1.3 Maintain End of Cycle Groups

This topic explains systematic instructions to maintain the End of Cycle groups.

In Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking, the user can trigger the EOC process from any branch for all the branches of the bank. To simplify the process of selection of branches, the user may group them into several EOC groups. Such grouping can be based on the time zones, holiday calendar, time at which the branches close the operations of a day, or similar common features.

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The fields which are marked in asterisk are mandatory.

1. On Homescreen, type AEDECGRU in the text box, and click Next.
   The End of Cycle Groups screen displays.

   Figure 1-4 End of Cycle Groups

   
   

   

   
   
2. On the End of Cycle Groups screen, specify the fields.

   For more information on fields, refer to the field description table.

   Table 1-4 End of Cycle Groups - Field Description

   Field	Description
   Group Code	Enter a unique code for the EOC group that wishes to create. This group can later be identified by the group code specified.
   Group Description	Type a description that describes the nature of the group.
   End of Previous Day Group	End of Previous Day Group is optional. EOC Group for EOPD will start after the EOD cycle. The EOD cycle runs till Transaction Input, so EOPD starts after TI. End of Previous Day group processes Mark End of Previous Day and Post End of Previous Day stages (Post End of Previous Day 1, Post End of Previous Day 2, Post End of Previous Day 3) excluding other stages like TI, FI, EOD, and BOD. Without specifying the EOPD group, if 200 EOC branches are divided into 20 EOC groups, each will occupy 20 CPUs in EOPD stage. Since the EOPD group runs parallel to the Transaction Input (TI) stage, all CPUs were occupied by the EOPD process which will slow down the TI processes thus reducing the performance. With a separate EOPD group, the EOPD process will have 200 EOC branches divided into 5 EOPD groups to improve performance that will continue to run even after TI Stage till the next EOTI process. This will increase the performance of EOD processing and reduce the time taken for End of Day processes.
   Branch Code	Select the branches to be grouped. Click Add to add more rows to the list of branches. Specify the branch code of each branch to be grouped. At times, if wants to remove a branch from the list of branches, check the box against the Branch Code and Select Delete from the Actions menu in the Application toolbar or click Delete. Note: One branch can be linked to one normal group code and one EOPD group code.
   Branch Name	The system displays the name of the branch against each code specified.
   Sequence	Enter the sequence number for each branch. The system displays the branch codes as per the sequence when the branch group is added to the End Of Cycle Operations screen and branches run in that sequencing order during EOD. Note: If the Sequence number is null or the same then the system will not validate the Sequence field.

3. Click Exit to end the transaction.