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Oracle® Financial Analyzer — Oracle General Ledger
Integrating Oracle Financial Analyzer with Oracle General Ledger
Release 11i
October 2000
Part No. A86564-01
Integrating Oracle Financial Analyzer with Oracle General Ledger, Release 11i
Part No. A86564-01
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Contents
Send Us Your Comments ................................................................................................................. vii
Preface............................................................................................................................................................ ix
Conventions............................................................................................................................................ xi
1 Introduction
Product Overviews............................................................................................................................. 1-1
Mapping Data from General Ledger to Financial Analyzer...................................................... 1-5
2 Installation
Installing the Software...................................................................................................................... 2-1
Setting Up for the Extraction and Load Processes........................................................................ 2-3
3 Defining Metadata in General Ledger
Defining Filters................................................................................................................................... 3-1
Defining Dimensions and Dimension Values.............................................................................. 3-3
Defining Hierarchies.......................................................................................................................... 3-8
Defining Financial Data Items....................................................................................................... 3-10
Defining Financial Data Sets.......................................................................................................... 3-22
Choosing a Segment Sort Order.................................................................................................... 3-24
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4 Extracting Financial Data from General Ledger
Extracting Data from General Ledger............................................................................................. 4-2
Running Extraction Programs.......................................................................................................... 4-2
Balances Extraction Program............................................................................................................ 4-5
Calendar Extraction Program............................................................................................................ 4-7
Currency Extraction Program............................................................................................................ 4-8
Hierarchy Extraction Program.......................................................................................................... 4-8
Period Rates Extraction Program..................................................................................................... 4-9
Segment Values Extraction Program............................................................................................. 4-10
Load Extracts Program...................................................................................................................... 4-11
Viewing Extraction Program Status............................................................................................... 4-12
Extraction Program Summary......................................................................................................... 4-13
5 Loading Financial Data into Financial Analyzer
Overview of the Load Process.......................................................................................................... 5-1
Loading Financial Data...................................................................................................................... 5-3
6 Working with Financial Data in Financial Analyzer
Automatically Populating a Financial Analyzer Attribute......................................................... 6-1
Creating Dimension Values for Segment Values with No Existing Balances......................... 6-2
Maintaining Loaded Data Objects.................................................................................................. 6-5
Drilling to General Ledger................................................................................................................ 6-8
7 Writing Budget Data Back to General Ledger
Overview of Exporting Budget Data from Financial Analyzer................................................. 7-1
Specifying Budget Data to Write Back to General Ledger.......................................................... 7-2
Specifying Segment Fill Values....................................................................................................... 7-7
Mapping Summary Segment Values............................................................................................... 7-8
Specifying a Method for Writing Budget Data Back to General Ledger............................... 7-10
Writing Budget Data Back to General Ledger............................................................................. 7-12
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8 Technical Reference
Technical Overview............................................................................................................................ 8-2
The Data Load Process....................................................................................................................... 8-3
Implementation Considerations...................................................................................................... 8-9
Error Messages.................................................................................................................................. 8-12
Frequently Asked Questions.......................................................................................................... 8-15
A Linking a Financial Analyzer Instance with an Alternate Instance of General
Ledger
Overview.............................................................................................................................................. A-1
Considerations..................................................................................................................................... A-2
Using an Express Program to Set ID Values.................................................................................. A-4
Manually Setting ID Values............................................................................................................. A-6
Glossary
Index
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Preface
What this manual is about
This manual describes how to integrate Oracle® Financial Analyzer (hereinafter
referred to as “Financial Analyzer”) with Oracle General Ledger (hereinafter
referred to as “General Ledger”). It explains how to set up both products for
integration during installation, and how to prepare, transfer, and load data from
General Ledger into Financial Analyzer.
Product compatibility
Financial Analyzer Release 11i is compatible with General Ledger Release 11 and
General Ledger Release 11i.
Any changes in product compatibility are published on MetaLink as they become
effective. Please check MetaLink periodically for updates.
Intended audience
This manual is intended for database administrators and information services
personnel who are familiar with both Financial Analyzer and General Ledger.
Related documentation
This manual is part of a comprehensive document set for both General Ledger and
Financial Analyzer. These documents include:
n Oracle General Ledger User’s Guide — Provides conceptual and procedural
information for General Ledger users.
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n Oracle Financial Analyzer User’s Guide — Provides conceptual and procedural
information for Budget workstation users and Analyst workstation users.
n General Ledger Online Help — Provides procedural and reference information
for General Ledger.
n Financial Analyzer Online Help — Provides procedural and reference
information for both system administrators and users.
Structure of this document
This manual is made up of seven chapters and a glossary. Chapter One provides an
overview of the basic concepts about integrating General Ledger with Financial
Analyzer. Each remaining chapter discusses a different aspect of the integration
process. Before you delve into any specific area, read the introductory chapter to
acquaint yourself with the basic concepts.
Oracle Corporation recommends that you work with Oracle Consulting to set up
your integration and map data from General Ledger to Financial Analyzer (see
Chapters 1, 2, and 3 of this manual). Once the setup is complete, you will be able to
transfer data between the two applications as often as you wish (see Chapters 4, 5,
and 6 of this manual).
The final chapter of this manual includes a technical overview of the integration
process, a description of the flow of the data load process, a discussion of individual
issues to consider during implementation, and a list of frequently asked questions
with answers.
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