Welcome to Release 12.1 of the Oracle iProcurement Implementation and Administration Guide.
This guide contains the information needed to implement and administer Oracle iProcurement.
See Related Information Sources for more Oracle E-Business Suite product information.
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This appendix describes the search engine in detail, including setup impact on searching.
This appendix contains detailed information about the PO reconciliation history feed file.
This document is included on the Oracle Applications Document Library, which is supplied in the Release 12 DVD Pack. You can download soft-copy documentation as PDF files from the Oracle Technology Network at http://otn.oracle.com/documentation, or you can purchase hard-copy documentation from the Oracle Store at http://oraclestore.oracle.com. The Oracle E-Business Suite Documentation Library Release 12 contains the latest information, including any documents that have changed significantly between releases. If substantial changes to this book are necessary, a revised version will be made available on the online documentation CD on My Oracle Support.
If this guide refers you to other Oracle Applications documentation, use only the Release 12 versions of those guides.
For a full list of documentation resources for Oracle Applications Release 12, see Oracle Applications Documentation Resources, Release 12, My Oracle Support Document 394692.1.
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Oracle eBusiness Suite Electronic Technical Reference Manuals - Each Electronic Technical Reference Manual (eTRM) contains database diagrams and a detailed description of database tables, forms, reports, and programs for a specific Oracle Applications product. This information helps you convert data from your existing applications and integrate Oracle Applications data with non-Oracle applications, and write custom reports for Oracle Applications products. Oracle eTRM is available on My Oracle Support
Related Guides
You should have the following related books on hand. Depending on the requirements of your particular installation, you may also need additional manuals or guides.
Oracle E-Business Suite Installation Guide: Using Rapid Install
Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to Release 12
Oracle E-Business Suite Patching Procedures
Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Utilities
Oracle E-Business Suite Maintenance Procedures
Oracle E-Business Suite Concepts
Oracle E-Business Suite Developer's Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite Flexfields Guide
Oracle Application Framework Developer's Guide
Oracle Application Framework Personalization Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator's Guide Documentation Set
Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide
Oracle e-Commerce Gateway User's Guide
Oracle e-Commerce Gateway Implementation Guide
Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway User's Guide, Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Developer's Guide and Oracle E-Business Suite Integrated SOA Gateway Implementation Guide
Oracle Web Applications Desktop Integrator Implementation and Administration Guide
Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide
Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Oracle Workflow User's Guide
Oracle Workflow API Reference
Oracle XML Gateway User's Guide
Oracle E-Business Tax User Guide
Oracle E-Business Tax Implementation Guide
Oracle Financials and Oracle Procurement Functional Upgrade Guide: Release 11i to Release 12
Oracle Financials Concepts Guide
Oracle General Ledger User's Guide
Oracle Payables User Guide
Oracle Procurement Buyer’s Guide to Punchout and Transparent Punchout
Oracle Purchasing User’s Guide
Oracle Subledger Accounting Implementation Guide
Oracle Projects Fundamentals
Oracle Grants Accounting User Guide
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.
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.