Terminology

These terms are used throughout the Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Planning playbook.

Term	Definition
Global Entity	Global entities are specific for each instance and are common for all source systems. They're common without regard to whether they're collected from the Oracle Fusion source system or from an external source system with the use of the file-based data import (FBDI) templates. For more information, see Global Entities.
Net Change Collections	Net change collections is an incremental load of data into planning. When performing net change collections, records that already exist in planning are updated only if the corresponding record is collected. If a record is collected that didn't previously exist in planning, it will be created in planning. Records that previously existed in planning that didn't get a replacement during collections remain untouched.
Targeted Collections	Targeted collections replaces existing data for a given entity. Any previous data for the entity is deleted before the newly collected data is processed. Targeted collections are only available for a subset of collected data. If you select targeted collections and include an entity that doesn't allow targeted collections, then the data is automatically loaded in net change mode.