Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle Enterprise Asset Management User's Guide.

This guide is designed for users and administrators of the Oracle Enterprise Asset Management application. It assumes that you have a working knowledge of the principles and customary practices of your business area, along with specific application knowledge of the Oracle Enterprise Asset Management product.

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Structure

1  Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Overview
2  Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Command Center
3  Setting Up
4  eAM Work Management
5  Preventive Maintenance
6  eAM Planning and Scheduling
7  eAM Cost Management
8  Direct Item Procurement for eAM Work Orders
9  Contractor Services
10  eAM Property Manager
11  Process and Discrete Manufacturing Integration
12  eAM Project Manufacturing
13  Integration with Oracle Time and Labor
14  eAM Quality
15  Work Order Billing
16  Oracle Service Integration
17  Self Service Work Requests
18  Using the Self-Service Assets Tab
19  Maintenance User Workbench
20  Wireless Maintenance User Workbench
21  Maintenance Super User
22  GIS Assets
23  GIS Assets Map Integration
24  Google Maps Integration
25  ESRI Integration
26  GIS Integration: Custom Mapviewer
27  Stores
28  Failure Analysis
29  Construction Units
30  Safety Management
31  Reports and Processes
A  Windows and Navigation Paths
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 Oracle 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.

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.