1. How do I get started with Sustainability?
  2. Create Activities

Create Activities

Create activities manually in Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability.

Before you start

  • Ensure that the period in which you plan to create activities is in the Open status.
  • Ensure that you're assigned a role that has all the privileges of the predefined Sustainability Analyst role.
To create activities:
  1. Click Navigator > Sustainability > Sustainability Activities.
  2. On the page that displays the dashboard for sustainability activities, click the Activities tab at the bottom of the page.
  3. On the Sustainability Activities page, click Create Activity.
  4. On the New Activity page, in the Classification section:
    1. From the Activity Type drop-down list, select the type of activity that you want to create.

      The corresponding fields for the specified activity type are displayed.

    2. Specify values for all the activity type attributes, scope, and scope category (if applicable) fields.
  5. In the Activity details section, specify values for any relevant fields such as Description, Activity Date, Legal Entity, Country, Supplier, and Item. Note that specifying a value for the Legal Entity drop-down list is required.

    Specify values for any additional fields that might be available for the activity type that you are creating.

  6. If your selected activity type has associated measure types, then in the Measures section, create measures by clicking Add. In the Add measure drawer panel, select the measure type and specify its details, and then click Add. Or, click Add and Create Another to add more measure types.
  7. If your selected activity type has associated emissions, then from the Emissions section, select one of the following calculation modes:
    • Using matched factors: Select this option if you want Oracle Sustainability to calculate emissions based on the emission factor mappings that was configured during implementation.
    • Manual entry of factors: Select this option if you want Oracle Sustainability to calculate emissions by using emission factors that you specify on the activity.
    • Manual entry of emissions: Select this option when you want to directly specify emission that are calculated externally.
  8. If you selected Manual entry of factors, then click Add Emission. In the Add emission drawer panel, select the emission type, measure, factor, and other related values, and click Add or Add and Create Another.
  9. If you selected Manual entry of emissions, then click Add Emission. In the Add emission drawer panel, select the emission type, emission quantity, emission UOM, and then click Add.
  10. In the Data Source section, the source type is automatically generated. For example, for activities being created manually in Oracle Sustainability the source type is Manual Entry. Similarly, for activities generated from Payables invoices, the source type is Payables Invoices and a link to the source invoice is available. Optionally, in the External Reference Number field, specify the reference number to link this activity with any external document.
  11. In the Ledger section, the sustainability ledger and period fields are grayed out. These values are derived automatically when you save or create an activity. A sustainability ledger and period are automatically derived based on the legal entity and activity date that you specified earlier, respectively. If the period derived is closed, then the next open future period is defaulted. In the Edit mode, you can update the period from a list of open periods associated with the ledger.
  12. (Optional) In the Comments section, enter any comments for the activity.
  13. In the Additional information section, enter values for the relevant fields. These are the fields that your organization would have configured using descriptive flexfields.
  14. Click Save to calculate the emissions, if any, and create the activity. The activity is created and the New Activity page title will change to display the activity ID and the activity type that was created. Optionally, you can click Save and Close.
Tip:

To track fugitive emissions, create activities by selecting the Manual entry of emissions calculation mode. Upon saving the activity, the emission calculator will apply the global warming potentials to calculate CO2e. If the fugitive emissions are from a vehicle, then create separate activities to track mobile combustion and fugitive emissions.