This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:
Date | Module | Feature | Notes |
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06 DEC 2022 | Dual Unit of Measure | Calculate Transfer Price Using the Secondary Unit of Measure | Updated document. Removed opt in expiration.. |
17 SEP 2021 | Created initial document. |
This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.
Security and New Features
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Pre-Update and Post-Update Tasks
Depending on the features you're using in your Cloud applications, you may be required to perform certain steps immediately before or after your quarterly update. For details of these pre-update and post-update steps and the product areas that are affected, refer to Oracle SCM Cloud: Performing Your Quarterly Update (doc ID 2337485.1) on My Oracle Support.
Optional Uptake of New Features (Opt In)
Oracle Cloud Applications delivers new updates every quarter. This means every three months you'll receive new functionality to help you efficiently and effectively manage your business. Some features are delivered Enabled meaning they are immediately available to end users. Other features are delivered Disabled meaning you have to take action to make available. Features delivered Disabled can be activated for end users by stepping through the following instructions using the following privileges:
- Review Applications Offering (ASM_REVIEW_APPLICATIONS_OFFERINGS_PRIV)
- Configure Oracle Fusion Applications Offering (ASM_CONFIGURE_OFFERING_PRIV)
Here’s how you opt in to new features:
- Click Navigator > My Enterprise > New Features.
- On the Features Overview page, select your offering to review new features specific to it. Or, you can leave the default selection All Enabled Offerings to review new features for all offerings.
- On the New Features tab, review the new features and check the opt-in status of the feature in the Enabled column. If a feature has already been enabled, you will see a check mark. Otherwise, you will see an icon to enable the feature.
- Click the icon in the Enabled column and complete the steps to enable the feature.
In some cases, you might want to opt in to a feature that's not listed in the New Features work area. Here's how to opt in:
- Click Navigator > My Enterprise > Offerings.
- On the Offerings page, select your offering, and then click Opt In Features.
- On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features (pencil) icon for the offering, or for the functional area that includes your feature.
- On the Edit Features page, complete the steps to enable the feature.
For more information and detailed instructions on opting in to new features for your offering, see Offering Configuration.
Opt In Expiration
Occasionally, features delivered Disabled via Opt In may be enabled automatically in a future update. This is known as an Opt In Expiration. If your cloud service has any Opt In Expirations you will see a related tab in this document. Click on that tab to see when the feature was originally delivered Disabled, and when the Opt In will expire, potentially automatically enabling the feature. You can also click here to see features with Opt In Expirations across all Oracle Cloud Applications.
Column Definitions:
Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.
UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.
UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.
Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.
Ready for Use by End Users Reports plus Small Scale UI or Process-Based new features will have minimal user impact after an update. Therefore, customer acceptance testing should focus on the Larger Scale UI or Process-Based* new features. |
Customer Must Take Action before Use by End Users Not disruptive as action is required to make these features ready to use. As you selectively choose to leverage, you set your test and roll out timing. |
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Find a Document Using a Description Instead of a Coded Value |
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Calculate Transfer Price Using the Secondary Unit of Measure |
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Capture Secondary Unit of Measure Quantity for Item Delivery |
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Search Subinventories with On-Hand Balances for Interorganization Transfers |
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View Additional Columns in the Receiving Transactions Real Time Subject Area in OTBI |
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Collect Country of Supply from Receipt for Intrastat Reporting |
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Configure Display of Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting Infolets |
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Track Progress of Create Cost Accounting Distributions Process |
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Collaboration Messaging Framework
Collaboration Messaging Framework
Business-to-business (B2B) messaging is a key component of collaborative relationships and can increase the quality, quantity, and frequency of information that can be exchanged between trading partners. However, the differences in B2B standards, technical capabilities of trading partners, and the diversity of trading partners can make this costly to establish and maintain. Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility Cloud manages B2B communications with trading partners by leveraging the Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework, a next-generation B2B messaging platform that maps and routes standards-based B2B messages through a B2B solution provider, on-premise B2B application, or direct to the trading partner. Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework is a common infrastructure component that is included with all Oracle Cloud Applications environments at no additional charge. It is also tightly integrated with Oracle Cloud Applications, making it easy for Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud customers to set up and manage multiple trading partner connections.
Add a new delivery method for Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), using either the Manage B2B Trading Partners or Manage Collaboration Messaging Service Providers tasks, depending on whether or not you are using a service provider.
The layout of the Delivery Methods tab has been updated, delivery methods are listed on the left hand side of the screen and the details for each delivery method displayed on the right, with only the fields that are relevant to the selected delivery method displayed.
Select a trading partner or service provider and then select Edit, on the Delivery Methods tab, add a row with a name for the delivery method and select the Delivery Method Type of SFTP. On the right side of the screen enter the details including the SFTP Host, SFTP Port, the User Name and Password required to access the directory, the File Name and the Remote Directory.
Messages delivered via SFTP will be delivered to the remote directory listed and the file name is generated using the file name from the delivery method with the Message GUID and the date time stamp appended i.e., filename_<MessageGUID>_<dateTimeStamp>.
Delivery Methods Tab
You have an additional secure protocol for sending your B2B messages.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Hep Center.
Role And Privileges
- Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
- B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)
Find a Document Using a Description Instead of a Coded Value
Document selection in all tasks now uses an easy-to-understand descriptive value instead of a coded name. For example, "Purchase Order - Outbound" is used instead of the coded name "PROCESS_PO_OUT". You can see this in all tasks where you select documents including:
- Manage Collaboration Messaging History
- Edit Customer Collaboration Configuration
- Edit Supplier B2B Configuration
- Edit Customer Account Collaboration Configuration
- Manage External Message Definitions
- Manage Collaboration Message Definitions
Document Selection in Manage Collaboration Messaging History
You can easily recognize documents when configuring B2B setup for your organization.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Hep Center.
Role And Privileges
- Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
- B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)
Set up your Oracle Cloud applications so you can order, price, receive, pick, pack, and ship an item that you enable with primary and secondary UOM tracking. You might need to order, transfer, outsource, or buy an item in a unit of measure that's different from the unit of measure that you use to price, invoice, and cost it.
For example, you might stock and sell meat in cases, but price it in pounds. Each case of meat has a different price because the total weight in pounds varies from one case to the next, but you need to give your buyers an estimated price for each case.
You can use the dual UOM solution to meet this requirement. It's an end-to-end, integrated solution that works across the Oracle Cloud applications and helps you:
- Simultaneously track an item in the primary UOM and secondary UOM throughout your order-to-cash process and procure-to-pay processes.
- Capture the actual weight of the item that you sell, transfer, or purchase, so you can accurately price, invoice, and cost the item.
- Provide a price estimate at the time of sale or purchase and maximize value according to the exact weight that you ship or receive.
Here are the Oracle Inventory Management Cloud enhancements to the dual UOM solution that are available in this update:
- Calculate Transfer Price Using the Secondary Unit of Measure
- Capture Secondary Unit of Measure Quantity for Item Delivery
Calculate Transfer Price Using the Secondary Unit of Measure
Use Supply Chain Financial Orchestration to create a trade transaction that has a secondary pricing UOM (unit of measure), then apply it against the secondary quantity that you transact. You can use your primary UOM as the quantity for the item and the secondary UOM to price the item. We refer to this feature as dual units of measure in the order-to-cash and the procure-to-pay processes.
Consider an example where you order 10 cases, which is equivalent to 100 pounds according to the standard conversion, but you actually ship 105 pounds.
Ship From |
Ship To |
Primary Quantity and Primary UOM |
Secondary Quantity and Secondary UOM |
Pricing UOM |
Transfer Price |
Amount |
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Vision Operations |
Vision Singapore |
10 cases |
105 pounds |
Secondary |
$50 for each pound |
$5250 |
Vision Operations |
Vision Singapore |
10 cases |
105 pounds |
Primary |
$500 for each case |
$5000 |
Here are the intercompany business flows that you can use with this feature.
- Intercompany drop shipments and returns
- Internal material transfer
- Global procurement and returns
Here's how transfer pricing works for each flow.
Intercompany Flow | Pricing UOM That You Set on the Item in Product Information Management |
Where we Get the Primary UOM |
UOM on the Intercompany Invoice |
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Intercompany drop shipment | Primary | Shipping organization | Primary UOM |
Intercompany drop shipment | Secondary | Shipping organization | Secondary UOM |
Internal material transfers | Primary | Shipping organization | Primary UOM |
Internal material transfers | Secondary | Shipping organization | Secondary UOM |
Global procurement | Primary | Supplier organization | Transaction UOM |
Global procurement | Secondary | Supplier organization | Secondary UOM |
Use the Pricing UOM Type attribute on the Monitor Financial Orchestration Execution page to see what type of pricing unit of measure you're using to price each of your transfer orders, such as Secondary.
Monitor Financial Orchestration
Use the Transfer Price UOM attribute on the same page to see what unit of measure Financial Orchestration is using to price each transfer order, such as Pounds.
Monitor Financial Orchestration
Use the dual units of measure feature to more accurately measure and monitor the transfer price and cost for each of your transactions in the secondary quantity that you actually ship.
Steps to Enable
Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.
Offering: Order Management
When you opt in to use this feature, you must opt in to the feature named: Create and Fulfill Sales Orders and Transfer Orders in Dual Units of Measure.
Set Up Steps in the Product Information Management Work Area
- You must assign the item to all organizations that participate in your financial flow, including intermediate organizations.
- Make sure you assign the item to the Payables and Receivables item validation organization. This will allow your flow to use intercompany invoicing.
If you want to calculate transfer pricing in the secondary UOM, then you must set these item attributes in the Unit of Measure area.
- Set the Tracking Unit of Measure attribute to Primary and Secondary.
- Set the Pricing attribute to Secondary. Get details about how setting this attribute might affect your implementation before you opt-into this feature. See the Update Pricing UOM for Dual UOM Items feature under Product Lifecycle Management – Product Hub.
While you're there, you can also specify other attributes.
- Set the Primary Unit of Measure attribute and the Secondary Unit of Measure attribute.
- Set the Defaulting Control attribute to Default, Fixed, or no default.
- Set the Positive Deviation Factor attribute and the Negative Deviation Factor attribute.
Key Resources
- See these resources on Oracle Help Center.
- See the Track Items in More Than One Unit of Measure topic in the Implementing Order Management guide.
- See the Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide.
Role And Privileges
- Job Role Name and Code:
- Supply Chain Application Administrator (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB)
Capture Secondary Unit of Measure Quantity for Item Delivery
Use the Capture Secondary Unit of Measure Quantity for Item Delivery feature to confirm delivery quantity for the item with dual units of measure, on the fiscal document in secondary unit of measure, in addition to the fiscal document unit of measure earlier supported. You can create receipts in receiving system in transaction quantity and in item's secondary unit of measure with catch weight for every fiscal document schedule.
Use this feature so you can:
- Confirm item deliveries in two units of measure (fiscal document and secondary)
Confirm Item Deliveries
- View allocated quantity at schedules in fiscal document unit of measure and secondary unit of measure
Fiscal Document Schedule
- Know more about the source document for which fiscal document is getting captured
Additional fields are now made available providing more context for the source document like Pricing Quantity, Pricing UOM, Inventory organization.
Confirming item deliveries in secondary unit of measure helps to record the catch weight for items with dual unit of measure both in fiscal document aka transaction unit of measure and item’s secondary unit of measure. These secondary attributes such as secondary unit of measure, secondary quantity will also facilitate your reporting requirements.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Tips And Considerations
Confirming item deliveries in secondary unit of measure ensures correct recording of the actual quantities both in fiscal document unit of measure and item’s secondary tracking unit of measure for items with dual unit of measure. This also supplements reporting requirements with secondary attributes such as secondary unit of measure, secondary quantity for fiscal and management need.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Fiscal Document Capture guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
- Privilege Name and Code:
- Confirm Item Deliveries (CMF_CONFIRM_ITEM_DELIVERIES)
- Job Role Name and Code:
- Fiscal Document Specialist (ORA_CMF_FISCAL_DOCUMENT_SPECIALIST)
- Receiving Specialist (ORA_CMF_RECEIVING_SPECIALIST)
Search Subinventories with On-Hand Balances for Interorganization Transfers
You can use interorganization transfers to transfer material quickly between inventory organizations when you don't require a formal pick, pack, or ship process. This feature is extremely beneficial if you have multiple closely located warehouses or manufacturing facilities as distinct inventory organizations. When creating an interorganization transfer, you can now automatically search and return only those subinventories where on-hand quantity is currently available. This feature lets you see which subinventories have on-hand balances, the available quantity, and other pertinent data about the subinventory.
Search On-Hand Quantity
This feature allows you to quickly make an informed decision about where to transfer materials from.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Inventory Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.
- Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
- Warehouse Manager (ORA_INV_WAREHOUSE_MANAGER)
- Inventory Manager (ORA_INV_INVENTORY_MANAGER)
- Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
- Manage On-hand Quantities ( INV_MANAGE_ONHAND_QUANTITY
- Inventory Transaction Management (ORA_INV_INVENTORY_TRANSACTION_MANAGEMENT_DUTY)
View Additional Columns in the Receiving Transactions Real Time Subject Area in OTBI
Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI) lets you create ad hoc reports using real-time transactional data from Oracle Inventory Management Cloud to monitor your materials management processes. In this update, the Tare Weight, Tare Weight Unit of Measure, Net Weight, and Net Weight Unit of Measure columns are now available in the Receiving Transactions Real Time subject area. Additionally, the Country of Origin dimension, which contains the Country and Country of Origin Code columns, has also been added to the Receiving Transactions Real Time subject area.
Receiving - Transactions Real-Time
Add Country, Country of Origin Code, Net Weight, Net Weight UOM, Tare Weight, and Tare Weight UOM to your OTBI reports.
These columns provide you with additional reporting capability for your historical and in-transit receiving transactions.
Steps to Enable
Leverage new subject area(s) by adding to existing reports or using in new reports. For details about creating and editing reports, see the Creating and Administering Analytics and Reports book (available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > Books > Administration).
Tips And Considerations
You can add the new Country, Country of Origin Code, Net Weight, Net Weight UOM, Tare Weight, and Tare Weight UOM columns to your existing reports, or create new reports that use these new columns. For details about creating and editing reports, see the Oracle SCM Cloud: Creating and Administering Analytics and Reports guide on the Oracle Help Center.
Key Resources
- Watch the View Additional Columns in the Receiving Transactions Real Time Subject Area in OTBI demo.
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
- Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
- Warehouse Manager (ORA_INV_WAREHOUSE_MANAGER_JOB)
Collect Country of Supply from Receipt for Intrastat Reporting
Intrastat is the system for collecting and producing trade statistics for the movement of goods within member countries of the European Union (EU). Intrastat reporting enables you to collect, record, and report statistics related to trade in accordance with your respective government legislation.
When collecting arrivals for Intrastat reporting, it's important that the supply country matches the country from where your supplier sent the goods. Previously, the supply country was recorded from the supplier site you provided on the purchase order. However, in certain circumstances, your supplier might ship goods from a different location. In that case, it could affect whether the arrival needs to be reported for Instrastat. To account for this change, during receipt of goods, you can use the Ship-from Site field to update the country from where your supplier shipped the goods. The default value for the Ship-from Site field is the supplier site defined on the purchase order; however, you can now update it when receiving goods to reflect a different location.
Choose the Ship-from Site field on the Receive Lines Page
This feature ensures that the supply country matches the ship-from country so that you can collect arrival transactions accurately.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Key Resources
- Watch the Collect Country of Supply from Receipt for Intrastat Reporting demo.
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them to predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.
- Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
- Tax Manager (ORA_ZX_TAX_MANAGER_JOB)
- Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
- Collect Intrastat Transactions (JMF_COLLECT_INTRASTAT_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)
- Manage Intrastat Transactions (JMF_MANAGE_INTRASTAT_TRANSACTIONS_PRIV)
Use the Enhanced Costed BOM OTBI Report
The Costed BOM Report is an out-of-the-box OTBI report you can use to:
- Review the rolled-up costs and breakdown of the costs for the standard costed items that have been rolled up within a particular cost scenario.
- Review the rolled-up costs of a standard costed item rolled up within different cost scenarios to analyze the trend of the cost.
The improved report logic has been optimized to give faster processing times for high volume customers. You can have a high volume of items within the cost scenario or your business needs to rollup and update the costs more frequently. Whatever the business need be, the optimized report helps you analyze data faster.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Tips And Considerations
- The improved report logic is used when you use Scenario or Root Assembly to filter data in the report.
- In addition, you can use any other search parameter to further narrow down your search results in this report.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Supply Chain Cost Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.
- Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
- Cost Accountant (ORA_CST_COST_ACCOUNTANT)
Configure Display of Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting Infolets
Use a profile option at the site or user level to select which Cost Accounting and Receipt Accounting infolets display.
Hiding Cost Accounting Infolets: Use the ORA_CST_HIDE_INFOLETS profile option to hide infolets on Cost Accounting work area. You can enter the following values, separated by a comma, to hide one or multiple infolets:
Profile option values | Description |
All | Hides all infolets |
INVENTORY_VALUATION | Hides the Inventory Valuation infolet |
GROSS_MARGIN | Hides the Gross Margin infolet |
PURCHASE_PRICE_VARIANCE | Hides the Purchase Price Variance infolet |
WIP_BALANCES | Hides the Work in Process Balances infolet |
WORK_ORDER_COSTS | Hides the Work Order Costs infolet |
TRANSACTION_STATUS | Hides the Transaction Status infolet |
RECENT_EXCEPTIONS | Hides the Recent Exceptions infolet |
LAST_COST_ROLLUP | Hides the Last Cost Rollup infolet |
RECENT_PROCESSES | Hides the Recent Processes infolet |
Hiding Receipt Accounting Infolets: Use the ORA_CMR_HIDE_INFOLETS profile option to hide infolets on the Receipt Accounting work area. You can enter the following values separated by a comma to hide one or multiple infolets:
Profile option values | Description |
ALL | Hides all infolets |
COST_OF_RECEIPTS | Hides Cost of Receipts infolet |
EXCEPTIONS | Hides Exceptions infolet |
UNMATCHED_ACCRUAL_BALANCES | Hides Unmatched Accrual Balances infolet |
INVOICE_ASSOCIATIONS | Hides Open Charge Invoice Associations infolet |
ACCRUAL_WRITE_OFF | Hides Accrual Write Off infolet |
TRADE_OPERATIONS | Hides Trade Operations infolet |
RECENT_PROCESSES | Hides Recent Processes infolet |
CHARGE_LINE_STATUS | Hides Charge Line Status infolet |
You set the profiles in the Manage Cost Accounting Profile options task and the Manage Receipt Accounting Profile Options task in the Setup and Maintenance work area.
The following figure illustrates how you hide the Cost Accounting infolets using the Manage Cost Accounting Profile Options page.
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Tips And Considerations
- When you hide infolets using these profile options, the infolet won't be visible in the Cost Accounting work area and can't be enabled from the My Infolets region.
- You can unhide infolets at the site or user level by removing the specific profile option value.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Supply Chain Cost Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
- Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
- Applications Implementation Consultant
Track Progress of Create Cost Accounting Distributions Process
You can view detailed status and timings information when you run the Create Cost Accounting Distributions process. The Create Cost Accounting Distributions process is made up of the following processors:
- Preprocessor
- Cost Processor
- COGS Recognition
- Distribution Processor
- Cost Reports Processor
Each of these stages contain multiple steps. The status displays the processor progress status, start time, end time, duration, and step information allowing you to have a better understanding of how long the process may take. In addition, you see the commit loop and inner loop information. You set up the commit limit for the run control on the Create Cost Accounting Distributions page. The commit limit and the number of transactions to be processed determines the number of commit limit loops required to complete the process. If you have a large number of transactions, multiple commit limit loops may be required. If you have transfers or work order flows, there may be multiple inner loops before moving to the next stage.
The amount of time the Create Cost Accounting Distributions process takes depends on the number of transactions to process. For example, if you only run the process infrequently and have a large number of transactions, the process may take longer than if you run the process more often and have fewer transactions. Reviewing the detailed status of the process gives you better visibility into how long the process may take.
The following screenshot illustrates the progress of the Create Cost Accounting Distributions process.
Cost Processor in Progress
Review Historical Timing Information for Completed Processes
Steps to Enable
You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.
Tips And Considerations
- Use the Create Cost Accounting Distributions Page to set up process parameters and commit limit.
- Where the processor runs for multiple commit limit loops, you can download prior commit limit loop data in spreadsheet format by clicking on View Detailed Timings on the Status page. You can also find detailed step timings in the same file.
- All times are displayed in your preferred time zone defined in preferences.
- When the process is running, the status page also displays a ticker in the form of current SQL the process is on and the time elapsed.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Supply Chain Cost Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.
- Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
- Cost Accountant (ORA_CST_COST_ACCOUNTANT) for Cost Accounting.
- Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
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Create Cost Accounting Distributions
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Use the Enhanced Cost of Goods Sold Processor
The Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) processor, which is part of the Create Cost Accounting Distributions process, matches the sales order shipments to invoice revenue lines to recognize associated cost of goods sold in proportion to the revenue recognized in Receivables or Revenue Management. This processor has been enhanced to support high-volume transaction processing. There are no changes to how you run the Create Cost Accounting Distributions process or how transactions are costed and accounted.
You see improved processing times for the following situations:
- A high volume of sales order and COGS recognition transactions to be costed
- A small number of such transactions to be costed quickly - for example, during period-end processing, when a smaller set of transactions should be processed prior to reconciliation.
Steps to Enable
Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.
Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management No Longer Optional From: Update 22B
Tips And Considerations
- If you enable this feature through the opt in, the new processor is used.
- Use the Offerings work area to opt in to this feature. The feature is available in the Cost Accounting functional area.
Key Resources
- Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Supply Chain Cost Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
Role And Privileges
- With the following predefined job role, you can submit the Create Cost Accounting Distributions Process:
- Cost Accountant (ORA_CST_COST_ACCOUNTANT)
- Users who are assigned job roles that contains the following privilege can submit the Create Cost Accounting Distributions Process:
- Create Cost Distributions (CST_CREATE_COST_DISTRIBUTIONS_PRIV)