About the Mass Additions Interface
You can create assets automatically from information in any other system using Mass Additions. Oracle Assets is already integrated with Oracle Payables; you can easily integrate it with other payables systems. You can also use the mass additions process to convert your assets from an outside system to Oracle Assets.
Attention: Plan your conversion carefully and thoroughly, since you cannot undo it.
Create Assets From Oracle Payables
The Create Mass Additions program creates mass additions from invoice information in Oracle Payables. The concurrent process places the new mass additions in a holding area (the table FA_MASS_
ADDITIONS) that is separate from the main Oracle Assets tables, so that you can review and approve the mass additions before they become asset additions.
Create Asset Additions From Another Payables System
To integrate Oracle Assets with another system, develop your own program to add mass additions to the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table. Also, you may want to add another window to the Oracle Assets menu to run your concurrent process. A description of the columns in the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table is included later in this essay.
Convert From Other Systems
Oracle Assets lets you convert from your previous asset system using mass additions. Instead of loading your asset information into multiple Oracle Assets tables, load your information into the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table and use the mass additions process to simplify your work.
Use Mass Additions to Import Your Asset Data
The Mass Additions feature of Oracle Assets is normally used to import asset information from Oracle Payables. Mass Additions automatically populates the many Oracle Assets tables from the relatively simple FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table. By placing your data in this table, you can use the power of the Post Mass Additions to Oracle Assets program to perform the bulk of your import.
Mass Additions has three main components:
- Create: finds potential new assets in Oracle Payables and brings them into the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table
- Prepare: allows you to review potential new assets and enter additional information
- Post: creates assets by importing asset information from the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table into several Oracle Assets tables
To import asset information from another payables system, load the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table and then use Prepare and Post to add your assets to Oracle Assets.
To convert assets from another assets system, use only the Post component to move the asset information you store in the FA_MASS_ADDITIONS table into Oracle Assets.
Data Import Checklist
Complete these steps to import your asset data into Oracle Assets.
See Also
FA_MASS_ADDITIONS Interface Table
