Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle Purchasing User's Guide.

This guide contains the information needed to implement and use Oracle Purchasing.

See Related Information Sources for more Oracle Applications product information.

Documentation Accessibility

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Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customer access to and use of Oracle support services will be pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in their Oracle order for the applicable services.

Structure

1  Setting Up Oracle Purchasing
2  Oracle Procurement Command Center
3  Oracle Project Procurement Command Center
4  Approval, Security, and Control
5  Oracle Approvals Management (AME) for Purchase Order Review, Approval, and Multiple E-Signatures
6  Requisitions
7  Purchase Orders
8  Oracle Procurement Command Center Setup
9  Oracle Project Procurement Command Center Setup
10  Supply Base Management
11  AutoCreate
12  Professional Buyer's Work Center
13  Communication With Suppliers
14  Using Supplier Scheduling in Oracle Purchasing
15  Receiving
16  Attribute Setup Workbench
17  Inquiries
18  Reports
19  Integration with Other Applications
20  Processes
A  Windows and Navigator Paths
B  Oracle Purchasing Alerts
C  Oracle Purchasing Profile Options and Profile Option Categories
D  Function Security for Purchasing
E  Procurement Workflows
F  21 CFR Part 11 Compliance: Oracle E-Records
G  Setting up Planned Orders for Supplier Scheduling
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.