4.2.4 Utilities

Utilities refer to a set of additional tools which helps you to fine tune a defined process or maximize and ensure the security of a database based on your need. The Utilities within the Administration framework of Infrastructure system facilitates you to maintain the data in the Oracle Database using the various administrative tools. You can define the user access permissions, batch securities, upload attributes, find metadata difference, and migrate source objects to target database. You (System Administrator) need to have SYSADM function role mapped to access the Utilities section within the Infrastructure system.

1. To navigate to the Utilities menu, from OFSAA Home, select Financial Services Balance Computation Engine, select Administration, and select Utilities.

   Administration Utilities consists of the following sections:

   To access various utilities on the Utilities menu, see the following sub-sections (in the Utilities section) in the Object Administration section of the Oracle Financial Services Advanced Analytical Applications Infrastructure User Guide Release 8.1.1.0.0:

   • Metadata Difference
   • Metadata Authorization
   • Save Metadata
   • Write-Protected Batch
   • Patch Information

   Also see the Component Registration sub-section in the Utilities section of the Rule Run Framework in the Oracle Financial Services Advanced Analytical Applications Infrastructure User Guide Release 8.1.1.0.0.

   For information about the Metadata Browser, see the Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications (OFSAA) Metadata Browser User Guide Release 8.1.0.0.0.