Oracle provides a strong resource with its recommended patch lists (RPL). However, Project Partners is pleased to provide a detailed list of patches that we have uncovered, either during implementations or as a result of internal testing.
As with any patch you should always do detailed research so you can find the patch number and a description of the patch. It is always important to investigate the patches completely, understand their compatibility with those you have already applied and how they might impact your environment, especially where customizations are concerned. This is where the importance of testing your functionality comes into play.
With that said, below is some very useful ‘insider information’ for your review. Read the rest of this entry »
The need to issue a credit memo is common everyday practice for all companies. When the invoice being credited is recent, or the credit is an easy one-to-one (credit memo to invoice) match, this process should be fairly simple. But what happens when you need to issue a credit to your customer months after your invoice has been paid, accounting periods have been closed and information has been archived? What if you need to issue an on-account credit not associated with any particular invoice but rather just a credit to the customer or a credit to the project? What if you want to issue a credit along with your current draft invoices rather than for the original paid invoice? Using standard functionality in Oracle Projects, all credit memos created, whether for canceling an invoice or for correcting an item on a previous invoice, are handled by creating a credit memo that can only be applied against the original invoice. This happens even if the original invoice has already been paid. There is little flexibility in issuing credits not directly associated with the original invoice. Read the rest of this entry »
Oracle Primavera P6 v7 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management – New Release
Oracle released a new version of the existing popular product P6 EPPM. Surprisingly, this new release is still called P6 but it has a revised release number v7. The new product is called “Oracle Primavera P6 v7 EPPM”. Many organizations would like to know what new features are added and bug fixes incorporated. I will try to discuss a few main enhancements and your IT/PMO teams can review and determine if your organization is ready upgrade to this release.
Improvements:
- Open Enterprise Architecture
- Event-Driven Architecture: Developers can now utilize this new feature to write “event-driven” triggers and build integration to any product. Project Managers can get notification on their PDA, iPhones or Outlook; external workflow can be initiated or dashboards can be updated based on any event.
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) – In the past, clients either used Primavera SDK or APIs to build integration to other ERP or legacy systems. With the new improved SOA model and Primavera Web Services there are additional options because of the open architecture for building integration between P6 v7 and other products.
- Sharepoint Integration: MS SharePoint integration enables plug’n’play interoperability.
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