Preface

This topic contains the following sub-topics:

• Introduction
  
• Audience
  
• Conventions
  
• List of Topics
  
• Related Resources
  
• Symbols, Definitions and Abbreviations
  

Introduction

This manual is designed to help you get acquainted with the manner in which contracts in a product are settled in Oracle Lending. It takes you through the various steps involved in processing a Settlement.

Besides this User Manual, you can find answers to specific features and procedures in the Online Help, which can be invoked, by choosing ‘Help Contents’ from the Help Menu of the software. You can further obtain information specific to a particular field by placing the cursor on the relevant field and pressing <F1> on the keyboard.

Audience

This manual is intended for the following User/User Roles

Table -1 Audience

Role	Function
Back office clerk	Input functions for contracts
Back office managers/officers	Authorization functions
Product Managers	Product definition and authorization
End of day operators	Processing during end of day/ beginning of day
Financial Controller / Product Managers	Generation of reports

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document:

Table -2 Conventions and Meaning

Convention	Meaning
boldface	Boldface type indicates graphical user interface elements associated with an action, or terms defined in text or the glossary.
italic	Italic type indicates book titles, emphasis, or placeholder variables for which you supply particular values.
monospace	Monospace type indicates commands within a paragraph, URLs, code in examples, text that appears on the screen, or text that you enter.

List of Topics

This manual is organized into the following topics.

Table -3 List of Topics

Topics	Description and Cross References
Preface	This topic provides the general information about the manual. It also list the various topics covered in the User Manual.
Settlement Service	Settlements Service details the procedure to set up Settlement details and the processing of Settlements. It also lists the SWIFT messages handled by Oracle Lending. The topics which are part of Settlements Service are: Introduction Settlement Preferences Settlement Details
Enrichment of Settlement Parties	This topic provides the details about facility to enrich the data from the contract settlements.
SWIFT messages handled by Oracle Lending	This topic provides the details about the SWIFT message types that are generated for the various transfers that are initiated through Oracle Lending.
Glossary	Function ID Glossary has alphabetical listing of Function/Screen ID's used in the module with section references for quick navigation.

Related Resources

For further information on procedures discussed in the manual, refer to the following Oracle Lending manuals:

• Common Procedures User Manual
• Products User Manual
• Bilateral Loans User Manual

Symbols, Definitions and Abbreviations

The following are some of the Symbols you are likely to find in the manual:

Table -4 Symbols

Icons	Functions
	Exit
	Add row
	Delete row
	Option List

The images used in the documentation are of illustration purpose and need to be used only for reference.

For more information, refer to Accessibility User Manual.