Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus Process Guide.

Implementers, administrators, users

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Structure

1  Overview of Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus

This chapter discusses the functional advantages of Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus and the business entities that enable procurement teams, procurement managers, and buyers to plan and process procurement actions.


2  Implementing Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus

The chapter discusses the prerequisite products and the setup steps required to install and use Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus.


3  Monitoring Procurement Operations

This chapter discusses how to use the Procurement Operations dashboard and actions available from this dashboard.


4  Using the Indirect Procurement Dashboard

This chapter discusses how to use the Indirect Procurement dashboard and performing actions from this dashboard.


5  Performing Common Actions

This chapter discusses the common actions that you can perform from Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus.


6  Analyzing Items and Suppliers

This chapter describes the Item and Supplier Analysis pages in Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus and highlights the decisions that procurement managers and buyers can make using these pages.


7  Tracking Negotiation Activities

This chapter describes the Strategic Sourcing dashboard.


8  Using the Document Builder

This chapter discusses the Document Builder feature in Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus.


9  Using Procurement Notes

This chapter discusses the Notes feature in Oracle Procurement Command Center Plus.


Related Information Sources

Oracle E-Business Suite User's Guide

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Oracle iSupplier Portal User's Guide

Oracle iSupplier Portal Implementation Guide

Oracle iProcurement User Guide

Oracle iProcurement Implementation and Administration Guide

Oracle Project Procurement Command Center Plus Process Guide

Oracle Payables Implementation Guide

Oracle Payables User's Guide

Oracle Procurement Contracts Implementation and Administration Guide

Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery Integration and System Administration Guide

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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.