1.4 System Status

This topic provides information about the status of the system details.

Types of System Status

The status of the Oracle FLEXCUBE Investor Servicing system changes during the course of each business day.

At any point during the day, the system may be in one of three possible states:

  • O – Online. This indicates that both components (Fund Manager and Agency Branch) are open for unit holder transactions as well as inquires and report printing.
  • B – Indicates that the Pre-End of Day processes for the Fund Manager have been successfully completed.
  • E – Indicates that the End of Day processes for the Fund Manager have been successfully completed.

Sequence of Operations

The normal sequence of operations during a business day would result in changes of state as explained below:

Table 1-1 Sequence of Operations

Sequence of Operations Status of the System
Start of a business day

At the start of a business day, the system is online (status O), and both the Fund Manager and the Agency Branch are open for the acceptance of unit holder transactions and other operations.

Course of a business day

During the course of a business day, the system is still online (status O), and both the Fund Manager and the Agency Branch are still open for the acceptance of unit holder transactions and other operations.

Agency Branch Pre-EOD

When the Pre-End of Day processes are performed at the Agency Branch, the system is still online (status O), and both the Fund Manager and the Agency Branch are still open for the acceptance of unit holder transactions and other operations.

The pre-EOD checks applicable for the branch alone are performed by the system during this phase. This Pre-EOD check mainly comprises of pending activities like authorization of transactions, etc., at an Agency Branch level.
Agency Branch EOD

When the End of Day process for the Agency Branch is performed, the system is still online (status O). The Agency Branch is signed off, and only allows inquiries and report printing activities, whereas the Fund Manager is still open for the acceptance of unit holder transactions and other operations.

Fund Manager Pre-EOD

When the Pre-End of Day process is performed for the Fund Manager component, the system is online (status O) till the successful completion of the pre-EOD. During this phase, the Agency Branch is signed off, and only allows inquiries and report printing activities, whereas the Fund Manager is still open for the acceptance of unit holder transactions and other operations. The pre-EOD checks for the Fund Manager are performed at this time.

Upon successful completion of Pre-EOD, the system status changes to B (indicating that Pre-EOD has been successfully completed).

Fund Manager EOD

When the End of Day process is performed for the Fund Manager component, the system status is B (indicating that Pre-EOD is successfully completed) till the successful completion of the EOD. During this phase, the Agency Branch is signed off, and only allows inquiries and report printing activities.

The Fund Manager also allows only report printing during this phase, and it is not open for the acceptance of unit holder transactions and other operations.

Upon successful completion of EOD, the system status changes to E (indicating that EOD is successfully completed).

Fund Manager BOD

When the Beginning of Day process is started at the Fund Manager component, the system status is E (indicating that EOD is successfully completed). The system date is changed to the next business day during this time.

Upon successful completion of EOD, the system status changes to O (indicating that both the Agency Branch and Fund Manager are now online and open for unit holder transactions and other operations).

Menu Items in End of Day Menu

The menu options for the End of Day processes are found in the Batch menu category of the Browser menu:

  • Allocation
  • EOD Maintenance
  • Execute Pre-EOD
  • Execute EOD
  • Execute BOD
  • Branch Sign-on/Sign-off
  • Send / Receive Messages
  • Process Broker Commission Payments
  • Extraction Form for Data
  • Online Execution of Interfaces

Refer the topic Confirmation and Allocation for a fuller description of all the activities with respect to Validation and Allocation in this User Manual.

Parent topic: End of Day Activities