Selected Cost Management Bug Fixes in This Update
This update includes some bug fixes that can change the way Oracle Cost Management works. This isn't a full list of all the bug fixes in this update. This list includes the bug fixes that can cause a noticeable change in application behavior.
Item is Mandatory for Search in the Review Item Costs Page
Before update 24C, in cases where organizations have a large number of items, the search operation in the Review Item Costs page could timeout with no results if the item wasn't specified in the search criteria.
Starting with update 24C, to ensure that the search on the Review Item Cost page is performant and doesn’t timeout, you must specify the item in the search criteria. You can search for multiple items by including an additional Item field from the Add Fields menu in the Advanced search.
Oracle reference: 35822867
Use REST APIs for Supply Chain Cost Rollup Enabled Cost Scenarios
Before update 24C, the REST APIs didn’t work for cost scenarios with the Enable Supply Chain Cost Rollup option selected. Starting with update 24C, all the cost scenario REST APIs function as expected.
Oracle reference: 36065370
Cost Processor No Longer Enters a Cyclic Loop of Creating Adjustments
If you were using the actual cost method with adjustment propagation, the cost processor could go into an endless loop and create adjustments in each loop. This occured due to insufficient inventory while executing rework orders, where the completion is used to deplete the material issue for the same work order. With this fix, the cost processor no longer enters such a cyclic loop, and it stops the propagation after the first attempt.
Oracle reference: 36331071
Profile Option to Include Information Message about Negative Inventory in Each Run of the Cost Processor
Before update 24C, when the cost processor encountered a negative inventory for a transaction, it logged an information message. However, in the subsequent run of the cost processor, this message wasn't shown, even if the negative inventory issue still existed because the transaction was already processed.
Starting with update 24C, you can use a new predefined profile option to ensure that negative inventory messages are logged, even in the subsequent runs of the cost processor.
- Profile Option Code: ORA_CST_NEG_INV_ERRORS
- Profile Option Name: Include Alerts for Transactions with Negative Inventory in Cost Processor
Oracle reference: 32444612
Asset and Expense Cost Profiles Must Have the Same Valuation Structure Level for Standard Cost Method
If you’re using the standard cost method, you can’t define standard cost for an expense valuation unit. The cost processor defaults the cost setup for an asset valuation unit to the expense valuation unit. To prevent issues where the valuation structure for the asset and expense are at different levels, a new validation has been included with this update to ensure that the valuation structure levels for the asset and expense cost profiles are the same.
Oracle reference: 35963884
Product Completion Won’t Be Costed if Operation Completion Quantity is Zero
Before update 24C, if product completion is reported in an operation without any operation completion, the accumulated work in process logic would use the entire work in process balance as the unit cost, which resulted in incorrect WIP balances and product cost.
Starting with update 24C, if there are no operation completions in the operation where the product is completed, the product completion won’t be costed, even if the Provisional Completions option is set to Value using accumulated work in process balances in the associated item cost profile.
Oracle reference: 36439613
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