R12.2 Vs R12.1

Oracle R12.2 and You Insight from a Beta Tester

A webcast presented by IT Convergence October 30, 2013

Oracle R12.2 and You

How to Ask Questions 

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Taking Our Own Medicine

Used the E-Business Suite since 2004

Upgraded to R12 in January 2009

Implemented OBIEE in January 2010

R12.2 Beta Program in January 2012

Oracle Fusion Applications in March 2012

And we host our systems running Oracle VM

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Oracle R12.2 and You

On the Phone Host Keith Thomas Marketing Communications Analyst, IT Convergence

Presenters Gustavo González Chief Technology Officer IT Convergence

Biju George PS Managing Director IT Convergence

Sudhir Dubey PS Managing Director IT Convergence

Marcelo Albajari Nearshore Development Director IT Convergence

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Release 12.2 General Available Release 12.2 Technology Changes R12.2 Functional Changes and roadmap What’s best for you?

Oracle R12.2 and You

Release 12.2 Released September 19th, 2013 “Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Online Patching offers a smooth, predictable patching process that can dramatically reduce maintenance downtimes while maintaining business continuity” said Gustavo Gonzales, Oracle Ace Director and Chief Technology Officer at IT Convergence. “When calculating the ROI of the Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 upgrade, we counted the hours we’ve devoted annually to patching operations and the impact on our business. It was clear that an upgrade from Oracle E-Business Suite 12 to 12.2 was the right choice.”

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Oracle R12.2 and You

“IT Convergence, a Platinum Partner, worked together with Oracle Development through the entire Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Beta Testing program, and they have the knowledge needed to support your organization for the upgrade to Oracle EBS Release 12.2.” Cliff Godwin, General Manager Oracle E-Business Suite

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Performance for ITC Apps and Database Server More than 50 customizations (multiple types) More than 350 test script ran Multidisciplinary team  DBA, Functional, Technical, Developers, Testers

Stress tests for Performance metrics Performance metrics during online patching CPU & I/O on Apps and DB Servers © IT Convergence 2013

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Oracle E-Business Suite Support Timelines Updated Support Polices for 11.5, 12.0, 12.1& 12.2 2010

2011

2012

2013

Nov '10

2015

Nov '13

EXTENDED

11.5.10

2014

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Dec ’15

SUSTAINING

EXEPTION

Offer Exception to Sustaining Support Jan ‘07

Jan '12

PREMIER

12.0

Jan '15

EXTENDED

SUSTAINING

May ‘09

12.1

Dec‘16

Dec’19

EXTENDED

PREMIER Extend 12.1 Premier Support thru Dec ‘16

Sep‘18

Sep‘13

PREMIER

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EXTENDED

Sep’21

Oracle R12.2 and You

Possible Scenarios Now 

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Customer running their upgrade to 12.1.3 

Recommend checking the customizations to meet the online patching standards (R12.2)

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Depending on the phase of the project, can you change the target?

Customer evaluating the upgrade 

Are you starting your project within the next 3 month?

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Should I go to 12.1.3 or 12.2.2? 

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Choose Release 12.2 if you: 

Need high availability provided by Online Patching

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Want the functional enhancements that are in R12.2

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Prefer to invest in a single project to upgrade directly to 12.2

Choose Release 12.1 if you: 

Prefer to target a release with thousands of live customers

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Would like to stay in R12.1 for 3-5 years before upgrading to R12.2

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Need to move from a release before 11.5 with no direct upgrade to 12.2

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Release 12.2 General Available Release 12.2 Technology Changes R12.2 Functional Changes and roadmap What’s best for you?

Oracle R12.2 and You

R12 Technology Stack

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Oracle R12.2 and You

SOA Suite Uptake 

Technology Stack Upgrade: SOA Suite 11g and WLS 11g E-Business Suite 12.1.3 Integrated SOA Gateway

WS Framework

Adapter Framework & EBS Adapter Lib

Oracle AS & 10g for E-Business Suite

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E-Business Suite 12.2 Integrated SOA Gateway

WSIF

SOA Suite

WebLogic Server 11g

Oracle R12.2 and You

WebLogic Server 11g

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Weblogic and Licensing 

Customers' existing E-Business Suite licenses will cover Oracle Weblogic Server (WLS).

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Existing E-Business Suite licenses include iAS EE, which in turn includes WLS Basic.

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EBS customers who have customized their environment must purchase full-use iAS EE licenses.

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Customers' optional use of EBS 12.2's Integrated SOA Gateway components will require additional full-use licenses for both SOA Suite and the Oracle Applications Adapter.

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Oracle R12.2 and You

E-Business Suite R12.2 Online Patching E-Business Suite will remain available to users during patching operations

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Downtime window will be predictable and in minutes

Patches are applied while the production application remains online

Oracle R12.2 and You

The Basics of Online Patching

Users Online

Users Offline

Users Online

Prepare

Apply

Finalize

Cutover

Cleanup

Copy the production application code

Apply one or more patches to the copy

Ready the system for cutover

Restart application on patched copy

Remove obsolete objects

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Oracle R12.2 and You

EBS R12.2 Patching Cycle

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Oracle R12.2 and You

R12.2 Readiness Report 

Online patching Readiness Report (MOS Doc ID #1531121.1)

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Online patching Analysis Report (Patch #16236081) 

Available for all releases prior to 12.2

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Reports all violations of “Non-Editioned Objects can’t reference Editioned Objects”

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Some EBR violations are automatically fixed by the 12.2 upgrade

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The report is key to determine the scope of effort on custom code

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Summary of R12.2 and Online Patching 

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12.2 Upgrade 

Automatically fixes all compliances issues in EBS code

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Can automatically fix some compliance issues in customizations

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Installs a logical view of the data model that all code must use to access the E-Business Suite

All patches delivered post 12.2 will be Online Patches 

New patching tool (ADOP) used to apply patches

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Oracle R12.2 and You

What is and is not R12.2 Online Patching Oracle R12.2 Online Patching IS

Oracle R12.2 Online Patching IS NOT

A method that allows for applying Oracle EBS application patches while users are online.

A method that can be utilized to apply patches to the rest of the technology stack.

A functionality that leveraging features of Oracle 11gR2 Database -Edition Based Redefinition (EBR)- which editions code objects in the database and new object types

A functionality that impacts the performance with the use of Edition Views.

A method that includes multiple phases.

Something that provides 100% up-time, it only minimizes downtime to promote changes.

A release that supplies a tool that provides visibility into EBR violations and automatically corrects most of them.

A release that corrects all the violations to EBR, some will have to be manually fixed by your Oracle DBA.

Increasing the network port requirements for Weblogic Server managed servers on the secondary File System.

Duplicating the file system completely, just a copy of the components that make up an application middle tier file system.

Capable of applying the patch long before doing the cutover. Ex. starting the prepare phases at the beginning of the week and doing the cutover the following weekend.

A feature that allows you to forego Oracle database downtime when applying an online patch.

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Release 12.2 General Available Release 12.2 Technology Changes R12.2 Functional Changes and roadmap What’s best for you?

Oracle R12.2 and You

Functional Enhancements 

Oracle Financials    

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Integration with Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and Oracle Data Relationship Management. New tax rule Operators Ability to schedule AP/AR Netting Batch Program New Legislative & regulatory updates for many countries

Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector   

New integrated acquisition management solution Helps to drive efficiencies across government procurement processes Helps aligning compliance with the rules and regulations of the public sector acquisition process.

R12.1 / R12.2 : Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Documents (Doc ID 1302189.1) © IT Convergence 2013

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Functional Enhancements (cont.) 

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Oracle Projects: 

Costing using HR rates or using Payroll actuals

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Total Time Reporting for Exempt Employees

Oracle Purchasing: 

Parallel approvals

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Improved Supplier User Interface Registration

Oracle Supplier Lifecycle Management: 

An improved qualification user interface, qualification approval re-routing capabilities and mandatory compliance documentation.

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Functional Enhancements (cont.) 

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Oracle Payroll and Oracle Time and Labor: 

Simplified functions for local payroll administrators

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Allow update person with future person type changes

Oracle Order Management: 

Selling subscriptions

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Enhanced Billing for Extended Warranty.

Oracle Warehouse Management: 

Streamlined mobile user interfaces, enhanced managerial workbenches, improved catch-weight functionality and better extensibility supports greater fulfillment flexibility.

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Functional Enhancements (cont.) 

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Oracle Inventory Management 

New Lot Allocation

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Distributed WMS integration with R12

Oracle Manufacturing Execution System: 

Express serialized manufacturing help

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E-kanban electronic inventory planning with Graphical User interface

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Discrete and Process MES

Oracle Enterprise Asset Management: 

Enhanced support for compliance with safety regulations.

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EBS HRMS embeds ADF in OA Framework 

Available in Release 12.1.3+ HR RUP5 12.1.3 

Actionable organization charts

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Enhanced User Experience with ENDECA for EBS Advanced Search  Search across all data  Dynamic typeahead  Automatic spell correction  Unlocks unstructured data

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Contextual Navigation  Data-Driven. Freely browse data without predefined paths or writing queries  Interactive. Shows only valid next steps  Easy to Use. Familiar online experience

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Visual Analysis  Charts, crosstabs, key metrics  Geospatial visualization  Tag clouds

Oracle R12.2 and You

ENDECA for E-Business Suite Available Now

Order Management

Discrete Manufacturing

Warehouse Management

Enterprise Asset Management

Outsourced Manufacturing

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Depot Repair

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Process Manufacturing

Inventory

iProcurement

Projects

iRecruitment

Field Service

Channel Revenue Management

Cost Management

Learning Management

Install Base

Receivables

Oracle R12.2 and You

E-Business Suite with Embedded Endeca Content 

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Authentication 

Fully Integrated with EBS Security

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No need for extra setup

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No SSO setup required

Authorization 

UI is secured by FND function security

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Flexibility in granting access to Endeca content

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EBS data security is enforced

UI Integration 

Out-of-the-box UI Integration

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Embedded experience

Oracle R12.2 and You

Mobile Strategy for E-Business Suite Mobile Browsers

Mobile Apps from Oracle

 Mobile Apps from Oracle

 ADF Mobile

 Custom Apps

 Define standards

 Safari on iPads

 Provide mobile APIs, services

 All OA Framework screens  Some inherent restrictions (e.g. can’t upload attachments)

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Custom Apps

 Dedicated mobile apps for selected products  Functions targeted at mobile users

Oracle R12.2 and You

EBS Release 12 Opportunities and Co-existence

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EBS and Fusion Applications Co-existence FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT HUMAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

CMR

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E-MUSINESS SUITE PEOPLESORT JD EDWARDS FUSION APPLICATIONS

PROCUREMENT

HYPERION

FUSION GRC

FUSION ACCOUNTING HUB

FUSION SHARED-SERVICE PROCUREMENT

PRIMAVERA

FUSION TALENT MANAGEMENT

FUSION PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

FUCION INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

AGILE PLM

TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

SIEBEL CMR

CMR ON DEMAND

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FUSION WORKFORCE COMPENSATION

WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT

FUSION SALES PLANING

VCP

FUSION DISTRIBUTES ORDER ORCHESTRATION

FUSION INCENTIVE COMPENSATION

FUSION CUSTOMER HUB

FUSION PRODUCT HUB

Release 12.2 General Available Release 12.2 Technology Changes R12.2 Functional Changes and roadmap What’s best for you?

Oracle R12.2 and You

Should I go to 12.1.3 or 12.2.2? Choose Release 12.2 if you

Choose Release 12.1 if you

 Need high availability provided by Online Patching

 Prefer to target a release with thousands of live customers

 Want the functional enhancements that are in R12.2

 Would like to stay in R12.1 for 3-5 years before upgrading to R12.2

 Prefer to invest in a single project to upgrade directly to 12.2

 Need to move from a release before 11.5 with no direct upgrade to 12.2

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Oracle R12.2 and You

Have you started your upgrade to R12.1.3? Are you in a phase that can move the target release?

Are you on 11.5 with no direct access to 12.2?

YES NO

Prefer to stay in R12.1.3 for 3-5 years? NO

Are functional enhancements in R12.2 a priority for your business requirements?

YES

EBS Release

EBS Release

12.2

12.1.3

NO

Would you prefer to invest in a single upgrade project?

YES

YES

Do you need high availability provided by Online Patching?

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Do you prefer a release with 1,000’s customers running it?

Oracle R12.2 and You

How to Get Started?

List your customizations

Inventory of your third party applications

Oracle Add-ons?

Rethink your Backup strategy

Upgrading from 11i? From 12.0? From 12.1? Plan accordingly

More questions?

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