Monday, August 15, 2011

R12.1.X-Over all Changes (Business Group,L.E, Locations , Address....)

Version 12.1.3 has some significant differences to earlier R12 versions impacting the behavior of the HR Locations records (which are important for the multi-org setup)
 
Business Group (used for employees and HR functions, no difference to 11I
 
Chart of Accounts – basis for all other operational and financial setups) – no difference in setup and structure.

Legal Entity – New  Legal Entity Configurator Responsibility in Web-Form)  - Lots of different setup and decisions to be made (very different from 11I)
 
Create Ledger - New  Accounting Setup Manager Responsibility in Web-Form Lots of different setup and decisions to be made (very different from 11I). Formerly GL Set of Books.
 
Create Operating Unit and assign to Ledger New  Accounting Setup Manager
Responsibility in Web-Form Additional restrictions and impacts, differences between R12 and 11I.

  • Responsibilities span multiple Operating Units for transactional capability

  • Legal Entity has now become relevant

  • UMX – User Management has a implicit role in some tasks

  • Multiple forms are now Java/HTML based; often the application jumps between these

  • XML Publisher - now BI Publisher is all over the place

  • You have to start with creating a Legal Entity to start a Ledger definition

  • You cannot use the same name for a Legal Entity

  • The key is the Tax ID Number (cannot be re-used)

  • You cannot delete these from the system, you can end-date them

  • Cash Management now “owns” Banks!

  • You need to log in to Cash Management to create Bank and Account Information (Note: 415529.1)

  • You MUST assign the Cash Management responsibility using UMX – User Management

  • This MUST be done using the SYSADMIN User, not the responsibility!

  • Customer form has changed drastically

  • The Customer form has been moved to the TCA architecture

  • Payment Manager is a new concept for Payment processing.

  1. Location Addresses” or “Locations” – Terminology and challenges in visibility of data from both angles Java and Web-Form

  2. No easy way to see table used in Web-Form

  3. No easy way to see total number of records in Web-Form

  4. Locations are not consistently visible across Java and Web Forms. We are not sure what it depends on. Possibly I can see in Web form only those that have been entered in Web-Form. In Java I can see all. Possible strategy is to enter what you can in Web-Form, especially locations, organizations

  5. Locations in Java and 11I are called Addresses in Web-Form of 12

  6. Business Group Needs Location (HR_Location)

  7. Address Validation (HR Address Format and Validation Changes in 12.1.3 & one of patch - Patch 9871990)

  8. Data entry through Java form or Web-form?

  9. Address default United States – will cause validation (if site profile option is set for HR purpose).

Reference:
1104887.1 : How to Setup a Legal Address Using HR Address Formats in R12 Legal Entity Configurator
  1064366.1 :How to Add a New Legal Entity, Ledger and Operating Unit for a New Country