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Project Management

Billing and Revenue Management

Additional Contract Line Project Cost Process Configurator Sources for Revenue

Add actual, budget, and forecast cost sources at the contract line level to the Project Process Configurator for use in revenue recognition. These new sources will enable project progress for a performance obligation, modelled as a contract line, to be used in the calculation of progress-based revenue.

Easier Entry of Invoice Comments

Billing Specialists can enter invoice comments in a text area that makes it easier to see the entire text wrapped over multiple rows.

Ship-To Information Override for Invoices Rejected During Transfer

Update the ship-to information on standard invoices rejected during transfer processing. You can also update the ship-to information on draft standard invoices with exceptions and also remove the ship-to information from the standard invoices. This ensures the accuracy of ship-to information for project contract invoices.

Support Additional Parameters in Contracts Descriptive Flexfields for Setting Contexts and Filtering Value Sets

You can use the additional parameter Intent in the Contract Header Descriptive flexfield to automatically set the context to Buy or Sell. Based on the context, you can view the corresponding segments. Also, the additional parameters, ContractId and LineId, in the Contract Header and Contract Line descriptive flexfields, respectively, can be used to filter the values in the value set dynamically. For example, you can filter and display only the bill-to accounts of the contract's customer in a descriptive flexfield segment.

Use Deep Links to Access a Contract

You can use deep links to navigate directly to a contract, for example, from a BI report.

You can copy and save direct links to a contract. You can share the deep link that opens a contract with someone else, or you can manually add the link to any page, such as a report or user interface page.

Cost Management and Control

Carry Forward Open Purchase Orders for Budgetary Controlled Sponsored Projects

Use the Carry Forward Open Purchase Orders process to move purchase orders associated with budgetary controlled sponsored projects from one budget year to another. The process automatically updates the budget date to the corresponding budget year for these purchase orders.

Configurable Approval Notifications for Adjustments to Project Cost Transactions

Approval notifications for adjustments to project cost transactions now feature a new look that is reader-friendly, informative and easy to configure. Use the predefined Oracle BI Publisher notification templates or configure your own so that information critical to the approval process is available in the notification. For example, add notes for adjustments to project-driven supply chain transactions or remove inessential fields. The notification template is applicable to both email and in-application notifications.

Cost Transaction Accounting Event Reset Using a REST API

Use the Adjust Project Costs REST API to reset the accounting events associated with project cost transactions. Costs that are adjusted by the API will then be eligible for reprocessing by the Create Accounting process. This feature can be leveraged in situations where finally accounted cost transactions need to be re-accounted e.g. due to business process or subledger accounting configuration issues.

Project Cost Transaction Errors and Project and Task Transaction Controls in OTBI

View error details for the unprocessed cost transactions to quickly resolve import costs errors. View project and task transaction controls to assist with import costs error resolution.

Project Costing Validation of Time Card Entries Enhancement

Validate new or changed time card entries for Project Costing. Previously, all Project Costing time card entries were validated, regardless if they had changed. With this enhancement, you can now continue to validate all entries, or only the changed entries.

Planning, Scheduling, and Forecasting

Common Financial Task Dates Across Work and Financial Planning

Manage financial task dates from either the financial project plan or the work plan and the change is automatically available in both the plans. For example, rather than keeping the two plans updated through an explicit action, a new financial task or change to the dates by the project manager in the project plan reflects immediately in the financial plan. Opt in for the feature, Expedite Your Project Planning with a New User Experience, to take advantage of these new capabilities.

Project Classifications Update and Delete in Project Templates Using a REST API

Update and delete project classifications using the Project Templates REST API.

Project Progress Additional Actions Using a REST API

Manage project progress comprehensively using the Project Progress REST API. Additional actions provided include capturing progress at the resource level, deleting draft progress, and generating a forecast while publishing progress.

Public Events for Unplanned Project Costs

Track unplanned resources on financial project plan using the public events. Use this event to help project managers track unplanned project costs on the financial project plan.

Work Items Planning on Manage Work Items Dialog Using the New Project Planning User Experience

Plan for Oracle Product Development items, product change orders, Sourcing Cloud negotiations, and project deliverables on the Manage Work Items dialog with the new planning user experience. Set task completion criterion for each work item to automatically mark the task as complete when all associated work items meet their criteria.

Resource Management

Additional Person Details and HCM Sync Update for Resources Using Project Enterprise Labor Resource REST API

View location and resume attachment details of one or more resources using the Project Enterprise Labor Resources REST API. Additionally, initiate the synchronization to update the project enterprise person details with the latest information from HCM.

Requested Resources Automatically Included As Project Resources

Automatically add requested resources to the resources for a project when the project manager or resource manager submits a project resource request. This provides project managers with a view of requested resources and enables them to plan for the resource on tasks. Previously, only resources already specified on the project and then subsequently requested appeared on the project, whereas resources directly requested on a project resource request were not added until a nominated resource was confirmed or reserved.

Resource Nomination, User Defined Status, and Assignment Details Retrieval and Modification Using a REST API

View assignment details including, dates, roles, and hours for all individual resources on the request, along with their custom status using the Project Resource Request REST API.

Program Management and Reporting

Program Management

Coordinate and track your strategic programs using program management. Programs allow you to group related projects, analyze performance, and accelerate program execution to realize the highest business benefits in the shortest amount of time.

Grant Management

Contract Version Description for Award Dates

Specify a contract version description for an award when you update the award dates. Ensure that the change reason is recorded with the amended version.