Oracle E-Business Suite Upgrade Guide

Contents

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Preface

Planning for an Upgrade

Overview of the Upgrade

      Supported Upgrade Paths

      The Upgrade Process

      Business Impact and Functional Changes

      General Information and Required Tasks

      Technical Upgrade Tasks

      Functional Upgrade Tasks

      Release 12.1.1 Updates

Installed Components and System Requirements

      Technology Stack Components

      Software Requirements

      CPU

      Memory

      Input/Output (I/O) Subsystem

      Database Size

      Tablespace Sizing

      Block Size

Release 12 Architecture

      Tablespace Model

      Multiple Organizations

      Subledger Accounting Model

Scheduling Time for an Upgrade

      Backup

      Database Initialization Parameters

      Determining Upgrade Tasks

      Maintenance Mode

      Obsolete Columns

      Test Upgrade

      User Preferred Time Zone Support

      Upgrade By Request

NLS Upgrade Considerations

      Languages

      Character Sets

Customized Environments

Product-specific Considerations

      Cross-Product Functionality

      Multiple Organizations (Multi-Org)

      Student System and Student Recruiting

Preparing for the Upgrade

Review Upgrade Tasks and Apply 11i.AD.I.6

Database and System Administration Tasks

Applications Technology Tasks

Customer Relationship Management Tasks

Financials and Procurement Tasks

Leasing and Finance Management Tasks

Projects Tasks

Public Sector/University Tasks

Supply Chain Management Tasks

Prepare for the Upgrade

Upgrading to Release 12.1.1

Perform the Upgrade

Finish the Upgrade

Finish System Administration Tasks

System Administration

Oracle XML Publisher

Post-upgrade Tasks

Review Post-upgrade Tasks

Applications Technology Tasks

Customer Relationship Management Tasks

Financials and Procurement Tasks

Human Resources Tasks

Intelligence Tasks

Projects Tasks

      Oracle Fusion Project Management and E-Business Suite Projects Coexistence

Supply Chain Management Tasks

Oracle Profitability Manager

Oracle Enterprise Performance Foundation

System Maintenance Tasks

Additional Tasks

Financials Upgrade Impact

About Business Impact and Functional Changes

Financials and Procurement Products

      Advanced Collections

      Assets

      Cash Management

      E-Business Tax

      Financials for the Americas

      Financials for Asia/Pacific

      Financials Common Country Features

      Financials Common Modules

      Financials for Europe

      Financials for India

      General Ledger

      Global Accounting Engine

      Internet Expenses

      iPayment

      iProcurement

      iSupplier Portal

      Leasing and Finance Management

      Loans

      Payables

      Payments

      Profitability Manager

      Public Sector Financials

      Purchasing

      Receivables

      Sourcing

      Subledger Accounting

      Trading Community Architecture

      Treasury

      U.S. Federal Financials

Customer Relationship Upgrade Impact

About Business Impact and Functional Changes

Customer Relationship Management

      Advanced Inbound

      Field Sales

      Incentive Compensation

      One-to-One Fulfillment

      Order Capture/Quoting

      Sales

      Sales and Telesales

      Service

      Territory Manager

      Field Service Advanced Scheduler

      Field Service (Core)

      Mobile Field Service

      Knowledge Management

Projects Upgrade Impact

About Business Impact and Functional Changes

Projects

      Daily Business Intelligence for Projects

      Grants Accounting

      Project Billing

      Project Costing

      Project Management

      Property Manager

      Projects Foundation

Supply Chain Upgrade Impact

About Business Impact and Functional Changes

Supply Chain Management

Advanced Supply Chain Planning

Asset Tracking

Contracts (Core)

Demand Planning

Depot Repair

Enterprise Asset Management (eAM)

Flow Manufacturing

Install Base

Inventory

Inventory Optimization

Order Management

Process Manufacturing

Product Lifecycle Management

Service Contracts

Shipping Execution

Shop Floor Management

Warehouse Management

Quality

Reducing Downtime

Customer Relationship Management

      Leads Management

Financials and Procurement Tasks

      Assets

      General Ledger

      Legal Entity

      iProcurement

Supply Chain Management

      Service Contracts

Verification Tasks

Customer Relationship Management

      Email Center

      Incentive Compensation

      Marketing

      TeleService

      Territory Manager

Financials and Procurement Tasks

      Advanced Global Intercompany System

      Assets

      E-Business Tax

      Financials for the Americas

      Financials for India

      General Ledger

      Global Accounting Engine

      iProcurement

      Legal Entity Configurator

      Payables

      Payments

      Receivables

      Sourcing

      Trading Community Architecture

      Treasury

      U.S. Federal Financials

Projects

      Property Manager

      Projects

Supply Chain Management

      Cost Management

      Order Management

Upgrade by Request

Customer Relationship Management

      Sales

      Sales and Telesales

Financials and Procurement Tasks

      Assets

      E-Business Tax

      Financials for the Americas

      General Ledger

      Payables

      Purchasing

      Receivables

      Subledger Accounting

Projects

      Projects

Supply Chain Management

      Cost Management

Product Documentation List

Applications Technology

Customer Relationship Management

Environment and Database

Financials and Procurement

Human Resources

Intelligence

Projects

Supply Chain Management

Pre-upgrade Patch List

Patch List

Index