File-Based Data Import (FBDI)

Use the FBDI feature to create data in Oracle Sourcing, to import large volumes of data from third-party or other Oracle applications, or to create data in Oracle Fusion Cloud Procurement.

For example, you can import more than 2,000 lines to a negotiation. For a complete list of business objects that can be imported, see Sourcing: Import Negotiation Lines.

Key Features

Common for all integrations.

Best Practices

Use FBDI only for large negotiations.

Constraints

• Don't run multiple item batches in parallel except for low data volume.

  This can be done by setting the Process Sequentially spoke system option to Yes. The item import process already contains logic to process the workload in parallel. You gain no advantage by submitting parallel batches and might cause record-locking issues.

• Process Sequentially should be set to No only when the number of records in the batches is low (in the hundreds) and when there are no large batches being imported during the same time period. For more information, see Best Practices for Item Import Performance.