What is Enterprise Resource Planning ?? Lets take an example.

Suppose you are running a small grocery shop named "Janata Grocery", so the typical operation as a shop owner is you basically buy groceries from some big seller and stock it in your shop. Now people come to your shop for day to day needs and buy stuff from your shop at a slightly higher price than what you originally bought and stocked it in your shop. !cassionally you may not be carrying items or run out of stock that people ask for so you make a note of it and promise the person to come back tomorrow and they will get their item. So far so good, now lets name some entities before we proceed and things get complicated. "he big seller from whom you buy stock is called as Vendor, the people who come to your shop to buy things are known as customers, the stock in your shop is known as inventory. So far we ha#e identified few entities that play an acti#e role in your day to day operations. $s time goes by, your business expands and now you take orders o#er the phone and pro#ide ser#ice to deliver the items to your customers, so you hire people to help you out in maintaining the in#entory, do the deli#ery part and all the necessary stuff to keep the business running smoothly. "he people you hire are known as employees. So in this small shop, you typically manage the bookkeeping activities by hand using a notepad or something similar. Now imagine the same setup on a larger scale where you ha#e more than %&,&&& customers, ha#e more than %&&& #endors, ha#e more than %&&& employees and ha#e a huge warehouse to maintain your in#entory. 'o you think you can manage all that information using pen and paper( $bsolutely no way) *our business will come to a sudden stop sign. "o facilitate big businesses, companies like !racle +orporation ha#e created huge software known in the category of ERP ,-nterprise .esource /lanning0 as !racle $pplications. Now coming to think of it, !racle $pps is not one huge software, instead it is a collection of software known as modules that are integrated and talk to each other. Now what is meant by integrated( 1irst let us identify the modules by entities. 1or e.g Purchasing and Account Payables deal with the vendors since you typically purchase from #endors and e#entually ha#e to pay the dues. !racle /urchasing handles all the re uisitions and purchase orders to the #endors whereas !racle $ccounts /ayables handles all the payments to the #endors. Similarly !racle "nventory deals with the items you maintain in stock, warehouse etc. 'ealing with customers is handled collecti#ely with the help of !racle Receivables and !racle !rder #anagement. !rder 2anagement helps you collect all the information that your customer is ordering o#er the phone or webstore etc whereas .ecei#ables help you collect the money for the orders that are deli#ered to the customers.

Now who maintains the paychecks, benefits of the %&&& employees( right) it is managed by !racle $uman Resources. So you get the idea by now that for each logical function there is a separate module that helps to execute and maintain that function. So all the indi#idual functions are being taken care but how do 3 know if 3 am making profit or loss( "hat4s where integration comes into play. "here is another module known as !racle %eneral &edger. "his module recei#es information from all the different transaction modules and summari5es them in order to help you create profit and loss statements, reports for paying "axes etc. Just to simplify the explanation, when you pay your employees that payment is reported back to General Ledgers as cost i.e money going out, when you purchase in#entory items the information is transferred to GL as money going out, and so is the case when you pay your #endors. Similarly when you recei#e items in your in#entory it is transferred to GL as money coming in, when your customer sends payment it is transfered to GL as money coming in. So all the different transaction modules report to GL ,General Ledger0 as either "money going in" or "money going out", the net result will tell you if you are making a profit or loss. $ll the e6uipment, shops, warehouses, computers can be termed as $ssets and they are managed by !racle 1ixed $ssets. 3nitially !racle $pplications started as bunch of modules and as time passed by

they added new modules for different and new functions growing out of the need for today4s internet world. So if you come across a module that you are trying to learn and work on, first try to understand what business need is it trying to fulfill and then try to understand what the immediate modules that it interacts with. 1or e.g lets say you come across !racle +ost 2anagement module, you will learn that it helps to maintain the costs of items in your in#entory and the immediate modules that it interacts with are !racle 3n#entory ,ofcourse0, !racle 7ills of 2aterial, !rder 2anagement and so on.. "here is more to -./ than this layman explanation of a complex beast that does not 8ustify a single bit but 3 wished 3 had this knowledge when 3 was thrown into !racle $pplications right after 3 graduated from college. 7ack then the only piece of software 3 had known to write was implementing binary trees, infix, prefix, postfix notations in pascal and "S.s ,"erminate and Stay resident0 using assembly. +ontinuing with the simplicity and popularity of the abo#e article, this article will try to explain the GL basics in simple terms. 3t assumes you ha#e basic accounting knowledge like debit, credits, expense, accounts etc What is %eneral &edger 2ost people are familiar with their own bank statement, which shows an opening balance, transactions that occurred throughout the period, and a closing balance. "hat statement is a snapshot of your account at a particular point in time. $ company keeps an account, like the records the bank keeps of your bank account, for e#ery organi5ation or customer that the company does business with. 'alance (heet "he balance sheet summari5es accounts and financial acti#ities in three broad categories9 assets, which represent all the things that the company owns: liabilities, which show how much money the company owes to others: and capital;retained earnings, which show the total cash in#ested in the business by the owners or shareholders. "ncome (tatement 3n addition, accounts are kept for all the re#enues and expenses of the company. "hese accounts are summari5ed in an income statement, also called a profit and loss statement, which represents the performance of a company o#er time. "he first step in capturing your transactions is to set up your chart of accounts. *our chart of accounts determines how your accounting information is collected, categori5ed, and stored for reporting purposes. 3n !racle 1inancials, all accounts are identified by a uni6ue $ccounting key )le*field combination, which is your chart of accounts structure. *ou assign each account the 6ualifier of asset, liability, owner4s e6uity, re#enue, or expense. Periods are identified by names such as 1-7 <&&& or =-->% < ?@ and represent non o#erlapping consecuti#e date ranges. 1-7 <&&& would include the date ranges !% 1-7 <&&& to <? 1-7 <&&& and would be followed by 2$. <&&& starting on &% 2$. <&&&. *ou choose the names, following whate#er con#ention you de#ise, and you assign the date ranges. *ou can e#en set up a one day period for year end ad8ustments that begins and ends on the same day. +ouble,Entry Accounting 'ouble entry accounting re6uires constant symmetry: total debits must e6ual total credits. -#ery accounting transaction results in one or more debits and credits that always remain in balance. 1or example, a AB&&& purchase of office e6uipment would result in an increase to the asset account as well as an increase to a liability account. 3n !racle 1inancials, the account number is referred to as the $ccounting 1lexfield, which is used throughout all of !racle $pplications whene#er a transaction is entered into the system. "he Accounting )le*field consists of multiple segments, such as those for company, cost center, and account. !ne full $ccounting 1lexfield is called a combination. -ach 8ournal entry line is tagged with an $ccounting 1lexfield combination. 1or expense transactions, the $11 usually identifies who incurred the cost ,for example, which company or department0 and what the cost was for ,for example, tra#el expense0. 3f you want more detailed information, such as which region, cost center, and product

incurred the cost, you can design your $11 structure to include that information as well. 7ecause total debits must always e6ual total credits in e#ery transaction, !racle General Ledger re6uires that all 8ournals balance. 3f you try to enter an unbalanced 8ournal, !racle General Ledger will either re8ect the transaction or force the transaction to balance by posting the difference to a suspense account.

"his is a useful alphabetical list co#ering most of the !racle e 7usiness Suite products. "here must be 6uite a number of products still in research and de#elopment and some will ne#er get to see the light out of the de#elopment labs. !racle Product -odes %. $72 $cti#ity 7ased 2anagement BC. +I1 +.L 1inancials <. $' $pplications '7$ BE. +IG !racle +iti5en 3nteraction +enter C. $DL !racle $d#anced Ser#ice !nline BB. +I3 !racle Network Logistics 3n#entory E. $D2 !racle Dosting 2anager BF. +IN !racle Network Logistics N$"S B. $> !racle +ommon 2odules $> BG. +I/ !racle Network Logistics F. $L. !racle $lert /urchasing G. $21 !racle 1ulfillment Ser#ices B@. +IS +.L Supply +hain @. $2S !racle 2arketing B?. +K !racle +onfigurator ?. $2H !racle 2arketHiew F&. ''' !racle +$'Hiew C' %&. $N !racle Sales $nalysis F%. '!2 !racle 'ocument 2anagement and %%. $/ !racle /ayables +ollaboration %<. $. !racle .ecei#ables F<. '" !racle 'ate"rack %C. $S !racle Sales FC. -$$ !racle S-2 -xchange %E. $S1 !racle 1ield Sales FE. -$2 !racle -nterprise $sset %B. $SG !racle +.2 Gateway for 2obile 2anagement Ser#ices FB. -+ !racle e +ommerce Gateway %F. $SL !racle 2obile 1ield Sales Laptop FF. -+J !racle J2L Gateway %G. $S! !racle !rder +apture FG. -'. !racle - .ecords %@. $S/ !racle 1ield Sales;/alm"2 'e#ices F@. -G! !racle -ngineering !nline %?. $S" "eleSales F?. -NG !racle -ngineering <&. $I $pplication Itilities G&. -N3 !racle -ngineering 3ntelligence <%. $J Global $ccounting -ngine System <<. $K $pplication 3mplementation G%. -H2 Halue 7ased 2anagement <C. 7-N !racle $d#anced 7enefits G<. 1-2 Strategic -nterprise 2anagement <E. 73+ +ustomer 3ntelligence GC. 11 !racle 1ast 1ormula <B. 73L Sales 3ntelligence GE. 133 1inancials 3ntelligence <F. 732 2arketing 3ntelligence GB. 1L2 !racle 1low 2anufacturing <G. 73S !racle $pplications 73S GF. 1N' $pplication !b8ect Library <@. 73H !racle Ser#ice 3ntelligence GG. 1/" !racle 7anking +enter <?. 73J +all +enter 3ntelligence G@. 1.2 !racle .eport 2anager C&. 7N- !racle =eb $'3 G?. 1"- !racle "ransportation Dub C%. 7!2 !racle 7ills of 2aterial @&. 1H !racle 1ederal 1inancials C<. 7S+ 7alanced Scorecard @%. GD. !racle 1ederal D. CC. ++" !racle +all +enter and "elephony @<. GL !racle General Ledger CE. +- !racle +ash 2anagement @C. G2$ !racle /rocess 2anufacturing CB. +DH !racle Supplier Scheduling Systems CF. +LN Supply +hain "rading +onnector for @E. G2' !racle /rocess 2anufacturing .osettaNet /roduct 'e#elopment CG. +N !racle Sales +ompensation @B. G2- !racle /rocess 2anufacturing C@. +./ !racle +apacity /rocess -xecution C?. +S !racle Ser#ice @F. G21 !racle /rocess 2anufacturing E&. +S+ +ustomer +are 1inancials E%. +S' 'epot .epair @G. G23 !racle /rocess 2anufacturing E<. +S- !racle -nterprise 3nstall 7ase 3n#entory EC. +S1 1ield Ser#ice @@. G2L !racle /rocess 2anufacturing EE. +S3 3nstall 7ase Logistics EB. +SL !racle 1ield Ser#ice;Laptop @?. G2/ !racle /rocess 2anufacturing EF. +S2 !racle 1ield Ser#ice /alm /rocess /lanning EG. +S/ !racle Spares 2anagement ?&. G2S !racle Grants $ccounting E@. +S. !racle Scheduler ?%. G. !racle /rocess .egulatory 2gmt E?. +SS Support ?<. D.3 Duman .esources 3ntelligence B&. +S" !racle +ost 2anagement ?C. DJ+ !racle "ime and Labor B%. +I$ +.L 1inancials $ssets ?E. DJ" !racle "ime and Labor .ules B<. +I- !racle 7illing +onnect ?B. 37$ i2arketing

?F. 37+ !racle i+ontent ?G. 37- iStore ?@. 37/ 7ill /resentment L /ayment ??. 37I iSupport %&&. 37* i/ayment %&%. 3+J !racle Self Ser#ice =eb $pplications %&<. 3-7 !racle 3nteraction 7lending %&C. 3-+ !racle +ampaign /lus %&E. 3-2 !racle e2ail +enter %&B. 3-! +all +enter "echnology %&F. 3-S Scripting %&G. 3-I !racle Ini#ersal =ork Mueue %&@. 3-J !racle +ollections %&?. 3G+ +ommitment $dministration %%&. 3G1 Student Systems 1in $id %%%. 3G3 !racle 3nternational /ublic Sector 1inancials %%<. 3GS !racle Student Sytems %%C. 3G= !racle Grants /roposal %%E. 32+ !racle +ustomers !nline %%B. 32" !racle i2eeting %%F. 3NH !racle 3n#entory %%G. 3/$ +.L 1inancials /ro8ects %%@. 3/' !racle /roduct 'e#elopment -xchange %%?. 3S+ Supply +hain 3ntelligence %<&. 3"G !racle 3nternet /rocurement -nterprise +onnector %<%. J$ $sia;/acific Locali5ations %<<. J- -uropean Locali5ations %<C. JG .egional Locali5ations %<E. JL Latin $merica Locali5ations %<B. J"1 +.2 1oundation %<F. J"2 !racle +.2 2obile 1oundation %<G. J"S !racle +.2 Self Ser#ice $dministration %<@. 2- 2aintenance, .epair L !#erhaul %<?. 21G !racle 2anufacturing %C&. 2./ !racle 2aster Scheduling;2./ %C%. 2S+ !racle $d#anced Supply +hain /lanning %C<. 2S' !racle 'emand /lanning %CC. 2S! !racle +onstraint 7ased !ptimi5ation %CE. 2S. !racle .isk !ptimi5ation %CB. 2=$ 2obile $pplications %CF. !'M !racle 'ata Muery %CG. !- !racle !rder -ntry %C@. !1$ !racle $ssets %C?. !>7 !racle +ontracts for Subscriptions %E&. !>+ !racle +ontracts +ore %E%. !>- !racle /ro8ect +ontracts %E<. !>3 !racle +ontracts 3ntelligence %EC. !>L !racle Lease 2anagement %EE. !>! !racle +ontracts for Sales %EB. !>. !racle +ontracts for .ights %EF. !>S !racle +ontracts Ser#ice 2odule %EG. !>J !racle +ontracts 3ntegration

%E@. !N" !racle !rder 2anagement %E?. !/3 !perations 3ntelligence %B&. !"$ !racle "raining $dministration %B%. !K1 1unds L 7udgets %B<. !K/ "rade /lanning %BC. !KS !racle i+laims %BE. /$ !racle /ro8ects %BB. /$* !racle /ayroll %BF. /-. !racle Duman .esources %BG. /J3 !racle /ro8ect 3ntelligence %B@. /J2 !racle /ro8ect 2anufacturing %B?. /23 /rocess 2fg 3ntelligence %F&. /N !racle /roperty 2anager %F%. /! !racle /urchasing %F<. /!$ /urchasing 3ntelligence %FC. /!2 !racle -xchange %FE. /!N !racle Sourcing %FB. /!S 3nternet Supplier /ortal %FF. /MD !racle /ublic Sector D. %FG. /M/ !racle /ublic Sector /ayroll %F@. /./ !racle /roposals %F?. /S$ /ublic Sector $pplications %G&. /S7 !racle /ublic Sector 7udgeting %G%. /S/ !racle Labor 'istribution %G<. /H /artner .elationship 2anagement %GC. M$ !racle Muality %GE. M!" !racle Muoting %GB. M/ !racle /ricing %GF. M.2 !racle .isk 2anagement %GG. .G $pplication .eport Generator %G@. .DJ !racle $d#anced /lanning 1oundation %G?. .L$ !racle .elease 2anagement 3ntegration >it %@&. .L2 !racle .elease 2anagement %@%. SD" $pplications Shared "echnology %@<. SS/ !racle SS/ %@C. S*S$'23N System $dministration %@E. H-$ !racle $utomoti#e %@B. H-D !racle $utomoti#e 3ntegration >it %@F. =3/ !racle =ork in /rocess %@G. =2S !racle =arehouse 2anagement System %@@. =/S !racle 2anufacturing Scheduling %@?. =SD !racle Shipping %?&. =S2 Shop 1loor 2anagement %?%. J'/ !racle /ro#isioning %?<. JL$ !racle +ommon $ccounting 2odules %?C. JN7 !racle e7usiness 7illing %?E. JN+ !racle Sales for +ommunications %?B. JN3 !racle 3nstall 7ase 3ntelligence %?F. JN2 2arketing for +ommunications %?G. JN/ !racle Number /ortability %?@. JNS !racle Ser#ice for +ommunications %??. J". !racle "reasury <&&. K1$ !racle 1inancial $naly5er <&%. KS$ !racle Sales $naly5e

What happens when you login to Apps?

1irstly and surely there is a I.L for oracle applications that is structured possibly in below format, although it can #ary from #ersion of apps. http9;;machinename9portnumber;!$ND"2L;IS;3+J3N'-J.htm http9;;machinename9portnumber ;oaNser#lets;$ppsLogin =hen you 8oin an !racle $pps de#elopment team for an employer, you will first be gi#en I.L of the de#elopment en#ironment. 3n any !racle $pps implementation pro8ect ,assuming it has gone li#e0, there are minimum of three en#ironments, each with different I.L4s and different database instances. .hese are/, 'e#elopment en#ironment "esting en#ironment /roduction en#ironment *ou will most probably, be gi#en an url, username and password of the de#elopment en#ironment. =hat happens when you login $. *our login gets authenticated against a table named fndNuser for your username and password. "he screen below is where username and password defined. "his screen is called user definition screen. !nly system administrators ha#e access to this screen. 7. $s you can see abo#e, this username xxpassi is attached to two responsibilities ,this will be discussed in details in latter training lesson0. 3t is this assignment to the responsibility that controls what a logged in person can do and can4t do. 3n laymanOs words, a responsibility is a group of functions an user is authori5ed to perform.

+. =hen you successfully login you will see below screens. "his screen below will prompt you to change your password, to a #alue different than that assigned by System $dministrator.

+lick on either of the abo#e .esponsibility Names, will initiate !racle $pps, Note9 *ou might be prompted to install 8initiatorP..8ust keep clicking !>P!> for all Jinitiator messages0. -ffecti#ely, what 3 mean to say is that you do not need to download 8initiator from anywhere: !racle will do this automatically ,pro#ided your '7$Os got this cofigOed0 for you during your first logon attempt from the /+. !nce your 83nitiator gets installed

Durray, we ha#e logged into apps. (ome notes on advanced info / !racle internally uses a login named GI-S" with a password QoracleR, Some people regard this as a security threat, but it isnOt. *our '7$Os can change the QguestR password from its default #alue after installation. !racle uses a '7 Iser account named applsyspub to which it first connects during #alidation of L!G3N. "his user account has #ery restricted pri#ileges and has access to below ob8ects ,primarily for authentication purposes09 1N'N$//L3+$"3!N 1N'NINSI++-SS1ILNL!G3NS 1N'NS-SS3!NS 1N'N/.!'I+"N3NS"$LL$"3!NS 1N'N/.!'I+"NG.!I/S 1N'N2-SS$G-S 1N'NL$NGI$G-SN"L 1N'N$//L3+$"3!NN"L 1N'N$//L3+$"3!NNHL 1N'NL$NGI$G-SNHL 1N'NS3GN!N 1N'N/I7N2-SS$G1N'N=-713L-/I7 1N'N'3S+!NN-+"-' 1N'N2-SS$G1N'NS-+I.3"*N/>G 1N'NL!!>I/S