Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle Advanced Pricing Implementation Guide.

This guide assumes you have a working knowledge of the principles and customary practices of the Oracle Advanced Pricing business area. If you have never used Oracle Advanced Pricing, Oracle suggests you attend one or more of the Oracle Applications training classes available through Oracle University. To learn more about Oracle Self Service Web Applications, see the Oracle Self-Service Web Applications Implementation Manual. To learn more about the Oracle Applications graphical user interface, see the Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide.

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Structure

1  Introduction
2  Implementation Overview
3  Implementation Methodology
4  Oracle Advanced Pricing Command Center Implementation
5  Profile Options and Pricing Parameters
6  Pricing Security
7  Pricing Data Bulk Loader
8  Price Lists
9  Price Book
10  Modifiers
11  Archiving and Purging Pricing Entities
12  Auditing
13  Multicurrency Price Lists and Agreements
14  Unit of Measure
15  Multiple Organizations
16  Precedence and Best Price
17  Attribute Management
18  Get Custom Price
19  Events and Phases
20  Pricing Engine Request Viewer Window
21  Integrating with Oracle Advanced Pricing
22  High Volume Order Processing
23  Technical Considerations
24  Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
A  Windows and Navigation Paths
B  Attribute Seed Data
C  Seeded Formulas
D  Optimal Performance
E  Case Study: Pricing Scenarios in the High-Tech Industry
F  Case Study: Using Oracle Advanced Pricing Formulas for Healthy Fast Food
G  Lookups

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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.