This appendix covers the following topics:
During implementation, set a value for each Oracle Assets profile option to specify how Oracle Assets controls access to and processes data.
See: Setting User Profile Options, Oracle Applications System Administrator's Guide - Maintenance
Profile options are grouped into one or more profile option categories enabling you to view only the profile options that pertain to your application or function.
Oracle Assets Categories
Account Generation
Archive and Purge
Concurrent Processing
Debug
Depreciation
Desktop Integration
Payables Integration
Performance
Security
Setup
Oracle Assets Profile Options
FA: Allow Swiss Special Assets
FA: Annual Rounding
FA: Archive Table Sizing Factor
FA: Batch Size
FA: Cache Sizing Factor
FA: Custom Generate CCID
FA: Default DPIS to Invoice Date
FA: Deprn Single
FA: Enable Depreciation Override
FA: Generate Asset Level Account
FA: Generate Book Level Accounts
FA: Generate Category Level Accounts
FA: Generate Depreciation Expense Accounts
FA: Japan 2007 Tax Reforms Features
FA: Mass Copy All Cost Adjustments
FA: Maximum Projection Extent
FA: Number of Parallel Requests
FA: Print Debug
FA: Print Timing Diagnostics
FA: Security Profile
FA: Tax Asset Type Category Segment for Japanese Depreciable Assets Tax Report
FA: Use Threshold
FA: Use Workflow Account Generation
FADI: Create Asset Privileges
FADI: Physical Inventory Privileges
This section describes profile options by category.
The tables in this section provide profile option information as follows:
The Default column displays either the default profile option value in italics, or No Default if none exists.
The User Access column indicates whether you can view or update the profile option.
The System Administration: Site, Application, Responsibility, and User columns indicate at which levels the system administrator can update these profile options.
The key for each table is:
Update: You can update the profile option.
View Only: You can view the profile option but cannot change it.
No Access: You cannot view or change the profile option.
The table below lists the profile options that are used to generate accounts.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Custom Generate CCID | No | No Access | No Access | No Access | No Access | No Access |
| FA: Generate Depreciation Expense Accounts | No default | View Only | No Access | Update | Update | View Only |
| FA: Generate Asset Level Account | No default | View Only | No Access | Update | View Only | View Only |
| FA:Generate Book Level Accounts | No default | View Only | No Access | Update | View Only | View Only |
| FA: Generate Category Level Accounts | No default | View Only | No Access | Update | View Only | View Only |
| FA: Use Workflow Account Generation | Yes | View Only | Update | Update | Update | No Access |
Indicates whether Oracle Assets should call Oracle Workflow or the stub package FA_CUSTOM_GEN_CCID_PKG when generating code combinations. You can customize the FA_CUSTOM_GEN_CCID_PKG stub package.
Yes: Oracle Assets calls the stub package FA_CUSTOM_GEN_CCID_PKG when generating code combinations.
No: Oracle Assets calls Oracle Workflow when generating code combinations.
This profile option allows you to generate the depreciation expense account based on Workflow rules. When you set this profile option to Yes, Generate Accounts reads the profile option and generates the expense account using Workflow rules. If you do not set this profile option or you set it to No, Generate Accounts uses the expense account entered for an asset in the Assignments window.
This profile option allows the Generate Accounts program to generate asset level accounts. When you set this profile option to Yes or do not set it, Generate Accounts reads the profile option and generates the asset level account using Workflow rules. If you set this profile option to No, Generate Accounts does not generate asset level accounts. You should set this profile option to No only if Workflow has been customized so that one or more accounts for a single asset and distribution may change over time.
The default is Yes.
This profile option allows the Generate Accounts program to generate book level accounts. When you set this profile option to Yes or do not set it, Generate Accounts reads the profile option and generates the book level account using Workflow rules. If you set this profile option to No, Generate Accounts does not generate book level accounts. You should set this profile option to No only if Workflow has been customized so that one or more accounts for a single asset and distribution may change over time.
The default is Yes.
This profile option allows the Generate Accounts program to generate category level accounts. When you set this profile option to Yes or do not set it, Generate Accounts reads the profile option and generates the category level account using Workflow rules. If you set this profile option to No, Generate Accounts does not generate category level accounts. You should set this profile option to No only if Workflow has been customized so that one or more accounts for a single asset and distribution may change over time.
The default is Yes.
This profile option controls whether the account generation rules set up in Oracle Workflow are used. If you set the value to Yes, then the account generation rules set up in Oracle Workflow are used. If you set the value to No, then the account derivation rule set up in Oracle Subledger Accounting is used.
The table below lists the profile options related to the archive and purge function.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Archive Table Sizing Factor | 100 KB | View Only | No Access | Update | Update | No Access |
Controls the space allotted for the temporary tables created when you archive and purge a book. The sizing factor specifies how many kilobytes of storage to reserve for the initial extent. The default value is 100 kilobytes. You can update this option if you are archiving a large number of records for a fiscal year.
This profile option is visible to the System Administrator and updatable at the application and responsibility levels. It is visible to, but not updatable by, the user.
The internal name for this profile option is FA_ARCHIVE_TABLE_SIZE.
The table below lists the profile options related to concurrent processing.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Mass Copy All Cost Adjustments | No | View Only | No Access | Update | No Access | No Access |
| FA: Number of Parallel Requests | 1 | View Only | No Access | Update | Update | No Access |
Controls whether or not cost adjustments are copied to the tax book in the event that there is a difference between the unrevalued costs in the corporate book and the associated tax book If you set this profile option to Yes, cost adjustments are copied over regardless of whether the unrevalued costs are the same or different in the corporate book and the associated tax book. If you set this profile option to No, the Mass Copy program will not copy cost adjustments when the unrevalued costs in the corporate book and the associated tax book are different. The default is No.
This profile option can be set at the site or application level.
Controls the number of requests you run in parallel for those Oracle Assets programs that can run in parallel. For example, use this profile option to run parallel depreciation processes. When you run the process, Oracle Assets spawns a parent process with several child processes. Note that the Parent ID number is identical to that of the Request ID in the View Concurrent Requests form.
Enter a number between 1 and 15 to specify the maximum number of parallel requests you want to allow. The parent process is not included in this number.
This profile option is visible to the System Administrator and updatable at the application and responsibility levels. It is visible to, but not updatable by, the user.
The table below lists the profile options that control debugging and diagnostic features.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Print Debug | No | No Access | No Access | Update | Update | Update |
Indicates whether debug tracing messages are printed in concurrent program log files. This profile option is used by Support as a tool to identify a problem with the code.
Yes: Enables printing of debug messages
No: Disables printing of debug messages
(No Value): Equivalent to No
This profile option is visible to the System Administrator and updatable at the application, responsibility, and user levels.
The table below lists the profile options related to depreciation.
Controls whether or not annual rounding is performed for assets.
With Restrictions: End of the year adjustments are performed for assets that have no adjustments, revaluations, retirements, transfers, or additions with accumulated depreciation in the current fiscal year. This is the default.
Always: Annual rounding is performed at the end of the year, even if the assets have been added with accumulated depreciation, adjusted, revalued, reinstated, or transferred in the current fiscal year.
(No Value): Equivalent to With Restrictions
This profile option controls the caching buffer used when you run depreciation. You can set the buffer to either No (20) or Yes (1). The default is No.
If you set FA: Deprn Single to No, the cache is reset after every 20 assets. If you set FA: Deprn Single to Yes, the cache is reset after every asset.
Yes: Cache is reset after every asset
No: Cache is reset after every 20 assets
(No Value): Equivalent to No
This profile option should always be set to No, unless assets failed previously when running depreciation. In this case, you should set it to Yes temporarily, and rerun depreciation for any set of 20 assets that failed depreciation. When the profile option is set to Yes, the log file provides information on each asset so that you can determine which asset failed. When these assets have depreciated successfully, you should reset the profile option to No. Running depreciation with the profile option set to Yes can slow performance considerably.
This profile option controls whether you can override the depreciation amounts calculated by Oracle Assets.
Yes: Enable Depreciation Override
No: Disable Depreciation Override
(No Value): Equivalent to No
This profile option is visible to the System Administrator and updatable at the site and application levels. It is visible to, but not updatable by the responsibility and user levels.
To have access to Japan FY 2007 Tax reforms features, set this profile option to Yes.
The following features are available when you set this profile Yes:
New rates are added to the existing JP-STL depreciation method records
Guarantee Rate Evaluation Method check box for Formula based depreciation methods
Dual Rate Evaluation depreciable basis rule
JP-250DB depreciation method records
Allows you to decide whether to depreciate assets using a depreciation threshold. This profile option accommodates specific Japanese business rules. In general, your system should depreciate using the depreciation threshold. The default is Yes.
The table below lists the profile options related to desktop integration
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FADI: Create Asset Privileges | Entry, Upload, Submit | View Only | Update | Update | Update | Update |
| FADI: Physical Inventory Privileges | Entry, Upload, Submit, Adjust | View Only | Update | Update | Update | Update |
Allows you to use the Create Assets feature.
Allows you to use the Physical Inventory feature.
The table below lists the profile options that assist with Oracle Payables integration.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Default DPIS to Invoice Date | No | View Only | Update | No Access | No Access | No Access |
Enables you to use the Future Transactions feature by allowing the default date-placed-in-service to be the invoice date, even when the invoice date is in a future accounting period. If you set this profile option to Yes, Oracle Assets defaults the date-placed-in-service to the invoice date for future transactions. If you set this profile option to No, Oracle Assets does not default the date-placed-in-service to the invoice dates, and you cannot use the Future Transactions feature.
The default is No.
The table below lists performance-related profile options that.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Batch Size | 200 | Update | Update | Update | Update | Update |
| FA: Cache Sizing Factor | 25 | View Only | No Access | Update | Update | No Access |
| FA: Maximum Projection Extent | No default | Update | Update | Update | Update | Update |
| FA: Print Timing Diagnostics | No Default | No Access | No Access | Update | Update | Update |
The batch size used for bulk processing in mass processes.
Controls the amount of database information retained in concurrent program for performance improvement. The range is 0 to 25, and the default value is 25; you do not need to update this option.
This profile option is visible to the System Administrator and updatable at the application and responsibility levels. It is visible to, but not updatable by, the user.
Indicates whether timing diagnostic messages are printed in concurrent program log files. This profile option is used by Support as a tool to identify a problem with the code.
Yes: Enables printing of timing information
No: Disables printing of timing information
(No Value): Equivalent to No
This profile option is visible to the System Administrator and updatable at the application, responsibility, and user levels.
The table below lists the profile options that you use to control security.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Security Profile | No default | No Access | No Access | No Access | No Access | No Access |
Restricts access to the organizations defined in the security profile. This option is seeded at the site level with the view-all security profile created for the Startup Business Group.
The table below lists the profile options that assist you in setting up Oracle Assets.
| Profile Option | Default | User Access | System Administration: Site | System Administration: Application | System Administration: Responsibility | System Administration: User |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FA: Allow Swiss Special Assets | No default | View Only | No Access | No Access | No Access | No Access |
| FA: Tax Asset Type Category Segment for Japanese Depreciable Asset Tax Report | No default | View Only | Update | Update | No Access | No Access |
Controls whether you can use the Swiss insurance calculation method. If this profile option is set, when you add insurance details on the Fixed Asset Insurance window, you can check the Special Swiss Assets check box, which signifies that this asset will use the Swiss insurance calculation method.
This profile option controls the category segment used for the tax asset type in the Japanese Depreciable Asset Tax Report. You are required to set up this profile option with the category segment number used for the tax asset type definition.