices Due: Number of invoices due on the As Of date.

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 • Weighted Average Days Due: Average number of days invoices are due, weighted
on invoice amounts, calculated as:
(Number of Invoices Paid Late / Number of Invoices) * 100

• Invoice to Payment Days: Average number of days it takes for an invoice to be

paid, calculated as:
((Scheduled Payment Date - System Date) * Invoices Due Amount) / Total
Scheduled Payment Amount
This is expressed as a positive number.

• Invoices Past Due Amount: Total amount of all invoices past due.

• Number Invoices Past Due: Number of invoices past due.

• Weighted Average Days Past Due: Average number of days invoices are past due,
weighted on invoice amounts, calculated as:
((Scheduled Payment Date - System Date) * Invoices Past Due Amount) / Total
Scheduled Payment Amount

• Discount Remaining Amount: Amount of the discounts that remain available on

unpaid invoices on the As Of date.

• Discount Offered Amount: Amount of discounts offered on the gross amount on

all invoices at the summary level.

• Invoices on Hold Amount: Total of the amounts on invoices on hold.

• Invoices On Hold: Percent of invoices on hold relative to unpaid invoices on the As

Of date, calculated as:
(Number of Invoices on Hold / Unpaid Invoices) * 100

Securing Data
In addition to the basic Daily Business Intelligence security model, Daily Business
Intelligence for Financials uses responsibility based security to determine which users
have access to DBI for Financials dashboards and reports.
The General Ledger Revenue and Expense Reporting dashboards use basic Daily
Business Intelligence security as follows:
• Profit and Loss and Expense Management: The Profit and Loss and Expense
Management dashboards are secured by manager.

• Expense Analysis and Funds Management: The Expense Analysis and Funds
Management dashboards are secured by company and cost center.

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Related Topics
For more information on security in Daily Business Intelligence, see: Securing Daily
Business Intelligence, page 1-15.

Implementing Security for the Profit and Loss and Expense Management Dashboards
The Profit and Loss and Expense Management dashboards are secured by the Manager
hierarchy. See: Overview of Manager Reporting, page 5-1.
Every company-cost center combination in General Ledger must have corresponding
company-cost center organizations set up in Oracle Human Resources. These
company-cost center organizations can be automatically or manually created using the
Define Organization window.
If there is no company-cost center organization in Oracle Human Resources or if there is
no manager assigned to the organization, the Profit and Loss and Expense Management
dashboards may not show the correct results.

Implementing Security for the Expense Analysis and Funds Management Dashboards
The Expense Analysis and Funds Management dashboards are secured by company
and cost center. Define a list of the companies and cost centers that each of your users
can access. Before setting up security, run the initial request set for the Expense
Analysis or Funds Management dashboard.

Implementing Security Using Company and Cost Center Security Page

To set up company cost center security:
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility and click Company Cost Center Security.

2. On the List of Grants page, update or revoke existing grants, or create a new grant.
To set up security for a new user, create a new grant by selecting Grant Access.

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 3. On the Person and Role Assignment page, update or create a grant.

1. If creating a new grant, select the user to grant pages to in the Grant To field.

2. Use the Start and End Date fields to indicate the length of security access.

3. Select the role:

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 • Financial Analyst for the Expense Analysis dashboard

• Fund Manager for the Funds Management dashboard

4. Use the Company Assignment page to grant access to all or specific company
information for this person.

Note: Click Add Company to search for and add a company to the
list.
Click Add All to add a new row, All, to the list. If All is selected,
then this person/role has access to the information for all
companies.

Note: The list of values is dependent on the master value set that
was set up for the Company and Cost Center dimension. See:
Dimensions, page 10-6. If no values exist in the table, run the initial
request set for the Expense Analysis or Funds Management
dashboard, prior to this security setup.

5. Use the Cost Center Assignment page to grant access to all or specific cost center
information for this person.

Note: Click Add Cost Center to search for and add a cost center to
the list.
Click Add All to add a new row, All, to the list. If All is selected,
then this person/role has access to the information for all cost
centers.

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 6. Submit the Load Company and Cost Center Security concurrent request to update
the security settings.
You can submit the concurrent request now, or later. If you select Now, then
security is activated after the background concurrent program completes.
Otherwise, security is activated after the initial or incremental request set has run.

Note: A user can access information, only if you have granted both the
company and cost center for the information to that user in the above
steps. If only the company is assigned to the user, but not the cost
center, then the user cannot access the information. Similarly, if only
the cost center is assigned, but not the company, then the user cannot
access the information.

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Implementing Security Using WebADI
Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator (WebADI) is a spreadsheet-based
application that lets you create and update multiple grants at a time into the system.

Note: For information on how to set up and use Oracle Web

Applications Desktop Integrator, see: Web Applications Desktop Integrator
Implementation Guide and Web Applications Desktop Integrator User Guide.

To set up company cost center security by creating and updating multiple grants at a
time:
1. Log into Oracle Applications using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility and click Company Cost Center Security.

2. On the List of Grants page, click Mass Add.

3. Select Create Document.

4. Select Open to work on the file online or select Save.

5. Enable macros and provide details for the following columns:

• Grant To: The user receiving the grant.

• Role: The role assigned to the user, described as follows:

• Financial Analyst for Expense Analysis dashboard.

• Fund Manager for Funds Management dashboard.

• Start: The beginning date of the grant.

• End: The end date of the grant.

• Dimension: The dimension you would like to grant access to (Company or Cost
Center).

• Value: The value in that dimension, which is any value from the specified
dimension, as well as the value All.

Note: The list of values is dependent on the master value set

that was set up for the Company and Cost Center dimension.
See: Dimensions, page 10-6. If no values exist in the table, run
the initial request set for Expense Analysis or Funds
Management dashboard prior to this security setup.

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 6. Click Upload on the Oracle menu of the Excel worksheet to upload data to the
interface tables.

7. Submit the Upload Company and Cost Center WebADI Security concurrent request
to upload the data from the interface table to the security grants table.

Note: If there is already an existing grant for the Grant To/Role

pair, the existing grants will be completely deleted and overwritten
by the new grant. For example, if the following grant was entered
into the system at a previous session:

Grant To Role Start Dimension Value

W. Tucker Financial Analyst 4/01 Company 10

W. Tucker Financial Analyst 4/01 Company 20

W. Tucker Financial Analyst 4/01 Company 30

W. Tucker Financial Analyst 4/01 Cost Center All

And the user decides to enter the following grant into WebADI:

Grant To Role Start Dimension Value

W. Tucker Financial Analyst 4/01 Company 10

W. Tucker Financial Analyst 4/01 Cost Center All

W. Tucker's new grants will be the latter, where he loses the access
to Company values 20 and 30.

8. Submit the Load Company and Cost Center Security concurrent request to update
the security settings.

Implementation Considerations
The following are common setup concerns that you should be aware of before you
begin setting up Daily Business Intelligence for Financials.

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Software
The following table lists the prerequisite applications, whether or not each is required,
and what functionality is dependent on the installation of each application.

Application Type Dashboards

Oracle General Ledger Required Profit and Loss

Expense Management

Expense Analysis

Funds Management

Oracle Payables Optional Expense Management

Expense Analysis

Funds Management

Oracle Receivables Optional Profit and Loss

Expense Analysis

Oracle Assets Optional Expense Analysis

Funds Management

Oracle Purchasing Optional Expense Analysis

Funds Management

Oracle Internet Expenses Optional Expense Management

Expense Analysis

Funds Management

Oracle Order Management Optional Profit and Loss

Oracle Human Resources Optional Profit and Loss

Expense Management

General Ledger Revenue and Expense Reporting Implementation Considerations

Consider the following issues before implementing General Ledger Revenue and

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 Expense Reporting.

Currency
The Profit and Loss, Expense Management, and Expense Analysis dashboards support
both primary and secondary global reporting currencies. You must define all of the
necessary currency conversion rates to the two global currencies in Oracle General
Ledger. See: Oracle General Ledger User Guide.
Transactions can have a date in the future. In those cases DBI for Financials uses the
conversion rates for the current system date.
For information about reconverting future-dated transactions on the Profit and Loss,
Expense Management, and Expense Analysis dashboards, see: FII Currency
Reconversion Program, page 10-62.
For information about reporting currencies, see: Set Up Daily Business Intelligence,
page 13-12.

Reconciliation Consideration
The DBI for Financials dashboards and reports display interim operational and financial
information. During an accounting period this information may not reconcile to General
Ledger information, primarily due to any manual or period-end adjustments and the
exchange rates used to convert transactions to the global reporting currency. To ensure
more accurate results on these dashboards, we recommend that you consider the
following:
• Include appropriate adjustments and consolidation journals from the consolidation
or management ledgers using proper Journal Inclusion Rules when defining the
Source Ledger Group. See: Define Source Ledger Group, page 10-43.

• DBI for Financials includes the FII Currency Reconversion program that enables
you to reconvert amounts displayed on the Profit and Loss, Expense Management,
and Expense Analysis dashboards using final month-end rates. Because information
for the DBI for Financials dashboards is collected on a daily basis, you will not have
the month-end exchange rates used for management reporting. We recommend that
you run the FII Currency Reconversion program at month- or quarter-end to ensure
that the information on the DBI for Financials reports more closely match the
post-close information stored in your General Ledger. See: FII Currency
Reconversion Program, page 10-62.

• Some companies have business processes that allow disabled cost centers to be
reinstated. For example, cost center C486 - Database License Sales could be disabled
and later reinstated as C486 - Applications Support. This business practice can result
in incorrect or misleading revenue and expense information to be displayed. The
DBI for Financials dashboards assume that cost center or balancing segment values
carry the same meaning for all time periods. For this reason, we recommend that
you do not recycle cost center values.

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 • The data for the adjusting period is merged with the data of the closing period with
which the adjusting period overlaps.

• DBI reporting excludes the data for journals with Closing Journal as the source.

Daily Transactional Processing

To provide up-to-date revenue, cost, and expense information in the Profit and Loss,
Expense Management, and Expense Analysis dashboards, we recommend that you
frequently perform the following transactional processes:
• Revenue recognition process in Oracle Receivables

• Posting Oracle Receivables and Oracle Payables data to Oracle General Ledger

• Posting in Oracle General Ledger

To better support daily reporting, we recommend that you automatically group journal
lines into journal entries based on the effective date, using the General Ledger journal
import functionality.

Note: For the Funds Management dashboard, post all encumbrance

journals immediately to avoid negative encumbrance amounts on the
dashboard.

Performance and Data Volume

The performance and data volume of the materialized views that support these
dashboards are dependent on the following:
For Profit and Loss and Expense Management dashboards:
• Size of the Financial Category and Line of Business hierarchies, as defined in the
master value set. A deeper or wider hierarchy means less aggregation and can
potentially have a negative impact on the performance of the dashboards.

• Number of company-cost center managers in the Human Resources supervisor

hierarchy. The FII: Manager Aggregation Level profile option controls the level at
which you can report on managers. Setting this option to five, for example, will
limit the dashboard access to the top five levels of managers in the company. We
recommend that you set the profile such that the total number of managers is less
than a few thousand. For information on setting this profile, see: Overview of
Manager Reporting, page 5-1.

Note: This profile only affects the reporting on the DBI for
Financials dashboards. It does not affect the reporting on the DBI

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 for Human Resources dashboards or reports.

For Expense Analysis and Funds Management dashboards:

• Size of the Company, Cost Center, Financial Category and User Defined hierarchies,
as defined in the master value set. A deeper or wider hierarchy means less
aggregation and can potentially have a negative impact on the performance of the
dashboards

• In addition, failure to close past periods in Oracle Receivables, Oracle Payables, or

Oracle General Ledger can result in performance issues when you run the initial or
incremental request sets for all dashboards.

Note: This is especially applicable for periods that begin after the
global start date.

Payables Implementation Consideration

This section describes an implementation consideration for the Payables Management
and Payables Status dashboards.

Currency
The Payables Management and Payables Status dashboards convert transactional
currencies to ledger currencies. For example, this occurs because the discount available
and discount remaining amounts (AP_PAYMENTS_SCHEDULES_ALL) and discount
taken amount (AP_INVOICE_PAYMENT_ALL) are only stored in the transaction
currency. For this reason, exchange rates must be maintained between all transactional
and ledger currencies. If all operating units use the same ledger currency, then the
Payables dashboards can display information in that ledger currency.

Collection Criteria
Please note that invoices in Oracle Payables is collected by the creation date, not the
invoice date.

Setup Checklist

Set Up General Ledger Revenue and Expense Reporting Dashboards

The following diagram illustrates the Financials Dimension setup flow.

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The following table lists all of the required and optional implementation steps for
General Ledger Revenue and Expense Reporting dashboards. These steps must be
completed in the order shown in the table.

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 Implementation Steps for DBI for Financials

Steps Setup Location Description Required

Set Up Daily Business • Daily Business Determine the DBI Required

Intelligence Intelligence Framework
Framework, page 2- Administrator procedures.
29
• System
Administrator

Set Up Manager • System Determine the Required

Reporting, page 5-4 Administrator Manager Reporting
procedures.
• HRMS Manager

• Daily Business
Intelligence
Administrator

Set Up Item • Daily Business Determine the Item Required

Dimension Reporting, Intelligence Dimension Reporting
page 6-11 Administrator procedures.

• Item Manager

Define Source Ledger Daily Business Determine which sets Required

Group, page 10-43 Intelligence of books to collect
Administrator: data from, and what
Financial Dimensions rules to follow for
Setup including journals.

Define Financial Daily Business Define the Required

Dimensions, page 10- Intelligence dimensions by which
12 Administrator: data will be reported,
Financial Dimensions and which segments
Setup in the chart of
accounts the
dimensions will be
based on.

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 Steps Setup Location Description Required

Define Dimension Daily Business Build hierarchical Required

Mapping Rules, page Intelligence structures for
10-14 and Managing Administrator: financial dimensions,
Values and Financial Dimensions and map value sets
Hierarchies, page 10- Setup from heterogeneous
16 charts of accounts
into a single view for
reporting.

Set Up Budgets and Financial Dimensions Configure data source Optional

Forecasts, page 10-46 Setup or WebADI to use for loading
budgets and forecast.
If Oracle General
Ledger is the budget
source, then specify
budgets to be
extracted.

Set Up Security, page Daily Business Define data security Required

10-28 Intelligence for each dashboard
Administrator or user.
Human Resources
User

Set Up Profile System Administrator Set up remaining Required

Options, page 10-64 profile options to
control functionality.

Post-Setup Steps, • Daily Business Perform necessary Required

page 2-66 Intelligence post setup steps for
Administrator maintenance of DBI
for Financials
• CRM dashboards.
Administrator

If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Set Up Payables Dashboards

The following table lists all of the required and optional implementation steps for

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 Payables dashboards. These steps must be completed in the order shown in the table.

Implementation Steps for DBI for Financials

Steps Setup Location Description Required

Secure Payables Data, Daily Business Determine the Required

page 10-42 Intelligence securing Payables
Administrator procedures.

Post-Setup Steps, • Daily Business Perform necessary Required

page 2-66 Intelligence post setup steps for
Administrator maintenance of DBI
for Financials
• CRM dashboards.
Administrator

If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Secure Payables Data

Set up the MO: Security Profile option to secure data by operating unit.
See: Set Up Operating Unit Security, page 2-55.

Source Ledger Groups

A source ledger group is a group of ledgers, across which you report and analyze
financial information. This defines the scope of the financial information used to
provide a consolidated view of revenue, cost of goods sold, and expenses across the
enterprise. Incorrect or incomplete setup results in the display of inaccurate revenue,
cost of goods sold, and expenses.
When setting up a source ledger group, you can include the entire ledger or specific
balancing segment values within the ledger. We recommend including all balancing
segments for operational ledgers. For consolidation or adjustment ledgers, however, we
recommend including only specific balancing segments or journals to avoid double
counting. The inclusion of consolidation or adjustment ledgers enables DBI for
Financials reporting to provide a more complete picture of your financial data.
See: Define Source Ledger Group: Actuals, page 10-43.

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 Note: The Source Ledger Group setup also supports information
displayed in other intelligence applications including DBI for
Purchasing and DBI for Supply Chain.

Define Source Ledger Group: Actuals

The source ledger group defines source ledgers for both the actuals and budget/forecast
information used to report on Daily Business Intelligence dashboards.
This section describes how to define the ledgers that support the actuals on DBI
dashboards. To define budget/forecast information, see: Setting Up Budgets and
Forecasts, page 10-46.
1. In the Financial Dimensions Setup flow, navigate to Source Ledger Groups >
Actual.

2. On the Source Ledger Groups Details page, you can:

• Click Add Ledger Assignment to add ledgers or modify ledgers that are
assigned to the source ledger group.

• Click Update Inclusion Rules to update the inclusion rules for the journal
sources and categories for each ledger in the source ledger group. See: Add
Ledger Assignments to Source Ledger Groups, page 10-44.

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Add Ledger Assignments to Source Ledger Groups
To populate the source ledger group, assign all of your operational ledgers and all of
the ledgers that you use to consolidate your accounting information. By including the
appropriate operating and consolidation ledgers, the information displayed in Daily
Business Intelligence dashboards and reports will be more consistent with the
information reported in Oracle General Ledger.

Warning: Plan your ledger assignments carefully. If you change your

ledger assignments, then you must re-run the initial request set for the
affected dashboards.

On the Add Ledger Assignment page, complete these required fields:

• Ledger: Select the specific ledger/ledgers from which you want to report on actuals.

Optional fields include:

• Balancing Segment: If you want to report on a specific balancing segment for that
ledger, then select that segment value. Add a separate line for each individual
balancing segment. To include all balancing segments, leave the Balancing Segment
Value field blank.

• Journal Inclusion Rules: Controls the journals that provide information for your
reports by defining one or more pairs of journal sources and journal categories.
Use the following guidelines:

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 • A journal inclusion rule is a General Ledger journal source and category
combination. A journal inclusion rule is used to determine which journals will
be extracted for reporting.

• Journal inclusion rules are only useful when you want to include consolidation
adjustment journals from a consolidation ledger for reporting. For example, you
can select a Consolidation source with the Adjustments category, and then add
the Consolidation source with the Eliminations category.

• By default, all journals are included.

Note: Be consistent in assigning a journal source and journal

category combination to your manual adjustment and
consolidation journals.

For example, if you define two journal inclusion rules:

• Select a Consolidation journal source and an Adjustments journal category

• Select a Consolidation journal source and an Eliminations journal category.

If your inclusion rules only include these two source and category combinations, a
journal with a Consolidation journal source and an HQ Adjustment journal category
would not be included in DBI for Financials dashboards and reports.

Note: For information on journal sources and categories, see:

Setting Up General Ledger, Oracle General Ledger User Guide.

Update Inclusion Rules:

You can update existing inclusion rules; however, you cannot update the balancing
segment assigned to a ledger. If you need to change the rules for which balancing
segments are included, you must delete the ledger from the source ledger group
and re-include it.

Note: If you update the journal inclusion rules, re-run the initial
request sets for the affected dashboards.

Budgets and Forecasts

Budgets and forecasts can be loaded and displayed on the following DBI for Financials
dashboards for comparison and tracking versus actuals:
• Profit and Loss

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 • Expense Management

• Expense Analysis

• Funds Management

Setting Up Budgets and Forecasts

DBI for Financials provides the ability to import budgets and forecasts into the
Financials dashboards.
Import budget and forecast information for reporting, using one of three methods:
• Oracle General Ledger. See: Loading Budget and Forecast Data from Oracle General
Ledger, page 10-47

• Importing Budget and Forecast Data Using WebADI, page 10-49

• Importing Budget and Forecast Data Using SQL Loader, page 10-52

Once you select a method, you cannot switch to a different method. For example, you
cannot upload some budgets/forecasts for some ledgers from GL, and use WebADI for
others.
If some of your budgets/forecasts are in GL while others are in other budgeting tools,
you can:
• Import all budgets into GL and then upload them to DBI for Financials.

• Export all budgets and use WebADI to upload them to DBI for Financials.

Before loading budget and forecast data:

• Complete all DBI for Financials prerequisite and implementation steps.

• You must apply the appropriate Oracle Applications Desktop Integrator patch and
follow the installation instructions outlined in the patch. After installing the Oracle
Applications Desktop Integrator patch, confirm that you can access the Desktop
Integration responsibility.

• Set up the default time level for budgeting and forecasting. See: Setting Default
Time Levels for Budget and Forecast Data, page 10-46.

• Review budget versioning considerations. See: Budget Versioning, page 10-47.

Setting Default Time Levels for Budget and Forecast Data

Although it is possible to view actual data on a daily basis, you can view your budget or
forecast data only by Period, Quarter, or Year. By default, the budget and forecast are
viewed by period.

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 The granularity of your budget and forecast data is set by the following profile options,
which are set at the Site level:
• FII: Budget Period Type

• FII: Forecast Period Type

Budget Versioning
WebADI as a budget source supports multiple versions of a single budget or forecast
based on the effective date. You can specify the effective date of the budget in the
WebADI spreadsheet. The following logic is executed for budget versioning:
• If a record is uploaded with different effective dates, then the first iteration will be
version 1, while the second iteration will be version 2, and so on.

• If the user leaves the effective date blank, then existing records are overwritten
during upload. The last loaded iteration replaces previous iterations.

DBI for Financials supports only one version of the budget/forecast per day. If several
iterations of budget/forecast are loaded with the same effective date, then the last
loaded iteration replaces previous iterations.

Note: Budget versioning is applicable only for the Expense Analysis

dashboard.

This table describes the budget import and versioning options that are available for
each dashboard:

Dashboard Import Using Import Using Import Using SQL Budget Versioning
Oracle General WebADI Loader Support
Ledger

Profit and Loss Yes Yes Yes No

Expense Yes Yes Yes No

Management

Expense Analysis Yes Yes Yes Yes (WebADI only)

Funds Management Yes No No No

Loading Budget and Forecast Data from Oracle General Ledger

Note: For the Funds Management dashboard, this is the only upload

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 option.

1. Navigate to the Source Ledger Groups tab in Financials Dimension Setup and select
the Budgets tab.
Under Budget Options, click Update.

2. Select General Ledger Budgets as the budget source.

Note: Carefully consider this selection. After budget information is

loaded into DBI, a subsequent change in source selection will purge
all data.

If you are implementing the Funds Management dashboard and the Industry
profile is set to Government, then General Ledger is the only available budget
source here.

3. Click Add Budget.

4. Before you can select a ledger and budget, ensure that the following criteria is met:
• The ledger is included in the assignments on the Actuals tab.

• The ledger shares the same calendar as the enterprise calendar in Daily
Business Global Parameter Setup. See: Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-30.

5. Select the data type: Budget or Forecast.

6. Select the date range. The date range defaults from the budget, but you can
overwrite the dates provided they fall within the boundaries that are defined in

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 General Ledger.

7. If you are implementing the Funds Management dashboard and the Industry
profile is set to Government, optionally select a baseline budget.

Note: The Forecast data type is not available if the baseline budget
is selected.

Importing Budget and Forecast Data Using WebADI

Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator (WebADI) is a spreadsheet-based
application that lets you enter data into the DBI for Financials budget interface table
(FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE) for loading into the system.

Note: For information on how to set up and use Oracle Web

Applications Desktop Integrator, see: Web Applications Desktop Integrator
Implementation Guide and Web Applications Desktop Integrator User Guide.

Loading Budget and Forecast Data

1. Navigate to the Source Ledger Groups tab in Financials Dimension Setup and select
the Budgets tab. Under Budget Options, click Update.

2. Select Spreadsheet or Interface Table as the budget source.

3. Go back to the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility.

4. Select the Budget and Forecast Upload menu option.

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 Note: You can upload budget and forecast only for a master value
set.

5. Select Create Document. In the File Download dialog box, select Open to work on
the file online; otherwise select Save.

Note: Do not change the default Mapping selection.

6. Enable Macros and select List Text to specify Plan Type (Budget or Forecast) and to
complete budget/forecast dimensions:
• Effective Date: See: Budget Versioning, page 10-47.

• Time Period: Period for which you are uploading the budget/forecast.

• Ledger: List of values is dependent on the source ledger group. See: Source
Ledger Groups, page 10-42.

• Company/Cost Center/Account: List of values is dependent on the selected

ledger.

• User Defined: Select the values for user defined, if applicable.

• Amount

• Rate/Secondary Currency: Enter either rate or secondary currency amount, if

applicable. If you enter only the rate, then the secondary currency amount is
calculated.

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7. Click Upload on the Oracle menu of the Excel worksheet to upload data to the
interface tables.

Modifying Budget and Forecast Data

You can use WebADI to correct or change budget and forecast records stored in the
interface tables:
1. Sign on to the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility.

2. Select the Budget and Forecast Download menu option. The Select Content: Select
Content Parameters page appears.

Note: If the page flow is not appropriate, click Back to go to the

Create Document Shortcuts page. Select None on the Select
Shortcut drop down menu to see the entire page flow. Click
continue to specify again the page flow.

3. Select Interface Table Mapping on the Mapping drop down menu.

4. Select a Plan Type (Budget or Forecast).

5. Select the Status (All records, Errored on specified effective date, or Errored
records) of budget/forecast data for download.

6. Select the Effective Date of errored budget/forecast data for download.

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 Note: An effective date of Null denotes that the budget/forecast
was loaded with no effective date or no errored budget/forecast
data exists.

7. Click Next to create document.

8. Select Create Document. A File Download dialog box appears. Select Open to work
on the file online; otherwise select Save.

9. Enable Macros to modify the data.

10. Click Upload on the Oracle menu of the Excel worksheet to upload data to the
interface tables.

Note: WebADI does not let you delete data from the interface table. To
delete records, use SQL*PLUS.

Importing Budget and Forecast Data Using SQL Loader

An alternative to using the Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator interface is to
load in budget and forecast information using SQL Loader. You can use SQL Loader to
enter budget and forecast data directly into the DBI for Financials budget interface table
(FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE).

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 Note: For information on how to use SQL Loader, see: SQL*Loader,
Oracle Database Utilities.

Preparing the Budget and Forecast Data

Use the following steps to load budget and forecast data into the
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table:
1. Prepare the file containing the data you will be loading into the DBI for Financials
budget interface table using SQL*Loader. You can choose to load either the budget,
or the forecast data, or both. The column PLAN_TYPE_CODE in the
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table distinguishes between budget and forecast data.
The amount and dimensional columns are mandatory.

2. Populate the following columns in the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table:

1. plan_type_code

2. prim_amount_g

3. report_time_period

4. ledger / ledger_id

5. company / company_id

6. cost_center / cost_center_id

7. fin_item / fin_category_id

Note: If the sec_amount_g column is not populated and secondary

global currency is set up, you will also need to populate the
conversion_rate column. If the conversion_rate is populated, then
the sec_amount_g column will be calculated. You do not need to
enter them explicitly.

Note: There are several columns in the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE

table that are used only for prior releases of DBI for Financials and
are specifically indicated by (Not used in current release). Prior
releases of DBI for Financials is referred to as any release before
DBI for Financials 7.0. The current release is defines as DBI for
Financials 7.0 or greater.

The following table describes the columns of the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table:

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 FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table

Column Name Data Type Column Description

PLAN_TYPE_CODE VARCHAR2(2 'B' for Budget, 'F' for Forecast

)
Not Null.

PRIM_AMOUNT_G NUMBER Amount in primary currency

Not Null.

REPORT_TIME_PERIOD VARCHAR2(1 Report time period (Period/Quarter/Year)

00)

REPORT_DATE DATE Report date (Not used in current release)

COMPANY_COST_CENTE VARCHAR2(2 Company cost center value

R 40)

LINE_OF_BUSINESS VARCHAR2(1 Line of business value (Not used in current

50) release)

NATURAL_ACCOUNT VARCHAR2(2 Natural account value (Not used in current

5) release)

FIN_ITEM VARCHAR2(1 Financial category value

50)

CONVERSION_RATE NUMBER Conversion rate for converting primary to

secondary currency

SEC_AMOUNT_G NUMBER Amount in secondary currency

FIN_CATEGORY_ID NUMBER(15) Financial category ID

COMPANY_COST_CENTE NUMBER(15) Company cost center ID

R_ORG_ID

STATUS_CODE VARCHAR2(3 Status code

0)

LEDGER_ID NUMBER(15) Ledger ID

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 Column Name Data Type Column Description

LEDGER VARCHAR2(1 Ledger value

50)

COMPANY_ID NUMBER(15) Company ID

COMPANY VARCHAR2(1 Company value

50)

COST_CENTER_ID NUMBER(15) Cost center ID

COST_CENTER VARCHAR2(1 Cost center value

50)

USER_DIM1_ID NUMBER(15) User dimension 1 ID

USER_DIM1 VARCHAR2(1 User dimension 1 value

50)

USER_DIM2_ID NUMBER(15) User dimension 2 ID (Not used in current

release)

USER_DIM2 VARCHAR2(1 User dimension 2 value (Not used in

50) current release)

VERSION_DATE DATE Version date

UPLOAD_DATE DATE Upload date (Populated by the program)

Column Usage and Validations

When populating data in the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table, the following column
considerations should be observed. The Upload Budget and Forecast concurrent
program performs the following validations and is expecting the columns in the
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table to conform to the validations:
1. PLAN_TYPE_CODE: The data values for this column must be either B or F. The
Upload Budget and Forecast program will validate that all records are either for
budgets or forecast. This column is mandatory.

2. PRIM_AMOUNT_G: This is the numeric amount in primary global currency. This

column is mandatory.

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 3. REPORT_TIME_PERIOD: This column must be populated with the
Period/Quarter/Year time period information. The Upload Budget and Forecast
program will validate this time period information against the profile option FII:
Budget Period Type. For example, if the profile option value is set to Period, you must
insert a value in this column that is at the period level, otherwise, the Upload
Budget and Forecast program will error out and request you to fix the time period
information.

4. COMPANY_COST_CENTER: This column is not used in the current release.

5. LINE_OF_BUSINESS: This column is not used in the current release.

6. NATURAL_ACCOUNT: This column is not used in the current release.

7. CONVERSION_RATE: Conversion rate used to convert amount from primary

global currency into the secondary global currency, if one is established.

8. SEC_AMOUNT_G: This is the amount in secondary global currency, if it is set up.

The conversion rate from the primary currency to the secondary currency will be
calculated by the Upload Budget and Forecast program if the
CONVERSION_RATE column is populated.

9. COMPANY_COST_CENTER_ORG_ID: This is the company cost center

organization ID. You may populate this value in the interface table, or leave it
blank, so that the program will populate it. For each company and cost center, there
should be a corresponding company cost center organization set up in Oracle HR.
So, if the company_cost_center_org_id is left blank, the program will try to look for
its value with the company_id and cost_center_id provided in the interface table.

10. LEDGER/LEDGER_ID: The ledger or ledger ID should be a valid ledger defined in

Oracle General Ledger. Either column must be populated.

11. COMPANY/COMPANY_ID: The company dimension must be defined as leaf

nodes in the value set established in FDS. Either column must be populated.

12. COST_CENTER/COST_CENTER_ID: The cost center dimension must be defined

as leaf nodes in the value set established in FDS. Either column must be populated.

13. FIN_ITEM/FIN_CATEGORY_ID: The financial category dimension must be

defined as leaf or parent nodes in the value set established in FDS. Either column
must be populated. Please use the column fin_item to populate the natural account
instead of the natural_account column. The natural_account column is used for prior
releases.

14. USER_DIM1/USER_DIM1_ID: If user dimension 1 is enabled, the value provided

in either column should be either the unassigned ID or a valid value in the value set
established in FDS.

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 15. USER_DIM2/USER_DIM2_ID: These two columns are not used in this release.

16. VERSION_DATE: This column is used only if you choose to use versioning in the
budget/forecast data. This column is optional.

17. UPLOAD_DATE: This column is used by the Upload Budget and Forecast
concurrent program internally. You do not need to populate this column.

18. STATUS_CODE: The STATUS_CODE that are used in the Upload Budget and
Forecast concurrent program are as follows:
• VALIDATED: The record has passed the validation routine in the program.

• NULL: The record is ready to be processed by the program.

• ERROR: The program has encountered some error while processing the record.
Users should refer to the output file for more information.

Note: At the beginning of the Upload Budget and Forecast

concurrent program, all rows that contain a status_code that is
NOT NULL will be deleted from the
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table. This column should be left
NULL if you want the concurrent program to process the
record in the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table.

Input Data and Data Files

SQL*Loader reads data from one or more files (or operating system equivalents of files)
specified in the control file. From SQL*Loader's perspective, the data in the data file is
organized as records. A particular data file can be in fixed record format, variable
record format, or stream record format. The record format can be specified in the
control file with the INFILE parameter. If no record format is specified, the default is
stream record format.

Loading Budget and Forecast Data

1. Use SQL*Loader to load in the budget data, or forecast data, or both, in the data file
that you have prepared and specify certain parameters to establish session
characteristics. Parameters can be entered in any order, optionally separated by
commas. You can specify values for parameters, or in some cases, you can accept
the default without entering a value. The data file name is a mandatory parameter.

2. An example of the command line syntax for using SQL*Loader to load in the
budget data, or forecast data, or both, is as follows, where the DATA parameter
references the data file that you have prepared. In this example, the name of that
data file is called budget.dat:

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 SQLLDR CONTROL=sample.ctl, LOG=sample.log, BAD=baz.bad,
DATA=budget.dat
USERID=scott/tiger, ERRORS=999, LOAD=2000, DISCARD=toss.dsc,
DISCARDMAX=5

3. The CONTROL parameter specifies the name of the control file that tells
SQL*Loader where to insert the data and it contains the name of the table to load
into. Within the control file, you specify the INTO TABLE clause; in this case, it is
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE. The control file also defines the relationship between
records in the data file and tables in the database

4. The DATA parameter specifies the name of the data file containing the data to be
loaded. If you do not specify a file extension or file type, the default is .dat. If you
specify a data file on the command line and also specify data files in the control file
with INFILE, the data specified on the command line is processed first. The first
data file specified in the control file is ignored. All other data files specified in the
control file are processed. If you specify a file processing option when loading data
from the control file, a warning message will be issued.

5. If you start SQL*Loader without specifying any parameters, SQL*Loader displays a

help screen that lists the available parameters and their default values.

Note: SQL*Loader does not let you delete data from the interface table.
To delete records, use SQL PLUS.

Processing the Loaded Budget and Forecast Data

Once you have populated the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table with budget and
forecast data, you need to run the Upload Budget and Forecast concurrent program.
This program takes the data from the FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table and performs
validation checking to ensure the data integrity before budget and forecast data can be
used in the DBI Financials pages.
To view the budget data, or forecast data, or both, on the DBI Financials pages once the
Upload Budget and Forecast concurrent program has completed successfully, run the
initial or incremental request set after using SQL*Loader to populate the
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table.

Duplicate Processing
When checking for duplicate record in FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table, the Upload
Budget and Forecast concurrent program will also validate that only one record exist
with the same plan_type_code, report_time_period, ledger_id, company_id,
cost_center_id, fin_category_id, user_dim1_id, version_date combination in the
FII_BUDGET_INTERFACE table.

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Uploading and Purging Budget and Forecast Data from Base Budget Tables
The GL and WebADI options upload budget and forecast data to the FDS. WebADI and
the SQL Loader store the date in the interface tables. Before DBI for Financials can use
this budget and forecast data, transfer the data from the FDS and interface tables to the
Budget base table (base summary table).
Use the following program to load and purge data from the Budget base tables:
• Upload Budget and Forecast Program: Imports data into the base summary tables
from the interface table.

Note: To populate the budget and/or forecast into DBI pages, run
the initial or incremental request set after running the Upload
Budget and Forecast program.

Note: For the Funds Management dashboard, run the Upload

Budget and Forecast program at year-end if carry forward balances
exist. Once completed, run the incremental request set.

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 Occasionally, purge data from the Budget base table. For example, purge data when:
• Changing the value of the FII: Budget Source profile option in FDS from WebADI to
General Ledger, or from General Ledger to WebADI.

• Deleting a budget or forecast that was uploaded using WebADI.

Use the following program to purge data from the Budget base tables:
• Purge Budget and Forecast Program: Purges data from the base summary table.

See: Budget and Forecast Programs, page 10-63.

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration tasks.

Note: Any time you change your source data or your DBI for Financials
setup, you must run an initial or incremental request set to reload your
data.

You must run an initial or incremental request set whenever you change the following:
• Source ledger group assignments. See: Add Ledger Assignments to Source Ledger
Groups, page 10-44.

• Inclusion rules. See: Add Ledger Assignments to Source Ledger Groups, page 10-44.

• Managing Changes, page 2-73

Managing Changes
There are three types of changes that can occur after implementation:
• Data refreshes

• Updates to dimension mapping

• Setup changes

These changes may require creating and running a request set. The initial request set
may require significant processing time to process information from new ledgers or as a
result of major changes to dimension structures. A seeded request set is available to
refresh data after dimension mapping is updated. Transaction data can simply be
refreshed daily using the incremental request set.

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 Data Refreshes:
1. For daily data refresh, run the incremental request sets. See: Schedule Incremental
Request Sets, page 2-75.
Before you can use the employee directory that is accessible from the Top 10
Spenders report, you must run the Refresh Employee Directory concurrent
program, using its Complete Refresh mode, from the Global HRMS Manager
responsibility. The Refresh Employee Directory concurrent program is not included
in any seeded initial or incremental request sets.

Updates to Dimension Mapping:

1. For more information about the Update GL Summaries After Setup Changes
request set, see Dimension Mapping Update, page 10-14.

Setup Changes:
1. If, after setup is complete, you change any source data or DBI for Financials setup
information, including adding new source ledgers, then rerun the initial request set
for the affected dashboards. The following changes require you to rerun the initial
request set:
• Changes to the global setup.

• Updates to the source ledger assignments.

• Updates to the Revenue or Deferred Revenue financial category mapping, only

affected by the data load from Oracle Receivables.

For example, if you update the company set assignments, then you must reload
your data. See: Run Initial Request Set, page 2-73.

Troubleshooting
See OracleMetaLink for up to date troubleshooting information.

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Concurrent Programs
The following concurrent programs are provided by DBI for Financials.

FII Currency Reconversion Program

Use this program to reconvert, using final month-end rates, the amounts displayed in
the Profit and Loss, Expense Management, Expense Analysis, and Funds Management
dashboards. Because information for these dashboards is collected on a daily basis, you
will not have the month-end exchange rates used for management reporting. We
recommend that you run the FII Currency Reconversion program at month- or
quarter-end to insure that the information on the DBI for Financials reports more
closely match the information in your General Ledger.

Note: You must run this program after you have closed your GL
periods.

This report uses the following parameters.

• Currency Type: Choose primary or secondary currency, based on global setup for
Daily Business Intelligence.

• Primary Currency Rate Type: Select the rate type that you want to use for
reconversion.

• Second Currency Rate Type: Select the rate type that you want to use for
reconversion.

• From Date: Choose the earliest date that you want to use for reconversion.

• To Date: Choose the latest date that you want to reconvert currency.

This program is most commonly used to reconvert post-close data.

Note: Please run the incremental requests sets after running the FII

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 Currency Reconversion program.

Budget and Forecast Programs

• Upload Budget and Forecast Program: The Upload Budget and Forecast program
imports data into the base summary tables from the interface table.

• Purge Budget and Forecast Program: The Purge Budget and Forecast program
purges data from the base summary table (Budget Base Table), not from the
interface table. You can purge base summary table data for a particular time period
or purge all data from the base summary table. For example, if budget data is
loaded at the period level, you can purge data for a specified period or for all
periods. The parameters for this program are:

• Plan Type: Choose Budget or Forecast

• Time Period Level: Choose Period, Quarter, Year, or All

• Time Period: Name of the period, quarter, or year to purge. A name is required
when the Time Period Level parameter is Period, Quarter or Year.

• Date: If the Time Period Level parameter is Day, enter the date that you want to
purge. Leave this field blank if the period is not Day.

You must purge data at the same level it was loaded. The purge program fails if you
attempt to purge data at a different level.

Dimension Mapping Update

If you update mapping in a dimension, run the Update GL Summaries After Setup
Changes request set.
This seeded request set provides better performance than an incremental request set in
the case of major changes to dimensions. It performs an incremental refresh on the base
summary tables and a full refresh of the materialized views. See the Oracle Applications
System Administrator's Guide for information on submitting requests.

Request Sets
Use the incremental request sets that you created using the Request Set Generator to
refresh data in the DBI for Financials dashboard. Run the incremental request set daily.
See: Create Request Sets, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide.
Resubmit the initial request if you need to clear out and start over with new data in the
DBI for Financials dashboards.
The requests collect new and updated data since the last time the requests were run,

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 and display the updated data in the reports.
If a currency conversion error occurs while a request collects data, then the entire
collection fails. See: Currency Dimension, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
Implementation Guide.

Profile Options and Profile Option Categories Overview

During implementation, set a value for each Oracle DBI for Financials profile option to
specify how DBI for Financials controls access to and processes data.
See: Setting User Profile Options, Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide -
Maintenance.
Profile options are grouped into one or more profile option categories enabling you to
view only the profile options that pertain to your application or function.
DBI for Financials Categories
• DBI Debug, page 10-65.

• DBI Deployment, page 10-66.

• DBI Setup, page 10-66.

• DBI User Interface, page 10-68.

• Other, page 10-68.

See: Profile Categories, Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide - Maintenance.

DBI for Financials Profile Options
• FII: Budget Period Type, page 10-67

• FII: Cumulative Budget / Forecast Line Type, page 10-68

• FII: Debug Mode, page 10-65

• FII: Enable Product Category, page 10-67

• FII: Forecast Period Type, page 10-67

• FII: Manager Aggregation Level, page 10-66

• FII: Manual Invoice Sources, page 10-67

• FII: Nodes to be Aggregated, page 10-66

• FII: Use Accounting Date for Currency Rate Calculation, page 10-68

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 • Industry, page 10-69

Profile Option Category and Profile Options Descriptions

This section describes profile options by category.
The tables in this section provide profile option information as follows:
• The Default column displays either the default profile option value in italics, or No
Default if none exists.

• The User Access column indicates whether you can view or update the profile
option.

• The System Administration: Site, Application, Responsibility, and User columns

indicate at which levels the system administrator can update these profile options.

The key for each table is:

• Update: You can update the profile option.

• View Only: You can view the profile option but cannot change it.

• No Access: You cannot view or change the profile option.

DBI Debug Category

The table below lists the profile options that enable debugging or diagnostic features for
DBI.

DBI Debug Category

Profile Default User Access System System System System

Option Admin Admin Admin Admin
Access: Site Access: Access: Access: User
Level Application Responsibilit Level
Level y Level

FII: Debug No Default No access Visible, No access No access No access

Mode, page Updatable
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FII: Debug Mode

Set the debugging mode on for DBI for Financials.

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DBI Deployment Category
The table below lists the profile options that must be setup in order for the DBI to run
and are usually related to technology stack.

DBI Deployment Category

Profile Default User Access System System System System

Option Admin Admin Admin Admin
Access: Site Access: Access: Access: User
Level Application Responsibilit Level
Level y Level

FII: Manager No Default View Only Visible, View Only View Only View Only
Aggregation Updatable
Level, page
10-66

FII: Nodes to No Default View Only Visible, View Only View Only View Only
be Updatable
Aggregated,
page 10-66

FII: Manager Aggregation Level

Determines at what level to aggregate the manager.

FII: Nodes to be Aggregated

Determines at what level to aggregate the dimensions.

DBI Setup Category

The table below lists the profile options that affect business logic for DBI. These are
things that a user with functional domain knowledge should manage.

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DBI Setup Category

Profile Default User Access System System System System

Option Admin Admin Admin Admin
Access: Site Access: Access: Access: User
Level Application Responsibilit Level
Level y Level

FII: Budget No Default No access Visible, No access No access No access

Period Type, Updatable
page 10-67

FII: Enable No No access Visible, No access No access No access

Product Updatable
Category,
page 10-67

FII: Forecast No Default No access Visible, No access No access No access

Period Type, Updatable
page 10-67

FII: Manual No Default No access Visible, No access No access No access

Invoice Updatable
Sources, page
10-67

FII: Use No Default No access Visible, No access No access No access

Accounting Updatable
Date for
Currency Rate
Calculation,
page 10-68

FII: Budget Period Type

Sets up the period type for budget when doing the upload via WebADI.

FII: Enable Product Category

Enables the Revenue by Product report and the Product dimension.

FII: Forecast Period Type

Sets up the period type for forecast when doing the upload via WebADI.

FII: Manual Invoice Sources

Determine if an invoice is manual or electronic from the list of manual sources used in

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 Payables.

FII: Use Accounting Date for Currency Rate Calculation

Determine whether or not the FII Payables Fact business views will use accounting date
or invoice date for exchange rate calculation

DBI User Interface Category

The table below lists the profile options that affect the user interface for DBI such as
date formatting, language, or colors.

DBI User Interface Category

Profile Default User Access System System System System

Option Admin Admin Admin Admin
Access: Site Access: Access: Access: User
Level Application Responsibilit Level
Level y Level

FII: Cumulative Updatable Updatable Updatable Updatable Updatable

Cumulative
Budget /
Forecast Line
Type, page
10-68

FII: Cumulative Budget / Forecast Line Type

Determine the Cumulative Graph Line type. The options step or straight.

Other
The table below lists the profile options that are not directly related to the DBI for
Financials.

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Other Category

Profile Default User Access System System System System

Option Admin Admin Admin Admin
Access: Site Access: Access: Access: User
Level Application Responsibilit Level
Level y Level

Industry, Government No access Visible, No access No access No access

page 10-69 (for Funds Updatable
Management
dashboard
only)

Industry
Set the industry where DBI for Financials is being implemented. Choose Commercial if
it is a commercial implementation. Choose Government if it is a public sector
implementation and the Funds Management dashboard is being implemented.

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 11
Daily Business Intelligence for Interaction
Center

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklist
• Set Profile Options for Oracle Email Center
• Set Profile Options for Oracle Inbound Telephony
• Concurrent Processes
• Maintenance and Administration

Overview
DBI for Interaction Center is a Web-based performance management solution, which
merges interaction data with business data. This solution presents a comprehensive
view of interaction center performance metrics.
DBI for Interaction Center presents measures and key performance indicators for e-mail
and inbound telephony activity on the following dashboards:
• Email Center Management Dashboard

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 • Inbound Telephony Management Dashboard

Each dashboard presents key performance indicators and performance trends for a
comparative period. From the dashboard, you can drill down to reports to further
explore and evaluate activity within the call center. Many reports include a view-by
option, which lets you display the reports with different dimensions. The
drill-and-pivot feature allows similar navigation and direct access to other reports.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
For complete, detailed descriptions of the reports that DBI for Interaction Center
provides, see the Oracle e-Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Dashboard Descriptions
DBI for Interaction Center offers the following dashboards for Email Center and
Inbound Telephony.
Each dashboard contains a specific set of key performance indicators (KPIs), tables,
graphs, and detailed reports. The following dashboards are provided by DBI for
Interaction Center.

Email Center Management Dashboard

The Email Center Management dashboard provides an enterprise view of Oracle Email
Center activity and trends. Performance and trend measures are available for filtering
by period type, account, and classification. For example, the Leads key performance
indicator shows the number of leads directly created directly by Oracle Email Center
agents.
Accessing and viewing the Email Center Management dashboard requires the Email
Center Manager or Daily Interaction Center Intelligence responsibility.

Inbound Telephony Management Dashboard

The Inbound Telephony Management dashboard provides an overview of inbound
telephony operations for a select call center or all call centers, as well as classification
and dialed number metrics. KPIs provide a quick view of measures, in graph and table
format, as they pertain to inbound service level trends, call volume, agent productivity,
and call outcome.
Accessing and viewing the Inbound Telephony Management dashboard requires the
Inbound Telephony Manager or Daily Interaction Center Intelligence responsibility.

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Responsibilities
DBI for Interaction Center provides the following responsibilities:
• Daily Interaction Center Intelligence: The Daily Interaction Center Intelligence
responsibility provides access to the Email Center Management and Inbound
Telephony Management dashboards and their associated reports.

• Email Center Manager: The Email Center Manager responsibility allows you to
view and access all regions and reports on the Email Center Management
dashboard.

• Inbound Telephony Manager: The Inbound Telephony Manager responsibility

allows you to view and access all regions and reports on the Inbound Telephony
Management dashboard.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
Within Daily Business Intelligence, there are common dimensions that are used by
many of the intelligence dashboards. The DBI for Interaction Center dashboards use the
following common dimensions:
• Time

• Organization
• Agent Group Level

In addition to the common dimensions, there are some dimensions, which are specific
to DBI for Interaction Center. The following table presents the dimensions that are
specific to DBI for Interaction Center:

DBI for Interaction Center Dimensions

Dashboard Dimension Name Dimension Level Used By

Email Center Email Account E-mail Account Email Center

Management Management

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 Dashboard Dimension Name Dimension Level Used By

  Email Classification E-mail Classification Email Center

Management

Inbound Telephony Inbound Telephony Call Center Inbound Telephony

Management Call Center Management

  Inbound Telephony Classification Inbound Telephony

Classification Management

  Inbound Telephony Dialed Number Inbound Telephony

Dialed Number Management

Key Performance Indicators

The following section lists the performance measures and KPIs for DBI for Interaction
Center.
• Email Center Management Measures: Key performance indicators represent
consolidated information for all e-mail accounts defined in Oracle Email Center by
the organization.
Metrics that use agent login sessions as a part of their calculation (e.g., Replied per
Agent Hour) depend on agents logging out of Oracle Email Center through the
Break container (located in the Agent Console home page). Oracle Email Center
writes to the database the logout time when an agent breaks from work using any
of the options available in the Break container. Oracle Email Center does not record
a logout time in the database when the agent logs out by closing the browser
window.

Note: E-mail backlog is not considered in the calculation for the

Replied within Service Level Goal KPI metric. Thus, it can be
possible to accumulate large volumes of e-mail backlog yet report
high Replied within Service Level Goal percentages.

• Inbound Telephony Management Measures: Key performance indicators for

Inbound Telephony represent a consolidated view of performance, volume,
productivity, and outcomes.

Email Center Management KPIs

The Email Center Management KPIs region provides quick access to the latest status of

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 the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the enterprise call centers. The KPIs region
presents a snapshot of performance, agent productivity, e-mail volume, activity, and
outcomes.
For more information about key performance indicators and KPI regions, see Regions,
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

KPI Columns
The KPI table contains the following columns:
• Name: The name of the KPI.

• XTD: The period for which data is aggregated in the table. This is based on the
Period Type parameter.

• Change: The difference between the selected period and the comparison period
from the Compare To parameter. These metrics are expressed as follows:
• Percent: For numbers that represent a count or hours, the change is shown as a
percentage and is expressed as:
(Current Measure – Comparison Measure) / Absolute value of Comparison
Measure * 100

• Difference: For numbers that represent percentage or a ratio, the change is

expressed as:
(Current Measure) – (Comparison Measure)

KPI Headings and Calculations

This section explains the metrics in the KPI region and how they are calculated.
• Replied within Service Level Goal: This KPI comes from the Email Response
Performance report. It is the percentage of e-mails responded to within the service
level goal. It is calculated as:
E-mails Responded to within Service Level Goal / Total E-mails Responded to * 100

• Transfer Rate: This KPI comes from the Email Response Performance report. It is
the percentage of e-mails that were transferred at least once before resolution to the
number of e-mails resolved. Resolved e-mails are those which were either replied to
or deleted. This KPI is calculated as:
(E-mails Transferred Out of the E-mails Replied to or Deleted) / (E-mails Replied to
+ E-mails Deleted) *100

• Delete Rate: This KPI comes from the Email Response Performance report. It is the
percentage of e-mails that were deleted to the number of e-mails that were resolved.

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 "E-mails resolved" refers to e-mails that were replied to, deleted, or auto-processed.
It is calculated as:
(Deleted + Auto-Deleted)/
(Deleted + Auto-Deleted + Replied to + Auto-Replied + Auto-Updated SR +
Auto-Resolved) * 100

• One & Done Resolution: This KPI comes from the Email Response Performance
report. It is the percentage of inbound e-mail interactions that were resolved with a
single reply.
Example
Customer A sends e-mail.
Agent X replies to e-mail (reply contains TAG).
Customer A replies to agent X's reply (for example, thank-you e-mail).
One & Done Resolution is True.
Customer A sends e-mail.
Agent X replies to Customer A's e-mail (reply contains TAG).
Customer A replies to agent X's reply (for example, follow-up question).
Agent X replies to Customer A's second e-mail.
One & Done Resolution is False.

• Customer Wait Time (Hours): This KPI is from the Email Response Performance
report. It is the time (expressed in hours) the e-mail was received by the Oracle
Email Center system to the time it was replied to. This KPI is calculated as:
Total Customer Wait Time / E-mails Replied to
Customer Wait Time is calculated as:
(Time E-mail was Replied to) – (Time E-mail was Received)

• Received: This KPI is from the Email Activity report. It represents the total number
of e-mails received from the Oracle Email Center system.

• Replied: This KPI is from the Email Activity report. It represents the total number
of e-mail replies sent from the Oracle Email Center system.

• Backlog: This KPI is from the Email Activity report. It represents the total number
of inbound e-mails not responded to at the end of the reporting period. It is
calculated as:
Accumulated Open E-mails in Master Queue + Accumulated Open E-mails in
Agent's Inbox

• Composed: This KPI is from the Email Activity report. It is the number of the new

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 outbound e-mails (not replies) generated from Oracle Email Center.

• Service Requests Created: This KPI comes from the Email Activity report. It is the
total number of new service requests created in Oracle Email Center associated with
inbound e-mail interactions.

• Leads: This KPI comes from the Email Activity report. It is the total number of the
new leads requested for creation in Oracle Email Center that are associated with
e-mail interactions.

• Replied per Agent Hour: This KPI is from the Email Activity by Agent report. It is
the average number of e-mail replies sent by an agent in a one-hour period of the
agent's login time. It is calculated as:
E-mails to which Agent Replied / Agent Hours
Agent Hours is the sum of all Agent Work Times during a given time period. It is
calculated as Logout Time minus Login Time.

Graphs
Service Level Trend: This KPI is from the Email Activity report. It is the number of the
new outbound e-mails (not replies) generated from Oracle Email Center.

Inbound Telephony Management KPIs

The Inbound Telephony Management KPIs region provides quick access to the latest
status of the key performance indicators (KPIs) for the inbound telephony activities of
an enterprise call center. The KPIs region provides a snapshot of performance, volume,
productivity, and outcomes for a select period.
For more information about key performance indicators and KPI regions, see Regions,
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

KPI Columns
The KPI table contains the following columns:
• Name: The name of the KPI.

• XTD: The period for which data is aggregated in the table. This is based on the
Period Type parameter.

• Change: The difference between the selected period and the comparison period
from the Compare To parameter. These metrics are expressed as follows:
• Percent: For numbers that represent a count, or time (for example,
hours/seconds), the change is shown as a percentage and is expressed as:

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 (Current Measure – Comparison Measure) / Absolute Value of Comparison
Measure * 100

• Difference: For numbers that represent percentage, or a ratio, the change is

expressed as:
(Current Measure) – (Comparison Measure)

KPI Headings and Calculations

This section explains the metrics in the KPI region and how they are calculated.
• Inbound Service Level: This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony Activity
report. It is the percentage of calls answered within a predefined wait time goal.
The wait time goal is defined using the BIX: Call Service Level Goal in Seconds
profile option. It is calculated as:
Total Incoming Calls Handled within Customer Wait Time Goal / Total Calls
Offered * 100
Only calls of type Teleinbound are considered for this calculation.

• Average Speed to Answer (Seconds): This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony
Activity report. It is the average amount of time inbound calls spent in the queue
before being picked up by agents. It is calculated as:
Total Queue Time of Handled Calls / Total Handled Calls

• Abandon Rate: This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony Activity report. It is
the percentage of calls offered in which the customer hung up before speaking with
an agent. It is calculated as:
Total Number of Calls Ended before Being Answered by Agent / Total Number of
Calls Offered * 100

• Transfer Rate: This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony Activity report. It is
the percentage of calls handled in which an agent receives the call and then
transfers it to a different agent or conferences in other agents. The KPI calculates
only the first time the call is transferred. It is calculated as:
Total Number of Calls Transferred by Agent / Total Number of Calls Handled * 100

• Inbound Calls Handled: This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony Activity report. It
is the number of incoming calls of media item type Inbound or Direct.

• Agent Dialed Calls: This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony Activity by Agent
report. It is the total number of calls manually dialed by all agents.

• Web Callbacks Handled: This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony Activity by
Agent report. It is the total calls handled in which media item type is Web Callback.

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• Availability Rate: This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony Activity by Agent
report. It is the percentage of time agents are logged in and ready for calls. It is
calculated as:
(Waiting for Calls Time + Talk Time + Wrap Time) / Login Time * 100
OR
Login Time – Idle Time / Login Time * 100

• Utilization Rate: This KPI comes from the Inbound Telephony Activity by Agent
report. It is the percentage of time agents handle customer calls versus the time
logged in.
(Talk Time + Wrap Time) / Login Time * 100
OR
(Login Time – Idle Time – Waiting for Calls Time) / Login Time * 100

• Average Talk Time per Call (Seconds): This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony
Activity report. It is the average amount of time an agent spent talking to a
customer. This includes inbound, direct, manual, Web callback, and unsolicited call
types. It is calculated as:
Total Talk Time for All Handled Calls / Number of Calls Handled

• Average Wrap Time per Call (Seconds): This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony
Activity report. It is the average amount of time an agent spent performing
interaction wrap-up activities after ending a call. This includes inbound, direct,
manual, Web callback, and unsolicited call types. It is calculated as:
Total Wrap Time for All Handled Calls / Number of Calls Handled

• Calls Handled per Agent Hour: This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony Activity
by Agent report. It is the average number of calls an agent handled per hour of
login time. This includes inbound, direct, manual, Web callback, and unsolicited
call types. It is calculated as:
Calls Handled / Total Login Time of All Agents

• Service Requests Created: This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony Activity report.
It is the number of service requests that were created through telephone calls. This
includes inbound, direct, manual, Web callback, and unsolicited call types.

• Leads Created: This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony Activity report. It is the
number of leads that were created through telephone calls. This includes inbound,
direct, manual, Web callback, and unsolicited call types.

• Opportunities Created: This KPI is from the Inbound Telephony Activity report. It
is the number of opportunities that were created through telephone calls. This
includes inbound, direct, manual, Web callback, and unsolicited call types.

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Graphs
This region contains the Inbound Service Level Trend graph. This graph presents a
quick, at-a-glance summary of the inbound service level performance trend and
inbound service level goal over the period of time. The service level goal is set in the
profile option BIX: Call Service Level Goal Target Percent.

Related Topics
Regions, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Securing Data
DBI for Interaction Center uses the basic Daily Business Intelligence security model.

Implementation Considerations

Software
See Verify Hardware and Software Prerequisites, page 2-27.

Setup Checklist

Set Up Email Center Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Email Center
Management dashboard and its associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Checklist for Implementing Email Center Management Dashboard

Steps Responsibility/Application

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 2-29
• System Administrator

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 Steps Responsibility/Application

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

• Item Manager

Set Profile Options for Oracle Email Center, System Administrator

page 11-12

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Set Up Inbound Telephony Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Inbound
Telephony Management dashboard and its associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Checklist for Implementing Inbound Telephony Management Dashboard

Step Responsibility/Application

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

• System Administrator

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• Item Manager

Set Profile Options for Oracle Inbound System Administrator

Telephony, page 11-12

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 Step Responsibility/Application

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Set Profile Options for Oracle Email Center

Set up the following profile options for Oracle Email Center:
• BIX: Email Center Goal: This is the number of hours by which an e-mail should be
replied to in order to be considered as having met the Oracle Email Center target.
The time is considered from the time the e-mail entered the queue to the time an
agent replied to it. For example, if this profile option is set to 24 hours, then it
means incoming e-mails should be replied to within 24 hours of the time it first
enters Oracle Email Center. This is a site-level profile.

• BIX: Service Level Goal: This is the Oracle Email Center target of the percentage of
e-mails which should be replied to within the time period defined by the BIX: Email
Center Goal profile. For example, if this profile option is set to 80%, then the Email
Center should reply to at least 80% of all incoming e-mails within the Email Center
goal time period. This is a site-level profile.

• BIX: Delete Chunk Size: This profile determines how many rows are fetched by the
back-end concurrent programs during a bulk fetch. If this value is not defined, then
the programs assume a default of 10,000. This is a site-level profile.

Set Profile Options for Oracle Inbound Telephony

Set the following profile options for Oracle Inbound Telephony:
• BIX: Call Service Level Goal in Seconds: This profile determines the number of
seconds by which an agent should answer a call in order to meet the call center
target service goal. For example, if this value is set to 30, then incoming calls can
spend no more than 30 seconds in the queue to satisfy the call center's desired level
of service. This is a site-level profile.

• BIX: Call Service Level Goal Target Percent: This is the call center's target for the
percentage of calls that an agent should answer within the time period defined by
the BIX: Call Service Level Goal in Seconds profile. For example, if this value is set
to 80%, then the call center should answer at least 80% of all incoming calls within
the service level goal time period. This is a site-level profile.

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Concurrent Processes
Concurrent processes or programs are run automatically when the generated
concurrent request is run. They should not be run individually unless they are not
included in the request set.
Run an initial request set that loads data for a particular dashboard or set of
dashboards. After generating the baseline data, use the incremental request set to
refresh the data. You must have access to and use the Daily Business Intelligence
Administrator responsibility to run initial and incremental request sets.
The following concurrent programs are included in the request set for Oracle Email
Center:
• Load Oracle Email Center Base Summary

• Load Session Summary

• Update Oracle Email Center Base Summary

• Update Session Summary

The following concurrent programs are included in the request set for Inbound
Telephony Management:
• Load Call Summary

• Update Call Summary

• Load Session Summary

• Update Session Summary

Data Refreshes
For daily data refresh, run the incremental request sets. For information on running
incremental request sets, see "Post-Setup Steps" in Chapter 2.

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration task.

Update DBI Data After Purging Service Requests

If you purge service requests from Oracle Service, then you must run an initial request
set to avoid data inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the reports.

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 The initial request set should have the Clear and Load All Summaries option selected.
See Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68 for information about request
sets

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 12
Daily Business Intelligence for Maintenance

Overview
Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Maintenance enables you to manage reporting and
analysis of your maintenance activity and performance. It helps you to understand,
analyze, and address issues throughout the maintenance organization. It also reports on
various maintenance activities from a maintenance manager perspective.
DBI for Maintenance contains the Maintenance Management intelligence dashboard.
The Maintenance Manager and the Daily Maintenance Intelligence responsibilities have
access to this dashboard. The Maintenance Manager can also access the HR
Management dashboard.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
Daily Business Intelligence for Maintenance provides the Maintenance Management
dashboard.
For a detailed description of the Oracle DBI for Maintenance reports, see the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User's Guide.

Maintenance Management Dashboard

The Maintenance Management dashboard provides reports and key indicators on the
following:
• Work order cost with summary and details on estimated costs, actual costs, and the
variance along with their trends

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 • Asset downtime trending and detail analysis

• Work order completion, late completion, and aging analysis

• Work order backlog and past due with trending and aging details

• Request to completion with trending and details

The Maintenance Management dashboard and reports reference data from Oracle
Enterprise Asset Management.

Reports
The following sections contain a brief description of Maintenance Management reports.

Work Order Cost Report

This report displays the work order actual and estimated cost, as well as the variance
between them. You can access this report from the Work Order Cost key performance
indicator (KPI). The default View By is Assigned Department, and the default sorting is
Actual Cost, descending. You can also access the Work Order Cost Summary report
from the Actual Cost column. The trend version of this report is the same, but viewed
by time.

Work Order Cost Summary Report

This report displays the work order actual costs in maintenance by cost element
(material, labor, and equipment). You can access this report from the Actual Cost
measure in the Work Order Cost region or the Links region. The default View By is
Assigned Department, and the default sorting is the Total Cost – Actual column,
descending. You can access the Work Order Cost Detail report from the Total Cost –
Actual column.

Work Order Cost Detail Report

This report lists the details of the work orders that were charged in the selected period.
It displays details such as:
• Work order number

• Work order type

• Asset

• Asset group

• Activity to perform

• Work order status

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 • Assigned department

• Actual cost the work order incurs

• Cost breakdown by material, labor, and equipment

• Total estimated cost

• Cost variance

• Variance percent

You can access this report from the Actual Cost measure in the Work Order Cost
Summary report if the View By is Asset Group, Asset, or Activity. The default sorting is
Total Cost – Actual, descending. You can select the work order number to open the live
work order transaction page in Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. This allows for a
real-time view of the work order.

Asset Downtime Report

This report provides information about Asset Downtime in Hours. You can access this
report from the Asset Downtime KPI. The default View By is Department, and the
default sorting is Downtime (Hours), descending. You can select the Downtime (Hours)
column to access the Asset Downtime Detail report when the View By is Asset. The
trend version of this report is the same, but viewed by time.

Asset Downtime Detail Report

This report details the downtime occurrences for an asset, as entered by the user. You
can access this report from the Asset Downtime report. This report displays details such
as the asset number, the asset group, the start date and end date of the asset downtime,
the total downtime (hours), the work order number, and the operation number. The
default sorting is by downtime (hours), descending. You can select the work order
number to open the work order transaction page in Oracle Enterprise Asset
Management. This allows for a real-time view of the work order.

Work Order Completion Report

The report provides the number of completed work orders, both on-time and late
completion, along with the average days late. You can access this report from the
Completed Work Orders and Late Completion to Schedule % KPIs. The default View
By is Department, and the default sorting for the report is by Late Completion Percent,
descending. You can select the Completed Work Orders column to access the Work
Order Completion Detail report when the View By is Asset Group, Asset, or Activity.
You can also select the Late Completion column to access the Late Completion Detail
report from any view. The trend version of this report is the same, but viewed by time.

Work Order Completion Detail Report

This report lists the work orders that were completed in the selected period. The report

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 displays details such as the work order number, type, asset, asset groups, activity,
status, owning department, scheduled start and completion dates, and actual
completion date. You can access this report from the Completed Work Orders column
in the Work Order Completion report. The default sorting for the report is by Actual
Completion Date, descending. You can select the work order number to open the work
order transaction page in Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. This allows for a
real-time view of the work order.

Late Completion Aging Report

This report shows the number of work orders that were completed late, broken down
by the late completion days. You can access this report from the Late Completion Aging
Days graph on the dashboard. Sorting is not enabled in this report. You can access the
Late Completion Details report from the late completion number.

Late Completion Detail Report

This report lists the details of the work orders that are completed late. The report
displays details such as the work order number, type, asset, asset groups, activity,
owning department, scheduled start and completion dates, actual completion date, and
number of days that it was completed late. You can access this report from the link in
the Work Order Completion region, the Work Order Completion report, and the Late
Completion Aging report. The default sort for the report is by days late, descending.
You can select the work order number to open the work order transaction page in
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. This allows for a real-time view of the work
order.

Request to Completion Report

This report displays the number of service requests and work requests and the average
amount of time to initiate a work order for the requests, as well as the amount of time to
complete the work. You can access this report from the Request to Completion (Days)
KPI, as well as from the link in the Work Order Completion region. The default View
By is asset group, and the default sorting for the report is request to completion (days),
descending. You can select the Requests column to access the Request to Completion
Detail report. The trend version of this report is the same, but viewed by time.

Request to Completion Detail Report

This report lists requests that have associated work orders completed in the selected
period. The report displays the request number, request type, number of associated
work orders, asset details, severity, request start date, response days, and request to
completion days. You can access this report from the link in the Work Order
Completion region. The default sorting for the report is request to completion (days),
descending. You can select the Work Orders column to access the Requested Work
Order Detail report.

Requested Work Order Detail Report

This report lists the details of the work orders that are associated with the request. It

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 displays the work order number, type, activity, status, scheduled start and completion
date, and actual completion date. You can access this report from the Request to
Completion Detail report. The default sorting is actual completion date, descending.
You can select the work order number to open the work order transaction page in
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. This allows for a real-time view of the Work
Order.

Request to Completion Distribution Report

This report displays a distribution of request count by Request to Completion days. You
can access this report from the link in the Work Order Completion region. Sorting is not
enabled in this report. You can select the Requests column to access the Request to
Completion Detail report.

Work Order Backlog Report

This report provides a count of both backlog and past due work orders. You can access
this report from the Work Order Backlog and Past Due to Schedule % KPI. The default
View By is department and the default sorting is by Past Due Percent, descending. You
can select the Backlog column to access the Work Order Backlog Detail report if the
as-of date is equal to or greater than the last collection date. You can also select the past
due column to access the Past Due Work Order Detail report (but only if the as of date
is equal to the last collection date). The trend version of this report is the same, but
viewed by time.

Work Order Backlog Detail Report

This report lists all the maintenance work orders with current status of draft, released,
unreleased, on hold, and any other user-defined status that is mapped to these statuses,
and filtered by parameters. The report displays the work order number, type, asset,
asset group details, status, and scheduled start and completion dates. You can select the
Backlog column in the Work Order Backlog report to access this report. The default
sorting is by scheduled completion date, descending. You can select the Work Order
field to open the work order transaction page in Oracle Enterprise Asset Management.
This allows for a real-time view of the work order.

Past Due Work Order Detail Report

This report displays all the current open work orders with a scheduled completion date
prior to the current (last collection) date. This report displays the work order details,
such as the work order number, type, asset, asset group, status, scheduled start and
completion date, and number of past due days. You can select the Past Due column in
the Work Order Backlog report or the Past Due Work Order Aging report to access this
report. The default sort is past due days, descending. You can select the work order
number to open the work order transaction page in Oracle Enterprise Asset
Management. This allows for a real-time view of the work order.

Past Due Work Order Aging Report

This report displays the distribution of work order count by past due days. You can

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 access from the link in the Work Order Backlog region. Sorting is not enabled in this
report. You can select the Past Due column to access the Past Due Work Order Detail
report.

Labor Backlog Report

This report displays the labor hours that are still required for the Work Order Backlog.
You can access this report from the Work Order Backlog region. The default View By is
assigned department and the default sorting for the report is by hours backlog,
descending. The as-of date and Compare To parameters are not part of this report. You
can select the Hours Backlog column to access the Labor Backlog Details report when
the View By is resource.

Labor Backlog Detail Report

This report lists the entire open resource requirement for the work order backlog. It
displays the resource, department, work order, operation sequence, operation start date
and end dates, hours required, hours charged, and total backlog hours. You can select
the Hours Backlog column in the Labor Backlog report to access this report when the
View By is resource. The default sorting for the report is by hours backlog, descending.
You can select the work order number to open the work order transaction page in
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. This allows for a real-time view of the work
order.

Responsibilities
Oracle DBI for Maintenance provides the following responsibilities:
• Maintenance Manager: The Maintenance Manager is a role-based responsibility
that can access the Maintenance Management and HR Management dashboards.

• Daily Maintenance Intelligence: The Daily Maintenance Intelligence is a

function-based responsibility that can access the Maintenance Management
dashboard.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see:
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
Oracle DBI for Maintenance uses the following dimensions.

Period Type
Period type that is selected in Oracle General Ledger. For more information, see the

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 Oracle General Ledger User Guide.

Compare To
For a description of this dimension, see Design the Report Layout, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

Currency
For a description of this dimension, see Currency Dimension, page 1-10.

Maintenance Activity
This dimension represents the type of maintenance work that is performed on an asset.
The bill of materials (BOM) and routing are usually defined for an activity, which
serves as a standard template of jobs. Some examples are "oil change" and "clean filter."
The Maintenance Activity dimension contains the following object:
• Maintenance activity (dimension)
• Activity (dimension object)

Maintenance Aging
This dimension represents the aging distribution buckets. It is used as the view-by
dimension for the Late Completion Aging report, Past Due Aging report, and Request
to Completion Aging report. The Maintenance Aging dimension contains the following
objects:
• Maintenance aging (dimension)
• Late completion aging (dimension object)

• Past due aging (dimension object)

• Request to completion aging (dimension object)

Maintenance Asset Criticality

This dimension represents codes you define that are used to assign criticality to an
asset. Criticality is the importance of the asset to your business. The maintenance asset
criticality dimension contains the following object:
• Maintenance asset criticality (dimension)
• Asset criticality (dimension object)

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Maintenance Asset
This dimension represents the hierarchy of asset category, asset group, and asset
number.

Asset Category
This dimension represents the category to which the asset is optionally assigned.

Asset Group
This dimension represents the classification of assets. Asset groups exist at the item
organization level.

Asset Number
This dimension represents the asset that is specified in the work order. An asset number
is a unique number that identifies an asset. An asset is always associated with an asset
group. It is based on an Install Base Instance number. The Asset Number parameter in
DBI for Maintenance can be searched by both asset and asset group.
The Asset (Number) parameter depends on the Asset Group parameter. When a DBI
summary report is viewed by asset, the Asset Group column is also displayed to qualify
the asset.

Maintenance Cost Category

This dimension represents a list of codes to classify enterprise asset management cost.
The Maintenance Cost Category dimension contains the following object:
• Maintenance cost category (dimension)
• Cost category (dimension object)

Maintenance Cost Element

This dimension represents the maintenance cost element type. The values are: material,
labor, and equipment. The Maintenance Cost Element dimension contains the following
object:
• Maintenance cost element (dimension)
• Cost element (dimension object)

Maintenance Request Type

This dimension represents a list that is used to designate the request as a work request
or a service request. The Maintenance Request Type dimension contains the following

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 object:
• Maintenance request type (dimension)
• Request type (dimension object)

Maintenance Work Order Status

This dimension represents the status of a maintenance work order, for example, draft,
unreleased, released, or completed. The statuses include user-defined work order
statuses that are mapped to seeded statuses. The Maintenance Work Order Status
dimension contains the following object:
• Maintenance work order status (dimension)
• Work order status (dimension object)

Maintenance Work Order Type

This dimension represents the type of maintenance work order, for example, routine or
preventive. You can extend the work order type if necessary. The Maintenance Work
Order Type dimension contains the following object:
• Maintenance work order type (dimension)
• Work order type (dimension object)

Organization
For a description of this dimension, see Organization Dimension, page 1-11.

Resource
For a description of this dimension, see "Dimensions" in the DBI for Supply Chain
chapter.

Department
For a description of this dimension, see "Dimensions" in the DBI for Supply Chain
chapter.

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

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Key Performance Indicators
DBI for Maintenance uses the following key performance indicators (KPIs).

KPIs
• Work Order Cost: The Work Order Cost KPI represents the actual costs of
completed, complete no charge, closed work orders, and any other user-defined
status that is mapped to these statuses.

• Asset Downtime (Hours): The Asset Downtime (Hours) KPI represents the
duration during which an asset is not available for normal operations due to
maintenance work. In Oracle Enterprise Asset Management, you can enter
downtime for an asset when you perform a work order or operation completion
transaction. You can also manually enter asset downtime if the asset is not
associated with a work order.

• Completed Work Orders: The Completed Work Orders KPI provides the count of
completed work orders.

• Late to Schedule Completion %: (Late completion / completed work order) * 100

The Late to Schedule Completion % KPI is the percentage of work orders that are
completed late to the total work orders that are actually completed within the
selected period.

• Work Order Backlog: The Work Order Backlog KPI is the count of all work orders
in status draft, released, unreleased, or on hold (and any other user-defined status
mapped to these statuses) as of the selected date.

• Past Due to Schedule %: The Past Due to Schedule % KPI is the percentage of work
order backlog, that has a scheduled completion date prior to the last collection date.

• Request to Completion (Days): The Request to Completion (Days) KPI is the

duration in days between the work request creation date or service request incident
date and the work order completion date. Request to completion (days) KPI
represents the average number of days between the point that a request for
maintenance is initiated and the point that it is fulfilled by the work order
completion.

Securing Data
In addition to the basic Daily Business Intelligence security model, Daily Business
Intelligence for Maintenance uses inventory organization security to determine which
users have access to maintenance organizations. You set up inventory organization
security using the Organization access window in Oracle Inventory. In the Organization

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 Parameters window, set up a list of inventory organizations to be accessed by the
Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Intelligence responsibilities. You can view only
organizations that are assigned to your responsibility. For more information, see
Organization access, Oracle Inventory User's Guide.

Related Topics
For more information about security, see Securing Daily Business Intelligence, page 1-15
.

Implementation Considerations
The following information applies to all of the Oracle DBI for Maintenance reports.

Global Start Date

All DBI for Maintenance reports use the global start date that is established during the
basic Daily Business Intelligence setup. Data in the reports and regions does not appear
if the event occurred before the global start date. See Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-
30 for more information. In addition, note that the following work orders are candidates
for inclusion in the DBI for Maintenance reports, in relation to the global start date:
• Work orders that are closed on or after the global start date. You can count work
orders completed before the global start date but closed after the global start date.

• Work orders that are still open (not closed) as of the current date. Request to
Completion reporting is based on the Completion Date.

Currency
The currency code represents the currency for all amounts on the dashboard and
reports.
• Reports: The reports display the primary global and secondary global currencies,
the functional currency of the selected maintenance organization, or of all
organizations if the organizations have the same functional currency and it differs
from both global currencies.

When you view information for a single organization, you can display the currency
amounts as either the functional currency or the global currency; however, when you
display the currencies for all organizations, the following logic applies:
• If Organization is All, if all organizations have the same functional currency, and
the global currency is the functional currency, then only the global currency
appears.

• If Organization is All, if all organizations have the same functional currency, but the

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 global currency and the functional currency differ, then the system displays both
the functional currency and the global currency.

• If Organization is All, if the organization currencies differ, then the system displays
the global currency.

For more information, see "Implementation Considerations" in Chapter 2.

Software
All hardware and software prerequisites are detailed in Verify Hardware and Software
Prerequisites, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide. Please review the
requirements, including the correct version of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management.

Setup Checklist

Set Up Maintenance Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Maintenance
Management dashboard and its associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, then you do
not need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, you can perform setups concurrently.

Step Responsibility/Application

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

• System Administrator

Set Up Manager Reporting, page 5-4 • System Administrator

• HRMS Manager

• Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

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 Step Responsibility/Application

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator
For DBI for Maintenance, you are not required
to implement the Product Catalog hierarchy. • Item Manager

Set Up Inventory Organization Security, page • Oracle Inventory

12-13

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Set Up Inventory Organization Security

Verify that inventory organizations are secured for the Maintenance Management
dashboard. See Securing Data, page 12-10. For instructions on using the Organization
Access window to secure access to inventory organizations for use by Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence for Maintenance, see Defining Organization Access, Oracle
Inventory User's Guide. Verify the inventory security at the responsibility level within
Oracle Inventory. The Maintenance Management dashboard uses the inventory
organization security.

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration task.

Update DBI Data After Purging Service Requests

If you purge service requests from Oracle Service, then you must run an initial request
set to avoid data inaccuracies and inconsistencies in the reports
The initial request set should have the Clear and Load All Summaries option selected.
See Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68 for information about request
sets.

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 13
Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Consideration
• Set Up Checklist
• Set Up Lead Rank
• Set Up Region
• Define Profiles
• Maintenance and Administration
• Troubleshooting

Overview
Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing enables personnel at all levels of your
organization to monitor the status of marketing activities, assess performance and make
continuous improvements.
DBI for Marketing provides you with two intelligence dashboards for measuring and
improving marketing performance:
• Marketing Management Dashboard:, page 13-2 This dashboard provides you with
daily insight into key marketing performance areas such as lead generation, lead
conversion, campaign to cash, marketing budgets and marketing ROI. The

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 dashboard provides information on campaign to cash, campaign ROI, and budgets.
It helps in analyzing trends in lead generation, lead conversion, cost per lead, and
revenue per lead.

• Lead Management Dashboard:, page 13-3 This dashboard provides marketing

and sales managers in the organization with daily visibility into lead activity,
conversion and aging for all leads assigned to sales groups.

The key feature of this release is:

Market Segment Reports
• The reports are:
• Segment Value

• Segment Campaign Effectiveness

This release provides reports which track market segment size, revenue and
marketing impact trends by product and time dimensions. These reports help users
identify under-performing and over-performing market segments and allow users
to intelligently decide segments in which they can run marketing campaigns.
A market segment is a set of individuals, groups or organizations with one or more
characteristics that cause them to have relatively similar product needs. Companies
who are able to find new ways of segmenting their markets are able to change
strategies and win against their competition. Oracle Marketing enables users to
define and create market segments.
Oracle DBI provides reports that can help analyze questions such as:
• Are the segments valuable?

• Is marketing effective in these segments?

• Based on answers from the above, were segments well defined?

Answers to these questions enable marketers to understand their segments better.

Based on this understanding, marketers can conduct more effective marketing
activities in a segment.

Marketing Management Dashboard

Using the Marketing Management dashboard, personnel at all levels in the organization
can monitor marketing activities and continuously improve performance.
The dashboard helps users accomplish the following:
• Make decisions throughout the marketing and sales cycle by providing daily
visibility through various reports on key areas, such as lead generation, lead
conversion, campaign to cash, campaign ROI, and budgets.

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 • Analyze performance trends, track campaign to cash, measure lead conversions,
calculate marketing ROI and assess the success of a campaign.

• Align marketing activities with sales objectives.

The dashboard helps answer the following questions:

• What percentage of the company's revenue is driven by marketing?

• Can Marketing ROI data be used to make better marketing decisions?

• Can Cost per Lead and Revenue per Lead for various dimensions, such as
marketing channel, product categories, or region be analyzed?

• Can ''campaign to cash'' be maximized further?

• Can performance of the marketing department be measured and tracked on a daily

basis?

Lead Management Dashboard

The Lead Management dashboard provides lead conversion information by product
category or by sales group. Marketing professionals use this information to align
marketing activities with sales.
The Lead Management dashboard helps users accomplish the following:
• Assess the performance of a sales group. Managers can view details from the sales
group level to the individual sales representatives' levels.

• View the lead status, measure the quality of leads, see conversion rates from lead to
opportunity, and compare cost and revenue of lead generation.

Lead Management helps answer the following questions:

• Can Lead Quality be tracked by various important dimensions, such as lead source,
marketing channel, and customer categories to provide the sales force with most
worthwhile leads?

• Are the marketing activities aligned with sales?

Understanding Reporting
Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing provides intuitive and configurable reports
and graphs at various stages of the marketing cycle, such as planning and budgeting,
multi-channel execution, and ROI analysis. Marketers can quickly see their top and
bottom performing activities and take proactive steps to increase return on investment.

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 For complete, detailed descriptions on each of the reports and the calculations involved,
see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Responsibilities
Oracle Marketing DBI dashboards are available by selecting the following
responsibilities:
• To log into DBI for Marketing:
• Daily Marketing Intelligence

• Marketing Manager

• To perform administrative tasks:

• Business Intelligence System

• Oracle Marketing Super User

• Business Intelligence Administrator

The following table lists Oracle Marketing DBI responsibilities. It also provides a list of
pages that a user with a specific responsibility can access

Responsibilities

Responsibility Description Primary Dashboards Related Dashboard

Marketing Manager This responsibility Marketing Sales Management

corresponds to the Management
or Marketing Manager Sales Management
role. It is intended for Lead Management
Daily Marketing Comparative
Intelligence use by all marketing
managers in your Performance
organization.
Opportunity
Management

Quotes Management

Business Intelligence This responsibility is N/A N/A

System required to set up
regions and map
countries to regions.

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 Responsibility Description Primary Dashboards Related Dashboard

Oracle Marketing This responsibility N/A N/A

Super User provides access to all
required setup in
Oracle Marketing
Online that are
essential for Oracle
Daily Business
Intelligence for
Marketing.

Business Intelligence This responsibility is N/A N/A

Administrator a common
responsibility which
has access to all
required setup steps.
For more information,
see Appendix A,
"Responsibility and
Page Matrix".

Dimensions
The Dashboard level dimensions and View By dimensions for Marketing Management
dashboard and Lead Management dashboard are explained below.

Marketing Management Dashboard Level Dimensions

• Time:Defines a hierarchical relationship between units of time (based on your Daily
Business Intelligence enterprise calendar) and on the global start date. Enables you
to view data along different time periods: week, month, fiscal period, year.

• Country: Lists the valid countries enabled in the system. All countries (by name)
are displayed by default.

• Product Category: Enables a marketer to view marketing activities by product

category. Product categories must be properly assigned to products and must be
associated with the appropriate marketing object. If the proper mapping doesn't
exist, the marketing object does not roll up into the proper category and is
associated with an unassigned category.

• Currency: Displays user's functional currency. The default value is determined by

the profile - BIS: Global Primary Currency.

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Marketing Management View By Dimensions
• Campaign: When viewed by campaign, the report displays data for each campaign,
event, or program.

• Product Category: Lists all product categories available for selection. When viewed
by product category, the report displays data for each product category.

• Country: When viewed by country, the report displays data for each country.

• Region: Lists all available regions. When viewed by regions, the report displays
data for the selected region.

• Marketing Channel: When viewed by marketing channel, the report displays data
for each marketing channel, such as telemarketing, advertising, e-mail and so on.

• Lead Source: When viewed by lead source, the report displays data for each lead
source.

• Lead Quality: Lists all available quality levels in terms of lead ranks. When viewed
by lead quality, the report displays data for each lead rank.

• Sales Channel: When viewed by sales channel, the report displays data for each
sales channel (direct or indirect).

• Customer Category: Lists all available customer categories and classifications.

When viewed by customer category, the report displays data for each customer
category.

Lead Management Dashboard Level Dimensions

• Time: Defines a hierarchical relationship between units of time (based on your
Daily Business Intelligence enterprise calendar) and on the global start date.
Enables you to view data along different time periods: week, month, fiscal period,
year.

• Sales Group: Displays lead activities by sales group. When drilled down,
information displayed is based on child groups. Each child group further displays
information about individual sales representatives in that group.

• Product Category: Displays information for a particular category in the product

hierarchy. Product and product category must be assigned to the lead, otherwise
the lead is attributed to an unassigned bucket. A lead can have multiple lines with
each line attached to a different product category. Hence the lead line count is
shown in the reports while viewing information by product category.

• Currency: Displays user's functional currency. The drop-down displays the default

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 value which is determined by the profile - BIS: Global Primary Currency.

Lead Management View By Dimensions

• Campaign: When viewed by campaign, the report displays data for each campaign,
event, or program.

• Lead Source: When viewed by lead source, the report displays data for each lead
source.

• Lead Quality: Lists all available quality levels in terms of lead ranks. When viewed
by lead quality, the report displays data for each lead rank.

• Sales Channel: When viewed by sales channel, the report displays data for each
sales channel (direct or indirect).

• Customer Category: Lists all available customer categories / classifications. When

viewed by customer category, the report displays data for each customer category.

• Country: When viewed by country, the report displays data for each country.

Key Performance Indicators

The following section lists the key performance indicators (KPIs) for Daily Business
Intelligence for Marketing.

Marketing Management Dashboard KPIs

The following table lists KPIs for Marketing Management.

Marketing Management Dashboard KPIs

KPI Name Description

Leads from Customers New Leads created during the selected period
from existing customers. Customer is a person
or an organization with which the company
has a selling relationship, regardless of
whether anything has actually been purchased
or serviced. A customer is a party with a
customer account.

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 KPI Name Description

Leads from Prospects New Leads created during the selected period
from prospects. A prospect is a person or
organization, which the company, does not
yet have a selling relationship.

'A' Leads Leads created during the specified period and

with a lead rank of 'A' as of the system date.

'A' Leads % Leads created during the specified period and

with a lead rank of 'A' as of the system date
and as a percentage of new leads.

New Opportunities Amount The sum of the sales credit amount of all
opportunities with a marketing source created
within the specified period.

Won Opportunities Amount The sum of the sales credit amount of all
opportunities with a marketing source that
have the:

• Close date within the selected current

period

• Closed flag set

• Won flag set

For more information, see the setup on cost

per lead.

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 KPI Name Description

Cost Per Lead The marketing cost incurred, for generating all
leads.

The Cost Per Lead displays expenses

associated with each lead during the selected
period. Based on the profile settings, either
PTD Cost or Total Cost is displayed. Program
cost calculations are defined from either the
approved budget amount or the actual cost
value. This is determined by the profile -
BIM:Program Cost. To use actual cost value,
associate the actual cost metric with the
campaign, event, or program being viewed.

• If BIM: Program Cost is set to Actual cost,

the actual cost associated to the marketing
object is considered.

• If BIM: Program Cost is set to Approved

budget, the approved budget associated
to the object is considered. In this case,
the actual cost metric is ignored and the
approved budget amount is displayed
instead.

For more information, see the Daily Business

Intelligence for Marketing User Guide.

Revenue Per Lead The booked revenue ratio resulting from all
generated leads.

Lead to Opportunity Conversion Percentage of leads converted to opportunities

during the specified period irrespective of
when the leads were created.

Campaign Started Number of campaigns started during the

selected period.

Events Started Number of events started during the selected

period.

Lead Management Dashboard KPIs

The following table lists KPIs for Lead Management.

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 Lead Management Dashboard KPIs

KPI Name Description

Opportunities Amount - Converted from The amount of opportunities converted from

Leads leads during the specified period.

Leads Converted to Opportunities The number of leads converted to

opportunities during the specified period.

Lead to Opportunity Conversion The percentage of leads converted to

opportunities for the specified period.

New Leads Leads created during the specified period.

Open Leads Leads open as of the selected date

'A' Leads Leads ranked 'A' and created during the

specified period.

Average Lead Age (in Days) The average number of days a lead is open
during the rolling fiscal year. This KPI is not
affected by the date parameter selected.

Average 'A' Lead Age (in Days) The average number of days an 'A' Lead is
open during the rolling fiscal year. This KPI is
not affected by the date parameter selected.

Securing Data
To log into Marketing DBI, either "Marketing Manager" or "Daily Marketing
Intelligence" responsibility is required. For Administration purpose, "Business
Intelligence Administrator" responsibility is required.
The two types of users who can access Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing
include the ''admin'' user and the ''non-admin'' user. The admin user (administrator) is
part of the admin group (defined in AMS: Admin Group profile option) and has access
to all objects. The non-admin users can access objects which are owned by them or
assigned to them as team members (resource or group) for the objects. The non-admin
user can view all objects under the highest level of object if he has access to the highest
level of object.
Example: Joe has access to Program 'Y' under which he creates Campaign 'X'. User John
can access Campaign 'X' only when Joe adds John as a team member. Joe can add John

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 as resource or John's group as member. Let's assume that Joe also has access to
campaign 'Z' but this campaign is not under any program. In this case, all the objects
under Program 'Y' and Campaign 'Z' are shown to Joe. If there are multiple campaigns
under Program 'Y', all the campaigns will be shown to Joe on clicking the Program. If
there are multiple schedules under campaign 'Z', all the schedules will be shown to Joe
on clicking the Campaign.
Measures associated with programs and campaigns are rolled up for KPIs, KPI drill
down reports, and Campaign to Cash and Campaign ROI reports. The information is
rolled up at the highest level to which the user has access. If the user is an Admin user,
all the object information will be rolled up. For a non-admin user, the highest level of
object to which a user has access is determined and information is rolled up on all the
objects below it. For KPIs, a single value is required. So all the rolled up values of the
highest object are summed up to get the KPI measure.

Security - Marketing Management Dashboard

Security is based on owner and team access to objects (Programs, Campaigns, and
Events) in Oracle Marketing.

Creating a Marketing Role

To create a marketing role:
1. Log into Oracle forms using CRM Administrator responsibility.

2. Navigate to Setup > Roles.

3. Provide values for the following fields:

• Code (For example: MARKETING_MANAGER)

• Name (For example: Marketing Manager)

4. From the Type drop-down list, select ''Marketing''.

5. Enable the Manager check box.

Security - Lead Management Dashboard

Security is based on 'Manager' and 'Administrator' access to Sales Groups defined in
Oracle Resource Manager.
Marketing users can view data in the Lead Management dashboard if they are members
of a sales group. Users can be assigned roles in sales groups such as Manager or
Administrator roles, giving them access to that sales group and subordinate sales
groups in pages and reports.
Example: Let's assume there are two resources - Joe and John, and both have access to

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 Daily Marketing Intelligence responsibility. Joe is associated to a sales group called
''MySalesGroup'' with a Marketing Role and John is not associated to any sales group.
When Joe accesses the Lead Management dashboard, data corresponding to
''MySalesGroup'' is presented and the sales group LOV is available by default to
''MySalesGroup''. When John accesses the Lead Management dashboard, the sales
group LOV will be blank and data will not be shown in any of the reports. To allow
John to view data in the reports, John must be associated to ''MySalesGroup'' sales
group.

Implementation Consideration
Before implementing Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing, you must ensure that
your system meets the following prerequisites.

Prerequisites for implementing Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing

Prerequisites Responsibility

Use Oracle Applications Release, page 13-12 N/A

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence, page 13-12 Business Intelligence Administrator

Set Up the Item Dimension, page 13-13 Business Intelligence Administrator

Once you have met all of the implementation considerations and the required
prerequisites, you can proceed to implement other intelligence products, or if you are
not implementing other intelligence products, proceed directly to "Post Setup Steps in
Chapter 2, "Daily Business Intelligence"., page 13-12

Use Oracle Applications Release

Use the following applications:
• Oracle Marketing

• Oracle Sales Online and/or Oracle TeleSales

• Oracle Quoting/Order Capture

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence

Set up Daily Business Intelligence. See Chapter 2, "Daily Business Intelligence", page 13-
12.

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Set Up the Item Dimension
All items in Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing come from the item master in
Oracle Inventory, from the Product Category set (known in Daily Business Intelligence
as the item or product category hierarchy). Product categories classify products that are
sold. Ensure that all product items that you want to appear in the reports are associated
with the Product Category set, or they appear in an Unassigned category in the reports.
For instructions on setting up the product hierarchy, see Chapter 4 "Item Reporting".

Set Up Checklist
The following are the setups required for the Marketing Management and Lead
Management dashboards.

Set Up Marketing Management and Lead Management Dashboards

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Marketing
Management and Lead Management dashboards and their associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Step Responsibility

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

• System Administrator

Create User Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Assign user 'Daily Marketing Intelligence' Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

responsibility

Complete DBI global parameters Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

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 Step Responsibility

Set up Dimensions Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

• Regions

• Lead Quality Ranks

• Sales Group

Setup Profiles Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

'Setup Dimensions' (Regions and Lead Quality Ranks) and 'Setup Profiles' are
marketing specific setup steps. The rest are generic setup steps required to implement
DBI for Marketing pages.

Set Up Lead Rank

You must define lead rank code definitions before running the request sets. Lead Rank
is Site level information, not every one should change this.
Setting up the lead rank serves the following purposes:
• ''A'' lead ratio KPI: Enables the user to define an 'A' Lead.

• Lead Quality Report: This report shows lead ranks as columns. These columns
cannot be infinite - therefore, using the mapping functionality, the implementor is
able to select the top four ranks.

To Create Mapping Rules for Lead Ranks:

1. Log into Oracle Marketing application using the Oracle Marketing Administrator
responsibility.

2. Navigate to Administration > Marketing > Setup > Code Definition.

3. In the Object Type drop-down menu, select Rank.

4. Map the columns to the required Lead Ranks.

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Set Up Region
Before running the initial load programs, you must setup regions and group countries
under each region to view reports by the 'Region' View By dimension.

To create regions and map countries to regions:

1. Log into Oracle Forms with the 'Business Intelligence Systems' responsibility.

2. Navigate to Lookups: Define Areas and Regions.

3. Enter the values 'AREA' and 'AREA' in the Type and Meaning field.

4. Select 'Applications BIS' from the Application LOV.

5. In the Code and Meaning field, enter lookup codes and their meanings. For
example: Code: NORA, Meaning: North America.

6. Save your work and close the window.

7. To map countries to regions, navigate to the 'Define Territory Hierarchies' window

and select the region code defined in the previous step.

8. In the 'Child Territory' region, select countries from the drop-down list and save
your work.

Define Profiles
Profiles are now categorized under the BIM_DBI_SETUP category.
The following information explains profile options that you should consider while
implementing Daily Business Intelligence for Marketing. These profiles determine the
data that is displayed in the various pages and reports.

To define profiles:
1. Log into Oracle Forms using System Administrator responsibility.

2. Navigate to Profile System Values.

3. In the profile field, enter ''BIM%''. All the applicable profiles are listed.

4. • For BIM: Cost Per Lead, select Period-to-Date Cost or Total Cost from
Inception, as applicable. The selected option is displayed in the KPI portlet for
the following KPIs:

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 • Cost Per Lead: Displays either (Period-to-Date Costs/Period-to-Date Leads)
or (Total Costs/Total Leads).

• Revenue Per Lead: Displays either (Period-to-Date Revenue/Period-to-Date

Leads) or (Total Revenue /Total Leads).

• Campaign Cost: Displays either (Period-to-Date Costs) or (Total Costs).

• For BIM: Revenue Type, select Booked Amount, Invoiced Amount, or Won
Opportunities Amount. The selected Revenue Type is used to calculate revenue
in the reports.

• For BIM: Program Cost, select Approved Budget or Actual Cost. The selected
option is used to calculate Program Cost in the reports.

Maintenance and Administration

In the past, before loading any of the DBI fact tables through Marketing DBI request
sets, you had to run the 'Truncate Marketing DBI Base Summary Tables' program, with
the Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility. The truncate program allowed
you to truncate all fact tables by selecting "ALL" from the LOV or specific fact tables by
choosing the specific table. Now, you do not have to run the 'Truncate Marketing DBI
Base Summary Tables' program. It is plugged in with the Initial Load program, which
automatically truncates the necessary fact tables and also runs the 'Truncate Marketing
DBI Base Summary Tables' program.
There are two types of request sets:
• Initial Load

• Incremental Load

The recommended refresh frequencies are:

• Initial Load: Once only or after setup change. Run the 'Truncate Marketing DBI
Base Summaries' concurrent program with 'ALL' and 'Y' options before running this
request set.

• Incremental Load: Once a day.

The default parameters are:

• Initial Load: Dates
• From Global Start Date up to sysdate

• Incremental Load: None

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 • Data collected up to sysdate

There are request sets each, for Marketing reports and Lead reports. A new request set
has been introduced for the Segmentation reports. On the Marketing side, customers
have to run the AMS_Refresh_Party_Market_Segment program with the Oracle
Administrator responsibility before running the request set for segment reports.

Important: Customers can combine both the Marketing request set and
the Segment request set but they will have to be careful before clubbing
both. Segment refresh programs can take more time than Marketing
and Lead request sets. Hence it is advisable that they run the Segment
request set separately.

Use the Incremental Request Set to refresh data in the Lead Management dashboard
and the Marketing Management dashboard. For information on Request Set Generator
see "Post-Setup Steps".
Resubmit the Initial Request Set if you need to clear out and start over with new data in
the dashboards. Before resubmitting the initial request, you need to purge the data.
When you run Initial Load, the ''From Date" defaults to BIS_GLOBAL_DATE. It
processes data till ''to date'', which is defaulted to the system date.
When the Incremental Load is run, the program automatically picks up the date from
where the previous Initial or Increment load was completed.

Troubleshooting
When trying to generate the request set, Marketing Management and Lead
Management dashboards are not available as content to add.
Check whether Marketing Management dashboard and Lead management dashboard
are implemented. If a dashboard or report is not implemented, it will not appear as
content in Request set Generation. Steps to verify:
1. Use Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility.

2. Click on Administer Content function available under Setup: Global menu.

3. Search for Dashboard Marketing Management or Lead Management.

4. Select Function Area as Marketing.

5. Check if implemented check box is checked. If it is checked that indicates that

particular dashboard is implemented.

Why do my Incremental/Initial Loads fail?

Search for the requests that are failing and check the log file. Follow instructions in the

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 log files. Listed below are some specific issues and action to resolve them:
• Trying to run the incremental load before running the Initial Load. Run the
'Truncate Marketing DBI Base Summary Tables' with Parameter as 'ALL' and 'Y'
followed by Initial Load.

• Incremental load fails with missing materialized view log, run request as 'BIS RSG
MV Log Restoring Program'. Global menu.

I ran the initial/incremental loads, but I do not see some/all data on the page/reports.
Why?
Possible reasons could be:
• Transactions created before global start date will not be collected and will not
appear in reports.

• Data security: User cannot access some/all data to be shown in page /reports. Please
check the data security in the transaction system.

• Check data in the following tables, there may be cases when these tables were
truncated by mistake or do not have correct data. Please check the output of queries
below and do the recommended steps.
• No data in time dimension Query.

• Select count(*) from fii_time_rpt_struct_v where report_date=(as of date in lov)

• No data returned. Run the Update Time Dimension program again.

• Select count(*) from bim.bim_I_source_Codes.

• If no rows returned, run the initial load again.

• Select count(*) from bim.bim_I_marketing_facts.

• If no rows returned, run the initial load again.

• Select count(*) from bim.bim_I_lead_facts.

• If no rows returned, run the initial load again.

• Select count(*) from bim.bim_I_source_Denorm.

• If no rows returned, run the initial load again.

• Select count(*) from bim_I_obj_mets_mv.

• If no rows returned, run the initial load again.

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Some Column headings in Lead quality reports are missing.
Check the code definition mapping for Lead Rank and run the incremental load.
I have created leads with Rank as 'Hot' in the transaction system but not able to see
them in reports.
Check the code definition mapping for Lead Rank. If a particular rank is not mapped
those leads will be reported Under 'Unassigned' lead quality.
I have attached some Cost in metrics with marketing objects (Campaign/Event etc)
but Cost in reports display different values.
This may be because the profile is not set to show the 'Actual Cost'. Check the value
defined for profile 'BIM: Program Cost'. This profile value decides that value of cost in
reports should be derived from 'Actual cost' or 'Approved Budget'.
Which Profile derives the value of Revenue type in reports?
BIM: Revenue Type. Possible values are Won Opportunities Amount, Booked Amount
or Invoiced Amount.
I have assigned product category to marketing objects (Campaign/Event etc) but
transactions attached to them are being displayed under "Unassigned" product
category.
Check if the product category associated with marketing objects is primary category or
not. If it is not primary then those objects will be reported under 'Unassigned ' product
category.
Check the code definition mapping for Lead Rank and run the incremental load.
How can I find the values of Global Parameters?
Navigate to Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility and open the Global
Parameters Page.
Why are some/all-seeded links in related region missing? Why are some columns on
a report missing?
Check for Personalization for the region/report.
While clicking on a report that belongs to some other page, why do I find stale data
for that report?
Check for the last refresh date for that page. If required, run the incremental load for the
dashboard that the report belongs to.
Why does my actual calendar month not match the one shown on DBI page?
Check for the Enterprise calendar used in DBI from Business Intelligence Administrator
Resp. Now navigate to GL Super user resp in apps and query for same calendar and
check the display name for the range of days. GL Super User > Set up > Financials >
Calendars > AccountingThe display name and the actual range of days should be the
same. For example, display name for the period 01-Aug-2004 to 31-Aug-2004 should be
Aug-04 and not Aug-05 or any other month.

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 14
Daily Business Intelligence for Procurement

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklist
• Convert to a Multiple Organization Architecture
• Set Up Users as Employees
• Review POA: DBI Implementation
• Set Up Document Views
• Consider Access to Human Resources and Financials Dashboards
• Set Up Commodities
• Set Up Company and Cost Center Dimensions
• Set Up DBI for Financials Profile Options and Source Ledger Group Assignment
• Set Up Scores and Weights
• Maintenance and Administration
• Request Set Generator
• Commodities
• Validation Scripts

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Overview
Using DBI for Procurement, procurement and supply chain professionals can source
new items, analyze supplier performance, develop a commodity strategy, and analyze
spend. DBI for Procurement provides easy access to information that is useful for
identifying savings opportunities, improving supplier relationships and supplier
service, reducing operational inefficiencies, and making strategic decisions to maximize
profits.
DBI for Procurement helps you determine how procurement spend is changing over
time. It also enables you to track whether new procedures that you've put into place are
improving procurement measures.
DBI for Procurement offers the following dashboards:
• Procurement Status

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Cost Center Spend Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

The following dashboards are also available to the manager responsibilities in DBI for
Procurement:
• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

The Procurement Manager and Commodity Manager responsibilities also have access
to the Payables Management and Payables Status dashboards.
DBI for Procurement uses information from the following application areas:
• Oracle Purchasing: Mandatory for all dashboards.

• Oracle Payables: Mandatory for all dashboards except Commodity Supplier

Management and Sourcing Management.

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 • Oracle Sourcing: Mandatory for the Sourcing Management dashboard.

• Oracle Financials: Mandatory for the Cost Center Spend Management dashboard.

• Oracle Human Resources: Mandatory for the Procurement Manager, Commodity

Manager, Sourcing Manager, and Supplier Manager responsibilities.

• Oracle iProcurement: Optional.

• Oracle Services Procurement: Optional.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
Daily Business Intelligence for Procurement provides the following dashboards.

Procurement Status Dashboard

The Procurement Status reports address the following main points:
• The Unprocessed Requisitions reports show approved requisition lines in Oracle
iProcurement and Oracle Purchasing that are not canceled, rejected, or returned and
that are not on approved standard purchase orders, planned purchase orders, or
blanket purchase agreement releases. These reports show the current status of all
requisitions created and approved since the global start date, as of the Data Last
Updated date that appears at the bottom of the dashboard or report. Using these
reports, procurement managers can see the volume of requisitions waiting to be
processed (their purchase orders approved). If needed, managers can take the
necessary steps to improve or speed processing.

• The Unfulfilled Requisitions reports show approved requisition lines in Oracle

iProcurement and Oracle Purchasing that are not canceled, returned, or rejected and
that have not yet been received or invoiced. Service line types are excluded. These
reports show the current status of all requisitions created and approved since the
global start date, as of the Data Last Updated date that appears at the bottom of the
dashboard or report. If needed, managers can take the necessary steps to improve
or speed fulfillment.

Procurement Performance Management Dashboard

The Procurement Performance Management reports address the following main points:
• The Processed Requisitions reports show approved requisition lines in Oracle

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 iProcurement and Oracle Purchasing that are not canceled, returned, or rejected and
that are on approved standard purchase orders, planned purchase orders, or
blanket purchase agreement releases. These reports show the processed requisitions
in a selected period, such as the last rolling seven days. These reports help
procurement managers manage their buyers and procurement activities by viewing
the volume of requisitions processed in a given period, including the average time
required to process the requests, from the last approval date of the requisition to the
processed (purchase order approval) date.

• The Fulfilled Requisitions reports show approved requisition lines in Oracle

iProcurement and Oracle Purchasing that are not canceled, returned, or rejected and
that have been fulfilled by a receipt or invoice. Service line types are excluded.
These reports show the fulfilled requisitions in a selected period, such as in the last
rolling seven days. These reports help procurement managers manage their buyers
and procurement activities by viewing the volume of requests fulfilled in a given
period, including the average time required to fulfill the requests, from the last
approval date of the requisition to the fulfillment (receipt or invoice) date.

Procurement Management Dashboard

The Procurement Management reports address the following main points:
• The Non-Contract Purchases reports show how much the company spends on
purchases that were not flagged as negotiated in Oracle Purchasing.

• The Blanket Leakage reports show the amount purchased by the company that
resulted in leakage, meaning a blanket purchase agreement was in place but was
not leveraged. These reports also show how much could have been saved if blanket
leakage had been prevented.

• The PO Purchases reports show the total PO Purchases amount, including the
breakdown by item category and supplier.

• The Payables Leakage reports show the portion of your company's total invoice
amount that was not processed by the purchasing organization but which should
have been. That is, what percentage of the total invoice amount does not have
backing purchase orders?

Procure-to-Pay Management Dashboard

The Manual Invoices report on the Procure-to-Pay Management dashboard shows the
percentage of invoices that were created manually by your company's payables
department. It can help you determine with which suppliers you can automate the
invoicing process.

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Commodity Spend Management Dashboard
The Commodity Spend Management reports address the following main points:
• The Invoice Amount reports show how much your company is spending for each
commodity, based on the invoice amount. These reports help identify spending
trends with suppliers and commodities, potential demand aggregation
opportunities, and key suppliers.

• Spend Evaluation: This report grouping consists of these reports:

• PO Price Savings and Quantity Change

• Price Savings by PO Number

• Cumulative Price Savings

• Payables Leakage

These reports show how much your company is saving across all items and
suppliers in a commodity because of better prices. They also show approximately
how much the company is spending because of the quantities it is buying. From the
reports, you can view the purchasing documents responsible for the savings.

• The Contract Utilization reports show the total amount of contract purchases and
non-contract purchases by commodity. These reports also show these amounts
(rates) as a percentage of your total PO Purchases amount. If the total PO Purchases
amount for a commodity is increasing, then you can determine whether the rate of
contract utilization is increasing with it. From the reports, you can view contract
purchases by document type, purchasing document numbers, and details of the
purchasing documents that are responsible for the contract purchases and
non-contract purchases.

Commodity Supplier Management Dashboard

The Commodity Supplier Management reports address the following main points:
• The PO Price Change reports help you judge suppliers' performance by seeing how
much prices have increased or decreased for a specific supplier across all items and
operating units. From the reports, you can view the purchasing documents
responsible for the price change.

• The Returns reports show the suppliers and commodities that have the highest
return amount, return quantity, and number of return transactions, including rate
of return amounts. The reports show the return reasons so that you can determine
whether the same return reason is occurring repeatedly.

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 • The Rejections on Inspection reports measure how suppliers for a particular
commodity are performing on quality, based on rejections during inspection. The
reports show the rejection reasons.

• The Receipt Date Exceptions reports show, for specific suppliers and commodities,
the purchase order amount, quantity, and number of transactions received early,
within tolerance, or late, based on your receiving options setup in Oracle
Purchasing. The reports also show the quantity received early, within tolerance, or
late, and the average days early and late. You can see which suppliers and
commodities have the highest receipt date exception amount and number of
exception transactions.

Cost Center Spend Management Dashboard

From the Cost Center Spend Management dashboard, you can access the following
reports:
• Invoice Amount

• Spend Evaluation

• Contract Utilization

For descriptions of these reports, see Commodity Spend Management Dashboard, page
14-5.

Sourcing Management Dashboard

The Sourcing Management reports address the following main points:
• The Sourcing and Award reports enable you to view the total amount awarded to
suppliers in a given period, find out the growth rate of awarded negotiated lines,
and determine the organization's ratio of negotiated purchases to total purchases.
The Sourcing Cycle Time reports enable you to determine the average time required
to complete an award, figure out which phases of the sourcing process are the least
efficient, and track performance over time.

• The Sourcing Savings reports enable you to find out how much the organization
saved through negotiations and estimate the projected savings over a specific
period.

Supplier Management Dashboard

From the Supplier Management dashboard, you can access the following reports:
• Spend Analysis: This report grouping consists of these reports:

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 • PO Price Savings and Quantity Change

• Cumulative Price Savings

• Payables Leakage

These reports enable you to track spending trends. Find out whether purchase
order purchases (PO purchases) from a given supplier have increased or decreased.
Identify the operating unit that has the greatest invoice amount entered for a
selected supplier. Determine the total invoice amount matched to a purchase order
for each category for a selected supplier. View the total payment amount to a
selected supplier.

• PO Purchases: See Procurement Management Dashboard, page 14-4.

• PO Price Change: See Commodity Supplier Management Dashboard, page 14-5.

• Receipt Date Exceptions: See Commodity Supplier Management Dashboard, page

14-5.

• Invoice and Payables: This report grouping consists of these reports:

• PO Match Invoice Amount: This is the same report as the Invoice Amount
report on the Commodity Spend Management Dashboard, page 14-5.

• PO Match Invoice Amount Trend: This is the same report as the Invoice
Amount Trend report on the Commodity Spend Management Dashboard, page
14-5.

• Manual Invoices: See Procure-to-Pay Management, page 14-4.

• Manual Invoices Trend: See Procure-to-Pay Management, page 14-4.

• Returns: See Commodity Supplier Management Dashboard, page 14-5.

Average Price Reports

The Average Price reports are not associated with a particular dashboard. These reports
are available to users with the Supplier Manager, Procurement Manager, Daily
Procurement Intelligence, Commodity Manager, or Daily Commodity Intelligence
responsibility.
With these reports, you can determine the average price of an item for a particular
supplier or group of suppliers over a period of time, find out how the average price of
an item has changed over time, and view the potential savings if the operating unit had
placed purchase orders with the supplier with the lowest average price.

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Responsibilities
DBI for Procurement provides the following logon responsibilities:
• Procurement Manager, page 14-9

• Commodity Manager, page 14-9

• Sourcing Manager, page 14-9

• Supplier Manager, page 14-10

• Daily Procurement Intelligence, page 14-10

• Daily Commodity Intelligence, page 14-10

• Daily Sourcing Intelligence, page 14-10

• Daily Procurement Spend Intelligence, page 14-10

Access to data on the Procurement Status, Procurement Performance Management,

Procurement Management, Procure-to-Pay Management, and Supplier Management
dashboards is controlled by operating unit. Users assigned the responsibilities for these
dashboards see data only for the operating units to which they were given access using
the Oracle Human Resources security profile feature and MO: Security Profile, also
known as operating unit security.
Access to the data on the Commodity Spend Management, Commodity Supplier
Management, and Sourcing Management dashboards is controlled by operating unit
and by commodity assignment. For complete information, see Securing Data, page 14-
25.
Access to data on the Cost Center Spend Management dashboard is based on user-level
company and cost center security.
Access to the Payables Management, Payables Status, Expense Management, and HR
Management - Overview dashboards is also based on security. (Users will not see data
on these dashboards without the proper security, specific to these dashboards.) If you
want users to have access to data on these dashboards, see the Daily Business
Intelligence for Human Resources chapter and the Daily Business Intelligence for
Financials chapter for more information about security for these functional areas.
When a user navigates from one dashboard to another, the system uses the particular
security associated with the dashboard to determine the user's access.
You must assign implementers the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility if you want them to perform setup tasks, such as creating and submitting
request sets and setting up global parameters.

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Procurement Manager
The Procurement Manager responsibility provides access to the following dashboards:
• Procurement Status

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Commodity Manager
The Commodity Manager responsibility provides access to the following dashboards:
• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Sourcing Manager
The Sourcing Manager responsibility provides access to the following dashboards:
• Sourcing Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

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Supplier Manager
The Supplier Manager responsibility provides access to the following dashboards:
• Supplier Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Daily Procurement Intelligence

The Daily Procurement Intelligence responsibility provides access to the following
dashboards:
• Procurement Status

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

Daily Commodity Intelligence

The Daily Commodity Intelligence responsibility provides access to the following
dashboards:
• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

Daily Sourcing Intelligence

The Daily Sourcing Intelligence responsibility provides access to the Sourcing
Management dashboard.

Daily Procurement Spend Intelligence

The Daily Procurement Spend Intelligence responsibility provides access to the Cost
Center Spend Management dashboard.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

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 Expense Management: See the Daily Business Intelligence for Financials chapter.
HR Management - Overview: See Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS, page A-1.

Dimensions
DBI for Procurement uses the following dimensions, some of which are common across
Daily Business Intelligence.

Time
For a description of this dimension, see Time Dimension, page 1-12.

Currency
For a description of this dimension, see Currency Dimension, page 1-10. For
information on how DBI for Procurement uses currencies, see also Operating Units and
Currencies, page 14-28.

Operating Unit
Operating Unit is a dimension object in the Organization dimension. For a description
of this dimension object, see Operating Unit Dimension, page 1-10. See also Operating
Units and Currencies, page 14-28.

Item
DBI for Procurement uses the common Item dimension that is used by Daily Business
Intelligence. It uses the Purchasing Category set of the Item dimension. The dimension
collects all categories in the Purchasing Category set, but the DBI for Procurement
reports display only those categories that exist on purchase orders and releases. (In the
Procurement Status reports, the category comes from the requisition if a purchase order
is not yet available.) See Categories and Items, page 14-30.
See also Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Purchasing Items
DBI for Procurement uses its own item dimension object, Purchasing Items, in the Item
dimension. To display items in the reports, the Purchasing Items dimension object
includes master items from the common Item dimension and non-master items (items
not defined in Oracle Inventory) that are on purchase orders, releases, or requisitions.
Specifically, the Purchasing Items dimension object handles non-master items in the
manner described in Categories and Items, page 14-30.
Purchasing Items is a dimension object in the Item dimension, as follows:
• Item

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 • Purchasing Items

• Purchasing Category

• Purchasing Commodity Code

Purchasing Category
The Purchasing Category dimension object consists of categories that are set up as
Purchasing categories in Oracle Applications. In the reports, this dimension displays
categories that are on purchase orders, releases, and requisitions. See Categories and
Items, page 14-30.
Purchasing Category is a dimension object in the Item dimension, as follows:
• Item
• Purchasing Items

• Purchasing Category

• Purchasing Commodity Code

Purchase Commodity Code

The Purchase Commodity Code dimension object consists of commodities defined for
DBI for Procurement. A commodity is a grouping of purchasing categories. Companies
use Oracle Applications to define categories in different ways. In some cases, they
implement a hierarchy of categories. In other cases, they create only a single level of
categories above the item level. A higher-level grouping of purchasing categories is
called a commodity.
The Commodity Spend Management and Commodity Supplier Management reports
display purchase information for all commodities to which you are assigned. This way,
managers can compare the performance of one commodity with another.
People, usually buyers or commodity managers, are assigned to the commodities.
People see only their assigned commodities in the reports.
For more information, see Set Up Commodities, page 14-51.

Note: Commodities in the Purchase Commodity Code dimension

object are not part of the item-category hierarchy in the Item
dimension. The Purchase Commodity Code is its own dimension object
for DBI for Procurement.

Purchase Commodity Code is a dimension object in the Item dimension, as follows:

• Item

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 • Purchasing Items

• Purchasing Category

• Purchasing Commodity Code

Organization
For DBI for Procurement, the Organization dimension displays the ship-to organization
(Ship To Org) from the purchase order shipment in the reports. (In the Procurement
Status and Procurement Performance Management reports, the organization is the one
that owns the Deliver-To Location on the Oracle iProcurement requisition or is the
destination Organization on the Oracle Purchasing requisition, if the requisition is not
yet placed on a purchase order.) The Organization is a view-by parameter in some
reports. When viewing information by Organization in the reports, DBI for
Procurement aggregates the data for each ship-to organization that shows activity for
the given measure.
DBI for Procurement uses the unsecured inventory organization object of the common
Organization dimension.
• Organization (dimension)
• Inventory Organization (object). This dimension object is secured, using the
organization access feature in Oracle Inventory. DBI for Procurement does not
use this dimension object.

• Unsecured Inventory Organization (object). This dimension object ignores the

organization access feature. All organizations that are ship-to organizations in
Oracle Purchasing are included in this dimension object and in the DBI for
Procurement reports.

Supplier
The Supplier dimension displays suppliers and supplier sites in the DBI for
Procurement reports. The dimension obtains the suppliers and supplier sites from the
Suppliers and Supplier Sites windows in Oracle Applications. The dimension gathers
all suppliers and supplier sites, but the reports display only those suppliers and sites
that exist on purchasing documents (in the Supplier and Site fields on the document
header). For the invoice-based reports (Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, and Invoice
Amount), the reports display the suppliers and supplier sites from the invoices. (The
supplier site that is used on invoices is the Pay Site in the Supplier Sites window.)
The Supplier dimension displays the suppliers and supplier sites exactly as they were
defined in Oracle Applications and recognizes the supplier sites by operating unit just
as Oracle Applications does. In the reports, the supplier site name is appended with the
name of the supplier and operating unit.

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 When viewing information in the DBI for Procurement reports by supplier, DBI for
Procurement aggregates the data for suppliers for which transactions exist in the
system, across all supplier sites.
The Supplier dimension contains the following dimension objects:
• Supplier (dimension)
• Supplier (object)

• Supplier site (object)

• Supplier Business Classification (object)

Supplier Business Classification

The Supplier Business Classification is an optional dimension object in the Supplier
dimension. It is not used by any DBI for Procurement reports, but it is available to you
to use in a custom report. This dimension level contains all of the supplier business
classifications defined in Oracle iSupplier Portal. For example, Oracle iSupplier Portal
provides classifications such as Minority Owned, Woman Owned, and Small Business.
You can define additional classifications in Oracle iSupplier Portal. Some agencies are
required to track the types of suppliers with which they do business, or to do business
with certain types of suppliers. For example, an agency may have a goal of doing 40
percent of their business with small business suppliers. Supplier business classifications
enable you to define these supplier types and associate them with your suppliers.

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Custom Report Using Supplier Business Classification

The previous illustration shows an example custom report that shows PO purchases by
supplier business classification. For example, 17.90 percent of PO purchases are with
suppliers in the EU Region and Business classification.
To use the Supplier Business Classification dimension object, follow these steps:
1. To see the classifications that already come with Oracle iSupplier Portal or to define
additional classifications, see Implementing Supplier Profile Management in the
Oracle iSupplier Portal Implementation Guide.

2. To associate these classifications with suppliers, log on to Oracle iSupplier Portal

using the Supplier Profile Administrator responsibility, or ask the supplier to log on
using the Supplier Profile Manager responsibility. See the Oracle iSupplier Portal
online Help for details.

Note: DBI for Procurement does not use the supplier business
classifications provided in the Classification tab in the Supplier
Sites window in Oracle Purchasing. It uses only those that were
implemented in Oracle iSupplier Portal.

For instructions on creating custom reports, including selecting dimension objects such
as Supplier Business Classification for your custom report, see Overview of Creating
Dimensions, KPIs, Reports, and Dashboards, page 3-1.

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Person
The Person dimension is used to display the requester, buyer, invoice creator, and
negotiation creator in the DBI for Procurement reports. Although the reports display
data only for the requesters, buyers, invoice creators, and negotiation creators indicated
on the relevant documents, the Person dimension contains all defined employees in
Oracle Applications. By contrast, the Buyer parameter contains only buyers defined in
the Buyers window in Oracle Purchasing.
DBI for Procurement uses the All Persons (No Security) dimension object of the Person
dimension. It does not use a hierarchical Person dimension object.
The Person parameters are defined as follows:
• Buyer: The buyer indicated on the purchase order.

• Invoice Creator: The person who created or canceled the invoice distribution.

• Requester: The requester on the requisition. This is not necessarily the same person
as the requisition creator.

• Negotiation Creator: User who created the negotiation document in Oracle

Sourcing. The negotiation creator is not necessarily the buyer.

Transaction Reasons (for Rejections and Returns in Oracle Purchasing)

In DBI for Procurement, the Transaction Reasons dimension contains all of the
transaction reasons that are defined in the Transaction Reasons window in Oracle
Inventory. Users select these reasons while entering returns and inspections in Oracle
Purchasing. (For more information, see Transaction Reasons, page 14-39.) The
Transaction Reason dimension is owned and used exclusively by DBI for Procurement.

Document Type
Sourcing document type created in Oracle Sourcing. Examples include request for
information (RFI), request for quotation (RFQ), and auction.

Company
Represents a hierarchy of strategic business units or legal entities that can be organized
across geographic regions or otherwise tailored to business needs. This dimension is set
up in Oracle Financials.

Cost Center
Hierarchical grouping of balancing segment values or cost centers that are entities that
track either expenses or revenue.
This dimension is set up in Oracle Financials.

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Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

DBI for Procurement uses the following key performance indicators (KPIs).

Procurement Status KPIs

This section describes KPIs for the Procurement Status dashboard.
Use the unprocessed requisitions KPIs to see what volume of requisitions currently
need processing into purchase orders or releases, including how many are processed
late (past their expected date) and how long on average they have been in an
unprocessed state. Use these KPIs to help monitor processing time in your procurement
organization.
For more details on the following KPIs, see Unprocessed Requisitions Reports, Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide:
• Unprocessed Requisition Lines: Number of approved requisition lines that are not
canceled, returned, or rejected and that are not on an approved purchase order or
release.

• Unprocessed Requisition Lines Past Expected Date: Number of unprocessed

requisition lines for which the current date (that is, the Data Last Updated date that
appears at the bottom of each page) is past the Promised Date or Need-By Date on
the purchase order or release shipment, or past the Need-By Date on the requisition
line, whichever is available.

• Unprocessed Requisitions Amount: Price * Quantity.

Sum of the amounts on each purchase order or release shipment corresponding to
each unprocessed requisition line. If the requisition line is not yet on a purchase
order, then the requisition line amount (Price * Quantity) is used.

• Unprocessed Average Age (Days): Number of Days Pending / Unprocessed

Requisition Lines.
Number of Days Pending is the sum of the number of days between the last
approval date of the unprocessed requisition line and the current date (that is, the
Data Last Updated date that appears at the bottom of each page). This number is
then divided by the number of unprocessed requisition lines. Both date and time
(hours, minutes, and seconds) are taken into account.

Use the unfulfilled requisitions KPIs to see what volume of requisitions is currently
unfulfilled, including how many are fulfilled late (past their expected date) and how

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 long, on average, they have been in an unfulfilled state. Use these KPIs to help monitor
fulfillment time in your procurement organization, from request to receipt or invoice,
including both processing time and supplier issues that may affect fulfillment.
For more details on the following KPIs, see Unfulfilled Requisitions Reports, Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide:
• Unfulfilled Requisition Lines: Number of approved requisition lines that are not
canceled, returned, or rejected, and that were not:
• Fully received within the receipt close tolerance percentage if 3-Way or 4-Way
matching is used.

• Fully invoiced within the invoice close tolerance percentage if 2-Way matching
is used.

• Closed for any other reason.

• Unfulfilled Requisition Lines Past Expected Date: Number of unfulfilled

requisition lines for which the current date (that is, the Data Last Updated date that
appears at the bottom of each page) is past the Promised Date or Need-By Date on
the purchase order shipment or past the Need-By Date on the requisition line,
whichever is available.

• Unfulfilled Requisitions Amount: Price * Quantity

Sum of the amounts on each purchase order shipment referenced by each
unfulfilled requisition line. If the purchase order is not yet created, then the
requisition line amount (Price * Quantity) is used.

• Unfulfilled Average Age (Days): Number of Days Pending / Unfulfilled Lines

Number of Days Pending is the sum of the number of days between the last
approval date of the unfulfilled requisition line and the current date (that is, the
Data Last Updated date that appears at the bottom of each page). This number is
divided by the number of unfulfilled requisition lines. Both date and time (hours,
minutes, and seconds) are taken into account.

Procurement Performance Management KPIs

KPIs for the Procurement Performance Management dashboard are described in the
following paragraphs.
The processed requisitions KPIs enable procurement managers to view how much work
their organization is doing in volume and amount of processed requisitions, including
how long on average it took to process the requisitions.
For more details on the following KPIs, see Processed Requisitions Reports, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide:

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• Processed Requisition Lines: Number of approved requisition lines that are not
canceled, returned, or rejected and that are on an approved purchase order or
release.

• Processed Requisitions Amount: Price * Quantity.

Sum of the purchase order or release shipment amounts corresponding to each
processed requisition line.

• Processed Average Age (Days): Number of Days to Process / Processed Requisition

Lines.
Number of Days to Process is the sum of the number of days between the last
approval date of the processed requisition line and the last approval date of the
corresponding purchase order or release shipment; this number is divided by the
number of processed requisition lines. Both date and time (hours, minutes, seconds)
are taken into account.

The fulfilled requisitions KPIs enable you to measure the productivity of their
organization by seeing the volume of fulfilled requisitions, including how long it took
on average to fulfill the requisitions, from requisition approval to rendering of the
goods or services.
For more details on the following KPIs, see Fulfilled Requisitions Reports, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide:
• Fulfilled Requisition Lines: Number of approved requisition lines that are not
canceled, returned, or rejected and that have a corresponding purchase order or
release shipments that have been received within the receipt close tolerance
percentage (if 3-Way or 4-Way matching is used), invoiced within the invoice close
tolerance percentage (if 2-Way matching is used), or closed. The status of a fulfilled
shipment is Closed for Receiving, Closed for Invoicing, or Closed.

• Fulfilled Requisitions Amount: Price * Quantity.

Sum of the amounts on each purchase order or release shipment referenced by each
fulfilled requisition line.

• Fulfilled Average Age (Days): Number of Days Pending / Fulfilled Requisition

Lines.
Number of Days Pending is the sum of the number of days between the last
approval date of the fulfilled requisition line and the receipt or invoice date. This
sum is divided by the number of fulfilled requisition lines. Both date and time
(hours, minutes, and seconds) are taken into account.

• Percent Past Expected Date: (Fulfilled Requisition Lines Past Expected Date /
Fulfilled Requisition Lines) * 100.
Percent of fulfilled (received or invoiced) requisition lines that were fulfilled past

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 the Promised Date or Need-By Date on the purchase order or release shipment or
past the Need-By Date on the requisition line, whichever is available.

Procurement Management KPIs

KPIs for the Procurement Management dashboard are described in this section.
• Non-Contract Purchases Rate: (Non-Contract Purchases Amount / PO Purchases
Amount) * 100. Percent of non-contract purchases to the total purchase amount.
Non-contract purchases occur when, for an item purchased on a standard purchase
order, there was no negotiated pricing (no blanket purchase agreement or Oracle
iProcurement catalog item entry) in place. Non-contract purchases include blanket
leakage. Blanket leakage occurs when there was a blanket purchase agreement in
effect, but it was not referenced when the standard purchase order was created. See
also Non-Contract Purchases Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide,
PO Purchases Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• PO Purchases Growth Rate: ((PO Purchases Amount Current Period - PO

Purchases Amount Previous Period) / PO Purchases Amount Previous Period) *
100. Percent increase or decrease in the total purchase amount between the current
and previous time periods. See also PO Purchases Reports, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to identify increases or decreases in the total purchase amount.

• Payables Leakage Rate: (Leakage Amount / Invoice Amount) * 100. Invoice amount
for invoices that were not matched to a purchase order or receipt, as a percentage of
the total invoice amount. See also Payables Leakage Reports, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to identify how much of your invoice amount has not gone through
your procurement organization. A lower rate is desirable.

Procure-to-Pay Management KPIs

KPIs for the Procure-to-Pay Management dashboard are described in this section.

Manual Invoices Rate: Manual Distributions / Distributions. Percent of manual invoice

distributions to the total number of invoice distributions. See also Manual Invoices
Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to determine the level of automation that you are achieving in the
invoicing process.

Commodity Spend Management KPIs

This section describes KPIs for the Commodity Spend Management dashboard.

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• Invoice Amount Growth Rate: [(Invoice Amount Current Period - Invoice Amount
Previous Period) / Invoice Amount Previous Period] * 100.
This is the approximate amount that is being invoiced for the selected commodity
or commodities, compared to the previous period. See Invoice Amount Reports,
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Price Savings Amount: Sum of [Quantity * (Price - Benchmark Price)] * -1.

Use this KPI to measure how much you are saving in a commodity because of
better purchase order prices. The savings are measured by comparing today's prices
with a benchmark price, which is the average purchase order unit price for the
items in the previous enterprise year for all suppliers in a commodity, across all
operating units. A negative price savings indicates a price increase.
See also Spend Evaluation Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Quantity Change Amount at Benchmark: Sum of [Benchmark Price * (Quantity

Ordered Current Period - Quantity Ordered Previous Period)]
Use this KPI to track whether an increase in spending in a commodity is the result
of an increase in the purchased quantity, based on a benchmark price. The
benchmark price is the average purchase order unit price for the items in the
previous enterprise year for all suppliers in a commodity, across all operating units.
A positive number indicates an increase in the quantity purchased as compared to
the prior period.
For example, a price savings amount of -31 indicates that your price increased
compared to the benchmark price. If the quantity change at the benchmark price
also indicates an increase, then the commodity manager can determine whether the
increased volume indicates a need to negotiate volume-discount prices or indicates
market price increases in that commodity.
See also Spend Evaluation Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Contract Purchases Rate: (Contract Purchases Amount / PO Purchases Amount) *

100.
The Contract Purchases Amount is the amount on all standard purchase orders for
items that were purchased from the Oracle iProcurement catalog or via a punch-out
from the catalog (also known as Oracle iProcurement catalog item entries) that were
marked with a negotiated flag. For more information, see Contract and
Non-Contract Purchases, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to determine what percentage of your total purchasing amount in the
commodity was purchased on contract. A higher rate is desirable.
See also Contract Utilization Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Non-Contract Purchases Rate: (Non-Contract Purchases Amount / PO Purchases

Amount) * 100.

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 The Non-Contract Purchases Amount is the amount on all approved standard
purchase orders for which the negotiated flag was not selected. This calculation also
includes blanket leakage. For more information, see Contract and Non-Contract
Purchases, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to determine the percentage of purchases in the commodity that were
made without any contract being in place. A lower rate is desirable.
See also Contract Utilization Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Commodity Supplier Management KPIs

KPIs for the Commodity Supplier Management dashboard are described in the
following paragraphs.
• Price Change Amount: Sum of (Quantity * [Price - Supplier Benchmark Price]).
Use this KPI to measure how much you are saving in a commodity because of
better prices. The savings are measured by comparing today's prices with a supplier
benchmark price, which is the average unit price for the items in the previous
enterprise year for a supplier in a commodity, across all operating units. The
calculation includes complex work procurement.
A negative number indicates a price decrease.
See also Spend Evaluation Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Return Amount: Sum of (Price * Return Quantity).

The purchase order price is the price on the purchase order. Return Quantity is the
quantity on the return.
Use this KPI to see how much has been returned to suppliers, including the change
in that amount between the current and previous periods.
See also Returns Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Return Transactions: Number of return transactions performed in Oracle

Purchasing or Oracle iProcurement for the selected parameters. Each receipt can
have multiple return transactions.
See also Returns Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Receipt Date Exception Amount Rate: (Sum of Exception Amount / Sum of Receipt
Amount) * 100.
The Exception Amount is the price on the purchase order multiplied by the receipt
quantity for all receipts whose receipt dates fall outside the days early or days late
Receiving Options settings in Oracle Purchasing. The Receipt Amount is the price
on the purchase order multiplied by the receipt quantity for all receipts.
Use this KPI to monitor the supplier's performance by evaluating both early and

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 late receipt exceptions. A low rate is desirable.
See also Receipt Date Exceptions Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

• Receipt Date Exception Transactions Rate: (Sum of Exception Transactions / Sum

of Receipt Transactions) * 100.
Number of receipt date exception transactions as a percentage of all receipt
transactions that occurred for the selected parameters and period.
See also Receipt Date Exceptions Reports, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

Additional Information
An administrator can add these KPIs to the dashboard:
• Rejection on Inspection Amount Rate: Measures the rate of rejection on inspection
amount for goods and services.

• Return Amount Rate: Measures the rate of returned amount for goods and services.

• Return Transactions Rate: Measures the rate of return transactions to suppliers.

Cost Center Spend Management KPIs

The key performance indicators are the same as the Commodity Spend Management
KPIs, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Sourcing Management KPIs

This section describes KPIs for the Sourcing Management dashboard:
• Percent Purchases Negotiated: ([Sum of Purchase Amount from Purchase Order
and Release with backing sourcing document] / [Sum of Purchase Amount]) * 100.
This KPI shows the percentage of the PO purchases amounts that is backed by a
sourcing document in the period. This calculation takes into account all standard
purchase orders and releases, including those for complex work procurement.

• PO Purchases Amount: Sum of Purchase Amounts from Approved Purchase

Orders and Releases.
This KPI shows the total PO purchases amount. The calculation groups purchase
orders by first approval date. This calculation takes into account all standard
purchase orders and releases, including those for complex work procurement.

• Awarded Amount: Sum of Sourcing Awarded Amount.

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 This KPI shows the sum of all sourcing amounts awarded in the period, based on
the award-completed date.

• Average Cycle Time (Days): Sum of the Number of Days from Creation to
Completion of Sourcing Document Line / Number of Sourcing Document Lines
Completed in the Period.
For Auctions and requests for quotation (RFQs), the KPI considers the award
completion date. For requests for information (RFIs), the KPI considers the
complete date. For documents that undergo multiple rounds of negotiation, each
round is counted as a separate document.

• Projected Savings
• Amount: Sum of [Current Amount - Award Amount].
The amount is calculated based on the award completion date. Current price is
established by the buyer in the sourcing document at the beginning of the
negotiation process.

• Rate: (Sum of Projected Savings Amount / Sum of Current Amount) * 100.

• Per Line: Sum of Projected Savings Amount / Sum of Number of Awarded

Negotiation Lines.

• Realized Savings Amount: Sum of [Current Price * PO Quantity – PO Purchase

Amount] + Sum of [Current Price * Released Quantity – Release Amount].
The current price is the price cited in the first round of the auction.

Supplier Management KPIs

This section describes the KPIs for the Supplier Management dashboard:
• PO Purchases Amount: Sum of approved purchase amount for a selected supplier
or suppliers for the specified rolling period. The calculation includes purchases of
complex work.

• Price Change Amount: See Commodity Supplier Management KPIs, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Receipt Date Exception Amount Rate: See Commodity Supplier Management

KPIs, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Receipt Date Exception Transactions Rate: See Commodity Supplier Management

KPIs, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• PO Match Invoice Amount: Total amount of invoices that are matched to a

purchase order or receipt for the rolling period.

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 • Manual Invoices Rate: See Procure-to-Pay KPIs, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.

• Return Amount: See Commodity Supplier Management KPIs, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

• Return Transactions: See Commodity Supplier Management KPIs, Oracle Daily

Business Intelligence User Guide.

Additional Information
A user with the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility can add the
following KPIs to the dashboard:
• Rejection on Inspection Amount Rate

• Return Amount Rate

• Return Transactions Rate

See Additional Information, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide in "Commodity
Supplier Management KPIs" for more information.

Securing Data
Data in all DBI for Procurement reports is controlled by security setup in Oracle
Applications, using the Oracle Human Resources security profile feature and the MO:
Security Profile, also known as operating unit security.
In addition, data in the Commodity Spend Management, Commodity Supplier
Management, and Sourcing Management reports is controlled by the users assigned to
a commodity, in the context of the Commodity Manager role. In these reports, the data
is an intersection of the operating units and commodities to which the person has
access.

Operating Unit Security

Two types of operating unit security are available: MO: Security Profile and MO:
Operating Unit. MO: Security Profile sets security at a particular level. For example, if
you set MO: Security Profile at the responsibility level for the Procurement Manager
responsibility, then anyone assigned the Procurement Manager responsibility has the
same security access level. MO: Operating Unit allows the user access to a single
operating unit. If MO: Security Profile is not set at the user or site level, then MO:
Operating Unit at least allows the user to view some data. Oracle recommends using
MO: Security Profile.
The Oracle Human Resources security profile feature, also known as operating unit
security, allows users to see only the operating units that they need to conduct their

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 daily business. For example, if a company has three operating units, but a particular
user needs access to information in only two of them, the Oracle Human Resources
security profile prohibits the user from having access to the third operating unit. Data
that is specific to operating units to which the user does not have access does not appear
in the reports.
Operating unit security setup is required for all DBI for Procurement responsibilities.

Related Topics
For instructions on setting a profile option at a particular level, see the Oracle
Applications System Administrator's Guide.
For more information about security setup, see Set Up Operating Unit Security, page 2-
55.

Commodity Security
If you are implementing the Commodity Spend Management, Commodity Supplier
Management, or Sourcing Management reports, determine whether you use a
centralized or a local commodity management structure. You should assign a
centralized commodity manager operating unit security that gives the manager access
to all operating units so that the manager can see data for all commodities in the
company. You should assign a local commodity manager operating unit security that
gives access only to the operating units for which the manager is responsible.
For example, your company consists of three operating units: A, B, and C. One of your
company's commodities is paper. A centralized commodity manager who has access to
all three operating units sees purchasing data for paper across all operating units. A
local commodity manager sees purchasing data for paper only in the operating unit to
which the local manager is assigned using operating unit security.
In addition, the Commodity Spend Management, Commodity Supplier Management,
and Sourcing Management reports display data only for commodities that are assigned
to the person (user) viewing the dashboard or report. By contrast, the Procurement
Management and Procure-to-Pay reports display data for all Purchasing categories.
For information about setting up and assigning commodities, see Set Up Commodities,
page 14-51.

Note: Commodity setup is required only for the Commodity Spend

Management, Commodity Supplier Management, and Sourcing
Management dashboards and reports. If you are not implementing
these reports, then commodity security setup is not required.

Related Topics
For more information on security in Daily Business Intelligence, see Securing Data, page
1-15.

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Company and Cost Center Security
The Cost Center Spend Management dashboard and reports use company cost center
security. Users have access to the companies and cost centers assigned to them.
For more information, see the chapter on Daily Business Intelligence for Financials.

Buyer and Supplier Security

You can use either buyer or supplier security with the Supplier Management dashboard
and reports. In the case of supplier security, the supplier must have access to Oracle
iSupplier Portal. For more information, see Oracle iSupplier Portal User's Guide and
Oracle iSupplier Portal Implementation Guide.

Implementation Considerations
The following are common setup concerns that you should be aware of before you
begin setting up Daily Business Intelligence for Procurement.

Software
• Oracle Purchasing: Required for all dashboards.

• Oracle Payables: Required for all dashboards, except Commodity Supplier

Management and Sourcing Management.

• Oracle Sourcing: Required for the Sourcing Management dashboard.

• Oracle Human Resources: Required.

• Oracle Financials: Required for the Cost Center Spend Management dashboard.

• Oracle iProcurement: Optional.

• Oracle Services Procurement: Optional.

For more information, see Verify Hardware and Software Prerequisites, page 2-27.
Without Oracle Payables:
• You cannot view data in the Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, or Invoice
Amount reports.

• Requisition lines are not considered fulfilled by an invoice if 2-Way matching is

used.

• Requisition lines are fulfilled only when received, if 3-Way or 4-Way matching is

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 used, or when closed manually.

If you have Oracle iProcurement, then the reports include both master and non-master
items requisitioned using Oracle iProcurement.
Rate-based and fixed-price line types are included in the applicable reports, if Oracle
Services Procurement is implemented. For details on which reports include or exclude
these line types, see "Common Concepts for DBI for Procurement" in the Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide.

Global Start Date

All DBI for Procurement reports use the global start date that is established during the
basic Daily Business Intelligence setup. Data in the reports does not appear if it
occurred before the global start date. For more information, see Set Up Global
Parameters, page 2-30.
• For data to appear in the Procurement Status and Procurement Performance
Management reports, both the creation date and last approval date of the
requisition must be after the global start date.

• For data to appear in the purchase order-based reports, both the creation date and
first approval date of the purchase order distribution must be after the global start
date.

• For data to appear in the Returns, Rejections, and Receipt Date reports, both the
creation date of the return, receipt, or rejection transaction, and the creation date of
the purchase order shipment must be after the global start date.

• For data to appear in the Payables Leakage and Invoice Amount reports, the
general ledger (GL) date on the invoice distribution must be after the global start
date.

• For data to appear in the Manual Invoices report, the creation date of the invoice
distribution must be after the global start date.

Operating Units and Currencies

All DBI for Procurement reports display operating units and currencies as follows.

Operating Units
DBI for Procurement reports display data at the operating unit level. Whether a
company is using centralized or decentralized purchasing, the DBI for Procurement
reports classify data according to the operating unit in which the document, such as the
purchase order or invoice, was created.
Operating unit security in Oracle Applications controls the operating units to which

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 DBI for Procurement users have access. Before users can access data for specific
operating units, users must be given access to those operating units using the Oracle
Human Resources security profile feature and the MO: Security Profile, also known as
operating unit security. Users can then select all operating units in the Operating Unit
parameter when viewing the reports to see the data aggregated across all the operating
units to which users have access.
The user sees data only in the operating units to which the user has access. The
purchase order-based reports display data in the operating unit in which the purchase
order was created. The invoice-based reports (Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, and
Invoice Amount) display data in the operating unit in which the invoice was created.
The requisition-based reports (the Procurement Status and Procurement Performance
Management reports) display data in the operating unit in which the purchase order
was created; if the requisition line has not yet been placed on a purchase order, then
data appears in the operating unit in which the requisition was created. (Also, if the
requisition references a global blanket agreement, then the purchase order may be
created in a different operating unit than the requisition.)
If implementing the Commodity Spend Management, Commodity Supplier
Management, or Sourcing Management reports, consider the operating units to which
the different commodity managers need access to. See Securing Data, page 14-25.

Currencies
The DBI for Procurement reports display data in the functional currency associated
with the selected operating unit or in the primary currency set up when implementing
Daily Business Intelligence. If you set up a secondary currency when implementing
Daily Business Intelligence, then the reports include the option to display data in the
secondary currency, too. To display data in the functional currency, Daily Business
Intelligence converts amounts from the transaction (for example, purchase order)
currency to the functional currency. To display data in the primary currency, Daily
Business Intelligence converts amounts from the functional currency to the primary
currency, not from the transaction currency to the primary currency. If a secondary
currency has also been set up, then Daily Business Intelligence converts amounts from
the functional currency to the secondary currency. Daily Business Intelligence uses a
three-step process to convert amounts to the primary currency and secondary currency,
if a secondary currency has been set up. It converts from the transaction currency to the
functional currency to the primary (or secondary) currency.
To perform the conversions, DBI for Procurement uses the rate date from the purchase
order (for the purchase order-based reports) or from the invoice (for the Payables
Leakage report, Invoice Amount report, and reports on the Payables Management and
Sourcing Management dashboards). For the requisition-based reports (the Procurement
Status and Procurement Performance Management reports), DBI for Procurement uses
the rate date from the requisition if the requisition is not yet on a purchase order;
otherwise, it uses the rate date from the purchase order. (Even in the Fulfilled
Requisitions reports, DBI for Procurement uses the rate date from the purchase order,
not the invoice or receipt.) DBI for Procurement uses the rate date for converting from
the transaction to the functional currency and for converting from the functional to the

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 primary (or secondary) currency.
When you set up Daily Business Intelligence, make sure that currency conversion rates
exist between the transaction (purchase order or invoice) currency and the primary and
secondary currencies, for the period during which the transactions occurred. Otherwise,
currency conversion errors will occur when running the requests that populate data in
the reports. For more information, see the description of the Currency parameter in the
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Buyers, Invoice Creators, Negotiation Creators, and Requesters

In the DBI for Procurement reports, buyers appear exactly as they were selected in the
Buyers setup window in Oracle Purchasing. For information on how buyers default
onto purchasing documents, see the Oracle Purchasing User's Guide.
Invoice creators, who appear in the Payables Leakage and Manual Invoices reports, are
the users who entered or canceled the invoice in Oracle Payables. Unlike buyers, invoice
creators are not defined. An invoice creator is any user who is assigned the Payables
responsibility. Make sure that all users who are assigned the Payables responsibility
and who enter invoices have been fully set up as employees who are associated with
their user identifiers (IDs). Otherwise, the users appear as Unassigned in the reports.
Also, users must be set up as employees to view underlying purchase orders and
releases in the reports that include them. For instructions, see Set Up Users as
Employees, page 14-46.
Any person created in Oracle Human Resources can be a Requester or a Negotiation
Creator.
For more information, see the Person dimension, page 14-16.

Categories and Items

The categories that appear in the DBI for Procurement reports are set up as Purchasing
categories in Oracle Applications. (See the Oracle Inventory User's Guide.) Purchasing
categories are set up as follows, using the Purchasing responsibility:
• Navigate to Setup : Items : Categories, Category Codes to define categories.

• Navigate to Setup : Items : Categories, Category Sets to add the category codes to
the Purchasing category set.

The categories and items that appear in the reports were purchased in the selected
period. No hierarchy of categories is available in the reports.
You should control Purchasing category sets at the master level for all organizations,
rather than for a specific organization. When the Purchasing category set is controlled at
the master level, the DBI for Procurement reports can aggregate data by category for all
organizations.
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organization may vary in how a given item is assigned to a category. For example, a
purchase order in one organization purchases the same item as a purchase order in
another organization, but one of them uses a different category. In the reports, the item
is listed once under each category. Also, each operating unit has one Financial Systems
Parameter (FSP) organization, which Oracle Purchasing uses to default category
information based on the item on the purchase order line. The FSP organization is the
Inventory Organization in the Supplier-Purchasing tabbed region of the Financials
Options window. If you use the same item-category assignments for all FSP
organizations, then controlling a Purchasing category set at the organization level does
not result in an item being reported in multiple categories. For best results, control the
Purchasing category set at the master level.
You should also use only one item master. For example, item AS54888 exists in two
different item master organizations: M1 and M2. Two different operating units have
purchased this item, but each uses a different master organization. In the reports, the
item appears as AS54888 (M1) and AS54888 (M2). The reports cannot aggregate these
items and report them as one item. DBI for Procurement treats them as separate items.
For more information about item master and master organization setup, see the sections
Assigning Items to Categories and Defining Category Sets in the Oracle Inventory User's
Guide.
The items that appear in the DBI for Procurement reports were purchased (that is, they
exist on purchase orders or releases) in the given period.
• Master items appear as they were defined in Oracle Inventory, using the item
number and master organization code, for example, item name AS54888 (V1). You
must assign master items to an organization before you can use the items on
purchase orders. Master items were defined for the master inventory organization
that was defined in the financials system parameters (Financials Options window)
in Oracle Applications. For reports that display the item description, the item
description also comes from the item master.

• If a non-master item (that is, an item not defined in Oracle Inventory) has an
associated supplier item number, then the supplier item number appears appended
with the supplier name, for example, Laptop X (Supplier Corp). If two or more
non-master items have the same supplier item number but different descriptions,
then they are aggregated as one item. They are aggregated by supplier name and
supplier item number. The item description they display is from the first-collected
purchase order when the programs were run to populate the reports. For example,
the following two items exist on purchase orders:
• Supplier item number Laptop X (Supplier Corp) with the item description
Ultra-thin laptop.

• Supplier item number Laptop X (Supplier Corp) with the item description
Standard employee laptop.

Because the supplier item numbers and suppliers are the same, the item is

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 aggregated as Laptop X (Supplier Corp), and the first-collected description appears. If
the first-collected purchase order used the latter item description, then this item
appears as a single item, Laptop X (Supplier Corp), with the item description Standard
employee laptop. For the Procurement Status reports, the supplier item number and
description come from the first-collected requisition, if a first-collected purchase
order is not available.
In the rare case that a purchase order does not have a supplier and supplier
identifier (ID), then the item is treated as a non-master item without a supplier item
number.

• If the non-master item has no associated supplier item number, then the item
description appears followed by the category code, for example, Large mouse pad
(COMPUTER.PERIPHERAL). The description is not truncated. If two or more
non-master items without a supplier item number have the same description and
category, then they are aggregated and appear as one item with the description and
category code. If the descriptions or categories differ, they appear as separate items.
If the descriptions and categories are the same, but the suppliers differ, then they
still appear as one item with the description and category code. If you view the item
information by supplier, however, you see the data for that item and supplier.
For best results, enter supplier item numbers for non-master items wherever
possible. For example, if buyers enter a non-master item on two different purchase
orders, and the non-master item uses the same supplier item number, then the
reports aggregate the purchases across both purchase orders, as long as the same
supplier was used. If a supplier item number was not entered, then the description
appears. If the description differs between the two purchase orders, then the item
appears as two different items.

The reports use the category associated with the item at the time the purchase order
was created. If a user updates the item category, then this change is not reflected in the
original purchase order and therefore is not reflected in the reports. Changes in item
category assignments are reflected in purchase orders created after the change. The
reports use the item category assignments reflected on the purchase orders. In the
Procurement Status reports, if a requisition line is not yet placed on a purchase order or
release, then the category from the requisition is used.
DBI for Procurement enables you to analyze purchases at the item and category levels
but not at the item revision level. For example, item AS54888 is assigned to inventory
organization D1. Item revision B is then created to change the color and a few other
attributes of this item, specifically for the D1 organization. A purchase order is then
generated for the D1 organization, for item AS54888, revision B. A purchase order for
AS54888 is then generated for inventory organization P1. The revision selected for this
purchase order is D. This revision in this organization increases the cost of the item by
10 percent. DBI for Procurement cannot report these two revisions separately. In this
example, the amounts for AS54888 on each purchase order are aggregated in the
reports.

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Units of Measure
Except for the Procurement Management and the Procure-to-Pay Management reports,
all reports display the unit of measure (UOM) when you view item-level details.
For example, the Contract Utilization report includes the total PO Purchases Amount. If
you click a category in the report, then the report shows the items in that category,
including their UOMs. The Invoice Amount report displays the item number and
description but not the UOM.
The same items are grouped to give the total amounts. In addition, UOM is aggregated
as follows:
• For master items, the UOM is converted from the UOM on the purchase order
transaction to the Primary UOM set up for the item. This is the Primary UOM
defined for the master organization of the FSP organization. The FSP organization is
the Inventory Organization in the Supplier-Purchasing tabbed region of the
Financials Options window. Every FSP organization is associated with a master
organization.
For the Procurement Status reports, if the requisition line is not yet placed on a
purchase order, then the UOM is converted from the UOM on the requisition to the
Primary UOM set up for the item.

• For non-master items (that is, items with or without a supplier item number), the
reports use the UOM from the purchase order transaction.
For the Procurement Status reports, if the requisition line is not yet placed on a
purchase order, then the reports use the UOM on the requisition.

For examples of UOM conversions, see Common Concepts in the DBI for Procurement
chapter of the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Note: Based on the item grouping rules described in Categories and

Items, page 14-30 and on the UOM rules described above, non-master
items without supplier item numbers that do not have the same UOM,
category, and description, appear as separate items (rows) in the
item-level detail reports. The Invoice Amount report groups
non-master items based on their categories and descriptions only; they
do not display or use UOM.

Archiving
Many DBI for Procurement reports use the approval date on the purchase order
distribution to determine in which period to report the transaction. The recording of the
approval date depends on whether you have set up Oracle Purchasing to archive on
approval or archive on print. This setting can affect the timing of data in the reports.
Therefore, timely creation and approval of purchase orders and releases reflect the

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 timing of the data accurately in these reports.
Archiving on approval may give better timing of purchase order and release data than
archiving on print. If you use the Archive on Print setup option (defined in the
Document Types window in Oracle Purchasing), then some purchases may get placed
in a later time period than the commitment was actually made to the supplier.
Archiving on print affects the timing of purchases in the reports, only if you change the
purchase order and reapprove it before printing. For example:
• You use the Archive on Print setup option.

• You create and approve a purchase order on April 1.

• This purchase order appears in the reports in the April period.

• You have not yet printed the purchase order, and on May 1 you change the quantity
on the approved purchase order line and reapprove the purchase order.

• The distributions for this updated line now appear in the May time period instead
of April. If the setup was for Archive on Approval, these distributions would still
appear in April. If you had printed the document immediately after approving the
change, these distributions would also have appeared in April.
When you archive on approval, Oracle Purchasing archives (stores) the change
upon reapproval. When you archive on print, Oracle Purchasing does not archive
the latest changes until printing; previous approved changes are overwritten by the
later changes.

As the preceding example illustrates, archiving on approval reflects more accurate

timing of the purchase order and release data. The PO Revisions value in the Unfulfilled
Requisitions in the Unfulfilled Requisition Lines Summary and Unfulfilled Requisition
Lines - PO Revisions reports may also be affected by Archive on Print. For details, see
the DBI for Procurement chapter in the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
For more information about archiving on approval and archiving on print, see the
Oracle Purchasing User's Guide.

Minimizing Non-Contract Purchases and Blanket Leakage

In Oracle Purchasing and Oracle iProcurement, users indicate that a purchase is a
contract purchase by selecting a negotiated flag. DBI for Procurement uses this flag to
determine where to bucket the purchase, with contract purchases or non-contract
purchases.
The accuracy of reporting of contract and non-contract purchases depends on the
accuracy and consistency of the use of the negotiated flag.
To minimize non-contract purchases, buyers have to negotiate the price with suppliers
and select the negotiated flag in the purchase orders or releases created in Oracle
Purchasing and Oracle iProcurement. To minimize blanket leakage, buyers should use a

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 blanket purchase agreement, if available, when making purchases.

Script Functions
These scripts are required for customers who use the negotiated flag feature and who
have data that was created in release 11.5.9 or earlier. In those releases, the negotiated
flag used the values X, 1, 0, and NULL. In this release, however, the negotiated flag uses
only Y or N. The value Y indicates a purchase is a contract purchase. N indicates a
purchase is a non-contract purchase. These scripts classify the pre-11.5.9 data accurately
to make the negotiated flag either Y or N.

Note: It is not mandatory to run these scripts. If you choose to run

them, you may opt to run only the first script. If you run both, you
must run them in order.

• Script 1: poau12pol1.sql
Run this script to ensure that existing blanket and planned releases and standard
purchase orders with backing quotations or global blanket purchase agreements are
classified as contract purchases in release 12. This script converts existing
transactions with the values X, 1, and 0 to contract purchases. This script sets
po.po_lines_all.negotiated_by_preparer_flag to Y in the following cases:
• Lines of blanket purchase orders and global blanket purchase orders.

• Lines of planned purchase orders.

• Lines of standard purchase orders that have a backing quotation or global

blanket purchase orders whenever they are NULL, X, 1, or 0.

This script will not update the negotiated flag of any line to N.

• Script 2: poau12pol2.sql
Run this script to ensure that all data is classified as either contract or non-contract
purchases. This script converts all values of X and 1 to Y and all 0 values to N.

The decision process is illustrated here:

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 The following step numbers correspond to the numbers in the diagram:
1. Do you have data from release 11.5.9?

2. Do you have custom reports that use the negotiated flag?

3. Do you want 11.5.9 data to be bucketed into contract and non-contract purchases?

4. Do you want lines to be classified as contract purchases? Lines refer to blanket

purchase orders, global blanket purchase orders, planned purchase orders,
standard purchase orders with backing quotation, or global blanket purchase
orders.

5. Do you want the remaining 11.5.9 data to be classified into contract and
non-contract purchases?

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Processed and Fulfilled Requisitions
Note the following implementation considerations if you plan to use the Procurement
Status dashboard, which contains the Unprocessed Requisitions and Unfulfilled
Requisitions reports, or the Procurement Performance Management dashboard, which
contains the Processed Requisitions and Fulfilled Requisitions reports.

Cancellations
When an approved requisition line is on an approved purchase order or release, it is
included in the Processed Requisitions reports. If the purchase order or release
shipment corresponding to this requisition line is canceled, then the requisition line is
no longer considered processed and appears in the Unprocessed Requisitions reports.
To capture accurate data in the Unprocessed Requisitions reports, Oracle recommends
canceling requisition lines that have corresponding purchase order or release shipments
that have been canceled. Canceled requisition lines do not appear in the Unprocessed
Requisitions reports.

Match Approval Level Setup

Whether a requisition line is considered fulfilled depends on your Match Approval
Level setup. For example, if the Match Approval Level is 2-Way, then a requisition line
is considered fulfilled when its corresponding purchase order or release shipment is
matched to an invoice; if the Match Approval Level is 3-Way, then fulfillment occurs
upon receipt. See the DBI for Procurement chapter in the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide for details.
The Unfulfilled Requisitions and Fulfilled Requisitions reports take the Match Approval
Level from the purchase order or release shipment. The shipment, in turn, is defaulted
first from your item setup (if specified there), then from your supplier setup (if not
specified at the item level), and finally from your purchasing options (if not specified at
the supplier level). For details, see Entering Purchase Order Shipments, Oracle
Purchasing User's Guide, and Receiving Controls, Options, and Profiles, Oracle
Purchasing User's Guide.

Note: By default, when you first set up Oracle Applications, the Match
Approval Level option is set to 2-Way matching.

You may want to check your Match Approval Level setup to see how the reports will
define fulfillment. The following instructions describe how to set or view the Match
Approval Level at all levels, but you can set it at any level:
1. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Items menu and open the Master Items or
Organization Item window, depending on how you defined your items.

2. In the Master Items or Organization Item window, query the item for which you
want to set a default match approval level.

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 3. In the Purchasing tabbed region, set or view the Receipt Required and Inspection
Required options.
If Receipt Required is Yes, then 3-Way matching is assumed. If Inspection Required
is Yes, then 4-Way matching is assumed. If both of these options are set to No, then
2-Way matching is assumed.

4. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Suppliers window: Supply Base, Suppliers.

5. Query the supplier name for which you want to view the Match Approval Level.

6. In the Receiving tabbed region, set or view the Match Approval Level as 2-Way,
3-Way, or 4-Way. (If blank, the default is 2-Way, unless you specify something else
in the Purchasing Options window.)

7. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Purchasing Options window: Setup :

Organizations, Purchasing Options.

8. In the Default tabbed region, set or view the Match Approval Level as 2-Way,
3-Way, or 4-Way.

Close Tolerance Setup

Whether a requisition line is considered fulfilled also depends on the following two
options:
• Invoice Close Tolerance (%)

• Receipt Close Tolerance (%)

For example, if a 2-Way shipment is matched to an invoice within tolerance, then it is

considered fulfilled; if it is matched outside the specified tolerance, then it is not
considered fulfilled. (See the DBI for Procurement chapter in the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide for details.) The Unfulfilled Requisitions and Fulfilled
Requisitions reports obtain both of these close tolerance percentages from the purchase
order or release shipment. The shipment, in turn, is defaulted from your item setup. If
not specified there, then the close tolerances come from the Purchasing Options setup.
You may want to check your closed tolerance setup to see how the reports will define
fulfillment. The following instructions describe how to set or view the close tolerance at
all levels, but you can set it at any level:
1. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Items menu and open the Master Items or
Organization Item window, depending on how you defined your items.

2. In the Master Items or Organization Item window, query the item for which you
want to set a default invoice or receipt close tolerance.

3. In the Purchasing tabbed region, set or view the Receipt Close Tolerance percentage

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 and Invoice Close Tolerance percentage.

4. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Purchasing Options window: Setup :

Organizations, Purchasing Options.

5. In the Default tabbed region, set or view the Receipt Close % and Invoice Close %.

Automatic Document Creation

The Processed Requisitions and Fulfilled Requisitions reports include manual lines,
rate, and amount measures that show how many requisition lines were manually
placed on purchase orders or releases. For example, if AutoCreate in Oracle Purchasing
was used to create the purchase order from the requisition line, then the requisition line
is considered manually created.
By default, when you set up Oracle Purchasing, attributes in the PO Create Documents
workflow are already set up to process requisition lines into purchase orders or releases
automatically. You may want to check whether your company kept or changed this
setup. See Choosing Workflow Options in the Oracle Purchasing User's Guide for details
on this setup. Also, see the DBI for Procurement chapter in the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide for a complete description of what constitutes manual and
automatic document creation to determine whether you want to institute more
automatic processes now.

Note: Documents created before Family Pack E of Oracle Daily

Business Intelligence have a null value for the document creation
method, which is interpreted as automatically created. The manual and
automatic document creation methods described in the Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide take effect after you start using Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence, Family Pack E.

Transaction Reasons
The Reason column in the Returns Breakdown and Rejections by Reason reports
aggregates data by the Reason code, such as Broken Upon Delivery. A user selects a
reason code in the Details tabbed region in the Returns window when entering a return
and in the Inspection Details window when entering inspections (rejections) for
receiving transactions. The person who enters the return or inspection selects from a list
of reasons, which are defined in the Transaction Reasons window.

Note: The reason codes used during inspection are the same reason
codes used when creating a return. The person who enters the return
typically selects the same reason code as the inspection rejection, but it
is not required; a user can select a different reason on the return. In this
case, the reason codes will differ between the Returns by Reason and

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 Rejections by Reason reports.

The Reason code field is optional on the return and inspection. The Reason column in
the reports displays only reasons that exist on return or rejection transactions. Returns
and inspections for which no Reason code is given appear with a Reason code of
Unassigned in the reports.
If you want to define reason codes or refine existing reason codes, log on to Oracle
Applications using the Purchasing responsibility. Select Transaction Reasons to open
the Transaction Reasons window. Alternatively, you can access this window through
the Inventory responsibility, by selecting Transactions, Reasons.

Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, and Invoice Amount

The following sections describe additional implementation considerations for the
Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, and Invoice Amount reports.
These reports display data for invoices that have been validated. The reports do not
require that the invoices also be approved.

Suppliers as Employees
Companies set up suppliers as employees when they want to exclude employee-related
expenses from the procurement process. Likewise, suppliers who are set up as
employees are excluded from the Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, and Invoice
Amount reports.
To see whether a supplier is set up as an employee:
1. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Suppliers window: Supply Base, Suppliers.

2. Query the supplier name.

3. In the Classification tabbed region, ensure that the field Type is set to Employee.
Also, ensure that the employee number is selected and saved in the supplier record
if you do not want the supplier employee record to appear in the reports.

4. Save your changes, if any.

Match Approval Level and Purchasing Site Setup

Some suppliers are paid without a matching purchase order, and you do not want to
consider these payments as leakage. For example, electricity bills may be paid without a
matching purchase order. To ensure that these kinds of payments are not counted as
leakage in the Payables Leakage report, ensure that the Match Approval Level option in
the Suppliers window is blank for the supplier. Suppliers for whom the Match
Approval Level is blank are not counted in the payables leakage.
Supplier sites for which the Purchasing option is not selected are also not counted in the

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 Payables Leakage report.
In summary:
• Supplier sites that you want to capture in the Payables Leakage report should have
the Purchasing option selected.

• Suppliers you want to capture as leakage in the Payables Leakage report should
have the Match Approval Level set to 2-Way, 3-Way, or 4-Way.

• For the Invoice Amount report, the Match Approval Level can be set to any level,
and the Purchasing option does not have to be selected. The Invoice Amount report
requires only that the invoice be matched to a purchase order or receipt in order to
include the invoice in the invoice amount.

Note: By default, when you first set up Oracle Applications, the

Match Approval Level option is set to 2-Way matching. If you did
not specifically alter this option for any supplier during the
application setup, then all unmatched invoices for these suppliers
are counted as payables leakage.

To set the Match Approval Level and Purchasing options:

1. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Suppliers window: Supply Base, Suppliers.

2. Query the supplier name.

3. In the Receiving tabbed region, set the Match Approval Level to 2-Way, 3-Way, or
4-Way to capture the supplier as leakage if matching has not occurred. Set the
Match Approval Level to the blank option to exclude the supplier from leakage if
matching has not occurred.

4. Save your changes, if necessary.

5. Choose Sites.

6. In the General tabbed region, ensure that the Purchasing option is selected in the
Site Uses area if you want the supplier site to be included in the Payables Leakage
report.

7. Save your changes, if necessary.

Invoice Amount
The Invoice Amount report displays amounts only from validated invoices that were
matched to a purchase order or receipt. By using matched invoices, the report can link
the invoice amount to a commodity, purchasing category, item, or buyer from the

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 purchase order so that you can analyze where the spending occurred. All invoice
distributions with an item line type are included in the invoice amount, including
standard invoices, debit memos, credit memos, mixed invoices, corrections, and so on.
Invoice distributions with a line type of freight or tax are not included in the invoice
amount.
Invoices that are not matched to a purchase order or receipt are not included in the
invoice amount. Therefore, Oracle recommends performing invoice matching for all
invoices that require it. For example, if an electricity bill is paid without a matching
purchase order, then purchase order matching is not required for this invoice. Invoices
that are not matched appear in the Payables Leakage report.
Invoice matching ensures that you are getting an accurate picture of your spending in
the Invoice Amount report.

Receipt Date Exceptions

The Receipt Date Exceptions reports are affected by your receiving options setup in
Oracle Purchasing and by Oracle Transportation Execution, if implemented.

Receiving Options Setup

The Receipt Date Exceptions report displays the purchase order amount of items
received early or late, as determined by the receiving options that are set up in Oracle
Purchasing. If an item is received within the Days Early or Days Late allowed in the
receiving options, then it is not a receipt date exception.
Ensure that your Days Early or Days Late receiving options are set up according to your
requirements in the Receiving Options window in Oracle Purchasing.
You can set the receiving options at the receiving organization, supplier, item, or
transaction level. The option is recorded on the purchase order at whatever level that
you set the receiving options. For example, a supplier-level tolerance defaults onto the
purchase order based on the supplier specified on the purchase order. The Receipt Date
Exceptions report picks up the tolerance from the purchase order.
You can set the receiving options to whole or fractional numbers. For example:
• Days Early of 0.5 = 12 hours

• Days Late of 0.5 = 12 hours

Both date and time (hours, minutes, and seconds) are used to determine whether the
receipt is early or late. For example, the Days Late tolerance is 0.5, which translates to 12
hours. If the receipt is made 13 hours after the Need-by Date and time, then the receipt
is considered late.

Note: If you set the Action to Reject (the choices are None, Reject, or
Warning) a receiving option, then items received outside the specified

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 option are rejected and cannot be received. These items are not
included in the Receipt Date Exceptions report.

If you never specified receiving options in your Oracle Purchasing setup, the default
options that Oracle Purchasing (and therefore the Receipt Date Exceptions report)
assumes at all levels are:
• Days Early: 5

• Days Late: 5

• All Action fields: Warning

To check or change the receiving options setup:

1. In Oracle Purchasing, navigate to the Receiving Options window: Setup :
Organizations, Receiving Options.

2. In the Receipt Date section, make sure the following options are set as needed:
• Days Early

• Days Late

• Action

3. You can also set these options at the supplier level in the Suppliers window, item
level in the Master Items window, or purchase order level in the Receiving Controls
window for the purchase order.

For more details, see the Oracle Purchasing User's Guide.

Note: If you change the receiving options on a purchase order after

some items were already received, then the change takes effect for both
new and existing receipts. For example, a purchase order has a Days
Late allowed of 2 days. Some of the items were received outside this
limit, on day 3, and appear in the report as late. Later, you change the
Days Late on this purchase order to 3. The next time the request sets are
run, the received items no longer appear in the report. Both new and
existing receipts are affected by the change.

Oracle Transportation Execution Impact

If you use Oracle Transportation Execution, then you have the option of indicating
whether a purchase order has its transportation arranged by the buying organization or
by the supplier. If the Transportation Arranged option was set to Buying Organization
in the Terms and Conditions window when entering a purchase order, then receipt of

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 this shipment is always considered on time. This option can also be set in the Supplier
Sites window and defaulted onto purchasing documents based on the supplier site. If
the buyer arranges transportation, then an early or late receipt is not a reflection of the
supplier's performance. Therefore, shipments arranged by the buying organization are
included in the total receipt amounts, quantities, and transactions, but never in the
exceptions.

Setup Checklist

Set Up All DBI for Procurement Dashboards

The table in this section provides a list of the steps required to implement the following
dashboards and associated reports:
• Procurement Status

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Cost Center Spend Management

• Sourcing Management

• Supplier Management

If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of setting up
the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat this setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

Step Responsibility

Convert to a Multiple Organization System Administrator

Architecture, page 14-46

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Step Responsibility

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

This step includes the option to customize • System Administrator

aging buckets. See Customize Bucket Sets,
page 2-41.

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• Item Manager

Set Up Users as Employees, page 14-46 • Purchasing

• Human Resources

• System Administrator

Review POA: DBI Implementation, page 14-47 System Administrator

Set Up Document Views, page 14-48 • System Administrator

• Purchasing

Consider Access to Human Resources and (Multiple responsibilities)

Financials Dashboards, page 14-50

Set Up Commodities, page 14-51 Purchasing

Set Up DBI for Financials Profile Options and Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
Source Ledger Group Assignment, page 14-62

Set Up Company and Cost Center Dimensions,

page 14-61

Set Up Scores and Weights, page 14-63

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

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Convert to a Multiple Organization Architecture
Because DBI for Procurement organizes much of its data by operating unit, it requires a
multiple-organization architecture, even if your business is composed of just one
operating unit. For instructions on converting to a multiple-organization architecture,
see Setting Up Multiple Organization Architecture, page 2-28.

Set Up Users as Employees

The following reports require users to also be set up as employees, if they are not
already:
• The Payables Leakage and Manual Invoices reports display the invoice creator. The
invoice creator is the Oracle Applications user who first created the invoice or who
canceled the invoice in Oracle Payables. For example, a transaction that was created
by Clerk A, but canceled by Clerk B, appears under Clerk B's total payables leakage
amount. If this user is not set up as an employee, then the invoice creator appears as
Unassigned in the Payables Leakage and Manual Invoices reports.

• The DBI for Procurement user must be set up as an employee for all reports that
enable you to view the underlying purchase order or release. Otherwise, the user
will receive an error that the purchase order details are not available.

To confirm that an invoice creator or DBI for Procurement user is set up as both an
employee and user:
1. Navigate to the Enter Person window.
If you use Oracle Purchasing without Oracle Human Resource Management
Systems, navigate to the Enter Person window from the Purchasing responsibility.
If you use Oracle Purchasing with Oracle Human Resource Management Systems,
navigate to the Enter Person window from the Human Resources responsibility:
People, Enter and Maintain.

2. Make sure a record for the user exists in this window.

3. In the System Administrator responsibility, select Define under Security : User.

4. Make sure this employee (in the Enter Person window) is tied to a user in the Users
window.
Query the user who you want to associate with this employee, and enter this
employee (Person) for the user.

For more information on these instructions, see the Oracle Human Resources
Management Systems documentation and the Oracle Applications System Administrator's
Guide.

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Review POA: DBI Implementation
Perform this step only if your company uses Oracle Sourcing.
Oracle Sourcing uses the profile option POA: DBI Implementation to determine
whether Oracle Sourcing displays links to the following DBI for Procurement
dashboards:
• Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

Set POA: DBI Implementation as follows:

• If you use both Oracle Sourcing and DBI for Procurement, and you want Oracle
Sourcing users to view the reports associated with these dashboards, then set the
POA: DBI Implementation profile option to Yes. (By default, it is already set to Yes.)

• If you use Oracle Sourcing but not DBI for Procurement, then set this profile option
to No.

• If you use both Oracle Sourcing and DBI for Procurement, but you do not want
Oracle Sourcing users to view the DBI for Procurement reports, then set this profile
option to No.

To set this profile option, if you do not want to accept its default setting:
1. Log on to Oracle Applications.

2. Access the System Administrator responsibility.

3. Select Profile: System.

4. Search for the profile option POA: DBI Implementation.

5. At the site level, select Yes or No for the profile option.

The profile option can be set only at the site level.

6. Save your work.

If you need more information on setting profile options, see the Oracle Applications
System Administrator's Guide.

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Set Up Document Views
Many DBI for Procurement reports display the documents underlying the data. This
section describes the setup that you must perform to view these documents.
The following reports use Oracle iProcurement, Oracle iSupplier Portal, or Oracle
Sourcing to display the underlying documents:
• Some of the Unprocessed Requisitions, Unfulfilled Requisitions, Processed
Requisitions, and Fulfilled Requisitions reports display the underlying requisitions
using Oracle iProcurement.

Note: You do not have to explicitly install or implement Oracle

iProcurement to view these documents. They are viewable
automatically. Oracle iProcurement is used behind the scenes to
display the documents.

• The Contract Purchases by PO Number, Non-Contract Purchases by PO Number,

Blanket Leakage by PO Number, Price Savings by PO Number, Price Change by PO
Number, and Award Amount by Sourcing Document Number reports display the
underlying purchasing documents using Oracle iSupplier Portal; the Unprocessed
Requisitions, Unfulfilled Requisitions, Processed Requisitions, and Fulfilled
Requisitions reports also display these documents.

Note: You do not have to explicitly install or implement Oracle

iSupplier Portal to view these documents. They are viewable
automatically. Oracle iSupplier Portal is used behind the scenes to
display them.

• The Unprocessed Requisition Lines - Pending Sourcing report displays the

underlying Oracle Sourcing documents, if you use Oracle Sourcing.

• The Award Amount by Sourcing Document and Completed Negotiations by

Sourcing Document reports display the underlying Oracle Sourcing documents.

Note: Users do not need to be assigned iProcurement, iSupplier Portal,

or Sourcing responsibilities to view the documents, but certain links,
tabs, or buttons on the page might not be available. Generally, users do
not need to access these second-level features; simply viewing the
documents from DBI for Procurement is sufficient.

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PDF Purchase Orders
In the Procurement Status and Procurement Performance Management reports, the
underlying purchase order or release, if available, appears as a PDF file if the purchase
order or release is in an incomplete status. In all other cases, the purchase order or
release appears in the browser like any other document or report. You can retrieve
incomplete documents only in PDF for these reports and only if you have set up PDF
setup in Oracle Purchasing.

Note: You cannot view the purchase order or release if it is both

Incomplete and On Hold.

To perform PDF setup in Oracle Purchasing, if you will be implementing the

Procurement Status and Procurement Performance Management reports:
1. Log on to Oracle Applications and access the Purchasing responsibility.

2. Navigate to the Purchasing Options window as follows: Setup : Organizations,

Organizations, Purchasing Options.

3. In the Control tabbed region, set the PO Output Format as PDF.

4. Save your changes and close the Purchasing Options window.

5. Navigate to the Document Types window as follows: Setup : Purchasing, Document

Types.

6. When the Find Document Types window appears, select Purchase Order, Standard
and select OK.

7. In the Document Types window, select a Document Type Layout of Standard

Purchase Order Stylesheet.

8. Save your changes.

9. Close and then reopen the Document Types window.

10. When the Find Document Types window appears, select Release, Blanket, and then
select OK.

11. In the Document Types window, select a Document Type Layout of Blanket Release
Stylesheet.

12. Save your changes.

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Oracle Sourcing Documents
If you plan to use the Unprocessed Requisitions reports on the Procurement Status
dashboard, then note that the Unprocessed Requisition Lines - Pending Sourcing report
displays a link to the underlying Oracle Sourcing document.
If you do not use Oracle Sourcing, then this report will not include Oracle Sourcing
data, and no setup is required. If you use Oracle Sourcing, then you must set up users
as Oracle Sourcing users if you want them to view the underlying sourcing documents.
If you do not set them up as Oracle Sourcing users, then they will receive the following
message when clicking the Sourcing Document Number in the Unprocessed Requisition
Lines - Pending Sourcing report: Error: Unfortunately, you could not be set up as a Sourcing
user. Please contact the System Administrator to complete your profile.
If you use Oracle Sourcing and want users to view the underlying Oracle Sourcing
documents, then perform these steps:
1. Ensure that the user's e-mail address is entered in the People window:
• Navigate to this window using the Human Resources responsibility: People,
Enter and Maintain.

• In the Office Details tabbed region, enter the e-mail address.

2. Ensure that this user has accessed the Sourcing home page at least once:
• Assign the user any Sourcing responsibility, such as Sourcing Buyer.

• Ask the user to access the Sourcing home page through the Sourcing
responsibility. After selecting the responsibility, the user should click the
Sourcing Home Page link.

When the user accesses the Sourcing home page for the first time, the system
automatically performs required user setup. If the user tries to access a sourcing
document without having accessed Oracle Sourcing previously, then the user
receives the previously described Sourcing user error.

Consider Access to Human Resources and Financials Dashboards

Consider this step for the Procurement Manager, Commodity Manager, Supplier
Manager, and Sourcing Manager responsibilities.

Access to HR Management - Overview and Expense Management Dashboards

When you view a dashboard or menu while using the Procurement Manager,
Commodity Manager, Supplier Manager, or Sourcing Manager responsibility, you will
see links to these dashboards:

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 • HR Management - Overview

• Expense Management

It is not mandatory to implement these dashboards. If you implement these dashboards,

be aware that they display data only to users assigned the proper security to access the
data. If you do not want to make links to these dashboards available to users, assign
them the Daily Procurement Intelligence responsibility. This responsibility does not
display links to the HR Management - Overview or Expense Management dashboards.
To make the HR Management - Overview and Expense Management dashboards
available to users, see the Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resources chapter and
the Daily Business Intelligence for Financials chapter.
See also Responsibilities, page 14-8.

Payables Management and Payables Status Dashboards

Each dashboard in the Commodity Manager and Procurement Manager responsibilities
contains links to the Payables Management and Payables Status dashboards. You can
access and view data in the reports on the Payables Management and Payables Status
dashboards, even if you implement only DBI for Procurement. No additional
implementation is required.
If, however, you do not want users to access the Payables Management and Payables
Status dashboards, then assign them the Daily Commodity Intelligence or Daily
Procurement Intelligence responsibility. These responsibilities do not display links to
these dashboards.
See Responsibilities, page 14-8.

Set Up Commodities
Commodities are groupings of categories. Use them to group categories that you have
already defined in the Purchasing Category set in Oracle Applications. You can place
only Purchasing categories in these commodities. When you define categories, you
associate them with a category structure. The category code and the category structure
must belong to the Purchasing Category set.
You must create commodities and assign them to users if you want to them to view
data in the Commodity Spend Management and Commodity Supplier Management
dashboards and reports. DBI for Procurement uses only the commodities that you
create as described in this section. The commodities are visible to the commodity
managers who have been assigned to them across all organizations and item masters.
For example, you create the commodities Filters and Brakes to group the following
Purchasing categories already defined in Oracle Applications:

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 Example Commodities and Categories

Commodity Purchasing Category Category Code in Oracle

Applications

Filters Air Filters AIR.FIL

Oil Filters OIL.FIL

Brakes Brake Shoes SHOES.BRAKES

Brake Pads PADS.BRAKES

Brake Foundations FOUND.BRAKES

The structure for the Brakes commodity might look as follows (assume that items exist
in the Brake Pads and Brake Foundations categories, too):
• Brakes (commodity)
• Brake Shoes (category)
• Shoes GM (item)

• Shoes GM 1986 (item)

• Brake Pads (category)

• Brake Foundations (category)

Note: You cannot create a hierarchy of commodities. Only one

commodity level, just above the category level, is supported.
Choose accurate and concise names for your commodities
because these commodity names appear in the reports.
A category cannot belong to more than one commodity.

You do not have to assign all Purchasing categories to commodities to use the
Commodity Spend Management and Commodity Supplier Management reports;
however, categories that are not assigned to commodities do not appear in these
reports. To view data for all Purchasing categories, use the Procurement Management
reports.

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Recommendations
Consider the following recommendations when creating commodities.

Creating the Commodities

The commodities that you create are visible across all operating units and
organizations. Your company may, however, have item-category assignments that are
organization-specific. For example, one organization categorizes pens under the Pens
category and another under the Desk Supplies category. (Recall that controlling your
category sets at the organization level is not recommended because it is not the best
way to view consistent purchasing data within or across operating units on the
Procurement Management dashboard. See Categories and Items, page 14-30.)
If you do have organization-specific item category assignments, however, then you can
assign the categories to different commodities or to the same commodity, depending on
your business requirements. In this example, if you consider pens to belong to the same
commodity, place both the Pens category and the Desk Supplies category under an
Office Supplies commodity. In another example, one organization in your company
categorizes batteries under the Batteries category and another under the Laptop
Components category. In this example, you might assign these categories to separate
commodities.

Assigning All Purchasing Categories

Although you do not have to assign every Purchasing category to a commodity, it is
recommended. Assigning all categories makes it easier to correlate data in the
Commodity reports to data in the Procurement Management reports. Categories that
are not assigned to commodities do not appear in the Commodity reports.

Assigning Miscellaneous Categories

If you have a Miscellaneous category, then create a Miscellaneous commodity and
assign the Miscellaneous category to it. Assign the Miscellaneous commodity to all
commodity managers. This recommendation ensures that you account for all spending
(specifically, invoice and purchase order amounts in the reports). Commodity managers
can determine whether particular Miscellaneous items belong to their commodity and
then reassign the appropriate category and commodity to another manager, if
necessary. Also, you can more easily disregard Miscellaneous items if they are not part
of any commodity spending.

Assigning People to Commodities

When you set up commodities, you also assign people (Oracle Applications employees)
to them, most likely buyers, commodity managers, or other procurement professionals.
The people you assign to commodities are not required to be defined as buyers in
Oracle Purchasing. People see in the reports the commodities to which they were

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 assigned. You can assign multiple commodities to a person. You can also assign more
than one person to a single commodity, but make sure that your organization's policies
make it clear who is ultimately responsible for managing the commodity.
See also Securing Data, page 14-25 for guidance based on whether you have a
centralized or local commodity management structure.

Prerequisite
Users who are assigned the Commodity Manager responsibility must also be fully set
up as employees and associated with their user IDs. Otherwise, you cannot assign them
to commodities. These commodity managers are not required to be defined as buyers in
Oracle Purchasing. For instructions on verifying that users are set up as employees, see
the same instructions as provided in Set Up Users as Employees, page 14-46.

Setup Steps
Creating a commodity consists of the following:
• Creating the commodity.

• Assigning categories to the commodity.

• Assigning people to the commodity.

Note: Make sure to perform the commodities setup before running the
initial loads. Otherwise, you will see no data in the Commodity Spend
Management and Commodity Supplier Management reports.

Creating Commodities
To create commodities:
1. Log on to Oracle Applications using one of the following responsibilities:
• iProcurement Super User

• Purchasing Super User

• Public Sector Purchasing Super User

2. Go to Setup : Items : Commodities, and select Commodities.

Note: If you do not find the Commodities menu, then you could be
logged on with a customized responsibility. The system-provided
Purchasing Super User responsibility comes with the Commodities

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 menu built in. Use the system-provided responsibility if you cannot
find the Commodities menu.

3. On the Commodities page, click Create Commodity.

Create a Commodity

4. On the Create Commodity page, enter:

• Commodity Code. A unique identifier for the commodity, such as IT or 01. This
identifier is the same in all languages. The maximum length of this field is 120
bytes or approximately 40 English characters. You cannot use the same code for
more than one commodity; each code must be unique. You can use the same
code that is used for a code segment in Oracle Applications.

• Name. Commodity name that will appear in the reports. The maximum length
of this field is 240 bytes or approximately 80 English characters. The name must
be unique within a given language.

• Description. Optional description, for your own purposes. The description will
not appear in the reports.

Note: You cannot delete commodities. Inactivating

commodities does not remove them from the reports. Be sure to
create only the commodities that you need. You can add,
update, and split commodities any time, and the changes are
reflected in the reports the next time that the request sets are
run.
If you create a commodity you no longer need and you do not

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 want it to appear in the reports, remove its categories and do
not assign it to anyone. If you just remove its categories, the
commodity appears in the Commodity parameter in the
reports, but it will display no data when selected. By removing
the person assignment, you are also removing it from the
parameter. Empty and unassigned commodities are still
available on the Commodities setup page.

5. Ensure that Active is selected.

You can assign categories only to active commodities. You can make all other
changes, such as removing categories and changing person assignments, to active
or inactive categories.
Currently, the DBI for Procurement reports are not affected by the Active option.
Both active and inactive commodities appear in the reports.

6. Click Apply.

Assign Categories to a Commodity

1. Click the Update icon.

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2. Click Assign Categories.

3. Search for a category.

When searching, enter the first part of the name or code. For example, entering misc
searches for categories that begin with misc. The search is case insensitive.
You can search on the Category Description or any of its category code (flexfield
structure) segments. For example, your company created a two-segment structure
in Oracle Applications. The first segment is the Item Category, and the second is the
Commodity. An example is 451.01, where 451 is the Item Category and 01 is the
Commodity. In this example, the Assign Categories page displays the following
search fields: Category Description, Item Category, and Commodity.
In this example, assume that 01 indicates the Filters commodity. Enter 01 in the
Commodity search field to return all category codes that contain 01 in their
Commodity flexfield segment.
Flexfield segments must be both Enabled and Displayed in order to appear on the

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 Assign Categories page; however, a segment need only be enabled to appear in the
reports. For example, the category Air Filters, with the category code 8845.451.01,
uses segments A (01), B (451), and C (8845). Segments A and C are Enabled and
Displayed, but B is only Enabled. You cannot find the category by searching for
segment B; however, you can find it by searching for segment A or C. On the
Assign Categories page, the category appears in the search results with a category
code of 8845.01 and a category description of Air Filters. In the reports, the category
code appears as Air Filters (8845.451.01).

Note: If Enforce List of Valid Categories is selected in the Category

Sets window in Oracle Applications, then only the categories listed
in that window for the Purchasing Category set are available for
assignment to a commodity. If Enforce List of Valid Categories is
not selected, then any category that uses the same flexfield
structure as the Purchasing Category set is available for
assignment.

4. Select the category and click Apply.

• Clicking Select All selects only the categories on that page. If more results
appear on additional search results pages, you must click Select All and Apply
on each page.

• If you assign a category that is already assigned to another commodity, then the

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 category is moved from that commodity to this one. If the category is already
assigned to a commodity that you are editing, then it does not appear in the
search results. After a category is unassigned from a commodity it appears in
the category search results.
You can assign active or inactive categories to a commodity. Inactive categories
appear in the reports if purchase orders still exist for items in those categories.

Assign Commodities to People

1. Select the Person Assignments tab.

2. Click Assign Person.

3. Search for a person to assign.

When searching, enter the first part of the name. For example, entering abb searches
for names that begin with abb. The search is case insensitive.
You can assign to a commodity only a person who exists as an employee in Oracle
Applications. You can assign employees from other business groups to your
commodities only if HR: Cross Business Groups is set to Yes.

Note: You can also assign a person to a commodity by clicking

Person Assignments and then Assign Person on the Create
Commodity or Update Commodity page. This navigation path lets
you associate one commodity with one person at a time. To more
easily associate one or more commodities with a single person,
follow the preceding instructions. Either method works to assign

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 people and commodities.

4. Select a person and click Continue.

5. In the Available Roles box, highlight the roles that you want to assign and click
Move or Move All.

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 6. Click Finish Assign Person.

7. Click Apply.

Set Up Company and Cost Center Dimensions

Use the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility to set up the Company
and Cost Center dimensions. The following steps are performed in Financial Dimension
Setup under Setup : Financials in the Navigator menu.
Use the System Administrator responsibility to assign users the Company Cost Center
responsibility.

To Enable the Dimensions in Financial Dimensions Setup

1. In the Financial Dimension Setup page, select the Financial Dimensions tab.

2. Select Update, and then enable the Company and Cost Center dimensions.

Designate a Master Value Set

1. In the Financial Dimension Setup page, select the Source Ledger Groups tab.

2. Click Add Ledger Assignment.

3. Add a ledger assignment for the master value set. The ledger will come under the

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 master value set.

Map Master Value Set and Local Value Set

1. In the Financial Dimension Setup page, select the Dimension Mappings tab.

2. Select the Values and Hierarchies tab.

3. Click Launch Hierarchy Manager for the Company dimension. The Oracle Financial
Dimension Hierarchy Manager opens.

4. Define the top nodes and child nodes for the company. You can drag and drop
nodes.

5. In the Navigator menu, select Administrator Roles under Data Security :

Delegation.

6. On the Delegation page, grant the Company Cost Center role to the user. Only
users who are granted the Company Cost Center role can view data in the report.

Grant the Company Cost Center Role to Users

Grant the Company Cost Center role to each user who must view the Cost Center
Spend Management reports.

Set Up DBI for Financials Profile Options and Source Ledger Group
Assignment
If you implemented DBI for Financials, you may already have completed these steps. If
you are implementing only DBI for Procurement, then ensure that you complete these
steps in DBI for Financials. Perform these steps if you are implementing the Payables
Leakage, Manual Invoices, and Invoice Amount reports, or the Payables Management
or Payables Status reports.

Set Profile Options

Set the following profile options to Yes in Oracle Payables:
• FII: DBI Payables Expenses Implementation

• FII: DBI Payables Operations Implementation

These profile options help Oracle Payables and DBI for Financials (including the
Payables Leakage, Manual Invoices, Invoice Amount, Payables Management, and
Payables Status reports) log data for the reports. As soon as these profile options are set
to Yes, Oracle Payables logs transaction changes for reporting purposes. The Payables

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 Leakage, Manual Invoices, Invoice Amount, Payables Management reports, and
Payables Status reports require that these profile options be set to Yes.
See the Daily Business Intelligence for Financials chapter.

Set Up Source Ledger Group Assignment

In this step, you select the sets of books (also known as ledgers) that you want the
following reports to report on:
• Payables Leakage.

• Manual Invoices.

• Invoice Amount.

• DBI for Financials reports on the Payables Management dashboard. This dashboard
is accessible from the Commodity Supplier Management dashboard, Procurement
Manager menu, and Commodity Manager menu.

• DBI for Financials reports on the Payables Status dashboard. This dashboard is
accessible from the Commodity Supplier Management dashboard, Procurement
Manager menu, and Commodity Manager menu.

DBI for Procurement uses only the following source ledger group assignment setup:
1. In the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, use the following
navigation: Setup : Financials Intelligence, Financial Dimensions Setup.

2. Click the Source Ledger Groups tab.

3. Select the system-provided Financials Intelligence Group source ledger group. (It
may already appear for you.)

4. Click Add Ledger Assignment.

5. For this ledger group, search for and select the ledgers that you want the above
reports to report on.
Use a wildcard (%) or other characters to search for the ledger by Chart of Accounts
or other criteria.

For more information, see the Daily Business Intelligence for Financials chapter.

Set Up Scores and Weights

You can use the DBI Designer to create custom reports and KPIs that contain weighted
averages based on scoring. For information, see Create Weighted KPIs, page 3-34.

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Maintenance and Administration
The following information highlights maintenance and administration for DBI for
Procurement.

Request Set Generator

Use the incremental request sets that you created using the Request Set Generator to
refresh data in the DBI for Procurement dashboards and reports. Run the incremental
request set daily.
Resubmit the initial request if you need to clear out the data and start over with new
data in the reports.
The incremental request collects new and updated data since the last time the request
was run and displays the updated data in the reports. See Schedule Incremental
Request Sets, page 2-75.
If a currency conversion error occurs while a request collects data, then the entire
collection fails. For more information, see the description of the currency dimension in
Understanding Daily Business Intelligence. See also Operating Units and Currencies,
page 14-28.

Note: Changes that you make to the operating unit security setup (see
Set Up Operating Unit Security, page 2-55) or to person-commodity
assignments do not require that you run the incremental request set
before you can see the changes. All other changes require that you run
the incremental request set before you can see the changes.

Commodities
You can update commodities any time, and the changes are reflected in the reports the
next time the request sets are run.

Updates
You can make the following kinds of updates:
• Change the commodity name or description.

• Change the categories that are assigned to the commodity.

• Split an existing commodity into more granular commodities by creating new

commodities and assigning categories to them. If you assign a category that is
already assigned to another commodity, then the category is moved from that

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 commodity to the current one.

• Create new commodities.

• Change the people who are assigned to the commodity.

• Change the roles that are assigned to the people who are assigned to the
commodity.

For example, the category Computer Monitors currently belongs to the Information
Technology commodity, and this categorization is visible in the reports today.
Tomorrow, you change the assignment so that Computer Monitors belongs to the
Computers commodity. The next time the request sets are run, the commodity
managers see this change in the reports.
Changing a category name in Oracle Applications does not affect its commodity
assignment. The next time the request sets are run, the new category name displays in
the commodity currently assigned to it.

Note: Any time that you update the commodities setup (except for
person-commodity assignments, which are visible in the reports
immediately), you must run the incremental request set for the
Commodity Spend Management or Commodity Supplier Management
reports before the changes are visible in the reports.

Tips
If a user sees only "All" in the Commodity parameter on a dashboard or report, then the
user has not been assigned to a commodity. If no data appears for a commodity, then
categories have not been assigned to the commodity. See Set Up Commodities, page 14-
51.
You must set up operating unit security (and the MO: Security Profile) for the operating
units to which the user needs access. If the user is a global commodity manager, then be
sure to create an operating unit security profile that includes all operating units within
the enterprise. See Securing Data, page 14-25.

Validation Scripts
You can use the following validation scripts when implementing DBI for Procurement:
• poadbiitembpo.sql: Used to obtain the Benchmark Price that is used in the PO
Price Savings and Quantity Change report.

• poadbiitembps.sql: Used to obtain the Supplier Benchmark Price that is used in

the PO Price Change report.

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 If desired, you can run these scripts to see the benchmark prices for each item in both
global and functional currencies to ensure that the reports give you the numbers that
you expect. Although you can view benchmark prices in the reports, the scripts provide
an efficient method for validating the benchmark prices during the test phase of your
implementation.
For a description of the benchmark price calculations, see Key Performance Indicators,
page 14-17.

Running the Scripts

To run the scripts:
1. Ensure the initial or incremental request sets for the Commodity Supplier
Management and Commodity Spend Management reports have been run.
The scripts assume that the materialized views associated with these reports are
populated with the latest data. The request sets populate the base summary tables
and materialized views.

2. Log in to your Daily Business Intelligence test environment using SQL*Plus or other
query tool, for example:
• User = APPS_READ_ONLY

• Password = APPS

• DB = dbitst
Ensure that the TNS entry in your TNSNAMES.ORA file is correct for your
environment. For example, if using SQL*Plus, the file may be located in
c:\oracle\ora81\NETWORK\ADMIN. An example TNS entry is as follows:
dbitst = (DESCRIPTION=
(ADDRESS=(PROTOCOL=tcp)(HOST=ap642sdb)(PORT=5002))
(CONNECT_DATA=(SID=dbitst)))

3. Spool the output of the script that you will be running by typing spool
<filename>.

4. Enter the desired script name at the prompt.

$POA_TOP/patch/115/sql/poadbiitembpo.sql

Or:
$POA_TOP/patch/115/sql/poadbiitembps.sql

In SQL*Plus, you can place the.sql file in the appropriate directory, such as
c:\oracle\ora81\BIN, and enter the following at the prompt:
@poadbiitembpo.sql

Or:

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 @poadbiitembps.sql

5. Enter year-start (YEAR_START) and year-end (YEAR_END) dates when the script
prompts you.
For example, if you want to calculate benchmark prices for the year 2002, enter a
YEAR_START of 2002 and a YEAR_END of 2002. To calculate benchmark prices for
all years between 2001 and 2004, enter a YEAR_START of 2001 and a YEAR_END of
2004.
Recall that the benchmark price is the average unit price for the same item in the
previous enterprise year. If not purchased that year, this enterprise year is used. For
example, if you enter 2002 as the year, the benchmark price is obtained from 2001
or, if not purchased then, in 2002.

6. Turn spooling off by typing spool off.

The resulting .lst files will be stored in the output directory of your query tool. For
example, for SQL*Plus the directory may be c:\oracle\ora81\BIN.

7. Open each file using Microsoft Excel:

• Excel starts an import file wizard.

• Set the import to Fixed Width and mark the place where each column begins
and ends.

• Complete the wizard to load the file.

• Delete the parts at the beginning and end that are not data.

• Keep the column headers, but delete the dotted lines beneath them.

• Turn on the Filter feature to search for the benchmark price that you need.

8. Rerun the scripts after you add, delete, or modify data.

Interpreting the Data

The following example shows two sample rows from a poadbiitembpo.sql output file
when viewed in a spreadsheet. In this example, the YEAR_START was 2002 and the
YEAR_END was 2003:

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 ITEM OU UOM YEAR AMT_F AMT_G QUANT PRICE_ PRICE_
UNC LOB ITY FUNC GLOB

000448 Vision Each 2002 4206.64 4206.64 2 2103.32 2103.32

(Acme.c Operati
om) ons

004325 Vision Each 2002 321.93 321.93 1 321.93 321.93

(Acme.c Operati
om) ons

The spreadsheet columns are as follows:

• ITEM (item number): For information on how item numbers appear, especially for
non-master items, see Categories and Items, page 14-30.

• OU (operating unit): The operating unit in which the purchase was created.

• UOM (unit of measure): The UOM in which the item was purchased.

• YEAR: The year in which the item was purchased.

• AMT_FUNC (PRICE_FUNC * QUANTITY): The amount in the functional currency

associated with the OU that you would have paid in the given YEAR, if you had
purchased the item at the benchmark price. This field appears in the
poadbiitembpo.sql output only.

• AMT_GLOB (PRICE_GLOB * QUANTITY): The amount, in the primary global

currency set up for Daily Business Intelligence, that you would have paid in the
given YEAR if you had purchased the item at the benchmark price.

• QUANTITY: The quantity purchased of the item.

• PRICE_FUNC: The benchmark price per unit for the item, in the functional
currency associated with the OU. This field appears in the poadbiitembpo.sql
output only.

• PRICE_GLOB: The benchmark price per unit for the item in the primary global
currency set up for Daily Business Intelligence.

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Daily Business Intelligence for Product
Lifecycle Management

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklist
• Maintenance and Administration
• Changing Unit Cost
• Change Orders
• Changing Part Counts in Bill of Materials
• Changing Manufacturing Steps in Routing
• Changing Financial Dimension Mappings

Overview
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management provides a
360-degree view of the product across the lifecycle of a product, from concept to
obsolescence, through key performance indicators and detailed reports. This empowers
companies to plan, monitor, and optimize the performance of a product during
development and manufacturing and in the marketplace.

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 It presents information in the following dashboards:
• Product Management

• Product Management - Engineering

The Product Management dashboard provides a 360-degree view of a product, enabling

you to monitor the performance of a product through several key performance
indicators (KPIs).
This dashboard summarizes information from:
• Oracle General Ledger

• Oracle Inventory

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Receivables

• Oracle Sales

• Oracle Service

The Product Management - Engineering dashboard enables you to view key

engineering measures and thus gain valuable information about the items that you
manage.
This dashboard summarizes information from:
• Oracle Engineering

• Oracle Bills of Material

• Oracle Cost Management

• Oracle Product Lifecycle Management

It provides item-level details from:

• Oracle Product Lifecycle Management

• Oracle Inventory

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

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Understanding Reporting
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management provides the
following dashboards:

Product Management
The Product Management dashboard allows a 360-degree view of the product
management cycle. It contains the following KPIs:
• Booked Value

• Backlog Value

• Cost of Goods Sold

• Inventory Value

• Other Expenses

• Product Margin

• Revenue

• Sales Forecast

• Open Opportunity

• Open Leads

• Active Service Contract Balance

• New Service Requests

Use the Daily Product Intelligence or Product Manager responsibility to access this
dashboard.

Product Management - Engineering

The Product Management - Engineering dashboard allows you to monitor the
engineering and manufacturing process of a product, so you can make faster and better
engineering decisions. It contains the following key performance indicators (KPIs):
• BOM Levels

• Change Order Cycle Time (Days)

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 • Manufacturing Steps

• New Change Orders

• Open Change Orders

• Part Count

You can see the item being designed to gauge its complexity through part count and
manufacturing steps, and you can see how many change orders were created for the
item and how many of them are past due.
Use the Daily Product Intelligence, Engineering Manager, or Product Manager
responsibility to access this dashboard.

Responsibilities
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management provides the
following roles and responsibilities:
• Daily Product Intelligence: Provides access to the Product Management -
Engineering and Product Management dashboards.

• Engineering Manager: Provides access to the Product Management - Engineering

dashboard. It also provides links to HR Management and Expense Management
dashboards.

• Product Manager: Provides access to the Product Management and the Product
Management - Engineering dashboard. It also provides links to HR Management
and Expense Management dashboards.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management uses the following
common dimensions:
• Time

• Currency

• Item

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 • Organization

• Sales Group

• Customer

• Change Order Type

• Change Order Priority

• Change Order Status

• Change Order Reason

• Line of Business

• Return Reason

Related Topics
For more information about common dimensions, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

Product Management - Engineering Key Performance Indicators

The following key performance indicators (KPI) appear on this dashboard.
• BOM Levels: The maximum number of levels that are defined in the primary bill of
materials of an item, indicating the depth of an assembly.

• Change Order Cycle Time (Days): The average time that is required to implement
a change order. Only the distinct change order headers, line-level item associations,
and revised items are considered in this calculation. All change order elements
(priority, implementation date, need by date, creation date, status) are taken from
the header level. For more information about change orders, see "Engineering
Change Orders," Oracle Engineering User's Guide.

• Manufacturing Steps: The number of operation sequences that are required to

manufacture a product, as defined by the primary routing of the item. Only
operation sequences that are defined for the end assembly and that are effective on
the as-of date are considered. For more information about primary routing, see
"Routings," Oracle Bills of Material User's Guide.

• New Change Orders: The total number of change orders that were generated or
raised for this product in the current period.

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 • Open Change Orders: The total number of change orders without an Implemented
or Cancel date on the as-of date. This number also includes change orders that have
an Implemented or Cancel date that falls after the selected date.

• Part Count: The number of end-level components in the primary bill of materials of
an item. This count summarizes all the individual components in the primary bill of
materials of the product without considering the quantity of each component. This
value includes only components that are effective on the as-of date.
For example, the following figure shows a product with three components (B, D,
and E). Part C is not included in the part count because it consists of the individual
components D and E. In addition, the quantity of each part is not considered (B=3,
D=1, E=2).

Bill of Materials for Product A

• Some items are counted differently. This value includes optional items for the
Standard, assemble-to-order (ATO), and kit item types and excludes optional items
for the pick-to-order (PTO) item type.
For more information about part counts, see Oracle Bills of Material User's Guide.

• Unit Cost: The cost of the selected item. It presents unit cost by the following cost
elements: Materials, Material Overhead, Resources, Outsourcing, and Overhead.
Only the valuation cost type of the organization is included in this cost (for
example, standard cost).

Product Management Key Performance Indicators

This dashboard displays the following measures. All the KPIs on this dashboard are
aggregated and presented at the Master Item level (sellable product) after taking all the
Child Organization transactions into account.
• Booked Value: Total value of items from customer (external) sales order lines that
are booked. These sales orders can be fulfilled or unfulfilled and are aggregated
based on the book date. This value excludes internal sales orders.
Booked Value = (Booked Quantity * Selling Price)

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 • Backlog Value: Total value of items from customer (external) sales order lines that
have been booked, but not yet fulfilled. This is also synonymous with the APICS
definition of Open Orders.

• Cost of Goods Sold: Total item costs that are associated with the shipped product.
Cost of goods sold is the cost of goods shipped as booked to the COGS account in
Oracle Shipping.

• Inventory Value: Total cost of ending inventory, including on-hand, intransit, and
work in process (WIP) inventory, excluding expense items, asset items in expense
subinventories, and Oracle Process Manufacturing non-inventory items.

• Other Expenses: All expenses that are attributable to any financial category, except
Cost of Goods Sold, for a selected product category within the selected period. For
example: Marketing Expenses, General Administration, usually along the Line of
Business.

• Product Margin: Net revenue that is generated by the product after taking expenses
into account for a selected product category within the selected period.
Product Margin = (Revenue – (Cost of Goods Sold + Other Expenses) / Revenue) *
100

• Revenue: Revenue that is generated by a product in the period selected. Sales of all
items sold and processed by Oracle Order Management. This is revenue that is
attributed directly to a product, taken from the final invoice in Oracle Receivables.

• Sales Forecast: Last submitted forecast of the subordinate managers of the selected
sales group.

• Open Opportunity: Sum of the sales credit amount of all open opportunities.

• Open Leads: Count of leads that have not been closed, converted to opportunity, or
marked as dead in the period that is selected based on the as-of date.

• Active Service Contract Balance: Sum of the value of all service contract lines in
Active status on the as-of date.

• New Service Requests: Count of all new service requests that were opened in the
selected period.

Securing Data
The Product Management dashboard uses the basic Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
security model only.
In addition to the basic Oracle Daily Business Intelligence security model, Oracle Daily

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 Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management uses organization security to
determine which users have access to which organizations on the Product Management
- Engineering dashboard. For information about organization security, see Set Up
Operating Unit Security, page 2-55.

Related Topics
For more information about security, see Securing Daily Business Intelligence, page 1-15
.

Implementation Considerations
You should be aware of the following common setup concerns before you begin setting
up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management.

Software
• Oracle Inventory (items)

• Oracle Product Lifecycle Management

• Oracle Bills of Material (BOM and routing)

• Oracle Cost Management (unit cost)

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Engineering

Considerations for Product Management Dashboard

The following implementation considerations are for the Product Management
dashboard.

Service Security
The responsibility that you use should have the classification of Service Provider and
access to all request types. For details on service security, see Daily Business Intelligence
for Service.

Sales Security
The responsibility should have administrator access to the top node of the sales group
hierarchy. For details on sales security, see Daily Business Intelligence for Sales.

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Product Expenses
To enable product expense reporting:
1. Map accounts to appropriate financial categories using the Financial Dimension
Hierarchy Manager.

2. Map the range of chart of accounts to a product category.

3. Map line of business to the cost center.

For complete instructions on how to set up product expenses, see Daily Business
Intelligence for Financials.

Fulfillment, Return, and Inventory Values

To view fulfillment, return and inventory values in the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management dashboards and reports, complete the
supply intelligence setup. See Daily Business Intelligence for Supply Chain.

Considerations for Product Management - Engineering Dashboard

The following implementation considerations are for the Product Management -
Engineering dashboard.

Items
Ensure that you set up the items that you want to report on in Oracle Inventory or
Oracle Product Lifecycle Management.

Change Orders
Ensure that all the change order attributes that you want to report on are defined in
Oracle Product Lifecycle Management (for example status) or Oracle Engineering.

Part Count and Bill of Materials

Ensure that each item that you want to report on has a primary bill of materials defined
in Oracle Bills of Material. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle
Management reports only on components that are still in effect. The calculation does
not include any components that have an effective date that has passed.
The parts that are counted in the summary are restricted by the BOM Explosion Level
Setup parameter. This parameter is set once for each organization. Therefore, if the
parameter is set to 1, then the summaries summarize only up to one level of the BOM.
The maximum setting for this parameter is 60.

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 Part Count

For example, assuming the parameter is set to 2, and the part count is defined as shown
in the preceding figure, the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle
Management summaries would report on A, B, and C, and omit D and E from the
summary. The total part count, therefore, would be 3.

Manufacturing Steps and Routing Setup

Ensure that each item that you want to report on has a routing defined in Oracle Bills of
Material. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management reports
only on operations that are from the primary routing and are still in effect as of the
selected date. The calculation excludes any operations that have an effective date that
has passed.

Unit Cost
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management reports only on
the valuation cost type that is associated with the default cost method for the
organization. Ensure that all the costs that you want to report on are defined as the
valuation cost type. Cost is calculated at the end of the assembly level.

Setup Checklist

Set Up Product Management - Engineering and Product Management Dashboards

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Product
Management - Engineering and Product Management dashboards and their associated
reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed concurrently.

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 Step Responsibility

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework, • Daily Business Intelligence

page 2-29 Administrator

• System Administrator

Set Up Manager Reporting, page 5-4 • System Administrator

• HRMS Manager

• Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

Set Up Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-11 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• Item Manager

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence

Administrator

• CRM Administrator

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration tasks.
• Changing Unit Cost

• Change Orders

• Changing Part Counts in Bill of Materials

• Changing Manufacturing Steps in Routing

• Changing Financial Dimension Mappings

In general, any time you change your source data or your Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence for Product Lifecycle Management setup you must rerun the incremental
request set to refresh your data.

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Changing Unit Cost
For cost types other than Standard cost type, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for
Product Lifecycle Management reports unit cost changes only if they are changed at the
transaction level (for example, in the Miscellaneous Transaction window).
For the Standard cost type, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Product Lifecycle
Management reports only the frozen cost. You must make changes to frozen cost in the
Unit Cost window. The system reports the changes only after the Update Cost process
is run.
The dashboards and reports show all the changes after you run the incremental request
set.

Change Orders
Run the incremental request set to reflect any changes.

Changing Part Counts in Bill of Materials

Any change in the primary Bill of Materials is reflected after you run the incremental
request set.
The list of organizations is populated when you run the initial request set. When you
run the incremental request set, the system looks at the temporary table to determine
which organizations have changed since the last refresh and updates only those
organizations.

Changing Manufacturing Steps in Routing

Any change in the primary Routing is reflected after you run the incremental request
set.

Changing Financial Dimension Mappings

If you change financial dimension mappings for financial categories (revenue, and so
on), product, or line of business mappings, then you must rerun the incremental request
set for the Product Management dashboard.

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Daily Business Intelligence for Projects

Overview
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects provides project executives with essential
project-based financial business metrics. Through role-based pages, users gain access to
information regarding the state of their business relative to past, present, and projected
performance measures. This real-time view enables project executives to make better
business decisions, set mid-course corrections, and strive toward achieving business
goals.
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects provides the following dashboards:
• Projects Profitability Management Dashboard

• Projects Operations Management Dashboard

• Capital Projects Cost Management Dashboard

• Contract Projects Cost Management Dashboard

Daily Business Intelligence for Projects answers critical business questions, such as:
• How profitable are the projects in my organizations, and how does that compare to
last year, last period, and budget?

• What is the total cost on projects, and what is the variance against planned
spending?

• What is the expectation for project profits and cost through the end of this period,
this quarter, and this year?

• How much new project business has been booked to date? How much add-on work
has been booked?

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 • Are bookings keeping pace with revenue accrual and is new business acquisition
trending with work delivery?

• What backlog is remaining on my projects, and what is the backlog balance trend?

• What organizations have low resource utilization?

• How many resources are currently not scheduled on projects, how long have they
been available, and how much longer are they expected to remain available?

Daily Business Intelligence for Projects supplies reports for the following applications:
• Oracle Project Costing

• Oracle Project Billing

• Oracle Project Resource Management

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

Understanding Reporting
Using Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, you can view the following dashboards.
• Project Profitability Management
This dashboard contains project profitability reports. Project profitability reports
enable you to analyze profitability or cost, and determine whether profitability is in
line with expected performance. This dashboard also includes forecast profitability
and cost reports, which enable you to understand expected performance through
the end of a period.

• Project Operations Management

This dashboard contains project opportunity management reports and project
resource management reports. Use the project opportunity management reports to
understand bookings and backlog, which represent the actual demand that drives
project-centric industries. Project resource management reports allow you to track
the utilization of your resources to meet customer requirements and company
priorities.

• Capital Projects Cost Management

This dashboard contains project-based financial business cost reports for capital
projects. These reports reflect the current state of the business and provide
comparisons between past, present, and projected performance measures.

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 • Contract Projects Cost Management
This dashboard contains project-based financial business cost reports for contract
projects. These reports reflect the current state of the business and provide
comparisons between past, present, and projected performance measures.

Report types are as follows:

• Summary: Shows top-level information. For reports that show profitability, cost,
bookings and backlog, this information is summarized from projects to project
organizations, expenditure type, event type, revenue category, project types, and
project classifications. For reports that show utilization and availability, the
information is summarized from resources to resource organizations, utilization
categories, work types, and job levels.
This report type is also referred to as "view-by". It shows aggregated, to-date
amounts and is the starting point for analysis in Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects.

• Trend: Shows periodic information for all areas allowing you to identify patterns
over time. Trend reports aggregate data by time periods, such as weekly, monthly,
quarterly, or yearly. This enables you to focus on both short and long term trend
analysis.

• Detail: Shows project or resource listing reports, providing the source information
aggregated in the summary and trend reports. Detail reports provide additional
attribute information about the project (such as name, type, manager and customer)
or the resource (such as name, last project and next project).

Related Topics
Administer Dashboards and Reports, page 2-37
Setup and Dashboard Matrix, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide
Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1

Responsibilities
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects includes predefined responsibilities that provide
access to various dashboards or menus. The following table lists each responsibility and
the associated dashboards and menus.

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 Responsibility Dashboards Menus

Project Executive • Projects Profitability  

Management

• Projects Operations
Management

• Capital Projects Cost

Management

• Contract Projects Cost

Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management

Daily Project • Projects Profitability  

Intelligence Management

• Projects Operations
Management

• Capital Projects Cost

Management

• Contract Projects Cost

Management

Project Intelligence   • Setup: Organization

Administrator
• Setup: Security

• Other: Requests

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 Responsibility Dashboards Menus

Project Superuser • Projects Profitability • Setup: Organization

Management
• Setup: Security
• Projects Operations
Management • Other: Requests

• Capital Projects Cost

Management

• Contract Projects Cost

Management

Related Topics
Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1
Setting Up Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, page 16-19

Dimensions
This section describes the dimensions included in Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects. Daily Business Intelligence for Projects uses the following unique dimensions:
• Event Type
You use event types to show revenue generation that you cannot attribute to any
expenditure item such as bonuses, write-offs, customer discounts, and surcharge.

• Expenditure Category
You use expenditure categories to group expenses you incur on the project such as
labor for labor costs, in-house recoverables for costs incurred on the use of corporate
assets, and supplier for costs on supplier invoices.

• Job Level
You use job levels or grades to display resource utilization details.

• Organization
You use organizations and organizational hierarchies to summarize and report
project data for an organization or group of organizations.

• Time

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 You use time periods to summarize data by period type to display trends.

• Project Classifications
You use classifications within a project category to group projects for reporting such
as retail or textiles for the project category of industry.

• Project Type
You use project types within a project type class to summarize and report data by
project type such as fixed price, cost plus, and time and materials for the project type
class of contract projects.

• Work Type and Utilization Category

You use work types to report scheduled and actual resource hours and you use a
utilization category to report resource utilization. For example, you enter time cards
for a work type of internal support and report utilization for this against the internal
billable utilization category.

• Expenditure Type
You use an expenditure type in an expenditure category to classify costs on an
expenditure item such as administrative or professional for the expenditure category
of labor.

• Revenue Category
You use revenue categories to group expenditure types and event types when
budgeting and reporting revenue and billing data.

Related Topics
Common Dimensions, page 1-9

Event Type
Event type categorizes revenue by the event types used on the project. For more
information on event types, see the Oracle Projects Implementation Guide.

Expenditure Category
The expenditure category dimension groups cost data by the expenditure categories
used on the project. For more information on expenditure categories, see the Oracle
Projects Implementation Guide.

Job Level
Job level is a numeric indicator of skill level. It is used as a view-by dimension in Daily

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 Business Intelligence for Projects utilization reports.
You can view the distribution of hours and the associated utilization percentages by job
level. Examples of job levels include:
• 8 (Vice President)
• 7 (Director)
• 6 (Senior Manager)

• 5 (Manager)

Organization
This section provides a brief description of the Organization dimension.
Organization is the most frequently used reporting dimension in Oracle Projects, and it
is the default view-by dimension in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects. Cost is
taken from the projects on which expenditures are recorded. This means that cost
amounts are reflected against the project organization.
Revenue from these transactions, as well as revenue from events on projects are
reflected against the project organization. In addition, bookings and backlog measures
are reported according to project owning organizations. Conversely, utilization and
availability measures are recorded against the resource organization.
Organizations exist in hierarchies. The hierarchies determine organizational
relationships for different transactional and reporting purposes. The hierarchy you
specify in your Daily Business Intelligence for Projects setup determines how data that
is summarized from a project to the project-owning organization is further summarized
up to parent organizations.
In the reports, you can view data at the highest node in the organization hierarchy to
which you have access, and then drill down the organization hierarchy to see amounts
by suborganization.
The following is an example of an organization hierarchy.
Americas
• East
• Northeast

• Southeast

• West

• Central

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 • Latin America

In this example, the highest node in the hierarchy is the Americas organization. You can
view data at the organization level for the Americas organization (assuming you have
access to this organization). You can then drill down the hierarchy to view data for a
suborganization such as East and drill further to see amounts for Northeast.

Related Topics
Organizations, Oracle Projects Fundamentals

Time
In Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, time is available as a view-by dimension that
provides you with valuable trend information. Data is accumulated by period and is
then displayed according to the period type selected. The following example shows the
period types in the reports and the number of periods displayed for each.
• Enterprise Year (2 years)

• Enterprise Quarter (4 quarters)

• Enterprise Period (12)

• Enterprise Week (13)

• Fiscal Year (2 periods)

• Fiscal Quarter (4)

• Fiscal Period (12)

• Project Period (13 periods)

Project Classifications
Classification categories are used to indicate some aspect of a project that can be used in
reporting. Examples of classifications within classification categories include:
• Industry
• High Tech

• Retail

• Service Line
• Product Development

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 • Consulting

Classification code is the assigned value within a given category. If a project has a
classification category of Industry, then High Tech is an example of a classification code
for that category.
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects enables you to view data for a classification
category.

Related Topics
Project Definition, Oracle Projects Implementation Guide

Project Type
Every project belongs to a project type. A project type is typically used to separate
projects according to budgeting, costing, and billing methods. Accordingly, project type
is a useful categorization for reporting in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects.
Every project type belongs to a project type class. Examples of project types within each
project type class (Contract, Capital and Indirect) are shown below.
• Contract
• Fixed Price

• Capital
• Construction

• Indirect
• Overhead

• Fringe

Using Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, you can view data for all project types
(such as Fixed Price), or all project types within a given project type class (Contract,
Capital, or Indirect).

Related Topics
Project Definition, Oracle Projects Implementation Guide

Work Type and Utilization Category

Work types are classifications of work. A work type is recorded against each scheduled
and actual labor transaction.

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 Utilization categories are categorizations of work types that can carry weighting factors
for use in calculating utilization. Both work types and utilization categories are used in
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects reporting to indicate the distribution of utilized
time (hours and utilization percent) across these categories.
In the following example, work is classified using work types and utilization categories.
• Work
• Bid & Proposal (Work Type)
• Billable Consulting (Utilization Category)

• Internal IT Support (Work Type)

• Internal Billable (Utilization Category)

For more information on utilization categories and work types, see the Oracle
Projects Fundamentals guide.

Expenditure Type
The expenditure type dimension categorizes the information for each expenditure type
on the selected projects. For more information on expenditure types, see the Oracle
Projects Implementation Guide.

Revenue
The revenue category dimension displays all expenditure and event types belonging to
that category on the report. The default value is ALL. For more information on revenue
categories, see the Oracle Projects Implementation Guide.

Key Performance Indicators

Daily Business Intelligence for Projects provides performance measures, also called key
performance indicators. Key performance indicators provide calculated data on reports.
This section groups and describes key performance indicators that appear on reports
associated with the following dashboards.
• Projects Profitability Management Key Performance Indicators, page 16-11

• Projects Operations Management Key Performance Indicators, page 16-12

• Capital Projects Cost Management Key Performance Indicators, page 16-14

• Contract Projects Cost Management Key Performance Indicators, page 16-15

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Projects Profitability Management Key Performance Indicators
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects provides the profitability and cost key
performance indicators shown in the following table.

Key Performance Indicator Calculation Source

Revenue Accrued revenue on projects, PA_CUST_REV_DIST_LINES

calculated as (Billable _ALL
Expenditure Items * Bill Rate)
+ Revenue Event Amount. PA_CUST_EVENT_RDL_AL
L
Only those draft revenues
that have been accepted in
Oracle General Ledger are
included.

Cost All cost distributed PA_COST_DISTRIBUTION_L

expenditure items INES_ALL

Margin Revenue - Cost Derived

Budget and Forecast Amounts A budget type is mapped to PA_BUDGET_LINES

each:

• Budgeted Revenue

• Budgeted Cost

• Forecast Revenue

• Forecast Cost

In Daily Business Intelligence

for Projects setup, amounts
entered in these budget types
by project are summarized by
project owning organization,
project type and project
classification.

Budget and Forecast Amounts

Budgets and forecasts are the sum of the budget and forecast amounts for all projects
owned by an organization. In your Daily Business Intelligence for Projects setup, you
indicate the budget type used for each plan type. .
Budget and forecast amounts entered by period are reported in the same amounts by

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 period. Budget and forecast amounts entered in bulk are distributed pro-rata, by
period, according to the start and end dates of the project. Budgets and forecasts are
entered in the functional currency of the operating unit to which they belong. These
amounts are converted to the global currency for comparative analysis using the
conversion rate that applies during the first day of the period, or the rate that applies
during the last day of the period. You specify the conversion dates in your Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects setup.

Related Topics
Set Up the Reporting Plan Types, page 16-20

Projects Operations Management Key Performance Indicators

Key performance indicators for the projects operations management dashboard include
key performance indicators for bookings and backlog reports and key performance
indicators for resource utilization and availability reports.

Bookings and Backlog Key Performance Indicators

The table below lists the bookings and backlog key performance indicators that Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects provides and describes the way in which values for
each key performance indicator is calculated.

Key Performance Indicator Definition/Calculation

Bookings Total Net Bookings = Original + Additional +

Adjustments - Cancellations

Backlog Backlog is the difference between total

funding on a project and the revenue accrued
to date on the project. Therefore, backlog is
always an inception to date balance (equal to
inception to date funding less inception to
date revenue).

See "Backlog", page 16-13 for the different

types of backlog in Daily Business Intelligence
for Projects reporting.

Bookings
Bookings are allocations of project funds. Funding lines are classified as one of the
following:
• Original

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• Addition

• Cancellation

• Correction

• Transfer

• Re-evaluation

Funding lines marked as Original, Addition, or Cancellation are reported as such in

Daily Business Intelligence for Projects reports. Corrections and Transfers are added
together and reported as Bookings Adjustments. In Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects, all funding classifications except Cancellation are treated as positive.

Note: Cancellations are assumed to be negative. If a funding line is

positive and marked as a cancellation, it will be added into the formula.

Backlog
The different types of backlog in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects are:
• Backlog Not Started: The backlog on projects that have no billable transactions.

• Active Backlog: The backlog on active, on-going projects.

• Dormant Backlog: The backlog on projects where no revenue has been accrued for a
particular period. That period (expressed in calendar days) is specified in your
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects setup. For more information, see: Backlog.

• Lost Backlog: The backlog on projects that have been closed during the period of
analysis. This amount represents additional potential revenue for an organization.

• Revenue at Risk: The negative backlog that occurs when revenue accrual exceeds
funding.

Backlog Flow
Since backlog is a balance figure, and changes in backlog value are a critical indicator of
the financial health of an enterprise, Daily Business Intelligence for Projects includes
reports that track the amount and source of changes in backlog over a given span of
time. These reports are the Bookings and Backlog Activity reports and they show:
• Beginning Backlog: The backlog balance at the start of the period.

• Total Net Bookings = Original + Additional + Adjustments - Cancellations. See

Bookings, page 16-12

• Accrued Revenue: The amount of revenue recognized for the period.

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 • Lost Backlog: See Backlog, page 16-13.

• Ending Backlog = Beginning Backlog + Total Net Bookings - Accrued Revenue -

Lost Backlog (if this formula results in a positive number).

Resource Utilization and Availability Key Performance Indicators

Daily Business Intelligence for Projects provides the following utilization and
availability key performance indicators:
Labor Units
Different countries (different operating units) can have different definitions of a
working day. For example, a working day can be 8 hours in one country and 7.5 hours
in another.
In setup, you can define whether to report scheduled and actual labor units as hours or
days.
Utilization
Utilization is calculated by dividing the resource weighted hours by either the resource
capacity or total worked hours (depending on the utilization calculation method) for the
organization and specified time period. Utilization is further categorized as follows:
• Actual Utilization = Actual Weighted Hours / (Actual Capacity or Actual Worked
Hours)

• Forecast Utilization = Forecast Weighted Hours / (Forecast Capacity or Forecast

Worked Hours)

Availability
Availability is the amount of unused capacity of a resource. The threshold of
availability is the percentage of available time required to classify a resource as
available.
You specify the threshold for availability in your Daily Business Intelligence for Projects
setup.

Related Topics
Set Up the Cost and Labor Units, page 16-21
Set Up the Availability Thresholds, page 16-21
Oracle Projects Fundamentals

Capital Projects Cost Management Key Performance Indicators

The following table lists the key performance indicators and their calculation for the
capital projects cost management dashboard:

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 Measure Calculation

Cost Actual capital projects cost for the period to

the as-of-date. The period is determined by
the selected period type parameter.

Forecast Cost Forecast cost on capital projects for the period

Capital Cost Cost that can be capitalized for the period to

the as-of-date

% of Cost Capital Cost / Capital projects cost for the

period to the as-of-date

Expense Total costs that cannot be capitalized for the

period to the as-of-date

Contract Projects Cost Management Key Performance Indicators

The following table lists the key performance indicators and their calculation for the
contracts project cost management dashboard:

Key Performance Indicator Calculation

Cost Actual contract projects cost for the period to

the as-of-date. The period is determined by
the selected period type parameter.

Forecast Cost Forecast cost on contract projects for the

period

% of Budget Billable Cost / Budget cost for the period to the

as-of-date

Billable Cost Total of billable cost

% of Cost Billable Cost / Cost for the period to the

as-of-date

Non Billable Cost Non-billable cost for the period to the

as-of-date

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Securing Data
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects data is summarized by project, by resource and
by organization. Revenue, cost, bookings, and backlog on each project are summarized
up to the project owning organization.
Organization level data is then rolled up the organization hierarchy for reporting
purposes. Different users are responsible for different levels in the organization
hierarchy.
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects also provides security at the operating unit level.
Like organizations, operating units are arranged in a hierarchy. Using security profiles,
you can secure data at the different levels in the hierarchy.
For example, if an organization has three operating units, but a particular user only
needs access to information for two of the three operating units, the security profile will
prohibit the user from having access to the third operating unit.

Related Topics
Securing Data, page 1-15.
Setting Up Security Profiles, page 16-18

Implementation Considerations
You should be aware of the following common setup concerns before you begin setting
up Daily Business Intelligence for Projects.

Software Prerequisites
Before implementing Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, you must complete the
following prerequisite implementation steps.
• Enable Project Classification
To enable project classification reporting in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects,
you must enable the "Include in Project Intelligence Reporting" check box in the
Class Categories and Codes window (Setup -> Projects -> Classifications) in
Projects.

• Set Up Global Daily Business Intelligence

You must complete the global Daily Business Intelligence setup options.

The following table lists the required applications to view Daily Business Intelligence
for Projects dashboards:

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 Daily Business Intelligence for Projects Required Oracle Projects Application
Dashboard

Capital Projects Cost Management • Oracle Project Costing

Contract Projects Cost Management • Oracle Project Costing

Project Operations Management • Oracle Project Billing

• Oracle Project Costing

• Oracle Project Resource Management

Project Profitability Management • Oracle Project Billing

• Oracle Project Costing

Related Topics
Project Classifications (Class Categories and Class Codes), Oracle Projects Implementation
Guide
Setup Checklist for Daily Business Intelligence, page 2-3

Setup Checklist
This section describes the steps required to implement the Daily Business Intelligence
for Projects dashboards and reports. If you have already completed a setup step listed
in this checklist as part of setting up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, you do not need
to repeat the setup. Unless otherwise noted, you can concurrently perform the setup
steps.
The following table provides a list of the setup steps required to implement Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects.

Setup Step Responsibility

Setting Up Security Profiles, page 16-18 Project Intelligence Superuser

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 Setup Step Responsibility

Setting Up Daily Business Intelligence for Project Intelligence Superuser

Projects, page 16-19

Setting Up Profile Options, page 16-22 Project Intelligence Superuser

After you complete these steps, you can proceed to implement other Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence products, or refer directly to "Post Setup Steps" in chapter 2 of this
guide. This chapter describes how to set up users and security, as well as how to
perform the initial load and incremental refreshes for all Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence pages. You must perform these post implementation steps before you use
any Oracle Daily Business Intelligence product.

Setting Up Security Profiles

In Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, you can secure data at the organization level
and at the operating unit level. To secure data at each organization level, you must
create an organization hierarchy, or identify an existing hierarchy.
To secure data at each organization level:
1. Define an Oracle Human Resources security profile. This profile indicates the
starting node in the organization hierarchy for each user. The profile must point to
the organization hierarchy specified in the Daily Business Intelligence for Projects
setup.

2. Specify this Oracle Human Resources security profile in the system profile PJI:
Organization Security Profile.
For more information, see: Security in Configuring, Reporting and System
Administration in Oracle HRMS.

To secure data by operating unit:

1. Define an Oracle Human Resources security profile. This profile indicates the
starting node in the operating unit hierarchy for each user.

2. Specify this Oracle Human Resources security profile in the system profile MO:
Security Profile.
For more information, see: Security in Configuring, Reporting and System
Administration in Oracle HRMS.

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Setting Up Daily Business Intelligence for Projects
You must define the organization hierarchies, period types, ratio calculations, plan
types, cost and labor units, and availability thresholds that you want to use for your
daily reporting in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects:
Follow the steps below to set up Daily Business Intelligence for Projects.
1. Navigate to the Project Intelligence Setup page.

2. Select an Organization Hierarchy.

In the Organization Hierarchy field, choose the organization hierarchy that you
want to use in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects. The hierarchy that you select
must include all project and resource owning organizations from all operating
units. Note that you can choose a different version of a hierarchy, by choosing a
version number as well.
Organization hierarchies are defined in Oracle HRMS (see: Using Oracle HRMS: The
Fundamentals).

3. Select the desired implementation options.

These options determine the reporting content that you want updated by the
summarization programs. The summarization processes are controlled by the
concurrent program PRC: Update Project Intelligence Data.

4. Set up the default period type for each Project Intelligence report group.
For each Project Intelligence Report Group, you must set up a default Period Type.
These are the default values used in each report group.
You must consider your reporting requirements when selecting a value. Select from
Year, Quarter, Month, or Week for the default Period Type. The default value is
Quarter because many enterprises report on a quarterly basis.
Additional Period Types: If you want to be able to summarize your data by other
period types, such as project period types and fiscal period types, you must enable
the appropriate Period Type check box. For more information on these period
types, see: Time, page 2-2.

Note: When you enable additional period types, a larger volume of

data is summarized, which can affect your ability to update data
quickly. You should only choose these options if your enterprise
requires this kind of summarization. If you are using one calendar
across all sets of books and you select that calendar as the
enterprise calendar, you should not select fiscal as an additional
period type. Also, some users may not need the project period type
for management reporting purposes.

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 5. Set Up the Ratio Calculation Options for Project Intelligence Reports.
The Book to Bill ratio in Project Intelligence is calculated using a fixed duration of
time, regardless of the time parameters you select on the reports on which they
appear. The reason for this is that for ratio calculations that are related to flow, if
one balance is being compared to another, these calculations should be viewed over
a rolling period of time to ensure a smoothing effect. Otherwise, the results will
appear skewed.
Enter the fixed duration of time in calendar days in Book to Bill Ratio Days.
Dormant Backlog Days: The Dormant Backlog Days field indicates the number of
days after which backlog is considered to be dormant. This setup item is important
because lack of activity on a project indicates that no revenue has been generated
for a given period of time. For more information on Dormant Backlog, see: Backlog,
page 16-13.

Important: The number of days you enter for dormant backlog

calculation must be less than or equal to the difference between the
global calendar start date and the earliest transaction date.

6. Set Up the Reporting Plan Types.

You can define the budget type and financial plan type used for budgets and
forecasts.
1. Define the default budget type for each reporting plan type.
The following table lists the default Budget Type for each Reporting Plan Type:

Reporting Plan Type Default Budget Type

Cost Budget Type Approved Cost Budget

Revenue Budget Type Approved Revenue Budget

Cost Forecast Type Forecast Cost Budget

Revenue Forecast Type Forecast Revenue Budget

If your enterprise uses different budget types for recording budget amounts,
then edit the default Budget Type values. Budget and forecast amounts in Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects are reported differently depending on
whether they are entered by period or in bulk.

2. Define the default financial plan type for each reporting plan type.

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 No default values are provided. If you are using both budgeting models, the
financial plan types will take precedence over the budget types.

3. Define the conversion rate date basis for each reporting plan type.
Budgets and forecasts are entered in the functional currency of the operating
unit to which they belong. These amounts are converted to the global currency
for comparative analysis using the conversion rate applicable on one of the
following dates.
First Day of Planning Period: Plan amounts are converted from their base
currency to the global currency using the starting date of the planning period.
This is the default value because many enterprises use this date for conversion
purposes.
Last Day of Planning Period: Plan amounts are converted from their base
currency to the global currency using the ending date of the planning period.
You must consider your corporate policy before selecting a conversion rate date
basis. If your enterprise typically uses the rate applicable at the beginning of the
planning period for purposes of converting currency transactions, then select
the first option.

7. Set up the Cost and Labor Units.

Set up the type of cost to be used in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects reports.
You can choose from the following cost types:
• Burdened Cost: This is the default value.

• Raw Cost

Set up the units of labor to be used in resource management reports. You can report
labor units in either Hours or Days. The default value is Hours.

Note: Different operating units can have a different definition of a

working day. For example, a working day can be 8 hours in one
operating unit, and 7 hours in another one. The Full Time
Equivalent (FTE) specifies how many hours are equivalent to a day
of work. For more information on defining the Full Time
Equivalent hours, see Staffing Implementation Options, Oracle
Projects Implementation Guide.

8. Set up the Availability Thresholds.

You can use the following predefined availability ranges to define availability
thresholds:
• 12.5

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 • 25

• 50

• 75

• 100
You can override these default values. Ensure that you select one of the five
values as the default availability threshold value used in Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects reports.
Keep in mind that different organizations can have different definitions of
resource availability. In one organization, a resource is considered to be
available if it is available for more than 50% of the time, while in another
organization, the availability threshold may be 75%. You must consider the
definition of resource availability in your organization before selecting a value.

9. Set up the Available Resource Duration Buckets.

You can use the following predefined resource duration buckets to report resource
availability:
• 1-5 days

• 6-10 days

• 11-15 days

• 16-20 days

• Greater than 20 days

You can override these default values and enter your own duration buckets for
reporting resource availability in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects
reports.

Setting Up Profile Options

The following table lists profile options for Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, their
default values, and access levels. These profile options belong to the Deployment -
Licensing and Implementation category. Profile options in this category control access
to products based on licensing or implementation options.

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Profile Default User Access System System System System
Option Administrati Administrati Administrati Administrati
on: User on: on: on: Site
Responsibilit Application
y

PJI: Debug 5 View Only View Only View Only View Only Update
Level

PJI: Global No Default View Only View Only View Only View Only Update
Start Date
Override

PJI: Number 4 View Only View Only View Only View Only Update
of Parallel
Extraction
Programs

PJI: No Default Update Update Update Update Update

Organization
Security
Profile

PJI: Output No Default View Only View Only View Only View Only Update
Destination

PJI: Truncate No View Only View Only View Only View Only Update
PJI Summary
Tables

PJI: Use DBI Yes View Only View Only View Only View Only Update
Request Set
Generator

Note: Oracle Projects also uses these profile options. For more
information, see: Appendix B, Shared Profile Options, Oracle Projects
Implementation Guide.

PJI: Debug Level

You can use this profile option to control the minimum level of details that you want for
debug messages. Possible levels are one through to six. The internal name of the profile
option is PJI_DEBUG_LEVEL.
You can optionally enter any value in the range of 1 to 6 to change the default level of

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 debug details. For more information on log levels, see FND: Debug Log Levels, Oracle
Applications System Administrator's Guide and Maintenance.

PJI: Global Start Date Override

You can optionally use this profile option to control the date from which summarization
of reporting data can begin. The profile option displays the value that you set for the
BIS: Global Start Date Override profile option when implementing Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects. If the value is not the same as the global start date value for
Oracle Projects performance reporting, and you are licensed to use both Oracle Projects
performance reporting and Daily Business Intelligence for Projects, you can use this
profile option to ensure summarization begins on the same date for both applications
and summary amounts correspond when you navigate from an organization-level
report to project-level details. The internal name of the profile option is
PJI_GLOBAL_START_DATE_OVERRIDE
1. Enter Yes, if the global start date values for Oracle Projects and Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects are different. Then enter the common required start date
value to override the BIS global start date values for Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects.

2. Do the same in Oracle Projects.

PJI: Number of Parallel Extraction Programs

You can optionally use this profile option to control the number of programs that each
of the following programs can launch in parallel:
• PRC: Load Project and Resource Base Summaries

• PRC: Load Project Intelligence Data

• PRC: Update Project and Resource Base Summaries

• PRC: Update Project Intelligence Data

• PRC: Refresh Project and Resource Base Summaries

• PRC: Refresh Project Intelligence Data

The above programs can in turn launch two to eight programs. You can enter a new
value in the range of 2 to 8 to replace the default value. The internal name of the profile
option is PJI_EXTRACTION_PARALLELISM.

PJI: Organization Security Profile

You must use this profile option to control the list of project organizations that the
project executive or project superuser can access in Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects reports. The internal name of the profile option is

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 PJI_SECURITY_PROFILE_LEVEL.
Enter Yes and specify a valid HR security profile to restrict access to the organizations
associated with the profile. To view data for all project organizations, enter No.

PJI: Output Destination

You can optionally use this profile option to control the location of generated log and
output messages such as table, log, or output. The internal name of the profile option is
PJI_OUTPUT_DESTINATION.
Enter any of the following values:
• Table to view message in table format

• Log to view message in text format as a log file

• Output to view message as output

PJI: Truncate PJI Summary Tables

You can optionally use this profile option to control the deletion of project performance
and Daily Business Intelligence for Projects reporting data by the following programs:
• PRC: Delete Project Intelligence and Performance Reporting Data

• PRC: Delete Project Performance Reporting Data

• PRC: Delete Project Intelligence Data

The internal name of the profile option is PJI_SUM_CLEANALL. Enter Yes to delete
reporting data. Enter No to retain reporting data.

PJI: Use DBI Request Set Generator

This profile option is set to Yes to enable you to use the Request Set Generator to load or
update data in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects dashboards and associated
reports. You can optionally use this profile option and enter a value of No to manually
run the following concurrent programs for the initial load and incremental updates to
the data in Daily Business Intelligence for Projects reports:
• PRC: Load Project Intelligence Data

• PRC: Update Project Intelligence Data

The internal name of the profile option is PJI_USE_DBI_RSG.

Troubleshooting
This section discusses hypothetical issues that you may encounter when implementing

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 and using Daily Business Intelligence for Projects. You can use the solutions provided to
address such issues.
• I submitted the concurrent programs for the initial and incremental load. Why do I see
incorrect data in my reports?
Check to see if you submitted the following programs while submitting the Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects concurrent programs for the initial or incremental
load of summary amounts:
• Update Time Dimension

• HRI Load All Organization Hierarchy Versions

• Why do I see obsolete data in my reports?

Verify whether you submitted the update concurrent programs for the dashboards
associated with the reports that you are viewing. Run the Request Set Generator for
an incremental load to ensure that new and changed transactions are reflected in
reports.

• How often must I update the data in my reports?

If your organization is large and has a significant transaction volume, perform daily
updates. Otherwise, update data for your organization when you do the following:
• Create new projects

• Enter new expenditures

• Perform revenue accrual

• Make revenue adjustments

• Will my reports automatically reflect changes that I make on the Project Intelligence Setup
page?
If you make your changes before running the Request Set Generator for the initial
load of summarized data, then your reports will automatically reflect your changes
after you perform the initial summarization. If you make your changes after running
the Request Set Generator for the initial load, then your system administrator must
remove the existing data from both the base summary and reports before you run
the Request Set Generator again for an initial and incremental load.

Note: Do not perform an incremental load for changes that you

make to Periods, Rolling Weeks, and Cost and Labor Unit Options.

• Why do I not see values for burdened cost in my reports?

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 Check to see if you selected Burdened Cost as your Reporting Cost Type on the
Project Intelligence Setup page.

• Why do I not see recent transactions such as expenditure items, revenues, and fundings on
my profitability reports?
Verify if you did the following:
• Ran the Request Set Generator to make incremental updates to the data in the
reports associated with the Projects Profitability Management dashboard after
you entered the new transactions

• Set the PJI: Use DBI Request Set Generator profile option to No and enabled the
following implementation options on the Project Intelligence Setup page:
• Enable Profitability Reporting

• Enable Cost Reporting

• Cost distributed the new expenditure items, which the General Ledger date for
them validates

• Why do I not see recent transactions such as project assignments and assignment
cancellations on resource management reports?
Confirm that you did the following:
• Ran the Request Set Generator to incremental updates to the data in the reports
associated with the Projects Operations Management dashboard after you
entered the new transactions

• Set the PJI: Use DBI Request Set Generator profile option to No and enabled the
Enable Utilization and Availability Reporting implementation option on the
Project Intelligence Setup page

• Why do I not see any values for View by Classification?

Ensure that you specified a category value other than All for the Category
parameter.

Concurrent Programs
Use the Project Intelligence Administrator responsibility to submit the concurrent
programs that summarize project data for the organization for display in the reports
associated with the dashboards of Daily Business Intelligence for Projects.
Summarization is a two-step process. The first step creates a base summary of data that
both Oracle Projects and Daily Business Intelligence for Projects use for reporting.
Oracle Projects provides the concurrent programs involved in the first step of

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 summarization. For information on the two-step summarization process and the
concurrent programs involved in extracting and summarizing data used for reporting,
see: Understanding Reporting Data Summarization, Oracle Projects Fundamentals.
If you are licensed to use Daily Business Intelligence for Projects and Oracle Projects
performance reporting, you can navigate from organizational reports in Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects to project-level details in Oracle Projects performance reporting.
For information on the concurrent programs you must use to ensure that the data you
view on organization reports and on project performance pages is consistent, see the
tables in the following section.

Using Daily Business Intelligence for Projects Programs

This section discusses the concurrent programs that Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects shares with Oracle Projects to summarize and report project data.
Daily Business Intelligence for Projects uses the following concurrent programs that
Oracle Projects provides to create and maintain the base summary of reporting data.
• PRC: Load Project and Resource Base Summaries

• PRC: Update Project and Resource Base Summaries

• PRC: Refresh Project and Resource Base Summaries

• PRC: Delete Project Intelligence and Performance Reporting Data

Daily Business Intelligence for Projects then uses its own concurrent programs to
further summarize data from the base summary for display by organization. These
programs include:
• PRC: Load Project Intelligence Data

• PRC: Update Project Intelligence Data

• PRC: Refresh Project Intelligence Data

• PRC: Delete Project Intelligence Data

Similarly, Oracle Projects uses into own concurrent programs to further summarize the
base summary data for display on project performance, workplan, and financial plan
pages. These programs are:
• PRC: Load Project Performance Data

• PRC: Update Project Performance Data

• PRC: Refresh Project Performance Data

• PRC: Delete Project Performance Reporting Data

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For information on the concurrent programs used by Oracle Projects performance
reporting, see: Performance and Exceptions Reporting Processes, Oracle Projects
Fundamentals.
If you are licensed to use both Oracle Projects performance reporting and Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects, then you can navigate from one to the other
application to view project summary amounts for the organization and for a specific
project of the organization. In this case, you must ensure that data is consistent when
navigating from a Daily Business Intelligence for Projects report to a project
performance page. The following tables describe possible business cases or
circumstances for submitting one or a combination of concurrent programs, the order
and recommended method of submission, and the result achieved by each of the
programs.
Use the table below for information on possible business cases and the programs you
need to submit when using only Daily Business Intelligence for Projects

Viewing Daily Business Intelligence for Projects Reports

Business Case Order of Programs Recommended Results

Submission
Method

A new instance of 1. PRC: Load Project Use the request The first program
Daily Business and Resource Base set generator for summarizes data from
Intelligence for Summaries initial load of all transactions to create a
Projects1. dashboards and base summary of
2. PRC: Load Project associated reporting data.
Intelligence Data reports.
The second program
further summarizes
base summary data for
Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects
reports.

New and changed 1. PRC: Update Project Use the request The first program
transactions in Oracle and Resource Base set generator for updates the base
Projects. Summaries incremental summary data with
updates to incremental changes.
2. PRC: Update Project selected
dashboards and The second program
Intelligence Data
associated further summarizes the
reports. updated base summary
data to ensure that the
data in Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects
reports is current.

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 Business Case Order of Programs Recommended Results
Submission
Method

Incorrect or missing 1. PRC: Refresh Project The system The first program
data on dashboards and Resource Base administrator re-summarizes data for
and report for some Summaries2 creates and runs the specified projects
projects. a request set of and overwrites the
2. PRC: Refresh Project the two existing base summary
Intelligence Data2 programs. data with the new data.

The second program

further summarizes the
new base summary
data of the same
projects for Daily
Business Intelligence
for Projects reports.

Incorrect or missing 1. PRC: Delete Project The system The first program
data for all projects Intelligence and administrator deletes the base
on dashboards and Performance creates and runs summary data.
reports. Reporting Data2 a request set of
the first two The second program
Changed 2. programs. Then, clears data from Daily
PRC: Delete Project
implementation Business Intelligence
Intelligence Data2 use the request
options for Daily set generator to for Projects reports.
Business Intelligence
3. PRC: Load Project perform an The third program
or for Daily Business initial load of
Intelligence for and Resource Base recreates the base
Summaries data for all summary data.
Projects not reflected dashboards and
on reports. associated The fourth program
4. PRC: Load Project
reports. further summarizes the
Intelligence Data
new base summary
data for Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects
reports.

1A new instance can be the result of a fresh install or a re-install subsequent to changes
in implementation options, or errors in data for all projects. A re-install involves the
removal of all existing data from the base summary and from dashboards and reports.
2Run the concurrent program only on the recommendation of an Oracle Support
representative.
Use the table below for information on possible business cases and the programs you
need to submit if you are licensed to use both Daily Business Intelligence for Projects
and Oracle Projects performance reporting, and are navigating from one to the other.

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Viewing Daily Business Intelligence for Projects Reports and Project Performance Pages

Business Case Order of Programs Recommended Results

Submission
Method

New instance of 1. PRC: Load Project Use the request The first program
Daily Business and Resource Base set generator extracts and
Intelligence for Summaries for initial load summarizes
Projects. of all transaction amounts to
2. PRC: Load Project dashboards and create a base summary
New instance of associated of reporting data.
Intelligence Data
Oracle Projects reports.
Performance The second program
3. PRC: Load Project
Reporting. Run a single further summarizes
Performance Data request for the base summary data for
Load Project Daily Business
4. PRC: Update Project Performance Intelligence for
Performance Data Data program. Projects reports.

The third program

further summarizes
base summary data for
Oracle Projects.

The fourth program

uses the base summary
data to create the
global calendar and
currency for financial
plans.

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 Business Case Order of Programs Recommended Results
Submission
Method

New and changed 1. PRC: Update Project Use the request The first program
transactions in Oracle and Resource Base set generator updates the base
Projects. Summaries for initial load summary data.
of all
2. dashboards and The second program
PRC: Update Project
associated further summarizes
Intelligence Data
reports. the updated base
summary data to
3. PRC: Update Project Submit a single ensure that the data in
Performance Data request for the Daily Business
Update Project Intelligence for
Performance Projects reports is
Data program current.

The third program

further summarizes
the updated base
summary data to
ensure that data at the
project level is current
and consistent when
you navigate to this
from an
organization-level
report.

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Business Case Order of Programs Recommended Results
Submission
Method

Navigating from 1. PRC: Update Project Use the request The first program
Daily Business and Resource Base set generator updates base summary
Intelligence for Summaries for incremental plan data.
Projects reports to load of the
project performance 2. required The second program
PRC: Update Project
pages to view dashboard and further summarizes
Intelligence Data
planned amounts. associated updated base
reports. summary plan data for
Daily Business
Intelligence for
Projects reports.

Oracle Projects
summarizes planned
amounts online. This
means that if base
summary plan data is
current, then displayed
planned amounts are
current.

Incorrect or missing 1. PRC: Refresh Project The system The first program
data for some projects and Resource Base administrator re-summarizes data for
on Daily Business Summaries2 creates and the specified projects
Intelligence for runs a request and overwrites the
Projects dashboards 2. PRC: Refresh Project set of the two existing base summary
and reports. Intelligence Data2 programs. data with the new
data.
Incorrect or missing
3. PRC: Refresh Project
data on project The second program
performance pages. Performance Data2 further summarizes
the fresh base
summary data of the
same projects for Daily
Business Intelligence
for Projects reports.

The third program

further summarizes
the fresh base
summary data of the
same projects for
Oracle Projects.

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 Business Case Order of Programs Recommended Results
Submission
Method

Incorrect or missing 1. PRC: Delete Project The system The first program
data for all projects Intelligence and administrator deletes the base
on Daily Business Performance creates and summary data.
Intelligence for Reporting Data2 runs a request
Projects reports. set of the first The second program
2. two programs. clears data from Daily
PRC: Delete Project
Incorrect or missing Business Intelligence
Intelligence Data2
data for all projects The system for Projects reports.
on project administrator
3. PRC: Delete Project The third program
performance pages. submits the
Performance Delete Project clears data from Oracle
Changed Reporting Data2 Performance Projects performance,
implementation Reporting Data workplan, and
options for Daily 4. PRC: Load Project financial plan pages.
program.
Business Intelligence, and Resource Base
Daily Business Use the request The fourth program
Summaries
Intelligence for set generator to recreates the base
summary data.
Projects, or Oracle 5. PRC: Load Project perform an
Projects Performance Intelligence Data initial load of The fifth program
Reporting that are not data for all further summarizes
reflected in reports or 6. dashboards and the new base summary
PRC: Load Project
on project associated data for Daily Business
Performance Data
performance pages. reports. Submit Intelligence for
a single request Projects reports.
for the Load
Project The sixth program
Performance further summarizes
Data program. the new base summary
data for Oracle
Projects.

1A new instance can be the result of a fresh install or a re-install subsequent to changes
in implementation options, or errors in data for all projects. A re-install involves the
removal of all existing data from the base summary, project performance pages, and
from dashboards and reports.
2Run the concurrent program only on the recommendation of an Oracle Support
representative.

Using the Request Set Generator

Use the Request Set Generator daily to submit the concurrent program request set for
incremental updates to Daily Business Intelligence for Projects dashboards and
associated reports. When you run the Request Set Generator for an incremental load,
the request collects new and updated data since the last time the request was run, and

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 displays the updated data in the reports. If a currency conversion error occurs while a
request collects data, then the entire collection fails.
You can use the Request Set Generator to run an incremental load more than once a
day. For example, if you are licensed to use Daily Business Intelligence for Projects and
Oracle Projects performance reporting, and are viewing planned amounts, you must
use the Request Set Generator to run an incremental load request for the dashboard
before you navigate from an associated report to a project performance page.
In addition, use the Request Set Generator to resubmit the initial load request if you
need to clear out existing data and start over with new data in reports.

Related Topics
Schedule Incremental Request Sets, page 2-75
Understanding Daily Business Intelligence, page 1-5.
Currency, page 2-2.

Load Project Intelligence Data

This program summarizes financial and resource- related amounts from the base
summary for display on the reports of Daily Business Intelligence for Projects.
This concurrent program does not have any parameters.

Update Project Intelligence Data

This program summarizes incremental financial and resource- related amounts from
the updated base summary for display on the reports of Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects. You must submit the Update Projects and Resource Base Summaries program to
update the base summary information before you submit this program. Submit this
program periodically to ensure dashboards and reports display current data.
This concurrent program does not have any parameters.

Program Submission
Use the Submit Request window to submit the PRC: Update Project Intelligence Data
program.

Refresh Project Intelligence Data

Use this program to correct data problems such as duplicate, missing, or unreconciled
amounts that appear on Daily Business Intelligence for Projects dashboards and reports.
This program uses the base summary information to summarize afresh and reload
dashboards and reports with corrected summarized amounts.

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 Caution: Run this process only at the direction of an Oracle Support
representative.

If data problems persist, submit this program after you run the Refresh Project and
Resource Base Summaries concurrent program. You must submit this program and the
Refresh Project and Resource Base Summaries program using the same set of
parameters. If you submit the Refresh Project and Resource Base Summaries program
for a specific set of projects, Daily Business Intelligence for Projects will not allow you to
submit other summarization programs for these projects until you run the Refresh
Project Performance Data program.

Note: You do not need to submit the Refresh Project and Resource Base
Summaries program to submit this program and refresh information
for dashboard and reports.

Program Submission
Use the Submit Request window to submit the PRC: Refresh Project Intelligence Data
program.

Program Parameters
If you submit the Refresh Project and Resource Base Summaries program for a specific
operating unit or for one or more specific projects, you must submit this program for
the same operating unit or projects.
Expenditure Organization. Select an organization to limit the refresh to projects of this
organization.
Include Suborganizations. Enter Yes to display amounts for the suborganizations.
Enter No to display amounts only for the organization.
From/To Project. Specify a project or a range of projects to limit the refresh to specified
projects of the selected organization.
Project Operating Unit. Specify an operating unit of the selected organization to limit
the refresh to projects for a single operating unit.

Delete Project Intelligence Data

This program deletes all data from the reports of Daily Business Intelligence for
Projects. Submit this program after the Delete Project Intelligence and Performance
Reporting Data program is complete. Submit the Load Project and Resource Base Summaries
and Load Project Intelligence Data programs after you submit this program to restart the
process of populating Daily Business Intelligence for Projects reports.
Submitting this program is required only if you want to change the prerequisite BIS
profile options or Daily Business Intelligence for Projects implementation and setup

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 steps after you have run summarization at least once.

Note: Always run this program in conjunction with the Delete Project
Intelligence and Performance Reporting Data program, and only after the
completion of that program. Run this program only at the direction of
an Oracle Support representative.

Program Submission
Use the Submit Request window to submit the PRC: Delete Project Intelligence Data
program.

Note: Before you submit this program, verify that the profile option PJI:
Truncate PJI Summary Tables is set to Yes at the site level.

Program Parameters
Are you sure? Select Yes to submit the request and No to cancel the request.

Project Intelligence Security Audit Report

This report lists the operating units and organizations that a user can access on Daily
Business Intelligence for Projects reports.

Program Submission
Use the Submit Request window to submit the Project Intelligence Security Audit
Report program.

Program Parameters
User Name. Specify a user name.

Materialized View Refresh Utility

This utility refreshes summaries for specified or all materialized views of Daily Business
Intelligence for Projects.

Caution: Run this utility only at the direction of an Oracle Support

representative.

Program Submission
Use the Submit Request window to submit the Materialized View Refresh Utility
program.

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Program Parameters
MV Name. The default value is All. To run this utility for a specific materialized view,
specify the name of the view.

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 17
Daily Business Intelligence for Quoting

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Set Up Checklist
• Summarizing Data
• Troubleshooting

Overview
DBI for Quoting allows sales executives and sales managers to analyze the
quote-to-order life cycle. They can view information on the efficiency of the quote
conversion process and approvals process, together with the influence of price
adjustments (discounts or surcharges) on the rate of quote conversion. This information
is presented through a series of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), reports, and graphs.

Understanding Reporting

Quote Management Dashboard

The Quote Management dashboard displays information on various aspects of the
quoting process through a series of KPIs, tables and graphs. The dashboard displays

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 information from various reports on quoting operations in a consolidated, easy-to-read
format. All KPIs on the dashboard and in the reports are sourced from the Oracle
E-Business Suite Quoting transaction system.

Responsibilities
The following responsibility is provided by Daily Business Intelligence for Quoting.
• Daily Quoting Intelligence: To access DBI for Quoting, log in to the Self Service
application with this responsibility. Users must have the 'Manager' or
'Administrator' role, assigned to a sales group. Users with the 'Member' role are not
permitted access.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see:
"Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix", page B-1.

Dimensions
Daily Business Intelligence for Quoting uses the following unique dimensions:
• Time

• Sales Group

• Item

• Currency

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

Daily Business Intelligence for Quoting uses the following KPIs.

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DBI for Quoting Key Performance Indicators

KPI Calculation

Total Quotes All quotes (Number and Amount) that had the potential to be
converted into orders during the reporting period, regardless of the
current status of the quote. The value of the quotes is from the highest
version of the quote.

Converted Quotes Converted Quotes (Number and Amount) are all quotes where the
highest version was converted to an order during the reporting period.
Specifically, those quotes where the highest version has a status of
Order Submitted and an order date in the reporting period.

Note that the date ranges are inclusive. Assume that the reporting
period is 1/1/03 - 1/31/03. If the highest version of a quote was
converted to an order on 1/1/03 or 1/31/03, it should be included.

Open Quotes All quotes (Number and Amount) that have not expired or converted
to an order during the reporting period.

Converted Amount The value of Converted Quotes expressed as a percentage of the value
Percent of Total Quotes.

Average Days to The average number of days taken for the highest version of the quote
Convert to convert to an order, since the creation of the first version of the
quote.

All Submissions The number of all quotes, submitted for approval, which had their
window of approval partly or completely within the reporting period.

Processed The number of all approval submissions which have completed their
Submissions approval process, regardless of approval status.

Approved Percent Approved percent from quotes that have been submitted for their
from All respective approval processes. Calculated as: (Number of Quotes with
Submissions 'Approved' status) x 100 divided by the Number of Quotes submitted
for Approval.

Approved Percent The number of all approval submissions which have an 'Approved'
from Completed approval status, expressed as a percentage of the number of all
Submissions submissions that have completed the approval process.

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 KPI Calculation

Average Number of The average number of days taken to approve an approval submission,
Days for Approval regardless of the approval status, from the time the quote was
submitted for approval, to the final approver of the quote.

Average Number of The average number of approvers required to approve an approval

Approvers submission, regardless of the approval status.

Securing Data
DBI for Quoting uses the Sales Group security model set up in Oracle Resource
Manager to access and restrict content. This role-based security model permits the user
to only view specific sales group information. Rules governing access are outlined
below.
Permitted Roles
Access to DBI for Quoting is restricted to users with one of the following Oracle
Resource Manager roles assigned:
• Manager

• Administrator

Sales Group Access

User access is restricted to viewing information for the following sales groups/sales
persons (these groups/persons display in the Sales Group parameter):
• A user's own sales group

• Those sales groups and sales persons subordinate to the user's own sales group (as
defined in the current view of the sales group hierarchy)

The user is prevented from viewing peer sales group information. Users can drill down
into the sales group hierarchy to its lowest level.

Implementation Considerations
The Oracle Quoting application must be set up, before implementing DBI for Quoting.
The Oracle Approvals Management application provides information to DBI for
Quoting, and is recommended but not necessary: Both the applications are part of the
Oracle E-Business Suite.

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Set Up Checklist

Set Up Quote Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Quote
Management dashboard and its associated reports.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup.

Quote Management Dashboard Setup Steps

Step Responsibility

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 2-29
• System Administrator

Install the applications listed in • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Implementation Considerations, page 17-4.
• System Administrator

Set up customizable bucket sets as described Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

in the "Customize Buckets" section of the
Daily Business Intelligence chapter in this
guide. The Quote Summary by Discount
report uses the Quoting Discount Bucket
customizable bucket set to define discount
ranges.

For functional currency conversion, set the • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
profile option, BIS: Treasury Rate Type. See
the "Implementing Daily Business
Intelligence" chapter in this guide for more
information on this profile option.

Post-Setup Steps, page 2-66 • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

• CRM Administrator

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Summarizing Data
This section contains information about the materialized views for DBI for Quoting:
Materialized Views Related to Resource Groups
The following views are intermediate level materialized views used in a higher-level
materialized view and should not be used in runtime queries
• ASO_BI_TOP_RSG_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to the
unique sales groups available.

• ASO_BI_RSG_PRNT_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to

the parents for all of the unique sales groups available. For the top level sales group,
NULL is stored as the parent group ID.

Materialized Views Related to Product Category Summarization

• ASO_BI_QLIN_L1_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to the
product category summarization. This level 1 materialized view gets the product
category id for the quotes lines and aggregates by day. This is an intermediate level
materialized view used in a higher-level materialized view and should not be used
in runtime queries.

• ASO_BI_QLIN_L2_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to the

product category summarization. This level 2 materialized view provides the
measures for open, new, and converted for product category from the unions. This
is an intermediate level materialized view used in a higher-level materialized view
and should not be used in runtime queries.

• ASO_BI_QLIN_PC_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to the

product category summarization. This materialized view rolls up the quote line
information by product category, sales group, and time. This is a top level
materialized view and should be used in runtime queries.

Materialized Views Related to Sales Group Summarization

• ASO_BI_QOT_L1_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to
quote summary by sales group and product category. It is a level 1 materialized
view created from the union of the ASO base materialized view,
ASO_BI_QUOTE_HEADERS_ALL.

• ASO_BI_QUOTE_HEADERS_ALL --- This materialized view has the union of all

parts for different measures, such as new, converted, and open. This is an
intermediate level materialized view used in a higher-level materialized view and
should not be used in runtime queries.

• ASO_BI_QOT_SG_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to

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 quote summary by sales group. It is a level 2 materialized view, and is rolled up by
time and sales group. This materialized view provides for different measures, such
as total, converted, and days for conversion. This is an intermediate level
materialized view used in a higher-level materialized view and should not be used
in runtime queries.

Materialized Views Related to Top Quotes

• ASO_BI_TOP_QOTB_MV --- This materialized view stores the Open and converted
Quotes for the current period. This MV derives its information directly from the
Quote Headers and Quote Approvals transactions tables. This materialized view
will always be refreshed completely. This is an intermediate materialized view used
in higher-level materialized view and should not be used in front-end query.

• ASO_BI_TOP_QOT_MV --- This materialized view stores the top 25 ranked quotes
rolled up by Sales Group. The materialized view is based on
ASO_BI_TOP_QOTB_MV.

Materialized Views Related to Adjusted Price

• ASO_BI_DISC_BUK_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to
the quote summaries by adjusted price report. It is a level 1 materialized view, and
gets the range details from the bucket_customizations table which contains both
customizations and seed data. This is an intermediate level materialized view used
in a higher-level materialized view and should not be used in runtime queries.

• ASO_BI_QOT_DISCB_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to

the quote summaries by adjusted price report. It is a level 2 materialized view, and
qualifies the quotes with the bucket identifier. It also provides measures for open,
new, and converted by union. This is an intermediate level materialized view used
in a higher-level materialized view and should be used in runtime queries.

• ASO_BI_QOT_DISC_MV --- This materialized view stores information relative to

the adjusted price report. This materialized view is rolled up by sales group and
time, and provides measures for total and converted. This is a top level materialized
view and should be used in runtime queries.

Materialized Views Related to Approvals

• ASO_BI_QOT_APRB_MV --- This materialized view stores aggregated approval
information relative to quotes by Sales group and Time. This is an intermediate
materialized view used in higher-level materialized view and should not be used in
runtime queries.

• ASO_BI_QOT_APR_MV --- This materialized view stores rolled up information

from ASO_BI_QOT_APRB_MV by Sales Group and time. This is the top-level
materialized view used in the Approvals reports.

Materialized Views Related to Approval Rules

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 • ASO_BI_QOT_RULB_MV --- This materialized view stores aggregated information
of approval rules relative to quotes by sales group and Time. This is an intermediate
materialized view used in higher-level materialized view and should not be used in
front-end query.

• ASO_BI_QOT_RUL_MV --- This is the top-level materialized view for approval

rules. It rolls up approval rules information from ASO_BI_QOT_RULB_MV by
Sales Group and Time dimensions. This is top-level materialized view used in
Approval Rules report.

Troubleshooting
Why is my Sales Group LOV empty?
• Ensure that you have completed the Resource Manager setup for your sales
organization.

• Verify if the Quoting DBI user has the 'Manager' role in the sales group.

• Verify if the sales groups setup have been changed after accessing the Quoting DBI
reports. If yes, then the sales group data may have been cached previously. To
refresh data, sign on as DBI Administrator, and navigate to Debug Utilities ->
Refresh Dashboard. Enter the page name of the dashboard, as mentioned in the
table below, which you would like to refresh.

Page Name Dashboard

ASO_BI_QUOTE_MGMT_PAGE Quote Management

Why does the Product Category LOV differ in Sales DBI and in Oracle Quoting?
This is by design. The Product Category LOV used in Sales DBI is unrestrictive and is
consistent across all DBI products, whereas the Product Category LOV in Oracle
Quoting is restricted to inventory organizations for the user's operating units.

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 18
Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory
Compliance

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Financial Statement Certification Dashboard Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
• Implementation Considerations
• Set Up Checklist

Overview
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance (DBI for Regulatory
Compliance) provides a summary of your organization's financial and process
certification metrics.
The Financial Statement Certification dashboard measures and tracks the performance
of daily financial certification activities, enabling you to resolve any open issues, and
take remedial actions, if necessary.
DBI for Regulatory Compliance provides the following dashboard:
• Financial Statement Certification Dashboard, page 18-2

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

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Understanding Reporting
Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance provides intuitive reports and
graphs that display the status of organizational and process certifications, open issues,
and open remedial actions. Signing officers can quickly see open issues in their
certification activities and take proactive steps to complete the certification process. For
detailed descriptions on each of the reports and the calculations involved, see Daily
Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.
The following dashboard is provided by Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory
Compliance.

Financial Statement Certification Dashboard

The Financial Statement Certification dashboard displays financial statement
certification metrics by key performance indicators (KPIs) of organizations, processes,
and significant accounts.
The KPIs are based on financial certification content from Oracle Internal Controls
Manager (OICM). OICM enables the assessment process by providing certification
functionality for all processes in the organization.
This dashboard contains a total of nine reports, which provide summarized and result
information for process and organization certifications, significant account evaluations,
open issues, and compliance environment changes.
You can also further drill down to thirteen different transaction detail reports from
these summary and result reports. These detail reports directly pull and display
transactional data from OICM.

Responsibilities
The following responsibilities are provided by Daily Business Intelligence for
Regulatory Compliance.
• Daily Compliance Intelligence: The Daily Compliance Intelligence responsibility
provides access to all the DBI for Regulatory Compliance functions.

Note: The Financial Certification dashboard includes the following

links to Daily Business Intelligence for Financials and Daily Business
Intelligence for Human Resources dashboards on the first Links portlet:
• Profit and Loss (Financials)

• Expense Management (Financials)

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 • HR Management - Overview (Human Resources)

If you have not implemented Daily Business Intelligence for Financials

and Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resource, these links would
not work. In such a case , you can use the Personalize option to remove
these links.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see:
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance uses the following unique
dimensions:
• Certification Dimension
Provides the listing of financial statement certifications. This dimension is
dependent on the Certification Type and Period dimensions.

• Certification Issue Priority Dimension

Lets you set the priority for findings, remediations, and issues in a financial
certification.

• Certification Issue Reason Dimension

Lets you state the reason for findings, remediations, and issues in a financial
certification.

• Certification Status Dimension

Provides the listing of a financial certification status.

• Certification Type Dimension

Provides the listing of preseeded and customer-defined certifications. Examples are
SOX 302 and SOX 404.

• Control Evaluation Result Dimension

Lets you group the control evaluation results.

• Disclosure Control Dimension

Lets you state whether the control is of the disclosure type.

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 • Finding Phase Dimension
Provides the listing of phases of a finding.

• Finding Priority Dimension

Provides the listing of priorities of a finding.

• Finding Reason Dimension

Provides the listing of reasons of a finding.

• Impact Dimension
Provides the listing of impacts of a risk.

• Issue Phase Dimension

Provides the listing of phases of an issue.

• Key Control Dimension

Lets you state whether the risk has key control.

• Likelihood Dimension
Lets you state whether the risk is likely to occur.

• Organization Dimension
Provides the listing of auditable units.

• Organization Certification Result Dimension

Lets you group the organization certification results.

• Period Dimension
Provides the listing of preseeded periods. Examples are month, quarter, and year.

• Period Name Dimension

Provides the listing of periods values. This dimension is dependent on the Period
dimension.

• Process Certification Result Dimension

Lets you group the process certification results.

• Remediation Phase Dimension

Provides the listing of phases of a remediation.

• Remediation Priority Dimension

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 Provides the listing of priorities of a remediation.

• Remediation Reason Dimension

Provides the listing of reasons of a remediation.

• Risk Evaluation Result Dimension

Lets you group the risk evaluation results.

• Significant Account Dimension

Provides the listing of significant accounts.

• Significant Account Evaluation Result Dimension

Lets you group the significant account evaluation results.

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Financial Statement Certification Dashboard Key Performance Indicators

(KPIs)
The following KPIs appear on this dashboard:
Open Remedial Actions KPIs
• Open Remedial Actions: Remediation: The total count of open remediations of
Oracle Internal Controls Manager (OICM).

• Open Remedial Actions: Findings: The total count of open findings of OICM.

Note: An open object, such as an open finding, is defined as any object

without a completion date, or with a completion date that is past the
selected period's last day.

You can drill to the Open Remedial Action Summary report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide from these KPIs.
Significant Account Evaluation Status KPIs
• Significant Account Evaluation Status: % Not Evaluated: The number of
significant accounts that are not evaluated divided by the total number of
significant accounts, expressed as a percentage.

• Significant Account Evaluation Status: % Evaluated as Having Ineffective

Controls: The number of significant accounts that are evaluated as anything other
than effective divided by the total number of significant accounts, expressed as a

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 percentage.

• Significant Account Evaluation Status: % Evaluated as Having Effective Controls:

The number of significant accounts that are evaluated as effective divided by the
total number of significant accounts, expressed as a percentage.

You can drill to the Significant Account Evaluation Result report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide from these KPIs.
Organization Certification Status KPIs
• Organization Certification Status: % Not Certified: The number of organizations
that are not certified divided by the total number of organizations, expressed as a
percentage.

• Organization Certification Status: % Certified with Issues: The number of

organizations that are certified with issues divided by the total number of
organizations, expressed as a percentage.

• Organization Certification Status: % Certified: The number of organizations that

are certified divided by the total number of organizations, expressed as a
percentage.

You can drill to the Organization Certification Result report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide from the above listed KPIs.
Process Certification Status KPIs
• Process Certification Status: % Not Certified: The number of organizational
processes that are not certified divided by the total number of organizational
processes, expressed as a percentage.

• Process Certification Status: % Certified with Issues: The number of

organizational processes that are certified with issues divided by the total number
of organizational processes, expressed as a percentage.

• Process Certification Status: % Certified: The number of organizational processes

that are certified divided by the total number of organizational processes, expressed
as a percentage.

You can drill to the Process Certification Result report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide from these KPIs.

Implementation Considerations
The following are common setup concerns that you should be aware of before you
begin setting up Daily Business Intelligence for Regulatory Compliance.

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Software
The Financial Statement Certification dashboard uses the financial statement
information from Oracle Internal Controls Manager (OICM). The dashboard will not
have any data if no financial statement certifications exist.
To ensure the most meaningful data on the Financial Statement Certification dashboard,
audit engagement and business process certifications must be created first, because:
• Audit engagement evaluations supply evaluation information for risks and
controls, as well as information about findings.

• Business process certifications (that are within the scope of financial statement
certifications) supply information that is included on process certification reports
and organization certification reports, as well as information about issues.

Consideration
Setup the enterprise calendar using the DBI administrator responsibility. DBI for
Regulatory Compliance uses this information for the Time dimension.

Note: The calendar definition for this calendar may be different from
the calendar definition for AMW. The data will be mapped to the
enterprise calendar in DBI for Regulatory Compliance.

Set Up Checklist

Set Up Financial Statement Certification Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to set up the Financial
Statement Certification dashboard and its associated reports.

Step Description

Implement the Financial Statement Enable the Financial Statement Certification

Certification dashboard. dashboard to implement it. For more
information, refer to Enable Dashboards, page
2-37.

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 Step Description

Set up concurrent request sets. Create the request sets that populate the
Financial Statement Certification tables with
relevant data.

Create two request sets for:

• Initial load

• Incremental load

The following concurrent requests could be

included in the request set:

• RCI Compliance Environment Change

Summary Report

• RCI Open Remedial Action Summary

• RCI Open Issue Summary

• RCI Control Detail Report

• RCI Unmitigated Risks Report

• RCI Organization Certification Report

• RCI Process Deficiency Report

• RCI Process Detail Report

• RCI Process Certification Summary

• RCI Significant Account Evaluation

Summary

For more information, refer to Create Initial

and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68.

If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, you do not
need to repeat the setup. Unless otherwise noted, setups can be performed
concurrently.
For more information, refer to Set Up Daily Business Intelligence, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence Implementation Guide.

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 19
Daily Business Intelligence for Sales

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Set Up Checklist
• Set DBI for Sales Profile Options
• Flexible Bucket Setup
• Run Initial Load of Opportunity Log Tables Concurrent Program
• Maintenance and Administration
• Assumptions
• Summarizing Data: Base Summary Tables
• Summarizing Data: Materialized Views
• Troubleshooting

Overview
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Sales is a management reporting tool which
allows sales executives and managers to gain the most comprehensive forecast analyses,
revenue backlog summaries, opportunity activity reviews, and sales force comparisons
for their organizations. Oracle DBI for Sales provides timely, relevant and
cross-functional sales information that enables your sales organization to address all

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 mission-critical challenges. Oracle DBI for Sales comprises of a series of Key
Performance Indicators (KPIs), trend graphs, and summarized tables. The reports and
KPIs may be updated on a daily basis to provide the most recent sales trends and
indicators of an enterprise's business. All together, it is a rich set of comparative
features with unparalleled levels of actionable analytics across the sales organization.
Areas of focus include forecast versus pipeline performance, lead and opportunity by
campaign, pipeline growth trend, opportunity win/loss, and revenue backlog
accumulation. It is tailored for sales executives and managers, enabling them to monitor
sales performance and to formulate an optimal sales strategy for the business.

Understanding Reporting
DBI for Sales provides the following dashboards:

Sales Forecast Management Dashboard

The Sales Forecast Management dashboard offers an overview of the forecast and
pipeline information related to sales groups and subordinates. From the key sales
forecast data provided on this dashboard, users can view forecast-related key
performance indicators and break down KPIs. Users can also access reports which allow
further analysis of key forecast and sales information, and view other DBI dashboards.
This dashboard is based on content from Oracle Sales.
Use the Daily Sales Intelligence responsibility to access this dashboard.

Sales Management Dashboard

The Sales Management dashboard allows sales executives and managers to view KPIs,
graphs, and reports. This includes information on pipeline, weighted pipeline, sales
forecasts, and won and lost opportunities. Also included are booked orders and
recognized revenue information. This dashboard is based on content from Oracle Sales.
Use the Daily Sales Intelligence responsibility to access this dashboard.

Opportunity Management Dashboard

The Opportunity Management dashboard provides an overview of opportunity-specific
sales information, including details about opportunities of different statuses and
progress against forecasts. From the key summary sales data provided on this
dashboard, users can view opportunity-related KPIs, break down KPIs, view forecast to
pipeline graphs, view other DBI dashboards, and access reports which allow further
analysis of key opportunity and sales information. This dashboard is based on content
from Oracle Sales.
Use the Daily Sales Intelligence responsibility to access this dashboard.

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Responsibilities
The following responsibilities are provided by DBI for Sales.
• Daily Sales Intelligence:To access DBI for Sales dashboards and reports, log in to
the Self Service Web application with this responsibility. If customers have
implemented Oracle Sales, they can use the 'Sales Manager' responsibility. DBI for
Sales permits access to resources (users) that are assigned to the sales group with a
'Manager' or 'Administrator' role. Resources that have a 'Member' role cannot view
any information on the dashboards or reports.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence product, see:
Appendix A, "Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix".

Dimensions
DBI for Sales uses the following dimensions in the dashboards and reports.
• Time

• Sales Group

• Item (Product Category Dimension Object only)

• Currency

• Campaign

Related Topics
For more information on common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

The following section lists the key performance indicators (KPIs) for DBI for Sales.

Sales Forecast Management Dashboard KPIs

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.

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 Sales Forecast Management Dashboard KPIs

KPI Name Description

Sales Group Forecast The last submitted forecast of the manager of

the selected sales group that has the: (1)
Forecast submission for the selected current
period. (2) Forecast period type as the current
selected period type. (or rolled up to the
current selected period type)

Direct Reports Forecast The sum of the last submitted forecasts of the
subordinates of the selected sales group that
have the: (1) Forecast submission for the
selected current period. (2) Forecast period
type as the current selected period type (or
rolled up to the current selected period type).
Note that depending upon where it is located,
the Direct Reports Forecast KPI will drill to
one of the following reports: Sales Results vs
Forecast or Forecast Overview. In these cases,
it will be named accordingly in the UI.

Weighted Pipeline The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities, weighted by the Win
Probability, that have the: (1) Close date
within the selected current period. (2)
Forecastable flag set ('Include in Forecast'
checked) for all sales groups and sales persons
belonging to the selected sales group and for
all product categories belonging to the
selected product category (defined by the
View By parameter). When the Weighted
Pipeline value of a prior period falls within a
period for which no snapshot is available, '-'
will be displayed. Therefore, the change value
between the current and prior periods will be
blank. Note that depending upon where it is
located, the Weighted Pipeline KPI will drill to
one of the following reports: Weighted
Pipeline or Forecast Overview. In these cases,
it will be named accordingly in the UI.

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 KPI Name Description

Pipeline The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
within the selected current period. (2)
Forecastable flag set ('Include in Forecast'
checked) for all sales groups and sales persons
belonging to the selected sales group and for
all product categories belonging to the
selected product category (defined by the
View By parameter). When the Pipeline value
of a prior period falls within a period for
which no snapshot is available, '0' will be
displayed. Therefore, the change value
between the current and prior periods will be
blank. Note that depending upon where it is
located, the Pipeline KPI will drill to one of
the following reports: Weighted Pipeline or
Forecast Overview. In these cases, it will be
named accordingly in the UI.

Won The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
between the start of the selected current
period and selected As of Date. (2) Closed flag
set ('Open' unchecked) (3) Won flag set ('Win'
selected for Win Loss Indicator) for all sales
groups and sales persons belonging to the
selected sales group and for all product
categories belonging to the selected product
category (defined by the View By parameter).
Note that depending upon where it is located,
the Won KPI will drill to one of the following
reports: Sales Results vs Forecast, Opportunity
Win/Loss, and Forecast Overview. In these
cases, it will be named accordingly in the UI.

Sales Management Dashboard KPIs

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.

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 Sales Management Dashboard KPIs

KPI Name Description

Revenue Total value of product revenue that has gone

through the revenue recognition process and
has been designated as recognized revenue.

Net Booked Total value associated with all order lines for
products that have been booked, plus the
negative value of returns order lines that have
been booked.

Sales Group Forecast The last submitted forecast of the manager of

the selected sales group that has the: (1)
Forecast submission for the selected current
period. (2) Forecast period type as the current
selected period type. (or rolled up to the
current selected period type)

Direct Reports Forecast The sum of the last submitted forecasts of the
subordinates of the selected sales group that
have the: (1) Forecast submission for the
selected current period. (2) Forecast period
type as the current selected period type (or
rolled up to the current selected period type).
Note that depending upon where it is located,
the Direct Reports Forecast KPI will drill to
one of the following reports: Sales Results vs
Forecast or Forecast Overview. In these cases,
it will be named accordingly in the UI.

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KPI Name Description

Weighted Pipeline The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities, weighted by the Win
Probability, that have the: (1) Close date
within the selected current period. (2)
Forecastable flag set ('Include in Forecast'
checked) for all sales groups and sales persons
belonging to the selected sales group and for
all product categories belonging to the
selected product category (defined by the
View By parameter). When the Weighted
Pipeline value of a prior period falls within a
period for which no snapshot is available, '-'
will be displayed. Therefore, the change value
between the current and prior periods will be
blank. Note that depending upon where it is
located, the Weighted Pipeline KPI will drill to
one of the following reports: Weighted
Pipeline or Forecast Overview. In these cases,
it will be named accordingly in the UI.

Pipeline The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
within the selected current period. (2)
Forecastable flag set ('Include in Forecast'
checked) for all sales groups and sales persons
belonging to the selected sales group and for
all product categories belonging to the
selected product category (defined by the
View By parameter). When the Pipeline value
of a prior period falls within a period for
which no snapshot is available, '0' will be
displayed. Therefore, the change value
between the current and prior periods will be
blank. Note that depending upon where it is
located, the Pipeline KPI will drill to one of
the following reports: Weighted Pipeline or
Forecast Overview. In these cases, it will be
named accordingly in the UI.

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 KPI Name Description

Won The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
between the start of the selected current
period and selected As of Date. (2) Closed flag
set ('Open' unchecked) (3) Won flag set ('Win'
selected for Win Loss Indicator) for all sales
groups and sales persons belonging to the
selected sales group and for all product
categories belonging to the selected product
category (defined by the View By parameter).
Note that depending upon where it is located,
the Won KPI will drill to one of the following
reports: Sales Results vs Forecast, Opportunity
Win/Loss, and Forecast Overview. In these
cases, it will be named accordingly in the UI.

Opportunity Management Dashboard KPIs

The following KPIs appear on this dashboard.

Opportunity Management Dashboard KPIs

KPI Name Description

Won Won: The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
between the start of the selected current
period and selected As of Date. (2) Closed flag
set ('Open' unchecked) (3) Won flag set ('Win'
selected for Win Loss Indicator) for all sales
groups and sales persons belonging to the
selected sales group and for all product
categories belonging to the selected product
category (defined by the View By parameter).
Note that depending upon where it is located,
the Won KPI will drill to one of the following
reports: Sales Results vs Forecast, Opportunity
Win/Loss, and Forecast Overview. In these
cases, it will be named accordingly in the UI.

Open The currency value of open opportunities.

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KPI Name Description

Pipeline The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
within the selected current period. (2)
Forecastable flag set ('Include in Forecast'
checked) for all sales groups and sales persons
belonging to the selected sales group and for
all product categories belonging to the
selected product category (defined by the
View By parameter). When the Pipeline value
of a prior period falls within a period for
which no snapshot is available, '0' will be
displayed. Therefore, the change value
between the current and prior periods will be
blank. Note that depending upon where it is
located, the Pipeline KPI will drill to one of
the following reports: Weighted Pipeline or
Forecast Overview. In these cases, it will
benamed accordingly in the UI.

Weighted Pipeline The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities, weighted by the Win
Probability, that have the: (1) Close date
within the selected current period. (2)
Forecastable flag set ('Include in Forecast'
checked) for all sales groups and sales persons
belonging to the selected sales group and for
all product categories belonging to the
selected product category (defined by the
View By parameter). When the Weighted
Pipeline value of a prior period falls within a
period for which no snapshot is available, '-'
will be displayed. Therefore, the change value
between the current and prior periods will be
blank. Note that depending upon where it is
located, the Weighted Pipeline KPI will drill to
one of the following reports: Weighted
Pipeline or Forecast Overview. In these cases,
it will be named accordingly in the UI.

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 KPI Name Description

Lost The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
between the start of the selected current
period and selected As of Date. (2) Closed flag
set ('Open' unchecked) (3) Lost flag set ('Loss'
selected for Win Loss Indicator) for all sales
groups and sales persons belonging to the
selected sales group and for all product
categories belonging to the selected product
category. (defined by the View By parameter)

Win/Loss Ratio Total value of opportunities that are Won,

divided by total value of opportunities that
are Lost. Won and Lost opportunities must
have close dates between the start of the
selected current period and selected As of
Date. The ratio figure is displayed to one
decimal place.

No Opportunity The sum of the sales credit amount of all

opportunities that have the: (1) Close date
between the start of the selected current
period and selected As of Date. (2) Closed flag
set ('Open' unchecked) (3) No Opportunity
flag set ('Neither' selected for Win Loss
Indicator) for all sales groups and sales
persons belonging to the selected sales group
and for all product categories belonging to the
selected product category. (defined by the
View By parameter)

Securing Data
To access the DBI for Sales dashboards and reports, log in to the Self Service Web
Application page. Select the Daily Sales Intelligence function-based responsibility. If the
customer has Oracle Sales implemented, the Sales Manager role-based responsibility
may be used.
DBI for Sales permits access to resources (users) that are assigned to a Sales Group with
a Manager or Administrator role. Resources that have a Member role will not be able to
view any information on the dashboards or reports.
DBI for Sales uses the same Sales Group security model as implemented in Oracle
TeleSales or Oracle Sales. Rules governing access are outlined below.

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 Permitted Roles
Access to DBI for Sales is restricted to users with one of the following Oracle Resource
Manager roles assigned: Manager or Administrator.
Sales Group Access
User access is restricted to viewing information for the following sales groups/sales
persons (these groups/persons display in the Sales Group parameter):
• A user's own sales group

• Those sales groups and sales persons subordinate to the user's own sales group (as
defined in the current view of the sales group hierarchy)

The user is prevented from viewing peer sales group information. Users can drill down
into the sales group hierarchy to its lowest level.
Note: Only the Oracle Sales and Oracle TeleSales applications support the
Administrator role.

Implementation Considerations
The following sections describe implementation setups and profile options you should
consider while implementing DBI for Sales. These implementation setups determine the
data that is displayed in the DBI for Sales dashboards and reports.

Sales OLTP Applications

DBI for Sales has been designed to work with Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales On-Line
Transactional Processing (OLTP) applications. DBI for Sales will use the appropriate
profiles, for data collection and reporting of Opportunity, Pipeline and Forecast KPIs.

Calendars
DBI for Sales uses the calendar defined in the BIS: Enterprise Calendar profile option to
construct the time dimension. The Time dimension is used in all DBI for Sales
dashboards and reports for reporting information by period.
The calendar used for forecasts is defined in the ASN: Forecast Calendar or OS: Forecast
Calendar profiles, depending on whether Oracle Sales is implemented, respectively.
The period type for which submitted Sales forecasts are collected is defined in the BIL:
Base Forecast Period Type profile. It should be a valid period within the forecast
calendar. Forecast data will only be collected for forecasts submitted for the defined
period, from the sales transaction system.
DBI for Sales requires a method to equate the period type for which a Sales forecast is
submitted, with the equivalent period in the time dimension, i.e., the dimension object
belonging to the time dimension.

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 The mapping between the period types is provided by the BIL: Mapping Enterprise
Forecast Period Type profile. This profile should be set to define the name of the
dimension object that corresponds to the period type in the forecasting calendar, for
which sales forecasts are submitted.
The following figure shows an example of the mapping between forecast and enterprise
calendars.

Example Mapping Between Period Types

Forecast Period Rollup

When a forecast is submitted for a certain period, the forecast information may be
viewed only for the period defined in BIL: Base Forecast Period Type, or it may be
rolled up to the next larger time period within the time dimension hierarchy. The site
level profile, BIL: Enable Forecast Period Rollup, summarizes forecast information up
the time dimension hierarchy when set to Yes, for example, a forecast submitted for
period type, Month (Month is defined in BIL: Base Forecast Period Type profile), will be
rolled up to the Quarter and Year period types. However, forecasts submitted for
period type, Week, will not be rolled up. The default value seeded for this profile is No,
which means that forecast information will not be summarized up along time
dimension hierarchy.

Sales Credit Types

All Opportunity and Forecast information displayed in DBI for Sales is for the sales
credit type specified in the site level profiles, ASN: Forecast Sales Credit Type or OS:
Forecast Sales Credit Type, depending upon whether Oracle Sales is implemented,
respectively. This holds true for all reports except the Top Opportunities report.

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Currency Conversion Rates
Oracle General Ledger (GL) currency conversion rates should not be changed for the
current or past days (SYSDATE or dates before SYSDATE). If a currency conversion rate
is changed for the current or past days, the transaction data should be re-collected,
using an Initial Request Set, from the Global Start Date, otherwise, currency values
displayed in DBI for Sales will be incorrect.

Future Close Dates

The collection programs collect only opportunities with close dates of up to two years in
the future (from the current date). If an opportunity is created with a close date greater
than two years in the future and never subsequently updated, it will never be reported
in DBI for Sales. It will only be included for reporting if it is updated, and the close date
is within the 2-year date range.

Forecast Category to Product Category Mapping (Oracle Sales, Oracle TeleSales)

A forecast category is one or more product categories selected to be included in a sales
forecast. A sales forecast is submitted for a particular forecast category and by
extension, for the one or more product categories that are mapped to that forecast
category.
For Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales implementations, DBI for Sales strongly
recommends that a forecast category be mapped to a single product category. Any
forecasts submitted for forecast categories that have more than one product category
mapped to them will be excluded from the DBI for Sales data collection programs, and
therefore will not be displayed in DBI for Sales reports and dashboards.
Example: Recommended Mappings for Forecast and Product Categories

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 Example Product Category Hierarchy

The following table illustrates the Forecast Category to Product Category mapping.

Forecast Category to Product Mapping

Forecast Category Product Category Recommended Solution

FC1 B Yes

FC2 D, E No

FC3 C No

Best Practice: Mapping Forecast Category to One Product Category

DBI for Sales recommends that a forecast category be mapped to a single product
category, in order to show the pipeline and forecast information for a single product
category. In the above example, forecast category FC1 has been mapped to a single
product category. All opportunities that include opportunity lines with product
category B will be considered when submitting a forecast for forecast category FC1.
Therefore, when a user logs into DBI for Sales and selects product category B, he will
view the forecast and the corresponding pipeline information, for the sales group
manager who submitted the forecast.
All forecast categories should be mapped to product categories at the same level, i.e.,

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peer nodes, in the hierarchy. Forecast categories should not be mapped to the parent
nodes, extending all the way to the top node, or the children nodes of any product
category that has been mapped to a forecast category.
For example, if forecast category FC1 is mapped to product category B, there should not
be another forecast category mapped to product categories A, D, or E. An additional
forecast category, e.g. FC2, may be mapped to product category C.
If a forecast category is mapped to the highest node in the product category hierarchy,
e.g., product category A, there should not be any additional forecast categories mapped
to product categories B, C, D, E, F or G.
Alternatively, if forecast category FC1 is mapped to product category D, an additional
forecast category, e.g., FC2, may be mapped to product category E. There should not be
any forecast categories mapped to product categories A or B.
Forecast categories may be mapped to differing levels in the product category
hierarchy, for separate branches of the hierarchy. For example, if forecast category FC1
is mapped to product category B, an additional forecast category, e.g., FC2, may be
mapped to product categories F or G.
Best Practice: Do Not Map Forecast Category to Multiple Product Categories
DBI for Sales collection programs will not collect forecast data for any forecast
categories that have been mapped to multiple product categories.
When a forecast category is mapped to multiple product categories, it is not possible to
compare pipeline and forecast information on an equivalent basis. In the above
example, forecast category FC2 has been mapped to product categories D and E. All
opportunities that include opportunity lines with product categories D and E will be
considered when submitting a forecast for forecast category FC2. Therefore, if a user
was to log into DBI for Sales and select product category D, he would view the forecast
submitted for product categories D and E, while the pipeline information would be
displayed for product category D.
Note: In Oracle Sales, if a forecast category is mapped to multiple product categories, it
is possible to submit forecasts for the individual product categories that comprise the
forecast category.
Best Practice: Do Not Map Multiple Forecast Categories to One Product Category
It is recommended that multiple forecast categories should not be mapped to a single
product category. When multiple forecast categories are mapped to a single product
category, it is not possible to view correct forecast information. In the above example,
forecast categories FC3 and FC4 have been mapped to product category C. All
opportunities that include opportunity lines with product category C will be considered
when submitting a forecast for forecast categories FC3 and/or FC4. Therefore, when a
user logs into DBI for Sales and selects product category C, he will view the summed up
forecast information for the sales group managers who submitted the forecasts for
forecast categories FC3 and FC4.

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Set Up Checklist

Prerequisites
The prerequisites are:
• Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales (depending upon user preference).

DBI for Sales contains KPIs and analysis from the following products:
• DBI for Marketing

• DBI for Financials

• DBI for Supply Chain

The above products are not required. However, not having these related DBI products
will cause their KPIs to be missing in Sales dashboards and reports. If these related DBI
products are installed, then the following transaction applications must also be
installed:
• Oracle Marketing

• Oracle Financials

• Oracle Order Management

See the appropriate About Doc for version requirements.

Set Up Sales Forecast Management, Sales Management, Opportunity Management

Dashboards
The following table lists the required and optional tasks for implementing of DBI for
Sales.

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 DBI for Sales Dashboards Setup Steps

Step Responsibility Required? Time to run the task

Set Up Daily Business • Daily Business Yes -

Intelligence Intelligence
Framework, page 2- Administrator
29
• System
Administrator

Set DBI for Sales System Administrator Yes 1 Hour

Profile Options

Flexible Bucket Setup Oracle Sales No 0.5 Hour

Administrator

Run Initial Load of Oracle Sales Yes 0.5 Hour

Opportunity Log Administrator
Tables Concurrent
Program

Post-Setup Steps, • Daily Business Yes -

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Administrator

• CRM
Administrator

Set DBI for Sales Profile Options

Set the profile options listed in this section to the recommended settings. The following
DBI for Sales profile options should be set.
• BIL: Base Forecast Period Type --- This site level profile value must be set to the
period type that is used for sales forecast submissions within the Sales organization.
For example, set to period type, Quarter, if your organization submits sales
forecasts for quarterly business periods. The period type selected must be a valid
period type in the calendar selected in the OS: Forecast Calendar profile. Required
for sales forecast data.

• BIL: Mapping Enterprise Forecast Period Type --- This site level profile represents
the period type in the BIS: Enterprise Calendar profile that is equivalent to the

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 period type selected in the BIL: Base Forecast Period Type profile (the dimension
object in the time dimension that corresponds to the period type used for sales
forecasts). For example, if sales forecasts are submitted for the Quarter, this profile
value should be set to the corresponding period, which is Enterprise Quarter. Set to
the Dimension object in the Time dimension that is equivalent to the period type
used for sales forecasts.

• BIL: Enable Forecast Period Rollup --- This site level profile value should be set to
indicate whether Sales forecasts submitted for a certain period should be rolled up
to larger periods in the time dimension, within DBI for Sales. For example, a Sales
forecast submitted for a Quarter would be rolled up to a Year. If set to No, no sales
forecasts will be rolled up. If set to Yes, sales forecasts will be rolled up.

• BIL: Oracle Sales Implementation Date (mm/dd/yyyy) --- This site level profile
should be set to the date that the Oracle Sales OLTP application was implemented.
If Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales is implemented, set to a date in the distant future,
for example, 01/01/2050. This profile may initially contain Y or N. Set the values as
described above.

Oracle Sales and Oracle TeleSales Profile Options

The following Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales profiles need to be set. Refer to the
respective Oracle Sales and Oracle TeleSales implementation guides for navigation and
responsibility information.
These profiles define opportunity transaction logging. The transaction logging tables
are used to obtain the Pipeline, Weighted Pipeline and Open opportunity information
for days when the data collection programs were not run. For example, data collection
programs were run on Monday and Tuesday but not run on Wednesday and Thursday.
Therefore, on Friday, there will be no Pipeline, Weighted Pipeline and Open
opportunity information available for Wednesday and Thursday. If the data collection
programs are run on Friday, they will consult the transaction log tables in order to
determine the Pipeline, Weighted Pipeline and Open opportunity information for
Wednesday and Thursday.
If the profiles below are not set to the recommended values shown below, opportunity
transactions will not be logged, and therefore, the user will not have any Pipeline,
Weighted Pipeline and Open opportunity information on days when there were no data
collections.
• OS: Enable Tracking Opportunity History Data --- Set to Yes to allow opportunity
transactions (new or updated opportunities) to be logged.

• OS: Enable Tracking Purchase Line History Data --- Set to Yes to allow opportunity
line transactions (new or updated opportunity lines) to be logged.

• OS: Enable Tracking Sales Credits History Data --- Set to Yes to allow opportunity
sales credit transactions (new or updated opportunity sales credits) to be logged.

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 • OS: Time Frame for Opportunity Logs --- This profile defines the level of
transaction logging that will occur. It is recommended that the profile value be set
to DAY, which indicates that day-level logging of opportunity transactions is
enabled. This is also the optimal setting for best performance.

Profiles to Set if Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales are Implemented

If Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales have been implemented, the following system
profiles should be set up.
• OS: Forecast Calendar --- This site level profile should be set to the calendar used
for Sales Forecasts. The value must be the same as the value you set for the BIS:
Enterprise Calendar profile, otherwise, forecast data cannot be reported.

• OS: Forecast Sales Credit Type --- This site level profile should be set to the Sales
Credit Type used for forecast and opportunity information in DBI for Sales.

Profiles to Set if Oracle Sales is Implemented

If Oracle Sales has been implemented, the following system profiles should be set up.
• ASN: Forecast Calendar --- This site level profile should be set to the calendar used
for Sales forecasts. The value must be the same as the value set for the BIS:
Enterprise Calendar profile, otherwise, forecast data cannot be reported.

• ASN: Forecast Sales Credit Type --- This site level profile should be set to the Sales
Credit Type used for forecast and opportunity information in DBI for Sales.

Flexible Bucket Setup

It is important for sales managers and executives to view pipeline and weighted
pipeline information by win probability ranges defined to suit their business needs.
Functionality is provided to customize these win probability ranges.

To Set Up Win Probability Ranges:

1. Log in to Oracle Self Service Web Application using the Daily Business Intelligence
Administrator responsibility.

2. Navigate to Bucket Sets under Setup > Global > Reports.

3. Search for the bucket set, Opportunity Win Probability Bucket Set, and Update it.

4. Define the Win Probability ranges as required.

5. Save your changes.

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Run Initial Load of Opportunity Log Tables Concurrent Program
Concurrent programs are run automatically when the generated concurrent request set
is run. The Initial Load of Opportunity Log Tables concurrent program must be run
individually. This program is not included as part of the request set. To run this
program, switch responsibility to Oracle Sales Administrator and run this concurrent
program to create baseline data in the Oracle Sales log tables for Opportunity history.
This concurrent program should be run only once after the profiles listed in "Oracle
Sales and Oracle TeleSales profile options" section are set.

To Run the Concurrent Program:

1. Login to Oracle Applications Forms using the Oracle Sales Administrator
responsibility.

2. Navigate to the Submit a New Request window. The navigation path is Concurrent
Requests > Run.

3. In the Submit a New Request window, select the Single Request option to take you
to the Submit Request window.

4. Select the Initial Load of Opportunity Log Tables concurrent request. Leave the
Debug and SQL Trace fields blank.

5. Click Submit to run this request.

Maintenance and Administration

After setup is complete, you may have to perform the following maintenance and
administration tasks.
After setting up sales group hierarchies, do not remove the Sales usage of the top level
sales group. Oracle E-Business Suite CRM applications may allow you to remove a
top-level usage, but doing so will leave orphaned "children" sales groups, and could
cause inconsistent behavior.
In general, any time you change your source data or your Daily Business Intelligence
for Sales setup you must rerun the incremental request set to refresh your data.

Assumptions
This section provides the assumptions and constraints in the Sales Opportunities,
Pipeline and Forecast data collection and reporting.
General Assumptions
These are general assumptions associated with data collection and reporting for DBI for

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Sales:
• Monetary amounts are converted from transactional currency to BIS: Primary
Currency at BIS: Primary Rate Type and BIS: Secondary Currency at BIS: Secondary
Rate Type using Financial Intelligence APIs with conversion rates as-of forecast
submission date for forecasts and as-of opportunity close date for opportunities. For
future close dates, the current system date is used to determine the currency
conversion rate.

• Latest hierarchy is used for Sales Group, Product Category, and Campaign
hierarchies.

• Current mapping exists between Product Category and Product. The Item
Dimension automatically assigns the products not mapped to the Unassigned
product category.

• Master item's organization ID will be used for Inventory items to determine its
Product Category

Assumptions for Sales Opportunities Data Collection and Reporting

These are the assumptions for sales opportunities data collection and reporting:
• Data summarization and reporting is by the sales persons and sales groups who get
the sales credits, except for the Top Opportunities report.

• Opportunity sales credits without any sales group or sales person information are
not reported, except for Top Opportunities.

• Opportunities with credit type as defined in the profile option value, Forecast
Credit Type, are collected.

• In the Top Opportunities report:

• Data is summarized and reported against the owner sales group and sales
person.

• Opportunities without any owner sales group or salesperson are not reported.

• All opportunity metrics (excluding Open, Pipeline, and Weighted Pipeline) are
period-to-date; i.e., information is shown for opportunities with close dates from
the start of the current period to the As of Date.

• The sales transaction application allows users to specify the opportunity status to
Won for future close dates. This business process can cause issues in DBI reporting,
for example, when an opportunity is set to Won status with a future close date, it
will not be reported as Won until the As of Date is equal to the opportunity close
date. A similar situation exists for opportunity conversion from leads as well. In
DBI, data is collected with the following assumptions:

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 • When the close date is less than the creation date, creation date is considered to
be the same as close date. When an opportunity is created with a close date
prior to the creation date, the creation date is considered to be the same as the
close date.

• When the close date is less than the conversion date, and the creation date is
less than or equal to the close date, the conversion date is considered to be the
same as the creation date.

• When the close date is less than the conversion date and the creation date is
greater than the close date, the conversion date is considered to be the same as
the close date. When an opportunity is created with a close date prior to the
creation date, then linked to a lead after the close date has passed, the linked
date is considered to be the same as the close date.

Assumptions for Sales Pipeline/Open Opportunities Data Collection and Reporting

These are the assumptions for sales pipeline/open opportunities data collection and
reporting:
• Data summarization and reporting is by the sales person and the sales group who
get the sales credits, except for Top Opportunities report.

• Opportunity sales credits without any sales group or sales person information are
not reported, except for Top Opportunities.

• Opportunities with credit type same as the profile value Forecast Credit Type are
collected.

• Pipeline Summaries stores a snapshot of Pipeline and Open opportunities when the
data collection process is run. On days when the concurrent request set is not run,
the pipeline and open opportunities do not show any data. Such gaps in data
collection are filled using sales opportunity history log tables as of the end of the
day for each of the days within the gap. At any time, only one gap may exist. The
gap might span one or multiple days.

• During gap filling, all product-category-related data errors are reported as

warnings, and the corresponding opportunity rows are ignored during the
collection process.

• No gap filling is done in the initial run of the pipeline collection when the purge
parameter equals Yes.

Assumptions for Sales Forecasts Data Collection and Reporting

These are the assumptions for sales forecasts data collection and reporting:
• For Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales implementations, one-to-one mapping of
Forecast Category to Product Category in the Sales transaction application.

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 • For Oracle Sales or Oracle TeleSales implementations, if there is a change to the
Forecast category mapping, data has to be recollected by running the Initial load
request set, otherwise, historical data collected earlier is summarized based on the
old mapping of Forecast Category to Product Category. This restriction is also
required for an Oracle Sales implementation if the Load Sales Forecast Base
Summary collection start date is set to a date earlier than the date in the profile, BIL:
Oracle Sales Implementation Date (mm/dd/yyyy). If the customer is only interested
in data created in Oracle Sales, then the start date parameter for this concurrent
program should be set to a date on or after the date in the profile.

• Forecast Data is not rolled up when forecast period type is Week or Year.

• If the site level profile, BIL: Enable Forecast Period Rollup, value is changed, then
data has to be recollected by running the Initial load request set, otherwise, the
change will not be in effect for historical data that is already collected.

• Forecasts are not submitted after the end-of period. Reports show the last submitted
forecast value for the period on/before the selected as-of-date.

Summarizing Data: Base Summary Tables

The following subsections describe the base summary tables for DBI for Sales.
Sales Opportunities Base Summary: BIL_BI_OPDTL_F
BIL_BI_OPDTL_F, known as the Sales Opportunities Base Summary, contains the latest
opportunity information by sales credits, for each sales group, sales person, and
product category. This table is used in the materialized views.
Sales Forecasts Base Summary: BIL_BI_FST_DTL_F
BIL_BI_FST_DTL_F, known as Sales Forecasts Base Summary, contains the summarized
data for forecast by period for each sales group, sales person, and product category.
This table is used in the materialized views.
Sales Pipeline Base Summary: BIL_BI_PIPELINE_F
BIL_BI_PIPELINE_F, known as Sales Pipeline Base Summary, contains daily snapshots
of pipeline and open data for each sales group, sales person, and product category, and
for each valid time period (day, week, period, quarter, year). This table is used in the
materialized views.

Summarizing Data: Materialized Views

The following are the Materialized Views owned by Daily Business Intelligence for
Sales.
Sales Opportunities Base MV Summary: BIL_BI_OPDTL_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPDTL_MV is the base level materialized view for

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 opportunities. This materialized view is used to identify the product category ID from
the eni item dimension star table, for a given item ID and organization ID from the Sales
Opportunity Base Summary table. Also the master organization mappings and
elimination of groups that do not have usage of SALES is performed in this step. This is
an intermediate materialized view used in higher-level materialized views.
Sales Opportunities Intermediate MV Summary by Sales Group and Product
Category: BIL_BI_OP11_PG_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OP11_PG_MV is obtained by the sales group rollup of
BIL_BI_OPDTL_MV. This is an intermediate materialized view used in higher-level
materialized view.
Sales Opportunities Intermediate MV Summary by Sales Group:
BIL_BI_OP21_G_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OP21_G_MV is obtained by reducing BIL_BI_OP11_PG_MV
to ignore the item and product category information. This is an intermediate
materialized view used in higher-level materialized views.
Sales Opportunities Intermediate MV Summary by Sales Group:
BIL_BI_OP22_G_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OP22_G_MV is obtained from BIL_BI_OP21_G_MV by
separating the various time based KPIs into different UNION ALLS to have a common
effective_time_id column that can be used in the time rollup. This is an intermediate
materialized view used in higher-level materialized views.
Sales Opportunities Summary by Sales Group: BIL_BI_OPTY_G_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPTY_G_MV contains opportunity count and amount by
sales group aggregated along time dimension for period-to-date (PTD) KPIs. It is a
nested materialized view created on top of BIL_BI_OP22_G_MV. This materialized
view can be used in the runtime query when (1) the View By is not set to "Product
Category"; and (2) Product Category parameter is not selected, or equals ALL.
Sales Opportunities Intermediate MV Summary by Sales Group and Product
Category: BIL_BI_OP12_PG_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OP12_PG_MV is obtained from BIL_BI_OP11_PG_MV by
separating the various KPIs based on time ids into separate UNION ALLS for the
purpose of time rollup in the final step. This is an intermediate materialized view used
in higher-level materialized views.
Sales Opportunities Summary by Sales Group and Product Category:
BIL_BI_OPTY_PG_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPTY_PG_MV is a top-level materialized view for
Opportunity amounts by Sales Group hierarchy and Product Category for PTD KPIs. It
is a nested materialized view created on BIL_BI_OP12_PG_MV. This materialized view
has the time rollup of BIL_BI_OP12_PG_MV. This materialized view is used in the
runtime queries when a product category is selected or when the View By is set to
"Product Category".

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Top Opportunities Summary by Sales Group: BIL_BI_TOPOP_G_MV
BIL_BI_TOPOP_G_MV, the materialized view for top opportunities, caters to the Top
Opportunity report. This materialized view will be a COMPLETE refresh only
materialized view, as it is not possible to fast refresh when Rank function is used.
Leads and Opportunities Base MV Summary by Sales Group and Campaign:
BIL_BI_OPLDC_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPLDC_MV is the base level materialized view for
Opportunities and Leads, used only for reporting by sales group/sales person. This
materialized view is used to combine the Leads and Opportunity KPIs into one
materialized view. This is an intermediate materialized view used in higher-level
materialized views.
Leads and Opportunities Intermediate MV Summary by Sales Group and Campaign:
BIL_BI_OPLDC_G_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPLDC_G_MV is the rollup of campaign on the base
materialized view (BIL_BI_OPLDC_MV). This is an intermediate materialized view
used in higher-level materialized views.
Leads and Opportunities Summary by Sales Group and Campaign:
BIL_BI_OPLDC_GC_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPLDC_GC_MV is the the time and sales group rollup on
top of BIL_BI_OPLDC_G_MV. This is a top-level materialized view for Lead and
Opportunity by Campaign materialized view, reporting only by sales group, and can be
used in the runtime reports.
Leads and Opportunities Base MV Summary by Sales Group, Product Category, and
Campaign: BIL_BI_OPLPC_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPLPC_MV is the base level materialized view for
Opportunities and Leads, for reporting by sales group/sales person and product
category. This materialized view is used to combine the Leads and Opportunity KPIs
into one materialized view. This is an intermediate materialized view used in
higher-level materialized views.
Leads and Opportunities Intermediate MV Summary by Sales Group, Product
Category, and Campaign: BIL_BI_OPLPC_G_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPLPC_G_MV is the rollup of campaign on the base
materialized view (BIL_BI_OPLPC_MV). This is an intermediate materialized view
used in higher-level materialized views.
Leads and Opportunities Summary by Sales Group, Product Category, and
Campaign: BIL_BI_OPLPC_GC_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_OPLPC_GC_MV is the time and sales group rollup on top of
BIL_BI_OPLPC_G_MV. This is the top level materialized view for lead and opportunity
by campaign materialized views reporting by sales group and product category and can
be used in the reports.

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 Sales Forecasts Base MV Summary by Sales Group and Product Category:
BIL_BI_FST1_PG_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_FST1_PG_MV contains forecast amounts aggregated along
sales group hierarchy. This materialized view will be based on base summary table
BIL_BI_FST_DTL_F. The runtime queries should not use this materialized view.
Sales Forecasts Summary by Sales Group and Product Category:
BIL_BI_FST_PG_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_FST_PG_MV contains forecast amounts aggregated along
sales group and product category hierarchy. This materialized view will be based on
the materialized view, BIL_BI_FST1_PG_MV. The runtime queries can use this
materialized view when Product Category is not 'All'.
Sales Forecasts Summary by Sales Group: BIL_BI_FST_G_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_FST_G_MV contains forecast amounts by sales group,
aggregated along sales group hierarchy. This materialized view will be based on the
materialized view, BIL_BI_FST1_PG_MV. The runtime queries can use this materialized
view when Product Category is 'All'.
Sales Pipeline Summary by Sales Group with Flexible Buckets: BIL_BI_PIPE_MV
Materialized view BIL_BI_PIPE_MV contains pipeline and open opportunity KPIs by
sales group rollup. This materialized view also contains product category ID and
flexible bucket ID related to win probability. This materialized view is used in runtime
reports containing weighted pipeline by win probability KPIs using the flexible buckets
feature.
Sales Pipeline Base Summary by Sales Group: BIL_BI_PIPE_G_MV
This materialized view is obtained by reducing BIL_BI_PIPE_MV to ignore the flexible
bucket ids. This materialized view is used in runtime report queries when pipeline by
win probability flexible buckets information is not required.

Troubleshooting
Why is the Load Sales Pipeline Base Summary concurrent request failing?
Check if there is data in the opportunity log tables AS_LEADS_LOG,
AS_LEAD_LINES_LOG, and AS_SALES_CREDITS_LOG. If there is no data, ensure that
the following profiles are set up correctly:
• OS: Time Frame for Opportunity Logs should be 'Day'.

• OS: Enable Tracking Opportunity History Data should be set to 'Yes'.

• OS: Enable Tracking Purchase Line History Data should be set to 'Yes'.

• OS: Enable Tracking Sales Credits History Data should be set to 'Yes'.

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Why is the Load Sales Forecast Base Summary concurrent request not collecting any
data?
• If there is no data in the forecast summary table, it could be caused by multiple
product categories mapped to a single forecast category. Such rows will not be
collected since the concurrent program enforces a one-to-one mapping between
product category and forecast category.

• To resolve this issue, use the Forecast Category Mapping UI (accessible through
Sales Administrator responsibility) to verify that there is only one active mapping
between a forecast category and a product category.

Why is my Sales Group LOV empty?

• Ensure that you have completed the Resource Manager setup for your sales
organization.

• Verify if the Sales DBI user has manager role in the sales group.

• Verify if the sales groups setup have been changed after accessing the Sales DBI
reports. If yes, then the sales group data may have been cached previously. To
refresh data, sign on as DBI Administrator, and navigate to Debug Utilities >
Refresh Dashboard. Enter the page name of the dashboard you would like to
refresh.

Page Name Dashboard

BIL_BI_OPPTY_MGMT_PAGE Opportunity Management

BIL_BI_SALES_MGMT_PAGE Sales Management

BIL_BI_SALES_FRCST_MGMT_PAGE Sales Forecast Management

ISC_DBI_REV_BACKLOG_PAGE Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

Why am I not able to drill down to the opportunity from the Top Opportunity report?
You may not have the privileges for the selected opportunity. You need to have the
'Full' access. To grant the 'Full' access, the following profiles must be set to 'Full':
• ASN: Customer Access Privilege

• ASN: Lead Access Privilege

• ASN: Opportunity Access Privilege

Why is the Opportunity data not showing up in the dashboards and reports?

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 • Ensure the incremental load has been run to create these opportunities.

• Verify if the opportunities have close date/forecast date falling within the selected
period.

• Verify if these opportunities have statuses within the Sales DBI status categories.
For information on Opportunity statuses, see the Oracle Sales User Guide.

• Verify if these opportunities roll up to the selected sales group.

Why does the Product Category LOV differ in Sales DBI and in Oracle Sales?
This is by design. The Product Category LOV used in Sales DBI is unrestrictive and is
consistent across all DBI products, whereas the Product Category LOV in Oracle Sales is
restricted to the ones enabled for Forecasting.

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 20
Daily Business Intelligence for Service
Contracts

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklist
• Review Hardware and Software Requirements
• Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework
• Set Up the Item Dimension
• Set Up the Sales Group Hierarchy
• Determine Collection Start Date
• Set Up Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts Intelligence
(Optional)
• Maintenance and Administration
• Currencies
• Update Sales Group Hierarchy
• Troubleshooting
• Concurrent Programs

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Overview
Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Service Contracts offers the following dashboards:
• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

The Service Contracts Management dashboard displays contracts for both new business
(new sublines with no relationship to an original expired subline) and renewals
(sublines renewed from an original expired subline). The Service Renewals
Management dashboard displays information about renewals only (not for new
business).
Oracle enables you to extend DBI for Service Contracts by providing access to the DBI
fact table and materialized views through Oracle Discoverer. Using the new Service
Contracts Intelligence business areas, users can build ad-hoc workbooks to perform
multi-faceted analysis of data related to service contracts.
You do not have to set up and use the Oracle Discoverer business areas. If you only
implement the DBI for Service Contracts dashboards, you can ignore the Oracle
Discoverer information and setup steps in this chapter.
If you plan to set up the business areas, make sure you have access to the Oracle
Discoverer documentation.

Related Topics
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide
Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Administration Guide

Understanding Reporting
For a complete, detailed description of each of the reports that DBI for Service Contracts
provides and how calculations are performed, see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.
The contract service line is called a line, and the covered line is called a subline.

Service Contracts Management

With the Service Contracts Management dashboard, you can view service contract
bookings, new and renewal business, cancellations, and terminations.
Use the Service Contracts Management dashboard to:
• Review three states of service business: past, current, and future.

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 • Analyze service contract trends that enable long-term strategic decisions, as well as
short-term corrective actions.

• View service contracts at a high level, and view their life cycle status. The
dashboard summarizes contract information, while reports provide details of
service contract activations, expirations and terminations activities, tables, and
graphs.

• Reduce revenue leakage through early detection of problems in the renewal

process. Detailed reports enable you to take actions based on recently expired or
cancelled contracts, and soon-to-expire contracts.

• Track performance indicators and changes over time.

• Compare contract amounts based on annualized values.

Use the Service Contracts Management dashboard to answer the following questions:
• What is the status of contract sublines that expired during the period? Are expired
contracts successfully renewed, or is business being lost? Are renewals being
cancelled?

• What are the main reasons for termination of contract sublines? What is the value of
the terminated contract sublines? When were contract sublines terminated?

• Where are we generating business? What is the value of new business activations?
What is the value of renewal business?

Service Contracts Management uses information from Oracle Service Contracts.

Service Contracts Management Reports

Service Contracts Management reports display information to the contract subline level.
Information displayed includes sales representatives, operating units, service items,
dates, amounts, and customers.
Based on the contract subline status at different points in time, a contract can appear in
different reports. For example, if a contract was terminated in Quarter 3, then it appears
in the Terminations Detail report in Quarter 3. If its start date occurred in Quarter 1, and
you are viewing past data in Quarter 1, then it appears in the Activations Detail report
in Quarter 1.
The Service Contracts Management dashboard uses the following dates to place
contracts in the proper bucket:
• Start date, derived from the subline

• Terminated date, derived from the subline or header

• End date, derived from the subline; a contract is considered expired on the end

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 date, plus one day

Service Contracts Management provides the following reports for analyzing contract
sublines:
• Active Service Contracts: Provides information about the beginning and current
active balance of contracts.

• Current Active Service Contracts Detail: Provides details about the contracts that
are active as of the selected date.

• Current Active Service Contracts Trend: Provides details about the Current Active
Service Contracts balance with view by time.

• Expirations: Provides information about period-to-date expired contracts. The

report groups the status of expired contracts into the following categories: Renewed
(the corresponding renewal has been booked), Open Renewal (the corresponding
renewal is not booked or has not been created), Cancelled Renewal (corresponding
renewal is cancelled), and No Renewal (the original contract subline was not meant
to be renewed).

• Expirations Detail: Provides details about the expired contracts.

• Expired Value Distribution: Provides details about expired value by expired

contract category (Open, Cancelled, Renewed, No Renewal).

• Period Expiring Contracts: Provides summarized information about the contracts

expiring in the period.

• Period Expiring Contracts Detail: Provides details about the contracts expiring in
the period.

• Activations: Provides information about the period-to-date activated contracts,

regardless of the booking date.

• Activations Detail: Provides details about the period-to-date activated contracts.

• Activations Trend: Provides details about the value activated with view by time.

• Terminations: Provides information about the period-to-date terminated contracts,

specifying the terminated remaining value and terminated billed value.

• Terminations Detail: Provides details about the period-to-date terminated

contracts.

• Terminations Trend: Provides details about the terminations with view by time.

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Service Renewals Management
Using Service Renewals Management, users can manage the renewal process and view
its effectiveness.
Use the Service Renewals Management dashboard to:
• View renewal bookings performance for the period to date, including bookings to
date and bookings forecasted in the period.

• View renewal opportunities (or quotas) in the current period. These are renewals
that started, or will start, in the current period, and the portion of those renewals
booked to date.

• Track renewal ratios by comparing renewals booked to date with the renewal
opportunities created to date.

• Track the status of open opportunities (renewals not yet booked or cancelled) and
past due opportunities (renewals with a start date on or before the selected date but
not yet booked or cancelled).

Use the Service Renewals Management dashboard to answer the following questions:
• How effective is our renewal process? What is the status of renewal bookings to
date? Am I booking for more or less value than the original contract? If I book all
forecasted contracts, what will my bookings be at the end of the period (what are
my expected bookings)?

• Am I meeting my renewals quota for renewals scheduled to start this period?

• Are my sales representatives booking renewals at the rate I expect?

• Am I booking renewals on time? What is my backlog of open renewal

opportunities? What portion of backlog is past due (not booked before the start
date)?

Service Renewals Management uses information from Oracle Service Contracts.

Service Renewals Management Reports

Service Renewals Management reports display information at the contract subline level.
Information displayed includes sales representatives, service items, amounts, dates, and
customers.
Based on contract subline status at different points in time, a contract can appear in
multiple report buckets—such as the cancelled bucket in the Renewal Cancellations
Summary report—at different points in time. For example, consider a renewal that was
entered in Quarter 1 and cancelled in Quarter 3. The renewal appears as cancelled in
Quarter 3, in the Renewal Cancellations Summary report. If you are viewing past data

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 in Quarter 1, then it does not appear as cancelled in the Renewal Cancellations
Summary report.
The Service Renewals Management dashboard uses the following dates to place
contracts in the proper bucket:
• Subline creation date, derived from the subline.

• Expected close date, derived from the header.

• Cancelled date, derived from the subline.

• Signed (booked) date, derived from the header.

• Start date, derived from the subline.

For detailed information about the reports, see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.
Service Renewals Management provides the reports listed below for analyzing renewal
bookings. Notice some of the reports give the same measures but over different time
periods. For example, the Renewal Bookings Summary report displays the booked
value of contracts signed in the selected period to date. The Period Renewals Summary
report displays the booked value for contracts that start in the selected period.
Service Renewals Management provides the following reports for analyzing renewals:
• Renewal Bookings Summary: Displays the value of bookings made in the selected
period to date, and the expected bookings (contract renewals not yet booked but
with an expected close date in the period). The report also shows whether the
renewal is booked for a higher or lower value than the original contract (uplift).

• Renewal Bookings Detail: Displays details for the booked contract renewals in the
Renewal Bookings Summary report.

• Renewal Bookings Trend: Displays the booked value over time, by month, quarter,
or year, and forecast for the current period.

• Renewal Expected Bookings Detail: Displays details of the renewal expected

bookings in the Renewal Bookings Summary report.

• Top Renewal Bookings: Displays the top value renewal contracts booked from the
start of the period to date.

• Late Renewal Bookings: Shows whether the period-to-date booked renewal

contracts were booked on time (on or before the start date) or late (after the start
date). This report also displays renewal contracts booked after the grace period on
the original contract.

• Late Renewal Bookings Aging: Displays the aging distribution of the late

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 bookings. For example, all renewal bookings that were seven days late are
displayed in a 7-days-late bucket, those that were 8-15 days late display in an
8-to-15-days-late bucket, and so on. You can customize these buckets to suit your
business needs. See Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework, Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide for more information.

• Renewal Cancellations Summary: Displays all of the cancellations that occurred

from the beginning of the period to date, regardless of the renewal start date.

• Renewal Cancellations Detail: Displays contract detail information for all

cancellations in the Renewal Cancellations Summary report.

The following reports display renewal, booking, cancellation, and uplift values for all
renewals with a start date that occurs in the selected period:
• Period Renewals Summary: Displays booked and cancelled values and renewal
rates for contract renewal sublines that start in the selected period, regardless of
when they were booked or cancelled. The report also shows whether the renewals
were booked at a higher or lower value than the original contract (uplift).

• Period Renewals Trend: Displays period renewal rates over time, by month,
quarter, or year.

• Period Renewal Bookings Detail: Lists the contract renewals in the Period Renewal
Summary report, from the highest to the lowest booking value (depending on the
sorting).

The following reports display renewal and booked values for all renewals from the
beginning of the period to date:
• Booking to Renewal Activity: Compares renewal sublines and booked renewal
sublines in the current period to date.

• Booking to Renewal Ratio Trend: Displays booking-to-renewal ratios over time, by

month, quarter, or year.

The following reports display the renewal value for all renewals that are still in entered
status:
• Backlog: Displays the value of open opportunities (renewals neither booked nor
cancelled) in the system. The report also displays the late or past due renewals not
booked by the contract start date. It also displays the past due renewals as a
percentage of the total open opportunities.

• Past Due Percent Trend: Displays the past due percentage, open value, and past
due value over time, by month, quarter, or year.

• Past Due Renewals Detail: Lists the past due contracts that appear in the Backlog
report.

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Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts Intelligence
The Oracle Discoverer end-user layer is a layer of metadata which hides the complexity
of the underlying relational database so that users can interact with the database using
ordinary business terms. The end-user layer insulates Oracle Discoverer end users from
the complexity usually associated with databases by providing an intuitive,
business-focused view of the database using terms that Oracle Discoverer end users are
familiar with and can easily understand. This enables users to focus on business issues
instead of data access issues.
The end-user layer consists of business areas. A business area is a conceptual grouping
of tables and/or views that apply to a user's specific data requirements. Business areas
can be set up to reflect the needs of the user or group of users who access the end-user
layer. Oracle Applications ships with one common OLTP end-user layer. This end-user
layer contains the Oracle Discoverer business areas, which use the DBI fact table and
some additional materialized views. You can extend DBI for Service Contracts by
setting up the business areas. These business areas are called:
• Service Contracts Intelligence: Administrator—This business area contains folders
that source the folders in the Service Contracts Intelligence: User business area. The
folders here also source item classes that are used for rendering parameter lists of
values in user-built workbooks. A workbook is a collection of worksheets which
contain the data users want to analyze, plus Oracle Discoverer components to help
analyze the data, such as parameters, totals, percentages, exceptions, and
calculations.
All the folders in this business area are hidden from the end-user. For information
about this business area, see Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts
Intelligence, page C-1.

• Service Contracts Intelligence: User—This business area contains folders that users
use to build the workbooks. For information about this business area, see the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Responsibilities
DBI for Service Contracts provides the following responsibilities:
• Service Contracts Manager: This responsibility provides access to the following
dashboards:
• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• HR Management - Overview

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 • Expense Management

• Service Sales Manager: This responsibility provides access to the following

dashboards:
• Service Renewals Management

• Service Contracts Management

• HR Management - Overview

• Expense Management

• Daily Service Contracts Intelligence: This responsibility provides access to the

following dashboards:
• Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Service Contracts Intelligence Discoverer User: This responsibility provides access

to the folders in the Service Contracts Intelligence: User business area. For a list and
description of these folders, see Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Service Contracts Intelligence Discoverer Administrator: This responsibility

provides access to the folders in the Service Contracts Intelligence: User business
area and the Service Contracts Intelligence: Administrator business area. For a list
and description of the folders in the Service Contracts Intelligence: Administrator
business area, see Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts
Intelligence, page C-1.

In the DBI for Service Contracts dashboards, users can view data only for the sales
groups to which they have access. See Securing Data, page 20-14 for details.
In the Oracle Discoverer business areas, the contracts are secured by the
OKC_UTIL.GET_K_ACCESS_LEVEL function call. See Securing Data, page 20-14 for
details.
Access to the Expense Management and HR Management - Overview dashboards is
based on management security. Users can only view data relevant to their area, based
on the manager hierarchy setup. Users who are not managers in the management
hierarchy do not have access to data on the Expense Management or HR Management -
Overview dashboards.
When users navigate from one dashboard to another, the system uses the particular
security associated with the dashboard to determine a user's access.
A system administrator needs to assign the DBI implementer the Daily Business
Intelligence Administrator responsibility to perform setup tasks, such as creating and

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 submitting load request sets and setting up global parameters. Implementers should
also have the CRM Resource Manager responsibility to perform the sales group
hierarchy setup.

Related Topics
For a complete list of all responsibilities and dashboards by intelligence area, see:
Appendix A: Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix, page B-1.

Dimensions
DBI for Service Contracts uses the following dimensions, some of which are common
across Oracle Daily Business Intelligence.
• Time: For a description of this dimension, see Time Dimension, page 1-12.

• Period: The Period dimension uses month, quarter, and year values.

• Sales Group: For a description of this dimension, see Sales Group Dimension, page
1-11.
The Service Contracts Management and Service Renewals Management dashboards
display data by sales group, using the Sales Group dimension. The system stamps
the contract with the sales group to which the sales representative belongs. The
dimension uses the sales group hierarchy defined in the CRM Resource Manager to
group the sales representative into the sales group. See Set Up Sales Group
Hierarchy, page 20-21. See also Sales Representatives Setup, page 20-15.
The Sales Group dimension includes inactivated sales groups and historical sales
representatives (for example, sales representatives who are no longer with the
company), as well as historical data about sales representatives who have moved
from one sales group to another.

• Operating Unit: For a description of this dimension, see Operating Unit Dimension,
page 1-10.

• Currency: For a description of this dimension, see Currency Dimension, page 1-10.
Besides listing the currencies, this dimension shows the annualized contract values,
either in the primary or secondary currency on the Service Contracts Management
dashboard and reports. For more information, see Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.
For information about how Oracle Daily Business Intelligence treats currency
conversions and missing currencies, see Currency Exchange Rates, page 20-17.

• Product Category: For a description of this dimension, see Set Up the Product
Catalog Hierarchy, page 6-12.

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• Product: For a description of this dimension, see Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-
1.

• Reason (for cancellations): The Cancellation Reason dimension references the

cancellation status code from the contract status in Oracle Service Contracts
through the STS_CODE field in the OKC_K_LINES_B table. A user must enter a
cancellation status code when cancelling a contract. Cancellation status codes are
user defined.
This dimension appears in some of the Service Renewals Management reports.

• Reason (for terminations): The Termination Reason dimension references the

termination code from the subline termination reason in Oracle Service Contracts
through the TRN_CODE field in the OKC_K_LINES_B table. A user must enter a
termination reason when terminating a subline. Termination reasons are user
defined.
This dimension appears in some of the Service Contracts Management reports.

• Activation Types: The Activation Type dimension classifies the activations and
pending activations, depending on whether they are new or renewal business. This
dimension has two values: New Business and Renewals.

• Expired Contracts Types: The Expired Contracts Types dimension classifies

Expired Contracts according to the status of the renewal. This dimension has four
possible values: Renewed, Open Renewal, Cancelled Renewal, and No Renewal.

• Customer Classification: The Customer Classification dimension is used to classify

customers based on logical groupings or classifications. This dimension is available
in the Service Contracts Management reports. The category you select in the Party
Market Classification Type global parameter determines the classifications available
in the Customer Classification dimension.
Users create the categories, called class categories, in the Party Market Classification
Type global parameter in Oracle Trading Community Architecture. Each class
category may have a set of class codes, which are assigned to customers. When you
select a class category in the Party Market Classification Type global parameter, the
corresponding classifications (class codes) are available in the Customer
Classification dimension.
The Party Market Classification Type global parameter displays general-type class
categories that are nonhierarchical and do not allow multiple Class Code
assignments. For more information about class categories and class codes, see Oracle
Trading Community Architecture Administration Guide.
DBI for Service Contracts groups service contracts under the Unassigned customer
classification if:
• Customers have not been assigned any class code in Oracle Trading

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 Community Architecture, or the assigned class codes do not belong to the class
category specified in the Party Market Classification Type global parameter.

• Users have not selected any class category in the Party Market Classification
Type global parameter.

• Customer: For both the Service Contracts Management and Service Renewals
Management dashboards, the system collects the customer ID from the
OKC_K_PARTY_ROLES_B table in the OBJECT1_ID1 field, where the RLE_CODE
field is CUSTOMER, LICENSEE, or BUYER. The system collects the customer ID
(from Parties tabbed region of the Summaries tab of the contract) where the
customer role type is customer, licensee, or buyer. Based on this customer ID, the
system fetches the customer name from the FII_CUSTOMERS_V dimension view.
The system displays the customer name in the reports. (The customer name is
defined in the Customers setup window in Oracle Service Contracts). For more
information, see Oracle Service Contracts Concepts and Procedures.
This dimension is only available in the detail reports.

Related Topics
For more information about common dimensions, see: Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Key Performance Indicators

DBI for Service Contracts provides the following performance measures, also known as
key performance indicators (KPIs), on the Service Contracts Management and Service
Renewals Management dashboards.

Service Contracts Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
The following are the Service Contracts Management KPIs:
• Beginning Active Service Contracts: Sum of the value of all contract sublines active
at the beginning of the selected period.

• Expired Value: Sum of the value of all contract sublines that expire in the selected
period to date.

• Activated New Business Value: Sum of the value of all new business contract
sublines activated in the selected period to date. A new business contract subline is
considered activated in this period if it is signed and has a start date in the selected
period to date, regardless of the booking date.

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 • Activated Renewals Value: Sum of the value of all renewal contract sublines
activated in the selected period to date. The system considers a renewal contract
subline activated in the period if it is signed and has a start date in the selected
period to date, regardless of the booking date.

• Terminated Billed Value: Sum of the billed value of all contract sublines that have
a termination date in the selected period to date. This value is equivalent to the
original value of the subline, minus the Terminated Remaining Value.

• Terminated Remaining Value: Sum of the remaining value after termination of all
contract sublines terminated in the selected period to date. The system calculates it
as the sum of the unbilled amount, credit amount, and suppressed credit of the
terminated contract sublines.

• Current Active Service Contracts: Sum of the value of all contract sublines active
on the selected date. The system considers a signed contract subline active if both of
the following conditions are met:
• The subline start date is on or before the selected date.

• The subline end date is after the selected date.

Service Renewals Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
The following are the Service Renewals Management KPIs:
• Booked Value: Sum of the value of all renewal contract sublines booked (signed) in
the selected period to date, regardless of their start date.

• Forecast: Expected Bookings + Booked Value

Expected Bookings: For renewals entered as of the selected date and that have an
expected close date in the period, the sum of the value of sublines multiplied by the
estimation percentage in the renewal header. The system does not consider
cancelled or booked sublines in the Expected Bookings measure.

• Uplift: Sum of (Renewal Contract Line Value) - (Original Expired Line Value), for
all renewal sublines booked in the selected period to date.

• Period Renewals Value: Sum of the value of all renewal contract sublines that start
in the selected period.

• Period Booked Value: Sum of the value of renewal contract sublines that start in
the period and were booked during or before the selected period.

• Period Renewal Rate: Period Booked Value / Period Renewals Value

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 • Period Uplift: Sum of (Renewal Contract Subline Value) - (Original Expired Subline
Value) for all Period Renewal Bookings.

• Booked to Renewal Ratio: Booked Value / Renewals Value

Renewals Value is the sum of the value of all renewal contract sublines with a start
date in the selected period to date.

• Past Due Percent: Past Due Value / Open Backlog

Past Due Value is the value of entered renewal contract sublines with a start date on
or before the selected date that have not yet been cancelled or booked. Open
Backlog is the value of entered renewal contract sublines that have a creation date
on or before the selected date that have not yet been booked or cancelled.

Securing Data
The DBI for Service Contracts dashboards and reports use sales group security. This
means users can only see data for sales groups to which they have access. Data from
other sales groups does not appear in the reports.
In the Oracle Discoverer business area, the contracts are secured by the
OKC_UTIL.GET_K_ACCESS_LEVEL function call, which in turn determines whether a
user has access to a particular contract, based on the contract category and
responsibility. See Setting Up Categories, Oracle Service Contracts Implementation Guide
for details about how to assign access to a contract category.

Related Topics
For more information about security, see Securing Daily Business Intelligence, page 1-15
.

Implementation Considerations
DBI for Service Contracts gathers data from contracts of the following categories:
• Service Agreements

• Warranty and Extended Warranty

The system gathers data from lines of the following types:

• Service

• Extended Warranty

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Software
DBI for Service Contracts requires the following prerequisite software:
• Oracle Service Contracts

• Oracle Trading Community Architecture

• Oracle Resource Manager

• Oracle Discoverer

• Oracle Customer Data Hub

• Oracle Advanced Product Catalog

Sales Representative Setup

For both the Service Contracts Management and Service Renewals Management
dashboards, the system collects the sales representative ID from the OKC_CONTACTS
table in the OBJECT1_ID1 field, where the system determines the CRO_CODE (role)
using the following logic:
• The system looks at the Vendor Contact field on the contract. If the OKS: Enable
Sales Credits profile option is set to Derive, then the system looks at the profile
option OKS: Vendor Contact Role. The Vendor Contact with a role that matches the
value in this profile option is chosen as the sales representative for that contract
line.
If OKS: Enable Sales Credits is set to Drop or Retain, then the system chooses the
Vendor Contact associated with the role of Sales Person.

• Oracle Daily Business Intelligence obtains the sales group from the contract. The
only exception is when the contract contains neither a sales representative nor a
sales group. In this case, the contract in Oracle Service Contracts does not contain
the sales group Unassigned and it is Oracle Daily Business Intelligence which
buckets the contract in the Unassigned bucket. The following are other cases in
which a contract is assigned to the Unassigned sales group in DBI for Service
Contracts:
• Sales representative is specified, but the role of the assigned sales representative
was not defined during setup.

• Sales representative is assigned to a contract and has an active role but is not
related to any sales group in the setup.

• Sales representative is assigned to a contract, has an active role, and is

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 associated with the Unassigned sales group in the setup.

See Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-21 for instructions for attaching a sales
representative to a sales group.

Note: To prevent too much contract data from appearing in an

Unassigned line in the reports:
• Verify that the primary sales representative is assigned as the
vendor contact for the contract. The vendor contact role should be
Sales Person.

• Verify that a sales group other than Unassigned is attached to the

vendor contact in the contract.

• When a sales representative is entered in Oracle Service Contracts,

a sales group defaults for the sales person. If the user chooses to
update the sales group for the sales representative within the
contract, then the user should select a sales group in which the sales
representative is assigned a role of Member or Manager. Sales
Group reporting on Admin and Lead roles is not supported.

After the sales representative ID is obtained, the system obtains the sales representative
name as follows:
• From the RESOURCE_NAME field in the JTF_RS_RESOURCE_EXTNS_VL table,
for the Service Contracts Management and the Service Renewals Management
dashboards. This table stores the names on the contracts.

• From the Name field in the JTF_RS_RESOURCE_EXTNS table, for the Service
Contracts Management and Service Renewals Management dashboards. This table
stores the names in the Resource window. See Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page
20-21 for more information.
If a sales representative ID has different names (for example, ID 555 is Jane Doe in
operating unit 1 and Jane M. Doe in operating unit 2), then the
JTF_RS_RESOURCE_EXTNS table assigns just one name to that ID. The Service
Contracts Management and Service Renewals Management dashboards aggregate
data across sales groups; therefore, one name appears for a given ID. As a result, in
rare cases the reports display a different name than was entered in the contract, in a
particular sales group.

To ensure the ID is properly obtained, verify the following setup is complete in Oracle
Service Contracts:
1. Navigate to the Define Role Sources window using the Service Contracts Manager
responsibility.

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 2. Select the Party Role of Vendor.

3. In the Contact Sources tabbed region, ensure that the following data exists for the
Salesperson contact role:
• Contact Role: Salesperson

• Source: Sales Person

• Intent: Sell
If these fields are not set to these values, then the system does not display data
correctly. For example, if the Source is set to Resource, then the logic described
above for obtaining the sales representative ID uses the Resource ID, instead of
the Sales Person ID. In this example, the system tries to match the Resource ID
with an existing sales representative ID. As a result, it either displays the wrong
sales representative or a blank name for the sales representative.

Cancellation and Termination Reasons

Users select cancellation and termination reasons in Oracle Service Contracts.
For complete details, click the Help icon in the Contract Status window, or see the
Oracle Service Contracts User Guide.
For complete details about defining lookup codes, click the Help icon in the Lookups
window.
For more information about cancellation and termination reasons, see Dimensions, page
20-10.

Currency Exchange Rates

DBI for Service Contracts stores currency information in the transactional, functional,
primary, and secondary currencies for all contracts. To calculate the functional value of
a contract subline, the system uses the conversion rate from the transactional to the
functional currency. To calculate the primary or secondary currency, the system uses
the conversion rate from the functional to the corresponding currency.

Currency Conversion
To convert transactional currency to functional currency, consider the following:
• If the contract is authored in the functional currency, then the currency conversion
rate from transactional to functional is 1.

• If the contract is not authored in the functional currency, and it contains a currency
conversion rate, then the system uses the currency conversion rate listed in the
contract to convert the transactional currency to the functional currency.

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 • If the contract is not authored in the functional currency and is missing a currency
conversion rate, then the system uses the conversion date and the conversion type
in the contract to calculate the rate. If the contract does not contain a conversion
date, then the system uses the approval date (or, if the approval date is not
available, the contract creation date) for finding the conversion rate. If the contract
does not contain a conversion type, then the system uses the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence global primary conversion rate type.

• If the conversion date and rate are not defined in the GL Currency Conversion
table, then an error appears stating that the request to run a load failed. See Missing
Currencies, page 20-18 below.

The following rules apply to conversions from the functional currency to the primary or
the optional secondary currency set up for Oracle Daily Business Intelligence. If only a
primary currency is set up, then the system converts the functional currency amounts to
the primary currency using the following rules:
• If the functional currency is the same as the primary or secondary currency, then
the currency conversion rate from the functional to the primary or secondary
currency is 1.

• If the contract contains a conversion date, then the system uses the conversion date
and the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence global conversion rate type to retrieve
the rate. For a conversion from the functional to the primary currency, the system
uses the primary rate type. For a conversion from the functional to the secondary
currency, the system uses the secondary rate type.

• If the contract does not contain a conversion date, then the system uses the approval
date (or, if the approval date is not available, the contract creation date) and the
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence global conversion rate type to retrieve the rate.
For a conversion from the functional to the primary currency, the system uses the
primary rate type. For a conversion from the functional to the secondary currency,
the system uses the secondary rate type.

If both primary and secondary currencies are set up, then the system performs two
conversions using these rules: one currency amount is provided in the primary
currency and another in the secondary currency.

Note: When converting to or from the euro, the system does not use the
conversion date, approval date, or creation date from the contract if the
date is before January 1, 1999. Instead, it uses January 1, 1999 as the
conversion date.

Missing Currencies
All request sets in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence include currency conversion errors
in the logs. To see the logs, choose View Log in the Requests window in Oracle

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 Applications. For DBI for Service Contracts, this log contains the following extra details,
in the following sections:
• Missing Currencies: Displays the missing currency exchange rates when
performing all conversions—conversions from the transactional to the functional
currency, conversions from the functional to the primary currency, and conversions
from the functional to the secondary currency, if a secondary currency has been set
up.

• Transactional to Functional Detail: Displays the contracts with missing currency

exchange rates when converting from the transactional to the functional currency.

• Functional to Primary Global Detail: Displays the contracts with missing currency
exchange rates when converting from the functional to the primary currency.

• Functional to Secondary Global Detail: Displays the contracts with missing

currency exchange rates when converting from the functional to the secondary
currency, if a secondary currency has been set up.

To run a successful load, ensure you have entered all currency rates. For more
information about failures, see Set Up Daily Business Intelligence, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence Implementation Guide. See also the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide
for more information about currencies.

Consider Access to HR Management - Overview and Expense Management Dashboards

Consider this step for the Service Contracts Manager and Service Sales Manager
responsibilities. For these responsibilities, the Service Contracts Management and
Service Renewals Management dashboards provide additional links to the following
dashboards:
• HR Management - Overview

• Expense Management

You are not required to enable these dashboards in order to use DBI for Service
Contracts. If you do not enable these dashboards, then the links to them do not work. If
you enable the dashboards, note that the HR Management - Overview and Expense
Management dashboards display data only to users who are managers in the
management hierarchy. If you enable the dashboards but do not want certain users to
access them, then assign these users the Daily Service Contracts Intelligence
responsibility. This responsibility does not display links to the HR Management -
Overview and Expense Management dashboards. See "Responsibilities" in Chapter 1 for
more information about responsibilities.
See the Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resources section, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence Implementation Guide for a list of documentation available for the HR
Management - Overview dashboard. For information about the Expense Management

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 dashboard, see the Daily Business Intelligence for Financials chapter, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence Implementation Guide.

Setup Checklist

Set Up Service Contracts Management and Service Renewals Management Dashboards

The following table provides a list of the implementation tasks that you need to
perform.

Checklist for Implementing DBI for Service Contracts

Steps Responsibility

Review Hardware and Software (not applicable)

Requirements, page 20-20

Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 20-20

Set Up the Item Dimension, page 20-21 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-21 • Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

• System Administrator

• CRM Resource Manager

Determine Collection Start Date, page 20-24 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Review Hardware and Software Requirements

All hardware and software prerequisites are detailed in Verify Hardware and Software
Prerequisites, page 2-27.

Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework

Set up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence framework. See Set Up Daily Business
Intelligence, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide. In particular, make
sure you do the following:
• Set up the global parameters relevant for DBI for Service Contracts.

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 • Customer Classification: Set the structure you want to use as the company-wide
view of market segments of customers. Users define classifications in Oracle
Customers Online.

• Secondary Currency (Optional)

• Annualized Currency (Optional). For more information about annualized

currency, see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

See Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-30 for information.

• Enable the Service Contracts Management and Service Renewals Management

dashboards. For instructions, see Enable Dashboards and Reports, page 2-37.

• Set up custom bucket sets (optional). You can customize aging buckets for the Late
Renewal Bookings Aging report by redefining the Service Contracts - Late
Renewals Booking Aging bucket set. See Customize Buckets, page 2-41 for
procedural information.

Note: When you choose the Enterprise Calendar during the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence setup, verify that the time period
encompassed by this calendar includes contracts with activity dates in
the future. For example, the Backlog report displays the open
opportunities (all renewals in the system that are neither booked nor
cancelled). If a renewal start date occurs in the future outside the time
period encompassed by the Enterprise Calendar, then the open backlog
value does not include that renewal. (The renewal is loaded into DBI
for Service Contracts but is not collected by the materialized views
when they join with the Time dimension).

Set Up the Item Dimension

Set up the item dimension and product category for all DBI for Service Contracts
dashboards and reports. For instructions, see Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Set Up the Sales Group Hierarchy

The Service Contracts Management and the Service Renewals Management reports let
you view information by sales group. When viewing the individual reports, you can
display data by either sales group or by other parameters, such as operating unit,
product, or product category.
Sales groups are groups of sales representatives. The system takes the sales
representatives from the Vendor Contact field on the contract. (See Sales Representative
Setup, page 20-15 for details). Without a sales group hierarchy, the reports place all

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 sales representatives in the Unassigned sales group. The following figure shows an
example sales group hierarchy.

Example Sales Group Hierarchy

At a minimum, your sales group hierarchy should have a top-level sales group
containing other sales groups or sales representatives (a two-level hierarchy).
Users who are the Manager or Admin of a sales group (see the instructions below) can
view all data associated with that sales group and other sales groups and
representatives that belong to it. In the figure above, a Manager or Admin of the USA
Sales group can view all data created by Apt, Peter M., the Industry Accounts sales
representatives, and the Key Accounts sales representatives.

Prerequisites
❒ Verify the proper setup has been performed for obtaining the sales representative
ID. See Sales Representative Setup, page 20-15.

To create a sales group hierarchy:

Perform these steps using Oracle Resource Manager. For additional information, see the
Oracle Trading Community Architecture User Guide.

Note: The sales group hierarchy and setup steps described here are
identical to the sales group hierarchy and setup steps referenced by
Sales Group dimension for DBI for Sales.
Any sales group hierarchy you create is processed by the same Sales
Group dimension in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, and the steps to
create the hierarchies are the same.
DBI for Service Contracts, however, might define a different
(additional) sales group hierarchy than DBI for Sales. For example, DBI

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 for Sales reporting might use different sales representatives and groups
than those that DBI for Service Contracts uses for service contracts
sales.

1. Create sales groups.

2. Attach sales representatives (resources) to the sales groups.

Creating Sales Groups:

To create a sales group:
1. Navigate to the Define Groups window using the CRM Resource Manager
responsibility.

2. Enter a Name for your group.

3. In the Used In tabbed region, select Sales and Telesales application area.

Note: The reports only display the groups used in Sales and
Telesales. Sales representatives that belong to non-Sales and
Telesales groups appear as Unassigned in the reports.

4. Optionally, select parent or child groups for the group.

5. Repeat these steps for each sales group you want to create.
See also the Oracle Field Sales Implementation Guide.

Attaching Sales Representatives (Resources) to Sales Groups:

1. Verify the sales representative is defined in Oracle Applications (for example, as an
employee, party, partner, or supplier contact) and associated with a user name
1. Navigate to the People window using the Human Resources responsibility.

2. Verify a record for the employee exists in this window.

3. Navigate to the Users window using the System Administrator responsibility.

4. Verify this employee (in the People window) is tied to a user in the Users
window.
Query or create the user you want to associate with this employee, and enter
this employee (Person) for the user.

2. Assign the employee to a sales group

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 1. Navigate to the Select Resources to Import window using the CRM Resource
Manager responsibility.

2. Search for and select one or more desired employees, and choose Start Import.

3. In the Set Resource Attributes window that appears, create sales people, and
assign a sales credit type.
You must make the resource a Salesperson. For additional details, see the Oracle
Trading Community Architecture User Guide and the Oracle Field Sales
Implementation Guide.

4. Save the resource, and choose Details.

5. In the Roles tabbed region, select a Role Type of Sales and a Role of Sales
Manager, Sales Administrator, or Sales Representative.

Note: Users with these roles appear in the reports as members

of the group; however, only users with a role of Sales Manager
or Sales Administrator can see data for the group in the reports.

6. In the Groups tabbed region, select the group to which you want to assign the
resource.

7. In the Group Member Roles section, select a role with Manager or Admin
privileges.
The Group Member Roles section indicates the roles the sales representative
plays in that group. Only a Manager or Admin can see data for the group in the
reports.

8. Save your changes.

The resource (sales representative) is now assigned to a sales group.

Determine Collection Start Date

After you complete the DBI for Service Contracts implementation, go to the post-setup
steps in Set Up Daily Business Intelligence, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
Implementation Guide. These steps include instructions on performing the initial load and
incremental refreshes for all Oracle Daily Business Intelligence dashboards.
When you run the request for the initial load for the Service Contracts Management or
Service Renewals Management dashboard, the request prompts you for the following
parameters:
• From Date (Start of date range)

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 The From Date collects contracts or contract renewals that have been created or
updated on or after that date.

• To Date (End of date range, defaulted from the system date)

Make sure your From Date is set correctly. If the From Date is set too late, then the
system might not include some contracts in the initial load, thus making the data
incorrect. For DBI for Service Contracts, typically the From Date needs to be earlier than
the global start date set up for Oracle Daily Business Intelligence. (The global start date
is the date, across all Oracle Daily Business Intelligence reports, after which you see
data in the reports, and before which data does not display in the reports).
For example, a contract was signed (booked) several years ago on May 1, 1999. The
contract started on June 1, 1999, ended on August 31, 1999, and was last updated on
June 20, 1999. If you set the From Date of your initial load to August 1, 1999, the
contract is not collected. The system uses the last update date of the contract to
determine which contracts to gather during a load. In this example, set the From Date to
at latest June 20, 1999.

Note: When determining what value to use for the From Date in an
initial load, use the creation date of the earliest contract you want to
collect (May 1, 1999 in the example above). The earliest creation date
ensures that the contracts are collected.

To simplify the data and improve performance, the request does not collect contracts
terminated, cancelled, or expired before the global start date, assuming the global start
date is after the From Date. It does, however, collect active contracts between these
dates, to ensure calculations that show active contracts are accurate.

Set Up Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for Service Contracts

Intelligence (Optional)
This setup is required only if you plan to use the Oracle Discoverer business areas.

Prerequisites
❒ Most setup of the Oracle Discoverer business areas occurs during installation of
Oracle Discoverer. This section assumes you have already installed Oracle
Discoverer, created the end-user layer, and imported the end-user layer export files
(.eex).

Create Users and Assign Responsibilities:

Using the System Administrator responsibility, create users and assign them either the
Service Contracts Intelligence Discoverer User or Service Contracts Intelligence
Discoverer Administrator responsibility, so they can view and build workbooks.

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Maintenance and Administration
After setup is complete, you might have to perform the following maintenance and
administration tasks.
• Currencies

• Sales Group Hierarchy Changes

Currencies
If a currency conversion error occurs while a concurrent process (request) collects the
data, then the entire collection fails. For more information, see Currency Exchange
Rates, page 20-17.

Note: Setting up secondary currency and setting up annualized

currency are optional steps. If you set up these currencies after you
finish implementing DBI for Service Contracts, then they are effective
only for the contract amounts collected by the incremental request after
the setup. To make them effective for all data, run the initial request
again. For example, if you set up annualized currency after you
complete the implementation, then only the contract amounts collected
by the incremental request set are annualized. Run the initial request
again to annualize all the contract amounts.

Update Sales Group Hierarchy

See Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 20-21 for instructions on setting up or changing
the sales group hierarchy. After you make changes to the sales group hierarchy, the
changes will be automatically reflected when you run the initial or incremental request
sets for the affected dashboards.
Deleting a sales representative from a sales group hierarchy produces an error in the
reports when users try to access information for that sales representative.
Example
1. Sales representative Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama in the Africa Sales group has renewed
contract number 2081.

2. When viewing a report on the Service Renewals Management dashboard, contract

number 2081 is included in the renewals value for the Africa Sales group.

3. When you click the link on any value in a report for Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama, you
can see the data specifically for him.

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 4. Later, you delete Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama from the Africa Sales group.

5. When you click the link on a value in a report for Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama, an error
occurs.
The value for contract number 2081 is still included in the renewals or related
values for the Africa Sales group; however, trying to view data for Mr. Bakayoko
Ibrihama produces a generic report error.

Note: Instead of deleting a sales representative from a sales group,

use the end date to expire that representative's participation in the
sales group. (See the Oracle Trading Community Architecture User
Guide for details).

Troubleshooting
This section provides troubleshooting tips for DBI for Service Contracts implementation
and maintenance.
Why are users unable to view information classified under the Unassigned sales
group?
To view information classified under the Unassigned sales group, assign the resource
the Sales Manager or Sales Administrator role of the Unassigned sales group. See
Attach Sales Representatives (Resources) to Sales Groups, page 20-23 for information
about assigning roles to sales groups.
After the Customer Classification schema is modified, why don't the numbers tally
in the summary and detail reports, even after running the initial and incremental
request sets?
After modifying the Customer Classification schema, run the initial request, setting the
Load Party Market Classification request with parameter INIT. The default value for the
Load Party Market Classification request is INCRE in both the initial and incremental
request sets.

Concurrent Programs

Initial Load - Update Contract Territories Base Summary

This concurrent program is only for the Oracle Discoverer business areas for Service
Contracts Intelligence. It is an initial load concurrent program that loads territory data
into the OKI_JTF_TERRITORIES table, which in turn sources the Contract Territories
folder in the Service Contracts Intelligence: User business area. Users define territories
in Oracle Territory Manager. Run this concurrent program after the initial load of the
end-user layer. You need to run this concurrent program only if you plan to use the

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 Contract Territories folder in the Oracle Discoverer business areas.

Update Contract Territories Base Summary

This concurrent program is only for the Oracle Discoverer business areas. It is an
incremental load concurrent program that incrementally loads the
OKI_JTF_TERRITORIES table, which is used for the Contract Territories folder in the
Service Contracts Intelligence: User business area. Run this program after the
incremental load of the end-user layer. You only need to run this concurrent program if
you plan to use the Contract Territories folder in the Oracle Discoverer business areas.

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 21
Daily Business Intelligence for Supply Chain

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Overview
• Understanding Reporting
• Responsibilities
• Dimensions
• Key Performance Indicators
• Securing Data
• Implementation Considerations
• Setup Checklists
• Review Hardware and Software Requirements
• Set Up Resource Groups
• Associate Item with Inventory Category Set, Product Category Set
• Modify Schedule Ship Dates
• Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule
• Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework
• Set Up Inventory Organization Security
• Synchronize Enterprise Calendar
• Set Up Financial Category Dimension
• Synchronize Financial Data
• Map Financial Accounts
• Set Up Item Dimension
• Enable Pegging in Advanced Supply Chain Planning
• Identify Time-Based Resources

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 • Ensure Complete Subledger Postings
• Consider Access to HR and Expense Management Dashboards
• Set Up the Planning Instance
• Set Plan Collection Schedule
• Set the OM: DBI Installation Profile Option
• Set the ISC: Shipping/Transportation Execution Profile Option for Transportation
Management
• Set the FTE: Carrier On-Time Arrival Window Profile Option for Transportation
Management
• Set the Unit of Measure That Represents Hours
• Set Baseline Plan
• Set Reporting Units of Measure (Optional)
• Post-Setup Steps
• Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy
• Maintenance and Administration
• Run Plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning
• Run Incremental Requests Daily
• Update Plan Collection Schedule
• Update Baseline Plan Collection Schedule
• Troubleshooting

Overview
Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Supply Chain enables supply chain professionals
to effectively measure performance and drive continuous improvement in their supply
chain. DBI for Supply Chain provides easy access to information that reveals
opportunities to save money, improve on-time delivery performance, reduce cycle
times, and make strategic decisions to maximize profits.
DBI for Supply Chain provides the following intelligence dashboards:
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Shipping Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

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 • Product Cost Management

• Plan Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

• Warehouse Management

• Transportation Management

• Sales Agreement Management

Users assigned the Supply Chain Manager role also have access to the following
dashboards:
• Expense Management

• HR Management

Customer Fulfillment Management

Use the Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard to monitor your organization's
fulfillment performance, including changes over time in daily, weekly, monthly,
quarterly, and yearly time periods. You can perform the following tasks with the
Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard:
• View the values of booked and fulfilled orders by organization, product category,
item, and customer.

• View cycle time from booking to fulfillment and lead times from booking to
scheduled and requested ship dates, by organization, product category, item, and
customer.

• View the value of backlog and past due orders by organization, product category,
item, and customer. View the past due value by aging buckets (for example,
everything that is a day past due, a week past due, and so on).

• View the value of fulfilled returns, return rates, and reasons by organization,
product category, item, and customer.

The Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard and reports reference data from
Oracle Order Management.

Note: Actual fulfillment date exists as a column in the database only. It

is not visible to users. Actual fulfillment date is the date when the
fulfillment requirements of the line are met. The value is derived from
the actual ship date, firmed date, or order date, in that order of

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 preference. No additional setup is required in either Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence or Oracle Order Management to take advantage of
the actual fulfillment date.

Shipping Management
Use the Shipping Management dashboard to monitor your warehouse operations,
including the performance of your shipping operations and changes over time in daily,
weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly time periods. You can perform the following
tasks with the Shipping Management dashboard:
• View number of lines shipped and percentage of late shipments by organization,
inventory category, item, and customer.

• View book-to-ship cycle time by organization, inventory category, item, and

customer.

• View the number of lines shipped by book-to-ship cycle time aging buckets, for
example, lines that were shipped a day after booking, a week after booking, and so
on.

• View past due shipments by organization, inventory category, item, and customer.
View the number of lines that are past due by aging buckets, for example, lines that
are a day past due, a week past due, and so on.

• View the number and percentage of lines shipped early, late, and on time over the
selected time periods.

• Monitor key performance measures in number of lines shipped, percentage of late

shipments, book-to-ship cycle time, and past due scheduled lines.

The Shipping Management dashboard and reports reference data from Oracle Order
Management.

Inventory Management
Use the Inventory Management dashboard to view information about inventory value
and turns, and cycle counting. You can perform the following tasks with the Inventory
Management dashboard:
• View inventory value, which includes inventory on hand (for example, in the store),
on the shop floor, and in transit between organizations.

Note: Inventory value is a balance. Therefore, changing the time

bucket does not change the value that appears.

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 • View available on-hand inventory by primary and secondary units of measure and
by lot, locator, and grade.

• Monitor inventory level by viewing days of consumption.

• Track and monitor the expired inventory for lot-controlled items.

• View inventory turns by organization, including the change in inventory turns over
time.

• Monitor key performance measures, such as total inventory turns and total
inventory value, and compare them across inventory organizations.

• View cycle count accuracy, including hit/miss and adjustment rates.

The Inventory Management dashboard and reports reference data from the following
Oracle Applications:
• Oracle Inventory

• Oracle Work in Process

• Oracle Cost Management

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Process Manufacturing (including Oracle Process Manufacturing Cost

Management, Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Execution)

Manufacturing Management
Use the Manufacturing Management dashboard to view manufacturing performance.
You can perform the following tasks with the Manufacturing Management dashboard:
• Compare current production values with planned production values.

• Find out the timeliness of production.

• View standard and actual costs, and cost variances, for all closed jobs. (Standard
costs include material, resource, and overhead costs.)

• View all open jobs (jobs with a status of Released, On-Hold, Complete,
Complete-No Charges, Pending Close, Failed Close, and Cancelled) for which there
is an unrecognized cost variance—that is, the cost charged is greater than the
standard cost for the job.

• Track jobs that are running late.

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 • Compare the total, actual material cost that is charged to completed jobs (jobs with
a status of Complete-No Charges, Cancelled, or Closed) with the standard material
cost.

• Compare the value of utilized resources and available resources, and view the
percentage resource utilization.

• View actual and standard resource costs, and the resource variance, for all complete
jobs (jobs with the status of Complete-No Charges, Cancelled, or Closed). View the
actual and standard hours for a resource and the resource efficiency, for all
completed jobs.

• View scrap values by reason, compare these with gross production values, and see
the percentage of scrap for all jobs (open and closed).

Note: The production calculation includes all production batches, even

those created in a laboratory.

The Manufacturing Management dashboard and reports reference data from the
following Oracle Applications:
• Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning

• Oracle Work in Process

• Oracle Inventory

• Oracle Process Manufacturing (including Oracle Process Manufacturing Cost

Management, Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Execution, and Oracle Process
Manufacturing Product Development)

• Oracle Cost Management

• Oracle Bills of Material

• Oracle Engineering

• Oracle Flow Manufacturing

• Oracle Shop Floor Management

Product Cost Management

Use the Product Cost Management dashboard to view information about factors that
affect product gross margin, such as the fulfilled value of orders and product cost and
manufacturing cost variances. You can perform the following tasks with the Product
Cost Management dashboard:

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 • View product gross margin by organization, product category, item, and customer,
including change in product gross margin over time.

• View material usage variance amount and percentage by organization, inventory

category, and item.

• View standard and actual manufacturing costs, and the resulting variance, for all
closed jobs.

• View resource variance amount and percentage by resource group, organization,

department, and resource.

Note: Oracle Discrete Manufacturing and Oracle Process

Manufacturing support all scenarios of drop shipments. Users can
drop-ship inventory across operating units, legal entities, and sets of
books. Suppliers, customers, or both can be part of the same company.

The Product Cost Management dashboard and reports reference data from the
following Oracle Applications:
• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Work in Process

• Oracle Cost Management

• Oracle Bills of Material

• Oracle Flow Manufacturing

• Oracle Process Manufacturing (including Oracle Process Manufacturing Product

Development, Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Execution, and Oracle Process
Manufacturing Cost Management).

• Oracle Shop Floor Management

Plan Management
Use the Plan Management dashboard to compare plans with each other and see how
the plans are changing over time. You can perform the following tasks with the Plan
Management dashboard:
• Display planned revenue, margin, and margin percentage, including the variance in
these numbers between the selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Display planned production costs, planned carrying costs, and planned purchasing
costs for the selected plan and the compare-to plan, including the variance in these

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 numbers between the plans.

• View trends of planned revenue, planned margin, and planned costs by month,
quarter, and year.

• Display the planned inventory turns, on-time shipments, and resource utilization,
including the variance in these measures between the selected plan and the
compare-to plan.

• Display the planned resource utilization percentage for each resource or resource
group, including the variance in this measure between the selected plan and the
compare-to plan.

• View a trend of the planned inventory turns, planned on-time shipments, and
planned resource utilization by month, quarter, and year.

• Monitor key performance measures in planned revenue, planned margin, planned

margin percentage, planned inventory turns, planned on-time shipments, and
planned resource utilization.

• Display revenue that might be at risk due to exceptions arising from planning
constraints. Compare potential revenue, based on a demand schedule, with what is
achievable by a supply chain plan.

• Identify the leading causes of risk to planned revenue, including item, supplier, and
manufacturing resources.

The Plan Management dashboard and reports reference data from Oracle Advanced
Supply Chain Planning.

Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

Use the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard to follow the course of
potential revenue from firm orders to invoicing and all the way to the revenue
recognition process. You can perform the following tasks with the Product Revenue
Bookings and Backlog dashboard:
• View net product bookings.

• View revenue booked in a selected period or over time.

• View revenue resulting from new business booked in the selected period.

• View product revenue backlog in a selected period or over time.

The Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard and reports reference data from
the following Oracle Applications:

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 • Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Receivables

Warehouse Management
Use the Warehouse Management dashboard to understand the operational efficiency
and capacity utilization of your warehouse. You can perform the following tasks with
the Warehouse Management dashboard:
• View data related to outbound shipments, such as number of picks.

• Monitor pick release to ship cycle time and pick exceptions.

• Track putaway cycle time for incoming material.

• Monitor operation plan exceptions and the corresponding reasons.

• Find out the amount of the warehouse storage in use and the weight and volume of
the materials being stored.

The Warehouse Management dashboard and reports reference data from the following
Oracle Applications:
• Oracle Warehouse Management

• Oracle Inventory

• Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Purchasing

Transportation Management
Use the Transportation Management dashboard to monitor and manage freight carriers,
understand transportation performance as of any date, and track trends over time. You
can perform the following tasks with the Transportation Management dashboard:
• Examine rated freight costs.

• Track arrival performance.

• Monitor carrier billing.

• Make sure you are recovering your freight costs.

The Transportation Management dashboard and reports reference data from the
following Oracle Applications:

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 • Oracle Order Management

• Oracle Transportation Execution

• Oracle Payables

Sales Agreement Management

Use the Sales Agreement Management to monitor fulfillment of sales agreements, track
sales agreements at every stage of the agreement life cycle, and anticipate revenue by
viewing the value of agreements. You can perform the following tasks with the Sales
Agreement Management dashboard:
• Find out how many new agreements were signed in a given period.

• View unrealized value of terminated agreements.

• View reports on agreement-based and non-agreement-based fulfillment activities.

The Sales Agreement Management dashboard and reports reference data from Oracle
Order Management.

Understanding Reporting
For complete, detailed descriptions of each report that DBI for Supply Chain provides
and how measures are calculated, see the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Reports
The following dashboards provide the DBI for Supply Chain reports:
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Shipping Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Plan Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

• Warehouse Management

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 • Transportation Management

• Sales Agreement Management

Customer Fulfillment Management Reports

The Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard provides the following reports for
analyzing the fulfillment performance of your organization:
• Fulfillment Performance: Displays the value from customer order lines that are
booked and fulfilled, and the ratio of the two. Monitoring this report enables you to
view the value of incoming (booked) and outgoing (fulfilled) orders. The
book-to-fulfill ratio describes the balance of supply and demand.

• Fulfillment Performance Trend: Displays the booked value, fulfilled value, and
book-to-fulfill ratio over time, by year, quarter, month, or week.

• Fulfillment Performance for Top Models: Displays fulfillment performance where

the value of the child items (that are not shown) of a configuration are aggregated
and shown by the top model. This report is useful for businesses that have
configured items.

• Fulfillment Performance for Top Models Trend: Displays fulfillment performance

for top models over time, by year, quarter, month, or week.

• Booked Order Line Detail: Shows information on booked orders, such as booked
date, customer, and item. The report provides a link to the sales order.

• Book to Fulfill Days: Displays the average cycle time of order lines from when they
are booked to when they are fulfilled.

• Book to Fulfill Days Trend: Displays Book to Fulfill Days over time, by year,
quarter, month, or week.

• Requested Shipping Lead Time Trend: Shows the responsiveness of the

organization to customer requests over time, by displaying the lead times of order
lines from when they are booked to the schedule ship date and request date.

• Backlog and Past Due Schedule Value: Displays the value from customer order
lines not yet fulfilled (open orders) and past due values from the open order lines
that are late according to the schedule ship date.

• Backlog and Past Due Schedule Value Trend: Displays Backlog and Past Due
Schedule Value over time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Past Due Schedule Value Aging: Displays the number and value of all order lines
that are past the schedule ship date, grouped by aging buckets—for example, lines

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 and values that are a day past due, a week past due, and so on. This report
highlights the value impact of all open orders and how old they are so that
organizations can focus on fulfilling them.

• Past Due Schedule Value Summary: Displays the details of the past due values
according to the schedule ship date. The report shows the number of past due lines
and values, past due quantity, changes between the current and comparison
periods, and average number of days late.

• Past Due Schedule Value Detail: Lists the order number, line number, and value of
past due orders according to the schedule ship date. Select the order number to
access the Order Information page, which displays the order details.

• Past Due Promise Value Aging: Displays the same information as Past Due
Schedule Value Aging, except by promise date instead of the schedule ship date.

• Past Due Promise Value Summary: Displays the same information as Past Due
Schedule Value Summary, except by promise date instead of the schedule ship date.

• Past Due Promise Value Detail: Displays the same information as Past Due
Schedule Value Detail, except by promise date instead of the schedule ship date.

• Past Due Promise Value Trend: Displays past due promise value over time, by
year, quarter, month, and week.

• Fulfilled Return Value: Displays the number, value, and return rate of fulfilled
return order lines.

• Fulfilled Return Value Trend: Displays the fulfilled return value over time, by
year, quarter, month, or week.

• Returns by Reason: Displays the reasons and values for fulfilled return order lines
and the percent of total that the reasons represent.

• Returns Detail: Lists the order numbers and line numbers for fulfilled return order
lines. Select the order number to access the Order Information page, which displays
the order details.

Note: The Order Information page is part of Oracle Order Management.

If an order is booked and the SHIP_FROM_ORG_ID (shipping organization) is missing

on the order line, the system uses the validation organization set up in Oracle Order
Management.

Shipping Management Reports

The Shipping Management dashboard provides the following reports for monitoring

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shipping operations:
• Lines Shipped Performance: Displays the total number of sales order lines that
have shipped, the shipped quantities, and the percentage of sales order lines
shipped late by both the schedule ship date and the promise date. This report
provides a link to the Order Information page in Oracle Order Management.

• Lines Shipped Late to Schedule Summary: Shows lines that shipped late according
to the schedule ship date. It displays late order lines, quantity of late shipments,
percentage of late order lines, average number of days late, and average
book-to-ship days.

• Lines Shipped Late to Schedule Detail: Lists the order numbers and lines that
were shipped late according to the schedule ship date. This report provides a link to
the Order Information page, which displays the order details.

• Lines Shipped Late to Promise Summary: Displays what was shipped late
according to the promise date. It shows the number of late order lines, quantity of
late shipments, percentage of late order lines, average number of days late, and
average book-to-ship days.

• Lines Shipped Late to Promise Detail: Lists the order numbers and lines that were
shipped late according to the promise date. This report provides a link to the Order
Information page, which displays the order details.

• Lines Shipped Performance Trend: Displays the trend of the number of lines
shipped, percentage of lines shipped late according to the schedule ship date, and
the percentage of lines shipped late according to the promise date, by year, quarter,
month, and week.

• Lines Shipped On-Time to Schedule Trend: Displays the trend of the number of
lines shipped compared to the number of lines scheduled to ship. It also displays
the trend of the percentage of lines shipped early, late, and on-time according to the
schedule ship date. Data appears by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Book to Ship Days: Shows the elapsed time from booking the order to shipping the
items. The report also shows the change with respect to the compare-to period.

• Book to Ship Aging: Displays the number of order lines shipped by the
book-to-ship days displayed in aging buckets, for example, lines that were shipped
a day after booking, a week after booking, and so on. The report also shows each
bucket as a percentage of the total lines.

• Book to Ship Days Trend: Displays the average book-to-ship cycle time by year,
quarter, month, and week.

• Past Due Schedule Line Aging: Displays the past due order lines and their

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 percentage of the total order lines. The report also displays the difference between
the current period and the prior period, and the corresponding percentage.

• Past Due Schedule Line Summary: Displays details of the past due shipment
according to the schedule ship date. The report shows the number of past due lines,
quantity of past due shipments, changes between the current and prior periods, and
average number of late days.

• Past Due Schedule Line Detail: Lists the order and line number of past due orders
according the schedule ship date. The report provides a link to the Order
Information page, which displays the order details.

• Past Due Schedule Line Trend: Displays the number of past due lines over time, by
year, quarter, month, and week.

• Backorder Summary: Displays the backordered order lines, items, and quantity.

• Backorder Detail: Lists the backordered order number, line number, number of
items, customer, days late, and request date and schedule ship date. The report
provides a link to the Order Information page, which displays the order details.

• Backorder Trend: Displays the number of backordered order lines and items over
time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

Note: The Order Information page is part of Oracle Order Management.

Inventory Management Reports

The Inventory Management dashboard provides inventory and cycle count reports for
analyzing the inventory status:
• Inventory Value Summary: Displays the total ending inventory, which consists of
on-hand, work in process (WIP), and intransit inventory. This report shows the
inventory levels by organization, inventory category, and item.

• Inventory Value Trend: Displays the total ending inventory, including on-hand,
work in process (WIP) and intransit inventory, over time, by year, quarter, month,
or week.

• Inventory Value by Type: Displays on-hand, work in process (WIP), and intransit
inventory values as a pie chart to show them as percentages of total ending
inventory.

• On-hand Inventory Detail: Displays the value of available inventory by

organization, subinventory, inventory category, or item. The report shows
quantities at the item level.

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• Current Inventory Status: Shows the real-time on-hand inventory in both primary
and secondary units of measure by lot, grade, and locator.

• Intransit Inventory Detail: Displays the value of inventory that is in transit

between organizations. The report displays data by the owning organization,
inventory category, or item.

• Inventory Turns: Displays the number of times that inventory cycles, or is

consumed, for the specified time period, annualized for the entire fiscal year. The
calculation is based on the cost of goods sold (COGS) relative to the inventory
investment (average on-hand inventory value). This report is an operational index
of the balance of consumption rate and proper inventory levels.

• Inventory Turns Trend: Displays inventory turns over time, by year, quarter,
month, or week.

• Current Inventory Expiration Status: Displays current expired inventory of

lot-controlled items, expired inventory, current on-hand inventory, and expired
inventory as a percentage of current on-hand inventory.

• Inventory Days On-Hand: Shows the number of days the inventory is on hand, as
well as the average daily value of inventory consumption, value of inventory issued
to the shop floor, and cost of goods shipped.

• Cycle Count Accuracy: Displays transactions related to completed and approved

cycle count entries. The report lists data by organization, subinventory, inventory
category, item, cycle count, and cycle count class. Oracle Process Manufacturing
data that precedes this release will appear in the Unassigned subinventory; data
from this release or later will appear in the corresponding subinventory.

• Cycle Count Accuracy Trend: Provides information on the trends in hit/miss

accuracy, gross adjustment rates, and match rates across organizations.

• Hit/Miss Summary: Provides a summary of the hit/miss accuracy details, which

includes the total number of cycle count entries made against each item in the
specific inventory category, the total number of hits and hit rate, the total number of
exact matches and exact matches rate, and the total number of misses and miss rate.

• Cycle Count Adjustment Summary: Includes the details of the adjustments made
to the system quantities and values of the items in a category during a cycle count
process. This report shows the cycle count adjustment summary by organization,
subinventory, inventory category, item, cycle count, and cycle count class. The table
includes the total number of entries, the number of adjustment entries, the system
inventory value at the time of the cycle count, gross adjustment rate, and net
adjustment rate.
Cycle Count Adjustment Detail: Provides details on the actual adjustments made

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 for an item during a cycle count process and includes the number of adjustments
for excess and shortage.

Note: The inventory values displayed in Oracle Daily Business

Intelligence are based on the distributions booked in the inventory
subledger. For closed periods, the inventory values reconcile with the
Period Close Values Summary report (in Oracle Inventory). The
inventory values might not match the inventory value in Oracle
General Ledger, if adjustments were made in Oracle General Ledger
using journal entries.

Manufacturing Management Reports

The Manufacturing Management dashboard provides the following reports:
• Production to Plan: Compares production values with baseline plan values, and
displays the ratio as a percentage. Baseline plan values are firmed and planned
order quantities, multiplied by the item cost. Production values are the cost at
which assemblies are completed into inventory.

• Actual Production Job Detail: Provides information about the completed quantity
and the actual value of all job statuses.

• Production to Plan Trend: Displays the ratio of production to plan as a percentage

over time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Cumulative Production to Plan: Shows the cumulative production value compared

to the cumulative planned value over a period of time.

• On-Time Production: Provides information about the on-time performance of

completed jobs and batches. It shows late production, on-time production, and
on-time production as a percentage of total production.

• Current Production Delayed: Shows the number and value of current jobs
(including released and on-hold) that are running late.

• Manufacturing Cost Variance: Displays standard and actual costs, and the
resulting variance, of all closed jobs.

• Manufacturing Cost Job Detail: Displays the start quantity, completed quantity,
standard cost, actual cost, variance amount, as well as the variance amount as a
percentage of standard cost for all closed jobs.

• Manufacturing Cost Variance Trend: Displays the trend of cost variance amount
and percentage, of all closed jobs over a period of time, by year, quarter, month,
and week.

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• Current Unrecognized Variance: Displays all open jobs (jobs with a status of
Released, On-Hold, Complete, Complete-No Charges, Pending Close, Failed Close,
and Cancelled) as of today, for which the cost charged is greater than the standard
cost, and the variance for those jobs.

• Open Job Detail: Shows job-level information on all open jobs where actual cost
exceeds standard cost. If there is an uncosted transaction for any organization, then
this report provides information for that organization up to the first uncosted
transaction.

• Material Usage Variance: Compares the actual material cost that is charged to
completed jobs with the standard material cost, and displays the resulting variance
amount and percentage of all completed jobs (jobs with a status of Complete-No
Charges, Cancelled, or Closed).

• Material Usage Job Detail: Displays the job completion date and completed
quantity of all completed jobs. In addition, this report displays the standard cost
and actual cost of material consumption and the variance in amount, as well as
percentage of standard cost of all completed jobs.

• Material Usage Variance Trend: Displays the trend of material usage variance
amount and percentage over time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Resource Variance Job Detail: Displays the standard resource cost and actual
resource cost and variance in amount, as well as the percentage of standard
resource cost for all completed jobs.

• Resource Utilization: Compares the total value of utilized resources and available
resources, and calculates the percentage resource utilization. The report considers
time-based resources only.

• Resource Utilization Trend: Displays the percentage of utilized hours to available

hours for all resources over time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Resource Variance: Displays actual and standard resource costs for all complete
jobs (jobs with a status of Complete-No Charges, Cancelled, or Closed), and the
variance between the costs.

• Resource Variance Trend: Displays resource variance amount and the percentage
over a period of time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Resource Efficiency: Displays the actual and standard hours for a resource, and
calculates the resource efficiency of all completed jobs (jobs with a status of
Complete-No Charges, Cancelled, or Closed).

• Resource Efficiency Job Detail: Displays the job completion date, completed
quantity, actual hours, and standard hours, as well as resource efficiency of

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 resources for all completed jobs.

• Resource Efficiency Trend: Displays resource efficiency over time, by year, quarter,
month, and week.

• Scrap: Displays the scrap value, compares it with the gross production value, and
shows scrap as a percentage of gross production value for all jobs (open and
closed). Scrap is not applicable to Oracle Process Manufacturing.

• Scrap Job Detail: Provides information about the completed and scrap quantity of
all jobs. In addition, this report displays the amount of scrap generated, the gross
production value, and scrap as a percentage of gross production.

• Scrap Trend: Displays scrap value as a percentage of gross production value over
time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Scrap by Reason: Shows scrap value by reason for all Oracle Discrete
Manufacturing jobs.

Product Cost Management Reports

The Product Cost Management dashboard provides the following reports:
• Product Gross Margin: Calculates the difference between the fulfilled values and
cost of goods sold (COGS) for items that are shipped. The report displays the
margin as both a number (fulfilled value minus COGS) and as a percentage of total
fulfilled value by organization, product category, item, and customer. The report is
useful for managers responsible for product profitability and gross margin
percentage.

• Material Usage Variance: Compares the actual material cost with the standard
material cost of completed jobs (jobs with a status of Complete-No Charges,
Cancelled, or Closed), and displays the resulting variance amount and percentage.

• Material Usage Job Detail: Displays the job completion date and completed
quantity for all completed jobs. In addition, this report displays the standard cost
and actual cost of material consumption and the variance in amount, as well as the
percentage of standard cost for all completed jobs.

• Material Usage Variance Trend: Displays material usage variance amount and
percentage over time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Resource Variance: Displays actual and standard resource costs of all completed
jobs (jobs with a status of Complete-No Charges, Cancelled, or Closed), and the
variance between the costs. The report considers time-based resources only.

• Resource Variance Job Detail: Displays the standard resource cost and actual

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 resource cost and variance in amount, as well as the percentage of standard
resource cost for all completed jobs.

• Resource Variance Trend: Displays the trend of resource variance amount and
percentage over a period of time, by year, quarter, month, and week.

• Manufacturing Cost Variance: Displays standard and actual costs, and the
resulting variance, of all closed jobs.

• Manufacturing Cost Job Detail: Displays the start quantity, completed quantity,
standard cost, actual cost, variance amount, as well as the variance amount as a
percentage of standard cost for all closed jobs.

• Manufacturing Cost Variance Trend: Displays the trend of cost variance amount
and percentage, for all closed jobs over a period of time, by year, quarter, month,
and week.

• Current Unrecognized Variance: Displays all open jobs (jobs with a status of
Released, On-Hold, Complete, Complete-No Charges, Pending Close, Failed Close,
and Cancelled) as of today, for which the cost charged is greater than the standard
cost, and the variance for those jobs.

• Open Job Detail: Shows job-level information about all open jobs where actual cost
exceeds standard cost.

Plan Management Reports

The Plan Management dashboard provides the following reports:
• Planned Revenue and Margin: Multiplies the total planned shipments by the
standard item price, including the discount, to display planned revenue. It subtracts
planned cost from the planned revenue to display planned margin. It also divides
the planned margin by the planned revenue to yield the planned margin
percentage. This report also displays the variance in these measures between the
selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned Revenue and Margin Trend: Displays the planned revenue, planned
margin, and planned margin percentage over time, by month, quarter, and year.

• Plan Details: Displays the details of the Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning
plan selected on the Plan Management dashboard, such as the plan horizon and
organizations.

• Planned Organizations: Lists the inventory organizations that are included by the
selected plan. This report is accessed from the Plan Details report.

• Planned Cost Breakdown Summary: Calculates planned production costs, planned

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 carrying costs, and planned purchasing costs for the selected plan. It also displays
the variance in these costs between the selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned Cost Breakdown Summary Trend: Displays the planned production costs,
planned carrying costs, and planned purchasing costs for the selected plan over
time, by month, quarter, and year.

• Planned Purchasing Cost: Calculates the planned purchasing cost and displays the
results by supplier. It also displays the variance in this measure between the
selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned Performance: Displays the planned inventory turns, on-time shipments,

and resource utilization. It also displays the variance in these measures between the
selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned Inventory Turns: Calculates the planned inventory turns for each
inventory category, item, and organization. It also displays the variance in this
measure between the selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned Inventory Turns Trend: Displays the planned inventory turns by month,
quarter, and year.

• Planned On-Time Shipment: Calculates the on-time shipment for each inventory
category, item, and organization. It also displays the variance in this measure
between the selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned On-Time Shipment Trend: Displays the planned on-time shipment by

month, quarter, and year.

• Planned Resource Utilization: Displays the planned resource utilization percentage

for each resource, resource group, and organization. It also displays the variance in
this measure between the selected plan and the compare-to plan.

• Planned Resource Utilization Trend: Displays the planned resource utilization by

month, quarter, and year.

• Potential Revenue Shortfall Trend: Displays revenue that could be at risk due to
exceptions arising from planning constraints. The report compares potential
revenue, based on a demand schedule, with what is achievable by a supply chain
plan.

• Top Potential Revenue Shortfall Reasons: Identifies the leading causes of risk to
planned revenue, including item, supplier, and manufacturing resources.

Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog Reports

The Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard provides the following reports:

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• Product Bookings and Revenue Trend: Provides a direct comparison of the trends
of net product revenue bookings, and revenue resulting from bookings recognized
over time for the selected period from the sale of products, but not services. It
compares these metrics to either the prior period or the prior year.

• Revenue Overview: Provides information on the value of revenue by sales group,

product category and customer. The report displays the value for the sale of
products, but not services. It compares these metrics to either the prior period or the
prior year.

• Bookings, Revenue and Revenue Backlog Trend: Displays trends over time of net
product bookings, recognized revenue, and revenue backlog from the sale of
products, but not services. It compares these metrics to either the prior period or the
prior year.

• Bookings Overview: Provides information on the value of net bookings by sales

group. It also shows the value of product revenue backlog and revenue recognized
by sales group. The report displays the value for the sale of products, but not
services. It compares these metrics to either the prior period or the prior year.

• Cumulative Bookings and Revenue: Shows the accumulated value of net bookings
and revenue in detail over time. It provides detailed comparisons between the
current period and the selected compare-to period. It compares these metrics to
either the prior period or the prior year. This report always shows data by time but
can be limited by sales group, customer, or product category.

• Net Product Bookings: Provides information on the value of order line bookings,
return line bookings, and their combined value in net bookings from the sale of
products, but not services. It compares these bookings metrics to either the prior
period or the prior year.
• Backlog Line Detail: Provides detailed information about revenue backlog
sales credits from order line bookings, as well as the negative sales group
credits for return line bookings from the sale of products, but not services. It
provides a detailed view of order and return lines with access to the actual
order transaction. This report is only accessible from the Net Product Bookings
report.

• Booked Order Line Detail: Provides detailed information about sales group
credits for order line bookings from the sale of products, but not services. It
provides a detailed view of order lines with the ability to open the actual order
transaction. This report is only accessible from the Net Product Bookings report.

• Booked Return Line Detail: Provides detailed information about negative sales
group credits for return line bookings from the sale of products, but not
services. It provides a detailed view of return lines with access to the actual
order transaction. This report is only accessible from the Net Product Bookings

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 report.

• Product Revenue: Displays revenue recognized from invoices and from deferred
revenue.

• Product Revenue Backlog: Displays the value of the net product order backlog,
deferred revenue backlog, and product revenue backlog.

Warehouse Management Reports

The Warehouse Management dashboard provides the following reports:
• Pick Release to Ship Cycle Time: Shows the average time taken from the time of
pick release to shipment confirmation.

• Pick Release to Ship Cycle Time Trend: Shows the trend in pick release to ship
(hours), which measures the average time taken to complete ship confirm from the
time of pick release.

• Receipt to Putaway Cycle Time: Shows the time taken for the received material to
be put away into the final storage location.

• Receipt to Putaway Cycle Time Trend: Displays the trend in the receipt to putaway
(hours), which is the average time taken from the time material is received to the
time the material is put away in the final storage location.

• Warehouse Storage Utilized: Indicates the storage space utilization of

subinventories or organizations. It includes the volume and weight utilization
measures.

• Warehouse Storage Utilized Trend: Displays the trend in the Volume Utilized and
Weight Stored measures and indicates the trend in the storage space utilization of
the subinventory or organization.

• Current Capacity Utilization: Differs from the other Warehouse Storage Utilized
reports in that it reports on the actual on-hand quantity of the item and not the
quantity as of the last DBI refresh date. In addition, this report displays the
capacities of the subinventories or organizations and, hence, the utilization levels in
the warehouse.

• Picks & Exceptions Analysis: Shows picks across the organization, picks with
exceptions, and the pick exceptions rate.

• Picks & Exceptions Trend: Displays the trend in the occurrence of pick exceptions.

• Picks and Exceptions by Reason: Classifies pick exceptions by the reason specified
when the exception was raised.

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 • Operation Plan Performance: Provides information about cycle time, number of
tasks, and number of exceptions to the execution of the operation plans that were
set up in Oracle Warehouse Management. An operation plan is a sequence of
operations detailing the planned movement of material within the warehouse
facility for inbound activities. Subinventory in this report refers to the destination
subinventory.

• Operation Plan Exceptions by Reason: Shows the number of exceptions that

occurred during the execution of the operation plans by the reason code associated
with the exceptions.

Transportation Management Reports

The Transportation Management dashboard provides the following reports:
• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight: Shows the cost per unit of weight for
transporting goods for all deliveries within trips with an actual departure date on
the first trip stop.

• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight Trend: Shows the rated freight costs and gross
weights from deliveries associated with trips with an actual departure date on the
first trip stop.

• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Volume: Shows the rated freight costs and associated
volumes from deliveries associated with trips with an actual departure date on the
first trip stop.

• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Volume Trend: Shows the rated freight costs and
associated volumes from deliveries associated with trips with an actual departure
date on the first trip stop.

• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Distance: Shows the rated freight costs and associated
distances from deliveries associated with trips with an actual departure date on the
first trip stop.

• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Distance Trend: Shows the rated freight costs and
associated distances from deliveries associated with trips, where there is an actual
departure date on the first trip stop.

• On-Time Arrival Rate: Shows the on-time performance for deliveries associated
with trips with an actual arrival date and planned arrival date on the trip stop.

• On-Time Arrival Rate Trend: Shows the on-time performance for deliveries
associated with trips with an actual arrival date and planned arrival date on the trip
stop.

• Trip Stop Arrival Performance Trend: Shows the on-time performance for

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 deliveries associated with trips with an actual arrival date and planned arrival date
on the trip stop.

• Carrier Billing and Payment Variance: Shows the accuracy of carrier freight bills.
The freight bills are compared to the approved amounts only when bills are fully
paid to highlight by how much the carrier bills are inaccurate. This report includes
total payments, payments paid in full, approved bills, and the variances.

• Carrier Billing and Payment Variance Trend: Shows the trend in the accuracy of
carrier freight bills over time. It shows the trend of carrier payments, billed-to-paid
variance, and billed-to-approved variance.

• Freight Cost Recovery Rate: Shows whether freight charges applied to orders and
order lines are covering the cost of freight. Using this report, you can assess
whether your business is charging the proper amount to customers to cover its
freight costs.

• Freight Cost Recovery Rate Trend: Shows the trend in recovering freight costs,
meaning that freight charges applied to orders and order lines are covering the cost
of freight over time.

Sales Agreement Management Reports

The Sales Agreement Management dashboard provides the following reports for
monitoring sales agreements:
• Active Agreements Summary: Shows active agreements and provides the value of
those that have already expired within the current period and those that will
terminate or expire within the current period.

• New Agreements: Provides data on agreements that have an activation date within
the selected period, up to and including the as-of date.

• Expired Agreements: Provides fulfillment information about agreements that

expired within the period, up to and including the as-of date.

• Terminated Agreements: Provides fulfillment information about agreements that

were terminated within the period, up to and including the as-of date.

• Expiring Agreements: Shows the number and value of agreements that will expire
within the selected period.

• Total Performance Against Agreements: Shows total values, along with

outstanding and unrealized values for active, expiring, terminated, and expired
agreements.

• Agreement Orders Analysis: Shows the number of lines and fulfilled value of

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 agreement orders and non-agreement orders.

• Agreement Order Line Detail: Shows details about agreement orders, including
fulfilled date and fulfilled value. From this report, you can view the order and
agreement.

• Non-Agreement Order Line Detail: Contains details about non-agreement orders,

including fulfilled date and fulfilled order line sales credit. From this report, you
can view the order and agreement.

• Agreements Trend: Shows the value over time of new, expired, terminated, and
total active agreements.

• Outstanding Value Trend: Shows the trend of total fulfilled value and total active
commitment value over time.

• Top Agreements by Fulfillment Activity: Shows agreement orders, total fulfilled

value, and agreement value of the agreements with the highest value.

Responsibilities
DBI for Supply Chain provides several responsibilities for accessing the dashboards and
reports.
Access to the Expense Management or HR Management dashboard is based on
management security. You can only view data that is relevant to your area based on the
manager hierarchy setup. If you are not a manager in the management hierarchy, then
you do not have access to data on the Expense Management or HR Management
dashboard.
When you navigate from one dashboard to another, the system uses the particular
security associated with the dashboard to determine your access.
Implementers need to be assigned the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility to perform setup tasks such as creating and submitting request sets
(concurrent processes) and setting up global parameters. They also should be assigned
the CRM Resource Manager responsibility to perform the sales group hierarchy setup.

Supply Chain Manager

The Supply Chain Manager role-based responsibility provides access to the following
dashboards:
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Shipping Management

• Inventory Management

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 • Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Plan Management

• Warehouse Management

• Transportation Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management

Daily Supply Chain Intelligence

The Daily Supply Chain Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to
the following dashboards:
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Shipping Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Product Cost Management

• Plan Management

• Warehouse Management

• Transportation Management

Daily Fulfillment Intelligence

The Daily Fulfillment Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to the
following dashboards:
• Customer Fulfillment Management

• Shipping Management

Daily Inventory Intelligence

The Daily Inventory Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to the
Inventory Management dashboard.

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Daily Manufacturing Intelligence
The Daily Manufacturing Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to
the Manufacturing Management dashboard.

Daily Product Cost Intelligence

The Daily Product Cost Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to the
Product Cost Management dashboard.

Daily Planning Intelligence

The Daily Planning Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to the
Plan Management dashboard.

Sales Manager
The Sales Manager function-based responsibility provides access to the following
dashboards:
• Sales Forecast Management

• Sales Management

• Opportunity Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

• Expense Management

• HR Management

Daily Sales Intelligence

The Daily Sales Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to the
following dashboards:
• Sales Forecast Management

• Sales Management

• Opportunity Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

Note: Of the dashboards accessible to the Sales Manager and Daily

Sales Intelligence, only the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

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 dashboard is part of DBI for Supply Chain.

Daily Warehouse Intelligence

The Daily Warehouse Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to the
following dashboards:
• Inventory Management

• Warehouse Management

Daily Transportation Intelligence

The Daily Transportation Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to
the Transportation Management dashboard.

Daily Sales Agreement Intelligence

The Daily Sales Agreement Intelligence function-based responsibility provides access to
the Sales Agreement Management dashboard.

Dimensions
DBI for Supply Chain uses the following dimensions, some of which are common across
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence.
Refer to "Implementation Considerations" in Chapter 2 for more information on how
DBI for Supply Chain uses dimensions, such as currencies.

Agreement Type
Agreement type comes from the Sales Agreement Type field of the sales agreement
header in Oracle Order Management. This field enables you to classify agreements by
type for reporting or control purposes.

Carrier
Many of the Transportation Management reports use the Carrier dimension. This
dimension includes the defined freight carriers associated with trips from Oracle Order
Management. If an order does not list a carrier, then it is included in the Unassigned
category.

Currency
All DBI for Supply Chain dashboards let you see data in a primary and secondary
currency.

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 For a description of the Currency dimension, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Customer
The Customer dimension uses the sold-to customer from the sales order header in
Oracle Order Management for the Customer Fulfillment Management, Product Cost
Management, and Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboards, and the ship-to
customer from the sales order line for the Shipping Management dashboard.
The Customer dimension contains one level:
• Customer (dimension)
• Customer (level)

Customer Classification
Many of the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog and Sales Agreement Management
reports use the Customer Classification dimension.
For an explanation of this dimension, see Common Dimensions, page 1-9.

Cycle Count
This dimension contains a set of cycle counting parameters, including a list of items,
count schedule, and tolerances, that refer to a periodic counting of items in the
inventory of an organization. This set of parameters is identified by a unique name. The
Cycle Count dimension refers to the specification for a periodic counting.

Cycle Count Class

The Cycle Count Class dimension consists of groups of items included in a particular
cycle count. In the process of defining a cycle count, an ABC classification (or ABC
Class) process is used to copy the classes of an ABC Group to the cycle count
specification. Once associated with a cycle count specification, an ABC classification
becomes known as a Cycle Count Class. Users can modify Cycle Count Class items
subsequently, independent of the ABC classification items.

Grade
Means of grouping similar items. It can be used to control the movement, pricing and
storage of an item, especially if the units present in inventory need to be tracked and
handled differently based on their quality.

Item (See also Inventory and Product Category)

DBI for Supply Chain uses the common Item dimension that is used by Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence. It uses both inventory category and product category (product
catalog) hierarchies in the Item dimension. For details on how DBI for Supply Chain

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 uses this dimension, see Associate Item with Inventory Category Set, Product Category
Set, page 21-58.
See also Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Job Status
Many of the Manufacturing Management and Product Cost Management reports use
the Job Status dimension. This dimension enables you to see information on jobs by the
various stages of the life cycle and activities that can be performed on the job. For
Oracle Manufacturing, the values come from Oracle Work in Process, and for Oracle
Process Manufacturing, the values come from Process Execution.
Values in the Job Status dimension:
• Released

• On-hold

• Complete

• Complete– no charges

• Pending Close

• Failed Close

• Close

• Cancelled

Mode
Many of the Transportation Management reports use the Mode dimension. This
dimension enables you to see data for shipments that use specific modes of
transportation, for example, air, parcel, truck, and rail.
Values in the Mode dimension:
• Parcel

• LTL

• TL

• Ocean

• Rail

• Air

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Operation Plan
The Operation Plan reports contain the Operation Plan dimension. This dimension
enables you to see information on specific operation plans and how they are
performing.
The values in this dimension are defined in Oracle Warehouse Management.

Order Item Return Reason

Many of the Customer Fulfillment Management reports use the Order Item Return
Reason dimension. The Order Item Return Reason dimension pulls the return reason
code (ID) and return reason name (value) from the return transactions in Oracle Order
Management. A return reason is required in Oracle Order Management.
The Order Item Return Reason dimension contains one level:
• Return Reason (dimension)
• Return Reason (level)

Organization
The Organization dimension refers to the inventory organizations (not sales
organizations) to which you have access, as determined by the organization security
setup in Oracle Inventory.
• Organization (dimension)
• Inventory Organization (dimension level)
• Subinventory (dimension level)
• Destination Subinventory
• Locator

• Source Subinventory
• Locator

Inventory Organization
DBI for Supply Chain uses the Inventory Organization level of the common
Organization dimension. Only DBI for Supply Chain dashboards and reports use this
dimension.
Destination Subinventory
The Destination Subinventory dimension is the final storage location where the item
was put away, irrespective of the suggested subinventory or whether the item was

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 dropped off at another subinventory before it was finally put away.
Locator
Physical area within a subinventory where you store material, such as a row, aisle, bin,
or shelf.
Source Subinventory
Source Subinventory is the actual, not suggested, storage location from which the
material was picked.

Organization (unsecured)
The purpose of the unsecured version of the Organization dimension is to allow you to
see information in DBI, even if you typically do not have access to particular
organizations. This version displays information from all inventory organizations,
regardless of access (unsecured).

Period
For more information on Period, see Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-30.

Period Name
This dimension appears in the Plan Management reports. It contains future plan
periods for all plans. It is dependent on the Period dimension. Depending on the
selected period, the parameter displays all available periods defined in the plans. If you
choose Month from the Period parameter, and the planning horizon for the plan was for
1/1/01 to 12/31/03, then the Period Name parameter contains "Jan-01, Feb-01, Mar-01,
etc." If you choose Quarter from the Period parameter, then Period Name contains "
Q1-01, Q2-01, etc."

Plan Snapshot
The Plan Snapshot dimension is used by all reports on the Plan Management
dashboard. The Plan Snapshot dimension lists the available plan snapshots to choose
among by displaying the plan name and run date (for example, PROD001-01-JAN-03) in
the Plan and Compare Plan parameters. The dimension does not provide an All option
for the Plan and Compare Plan parameters. It does provide a None option for the
Compare Plan parameter.
The dimension retrieves the plan name and run date from Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning. Specifically, it retrieves the plan code (ID), plan name, and last plan
run date. The base summaries collect the information from Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning.
The Plan Snapshot dimension contains one level:
• Plan Snapshot (dimension)
• Plan Snapshot (level)

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Compare Plan
This dimension makes it possible to compare plans defined in Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning. The Compare Plan dimension contains the same plans as the Plan
parameter. Choose None if you want to see the data of one plan only.

Plan
This dimension contains the name of all plans defined in Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning.

Warehouse Exception Reason

This dimension enables you to see information about tasks associated with reason
codes. System administrators create reason codes at the site level. Reason codes are not
confined to a specific inventory organization.

Resource
The resource-related reports on the Manufacturing Management, Product Cost
Management, and Plan Management dashboard display the resources by resource
category (defined across organizations) or by department (defined within an
organization) as defined in Oracle Bills of Material.
The following diagram shows the relationship between the resource dimension levels
(group, department, and resource) that DBI for Supply Chain uses:

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 Each resource belongs to one or more owning departments within an organization. The
resource cannot be used in another organization, but it can be used in another
department. The resource-related reports obtain utilized hours from jobs, and display
the utilization by owning department and resource group.
In the reports:
• The departments that are listed in the Department parameter depend on the
inventory organization selected in the Organization parameter.

• The resources that are listed in the Resource parameter depend on the selections in
the Department parameter.

The Resource dimension contains three levels:

• Resource Group (dimension level)
• Department (dimension level)
• Resource

Sales Group
Sales Group is the primary secured dimension of the Product Revenue Bookings and
Backlog dashboard and Sales Agreement Management dashboard. Your sales group
selection controls all the regions on this dashboard. The Sales Group dimension lists the
sales groups to which you have security access through your responsibilities. This
means you can only see data for sales groups to which you have been given access. Data
from other sales groups does not display in the reports.

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 These sales groups are the entities, a combination of a specific sales group with a
specific sales representative, that have been credited for the booked order line on the
order line details within Oracle Order Management. Within Oracle Order Management,
it is possible to distribute credit to multiple sales representative/sales group
combinations for an individual order line; the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog
dashboard represents this distribution of sales credits on order lines.
The Sales Group dimension includes inactivated sales groups and historical sales
representatives (for example, those who are no longer with the company).

Note: Without a sales group hierarchy, the reports place all sales
representatives in an Unassigned sales group. Some report
functionality is disabled for sales representatives in an unassigned sales
group.
The following roles can be assigned in the sales group hierarchy: Sales
Manager, Sales Administrator, and Sales Representative. Users
assigned these roles appear in the reports as a member of the group;
however, only users who have the role of Sales Manager or Sales
Administrator can see data for the group in the Product Revenue
Bookings and Backlog dashboard and Sales Agreement Management
dashboard and associated reports.

Service Level
Many of the Transportation Management reports use the Service Level dimension. This
dimension enables you to see data about shipping transactions that are being shipped
with a specific type of carrier service, for example, next day air or 2-day air. Values are
defined at the site level in Oracle Order Management. Because the system administrator
defines the values, they will accurately reflect shipping procedures at the site.

Shipping Direction
Many of the rated freight cost reports use the Shipping Direction dimension. This
dimension enables you to see freight-related information about specific types of
shipping transactions, such as outbound or drop ship, based on the shipping direction.
The values come from Oracle Order Management.

Supplier
The Supplier dimension displays suppliers on the Plan Management dashboard. Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence for Procurement owns this dimension. For more information
on this dimension, see Dimensions, page 14-11.
The Plan Management dashboard uses the Supplier dimension level only, not the
Supplier Site dimension level. The Supplier dimension level collects all suppliers
defined in Oracle Applications, but the Plan Management dashboard reports only
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 Chain Planning.
If a supplier is not listed on the planned order, then the data for those orders displays as
Unassigned in the reports.

Key Performance Indicators

DBI for Supply Chain provides the following performance measures below.

Customer Fulfillment Management Key Performance Indicators

Note: Booked metrics consider the firmed date, if it has been defined,
while the Fulfilled Value metric is based on the actual fulfilled date. See
Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule, page 21-61 for more information
on firmed date. See Customer Fulfillment Management, page 21-3 for
more information on actual fulfilled date.

KPI Definitions
• Booked Value: This measure is the sum of (Booked Quantity * Selling Price) for all
order lines, during the selected period. The Grand Total line for booked value is
calculated as the sum of the booked value for all categories.
It is the value of all sales order lines booked during the selected period to date,
including fulfilled and unfulfilled order lines, but not return lines or canceled order
lines. (The selling price reflects the price after discounts were applied.) See also:
Fulfillment Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to identify the value of what is booked for the time period to date. This
KPI can be viewed as the potential revenue from sales orders. You can also view the
change in bookings since the previous time period. The bookings trend indicates the
fluctuation of booked orders or price over a period of time.

• Fulfilled Value: Fulfilled Quantity * Selling Price

This measure is the total value of the fulfilled sales order lines in the selected period
to date. See also: Fulfillment Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.
Use this KPI to identify the value of what is fulfilled for the time period to date.
This KPI signifies the potential revenue from sales orders that are ready for
invoicing by Oracle Receivables. You can also view the change in fulfillment since
the previous time period. The fulfillment trend indicates the fluctuation of order
completion or price over a period of time.

• Book to Fulfill Ratio: (Booked Value) / (Fulfilled Value)

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 value of orders fulfilled in the period. See also: Fulfillment Performance, Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
The book-to-fulfill ratio (also known as the book-to-bill ratio) suggests the balance
of supply and demand. A ratio of 1.00 implies that the value of incoming orders
equals the value of outgoing orders. For a non-cyclical business, the book-to-fulfill
ratio could be close to one. In downturns, the ratio could drop under 1.00, which
means that supply is greater than demand. A ratio higher than 1.00 implies that
demand is greater than supply.

• Backlog Value: This measure is the sum of (Booked Quantity * Selling Price) for all
order lines that are booked and not yet fulfilled. Also known as open orders, this is
the value of sales order lines that are booked, but not yet fulfilled. See also: Backlog
and Past Due Schedule Value, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to identify the value of orders in the pipeline that still need to be
fulfilled. The backlog trend can indicate fluctuations in booked orders or suggest
the volume of unfinished activities required to execute orders.

• Past Due Schedule Value: This measure shows Booked Quantity * Selling Price, for
lines where the current date is past the schedule ship date. Also known as
delinquent backlog, it is the total value of unfulfilled order lines where the current
date is past the schedule ship date on the sales order line. See also: Backlog and Past
Due Schedule Value, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to determine the value of delinquent orders that should have been
fulfilled. This KPI signifies the amount of potential revenue overdue beyond the
schedule ship date. View the change in this KPI to determine a trend in past due
orders since previous periods. An increasing past due trend could suggest issues
such as poor performance of order execution, capacity problems, or warehouse
inefficiencies.

• Fulfilled Return Value: Fulfilled Quantity * Selling Price, for order lines that are
returns.
Use this KPI to monitor the value and trend of returns. Returns could indicate
customer dissatisfaction due to poor order execution, high pricing, incorrect items,
or other reasons that appear in the underlying report. See also: Fulfilled Return
Value, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Shipping Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Lines Shipped: This KPI shows the total number of sales order lines that have
shipped.
See also: Shipping Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

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 Use this KPI to identify the volume of lines shipped for organizations and how they
compare to the previous period. This KPI suggests whether warehouse activity is
increasing or decreasing.

• Lines Late to Schedule: (Total number of lines shipped late after the Schedule Ship
Date on the sales order line / Lines Shipped) * 100
See also: Shipping Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
Use this KPI to determine which organizations have the best or worst shipping
performance and which customer is impacted the most. This KPI shows whether
the timeliness of shipments is worsening or improving.

• Lines Late to Promise: (Total number of lines shipped late, after the Promise Date
on the sales order line / Lines Shipped) * 100
See also: Shipping Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Book to Ship Days: For all order lines, the average of (Shipped Date - Firmed Date).
If a firmed date is not available, booked date is used. See Firmed Date, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide for more information.
This KPI shows the average number of days between booking the sales order and
shipping the items. See also: Book to Ship Days, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.
Use this KPI to determine an organization's cycle time from order booking to
shipping. Select the KPI to view the report, which shows the cycle time by
organization, inventory category, items, or customer to determine what is driving
the cycle time or who is affected by it.

• Past Due Schedule Lines: This KPI shows the number of booked sales order lines
that are not yet shipped and where the Schedule Ship Date is earlier than the
selected date.
See also: Past Due Schedule Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.
Use this KPI to determine the current state of past due order lines. You can compare
this KPI to the prior period to determine the fluctuation of volume in terms of lines
and to see whether the trend is improving.

Inventory Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Inventory Value: This KPI shows the total cost of ending inventory, which consists
of on-hand, intransit, and work-in-process (WIP) inventory. Oracle Applications
supports various types of inventory transfers, which DBI for Supply Chain reports.
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 Business Intelligence User Guide.
See also: Inventory Value Summary., Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide

• Annualized Inventory Turns: Annualized COGS / Average Daily Inventory

Annualized COGS = (COGS / Number of Days in Selected Period) * 365
For information about COGS, see Cost of Goods Sold., Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide
Average Daily Inventory = Sum of Daily Ending Inventory Balance / Number of
Days
See also: Inventory Turns, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Hit/Miss Accuracy: (Total Hit Entries / Total No. of Entries) * 100

This KPI shows the percentage of the total number of cycle count entries that fall
within the hit/miss tolerance as compared to the total number of cycle count entries
made.
See also: Cycle Count Accuracy, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Gross Adjustments - Rate: (Total Gross Adjustment Value / Total System Inventory
Value) * 100
This KPI shows the gross value of the adjustments made during cycle counting to
the total system inventory value of the counted items at the time of completion of
the cycle count entries.
See also: Cycle Count Accuracy, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Exact Matches - Rate: (Total Match Entries / Total Number of Entries) * 100
This KPI shows the number of exact match entries as a percentage of the total
number of cycle count entries.
An exact match entry is an entry where the counted quantity entered is the same as
the system quantity.
See also: Cycle Count Accuracy, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Manufacturing Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Production to Plan: (Produced Standard Value / Planned Standard Value) * 100
The Produced Standard Value is the total quantity of assembly completions for each
item in the selected time period, multiplied by the cost of the item when the
baseline plan was collected. The Planned Standard Value is the total quantity of the
item on firm and planned orders in the selected time period, multiplied by the cost

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 of the item when the baseline plan was collected.
This KPI shows how production values compare to planned values, as a percentage.
See also: Production to Plan, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Production Value: This KPI shows the net of WIP Completions value and WIP
Returns value, into the Inventory Asset Account. All WIP returns in a discrete job
are processed as of the return transaction date.
See also: Production to Plan, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• On-Time Production: (On-Time Production/Total Production) * 100

This KPI shows the value of completed jobs (those with status Complete,
Complete-No Charge, or Closed), which were on time. The value is computed on
actual completed quantity.
See also: On-Time Production, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Manufacturing Cost Variance: [(Actual Cost - Standard Cost) / Standard Cost] * 100
This column shows the actual cost charged to all closed jobs, as a percentage of the
standard cost for all closed jobs (standard cost of production).
See also: Cost Variance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Material Usage Variance: [(Actual Usage - Standard Usage) / Standard Usage] * 100
Actual Usage is the actual quantity of components issued to a job for an assembly,
multiplied by the Actual Cost. (The actual quantity issued to a job is the quantity
issued from inventory to work in process.) Standard Usage is the standard quantity
of components in the assembly, multiplied by the Actual Cost. (The standard
quantity is obtained from the bills of material or Oracle Process Manufacturing
formula.)
This KPI shows how much material was consumed as compared to the standard
material consumption.
See also: Cost Variance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Resource Utilization: (Resource Cost Charged / Cost of Resources Available) * 100

Resource Cost Charged is the resource hours charged to all open and closed jobs,
multiplied by the standard cost of the resource on the date of the resource
transaction. Cost of Resources Available is the available hours specified on the
resource calendar for a selected period, multiplied by the standard cost of the
resource during that period.
This KPI shows the extent to which available resources are utilized.
See also: Resource Utilization, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Resource Variance: [(Actual Resource Cost - Standard Resource Cost) / Standard

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 Resource Cost] * 100
Actual Resource Cost is the resource hours charged to a completed job, multiplied
by the actual cost of the resources based on each resource transaction. Standard
Resource Cost is the standard resource hours for a job, based on the actual routing
used, multiplied by the standard cost of a resource at the time of completion.
This KPI shows the resource cost charged as compared to the standard resource
cost.
See also: Resource Variance and Efficiency, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

• Scrap: (Scrap Value / Gross Production Value) * 100

Scrap Value is the value of scrap generated across all item categories, obtained from
all scrap transactions. It is the cost that was charged to an assembly that was
scrapped. Gross Production Value is the cost of work in process completions into
inventory (minus returns), plus Scrap Value.
This KPI shows the value of scrap generated, compared with the gross production
value.
The Scrap KPI does not apply to Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM). An OPM
product that does not meet the specification is either reworked within the same
batch or is completed as a coproduct using another item. The rework impact is
reflected in the Resource Variance report (see Resource Variance and Efficiency),
and the coproduct impact is reflected in the Material Usage Variance report (see
Material Usage Variance).
See also: Scrap, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Product Cost Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Product Gross Margin: [(Fulfilled Value) - COGS / Fulfilled Value] * 100
Fulfilled Value: Fulfilled Quantity * Selling Price for sales order lines.
COGS: Total item costs associated with the products shipped.
For information about COGS, see Cost of Goods Sold, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

• Manufacturing Cost Variance: [(Actual Cost - Standard Cost) / Standard Cost] * 100
Actual Cost: Actual cost charged to all closed jobs
Standard Cost: Standard cost for all closed jobs

• Material Usage Variance: [(Actual Usage - Standard Usage) / Standard Usage] * 100

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 Actual Usage: Actual quantity of components issued to a job for an assembly,
multiplied by the Actual Cost for all completed jobs. (The actual quantity issued to
a job is the quantity issued from inventory to work in process.)
Standard Usage: Standard quantity of components in the assembly, multiplied by
the Actual Cost for all completed jobs. (The standard quantity is obtained from the
bills of material or Oracle Process Manufacturing formula.)

• Resource Variance: [(Actual Resource Cost - Standard Resource Cost) / Standard

Resource Cost] * 100
Actual Resource Cost: Resource Hours charged to a completed job * Actual Cost of
Resources based on each resource transaction for all completed jobs
Standard Resource Cost: Standard Resource Hours for a job, based on the actual
routing used * Standard Cost of Resource at the time of completion for all
completed jobs

Planning Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
The variance shows the absolute change between the selections in the Plan and
Compare Plan parameters.
• Planned Revenue: Total Shipment Units * Standard Price * Standard Discount, from
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
Use this KPI to determine the total revenue value of independent demand for the
period, including sales orders and forecasted demand. See also: Planned Revenue
and Margin, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Planned Margin: Planned Revenue - (Total Shipment Units * Standard Cost), from
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
Use this KPI to determine the margin that is projected to result from the Planned
Revenue for the period. See also: Planned Revenue and Margin, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Planned Margin Percent: (Planned Margin / Planned Revenue) * 100

Use this KPI to determine the margin percentage for the period. See also: Planned
Revenue and Margin, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Planned Inventory Turns: [Cost of Total Demand in the Period * (365 / Number of
Days in Period)] / Cost of Average Inventory for the Period
Use this KPI to determine the inventory turns that are projected to result from the
execution of the plan. See also: Planned Performance, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

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 • Planned On-Time Shipment: [(Total Number of Order Lines - Number of Late
Order Lines) / Total Number of Order Lines] * 100
Use this KPI to determine the customer service level projected to result from the
execution of the plan. Compare this KPI with the Planned Inventory Turns to
determine the ideal trade-off between inventory levels and customer service. See
also: Planned Performance, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Planned Resource Utilization: (Hours of Capacity Planned / Available Hours of

Capacity) * 100, from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
Use this KPI to help identify resource constraints to manufacturing throughput.
These would be resources with a utilization near or exceeding 100 percent.
Under-utilization can also point to revenue opportunities that can result from
changes in product promotion or pricing strategies. See also: Planned Performance,
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Net Booked: (Total Value of Order Lines Booked) - (Absolute Value of Total Value
of Return Lines Booked)
This KPI shows the revenue associated with all order lines for products that have
been booked plus the negative value of returns order lines that have been booked.
The net booked metrics take into consideration that some order line bookings are
for a positive value while others, for return lines or RMAs, are for a negative value.
Metrics are based on the firmed date rather than the booked date when a firmed
date is available; if the firmed date value is null, then the booked value is based on
the booked date. See Firmed Date, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide for
more information.
See also: Revenue Overview, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Revenue: This KPI shows revenue recognized from the sale of products, but not
services.
Recognized revenue is revenue that has satisfied a set of recognition criteria,
enabling it to be credited to an income statement; if the revenue has not met
established criteria, then it is deferred until the criteria are met. Revenue enters the
Oracle Receivables system when an order has been fulfilled and an invoice is
generated. Depending on the rules associated with an invoice line, the revenue is
either recognized immediately or deferred according to a set of rules that results in
a revenue recognition schedule. In many cases, it is possible to manually review
and allocate revenue into deferred and recognized categories, because recognizing
revenue can be a matter of judgment.

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 The revenue figures in the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard are
the net of product returns and credit memos. They are not the net of:
• Offsetting amounts usually tracked in other accrued accounts (for example, bad
debt and payment discounts).

• Internal orders that are entered through Oracle Order Management and
adjusted for later in Oracle General Ledger.

See also: Revenue Overview, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Revenue Booked this Period: This KPI shows the recognized revenue in a period
that was also booked in the same period. For example, if the period is month,
Revenue Booked This Period would be all revenue recognized in the current month
that was also booked in the current month. If the revenue was booked last month
and recognized this month, it should not be included in Revenue Booked This
Period.
For revenue to be considered booked and recognized in the same period, the
Booked Date from the order and the General Ledger Date from the invoice must
both fall within the selected period.
See also: Revenue Overview, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Revenue Booked in Prior Periods: This KPI shows recognized revenue in a period
that was booked in a previous period. For example, if period is month, Revenue
Booked in Prior Periods would be all revenue recognized in the current month that
was booked in a prior period. If the revenue was booked this month and recognized
this month, then it is not be included in this column.
See also: Revenue Overview, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Product Revenue Backlog: This KPI shows the total value of order lines for
products that have been booked in Oracle Order Management, but for which the
revenue has not been recognized by Oracle Receivables; and the negative value of
return order lines that have been booked, but for which the revenue has not been
recognized by Oracle Receivables.
See also: Revenue Overview, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Warehouse Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Pick Release To Ship (Hours): (Total elapsed time for the shipping confirmations /
Number of shipping confirmations)
The average time from pick release to the time the delivery shipment is confirmed.
The KPI shows data for delivery lines for which shipment has been confirmed in the

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 selected period.
See also: Pick Release to Ship Cycle Time Report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.

• Receipt To Putaway (Hours): (Total Elapsed Time for All the Putaways) / (Number
of Putaways)
The average elapsed time from receipt of an item to the time it is put away to its
final storage location.
See also: Receipt to Putaway Cycle Time Report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
User Guide.

• Utilized Volume: Space occupied by the material stored in the organization or

subinventory.
See also: Warehouse Storage Utilized Report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

• Weight Stored: Total weight of the material stored in the organization or

subinventory.
See also: Warehouse Storage Utilized Report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

• Pick Exceptions Rate: (Picks with Exception / Picks) * 100

The number of picks in which an exception was encountered, as a percentage of the
total number of picks.
See also: Picks & Exceptions Analysis Report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

Transportation Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
• Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight: Rated freight cost / Freight weight
The cost per unit of weight for transporting goods for all deliveries within trips.
See also: Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight Report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

• Freight Weight: The sum of all gross weights for deliveries that are associated with
rated freight costs.
See also: Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight Report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

• On-time Arrival Rate: [(Number of On-Time Arrivals to Trip Stops) / (Number of

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 Arrivals Planned for every Trip Stop)] * 100
The amount of times deliveries arrived at trip stops on time as a percentage of total
deliveries.
See also: On-Time Arrival Rate Report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

• Carrier Billed to Paid Variance: [(Billed – Paid In Full) / (Absolute Value of Paid In
Full for all carrier bills paid in full within the selected period)] * 100
The amount of payment made to the carrier as a percentage of the total amount
billed.
See also: Carrier Billing and Payment Variance Report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

• Carrier Payments: The sum of all payments made to the carrier for the selected
period (aggregated on the paid date of the payment created)
See also: Carrier Billing and Payment Variance Report, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence User Guide.

Sales Agreement Management Key Performance Indicators

KPI Definitions
The following are the Sales Agreement Management KPIs:
Active Agreements Summary
• Beginning Active Agreements: Total minimum agreement value of all agreements
active at the beginning of the selected period.

• New Agreements: Value of agreements that have been activated from the
beginning of the period to the selected date.

• Expired Agreements: Value of agreements that have expired from the beginning of
the period to the selected date. This measure does not include agreements that have
a termination date on or before the as-of date.

• Terminated Agreements: Value of agreements that have been terminated from the
beginning of the period to the selected date. The system creates a terminated date
when a user terminates the agreement.

• Total Active Agreements: Total minimum agreement values of all agreements

active as of the selected date. This summary includes the agreements active at the
beginning of the selected period, any newly activated agreements, and excludes
agreements that have expired or terminated from the beginning of the period to the
selected date.

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 See also: Active Agreements Summary report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.
Expiring Agreements
• Total Value: Total of the minimum agreement value of agreements that are
expiring from the selected date to the end of the selected period. See also: Active
Agreements Summary report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.
• Outstanding Value: (Value of Active Agreements Expiring this Period) –
(Value of the Fulfilled Portion of the Same Agreements, up to and including the
as-of date)
Difference of the total minimum agreement value and the total fulfilled value
referencing the active agreements that are expiring from the selected date to the
end of the selected period. Negative values are rounded up to 0. See also: Total
Performance Against Agreements report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User
Guide.

Agreement Orders Analysis

• Agreement Orders: Value of all sales order lines that reference an agreement
fulfilled in the selected period.

• Non-Agreement Orders: Value of all sales order lines that do not reference a
blanket sales agreement, fulfilled in the selected period.

• Percent Non-Agreement Orders: (Non-Agreement Orders / Sum of All

Non-Agreement Orders and Agreement Orders) * 100
Percentage of the value of non-agreement orders compared to the sum of all orders,
fulfilled in the selected period. All orders are within the same period, up to and
including the as-of date.

See also: Agreement Orders Analysis report, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Securing Data
All DBI for Supply Chain dashboards except Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog,
Transportation Management, and Sales Agreement Management are secured by the
Organization Access window in Oracle Inventory. Using the Organization Access
window, you need to set up the list of inventory organizations to be accessed by users
assigned the Supply Chain Manager, Daily Supply Chain Intelligence, and other
responsibilities (except the Daily Sales Responsibility). When viewing the reports, users
with these responsibilities can see the organizations associated with the responsibility.
(For more information, see the Oracle Inventory User's Guide.) The Transportation
Management dashboard is not secured.
In Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, access to Oracle Process Manufacturing inventory
organizations is controlled by Inventory Organization security, set up using the

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 Organization Access form in Oracle Inventory. For more information, see the Oracle
Inventory User's Guide.

Implementation Considerations
Consider the following prior to implementing DBI for Supply Chain:

Implementation Considerations for Customer Fulfillment Management and Shipping

Management
All reports on the Customer Fulfillment Management and Shipping Management
dashboards that use the promise date from the sales order assume that your company is
using the promise date consistently with the request date, as intended by Oracle Order
Management. The request date can be one of the following types: Ship Date, Arrival
Date. Ship Date indicates the requested shipment date; Arrival Date indicates the
requested arrival date. In Oracle Order Management, it is assumed you are using the
promise date consistently with the request date type. For example, if the request date
indicates the date that the shipment was requested to ship, then the promise date
should be a shipment date, too.

Implementation Consideration for Inventory Management

In this release, the Oracle Discrete Manufacturing and Oracle Process Manufacturing
(OPM) organizational structures have converged.

Implementation Considerations for Manufacturing Management

Baseline Plan for Production

On the Manufacturing Management dashboard, the Production to Plan reports compare
production values with planned values. To display planned figures, you must set up a
baseline plan for comparison. (See Set Baseline Plan, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
Implementation Guide.) The baseline plan is pulled from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning. The Manufacturing Management dashboard assumes there is only one
enterprise resource planning (ERP) instance per Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning instance. Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning can be in a separate
instance from the ERP system, or in the same instance.

Open Batches
DBI for Supply Chain will not continue to report open batches from old OPM
organizations. Users must either close or cancel open batches before installing this
release of DBI for Supply Chain.

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Implementation Consideration for Product Cost Management
DBI will not report open batches from OPM organizations from previous releases. See
Implementation Considerations for Manufacturing Management, page 21-48.

Implementation Considerations for Plan Management

The most important implementation consideration for the Plan Management dashboard
is performance due to data volume. You must consider the number of plan snapshots
taken and the frequency of snapshot collection. See Set Plan Collection Schedule, page
21-67 for a complete discussion.
The Plan Management dashboard displays data from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning, which can be in the same instance as the enterprise resource planning (ERP)
system, or in a different one. If multiple planning instances of Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning are set up to collect from the same source ERP instance, then you must
identify only one planning instance to release its planned orders to the ERP instance. To
identify the planning instance, use the Allow Release check box on the Application
Instances form in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning. In addition, for Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence, the planning instance must be set up to collect from only
one ERP instance.

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 Flow of Planning Data from ERP to Oracle Daily Business Intelligence

When collecting plans from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, you can collect
plans of the type Manufacturing, Production, or Distribution. (See Set Plan Collection
Schedule, page 21-67.)
Unlike most other Oracle Daily Business Intelligence reports, the Plan Management
dashboard is future looking, and plans are not always at the day level. (They can be
planned at the day, week, or month level in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.)
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 week planning periods up to the month level, based on the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence enterprise calendar.
Like Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, the Plan Management dashboard does
not require items and transactions to be costed. The Plan Management dashboard
assumes items and transactions are costed because it obtains some values from the
associated costs. If items and transactions are not costed, then the value is not included
in the reports.

Setup Checklists
The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the DBI for
Supply Chain dashboards.
If you have already completed a setup listed in this checklist, either as part of the setting
up the transactional application or as part of setting up another dashboard, then you do
not need to repeat the setup.
Unless otherwise noted, you can perform setups concurrently.

Set Up Customer Fulfillment Management, Shipping Management, Product Revenue

Bookings and Backlog, and Sales Agreement Management Dashboards
The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Customer
Fulfillment Management, Shipping Management, Product Revenue Bookings and
Backlog, and Sales Agreement Management dashboards and reports.

Step Application/Responsibility

Review Hardware and Software Not Applicable

Requirements, page 21-56

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 21-61 (responsibility)

Set Up Inventory Organization Security, page Oracle Inventory (application)

21-63

Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, page 21-63 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator,

Oracle General Ledger Super User
(responsibilities)

Modify Schedule Ship Dates, page 21-60 Order Management Super User
(responsibility)

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 Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule, page 21- Order Management Super User
61 (responsibility)

Set Up Financial Category Dimension, page Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

21-63 (responsibility)

Synchronize Financial Data, page 21-64 Order Management Super User, Receivables
(responsibility)
Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog only.

Map Financial Accounts, page 21-64 Oracle General Ledger (application)

Set Up Item Dimension, page 21-65 Item Manager (application)

Consider Access to HR and Expense Multiple responsibilities

Management Dashboards, page 21-66

Set the OM: DBI Installation Profile Option, System Administrator (responsibility)
page 21-71

Post-Setup Steps, page 21-81

Update Sales Group Hierarchy, page 2-66 CRM Administrator (responsibility)

Set Up Inventory Management and Warehouse Management Dashboards

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Inventory
Management and Warehouse Management dashboards and reports.

Step Application/Responsibility

Review Hardware and Software Not Applicable

Requirements, page 21-56

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 21-61 (responsibility)

Set Up Inventory Organization Security, page Oracle Inventory (application)

21-63

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 Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, page 21-63 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator,
Oracle General Ledger Super User
(responsibilities)

Set Up Item Dimension, page 21-65 Item Manager (application)

Associate Item with Inventory Category Set, Item Manager (application)

Product Category Set, page 21-58

Ensure Complete Subledger Postings, page 21- OPM Financial (application)

65

Consider Access to HR and Expense Multiple responsibilities

Management Dashboards, page 21-66

Set Reporting Units of Measure (Optional), Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

page 21-79 (responsibility)

Post-Setup Steps, page 21-81

Set Up Manufacturing Management and Product Cost Management Dashboards

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the
Manufacturing Management and Product Cost Management dashboards and reports.

Step Application/Responsibility

Review Hardware and Software Not applicable

Requirements, page 21-56

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 21-61 (responsibility)

Set Up Inventory Organization Security, page Oracle Inventory (application)

21-63

Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, page 21-63 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator,

Oracle General Ledger Super User
(responsibilities)

Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule, page 21- Order Management Super User
61 (responsibility)

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 Set Up Item Dimension, page 21-65 Item Manager (application)

Associate Item with Inventory Category Set, Item Manager (application)

Product Category Set, page 21-58

Set Up Resource Groups, page 21-57 Oracle Engineering (application)

Identify Time-Based Resources, page 21-65 System Administrator (responsibility)

Ensure Complete Subledger Postings, page 21- OPM Financial (application)

65

Consider Access to HR and Expense Multiple responsibilities

Management Dashboards, page 21-66

Set the OM: DBI Installation Profile Option, System Administrator (responsibility)
page 21-71

Set the Unit of Measure Representing Hours, System Administrator (responsibility)

page 21-72

Set Baseline Plan, page 21-72 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

(responsibility)

Post-Setup Steps, page 21-81

Set Up Plan Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the Plan
Management dashboard and reports.

Step Application/Responsibility

Review Hardware and Software Not Applicable

Requirements, page 21-56

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 21-61 (responsibility)

Set Up Inventory Organization Security, page Oracle Inventory (application)

21-63

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 Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, page 21-63 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator,
Oracle General Ledger Super User
(responsibilities)

Set Up Item Dimension, page 21-65 Item Manager (application)

Enable Pegging in Advanced Supply Chain Advanced Supply Chain Planner

Planning, page 21-65 (responsibility)

Consider Access to HR and Expense Multiple responsibilities

Management Dashboards, page 21-66

Set Up the Planning Instance, page 21-67 System Administrator (responsibility)

Set Plan Collection Schedule, page 21-67 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
(responsibility)

Post-Setup Steps, page 21-81

Set Up Transportation Management Dashboard

The following table provides a list of the steps required to implement the
Transportation Management dashboard and reports.

Step Application/Responsibility

Review Hardware and Software Not applicable

Requirements, page 21-56

Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

Framework, page 21-61 (responsibility)

Set Up Inventory Organization Security, page System Administrator (responsibility)

21-63

Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, page 21-63 Daily Business Intelligence Administrator,

Oracle General Ledger Super User
(responsibilities)

Set Up Item Dimension, page 21-65 Item Manager (application)

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 Consider Access to HR and Expense Multiple responsibilities
Management Dashboards, page 21-66

Set the OM: DBI Installation Profile Option, System Administrator (responsibility)
page 21-71

Set the ISC: Shipping/Transportation System Administrator (responsibility)

Execution Profile Option, page 21-71

Set the FTE: Carrier On-Time Arrival Window System Administrator (responsibility)
Profile Option, page 21-72

Set Reporting Units of Measure (Optional), Daily Business Intelligence Administrator

page 21-79 (responsibility)

Post-Setup Steps (in this chapter)

Review Hardware and Software Requirements

All hardware and software prerequisites are detailed in Verify Hardware and Software
Prerequisites, page 2-27.

Applications Required for DBI for Supply Chain

Dashboard Mandatory Optional

Customer Fulfillment Oracle Order Management  

Management

Shipping Management Oracle Order Management  

Inventory Management Oracle Inventory and Oracle Oracle Work in Process

Cost Management; or Oracle
Process Manufacturing

Manufacturing Management Oracle Inventory, Oracle Bills Oracle Advanced Supply

of Material, Oracle Chain Planning
Engineering, Oracle Cost
Management and Oracle
Work in Process; or Oracle
Process Manufacturing

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 Dashboard Mandatory Optional

Product Cost Management Oracle Cost Management or Oracle Order Management,

Oracle Process Manufacturing Oracle Inventory, Oracle Bills
of Material, Oracle
Engineering, Oracle Work in
Process

Plan Management Oracle Advanced Supply  

Chain Planning

Product Revenue Bookings Oracle General Ledger, Oracle  

and Backlog Receivables, Oracle Order
Management

Warehouse Management Oracle Warehouse  

Management, Oracle
Inventory, Oracle Order
Management, Oracle
Purchasing

Transportation Management Oracle Order Management,

Oracle Transportation
Execution, Oracle Payables

Sales Agreement Oracle Order Management  

Management

Note: If you use Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM), the following

OPM modules are assumed: Oracle Process Manufacturing Cost
Management, Oracle Process Manufacturing Process Execution, and
Oracle Process Manufacturing Product Development (used by
Inventory Management, Manufacturing Management, and Product
Cost Management).

Set Up Resource Groups

The resource-related reports on the Manufacturing Management dashboard display the
resources by resource group (defined across organizations) or by department (defined
within an organization). Resource groups and departments are defined in Oracle Bills of
Material. Resource departments are mandatory in Oracle Applications; resource groups
are optional. If you have not set up resource groups, then the resource-related reports
list all resources under a single unassigned resource group. When you select the

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 Unassigned resource group, the report displays each resource, and you can view the
resources by department.
Oracle Process Manufacturing resource categories are displayed as Resource Groups in
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence. Resource Category is an attribute that is set up
within the Plant Resource window. Refer to the Oracle Process Manufacturing Capacity
Planning User's Guide for details on the resource category assignment.
Oracle Process Manufacturing resource classes are displayed as departments in Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence. Resource Class is an optional attribute of the resource. If the
resource class is not specified, the DBI for Supply Chain reports place the resource in an
unassigned department.
In Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, use resource groups to group resources of similar
capabilities and resources that are managed together should be grouped using resource
classes.

Associate Item with Inventory Category Set, Product Category Set

The Inventory Category set and Product Category set represent two hierarchies of the
same item dimension. All items in DBI for Supply Chain are inventory items in Oracle
Inventory. These items belong to the Inventory Category set, Product Category set, or
both. That is, DBI for Supply Chain displays data by item, then rolls up the item-level
data to the inventory category or to the product category. The category hierarchies are
independent of each other.
Product categories classify products that are sold. It is necessary to ensure all items that
are sold are associated with the Product Category set; otherwise, they appear in the
Unassigned category in the reports.
The following table shows which category hierarchy the dashboards and reports use for
the items.

Note: The Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog reports and the
Product Gross Margin reports display items that are defined in the
Master Item window in Oracle Inventory. All other reports in DBI for
Supply Chain display the items that are defined in the Organization
Item window.

Hierarchy Used by Dashboard or Report

Dashboard or Reports Hierarchy Used

Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard Product Category

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Dashboard or Reports Hierarchy Used

Shipping Management dashboard Inventory Category

Inventory Management dashboard Inventory Category

Manufacturing Management dashboard Inventory Category

Product Cost Management dashboard Product Category for the Margin reports and
Inventory Category for the Manufacturing
reports

Plan Management dashboard (Planned Product Category

Revenue and Margin reports)

Plan Management dashboard (all reports Inventory Category

except Planned Revenue and Margin)

Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog Product Category

dashboard

Warehouse Management dashboard Inventory Category

Transportation Management dashboard Product Category

(Freight Cost Recovery Rate and Freight Cost
Recovery Rate Trend reports)

Sales Agreement Management Product Category

To obtain the planned values on the Manufacturing Management dashboard, the

reports use the plans you select from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning. Even if
the plan uses product families, the Manufacturing Management reports display the data
by item and inventory category. (The Plan Management dashboard also displays items
by inventory category, except the Planned Revenue and Margin report.)
For more information on the Item dimension, see Item Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.

Note: All dashboards and reports that are based on order lines (such as
the Customer Fulfillment Management, Shipping Management,
Product Cost Management, Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog
dashboards and associated reports) report on activities related to the
sale of products, but not services. For example, if a sales order is
created for a television, which includes a service plan on an associated
line, only the line item for the television is included in the report

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 calculations. All order lines in Oracle Order Management have an item
type code. (The item type code is stored in the database; it is not visible
on the sales order). Oracle Order Management determines the item
type code of a line based on how the item is set up in the item master. If
the item Contract Item Type attribute is of type Service or Warranty,
then Oracle Order Management assigns an item type code of SERVICE
on the order line. DBI for Supply Chain excludes all order lines with an
item type code of SERVICE.
The Sales Agreement Management dashboard and reports are an
exception to this rule. The dashboard and reports include service items,
which are fulfilled when all line items of the corresponding sales order
are fulfilled and closed.

Modify Schedule Ship Dates

It is possible for a shipment to be scheduled for a future date beyond the currently
opened periods set up in the Time dimension, but it causes an error when running the
Load Order Management Base Summary request.
Earlier versions of Oracle Order Management required a schedule ship date in order to
book the order. The problematic future dates could be artificial dates that the user
selected to book the order, with the intention of changing the ship date when the actual
ship date was known.
In order to run the initial load successfully, first check the orders in Oracle Order
Management. Fix the dates by using one of these methods:
• Remove the dates that are out of range and use deferred scheduling.

• Update the dates so that they are within range.

• Open the periods in the calendar to cover the dates that are out of range and reload
the Time dimension.

• Use the profile option ISC: DBI Load Check for Schedule Ship Date to ensure that
the initial or incremental load does not fail.

The ISC: DBI Load Check for Schedule Ship Date profile option is introduced in with
this release. You can set this profile option so that the loads do not fail if the dates are
outside the open periods in the Time dimension. The profile option details are as
follows:
• Profile Name: ISC: DBI Load Check for Schedule Ship Date

• Description: If Schedule Ship Date is not available in the Time dimension, then the
load throws an error or completes with a warning based on the profile value

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 selected.

• Profile Value:
• Error : Load aborts with error

• Warning : Load completes with warning

• Default Value: None

Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule

In conjunction with Oracle Order Management, DBI for Supply Chain supports off-line
sales processes, meaning that an order becomes firm before entry into the Oracle Order
Management system. The firmed date is intended to capture the actual date of the
agreed terms and conditions that create a binding agreement between buyer and seller;
this date is usually before the order is entered into the system and always before the
order is actually booked in Oracle Order Management. The firmed date exists as a
column in the database only. It is not visible to users. By default, the firmed date is not
populated.
Many of the metrics in the Customer Fulfillment Management, Shipping Management,
Product Cost Management, and Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboards
derive data using the firmed date and, if set up, the actual fulfillment date. In order to
capture the firmed date in addition to the booked date you must set up a defaulting rule
in Oracle Order Management. This defaulting rule should specify that the firmed date
should default to the order date. If the firmed date is populated, all Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence metrics and reports based the bookings date will use it in place of
the booked date. Otherwise, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence continues to use the
booked date. If the firmed date value is null, then the firmed date is defaulted to the
order date based on a defaulting rule that must be set up during implementation. In
order for DBI to consider an order/return line booked, it must have a booked date;
however, the date that DBI considers the order/return to have been booked on is the
firmed date. In other words, an order/return line is not included in any booked
calculations if it only has a firmed date—it must also have a booked date. Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence uses the booked date, if the firmed date is null.

Set Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework

See "Set Up Daily Business Intelligence Framework" in Chapter 2 for a list of tasks and
how to accomplish them. In particular, make sure you do the following:
• Set up global parameters.
• Currencies: Except for the Plan Management dashboard, the reports display
data in either the functional currency associated with the selected operating

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 unit or organization, or in the primary or secondary currency that was set up
when implementing Oracle Daily Business Intelligence. To display data in the
functional currency, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence converts amounts from
the transactional currency to the functional currency. To display data in the
primary currency, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence converts amounts from
the functional currency to the primary currency, not from the transactional
currency to the primary currency. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence uses a
three-step process to convert amounts to the primary currency. It converts from
the transactional currency to the functional currency to the primary currency.
To convert from the functional currency to the secondary currency, a secondary
rate type is used. See Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-30 for more information
on the secondary currency.
The Plan Management dashboard offers one currency in the Currency
parameter—the planning currency used by Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning. This is the currency selected in the Application Instances setup
window in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
For a complete description of currencies and how they affect data, see the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide. For implementation considerations, see
the description of currency exchange rates in DBI for Service Contracts, page
20-1.

• Global Start Date: Most DBI for Supply Chain reports use the global start date
that is established during the basic Oracle Daily Business Intelligence setup. In
these reports, data does not appear for events that occurred before the global
start date.
The Customer Fulfillment Management, Shipping Management, and
Manufacturing Management dashboards consider events that began before the
global start date. For example, reports can show Backlog and Past Due
values/lines from orders that are booked prior to the global start date.
See Set Up Global Parameters, page 2-30 for more information on the global
start date.

• Enable all the dashboards you plan to use. For instructions, see Enable Dashboards
and Reports, page 2-37.

• Set up custom buckets (optional). You can create custom buckets from the existing
bucket sets available for the Shipping Management dashboard and reports. For
instructions, see Customize Buckets, page 2-41.

The following table lists the bucket set names:

Bucket Set Name Type Report Names

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 Shipping Management - Book Aging Shipping Management
to Ship Aging dashboard, Book to Ship
Aging report

Shipping Management - Past Aging Shipping Management

Due Schedule Line Aging dashboard, Past Due
Schedule Line Aging report

Set Up Inventory Organization Security

Perform this step for all DBI for Supply Chain dashboards.

Note: The Transportation Management dashboard and reports use an

unsecured version of the Organization dimension.

For instructions on using the Organization Access window to secure access to inventory
organizations for use by the DBI for Supply Chain dashboards, see Defining
Organization Access, Oracle Inventory User's Guide.

Synchronize Enterprise Calendar

To ensure that dates display properly in DBI, verify that the enterprise calendar used in
DBI matches the enterprise calendar used in Oracle General Ledger.
To check the DBI calendar, log in as the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator, then
select Parameters under Setup : Global. Check the entry in the Enterprise Calendar field.
To check the Oracle General Ledger calendar, log in to Oracle Applications using the
General Ledger Super User responsibility. Query for the same calendar being used in
DBI by selecting Set up and then Financials. Then select Calendars.
The display name and the actual range of days should be the same. For instance,
display name for the period 01-Aug-2004 to 31-Aug-2004 should be Aug-04 and not
Aug-05 or any other month.

Set Up Financial Category Dimension

Note: This step is required only if you plan to implement the Product
Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard.

Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog relies on revenue collections performed by

Oracle Daily Business Intelligence (DBI) for Financials programs for both revenue and
deferred revenue.

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 To ensure that this dashboard is implemented successfully, follow the setup steps
described in the DBI for Financials chapter to set up the Financial Category dimension
and associate natural account values with their appropriate financial category types.

Synchronize Financial Data

Note: This step is required only if you plan to implement the Product
Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard.

The Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard provides insight into revenue
transactions as they flow from Oracle Order Management to Oracle Receivables to
Oracle General Ledger. In order to ensure that all data is properly synchronized
between these three application modules to enable accurate reporting, you must run a
series of background processes prior to running the Daily Business Intelligence
collection. Immediately prior to each time the Daily Business Intelligence collection is
run, you must run all of the following processes as a single job flow without delay
between steps:
• Fulfillment

• Accounts Receivable interface

• Invoice

• Revenue recognition

• Posting to General Ledger

Any of these processes can run at any other point in the day as well, as long as they are
run in sequence immediately prior to running the collection for Daily Business
Intelligence.

Map Financial Accounts

In Oracle General Ledger, you must define which accounts will be revenue. This is
necessary for the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard, because it reports
on revenue.
For information on defining accounts, see the Oracle General Ledger User's Guide.

Note: This is a prerequisite for the Product Revenue Bookings and

Backlog dashboard only.

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Set Up Item Dimension
Perform this step for all DBI for Supply Chain dashboards. For instructions, see Item
Dimension Reporting, page 6-1.
See also Implementation Considerations, page 21-48 for information on how the reports
use the item category hierarchy and product category hierarchy in the Item dimension.

Enable Pegging in Advanced Supply Chain Planning

Potential Revenue Shortfall reports on how the Plan Management dashboard leverages
the full pegging capabilities of Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning. In order to use
Revenue Shortfall reports for unconstrained plans, ensure that pegging is enabled for all
the unconstrained plans and all items used in the plans.
See the Oracle Advanced Planning Implementation and User's Guide for additional
information on pegging.

Identify Time-Based Resources

Manufacturing Management and Product Cost Management reports that use the
Resource dimension are restricted to time-based resources. Time-based resources are
identified by a profile setup that identifies unit of measure representing hours. The
profile value that identifies the hours unit of measure is BOM: Hour UOM for Oracle
Discrete Manufacturing applications, and GMP:UOM for Hours for Oracle Process
Manufacturing.

Ensure Complete Subledger Postings

On-hand, intransit, and work in process (WIP) values are retrieved from the Oracle
Process Manufacturing subsidiary ledger. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence sources all
transactions that have been posted to the final ledger. Because the Subsidiary Ledger
Update is typically not run on a daily basis, there could be transactions that have not
yet been posted to the final ledger. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence uses the Test
Subsidiary Ledger to source additional transactions that are not present in the final
ledger. Therefore, you should run the Test Subsidiary Ledger Update daily, in order to
display the data on a more timely basis.
Ensure that the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence measures from the subledger
postings are complete by submitting the Subsidiary Ledger Update or Test Subsidiary
Ledger Update process for all Oracle Process Manufacturing companies, for a date
range from the start date of the current period up to the current date, and for all source
transaction types.
Subledger postings depend on item cost availability. Because the Test Subsidiary
Ledger Update process can now be run more frequently, more frequent maintenance of

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 item costs might be required. If the item cost is not available, then the system logs errors
to the subledger log file. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence does not inform you of the
missing costs. To prevent items with missing costs from being reported, do not select
the option Post Transactions When No Item Cost when running the Subsidiary Ledger
Update processes.
Oracle Process Manufacturing enables you to purge subledger data for different date
ranges for different companies. If data is purged for only one company for a given date,
then the value summed across organizations would be incorrect for a period for which
data is not available for all organizations. To resolve this issue, purge data for all Oracle
Process Manufacturing companies up to the same date.
The Oracle Process Manufacturing subledger is a source for the following reports. That
is, these reports depend on the Subsidiary Ledger Update processes having been run;
they use the latest information that was obtained from these processes:
• Inventory Value (On-hand, Intransit, and WIP) on the Inventory Management
dashboard

• Inventory Turns (because of its dependency on Inventory On-hand Value and

COGS) on the Inventory Management dashboard

• Product Gross Margin (because of its dependency on COGS) on the Product Cost
Management dashboard

• Material Usage Variance on the Manufacturing Management dashboard

• Manufacturing Cost Variance on the Manufacturing Management dashboard

• Current Unrecognized Variance on the Manufacturing Management dashboard

• Actual Production Value on the Manufacturing Management dashboard

The resource-related reports on the Manufacturing Management dashboard display the

resources by resource group (defined across organizations) or by department (defined
within an organization). Oracle Process Manufacturing calls these resource categories and
resource classes, respectively.

Consider Access to HR and Expense Management Dashboards

Consider this step for the Supply Chain Manager responsibility. In the Supply Chain
Manager responsibility, all of the DBI for Supply Chain dashboards contain links to the
following dashboards:
• HR Management

• Expense Management

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 the Supply Chain Manager responsibility includes links to the HR Management and
Expense Management dashboards, note that the HR Management and Expense
Management dashboards display data only to users who are managers in the
management hierarchy.
For information on activating the HR Management and Expense Management
dashboards, see Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resources, Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence Implementation Guide and Implementing Daily Business Intelligence for
Financials, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Implementation Guide.
If you do not want links to the dashboards to be accessible to users, assign them the
Daily Supply Chain Intelligence responsibility. This responsibility does not display
links to the HR Management and Expense Management dashboards.
See Responsibilities, page 21-25.

Set Up the Planning Instance

If you plan to use the Plan Management dashboard and reports, you must identify the
planning instance you want to use for DBI data. Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning supports multiple planning instances, but DBI supports only one planning
instance per ERP (DBI) instance. To identify the planning instance, you must set the
ISC: DBI Planning Instance profile option.

Set Plan Collection Schedule

If you use the Plan Management dashboard in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, use
the DBI Plan Snapshot Schedule setup as described below. The DBI Plan Snapshot
Schedule setup enables you to specify which plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning to view on the Plan Management dashboard.
For example, you have the following plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning:
• Plan X (run weekly)
• Run in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning on August 10, 2005

• Run in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning on August 17, 2005

• Plan Y (run monthly)

• Run in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning on September 1, 2005

To include these plans on the Plan Management dashboard, you must take snapshots of
them. You can schedule the snapshots as frequently as you like. The frequency depends
on data volume in each plan and the number of plans you want to collect.
In this example, you take weekly snapshots of Plan X and one snapshot of Plan Y. On
the Plan Management dashboard, your snapshots are available to choose from in the

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 Plan and Compare Plan parameters as follows:
• Plan X-10-AUG-2005

• Plan X-17-AUG-2005

• Plan Y-1-SEPT-2005

If you did not take weekly snapshots of Plan X, then your snapshots might only be:
• Plan X-10-AUG-2005

• Plan Y-1-SEPT-2005

Supply chain managers use the plan snapshots to compare plans on the Plan
Management dashboard.
Before you can perform the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Plan Snapshot Schedule
setup, you must have run plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
To avoid performance issues, choose the number and frequency of plan snapshots
carefully. The volume of data in the Plan Management reports depends on the volume
of data associated with the plans. The impact on performance depends on the number
of snapshots and the volume of data in each snapshot, the hardware being used for the
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence implementation, and other performance factors
related to your Oracle Advanced Planning System implementation.
Therefore, before setting up the plan collection, Oracle recommends that you run a plan
in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning and analyze the data. Choose a plan with
data volume that is typical of the plans that you will choose to display in the reports.
Analyze the data to understand the volume of data (number of database rows) the plan
snapshots are likely to collect. Excessive snapshots can cause the Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence request sets and reports to run slowly. Broadly speaking, tens of millions of
rows may cause performance issues, but it depends on the hardware used in your
implementation.
The plan snapshot collection also enables you to purge old or unwanted snapshots to
keep the performance in check.

Note: If possible, work with a senior planner to select the appropriate

plans. Ideally, you should schedule each snapshot after the plan run is
complete. For example, if a particular plan is run weekly, every
Sunday, you might choose to collect the plan weekly, with an offset of 3
days. The frequency of the snapshots depends on the data volume and
database performance, and should be analyzed by a senior planner,
operations manager, and system administrator.

Note: Oracle recommends that you do not run an initial or incremental

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 load unless you have a plan in the snapshot schedule. Running a load
without a plan causes the Plan Management dashboard to appear
without data, and the Plan parameter on the dashboard will be blank.

Accessing the DBI Plan Collection Schedule Setup

1. Log in to Oracle Applications using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility.

2. Select Plan Snapshot Schedule under Setup : Supply Chain Intelligence.

DBI Plan Snapshot Field Descriptions

The snapshot data appears on the Plan Management dashboard after the DBI request
set that populates the Plan Management dashboard with the plan snapshots runs.
1. Select Update Snapshot Schedule to create and schedule the snapshots.
Plan Name: Name of the plan defined in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
Select the Search icon to select the desired plan. The list of available plans contains
all plans that are available in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning now, except
Inventory Optimization plans.
Snapshot Frequency: Frequency of Once, Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, or Yearly.
The snapshot will be taken at that frequency, on the day specified in the Snapshot
Offset field. Select Once to take the snapshot once now, plus the number of days
you specify in the Snapshot Offset field.
Snapshot Offset (+/- Days): Day in the period that the snapshot will be taken. An
offset of 1 takes the snapshot on the first day of the period. An offset of -1 takes the
snapshot on the last day of the period. For example, assume the frequency is
Monthly. The month starts on the first day of the month, and the month is April. An
offset of 4 takes the snapshot on April 4. An offset of -4 takes the snapshot on April
27.
The system lets you enter the following offsets:
• For Once, enter any positive number. The snapshot is taken that many days
after today.

• For Weekly, enter a positive number between 1 and 7.

• For Monthly, enter a number between 1 and 20 or between -1 and -20.

• For Quarterly, enter a number between 1 and 60 or between -1 and -60.

• For Yearly, enter a number between 1 and 200 or between -1 and -200.

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 View Organizations: Select the icon to view all inventory organizations
associated with the plan. This list shows all organizations that were in the plan
when the plan was last run in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning.
Delete: Select the icon to delete the row. Snapshots will no longer be taken for
that plan, unless you define another snapshot for it.

2. Select Manage Snapshots to purge snapshots you no longer need.

Purging unwanted snapshots optimizes the performance of the Plan Management
reports. It purges the data from Oracle Daily Business Intelligence.
Snapshot Name: Name of the plan appended with the Run Date.
Run Date: The last time the plan was run in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning.
The Snapshot Name and Run Date appear on the Plan Management dashboard
when selecting plans to view—for example, Plan X-10-AUG-2003.
Snapshot Date: The date the snapshot was taken. The snapshot is taken when the
request set that populates the Plan Management dashboard with the plan snapshots
runs. (When the request set is run daily, the snapshot occurs on the same day it is
scheduled to occur.)
Each time the request set is run, it checks the snapshot schedule to see if any
snapshots should be taken. If a plan snapshot is scheduled to be taken and the Run
Date of the plan is different from the last time it was taken, then a snapshot is
created.
Owning Organization: Organization that owns the plan in Oracle Advanced
Supply Chain Planning.
Pending Deletion: The snapshots are not actually purged until the next time the
request set is run that populates the Plan Management dashboard with the plan
snapshots. This status lets you know whether the snapshot you have purged is
pending processing.
If you are searching for plan snapshots to purge, enter the first part of the name. For
example, entering prod searches for any plan name that begins with prod. The search
is not case sensitive.

Additional Information
DBI for Supply Chain keeps only one plan snapshot per day for the same plan. For
example, the Run Date of a plan is January 10, 2003. The snapshot is taken of the plan
on that day. Later that day, you rerun the plan in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning. The new plan overwrites the earlier snapshot that day when the request set
that populates the Plan Management dashboard with the plan snapshots runs.

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Set the OM: DBI Installation Profile Option
DBI supports deletions in Oracle Order Management. The OM: DBI Installation profile
option records order line modifications and deletions, and reflects them accordingly.
The next time an incremental load is performed, the reports show those changes are
reflected in the reports. For example, a sales order contains two lines of 20 items each.
Both lines are in backlog, for a total backlog quantity of 40. Later, a user deletes one line.
Backlog now shows 20 items.
See Set Up Firmed Date Defaulting Rule, page 21-61 for more information on firmed
date.
When the OM: DBI Installation profile option is set to Y, Oracle Order Management
records modified and deleted lines into a log table. The Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence request sets for the Customer Fulfillment Management, Shipping
Management, Product Cost Management, Transportation Management, and Product
Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboards then pick up the changed records from the
log table. If this profile option is set to N, incremental collection of the data does not
occur properly. (The profile option provides the N option so that people using only
Oracle Order Management do not continuously log modified or deleted lines. The
profile option is used only by Oracle Daily Business Intelligence. The request set in
Oracle Daily Business Intelligence purges the log table after every collection from it.)
The system administrator can update this profile option at the site level. Incremental
collection should happen at the site level. The user cannot update this profile option.
The default value of this profile option is N.
To set the OM: DBI Installation profile option:
1. Using the System Administrator responsibility, select System under Profile.

2. Find the OM: DBI Installation profile option and set it to Y at the site level.

For more information on setting profile options, see the online Help in the System
Profile Values window or refer to the Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide.

Set the ISC: Shipping/Transportation Execution Profile Option for

Transportation Management
If you are implementing the Transportation Management dashboard and reports, then
you must set the ISC: Shipping/Transportation Execution DBI Installation profile option
to Yes. This profile option tracks changes to certain values, such as status and quantity,
on certain transactions within Shipping Execution and Transportation Execution.
Shipping Execution and Transportation Execution log the changes only when the
profile option is set to Yes. The request set in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence purges
the log table after every collection from it. Failure to enable this profile option results in
errors during initial and incremental loads.

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 To set this profile option, log in to Oracle Applications using the System Administrator
responsibility. Search for the ISC: Shipping/Transportation Execution DBI Installation
profile option. Set it to Yes.

Set the FTE: Carrier On-Time Arrival Window Profile Option for
Transportation Management
If you are implementing the Transportation Management dashboard and reports, then
you must set the FTE: Carrier On-time Arrival Window profile option to define the
number of days before and after the planned arrival date that a shipment can be
considered on-time.
To set this profile option, log in to Oracle Applications using the System Administrator
responsibility. Search for the FTE: Carrier On-time Arrival Window profile option. Set
the profile option to any value greater than or equal to 0.

Set the Unit of Measure That Represents Hours

Manufacturing Management and Product Cost Management reports that use the
Resource dimension are restricted to time-based resources. Time-based resources are
identified by a profile setup that identifies the unit of measure that represents hours.
The profile option that identifies the hours unit of measure is BOM: Hour UOM for
Oracle Manufacturing applications, and GMP:UOM for Hours for Oracle Process
Manufacturing. You can set them using the System Profile Value form, accessed using
the System Administrator responsibility.

Set Baseline Plan

The Manufacturing Management reports in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence compare
production values with planned values. Therefore, you must set up a baseline plan for
comparison. A production plan changes frequently, often daily, to accommodate the
changing status of orders and supplies. By capturing the baseline of that plan, you can
compare actual production values with a stable snapshot of the initial plan.
You set a baseline by selecting a plan or plans from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning. By setting a baseline, you freeze planning results at that point in time.
Production values are then compared to a stable, baseline plan. If needed, you can
change the baseline any time.
The basic structure of a baseline is as follows:
• Baseline
• Plan 1
• Organization A

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 • Organization B

• Plan 2
• Organization C

The plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning already include organizations.
Using the baseline setup, you add the desired plans to a baseline.
Note the following about baselines:
• Among the baselines you create, whether one or many, be careful not to include the
same organization more than once. Otherwise, the plan figures for that organization
will be double-counted.

• The Baseline setup page does not allow you to include the same plan on multiple
baselines.

• For each plan, the reports display planned values based on item costs on the day
the baseline is collected by Oracle Daily Business Intelligence, and not on the day it
was created. For example, if the plan was created three months ago, the item costs
on the day of baseline collection (not from three months ago) are used.

Note: If possible, work with a senior planner to select the

appropriate plans.

Accessing the Baseline Setup Page

1. Log in to Oracle Applications using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator
responsibility.

2. Select Baseline Collection Setup under Setup : Supply Chain Intelligence.

Baseline Field Descriptions

The baseline data appears on the Manufacturing Management dashboard after the
request set in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence is run that populates the
Manufacturing Management dashboard with the baseline data.
1. Select Create Baseline and enter the following information:
Baseline Name: Your name for the baseline.
Description: Optional description.

2. Select Include Plans to add plans to the baseline:

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 Plan Name: Search for and select a plan from Oracle Advanced Supply Chain
Planning. The list of available plans includes all plans that are available in Oracle
Advanced Supply Chain Planning now, except Inventory Optimization plans and
plans included in previously saved baselines. Copied plans are also available. The
Manufacturing Management reports do not include Inventory Optimization plans
because they are not relevant to a comparison of production to plan.
Owning Organization: The owning organization for the plan appears.
As long as a plan is not already included in another baseline, you can add any plans
to the baseline. Create one baseline for each logical grouping of plans. If plans are
related to each other in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning and you include
the related plans in the baseline, then the reports do not double-count the planned
numbers. For example:
• Plan 1 shows planned numbers for bike wheels.

• Plan 2 shows planned numbers for completely assembled bikes.

• Plan 3 shows planned numbers for a different product altogether.

In this example, Plan 1 is dependent on Plan 2. Therefore, if Plan 1 and Plan 2
are included in the same baseline, then the planned numbers for bike wheels
will not be counted twice. You could include Plan 3 in the same baseline, if
desired; the reports would include the planned numbers for Plan 3 in the
baseline and compare these with actual numbers, if any.

3. Return to the Create Baseline page, and finish entering the following information:
Baseline Period: Period for which the plan data is to be collected. The from date
must be equal to or later than the global start date that is set up for Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence. (The fields do not allow you to enter a date prior to the global
start date.) You must enter a from date. A to date is optional. If the to date is blank,
all data after the from date is collected.

Note: If possible, choose a Baseline Period that enables you to

compare production to plan values. For example, Oracle Daily
Business Intelligence has a global start date of January 1, 1999;
therefore, the reports display actual production values from 1999
forward. The baseline plan, however, covers a baseline period from
January 1, 2005 forward. In this example, actual production values
appear for prior years, from 1999 forward; however, the produced
and planned standard values are 0 for 1999-2002, since there was no
baseline plan for that period. (The produced standard value shows
data only for planned items. The actual production value shows
data for all items, even those that were not planned.)

Next Collection Date: The date (today or later) you want the plan data to be

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 collected. Typically, this date is a few days before the Baseline Period from date.
To understand baseline periods and collection dates, use the following example.

2005 2005 2006 2006 2006

July 1 December 31      

(Previous (Previous
Baseline Period Baseline Period
from date) to date)

December 25 December 26-31 January 1 to June 30 December 31 to

plan start plan end
(Next Collection (Current
Date) (Current Baseline Period
Baseline Period to date)
from date)

In this example, you had already created a baseline plan from July 1 - December 31,
2005. You create a new 2006 plan in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning that is
approved on December 25, 2005, so you collect the 2006 plan as the baseline on
December 25. You also specify a Baseline Period as follows:
• By specifying a Baseline Period from date of January 1, you preserve the
planned numbers of the previous baseline, all the way through December 31,
2005. That is, if you view report data any time from July 1 through December 31
in 2005, then the previous baseline plan numbers are used. If you view report
data any time from January 1 through June 30 in 2006, then the planned
numbers of the new baseline are used.

• By specifying a Baseline Period to date of June 30, you consider the plan
numbers to be realistic through June 30. After that, you want to rerun the plan
(in June, for example) and use the new numbers for a baseline period from July
1 through December 31, 2006.

4. Click the Update icon to make changes:

• Change your baseline description.

• View the organizations in the baseline plans.

• Add more plans.

• Remove plans.

• View past collections. The View Past Collections page displays each date the

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 selected baseline was collected. This is the date that the request set in Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence populated the Manufacturing Management
dashboard with the baseline results. See Next Collection Date, page 21-79.
Update a baseline when there is a new or different plan in Oracle Advanced
Supply Chain Planning. For example, you create a baseline for the following
plans:

• Plan 1, for bike wheels.

• Plan 2, for completely assembled bikes.

• Plan 3, for bike seats.

Later, your company decides to add baskets to the bikes and creates Plan 4, for
baskets. You should update your baseline to add Plan 4. Your updates to a
baseline affect future collections only.
Recollect a baseline (by entering a new Next Collection Date) when a plan is
rerun in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning and you want to baseline the
new plan.
You cannot delete a baseline. You can, however, remove some or all plans from
a baseline if you wish to use them in another baseline. Existing, or previously
created, baselines still appear on the Baseline setup page. They are used in the
reports when you view data for a prior period for which the old baseline was
used, or they are overwritten by a new baseline you create for that period.

When you search for baselines to edit, enter the first part of the name. For example,
entering prod searches for any baseline name that begins with prod. Entering both a
baseline and a plan name searches for baselines that satisfy both criteria. The search is
not case sensitive.

Additional Information
The following examples show how baseline collections are affected by running plans in
Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning (ASCP):

Example 1: Baselining a Single Plan (with One or More Organizations)

In the following example, a baseline plan was created for three periods. The baseline
was collected at the beginning of Period 1. Meanwhile, in Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning, the plan was run again. This example shows how the baseline plan
numbers are preserved:

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 Plan Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

Plan at beginning of 100 100 100

Period 1

Baseline created at 100 100 100

beginning of Period 1

Plan in ASCP after a 100 150 150

new run (baseline not
updated)

Example 2: Baselining a Subsequent Run of the Same Plan for the Same Period
In the following example, baselining the new run of the plan (for the same period)
overwrites the previous baseline. The baseline reflects the new plan.

Plan Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

Plan at beginning of 100 100 100

Period 1

Baseline created at 100 100 100

beginning of Period 1

Plan in ASCP after a 110 150 150

new run

Same baseline, 110 150 150

updated after the new
run, with a new
collection date in
Period 1

Example 3: Baselining a Subsequent Run of the Same Plan for a Different Period
After the plan is newly run in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, you change the
baseline collection date to occur in Period 2 to reflect the new plan numbers. The
previous baseline numbers, however, are preserved in Period 1.

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 Plan Period 1 Period 2 Period 3

Plan at beginning of 100 100 100

Period 1

Baseline created at 100 100 100

beginning of Period 1

Plan in ASCP after a   150 150

new run at beginning
of Period 2

Same baseline, 100 150 150

updated after the new
run, with a new
collection date in
Period 2

The examples show that creating a new baseline for the same period overwrites the
previous baseline numbers with the new plan numbers. Creating a new baseline for a
different period preserves the baseline numbers of the previous period, while creating
new numbers for the new period.

Example 4: Copying Plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning

In the following example, you have already included a baseline that includes Plans A, B,
C, and D. In Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, you want to rerun these plans,
but you want to preserve the original ones, so you copy them first. You then make
changes to the copied plans and rerun them.

Current Plans in Baseline New Copies of These Plans in ASCP

Plan A Plan A-Copy

Plan B Plan B-Copy

Plan C Plan C-Copy

Plan D Plan D-Copy

In this example, you have two choices:

• Update your baseline by removing Plans A, B, C, and D and adding Plans A-Copy,

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 B-Copy, C-Copy, and D-Copy. Update the baseline if you are sure you do not want
to use the old plans again.

• Create a new baseline with Plans A-Copy, B-Copy, C-Copy, and D-Copy. Create a
new baseline if you think you may still want to refer to the old baseline.

Next Collection Date

A blank Next Collection Date in an existing baseline means that the baseline was
collected successfully when the request sets in Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
collected the data for the reports. You will see the baseline numbers in the reports. If
you want to collect the baseline again, then enter a new Next Collection Date. If you see
a Next Collection Date that is earlier than today's date, then the request set has not yet
successfully collected the data for that baseline, either because they have not yet run or
because of an error in the collection process. The request set will collect the data the
next time it runs successfully. (If you were to update this baseline, the request set would
collect the updated baseline.)

Set Reporting Units of Measure (Optional)

Use the Reporting Units of Measure page to set up a reporting unit of measure (UOM)
for volume, weight, and distance. The reporting unit of measure is the unit in which all
data for a measure is displayed in the reports. Oracle Daily Business Intelligence allows
you to specify a reporting unit of measure for volume, weight, and distance. It converts
all the data for each type of measure to the reporting unit of measure, aggregates it, and
reports it.

Note: If you are implementing the Warehouse Management dashboard,

you must select a reporting unit of measure for volume and weight. If
you are implementing the Transportation Management dashboard, you
must select a reporting unit of measure for volume, weight, and
distance.

Reporting units of measure are site-level settings that affect all of Oracle Daily Business
Intelligence. After completing the setup, you must run an initial load in order for the
settings to apply. You only need to set up the reporting units of measure once during
implementation.
You can also use this page to set up non-item-specific inter-class conversions. For more
information, see Non-Item-Specific Inter-Class Conversions, page 21-80.

Setting Up Reporting Units of Measure:

Follow these steps to set up the reporting units of measure and conversions:

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Selecting a Reporting Unit of Measure
1. Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, select Reporting
Units of Measure under Setup : Supply Chain Intelligence.

2. Navigate to the measure type for which you want to set up the reporting unit of
measure.

3. Select the Search icon to locate and select a reporting unit of measure.

4. Select Apply when you are finished.

5. Run an initial load to apply the settings to your site. If you are going to set up
non-item specific inter-class conversions, then you must set those up, and then run
the initial load.

Non-Item-Specific Inter-Class Conversions:

The Reporting Units of Measure page enables you to set up non-item-specific inter-class
conversions. Unit of measure classes represent groups of units of measure with similar
characteristics. They are set up in Oracle Inventory. In Oracle Inventory, you can also
specify three kinds of conversion rates:
• Standard: If you are converting from one unit of measure to another in the same
class, regardless of the item.

• Intra-Class: If you are converting from one unit of measure to another in the same
class, but the conversion applies to a specific item.

• Inter-Class Item-Specific: The conversion rate from the base unit of one class to the
base unit of another class if the conversion applies to a specific item.

If you have more than one class for either weight, volume, or distance, you will need to
specify a conversion to convert from base unit of measure of one class, to the base unit
of the Class of Reporting UOM, regardless of item. In order to do this, you should set
up the conversion on this page.

Note: It is not common to have more than one class for weight, volume,
or distance. You do not need to set up an inter-class conversion if you
have only one unit of measure class each for weight, volume, and
distance.

Column Headings
• Class: Unit of measure class, which is a group of units of measure with similar

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 characteristics.

• Quantity: Point of reference. Generally, the value will be 1. You will be providing
the formula to convert 1 unit of the unit of measure class to the reporting unit of
measure.

• Base Unit: Base unit of measure for the unit of measure class. Each class has a single
unique, base unit of measure. The base unit of measure is used to perform
conversions between units of measure in the class. For this reason, the base unit of
measure should be representative of the other units of measure in the class, and
generally one of the smaller units. For example, you can use Cu Ft (cubic feet) as the
base unit of a class called Volume.

• Conversion: Formula for converting a unit of the unit of measure class into the
reporting UOM class.

• Base UOM of Reporting UOM Class: Base unit of measure for the reporting UOM
class.

Setting Up a Non-Item-Specific Inter-Class Conversion

1. On the Reporting Units of Measure page, navigate to the section that relates to the
measure for which you are setting up conversions.

2. Ensure that you have set up the reporting UOM for the measure by following the
steps in the preceding section.

3. In the Class column, search for and select a unit of measure class for which you
want to set up a non-item-specific inter-class conversion rate to the Base Unit of the
Reporting UOM Class.

4. In the Conversion field, type the conversion.

5. Click Apply.

6. Run an initial request set to apply the settings to your site.

Post-Setup Steps
After you complete the prerequisites and the implementation steps for DBI for Supply
Chain, you can proceed to implement other intelligence products, or if you are not
implementing other intelligence products, proceed directly to the post-setup steps in the
Set Up Daily Business Intelligence chapter. In particular, make sure you perform the
following post-setup steps:
• Create an initial request set to load all the necessary information for all of the DBI

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 for Supply Chain dashboards you are implementing, and then create an
incremental request set to refresh and update this information. For instructions, see
Create Initial and Incremental Request Sets, page 2-68.

• Run the initial request set. For instructions, see Run Initial Request Set, page 2-73.

Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy

One of the views in the Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog dashboard is by sales
group, and the other is product category; the primary secured dimension of the
dashboard and all of its reports is sales group. When viewing the individual reports,
you can display data by sales group, product category, or customer.
Sales groups are groups of sales representatives. The sales representatives and sales
group information, which together comprise the sales credit, is obtained from the sales
credit detail on the sales order line. Without a sales group hierarchy, the dashboard and
reports place all sales representatives in the Unassigned sales group. The following
figure shows an example sales group hierarchy.

Example Sales Group Hierarchy

At a minimum, your sales group hierarchy should have a sales group at the highest
level that contains other sales groups or sales representatives (a two-level hierarchy).
Anyone who is the Manager or Admin of a sales group (see the instructions below) can
view all data associated with that sales group, and with the sales groups and
representatives that belong to that sales group. In the figure above, a Manager or
Admin of the USA Sales group can view all data created by Apt, Peter M., the Industry
Accounts sales representatives, and the Key Accounts sales representatives.
Creating a sales group hierarchy consists of the following steps:
1. Create sales groups.

2. Attach sales representatives (resources) to the sales groups.

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 Use Oracle Resource Manager to perform these steps. For additional information, see
the Oracle Common Application Components User's Guide.

Prerequisite
Make sure the proper setup has been performed for obtaining the sales representative
ID. See DBI for Service Contracts, page 20-1 for information on how to set up sales
representatives.

Create Sales Groups

To create a sales group:
1. Using the CRM Resource Manager responsibility, open the Define Groups page by
selecting Groups under Maintain Resources.

2. Enter a Name for your group.

3. In the Used In tabbed region, select Sales and Telesales.

Note: Groups with a usage other than Sales and Telesales do not
appear in the reports. Sales representatives who belong to
non-Sales and Telesales groups appear as Unassigned in the
reports.

4. Optionally, select parent or child groups for the group.

5. Repeat these steps for each sales group you want to create.
For more details, see the Oracle Common Application Components User's Guide. See
also the Oracle Sales Online Implementation Guide.

Attach Sales Representatives (Resources) to Sales Groups

Make sure the sales representative is defined in Oracle Applications (for example, as an
employee, party, partner, or supplier contact) and associated with a user name:
1. Using the Sales Manager or Daily Sales Intelligence responsibility, select People and
then Enter and Maintain.

2. Make sure a record for the employee exists on this page.

3. Using the System Administrator responsibility, select Monitor under Security :

User.

4. Make sure this employee (in the Enter Person page) is tied to a user in the Monitor
Users page.

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 Query or create the user you want to associate with this employee, and enter this
employee (Person) for the user.

Assign the employee to a sales group:

1. Using the CRM Resource Manager responsibility, import the employee by selecting
Maintain Resources and then Import Resources.

2. Search and select one or more desired employees and choose Create Resource.

3. In the Default Values window, select the Salesperson option and choose OK.
You must make the resource a Salesperson. For additional details, see the Oracle
Common Application Components User's Guide. See also the Oracle Sales Online
Implementation Guide.

4. Save the resource, and choose Details.

5. In the Roles tabbed region, select a Role Type of Sales and a Role of Sales Manager,
Sales Administrator, or Sales Representative.

Note: Users assigned these roles will appear in the reports as a

member of the group; however, only users with a role of Sales
Manager or Sales Administrator can see data for the group in the
reports.

6. In the Groups tabbed region, select the group to which you want to assign the
resource.

7. In the Group Member Roles section, select any role with Manager or Admin
privileges.
The Group Member Roles section indicates the roles that the sales representative
plays in that group. Only a Manager or Admin can see data for the group in the
reports.

8. Save your changes.

The resource (sales representative) is now assigned to a sales group.

Note: See Update Sales Group Hierarchy, page 2-66 for a list of the
concurrent processes (requests) that must be run in the Oracle
Resource Manager for changes in the hierarchy to take effect.
After you run the initial or incremental requests, the system applies
your changes to the hierarchy.
Initial and incremental requests for both dashboards automatically

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 run the following requests:
• Update Sales Group Hierarchy

• Maintain Current Groups and Roles

Sales Group Hierarchy Changes

See Set Up Sales Group Hierarchy, page 21-82 for instructions on setting up or changing
the sales group hierarchy. After you make changes to the sales group hierarchy, see
Update Sales Group Hierarchy, page 2-66 for a list of the concurrent processes
(requests) that must be run in the Oracle Resource Manager for changes in the hierarchy
to take effect.
After you run the initial or incremental requests, the system applies your changes to the
hierarchy. The initial and incremental requests for the DBI for Supply Chain dashboards
automatically run the following requests: Update Sales Group Hierarchy, Maintain Current
Groups and Roles.
Deleting a sales representative from a sales group hierarchy produces an error in the
reports when users try to access information for that sales representative. For example:
1. Sales representative Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama in the Africa Sales group has renewed
contract number 2081.

2. When viewing a report on one of the DBI for Supply Chain dashboards, contract
number 2081 is included in the renewals value for the Africa Sales group.

3. When you select a link in a report specifically for Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama, you can
see the data specifically for him.

4. Later, you delete Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama from the Africa Sales group.

5. When you select a link in a report specifically for Mr. Bakayoko Ibrihama, an error
now occurs.
The value for contract number 2081 is still included in the renewals or related
values for the Africa Sales group; however, trying to view data specifically for Mr.
Bakayoko Ibrihama produces a generic report error.

Note: Instead of deleting a sales representative from a sales group,

use the end date to expire that representative's participation in the
sales group. (See the Oracle Common Application Components User's
Guide for details.)

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Maintenance and Administration
After setup is complete, you might have to perform the following maintenance and
administration tasks.
• Run Plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, page 21-86

• Run Incremental Requests Daily, page 21-86

• Update Plan Collection Schedule, page 21-89

• Update Baseline Plan, page 21-89

Run Plans in Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning

If you are implementing the Manufacturing Management or Plan Management
dashboards, ensure that you have run the plans you want to include in these reports.

Run Incremental Requests Daily

Use the incremental request sets that you created using the Request Set Generator to
refresh data in the DBI for Supply Chain dashboards. Run the incremental request set
daily. You can find information on the Request Set Generator in the Daily Business
Intelligence chapter.
Resubmit the initial request if you need to clear out and start over with new data in the
DBI for Supply Chain dashboards.
The requests collect new and updated data from the last time the requests were run,
and display the updated data in the reports.

Note: In the Inventory Management, Manufacturing Management, and

Product Cost Management dashboards and reports, incremental loads
collect data from only the merged inventory organizations. DBI ignores
any changes to data of old inventory organizations. This data is in the
Unassigned subinventory.
In the cycle count reports, incremental loads refresh cycle count data
from this release or later only.

If a currency conversion error occurs while a request collects the data, then the entire
collection fails. For more information, see Currency Dimension, page 1-10. See also Set
Up Oracle Daily Business Intelligence Framework, page 21-61 for additional
information on currencies.

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Customer Dimension
In Trading Community Architecture, users can merge customers using the party merge
feature. With this feature, you can consolidate duplicate customers or parties that might
have been mistakenly created. This feature is also useful for consolidating information
during company mergers and acquisitions.
After executing a party merge, you must run an incremental request in order for
customers and their respective data to be updated for DBI for Supply Chain. For more
information on party merge, see the Oracle Trading Community Architecture Data Quality
Management User Guide and the Oracle Trading Community Architecture Party Merge User
Guide.

Note: If a significant number of order lines are updated due to a party

merge, rerun an initial request instead of an incremental request. This
will result in better performance, in terms of the time it takes to load
data.

Backorder and Past Due Data

It is important that you run the request set daily to refresh the data, particularly for the
following reports:
• Backlog and Past Due Schedule Value report and the associated trend report on the
Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard.

• Past Due Schedule Value Aging report and the associated summary and detail
reports on the Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard.

• Past Due Promise Value Aging Summary, Trend, and Detail reports on the
Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard.

• Past Due Schedule Line Aging, Summary, Trend, and Detail reports on the
Shipping Management dashboard.

• Backorder Summary, Trend, and Detail reports on the Shipping Management

dashboard.

The system captures past due and backorder values as snapshots across time. For
example, if it is currently 30-Oct-2005 and you change the date to 1-Jan-2004 on the
report, then the past due data is based on the latest snapshot taken as of 1-Jan-2004. The
latest snapshot as of 1-Jan-2004 might have been taken 30-Dec-2003. These snapshots are
captured by running the Oracle Daily Business Intelligence request sets. Therefore, the
affected report shows order lines that are past due or in backorder status as of the date
the requests were last run. Likewise, the snapshots are not cumulative over a date range; if
you view a period in the past, it shows data based on the last time in that period the

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 requests were run. If the requests are run daily as recommended, then the comparisons
are accurate, and the values (such as past due values) are accurately captured on the
date for which you are viewing the data.
To update reports daily, you should run the incremental request set daily.

Uncosted Transactions
In Oracle Manufacturing applications, there could be transactions which have not been
successfully processed by the Cost Manager. When Oracle Daily Business Intelligence
encounters such transactions, it stops collecting transactions.
For example, consider the following transactions and costs for any item or job in the
organization:

Transaction Successfully Associated Cost Collected by DBI

Processed by Cost
Processor

Transaction 1 in Yes 20 USD Yes

Organization A

Transaction 2 in Yes 10 USD Yes

Organization A

Transaction 3 in No None No
Organization A

Transaction 4 in Yes 20 USD No

Organization A

In this example, the request does not collect any more transactions after the first
uncosted transaction, for the organization in which the transaction occurred. The
request log shows the uncosted transaction so that you can identify and cost it. Once the
transaction is costed, rerun the request to collect the remaining transactions. Any
transaction with costs that are successfully processed by the Cost Manager in Oracle
Cost Management are collected by the request.
More specifically, for reports on the Inventory Management, the requests do not collect
transactions after encountering an uncosted material transaction (such as a material
issue or cycle count adjustment).
For reports on the Manufacturing Management dashboard, the requests do not collect
transactions after encountering an uncosted material transaction. Uncosted material
transactions do not affect resource-related content on the Manufacturing Management
dashboard.
For the Product Gross Margin reports on the Product Cost Management dashboard, the

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 requests do not collect transactions after encountering the first uncosted material
transaction related to a sales order (such as shipping and return transactions).

Update Plan Collection Schedule

To maintain performance of the Plan Management dashboard, purge plan snapshots
that you no longer need, using the Plan Snapshot Schedule page. See Set Plan Collection
Schedule, page 21-67 for instructions on accessing the Plan Snapshot Schedule page.

Update Baseline Plan Collection Schedule

If you create a new plan or change a plan and rerun it in Oracle Advanced Supply
Chain Planning, then enter a new Next Collection Date for the plan, so that the new
planned numbers appear in the Manufacturing Management reports, if desired.

Troubleshooting
The following issues are known to occur in DBI for Supply Chain.

Missing or Stale Data

• After running the initial load or incremental load, I do not see some or all the data on the
dashboard or reports.
Possible reasons:
• Uncosted Transactions—There is an error in the transaction. Resubmit the
transaction for costing from the Costing menu in Oracle Applications. Wait for
several minutes and query for the transaction before you run the incremental
load.

• Transactions not yet costed—The cost manager might not have selected this
transaction for processing. Wait for several minutes and query for the
transaction before you run the incremental load.

• The check box "Clear and load all summaries" was not selected when the initial
load was run. For more information, see Create Initial and Incremental Request
Sets, page 2-68.

• I do not see data from process-enabled organizations (in Oracle Process Manufacturing) on
the dashboard or reports.
Check whether the subledger posting has been run successfully. If not, run the
subledger posting and collect the transactions by running an incremental load.

• I have closed all my jobs, but the corresponding data does not appear in the Manufacturing

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 Cost Variance report.
The transaction processing for job closure might not have been completed at the
time of the previous refresh, so run an incremental load once again. If that does not
work, check the job status in the Oracle application in which the job was created, for
example, Oracle Manufacturing (Discrete Manufacturing or Repetitive
Manufacturing), Oracle Process Manufacturing, or Oracle Flow Manufacturing. The
job status should not be Pending Closed or Failed Closed.

• Why does COGS data not appear, even after I have shipped the item in the Product Gross
Margin reports?
Check for the following:
• Transaction has been costed at time of running collections

• Item is not an expense item

• Item is not shipped from expense subinventory

• Why does fulfilled value not appear in the Product Gross Margin reports (Product Cost
Management dashboard)?
Fulfilled value in the Product Gross Margin report is only reported on orders in
which the line status is closed or fulfilled. In order for DBI to report this value, users
should ensure that the Defer Fulfillment flag is not checked while ship confirming
the order. If the flag was selected, then run the interface trip stop before fulfilling
the orders in Oracle Order Management. The order is fulfilled after the workflow
background process is run.

• When I select and view an Inventory Management report from a Warehouse Management
report, why do I see stale data or no data?
Check the last refresh date for the Inventory Management reports. If necessary, run
an incremental load for the Inventory Management dashboard.

• Why am I unable to see data that pertains to specific organizations?

Check for the following in the organization:
• Uncosted transactions

• Transactions not costed at the time the incremental load was run

• After opening a report that does not belong to the dashboard in which the link appears, why
do I find stale data for that report?
Check the last refresh date for that dashboard. If necessary, run an incremental load
for the dashboard to which the report belongs.

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Missing Links
• Why are some or all seeded links in a related region missing?
Check the Personalization settings for the region.

• Why are some columns missing from a report?

Check the Personalization settings for the report.

Missing Parameters
• Why am I unable to see my organization on the dashboards?
Check the inventory organization access by logging in to Oracle Inventory and
selecting Inventory, then Set up, then Organization, and then Org Access. Also,
check whether the required organization is limited to a specific responsibility. If
that is the case, remove the limited access and make the organization accessible to
everyone.

• Why am I unable to see my operating unit on the dashboards?

Check the security profile attached to your user and the organizational hierarchy
assigned to the security profile.

Calendar and Date Issues

• How can I find out what is the start day of my week?
Using the Daily Business Intelligence Administrator responsibility, select
Parameters under Setup : Global. Check the start day of your week.

• Why does my actual calendar month not match the one shown on the DBI dashboard?
For information, see Synchronize Enterprise Calendar, page 21-63.

Initial and Incremental Loads

• Why does my initial or incremental load fail?
Possible reasons include:
• Tablespace issues.

• Currency conversion rates were not defined. You need to define the conversion
rates. For information, see the Oracle General Ledger User's Guide.

• The organization is present in more than one baseline. For loads related to

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 Manufacturing Management, ensure that the one organization does not exist in
more than one baseline.

• Diamond Shape error is in the log of the incremental load. This error is reported
due to the assignment of the same account numbers under two accounts, for
example, Account 4110 is shared by Revenue, as well as Expenses.
To remedy this, open the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager and remove
or change the account number for one of the accounts and run the incremental
load again.

• The revenue account is missing for the set of books. From the log of the
incremental load, find the set of books for which the revenue account
assignment is missing. Use the Financial Dimension Hierarchy Manager to
create a revenue account for the respective set of books.

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 A
Additional Documentation

Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS

The Daily Business Intelligence for Human Resources (DBI for HRMS) content is
contained in a separate documentation set. To find information on how to use and
implement DBI for HRMS, see the following additional documentation, which is
available on the Oracle E-Business Suite Documentation CD.
• Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS User Guide

• Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for HRMS Implementation

Daily Business Intelligence for iStore/Web Analytics

The Daily Business Intelligence for iStore/Web Analytics content is contained in a
separate documentation set. To find information on how to use and implement DBI for
iStore/Web Analytics, see the following document, which is available on the Oracle
E-Business Suite Documentation CD.
• Oracle Web Analytics Implementation and Administration Guide.

Additional Documentation    A-1

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Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix

Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix

The following table provides a list of the responsibilities provided with Daily Business
Intelligence and the dashboards they provide access to.

Responsibility Dashboard

Benefit Manager • Open Enrollment Management

Chief HR Officer • Chief HR Officer - Overview

• Chief HR Officer - Headcount

• Chief HR Officer - Turnover

• Contingent Worker Management

Commodity Manager • Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

• Payables Status

• Payables Management

• HR Management - Overview

Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix    B-1

 Responsibility Dashboard

Cost Center Manager • Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Customer Support Manager • Customer Support Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Daily Commodity Intelligence • Commodity Spend Management

• Commodity Supplier Management

Daily Customer Support Intelligence • Customer Support Management

Daily Depot Repair Intelligence • Depot Repair Management

Daily eCommerce Intelligence • Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

Daily Field Service Intelligence • Field Service Management

Daily Financials Intelligence • Expense Analysis

• Expense Management

• Funds Management

• Profit and Loss

• Profit and Loss by Manager

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Responsibility Dashboard

Daily Fulfillment Intelligence • Customer Fulfillment Management

• Shipping Management

Daily HR Intelligence • Contingent Worker Management

• HR Management - Overview

• HR Management - Headcount

• HR Management - Turnover

• Open Enrollment Status

• Workforce Budget Management

Daily Interaction Center Intelligence • Email Center Management

• Inbound Telephony Management

Daily Inventory Intelligence • Inventory Management

Daily iStore Intelligence • Store Management

• Store Top Activity

Daily Maintenance Intelligence • Maintenance Management

Daily Manufacturing Intelligence • Manufacturing Management

Daily Marketing Intelligence • Lead Management

• Marketing Management

Daily Payables Intelligence • Payables Management

• Payables Status

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 Responsibility Dashboard

Daily Planning Intelligence • Plan Management

Daily Procurement Intelligence • Procurement Management

• Procure-to-Pay Management

• Procurement Status

• Procurement Performance Management

Daily Procurement Spend Intelligence • Cost Center Spend Management

Daily Product Cost Intelligence • Product Cost Management

Daily Product Intelligence • Product Management

• Product Management - Engineering

Daily Project Intelligence • Projects Profitability Management

• Projects Operations Management

• Capital Projects Cost Management

• Contract Projects Cost Management

Daily Quoting Intelligence • Quote Management

Daily Sales Intelligence • Opportunity Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

• Sales Forecast Management

• Sales Management

Daily Sales Agreement Intelligence • Sales Agreement Management

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Responsibility Dashboard

Daily Service Contracts Intelligence • Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

Daily Sourcing Intelligence • Sourcing Management

Daily Supply Chain Intelligence • Customer Fulfillment Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Plan Management

• Product Cost Management

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

• Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

Daily Transportation Intelligence • Transportation Management

Daily Warehouse Intelligence • Inventory Management

• Warehouse Management

Depot Repair Manager • Depot Repair Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix    B-5

 Responsibility Dashboard

Email Center Manager • Email Center Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Engineering Manager • Product Management -

• Engineering

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Field Service Manager • Field Service Management

• Customer Support Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Funds Manager • Funds Management

HR Line Manager • Contingent Worker Management

• HR Management - Overview

• HR Management - Headcount

• HR Management - Turnover

• Open Enrollment Status

• Workforce Budget Management

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Responsibility Dashboard

Marketing Manager • Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

• Lead Management

• Marketing Management

Procurement Manager • Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

• Payables Management

• Payables Status

• Procurement Management

• Procure to Pay Management

• Procurement Performance Management

• Procurement Status

Profit Center Manager • Profit and Loss

• Profit and Loss by Manager

• HR Management - Overview

Project Executive • Projects Profitability Management

• Projects Operations Management

• Capital Projects Cost Management

• Contract Projects Cost Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Responsibility and Dashboard Matrix    B-7

 Responsibility Dashboard

Quoting Intelligence Manager • Quote Management

Sales Manager • Opportunity Management

• Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog

• Sales Management

• Sales Forecast Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management

Service Contracts Manager • Service Contracts Management

• Service Renewals Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Service Sales Manager • Service Renewals Management

• Service Contracts Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Sourcing Manager • Sourcing Management

Supplier Manager • Supplier Management

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Responsibility Dashboard

Supply Chain Manager • Customer Fulfillment Management

• Inventory Management

• Manufacturing Management

• Plan Management

• Product Cost Management

• Sales Agreement Management

• Shipping Management

• Transportation Management

• Warehouse Management

• Expense Management

• HR Management - Overview

Web Site Manager • Site Management

• Site Top Activity

• Site Top Sales Activity

Workforce Budget Manager • Workforce Budget Management

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Oracle Discoverer Business Areas for
Service Contracts Intelligence

Service Contracts Intelligence: Administrator Business Area

This business area contains folders that source the complex folders in the Service
Contracts Intelligence: User business area. Users with the Service Contracts Intelligence
Discoverer Administrator responsibility have access to the folders in this business area.
See the Oracle Business Intelligence Discoverer Administration Guide for information about
creating and maintaining folders.

Folders

Folder Name Description Source

OKI Contract Categories Contains information about OKI_CONTCAT_OLTP_V

Lookup the contract categories.
Sources the Service Contract
Headers and Covered Lines
complex folders. Also sources
the Contract Category item
class.

OKI Contract Customer Contains information about OKI_HCUSTCLASS_DTL_V

Classifications customer classifications.
Sources the Contract
Customer Classification
complex folder.

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 OKI Contract Headers Contains information about OKI_SRM_006_V
contract headers. Sources the
Service Contract Headers
complex folder. Also sources
the Contract Number,
Contract Number Modifier,
and Complete Contract
Number item classes.

OKI Contract Parties Contains information about OKI_HPARTY_DTL_V

the parties associated with a
contract. Sources the Contract
Parties complex folder.

OKI Contract Sales Groups Contains information about OKI_RESGRP_DTL_V

the sales group associated
with a contract. Sources the
Contract Sales Groups
complex folder.

OKI Contract Territories Contains information about OKI_HTERR_DTL_V

the winning territories of a
contract. Sources the Contract
Territories complex folder.

OKI Covered Line Pricing Contains information about OKI_CPRICE_DTL_V

Attributes contract pricing attributes.
Sources the Covered Lines
complex folder.

OKI License Lines Sources the License Lines OKI_CLICE_DTL_V

folder.

OKI Covered Lines Contains information about OKI_DBI_CLE_V

contract sublines. Sources the
Covered Lines complex
folder.

OKI Customer Classification Sources the Class Category OKI_CCLASS_OLTP_V

Types Lookup item class.

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OKI Customer Classifications Contains information about OKI_CCLASS_OLTP_V
Lookup customer classifications.
Sources the Contract
Customer Classifications
folder. Also sources the
Customer Classification item
class.

OKI Customers Lookup Contains information about OKI_CUST_OLTP_V

customers. Sources the
Customer Name, Alternate
Customer Name, Customer
Number, Party Name, Party
Number, and Party Role into
all the folders that have these
columns. Also sources the
Customer Name item class.

OKI Header Bill to Contains billing information OKI_HBILLTO_DTL_V

Information about the contract header.
Sources the Service Contract
Headers complex folder.

OKI Header Pricing Rules Contains pricing rule OKI_HPRICE_DTL_V

information for the contract.
Sources Agreement Name,
Price List, Payment Term,
and Invoicing Rule in the
Service Contract Headers
complex folder.

OKI Header Quote Contact Sources Quote Contact, OKI_HQTCONT_DTL_V

Quote Contact Detail, Quote
Contact Phone, Quote
Contact Fax, and Quote
Contact Address in the
Service Contract Headers
complex folder.

OKI Header Sales Credits Contains information about OKI_HCREDIT_DTL_V

the sales credits at the
contract header level. Sources
the Header Sales Credits
complex folder.

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 OKI Header Ship to Contains ship-to address OKI_HSHIPTO_DTL_V
Information information for the contract
header. Sources the shipping
information in the Service
Contract Headers complex
folder.

OKI Header Status Change Contains information about OKI_HSTATUS_DTL_V

the various statuses that the
contract header goes through.
Sources most of the columns
in the Header Status Change
History folder.

OKI Organizations Lookup Contains information about OKI_ORGS_OLTP_V

the operating unit. Sources
the Service Contract Headers
and Contract Territories
complex folders. Also sources
the Operating Unit item class.

OKI Party Roles Lookup Contains the various party OKI_PROLE_OLTP_V

role codes and meanings.
Sources the Contract Parties
folder and sources the Party
Role item class.

OKI Products Lookup Contains information about OKI_PROD_OLTP_V

items, such as name and
description. Sources the
Service Lines and Covered
Lines complex folders.

OKI Header Renewal Types Contains information about OKI_HRENTYPE_OLTP_V

Lookup the various possible types of
renewal for a contract header.
Sources Renewal Type in
Service Contract Headers
complex folder.

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OKI Resources Lookup Sources Resource Name in OKI_RES_OLTP_V
the Service Contract Headers,
Header Sales Credits, Service
Line Sales Credits, and
License Lines complex
folders. Sources Resource
Name and Manager Name in
the Contract Territories
complex folder. Also sources
the Resource Name item
class.

OKI Sales Groups Lookup Contains information about OKI_RESGRP_OLTP_V

all the sales groups. Sources
Sales Group Name in the
Service Contract Headers,
Header Sales Credits, and
Service Line Sales Credits
folders, and Sales Group
Name and Parent Group
Name in the Contract Sales
Groups folder. Also sources
the Sales Group Name item
class.

OKI Service Line Sales Credits Contains information about OKI_SCREDIT_DTL_V

sales credits at the service line
level. Sources most of the
columns in the Service Line
Sales Credits complex folder.

OKI Service Lines Contains information about OKI_SRM_005_V

the contract service lines.
Sources the Service Lines
complex folder.

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 OKI Status Types Lookup Contains the various status OKI_STATTYPE_OLTP_V
type codes and the meanings.
Sources Status Type and
Status Type Code in the
Service Contract Headers
folder. Sources Status Type
and Status Type Code in the
Service Lines folder. Sources
Status Type in the Covered
Lines folder. Sources Status
Type and Status Type Code
in the Header Status Change
History folder. Also sources
the Contract Status Type item
class in the Service Contract
Headers folder.

OKI Statuses Lookup Contains the various status OKI_STATUS_OLTP_V

codes and the meanings.
Sources Status in the Service
Contract Headers, Service
Lines, Covered Lines and
Header Status Change
History complex folders. Also
sources the Contract Status
item class.

OKI Systems Lookup Sources System Name in the OKI_SYSTEMS_V

Covered Lines and License
Lines complex folders. Also
sources the System Name
item class.

OKI Terminations Lookup Contains all the termination OKI_TERM_OLTP_V

codes and meanings. Sources
Termination Reason in the
following folders: Header
Status Change History,
Service Contract Headers,
Service Lines, and Covered
Lines complex folders.

OKI Territories Lookup Contains information about OKI_TERR_OLTP_V

territories. Sources the
Contract Territories complex
folder.

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OKI Product Category Lookup Contains all the product OKI_PRODCAT_OLTP_V
categories. Sources the
Service Lines complex folder.

OKI CSI Item Instances Contains information about OKI_ITMINST_OLTP_V

the item instance. Sources
Covered Product Order Line
ID and Serial Number in the
Covered Lines folder.

OKI MTL Inventory Items Contains information about OKI_INVITEM_OLTP_V

items. Sources Segment
columns in the Covered Lines
and Service Lines complex
folders.

OKI OKC Covered Lines Contains flexfield OKI_CLINE_OLTP_V

information about the
contract sublines. Not used
by any other folders.

OKI OKC Contracts Headers Contains flexfield OKI_HDRS_OLTP_V

information about the
contract headers. Not used by
any other folders.

OKI OKC Service Lines Contains flexfield OKI_SLINE_OLTP_V

information about the
contract service lines. Not
used by any other folders.

OKI Currencies Lookup Contains the various OKI_CURR_OLTP_V

currency codes and their
names and descriptions.
Sources the Currency Name
item class.

OKI Parent Sales Groups Similar to the OKI Sales OKI_RESGRP_OLTP_V

Lookup Groups Lookup folder but it
is used for parent groups.
Sources the Contract Sales
Groups complex folder.

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 OKI Accounting Rules Lookup Contains the various OKI_ACCTRULE_OLTP_V
accounting rules for the
contracts. Sources
Accounting Rule in the
Service Contract Headers
complex folder.

For details about the Service Contracts Intelligence: User business area, see the Oracle
Daily Business Intelligence User Guide.

Note: All folders referenced in the Description column are in the

Service Contracts Intelligence: User business area.

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Index

Beginning Active Service Contracts key

Symbols performance indicator, 20-12
Reports
Blanket Leakage reports, 14-4
Late Completion Detail, 12-4
Booked to Renewal Ratio key performance
indicator, 20-14
A Booked Value key performance indicator, 20-13
Activated New Business Value key performance Booking to Renewal Activity report, 20-7
indicator, 20-12 Booking to Renewal Ratio Trend report, 20-7
Activated Renewals Value key performance bucket sets
indicator, 20-13 correct, 2-49, 2-49
Activations Detail report, 20-4 budgets, 2-2
Activations report, 20-4 Business Intelligence Administrator
Activations Trend report, 20-4 responsibility, 1-13
Activation Types dimension, 20-11 Buyer parameter, 14-30
Active Service Contracts report, 20-4
Activity reports, 7-2 C
Aging Distribution dimension, 7-4
calendars, 3-12
annualized currency, 20-10
catalog, 6-4
architecture
default, 6-9
Daily Business Intelligence, 1-1, 1-5
category hierarchy
open interface, 6-8
change, 6-18
As-Of Date dimension, 7-3
Category parameter, 14-30
Assignment Group dimension, 7-4
checklist
Average Travel Distance KPI, 9-8
upgrade, 2-75
Average Travel Time (Minutes) KPI, 9-8
Close Time KPI, 7-7
Closure Performance reports, 7-2
B commodities setup, 14-51
Backlog, 7-6 Commodity dimension, 14-12
reports, 7-2 Commodity Manager
Backlog report, 20-7 responsibility, 14-9
backups, 2-75 commodity security, 14-26
base summary tables, 1-7, 1-14 Commodity Spend Management dashboard, 14-5

Index-1
, 14-5 transactional, 2-2
Commodity Supplier Management dashboard, currency conversion, 20-17
14-5 currency conversion errors, 20-18
common dimensions, 1-9 Currency dimension, 9-6, 20-10
currency, 1-10 Currency parameter, 14-29
internal organization, 1-11 Current Active Service Contracts Detail report,
item, 1-10 20-4
operating unit, 1-10 Current Active Service Contracts key
person, 1-11 performance indicator, 20-13
sales group, 1-11 Current Active Service Contracts Trend report,
time, 1-12 20-4
warehouse, 1-10 custom content
company cost center organization creating, 3-1
classification, 5-12 prerequisites, 3-2
hierarchy, 5-1 Customer Classification dimension, 20-11
company cost center organization classification, Customer dimension, 7-4, 9-7, 20-12
5-7, 5-10 Customer Fulfillment Management dashboard,
Compare Request Types, 7-6 21-3
Compare To dimension, 7-3 Customer Support Management dashboard, 7-1
concurrent programs Customer Support Management KPIs, 7-5
FII Currency Reconversion, 10-34, 10-62 Customer Support Manager
project intelligence responsibility, 7-3
See project intelligence concurrent custom logo, 2-62
programs
Purge Budget and Forecast, 10-60, 10-62 D
Refresh Employee Directory, 10-60
Daily Business Intelligence
Update Budget and Forecast, 10-59
architecture, 1-1, 1-5
Upload Budget and Forecast, 10-62
overview, 1-1
Contract Leakage considerations, 14-34
Daily Business Intelligence Framework setup, 2-
Contract Utilization reports, 14-5
29
control level
Daily Commodity Intelligence
item, 6-8
responsibility, 14-10
cost center, 1-7
Daily Customer Support Intelligence
add new owner, 5-15
responsibility, 7-3
managers, 5-2
Daily Field Service Intelligence responsibility, 9-6
Create Categories from Value Set program, 6-19
Daily Procurement Intelligence
creating
responsibility, 14-10
categories from value sets, 6-19
Daily Service Contracts Intelligence
orphan category, 6-18
responsibility, 20-9
request sets, 1-7
Dashboard
root node, 6-18
Customer Support Management, 7-1
currency
maintenance, 12-1
dimension, 1-10
dashboards
Financials Intelligence, 10-34
administer, 2-37
functional, 2-2
Commodity Spend Management, 14-5, 14-5
global, 2-2
Commodity Supplier Management, 14-5
setup, 2-2

Index-2
 configuring, 2-38 prerequisite applications, 15-8
Customer Fulfillment Management, 21-3 DBI for Regulatory Compliance
designing, 3-43 overview, 18-1
Email Center Management description, 11-2 DBI for Web Analytics, A-1
emailing, 2-39 DBI Item Dimension Setup request set, 6-16
Expense Analysis, 10-4 default catalog, 6-9
Expense Management, 10-3 changing, 6-18
exporting and importing, 3-55 inventory functional area, 6-11
Field Service Management, 9-2 set default category for, 6-16
Financial Statement Certification, 18-2 default category
Funds Management, 10-4 product reporting functional area, 6-10
Inbound Telephony Management description, set for default catalog, 6-16
11-2 Delegate, 2-51
Inventory Management, 21-4 See also delegation
links regions, 3-51 delegation, 2-51
load data, 1-7 companies, 2-51
Manufacturing Management, 21-5 cost centers, 2-51
overview, 1-1 privileges, 2-51
Payables Management, 10-4 roles, 2-51
Payables Status, 10-4 dimension
Plan Management, 21-7 Asset Category, 12-8
Procurement Management, 14-4 Asset Group, 12-8
Procurement Performance Management, 14-3 Asset Number, 12-8
Procurement Status, 14-3 Compare To, 12-7
Procure-to-Pay Management, 14-4 Currency, 12-7
Product Cost Management, 21-6 Department, 12-9
Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog, 21-8 Maintenance Activity, 12-7
Profit and Loss, 10-3 Maintenance Aging, 12-7
Profit and Loss by Manager, 10-3 Maintenance Asset, 12-8
prototypes, 3-44 Maintenance Asset Criticality, 12-7
publishing, 3-53 Maintenance Cost Category, 12-8
refreshing, 4-15 Maintenance Cost Element, 12-8
refreshing data in, 1-7 Maintenance Request Type, 12-8
Sales Agreement Management, 21-10 Maintenance Work Order Status, 12-9
Service Contracts Management, 20-2 Maintenance Work Order Type, 12-9
Service Renewals Management, 20-5 Organization, 12-9
Shipping Management, 21-4 Period Type, 12-6
Transportation Management, 21-9 Resource, 12-9
troubleshooting, 3-58 dimension object relationships, 3-10
Warehouse Management, 21-9 dimension objects, 3-3
DBI for Field Service reviewing, 4-11
dimensions, 9-6 troubleshooting, 3-12
KPIs, 9-7 dimensions, 3-3, 3-7, 11-3
maintenance, 9-16 Activation Types, 20-11
reports, 9-3 Aging Distribution, 7-4
DBI for iStore, A-1 As-Of Date, 7-3
DBI for Product Lifecycle Management Assignment Group, 7-4

Index-3
 Backlog Distribution, 8-5 Organization, 9-6, 18-4
Certification, 18-3 Organization (ship-to), 14-13
Certification Issue Priority, 18-3 Organization Certification Result, 18-4
Certification Issue Reason, 18-3 Past Due Days, 8-5
Certification Status, 18-3 Period, 7-3, 8-5, 18-4, 20-10
Certification Type, 18-3 Period Name, 18-4
Commodity, 14-12 Person, 14-16
common, 1-1, 1-9 primary, 1-9
currency, 1-10 Process Certification Result, 18-4
internal organization, 1-11 Product, 7-4, 8-5, 20-11
item, 1-10 Product Category, 7-4, 8-5, 20-10
operating unit, 1-10 product specific, 1-1
person, 1-11 Purchased Item, 14-11
sales group, 1-11 Purchasing Category, 14-12
time, 1-12 Reason (for cancellations), 20-11
warehouse, 1-10 Reason (for terminations), 20-11
Company, 10-10 Remediation Phase, 18-4
Compare To, 7-3, 8-5 Remediation Priority, 18-4
Control Evaluation Result, 18-3 Remediation Reason, 18-5
Cost Center, 10-10 Repair Days, 8-5
Currency, 8-5, 9-6, 20-10 Repair Organization, 8-5
Customer, 7-4, 8-5, 9-7, 20-12 Repair Type, 8-5
Customer Classification, 20-11 reviewing, 4-11
Date, 8-5 Risk Evaluation Result, 18-5
Disclosure Control, 18-3 Sales Group, 20-10
E-mail Account, 11-3 Service Code, 8-6
E-mail Classification, 11-4 Service Request Backlog Type, 7-5
Event, 9-7 Service Request Channel, 7-5
Expired Contracts Types, 20-11 Service Request Resolution Status, 7-4
Field Service Distance UOM, 9-7 Service Request Severity, 7-4, 9-7
Field Service Distribution, 9-7 Service Request Status, 7-4
Field Service Task Type, 9-7 Service Request Type, 7-3
Financial Category, 10-7 Significant Account, 18-5
Finding Phase, 18-4 Significant Account Evaluation Result, 18-5
Finding Priority, 18-4 Supplier, 14-13
Finding Reason, 18-4 Supplier Business Classification, 14-14
Impact, 18-4 Time, 9-6, 20-10
Inbound Telephony Call Center, 11-4 Time to Close Distribution, 7-5
Inbound Telephony Classification, 11-4 Time to Resolve Distribution, 7-5
Inbound Telephony Dialed Number, 11-4 Transaction Reasons, 14-16
Issue Phase, 18-4 User Defined, 10-11
Item, 9-6, 14-11 drill to transaction
Key Control, 18-4 enabling, 2-65
Late Completion Days, 8-5
Likelihood, 18-4 E
Line of Business, 10-9
Email
Operating Unit, 20-10

Index-4
 enabling, 2-63 functional currency, 2-2
employee future-dated transactions, 2-2
add new, 5-14
enterprise calendar, 2-2 G
Event dimension, 9-7
Generated Source reports, 4-16
exchange rates, 2-2
geography dimension, 2-50
Expirations Detail report, 20-4
global currency, 2-2
Expirations report, 20-4
global start date, 12-11
Expired Contracts Types dimension, 20-11
Expired Value Distribution report, 20-4
H
Expired Value key performance indicator, 20-12
hardware requirements, 2-27
F HR Generate Organizations in GL profile option,
5-11
Field Service Distance UOM dimension, 9-7
HRI Load All Supervisor Hierarchy program, 5-
Field Service Distribution dimension, 9-7
15
field service district hierarchy setup, 9-12
HR profile options
Field Service District Security, 9-9
setup, 5-4
Field Service Management dashboard, 9-2
Field Service Manager responsibility, 9-6
I
Field Service Task Type dimension, 9-7
FII: Budget Period Type profile option, 10-67 implementation
FII: Cumulative Budget / Forecast Line Type completion, 2-75
profile option, 10-68 implementation considerations, 2-1
FII: Debug Mode profile option, 10-65 implementation plan, 2-27
FII: Enable Product Category profile option, 10- implementer responsibilities, 2-28
67 implementing
FII: Forecast Period Type profile option, 10-67 DBI for Field Service, 9-9
FII: Manager Aggregation Level profile option, Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Service
10-66 Contracts, 20-20
FII: Manual Invoice Sources profile option, 10-67 implementing project intelligence
FII: Nodes to be Aggregated profile option, 10-66 overview, 16-1
FII: Use Accounting Date for Currency Rate project intelligence reports, 16-2
Calculation profile option, 10-68 responsibilities
FII Currency Reconversion concurrent program, See project intelligence responsibilities
10-62 incremental
First Time Fix Rate KPI, 9-9 request set, 1-7
Forecast key performance indicator, 20-13 incremental request set, 10-62
forecasts, 2-2 scheduling, 2-75
From Date, 20-24 Industry profile option, 10-69
Fulfilled Requisitions reports, 14-4 initial request set, 1-7
functional area running, 2-73
inventory, 6-4, 6-11 internal organization dimension, 1-11
product reporting, 6-4 Inventory Catalog, 6-4
default catalog, 6-10 inventory functional area, 6-4, 6-11
purchasing, 6-4 default catalog, 6-11
functional areas, 1-1 Inventory Management dashboard, 21-4

Index-5
Inventory Usage Value KPI, 9-8 Actuals, 10-26
Invoice Amount considerations, 14-40 Agent Dialed Calls, 11-8
Invoice Amount reports, 14-5 Agreement Orders Analysis - Agreement
Invoice Creator parameter, 14-30 Orders, 21-47
item Agreement Orders Analysis - Non-Agreement
attributes, 6-5 Orders, 21-47
category assignments, 6-1 Agreement Orders Analysis - Percent
change, 6-19 Non-Agreement Orders, 21-47
multiple item assignments, 6-9 Annualized Inventory Turns, 21-39
restrict assignments, 6-10 Asset Downtime (Hours), 12-10
Item Catalog, 6-4 Availability Rate, 11-9
item control levels, 6-8 Available, 10-26
item dimension Average Speed to Answer (Seconds), 11-8
overview, 1-10 Average Talk Time per Call (Seconds), 11-9
Item dimension, 9-6, 14-11 Average Travel Distance, 9-8
add new child category, 6-18 Average Travel Time (Minutes), 9-8
change default catalog, 6-18 Average Wrap Time per Call (Seconds), 11-9
changing category hierarchy, 6-18 Backlog, 11-6
create orphan category, 6-18 Backlog Value, 21-37
create root node, 6-18 Beginning Active Service Contracts, 20-12
update categories, 6-18 Booked to Renewal Ratio, 20-14
upgrading, 6-12 Booked Value, 20-13, 21-36
item dimension setup, 20-21 Book to Fulfill Ratio, 21-36
Item Level, 6-4 Book to Ship Days, 21-38
Item parameter, 14-30 Budget, 10-26, 10-26
Calls Handled per Agent Hour, 11-9
K capital projects cost management, 16-14
Carrier Billed to Paid Variance, 21-46
key performance indicators, 1-1
Carrier Payments, 21-46
% Available, 10-26
Completed Repair Orders, 8-6
% Discount Offered, 10-27
Completed Work Orders, 12-10
% Discount Taken, 10-27
Composed, 11-6
% of Budget, 10-26
contract projects cost management, 16-15
% of Forecast, 10-26, 10-26
Cost Center Spend Management, 14-23
Abandon Rate, 11-8
Current Active Service Contracts, 20-13
Activated New Business Value, 20-12
Customer Wait Time (Hours), 11-6
Activated Renewals Value, 20-13
DBI for Procurement, 14-17
Active Agreements Summary - Beginning
Delete Rate, 11-5
Active Agreements, 21-46
Discount Offered Amount, 10-27
Active Agreements Summary - Expired
Discount Remaining Amount, 10-27
Agreements, 21-46
Electronic Invoices, 10-27
Active Agreements Summary - New
Email Center Management, 11-4, 11-4
Agreements, 21-46
Encumbrances - Commitments, 10-26
Active Agreements Summary - Terminated
Encumbrances - Obligations, 10-26
Agreements, 21-46
Encumbrances - Others, 10-26
Active Agreements Summary - Total Active
Exact Matches - Rate, 21-39
Agreements, 21-46
Expenses, 10-25, 10-25, 10-26, 10-26

Index-6
Expenses per Head, 10-26 Organization Certification Status, 18-5
Expired Value, 20-12 overview, 1-1
Expiring Agreements - Total Value, 21-47 Paid Late, 10-27
Expiring Agreements - Total Value - Past Due %, 8-6
Outstanding Value, 21-47 Past Due Percent, 20-14
First Time Fix Rate, 9-9 Past Due Schedule Lines, 21-38
Forecast, 10-26, 20-13 Past Due to Schedule %, 12-10
Forecast vs. Budget, 10-26 Payments, 10-27
Freight Weight, 21-45 Period Booked Value, 20-13
Gross Adjustments - Rate, 21-39 Period Renewal Rate, 20-13
Headcount, 10-26 Period Renewals Value, 20-13
Hit/Miss Accuracy, 21-39 Period Uplift, 20-14
Inbound Calls Handled, 11-8 Pick Exceptions Rate, 21-45
Inbound Service Level, 11-8 Pick Release To Ship (Hours), 21-44
Inbound Telephony Management, 11-4 Planned Inventory Turns, 21-42
Inventory Usage Value, 9-8 Planned Margin, 21-42
Inventory Value, 21-38 Planned Margin Percent, 21-42
Invoices Due Amount, 10-27 Planned On-Time Shipment, 21-43
Invoices Entered, 10-27 Planned Resource Utilization, 21-43
Invoices on Hold, 10-27 Planned Revenue, 21-42
Invoices on Hold Amount, 10-27 Process Certification Status, 18-5
Invoices Paid, 10-27 Product Gross Margin, 21-41
Invoices Past Due Amount, 10-27 Production to Plan, 21-39
Invoices to Payment Days, 10-27 Production Value, 21-40
Late Completions %, 8-6 Product Revenue Backlog, 21-44
Late to Schedule Completion %, 12-10 project intelligence, 16-10
Leads, 11-7 projects operations management, 16-12
Leads Created, 11-9 bookings and backlog, 16-12
Lines Late to Promise, 21-38 resource utilization and availability, 16-
Lines Shipped, 21-37 14
Manual Invoices Rate, 14-20 projects profitability management, 16-11
Manufacturing Cost Variance, 21-40, 21-41 Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight, 21-45
Material Usage Variance, 21-40, 21-41 Receipt To Putaway (Hours), 21-45
Mean Time to Repair (Days), 8-7 Received, 11-6
Mean Time to Resolve (Hours), 9-8 Repair Order Backlog, 8-6
Net Booked, 21-43 Repair Order Margin, 8-6
Number Invoices Past Due, 10-27 Replied, 11-6
Number of Invoices Due, 10-27 Replied per Agent Hour, 11-7
One & Done Resolution, 11-6 Replied within Service Level Goal, 11-5
On Hand Inventory Value, 9-8 Request to Completion (Days), 12-10
On-time Arrival Rate, 21-45 Resource Utilization, 21-40
On-Time Production, 21-40 Resource Variance, 21-40, 21-42
Open Payable Amount, 10-27 Revenue, 10-25, 10-25, 21-43
Open Remedial Actions, 18-5 Revenue Booked in Prior Periods, 21-44
Operating Margin, 10-25, 10-25 Revenue Booked this Period, 21-44
Operating Margin %, 10-25, 10-25 Scrap, 21-41
Opportunities Created, 11-9 Service Requests Created, 11-7, 11-9

Index-7
 Significant Account Evaluation Status, 18-5
Sourcing Management, 14-23 M
Supplier Management, 14-24
managers
T&E per Head, 10-26
add new cost center owner, 5-15
Task Backlog, 9-8
add new employee, 5-14
Task Closed Activity, 9-8
cost centers, 5-2
Technician Utilization, 9-8
reporting by, 1-7
Terminated Billed Value, 20-13
troubleshooting, 5-15
Terminated Remaining Value, 20-13
Manual Invoices considerations, 14-40
Transfer Rate, 11-5, 11-8
Manual Invoices report, 14-4
Uplift, 20-13
Manufacturing Management dashboard, 21-5
Utilization Rate, 11-9
materialized view, 1-14
Utilized Volume, 21-45
Mean Time to Resolve (days) KPI, 7-7
Web Callbacks Handled, 11-8
Mean Time to Resolve (Hours) KPI, 9-8
Weighted Average Days Due, 10-27
measures, 3-13
Weighted Average Days Past Due, 10-27
metadata, 1-7
Weight Stored, 21-45
missing currency, 20-18
Work Order Backlog, 12-10
Work Order Cost, 12-10
N
KPI regions
creating, 3-47 node
KPIs, 3-13, 7-5, 7-6 child, 6-4
administering, 2-40 leaf, 6-4
Close Time, 7-7 parent, 6-4
disabling, 2-40 top, 6-4
Mean Time to Resolve (days), 7-7 Non-Contract Purchases considerations, 14-34
reviewing, 4-11 Non-Contract Purchases reports, 14-4
Service Request Closed Activity, 7-7 notifications
Service Request Escalated Backlog Percent, 7-7 My Approvals report, 2-62
Service Requests Opened Activity, 7-7
Service Request Unowned Backlog Percent, 7- O
7 object dependencies
Unresolved Escalated Backlog %, 7-6 defining, 4-8
Unresolved Service Request Backlog, 7-6 viewing, 4-7
Unresolved Unowned Backlog Percent, 7-7 On Hand Inventory Value KPI, 9-8
open interface, 6-8
L Operating Unit dimension, 1-10, 20-10
Late Renewal Bookings Aging report, 20-6 Operating Unit parameter, 14-28
Late Renewal Bookings report, 20-6 operating unit security, 14-25
Leaf category, 6-4 Oracle Advanced Product Catalog, 6-1
leaf node, 6-4 Oracle CRM Application Foundation Users
links regions, 3-51 Guide, 1-17
load dashboards, 1-7 Oracle Daily Business Intelligence User Guide, 1-
logo 1
customizing, 2-62 Oracle database, 1-1, 1-6
Oracle General Ledger, 1-7, 2-2, 5-1

Index-8
Oracle Human Resources, 1-7, 5-1 20-13
Oracle Inventory, 1-16, 6-1, 20-21 Period dimension, 7-3, 20-10
Oracle Inventory User Guide, 1-16 Period Expiring Contracts Detail report, 20-4
Oracle iStore, 1-19 Period Expiring Contracts report, 20-4
Oracle Purchasing, 1-17 Period Renewal Bookings Detail report, 20-7
Oracle Receivables, 1-1 Period Renewal Rate key performance indicator,
Oracle Sales Online, 1-11 20-13
Oracle Sales Online Implementation Guide, 1-17 Period Renewals Summary report, 20-7
Oracle Service Contracts, 20-3, 20-5 Period Renewals Trend report, 20-7
Oracle TeleService, 7-2, 7-3, 7-3, 7-4, 7-4, 7-8 Period Renewals Value key performance
Oracle Trading Community Architecture, 20-11 indicator, 20-13
organization Period Uplift key performance indicator, 20-14
company cost center classification, 5-7, 5-10 Person dimension, 1-11
Organization (ship-to) dimension, 14-13 Plan Management dashboard, 21-7
Organization dimension, 9-6 PO Price Change reports, 14-5
Organization Item Level, 6-4, 6-4 PO Purchases reports, 14-4
overview post-setup steps, 2-66
Daily Business Intelligence, 1-1 prerequisite
dashboard, 1-1 currency, 2-2
key performance indicators, 1-1 hardware and software, 2-27
region, 1-1 security, 2-2
role, 1-1 time, 2-2
prerequisite applications, 21-10
P Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning, 21-6
, 21-8
parameters
Oracle Bills of Material, 21-6, 21-7
Buyer, 14-30
Oracle Cost Management, 21-5, 21-6, 21-7
Category, 14-30
Oracle Engineering, 21-6
currency, 12-11
Oracle Flow Manufacturing, 21-6, 21-7
Currency, 14-29
Oracle Inventory, 21-5, 21-6, 21-9
Invoice Creator, 14-30
Oracle Order Management, 21-3, 21-4, 21-7,
Item, 14-30
21-9, 21-9, 21-10
Operating Unit, 14-28
Oracle Payables, 21-10
Requester, 14-30
Oracle Process Manufacturing, 21-5, 21-6, 21-7
Parent category, 6-4
Oracle Purchasing, 21-9
Parent node, 6-4
Oracle Receivables, 21-9
Past Due Percent key performance indicator, 20-
Oracle Service Contracts, 20-3, 20-5
14
Oracle Transportation Execution, 21-10
Past Due Percent Trend report, 20-7
Oracle Warehouse Management, 21-9
Past Due Renewals Detail report, 20-7
Oracle Work in Process, 21-5, 21-6, 21-7
Payables Leakage considerations, 14-40
primary dimensions, 1-9
Payables Leakage reports, 14-4
Processed Requisitions reports, 14-3
performance
Procurement key performance indicators, 14-17
debugging, 4-14
Procurement Management dashboard, 14-4
Performance Management Framework, 1-7
Procurement Manager
Performance Management Viewer, 1-7
responsibility, 14-9
Period Booked Value key performance indicator,
Procurement Performance Management

Index-9
dashboard, 14-3 delete project intelligence data, 16-36
Procurement Status dashboard, 14-3 load project intelligence data, 16-35
Procure-to-Pay Management dashboard, 14-4 materialized view refresh utility, 16-37
Product Catalog, 6-4, 6-12 project intelligence security audit report, 16-37
Product Category dimension, 7-4, 20-10 refresh project intelligence data, 16-35
Product Cost Management dashboard, 21-6 request set generator, 16-34
Product dimension, 7-4, 20-11 update project intelligence data, 16-35
product reporting functional area, 6-4 using, 16-28
default catalog, 6-10 project intelligence dimensions, 16-5
default category, 6-10 event type, 16-6
multiple level hierarchy, 6-10 expenditure category, 16-6
Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog expenditure type, 16-10
dashboard, 21-8 job level, 16-6
profile option categories organization, 16-7
DBI Debug, 10-65 project classifications, 16-8
DBI Deployment, 10-66 project type, 16-9
DBI Setup, 10-66 revenue, 16-10
DBI User Interface, 10-68 time, 16-8
description, 10-65 utilization category, 16-9
Other, 10-68 work type, 16-9
overview, 10-64 project intelligence implementation, 16-17
profile options profile options, 16-22
descriptions, 10-65 security profiles, 16-18
FII: Budget Period Type, 10-67 steps, 16-19
FII: Cumulative Budget / Forecast Line Type, project intelligence reports
10-68 concurrent programs
FII: Debug Mode, 10-65 See project intelligence concurrent
FII: Enable Product Category, 10-67 programs
FII: Forecast Period Type, 10-67 data security, 16-16
FII: Manager Aggregation Level, 10-66 dimensions
FII: Manual Invoice Sources, 10-67 See project intelligence dimensions
FII: Nodes to be Aggregated, 10-66 implementation steps
FII: Use Accounting Date for Currency Rate See project intelligence implementation
Calculation, 10-68 key performance indicators
Industry, 10-69 See key performance indicators
overview, 10-64 pages, 16-2
Profit and Loss dashboard, 1-1 prerequisites, 16-16
program troubleshooting
Create Categories from Value Set, 6-19 See troubleshooting
DBI Item Dimension Setup, 6-16 types, 16-2
HRI Load All Supervisor Hierarchy, 5-15 project intelligence responsibilities
Synchronize GL company cost centers with Daily Project Intelligence User, 16-3
HR, 5-11 Project Executive User, 16-3
project intelligence Project Intelligence Administrator, 16-3
implementing Project Superuser, 16-3
See implementing project intelligence Purchased Item dimension, 14-11
project intelligence concurrent programs, 16-27 Purchasing Category dimension, 14-12

Index-10
purchasing functional area, 6-4 Agreements Trend, 21-25
Purge Budget and Forecast concurrent program, Backlog, 7-2, 20-7
10-62 Backlog and Past Due Schedule Value, 21-11
Backlog and Past Due Schedule Value Trend,
R 21-11
Backlog Line Detail, 21-21
rates
Backorder Detail, 21-14
daily exchange, 2-2
Backorder Summary, 21-14
Real-Time Chat
Backorder Trend, 21-14
enabling, 2-64
Blanket Leakage, 14-4
Reason (for cancellations) dimension, 20-11
Booked Order Line Detail, 21-11, 21-21
Reason (for terminations) dimension, 20-11
Booked Return Line Detail, 21-21
Receipt Date Exceptions considerations, 14-42
Bookings, Revenue and Revenue Backlog
Receipt Date Exceptions reports, 14-6
Trend, 21-21
Refresh Employee Directory concurrent
Bookings Overview, 21-21
program, 10-60
Booking to Renewal Activity, 20-7
refreshing
Booking to Renewal Ratio Trend, 20-7
dashboards, 1-7
Book to Fulfill Days, 21-11
region
Book to Fulfill Days Trend, 21-11
graph, 1-1
Book to Ship Aging, 21-13
key performance indicators, 1-1
Book to Ship Days, 21-13
links, 1-1
Book to Ship Days Trend, 21-13
overview, 1-1
Carrier Billing and Payment Variance, 21-24
parameter, 1-1
Carrier Billing and Payment Variance Trend,
table, 1-1
21-24
regions
Closure Performance, 7-2
RSS feed, 2-61
Contract Utilization, 14-5
Rejections on Inspection reports, 14-6
Cumulative Bookings and Revenue, 21-21
rendering
Cumulative Production to Plan, 21-16
debugging, 4-14
Current Active Service Contracts Detail, 20-4
Renewal Bookings Detail report, 20-6
Current Active Service Contracts Trend, 20-4
Renewal Bookings Summary report, 20-6
Current Capacity Utilization, 21-22
Renewal Bookings Trend report, 20-6
Current Production Delayed, 21-16
Renewal Cancellations Detail report, 20-7
Current Unrecognized Variance, 21-17, 21-19
Renewal Cancellations Summary report, 20-7
Customer Fulfillment Management, 21-11
Renewal Expected Bookings Detail report, 20-6
Cycle Count Accuracy, 21-15
reports, 7-xx
Cycle Count Accuracy Trend, 21-15
Activations, 20-4
Cycle Count Adjustment Detail, 21-15
Activations Detail, 20-4
Cycle Count Adjustment Summary, 21-15
Activations Trend, 20-4
data source, 3-18
Active Agreements Summary, 21-24
data source mapping, 3-22
Active Service Contracts, 20-4
designing, 3-17
Activity, 7-2
Expirations, 20-4
Actual Production Job Detail, 21-16
Expirations Detail, 20-4
administer, 2-37
Expired Agreements, 21-24
Agreement Order Line Detail, 21-25
Expired Value Distribution, 20-4
Agreement Orders Analysis, 21-24
Expiring Agreements, 21-24

Index-11
 exporting and importing, 3-55 Mean Time to Repair, 8-4
Freight Cost Recovery Rate, 21-24 Mean Time to Repair Detail, 8-4
Freight Cost Recovery Rate Trend, 21-24 Mean Time to Repair Distribution, 8-4
Fulfilled Requisitions, 14-4 Mean Time to Repair Distribution Trend, 8-4
Fulfilled Return Value, 21-12, 21-37 Mean Time to Repair Trend, 8-4
Fulfilled Return Value Trend, 21-12 My Approvals, 2-62
Fulfilled Value, 21-36 Net Product Bookings, 21-21
Fulfillment Performance, 21-11 New Agreements, 21-24
Fulfillment Performance for Top Models, 21- Non-Agreement Order Line Detail, 21-25
11 Non-Contract Purchases, 14-4
Fulfillment Performance for Top Models On-hand Inventory Detail, 21-14
Trend, 21-11 On-Time Arrival Rate, 21-23
Fulfillment Performance Trend, 21-11 On-Time Arrival Rate Trend, 21-23
graph region, 3-40 On-Time Production, 21-16
Hit/Miss Summary, 21-15 Open Job Detail, 21-17, 21-19
Intransit Inventory Detail, 21-15 Operation Plan Exceptions by Reason, 21-23
Inventory Management, 21-14 Operation Plan Performance, 21-23
Inventory Turns, 21-15 Outstanding Trend, 21-25
Inventory Turns Trend, 21-15 parameter region, 3-25
Inventory Value by Type, 21-14 Past Due Percent Trend, 20-7
Inventory Value Summary, 21-14 Past Due Promise Value Aging, 21-12
Inventory Value Trend, 21-14 Past Due Promise Value Detail, 21-12
Invoice Amount, 14-5 Past Due Promise Value Summary, 21-12
Late Renewal Bookings, 20-6 Past Due Promise Value Trend, 21-12
Late Renewal Bookings Aging, 20-6 Past Due Renewals Detail, 20-7
Lines Late to Schedule, 21-38 Past Due Schedule Line Aging, 21-13
Lines Shipped Late to Promise Detail, 21-13 Past Due Schedule Line Detail, 21-14
Lines Shipped Late to Promise Summary, 21- Past Due Schedule Line Summary, 21-14
13 Past Due Schedule Line Trend, 21-14
Lines Shipped Late to Schedule Detail, 21-13 Past Due Schedule Value, 21-37
Lines Shipped Late to Schedule Summary, 21- Past Due Schedule Value Aging, 21-11
13 Past Due Schedule Value Detail, 21-12
Lines Shipped On-Time to Schedule Trend, 21- Past Due Schedule Value Summary, 21-12
13 Payables Leakage, 14-4
Lines Shipped Performance, 21-13 Period Expiring Contracts, 20-4
Lines Shipped Performance Trend, 21-13 Period Expiring Contracts Detail, 20-4
links region, 3-41 Period Renewal Bookings Detail, 20-7
links regions, 3-51 Period Renewals Summary, 20-7
Manual Invoices, 14-4 Period Renewals Trend, 20-7
Manufacturing Cost Job Detail, 21-16, 21-19 Pick Release to Ship Cycle Time, 21-22
Manufacturing Cost Variance, 21-16, 21-19 Pick Release to Ship Cycle Time Trend, 21-22
Manufacturing Cost Variance Trend, 21-16, 21- Picks & Exceptions Analysis, 21-22
19 Picks & Exceptions Trend, 21-22
Manufacturing Management, 21-16 Picks and Exceptions by Reason, 21-22
Material Usage Job Detail, 21-17, 21-18 Plan Details, 21-19
Material Usage Variance, 21-17, 21-18 Plan Management, 21-19
Material Usage Variance Trend, 21-17, 21-18 Planned Cost Breakdown Summary, 21-19

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Planned Cost Breakdown Summary Trend, 21- Repair Order Backlog Detail, 8-2
20 Repair Order Backlog Trend, 8-2
Planned Inventory Turns, 21-20 Repair Order Charges Summary, 8-3
Planned Inventory Turns Trend, 21-20 Repair Order Charges Summary Trend, 8-3
Planned On-Time Shipment, 21-20 Repair Order Completion, 8-3
Planned On-Time Shipment Trend, 21-20 Repair Order Completion Detail, 8-3
Planned Organizations, 21-19 Repair Order Completion Trend, 8-3
Planned Performance, 21-20 Repair Order Cost Summary, 8-3
Planned Purchasing Cost, 21-20 Repair Order Cost Summary Trend, 8-3
Planned Resource Utilization, 21-20 Repair Order Days Until Promised, 8-2
Planned Resource Utilization Trend, 21-20 Repair Order Late Completion Aging, 8-3
Planned Revenue and Margin, 21-19 Repair Order Late Completion Detail, 8-4
Planned Revenue and Margin Trend, 21-19 Repair Order Margin, 8-3
PO Price Change, 14-5 Repair Order Margin Detail, 8-3
PO Purchases, 14-4 Repair Order Margin Summary, 8-3
Potential Revenue Shortfall Trend, 21-20 Repair Order Margin Summary Trend, 8-3
Processed Requisitions, 14-3 Repair Order Margin Trend, 8-3
Product Bookings and Revenue Trend, 21-21 Repair Order Past Due Aging, 8-3
Product Cost Management, 21-18 Repair Order Past Due Detail, 8-3
Product Gross Margin, 21-18 Repair Order Service Code Summary, 8-4
Production to Plan, 21-16 Requested Shipping Lead Time Trend, 21-11
Production to Plan Trend, 21-16 Resolution, 7-2
Product Revenue, 21-22 Resource Efficiency, 21-17
Product Revenue Backlog, 21-22 Resource Efficiency Job Detail, 21-17
Product Revenue Bookings and Backlog, 21-20 Resource Efficiency Trend, 21-18
prototypes, 3-23 Resource Utilization, 21-17
publishing, 3-53 Resource Utilization Trend, 21-17
Rated Freight Cost per Unit Distance, 21-23 Resource Variance, 21-17, 21-18
Rated Freight Cost per Unit Distance Trend, Resource Variance Job Detail, 21-17, 21-18
21-23 Resource Variance Trend, 21-17, 21-19
Rated Freight Cost per Unit Volume, 21-23 Returns, 14-5
Rated Freight Cost per Unit Volume Trend, Returns by Reason, 21-12
21-23 Returns Detail, 21-12
Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight, 21-23 Revenue Overview, 21-21
Rated Freight Cost per Unit Weight Trend, 21- Sales Agreement Management, 21-24
23 Scrap, 21-18
Receipt Date Exceptions, 14-6 Scrap Job Detail, 21-18
Receipt to Putaway Cycle Time, 21-22 Scrap Trend, 21-18
Receipt to Putaway Cycle Time Trend, 21-22 Service Contracts Management, 20-3
Rejections on Inspection, 14-6 Service Renewals Management, 20-5
Renewal Bookings Detail, 20-6 Shipping Management, 21-12
Renewal Bookings Summary, 20-6 Spend Evaluation, 14-5
Renewal Bookings Trend, 20-6 table region, 3-29
Renewal Cancellations Detail, 20-7 Terminated Agreements, 21-24
Renewal Cancellations Summary, 20-7 Terminations, 20-4
Renewal Expected Bookings Detail, 20-6 Terminations Detail, 20-4
Repair Order Backlog, 8-2 Terminations Trend, 20-4

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 title region, 3-24 responsibilities, 1-13
Top Agreements by Fulfillment Activity, 21-25 and security, 7-8
Top Potential Revenue Shortfall Reasons, 21- Business Intelligence Administrator, 1-13
20 Commodity Manager, 14-9
Top Renewal Bookings, 20-6 Cost Center Manager, 10-5
Total Performance Against Agreements, 21-24 Customer Support Manager, 7-3
Transportation Management, 21-23 Daily Commodity Intelligence, 14-10
Trip Stop Arrival Performance Trend, 21-23 Daily Compliance Intelligence, 18-2
troubleshooting, 3-41 Daily Customer Support Intelligence, 7-3
Unfulfilled Requisitions, 14-3 Daily Depot Repair Intelligence, 8-4
Unprocessed Requisitions, 14-3 Daily Field Service Intelligence, 9-6
Warehouse Management, 21-22 Daily Financials Intelligence, 10-5
Warehouse Storage Utilized, 21-22 Daily Interaction Center Intelligence, 11-3
Warehouse Storage Utilized Trend, 21-22 Daily Payables Intelligence, 10-5
Reports, 13-1, 14-xx Daily Procurement Intelligence, 14-10
Asset Downtime Detail Report, 12-3 Daily Service Contracts Intelligence, 20-9
Asset Downtime Report, 12-3 Depot Repair Manager, 8-4
Labor Backlog , 12-6 Field Service Manager, 9-6
Labor Backlog Detail, 12-6 Procurement Manager, 14-9
Late Completion Aging, 12-4 Profit Center Manager, 10-5
Past Due Work Order Aging, 12-6 Service Contracts Manager, 20-8
Past Due Work Order Detail, 12-5 Service Sales Manager, 20-9
Requested Work Order Detail Report, 12-5 responsibility, 1-1
Request to Completion, 12-4 Responsibility
Request to Completion Detail, 12-4 daily maintenance intelligence, 12-1
Request to Completion Distribution, 12-5 daily maintenance manager, 12-6
Work Order Backlog, 12-5 maintenance manager, 12-1, 12-6
Work Order Backlog Detail, 12-5 Returns reports, 14-5
Work Order Completion, 12-3 roles, 1-13
Work Order Completion Detail, 12-4 Email Center Manager, 11-3
Work Order Cost, 12-2 Inbound Telephony Manager, 11-3
Work Order Cost Detail, 12-3 overview, 1-1
Work Order Cost Summary, 12-2 RSS feed, 2-61
Requester parameter, 14-30 RSS feeds, 3-52
request set generator, 1-7 RTC
request sets See Real-Time Chat
creating, 1-7
incremental, 1-7, 10-62 S
initial, 1-7
Sales Agreement Management dashboard, 21-10
Update GL Summaries After Setup Changes,
sales district hierarchy, 2-66
10-62
Sales Group dimension, 20-10
viewing, 4-2
sales group hierarchy, 1-11, 2-66, 20-26
viewing analysis reports, 4-3
security, 1-17
viewing settings, 4-2
sales group hierarchy setup, 20-21
request types
sales representative setup considerations, 20-15
compare, 7-6
security, 1-1, 7-3, 7-8, 7-8
Resolution reports, 7-2

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 commodities, 1-17 tables
commodity, 14-26 base summary, 1-7, 1-14
operating unit, 14-25 tablespace
stores, 1-19 increasing, 4-15
Service Contracts Management dashboard, 20-2 Task Backlog KPI, 9-8
Service Contracts Management KPIs, 20-12 Task Closed Activity KPI, 9-8
Service Contracts Management reports, 20-3 Technician Utilization KPI, 9-8
Service Contracts Manager responsibility, 20-8 Terminated Billed Value key performance
Service Renewals Management dashboard, 20-5 indicator, 20-13
Service Renewals Management KPIs, 20-13 Terminated Remaining Value key performance
Service Renewals Management reports, 20-5 indicator, 20-13
Service Request Backlog Terminations Detail report, 20-4
KPI, 7-6 Terminations report, 20-4
Service Request Backlog Type dimension, 7-5 Terminations Trend report, 20-4
Service Request Channel dimension, 7-5 Time dimension, 1-12, 2-2, 9-6, 20-10
Service Request Closed Activity KPI, 7-7 enterprise calendar hierarchy, 1-12
Service Request Escalated Backlog Percent, 7-7 financial calendar hierarchy, 1-12
Service Request Resolution Status dimension, 7-4 gregorian hierarchy, 1-12
Service Request Severity dimension, 7-4, 9-7 period 445 hierarchy, 1-12
Service Requests Opened Activity KPI, 7-7 Time to Close Distribution dimension, 7-5
Service Request Status dimension, 7-4 Time to Resolve Distribution, 7-5
Service Request Type dimension, 7-3 To Date, 20-24
Service Request Type Security, 9-9 Top category, 6-4
Service Request Unowned Backlog Percent, 7-7 top node, 6-4
Service Sales Manager responsibility, 20-9 Top Renewal Bookings report, 20-6
setting up users, 2-74 Transaction Reasons dimension, 14-16
setup transactions
commodities, 14-51 currency, 2-2
currency, 2-2 future-dated, 2-2
field service district hierarchy, 9-12 Transportation Management dashboard, 21-9
HR profile options, 5-4 troubleshooting
item dimension, 6-12, 20-21 DBI for Field Service, 9-17
sales group hierarchy, 20-21 managers, 5-15
time dimension, 2-2 Oracle Daily Business Intelligence for Service
Shipping Management dashboard, 21-4 Contracts, 20-27
simulation views, 3-38 project intelligence, 16-25
software requirements, 2-27
Spend Evaluation reports, 14-5 U
store parameter
unassigned customer classification, 20-11
security, 1-19
unassigned sales group, 20-15
Supplier Business Classification dimension, 14-14
Unfulfilled Requisitions reports, 14-3
Supplier dimension, 14-13
Unprocessed Requisitions reports, 14-3
Synchronize GL company cost centers with HR
Unresolved Escalated Backlog % KPI, 7-6
concurrent program, 5-11
Unresolved Service Request Backlog KPI, 7-6
Unresolved Unowned Backlog % KPI, 7-7
T Update GL Summaries After Setup Changes

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request set, 10-62
updating
categories, 6-18
category assignments, 6-19
upgrade
checklist, 2-75
upgrading
item dimension, 6-12
Uplift key performance indicator, 20-13
Upload Budget and Forecast concurrent
program, 10-62

V
view
materialized, 1-7, 1-14

W
warehouse dimension, 1-10
Warehouse Management dashboard, 21-9
web conferencing
enabling, 2-63

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