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Implementing the Account Generator for Project-Related Payable Invoices in Oracle Projects

In Release 10, several Oracle Applications products used FlexBuilder to derive account code combinations. In Release 11, FlexBuilder is replaced by the Account Generator. Account Generator provides implementation teams with enhanced flexibility and a better user interface by using Oracle Workflow.

If you are upgrading from Release 10 and you used FlexBuilder in Release 10, then you should review this section and perform an Account Generator setup as part of your upgrade. To plan the upgrade, follow the guidelines in the FlexBuilder chapter of the Oracle Applications Upgrade Preparation Manual.

If you are implementing Oracle Projects for the first time, you need to review this essay to learn how Oracle Projects uses the Account Generator to build Accounting Flexfield code combinations. Consider your needs for your Account Generator process for each set of books that uses a unique Accounting Flexfield structure.

Each Account Generator workflow is called an item type. Oracle Projects provides the following Account Generator item type:

The Project Supplier Invoice Charge Account item type contains the following workflow processes:

In many Account Generator settings, you can choose to user either the default Account Generator process or a customized version of the default Account Generator process for each Accounting Flexfield structure and set of books. When you implement the Account Generator to integrate Oracle Projects with Oracle Payables, you must customize the default Account Generator process. If you do not customize the process, it generates an error.

Prerequisites to Using the Account Generator with Oracle Projects

Before using the Account Generator on a production database in Oracle Projects to generate the supplier invoice charge account, you must:

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