Glossary


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A

abstract role
A description of a person's function in the enterprise that is unrelated to the person's job (position), such as employee, contingent worker, or line manager. A type of enterprise role.

D

dimension
A data category used to define territory boundaries, such as geography. Dimensions contain related dimension members usually organized in hierarchies. For example, a geography dimension often includes members, such as countries, and cities that belong to countries. Defined dimensions determine how to assign objects, such as customers, leads, and opportunities.

E

enterprise role
Enterprise roles provide users with access both to the application functions they need to perform their jobs as well as the permissions to access the data where they need to perform those functions. There are two types of enterprise roles: job roles and abstract roles. Job roles permit users to perform activities specific to their job. Abstract roles permit users to perform functions that span the different jobs in the enterprise.

F

forecast due date
The date after which the forecast changes from current status to past status and no changes can be made to the forecast.

J

job role
Job roles provide users with access to both the application functions they need to perform specific jobs in you organization as well as the permissions to access the data where they need to perform the job functions. Examples of job roles provided by Oracle include Sales Administrator, Sales Manager, and Sales Representative.

R

resource role
Resource roles indicate the role a resource plays as an individual, or within a resource team.

S

setup user
A user with permissions to perform implementation tasks, including the creating of other users and security modifications. Setup users are provisioned with the following enterprise roles: Application Implementation Consultant, IT Security Manager, Application Diagnostic Administrator, Customer Relationship Management Application Administrator, and Employee. A setup user can be created by the initial user provided by Oracle or by another setup user.

T

territory
The jurisdiction of responsibility of a salesperson or sales manager over a set of customers. Territories serve as a basis for forecasting, quota, compensation, and analysis of sales performance.
territory coverage
A territory coverage is a set of boundaries that define what is included or excluded in the territory and what can be sold. Selected customers or partners can be selected to be included or excluded from the territory being defined. For example, sell all products in North America.
territory freeze date
The date after which forecasting stops accepting territory hierarchy changes for the scheduled forecast and forecasting activities can begin.
territory owner
Resource assigned to manage a territory and is typically accountable for the work objects, such as opportunities, that are within the boundaries of the territory.
territory proposal
A sandbox container used to model territory changes. All valid territories within a proposal become active on the proposal activation date.