<Insert Picture Here> Smart Reporting in E-Business Suite Financials Release 12.1

<Insert Picture Here> Smart Reporting in E-Business Suite Financials Release 12.1 Helle Hennings Product Strategy Director

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Agenda Why is reporting important? Reporting Tools Summary Q&A <Insert Picture Here>

Why is Reporting Important? Source: White paper Transforming the Close Process by Deloitte, July 28, 2008.

Reporting Tools for Oracle Financials R12.1 FSG & Report Manager Financial Statements Query & Analysis BI Apps Bi Discoverer BI Publisher Operational Reporting (Pixel Perfect Reporting) Performance Indicators BI Apps

Financial Statement Generator (FSG) Reports and Report Manager <Insert Picture Here>

Financial Statement Generator Features Financial Statement Generator (FSG) is a powerful report building tool for Oracle General Ledger Balance Sheet Income Statement Budget vs. Actuals

When to Use FSG Reports Use Financial Statement Generator Reports to Create custom financial statements Report on budget vs. actual and different amount types such as PTD, QTD, and YTD Create consolidated reports and perform consolidation for companies sharing the same ledger or ledger set Group the Adjustment Only Secondary Ledger with its Primary Ledger in a Ledger Set for financial reporting Primary Ledger USD Statutory Ledger Set Adjustment Only Secondary Ledger USD For adjustments

Merge Viewer Report Manager: Integration with FSG Reports Report Manager Reports html FSG/SRS Metadata Report Templates Repository

Report Types Financial Report Submission All FSG Reports which are defined in GL can be submitted through this function Ad-hoc Financial Report Submission FSG Reports can also be defined using the GL Report Components (Row Set, Column Set, Content set ) Standard Report Submission All standard (non FSG) reports fall under this category <Insert Picture Here>

Financial Report Template Editor Create custom Templates for FSG Reports A template is automatically generated based on the FSG Report Definition from GL Leveraging Web ADI (MS Excel format) to specify layout and control fonts, colors, borders, width & height and basic page setup features Enable user to drill-down in seeded FSG templates* and custom templates (on upload check the Enable Drill checkbox) *New feature in R12.1.1

Financial Report Template Editor

Financial Report Template Editor

Submission Flows Submission Parameters Primary parameters, Scheduling options Publishing Parameters Template, Security Storage Location Repository Details Presentation Parameters Menu Creation Review Page Summarizes all options selected in page flow

Improved Process for Publishing Large Reports FSG & Report Manager - Complex content set capabilities Support combination of Page Expand & Page Total Detailed reports for each expansion value when exported to Excel shows as different tabs within a workbook* Expansion values filtered by user to value security Reduced time in publishing large reports *New feature in R12.1.1

Improved Process for Publishing Large Reports FSG report completed. User selects to view report output, selects value All for content set and selects Excel sheet format

Improved Process for Publishing Large Reports FSG report in excel sheet Content set results in department values that are split into multiple tabs

New FSG Drill-Down* Drill-down on FSG reports will not require user to select effective account ranges Drill-down from FSG report balances in excel, pdf or html output Drill-down directly to all accounts and amounts that make up the balance User can drill-down on balances from this page and drill further down to GL journals and further to down to subledger transactions *New feature in Release 12.1.2

New FSG Drill-Down

New FSG Drill-Down

New FSG Drill-Down

Summary FSG & Report Manager Integration Business Value Build Financial Statements to suit your business needs Report Template builder with user friendly look and feel (MS Excel) and flexibility on font, layout and images Auditability with drill-down from report balances to accounts, journals and transactions Easy access to reports through report repository in Report Manager

BI Publisher Reports <Insert Picture Here>

Business Reporting Requirements Complex and Diverse High Fidelity Reports Partner Reports Financial Statements Government forms Marketing materials Contracts Checks, Labels XML EFT / EDI Multiple destinations Labels Invoices Destinations Checks XML / EFT / EDI Reports

From Data to Destination Data Sources Oracle Applications CRM Projects FMS HCM SCM Any XML Data Source XML Templates Business User BI Publisher Publishing Engine PDF RTF Uses familiar desktop tools for layout customization Output FormatsDestination HTML XML Integrate Out-of-the-Box with Oracle Applications Email Printer Fax Order Letters Confirmations Fund Online Transfers Bills EDI Excel Payslips Government Grant Forms

Oracle Financials Reports as BI Publisher Reports Majority of standard reports in Oracle Financials are now available as BI Publisher Reports Create new report layout based on a standard Oracle standard report using BI Publisher Report Templates User defined report template can be applied *New feature in R12.1.1

Oracle Financials Reports as BI Publisher Reports User defined report template utilizing BI Publisher to populate the grey shaded areas with field values

Oracle Financials Reports as BI Publisher Reports Report template has been applied and standard report is run from Oracle Receivables producing this output

Oracle Financials Reports as BI Publisher Reports FSG reports can be submitted as BI Publisher Report - now with drill-down through pdf format* *New feature in R12.1.1

Financial Reporting with BI Publisher Excel based Financial Reporting BI Publisher excel-based reporting*: Report templates can be shared easily across reports Run FSG reports using the existing Publish FSG Report program Specify an excel-based BI Publisher template BI Publisher generates an excel file as output. View Output to open the report in excel, with a separate tab for each report in a report set / content set Optionally drilldown from excel to underlying detail balances *New feature in R12.1.2

Financial Reporting with BI Publisher FSG Report Submission

Financial Reporting with BI Publisher FSG Report Publishing and Drilldown

Summary BI Publisher Reporting Business Value Majority of Oracle Financials Reports are now BI Publisher Reports Utilize BI Publisher reports for operational needs Easy for end users to modify BI Publisher report layout with user friendly tools such as MS Word or Adobe Acrobat PDF Underlying XML extract supports BI Publisher report template, allowing for reports to be easily modified to add new columns Auditability with drill-down from FSG BI Publisher report to accounts, journals and transactions

Oracle BI Applications <Insert Picture Here>

Financial Close Key Challenges KEY CHALLENGES Lack of visibility into financial performance data Weak audit trail to drill back to origin Unable to support financial accountability and best practices Time wasted gathering data to manage and report EXAMPLES No single integrated view of multiple charts of accounts Poor or inconsistent financial metric definitions Inability to integrate dozens of financial source systems Lack of integration with underlying source systems Inability to associate aggregated financial results to the line item details in the transactional data sources Limited intra period reporting capability Unable to comply with financial and accounting disclosure legislation such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and IAS/IFRS Faster Reporting - Accelerated SEC 10K/10Q filing deadlines Continued reliance on management-by-spreadsheet Disparate financial reporting and poor internal distribution Relevant data in multiple systems CRM, ERP, etc. No single source of the truth

Oracle BI Applications Prebuilt Solutions for EBS, PeopleSoft, Siebel, JD Edwards, and more Add insight to CRM and ERP applications Easy to adapt and extend Works with existing IT environment Tight integration with OLTP systems Fast time to value; Low TCO Over 2,500 customers CRM Analytics Sales Service & Contact Center Marketing Loyalty Price Common Enterprise Information Model Oracle BI Server ERP Analytics Financials Human Resources Procurement & Spend Supply Chain & Order Mgmt Projects Other Data Sources IVR, ACD, CTI Hyperion MS Excel Syndicated

Oracle Financial Analytics Provides Consistent and Complete View of Financial Data Receivables ANALYSIS & METRICS Closing Group amount DSO Credit limit used % AR payment days Time paid before Due General Ledger Accounts receivable Debt to equity ratio AR turnover Cash cycle Inventory turnover Payables AP due 1-30 Amount AP payment days AP weighted days DPO Times paid before Due Profitability Return on equity Return on assets Return on capital Gross margin % Product operating profit Total AR Overdue amount AR due 1-30 amount AR overdue 1-30 amount AR credit memo amount AR Average Invoice amount Fixed assets turnover Operating cash flow Investing cash flow Financing cash flow Net cash flow AP overdue 1-30 amount Closing group amount Total AP overdue amount Overdue Amount to total % AP average Invoice amount Net Income margin % Operating margin % EBT margin % Product gross profit Customer gross margin BENEFITS More timely, informed decisions at all levels of the organisation Drill-back allows fully automated and easily accessible audit trail Drive financial accountability to managers Receive intra-period financial information before books are closed - Control expenses before they impact earnings Designed and maintained by finance business users Executive dashboards for key stakeholders Rapid implementation and a highly intuitive UI drives down TCO and increases ROI

Decision Workflows Financial Analytics Business Objectives/ Issues Maximise cash flow Is DSO on target? Is DPO on target? Gain Insights Is overdue balances trending up? How long is the underlying overdue balance pending? Who are the customers and collectors? Drill to overdue invoice detail Are payment terms in compliance? What is the aging of due balances? Drill to due balances by region Business Function Receivables Role Director, Credits & Collections Objectives Maximize cash flow Control risk of receivables portfolio Take Action Target collection efforts to reduce overdue balances

Decision Workflows Financial Analytics Business Objectives/ Issues Maximise cash flow Is DSO on target? Is overdue balances trending up? Drill to Detail Gain Insights How long is the underlying overdue balance pending? Who are the customers? Drill to overdue invoice detail Take Action Target collection efforts to reduce overdue balances

Tight Integration with Oracle Applications Action Links Navigate to Operational Action Links Seamless navigation from analytical information to transactional detail while maintaining context Works with Oracle EBS, Siebel CRM and PeopleSoft

Flexfield and Value Set Integration Key Flexfields (KFF) Pre-packaged mappings to extract Key Flexfield data Mappings are flexible to handle configuration performed on these flexfields Out-of-the-box support to a number of KFF s (refer next slide) Descriptive Flexfields (DFF) Support by extension of the data warehouse by adding requisite columns Value Set Hierarchy Extract hierarchical relationships of Value Sets

Data Security for EBS What data can you see? Data Security Multi-Org data access support with Oracle E-Business Suite applications: Operating Unit Inventory Organization Business Group Ledger/ Set of Books Position

BI Integrated with EBS

End Result: Role Based Dashboard Object Security: Dashboard Object Security: Reports Roles Data Security: Suppliers based on user OU

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