Oracle Financials Implementation Guide

Contents

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Preface

Introduction

Introduction

Implementation Considerations

Implementation Guides

Accounting Setup Manager

Oracle Advanced Global Intercompany System

Legal Entity Configurator

Accounting Sequencing

Overview of Accounting Setups

Introduction

Accounting Setups

      Ledger Processing Options

      Secondary Ledgers

      Reporting Currencies

Accounting Setup Considerations

      Accounting Setups with One Legal Entity

      Accounting Setups with Multiple Legal Entities

      Accounting Setups with No Legal Entities

      Designing the Chart of Accounts

      Feature Comparison by Accounting Setup

Using Accounting Setup Manager

Creating Accounting Setups

      Accounting Setup Process

      Accounting Setup Prerequisites

      Accounting Setup Manager Pages

      Accounting Setup Manager Checklist

Legal Entities Overview

      Balancing Segment Value Assignments

      Using Balancing Segment Values for Transaction Processing

      Completing Accounting Setups

      Designating the Balancing Segment for a Chart of Accounts

      Defining Legal Entities Using Accounting Setup Manager

      Updating Balancing Segment Values

Creating Accounting Setup Structures

      Accounting Setup Manager Prerequisites Checklist

      Creating an Accounting Setup

      Assigning Legal Entities

      Defining Accounting Representations

      Saving the Accounting Structure

Completing Accounting Options

      Updating Legal Entities

      Primary Ledger Setup Steps

      Secondary Ledger Setup Steps

      Ledger Options

Reporting Currencies

      Assigning Reporting Currencies to Ledgers

      Journal Source and Category Conversion

      Subledger Level Reporting Currencies

      Journal Conversion Rule Examples

      Changing Conversion Rules

      Adding Reporting Currencies

      Disabling the Conversion of Reporting Currencies

Ledger Balancing Segment Value Assignments

Subledger Accounting Options

Operating Units

Intercompany Accounts

Intracompany Balancing Rules

Sequencing

Secondary Ledgers

      Data Conversion Levels

      Using Secondary Ledgers for Consolidated Reporting

      Using Ledgers for Consolidation

Completing Accounting Setup

      Adding, Deleting, and Disabling Secondary Ledgers

      Primary to Secondary Ledger Mapping

Defining Legal Entities Using the Legal Entity Configurator

Overview

      Legal Entities

      Establishments

      Registration

      Jurisdictions

      Legal Authorities

      Legal Associations

      Generating the Legal Entity Identifier

Using the Legal Entity Configurator

      Using the Legal Entity Home Page

      Searching for a Legal Entity

      Creating a Legal Entity

      Creating Establishments

      Configuring an Organization as a Legal Entity or Establishment

      Updating Legal Entities

      Updating Legal Entities Details

      Updating Establishments

      Creating Registrations

      Updating Registrations

      Changing the Main Establishment

      Setting Up Legal Addresses

      Searching for a Jurisdiction

      Creating and Updating Jurisdictions

      Creating and Updating Legal Authorities

Intercompany and Intracompany Balancing

Overview

Intercompany Balancing

Intracompany Balancing Rules

Intercompany Balancing Engine

Additional General Ledger Setup

Introduction

Ledger Sets

Oracle General Ledger Security

      Data Access Sets

      Definition Access Sets

Accounting and Reporting Sequencing

Overview

Defining Sequences

      Updating Sequences

      Sequences Page

Defining Sequence Assignments

      Creating a Sequencing Context

      Sequence Contexts Page

      Sequencing Context for Subledger and General Ledger Journals

      Assigning a Sequence

      Sequence Assignments Page

      Sequence Assignments for Subledger and General Ledger Journals

      Defining Exceptions

      Updating Assignments

Accounting Setup Examples

Introduction

Accounting Setup with Multiple Legal Entities – U.S. Only Operations

      Additional Requirements

      Accounting Setup for U.S. Legal Entities

      Consolidation

      Security

Accounting Setup – North American Company

      Additional Requirements:

      Accounting Setup for Canadian Legal Entity

      Ledger Sets

      Consolidation

      Security

Accounting Setup – European Operations

      Requirements for London Rain (U.K.):

      Accounting Setup for the U.K.

Accounting Setup - Latin America Operations

      Requirements for Brazil:

      Accounting Setup for Brazil

Accounting Setup with No Legal Entities - Consolidation Example

      Accounting Setup for Consolidation Purposes

      Consolidation Steps

Management Reporting Example - U.S. Only Operations

      Additional Requirements

      Using Secondary Ledgers for Management Reporting

      Ledger Set

      Security

Oracle Financials Profile Options

Profile Options Overview

      Setup Profile Options Summary

Glossary

Index