ADI SIG Meeting

Marsha EdgellADI SIG CoordinatorBizTech

Desktop Integration September 2005

Agenda

Product Overviews– Client / Server ADI– Web ADI– Report Manager

Product Roadmap / Release Information

ADI SIG – what’s next?

Questions & Answers

The ADI SIG was formed in order to:

Instruct Instruct – product functionality– product functionality

Inform Inform – future product direction– future product direction

Answer Answer – functional & technical questions– functional & technical questions

Network Network – forum for users to meet– forum for users to meet

Identify & submit Identify & submit – strategic enhancement – strategic enhancement requestsrequests

ADI SIG - Purpose

What is ADI?

Provides desktop integration with Oracle Applications

Original Version – client/server based– Journal, Budget, and Asset Wizards– Report and Analysis Wizard– Request Center

?What is Web ADI?

Web ADI is a Web-Based Application that Brings Oracle E-Business Suite

Functionality to Desktop Applications.

Take Client/Server Benefits to the Web Increase Productivity

– Leverage desktop application functionality to do your job faster– Familiar environment

Have a Custom User Interface– Determine how the documents created on your desktop will

look

Make Your Work Mobile– Desktop application files can be distributed to coworkers for

review or to complete additional steps in your process– Work with the E-Business Suite when not connected to your

network

Web ADI Offers More – Web Benefits

Centralized deployment and maintenance

Faster over slow WAN connections

Integrators added centrally on-demand

Web ADI Offers More – SDK

Create a spreadsheet interface for any E-Business Suite product

Services provided – document creation, LOVs, import data, validation, upload, Internationalization, security, and flexfields

Extensive uptake by product development teams

Uptake beyond product development

Web ADI

Implementations for MS Excel, MS Word and MS Projects

Zero client install

No patches required to be applied to client

First released January 2001, 1 solution

11i10 released with over 100 solutions by 18 teams

Solution Product Owners

Advanced Product Catalog

Assets

Financial Intelligence

General Ledger

Human Resources

Incentive Compensation

Internal Controls Manager

Projects

Public Sector Budgeting

Public Sector Financials International

Public Sector HR

Public Sector Payroll

Sales Offline

Student Systems

Territories

Trade Management

Training Administrator

Web Applications Desktop Integrator

?Report Manager is a secure point-in-time report repository offering centralized

management and distribution of reports.

What is Report Manager?What is Report Manager?

Report Manager Benefits

Access business information from a central site using a standard browser

Ensure that reports are protected from unauthorized access

Store and distribute ANY type of report or file

Preview reports prior to mass distribution

New - Just in time formatting

Product Roadmap /Release Information

Technology stack

Client side– OS: Office 97 / 2000 / XP / 2003– Browser: Internet Explorer, Netscape, Firefox, Mozilla

Oracle Applications 11.5.3 or later– Oracle Self Service Framework version 5.6E or later– Oracle 9iAS release 1.0.2.2.2  – Oracle 8.1 database or later

Languages: All 11i languages

Product roadmap – ADI migration

Journal WizardJournal Wizard GLGL 11i11iProductionProduction

Create AssetsCreate Assets

Record Physical InventoryRecord Physical Inventory

Report PublishingReport Publishing

Format ReportsFormat Reports

FAFA

FAFA

FRMFRM

FRMFRM

11i.11i.

11i.11i.

11i.10 + Patchset G11i.10 + Patchset G

11i.10 + Patchset G11i.10 + Patchset G

ProductionProduction

ProductionProduction

ProductionProduction

ProductionProduction

ADI FeatureADI Feature OwnerOwner Base ReleaseBase ReleaseStatusStatus

Budget WizardBudget Wizard

Analysis WizardAnalysis Wizard

Report WizardReport Wizard

11i & 1211i & 12

11i &1211i &12

11i & 1211i & 12

In ProgressIn Progress

In ProgressIn Progress

In ProgressIn Progress

Q4CY2005Q4CY2005

Q4CY2005Q4CY2005

Q4CY2005Q4CY2005

ADI FeatureADI Feature ReleaseReleaseStatusStatus Devel CmpDevel Cmp

GLGL

GLGL

GLGL

OwnerOwner

ADI - Current Releases

ADI 7.2 – terminal release– Patch 3966101

ADI 7.2 rollup patch 2– Patch 4239346

All bug fixes implemented against 7.2 base

Web ADI - Current Releases

Web ADI Patchset C– Rollup patch 6 in 11i10 – patch 3841047– Rollup patch 7 in 11i.10 CU2 – patch 4278155

Web ADI Patchset D rollup patch 1– Base – 3218526– Latest patch – 4274832– Includes support for all browsers

Report Manager – Current Release

Patch Set G– Patch 11i.FRM.G: 3761838– Web-based Submission and Publishing of Financial,

Standard and Variable Reports– Financial Report Template Editor – ‘Themes’– Excel, HTML and PDF Output– Repository Management

Future Report Manager Release

Patch Set H– Financial Report Definition– Drilldown– Request Set Submission/Publishing– Report Set Submission/Publishing– Ad Hoc FSG– Report migration utility

ADI SIG: Upcoming Meetings

ADI SIG - Internet Meetings:– November 2005– February 2006

OAUG, IOUG and Quest User Group Conference

– April 23 – 27, 2006 (Nashville, TN)

ADI SIG: What’s Next?

Feedback: Topics of interest for future meetings

FAQ repository

Knowledge base– White papers– Installation, implementation notes, etc.

http://adisig.oaug.org

ADI SIG: Call for Volunteers

Speakers for future meetings

Enhancements

Communications

Web site content– User Forum, Customer Collaboration

Contact Marsha Edgell medgell@biztech.com

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