2 Preface

This guide aims to provide functional and technical details on configuration, management and operational details for release 8.1.1.0.0 of Oracle Financial Services Balance Computation Engine User Guide. This guide must be used in conjunction with those mentioned in the Related Information Sources section.

What is New in this Release for OFSBCE Application

This section lists new features and changes in the OFSBCE Application.

New Features

This section lists the new features in this release.

  • As of Release 8.1.1.1.0, the OFSBCE Application may be installed and used independent of the OFSDF Application Pack.
  • The OFSBCE Application, independent of the OFSDF Application Pack, does not need the complete data feed from Contract or Account or Product Processor tables.
  • All the OFSBCE Application Processes are driven through the Process Modelling Framework.
  • The Staging Area of the OFSBCE Application conforms to the OFSDF Application Pack for the Exchange Rates data, which can be used to stage the information, and load the data into the OFSBCE Application Processing Area through a custom routine. An out-of-the-box data movement routine will be provided in an upcoming release.

Deprecated Features

There are no deprecated features in this release.

Desupported Features

There are no desupported features in this release.

Audience

This guide is intended for the following audience:

  • Business Analysts: The users who configure and manage functional parameters and options while computing instrument-level accounting balance.
  • Technical Specialists and Administrators: The users who sets up, maintain and administer the system, access to it and its users alongside the application.
  • Operators: The users who configure, manage and monitor tasks performed by the application.

Access to Oracle Support

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Related Resources

Oracle strives to keep this and all other related documents updated regularly; visit the OHC Documentation Library and My Oracle Support (MOS) to download the latest version available there. The following is the list of related documents:

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