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Overview of Oracle Financial Analytics

Oracle Financial Analytics consists of Oracle' Siebel General Ledger Analytics, Oracle Payables Analytics, Oracle Receivables Analytics, and Oracle General Ledger and Profitability Analytics, as follows:

• Oracle General Ledger and Profitability Analytics. The Siebel General Ledger Analytics application provides information to support your enterprise's balance sheet and provides a clearer understanding of the chart of accounts.

  The default configuration for the Siebel General Ledger Analytics application is based on what is identified as the most-common level of detail or granularity. However, you can configure and modify the extracts to best meet your business requirements.

• Oracle Payables Analytics. The Siebel Payables Analytics application provides information about your enterprise's accounts payable information and identifies the cash requirements to meet your obligations.

  The information found in the Siebel Payables Analytics application pertains to data found exclusively under Accounts Payable (AP) in your financial statements and chart of accounts. Analysis of your payables allows you to evaluate the efficiency of your cash outflows. The need for analysis is increasingly important because suppliers are becoming strategic business partners with the focus on increased efficiency for just in time, and quality purchasing relationships.

  The default configuration for the Siebel Payables Analytics application is based on what is identified as the most- common level of detail, or granularity. However, you can configure or modify the extracts to best meet your business requirements.

• Oracle Receivables Analytics. The Siebel Receivables Analytics application provides information to support your credit and collection activities, and to monitor and identify potential, receivables problems.

  The information found in the Siebel Receivables Analytics application pertains to data found exclusively in the Accounts Receivable (AR) account grouping of your financial statements and chart of accounts. Each day that your receivables are past the due date represents a significant, opportunity-cost to your company. Keeping a close eye on the trends, and clearing of AR is one way to assess the efficiency of your sales operations, the quality of your receivables, and the value of key customers.

  The default configuration for the Siebel Receivables Analytics application is based on what is identified as the most-common level of detail or granularity. However, you may configure and modify the extracts to best meet your business requirements.

• Oracle General Ledger and Profitability Analytics. The Siebel Profitability Analytics application provides cost analysis, revenue trends, and sales performance to provide an accurate picture of profit and loss. The information found in the Siebel Profitability Analytics application pertains to data found in the revenue and expense account groupings of your financial statements and chart of accounts. The Siebel Profitability Analytics application is designed to provide insight into your enterprise's revenue and profitability information, which ties into your accounts receivable.

  The default configuration for the Siebel Profitability Analytics application is based on what is identified as the most-common level of detail, or granularity. However, the extracts are configurable and you can modify the extracts to meet your business requirements. The Siebel Profitability Analytics application provides cost analysis, revenue trends, and profitability analysis at the products and customer level, and the income statement at the company and business divisions level.