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EBS Payroll Analyzer (Doc ID 1631780.1)

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Main Content
Purpose
Download The Latest Version
Running The Analyzer - Configuration / Setup / Execution
Running the Analyzer as a Concurrent Request
Running the Analyzer via SQL*Plus
Analyzer & Sample Output
Questions, Comments & Feedback
Related Resources
EBS Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool
References

APPLIES TO:

Oracle Payroll - Version 11.5 to 12.2 [Release 11.5 to 12.2]

Information in this document applies to any platform.

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Download the latest Payroll Analyzer version

PURPOSE

The Payroll Analyzer is a self-service health-check script that reviews Payroll related data, analyzes current configurations
and settings for the environment, provides solutions for known issues, feedback and recommendations on best practices.

Analyzers are designed by Support to proactively assist you to better diagnose and maintain your Oracle Application
environments. Analyzers may also be used as data collection tools by Support Engineers.

NOTE: This is a non-invasive script - the Analyzer does not perform any INSERTs, UPDATEs or DELETEs
to your data; it just reports on it.
The Analyzer identifies known issues and provides solutions and recommended actions to be performed for the
specific instance it was run on and can be run at any time.
For production instances, you should first apply any recommended actions or solutions to a recent clone to ensure an
expected outcome.

Global Customer Support (GCS) services and systems are not designed to accommodate special security controls that
may be required to store or process certain types of sensitive data.
Please ensure that you do not submit any sensitive data that requires protections greater than those specified in GCS
published Security Practices document.
Reference: How to Edit Output from Oracle Tools and Utilities to Remove Sensitive Content (Doc ID 1227943.1)
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We welcome and encourage you to share your feedback via the feedback link in the My Oracle Support Payroll
Community. Your feedback shapes the content of existing Analyzers and drives creation of new Analyzers.

Audience
Collect Payroll information for next legislation: Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland,
India, Japan, Korea, Kuwait, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Singapore,
United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, South Africa
DBAs and System Administrators - run the script and review the output
Product Specialists and Business Analysts - review the output

Benefits
Immediate analysis and output of Payroll data from a particular environment
Identifies Payroll system setup and configurations for installed legislations
Legislative issues (one tab for every installed legislation)
Provides recommended actions and best practices
Runs as a standalone or Concurrent Request

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DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION

Download the latest Payroll Analyzer version

Since Analyzers are regularly updated to include newly identified issues and solutions, we highly
recommend always using the latest version. To verify the version of a previously downloaded Analyzer:

Execute the Analyzer via SQL script or concurrent request

Review the Execution Detailssection in the output HTML file generated
Alternatively, you can find the Analyzer version information in the
Header section of the SQL script file

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under the Just the Facts tab of Doc ID 793436.2 ( My Oracle Support How to Series: How to use Hot Topics Email
notification to subscribe to Support Product News, SRs, Bugs, etc. and events so that you Never Miss an Important
Update - [VIDEO])
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RUNNING THE ANALYZER - CONFIGURATION / SETUP / EXECUTION

Note! For 10.2 database you may hit PLS-00123: program too large (Diana nodes), please follow the known issue.
The Payroll Analyzer can either be run as a Concurrent Request or via SQL*Plus. Instructions for both options
are listed below:

Running the Analyzer as a Concurrent Request

Running the Analyzer as a Concurrent Request allows functional users to run the Analyzer without needing the APPS
user password.
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A. Copy the concurrent request version: pay_analyzer_cp.sql script to your $PAY_TOP/sql

B. First you must register the concurrent program.

1. Put the file PAYAZ.ldt on your server and use the applications FNDLOAD command below to import the
concurrent program definition into your instance. Run this command from the directory where you have
downloaded the ldt file on your server, and note that the APPS password is needed:

FNDLOAD apps/apps_password 0 Y UPLOAD $FND_TOP/patch/115/import/afcpprog.lct

PAYAZ.ldt CUSTOM_MODE=FORCE

2. This should create the concurrent program "Payroll Analyzer" in the Payroll application.

C. Add the process to the responsibility report group.

1. To determine what report group your responsibility uses, connect to the System Administrator
responsibility

2. Navigate to Security > Responsibility > Define

3. Under "Request Group" note down the name and query up this request group in Security >
Responsibility > Request

4. Add "Payroll Analyzer" here and Save

D. The concurrent process "Payroll Analyzer" should then be available within your responsibility.

Reminder: When a new version of the process script is available, you only need to copy again the script in
$PAY_TOP/sql

To run the analyzer:

1. Navigate from your responsibility to Process and Reports > Submit Processes and Reports

2. Query the single Request "Payroll Analyzer"

3. At Language Settings ensure you have checked: American English

4. Choose the OK button, then the Submit button

5. Once the request completes click on View Output and verify the output.
In order to save it locally use File -> Save as -> Webpage, HTML only.

Please don't save the Analyzer output as type 'Web Archive, single file (*.mht)' which is not supported.
Instead, save the output as 'Web page, HTML only (*.htm;*.html)'.

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Running the Analyzer via SQL*Plus

Log into SQLPlus as the APPS user. Do not use other clients like SQL Developer or TOAD.

$ sqlplus apps/<apps_password>
SQL> @pay_analyzer

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ANALYZER & SAMPLE OUTPUT

The Payroll Analyzer generates an HTML report output that makes reviewing the output easy.

Running as concurrent request:

Once the request completes click on View Output and verify the output.
In order to save it locally, select File > Save Page As, and then choose 'Web page, HTML only' for the 'Save as
type'.
Please don't the Analyzer output as type 'Web Archive, single file (*.mht)' which is not supported. Instead, save
the output as 'Web page, HTML only (*.htm;*.html)'.
Output is also available in your server at $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT/ o<REQUEST_ID>.out so copy and rename it to
<meaningful_filename>.html

Running from sqlplus:

Output generated is: PAY_Analyzer_instance_date.html (example PAY_Analyzer_vispay04_2016-07-

26_06_40.html)
The path where the output file is created is displayed on the screen.

Click the button below to view a sample output of the analyzer:

Known Issues and Solutions

PLS-00123: program too large (Diana nodes). This issue occurs only for low patching at database level, for example in
10.2.0.4 databases.

In order to workaround:

1. sqlplus apps/apps_password @pay_analyzer_create.sql

2. sqlplus apps/apps_password @pay_analyzer2.sql

Running via Concurrent Request, error with Oracle error-20001:ORA-20001: APP-FND-02901: You do not have access
privilege to any operating unit. Please check if your profile option MO:Security Profile includes any operating unit or the
profile option MO:Operating Unit is set. has been detected in MO_GLOBAL.INIT

Note 2281368.1 Organization Load Data Pump Is Throwing Error ORA-20001: APP-FND-02901: You do
not have access privilege to any operating unit.
Note 556648.1 When Entering Salary Details: Error: APP-FND-02901: You Do Not Have Access Privilege
To Any Operating Unit

'Authentication failed' error when saving analyzer output locally from concurrent request

When saving the output, make sure to choose 'Web Page, HTML only' for the 'Save as type'.
Do not save as 'Webpage, complete (*.htm,*.html)'

Workaround: Copy/rename the output from $APPLCSF/$APPLOUT/o<REQUEST_ID>.out to an html file

type.

See Note 2118950.1 for more details.

See Note 2116869.1 also for known problems with analyzers in general

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QUESTIONS, COMMENTS & FEEDBACK

Have questions or suggestions?

Click the button above to ask questions about and/or provide feedback on the Payroll Analyzer.
Share your recommendations for enhancements and help us make this Analyzer even more useful!

To search for solutions or post new questions about Payroll in general, visit the Oracle Payroll Community on My Oracle
Support Community (MOSC).

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RELATED RESOURCES

Check out the full list of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Proactive Support
Analyzers and Tools (Doc ID 1545562.1)
Collaborate with industry peers in the Oracle Payroll Community

EBS Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool

The EBS Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool (Doc ID 1939637.1) allows you to provision and maintain all your
Analyzers. The Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool is a Perl menu system that enables you to easily execute,
update and install Analyzers as concurrent programs and assign them to request groups.

The tool is updated monthly to include newly released and updated EBS Analyzers. For a complete list of
EBS Analyzers currently included in the EBS Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool, see the Change Log for Bundle
Zip section of E-Business Suite Support Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool
(Doc ID 1939637.1)

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REFERENCES

NOTE:1631798.1 - EBS Payroll Analyzer FAQ

NOTE:1939637.1 - E-Business Suite Support Analyzer Bundle Menu Tool
NOTE:1909330.1 - How to run EBS Payroll Analyzer as a Concurrent Request

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