Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.1 of the Oracle Order Management User's Guide.

See Related Information Sources for more Oracle E-Business Suite product information.

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Structure

1  Introduction
2  Order Capture
3  Sales Agreements
4  Items and Inventory
5  Order Inquiry
6  Actions on Orders
7  Tracking Changes through Order Actions
8  Customer related Actions
9  ATP, Reservations, and Scheduling
10  Pricing
11  Shipping
12  Order Management Processes
13  Invoicing and Payments
14  Integration with other Applications
15  Order Information
16  Standard Reports
A  Windows and Navigation Paths
B  Seeded Formulas
C  Order Status List
D  Concurrent Programs
Glossary

Related Information Sources

Integration Repository

The Oracle Integration Repository is a compilation of information about the service endpoints exposed by the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications. It provides a complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite's business service interfaces. The tool lets users easily discover and deploy the appropriate business service interface for integration with any system, application, or business partner.

The Oracle Integration Repository is shipped as part of the E-Business Suite. As your instance is patched, the repository is automatically updated with content appropriate for the precise revisions of interfaces in your environment.

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Oracle Assets User’s Guide

Oracle Bills of Material User’s Guide

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Oracle Cash Management User’s Guide

Oracle Configurator User’s Guide

Oracle Cost Management User’s Guide

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Oracle Inventory User’s Guide

Oracle Manufacturing Scheduling User’s Guide

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Oracle Payables User’s Guide

Oracle Pricing User’s Guide

Oracle Project Manufacturing User’s Guide

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Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide

Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide

Oracle Workflow API Reference

Oracle E-Business Suite Flexfields Guide

Oracle eTechnical Reference Manuals

Oracle E-Business Suite Concepts

Oracle E-Business Suite Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install

Maintaining Oracle E-Business Suite Documentation Set

Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator’s Guide Documentation Set

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Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle E-Business Suite Data

Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data unless otherwise instructed.

Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as SQL*Plus to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data, you risk destroying the integrity of your data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.

Because Oracle E-Business Suite tables are interrelated, any change you make using an Oracle E-Business Suite form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle E-Business Suite data using anything other than Oracle E-Business Suite, you may change a row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle E-Business Suite.

When you use Oracle E-Business Suite to modify your data, Oracle E-Business Suite automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle E-Business Suite also keeps track of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a record of changes.