Transaction Controls Supports EPM-ARCS and EPM-FCCS Data Sources
Models and controls can analyze data from multiple data sources. By default, an Oracle Cloud data source supplies transaction data from many Oracle Fusion Cloud applications. Synchronized data sources can provide transaction data from Enterprise Performance Management applications, but only after you set up connections to them.
One of these is EPM-ARCS, which provides transaction data from EPM Account Reconciliation. It was introduced in an earlier release. You can now also set up as many as three instances of EPM-FCCS, each of which provides transaction data from a "pod" in EPM Financial Consolidation and Close.
Some features have been augmented to support synchronized data sources:
- For each data source you set up, the Content Library includes a delivered-content model you can import to each of the FCCS pods. Its purpose is to flag potential shared user access.
- Each FCCS data source has a single business object named EPM-FCCSx User Activity (in which the x stands for the number 1, 2, or 3, to distinguish the three pods). Each provides data about user log-ons to its pod. For transaction analysis, business objects for data sources are mutually exclusive. If you select an object from one data source as you build a model, you can't select objects from other data sources.
- The grids displaying records of incidents and model results now contain a Data Source column, which identifies the data source that supplies the data contained in each record.
- In the page to manage global users, a Count column provides the number of data sources in which each user has accounts, and a Data Source column names the data source in which each user has accounts. The Data Source value for a given user is "Multiple" if that user is identified as the same global user across multiple data sources. If so, a Related Global Users page identifies that user's data sources.
New Models
Two new models, each with a new corresponding business object, are delivered for EPM-ARCS and EPM-FCCS. You must first establish the data source connection; in particular, the EPM-FCCS data source used is appended to the business objects name when imported from the library.
| Content Library and Type | Model Name and Description | Business Objects |
|---|---|---|
| EPM-ARCS Library > Advanced Transaction Controls | Shared User Accounts in EPM Account Reconciliation | EPM-ARCS User Activity |
| EPM-FCCS Library > Advanced Transaction Controls | Shared User Accounts in EPM Financial Consolidation and Close | EPM-FCCS User Activity* |
* The selected FCCS data source is appended to BO name when the delivered model is imported, since up to three can be available.
Business Benefit
You can now analyze user activity in EPM-ARCS and EPM-FCCS data sources, and flag potential shared user accounts.
Steps to Enable
To set up connections to EPM-FCCS and EPM-ARCS data sources, complete these tasks:
- If you haven't done so already, activate permission groups for the Risk Administrator and Advanced Transaction Controls Analyst predefined roles, and for related custom roles if you have any. See the Required Security Update topic.
- You may need to add privileges to a duty role. See the Access Requirements Section.
- Complete the setup procedure for each data source, and create a schedule to run a synchronization job that refreshes data. Each data source has its own setup procedure. For details on each procedure, see the Set Up and Maintain Data Sources section of the Oracle Fusion Cloud Risk Management: Implementing Risk Management guide.
- Import the model library for each data source. See the Import and Export section of the Oracle Fusion Cloud Risk Management: Using Advanced Controls guide.
Access Requirements
The Advanced Controls Administrator duty role requires two privileges that support synchronized data sources. They're already added to the predefined role, but if you use a custom version of this role, you need to add the privileges to your version. The privileges are:
- Manage Additional Advanced Control Data Sources (GTG_MANAGE_ADDITIONAL_RISK_ MANAGEMENT_DATA_SOURCES_PRIV)
- View Additional Advanced Control Data Sources (GTG_VIEW_ADDITIONAL_RISK_MANAGEMENT_ DATA_SOURCES_PRIV)
See the Copy or Edit Risk Management Roles in the Security Console topic.