Oracle Financials Cloud Rel 11: OTBI Subject Area Document

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Key Business Questions (tied to the key business questions Anchoring Special
Subject Area Name Subject Area Description Primary Fusion Navigation Reporting
from the primary Fusion navigation page) Transaction Considerations
(Yes/No)
Date
Budgetary Control - This subject area provides real time What control budgets are defined in the system for each ledger and/or Home > Budgetary Control Yes Fiscal Period
Transactions Real Time information about transactions that have project? >Review Budget Transactions Name (if report is
been validated with budgetary control. This What are the characteristics (i.e. control level, status, source budget type, (Right panel) at GL Period level)
includes the impact of the transaction on etc.) of the control budget? Budget Date (if
control budgets accounts and period and Who is the budget manager for the control budget? report is at Day
the amount consumed from the budget. For each budget account within a control budget, which transactions had level)
funds checked or reserved for a selected budget date range?
Which transactions make up the outstanding commitment or obligation
balance for a selected budget period?

Cash Management - This subject area provides real time What are the reconciliation statuses and balance amounts in the most Home > Cash management > Yes Bank Statement
Bank Statement information on Bank Statement Balances. recent bank statements? Cash Balances Balance Date
Balances Real Time What is the bank statement balance for each bank account in a given
time period?
Cash Management - This subject area provides real time What are the reconciliation statuses of all the lines in the most recent Home > Cash management > Yes Cash Statement
Bank Statement Line information on Bank Statement Line bank statements? Bank Statements and Line Booking Date
Charges Real Time Charges. What are the taxes and surcharges paid from the bank accounts for a Reconciliation > Manage Bank
range of dates? Statements (Right Panel)

Cash Management - This subject area provides real time What are the bank statement amounts for each back account in a given Home > Cash management > Yes Cash Statement
Bank Statements Real information on Bank Statements. time period? Bank Statements and Line Booking Date
Time What are the reconciliation statuses of all the lines in the most recent Reconciliation
bank statements?
Cash Management - Real time information on external What are the entered external cash transactions that are more than x Home > Cash management > Yes External Cash
External Cash transactions generated from the Bank dollars for a specified cost center and date range for a bank account? Bank Statements and Transaction Date
Transactions Real Time Statement, Statement Reconciliation or What external cash transactions were recorded in each Legal Entity last Reconciliation > Manage
Manual Entry. month? Transactions (Right panel)
What external cash transactions have hit natural account X this month?
What are the external cash transactions that are recorded on a specific
date for each bank account?

Expenses - Employee This subject area provides summarized How do expenses for the current period compare to the previous period No equivalent Yes Employee Expense A summarization
Expense Overview Real information on expense and violations for an in my org? Month program needs to be
Time (New to R 11) organization across dimensions such as What are the expense amounts for each expense category in my org? run to gather
cost centers, companies, employees and Which employees contribute to the majority of the expenses in my org? information before
associated supervisory hierarchies. A What are the most violated policies for the top violators in my org? data is available in
summarization program needs to be run to Which cost centers are my top spenders? this area.
gather information before data is available in Who are the top spenders?
this area. Who are the top expense violators?
Which merchants did we spend the money on?

Expenses - Expense This subject area provides detailed expense What is the justification given for a particular expense line item? Home > Auditing > Manage Yes Employee Expense
Transactions Real Time transaction information at the line and Which expense reports more than 2 weeks old that has not been Expense Reports (Right panel) Report Date
(New to R 11) accounting distribution level. approved?
Financials Common This subject area provides real time What intercompany transactions are awaiting approval? Home > Intercompany Yes Intercompany
Module - Intercompany information on internal company What intercompany transactions created invoices? Accounting > Transactions Transaction Date
Transactions Real Time transactions. What intercompany transactions were approved during a particular
period?
What intercompany transactions were entered during a particular period
between two given legal entities?
What is the count of intercompany transactions between each pair of
legal entities?
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Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time Which assets have a remaining life that is less than one year from today? Home > Fixed Assets > Asset Yes Asset Assignment
Assignments Real Time information on assignments of an asset to a What assets are currently operational in a particular location? Inquiry > Assets tab Date
location, employee, or depreciation expense
account, and the transactions that affect
asset assignments.
Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What is the total depreciation since the beginning of the asset's life? Home > Fixed Assets > Asset No NA
Balances Real Time information on depreciation balance of an What is the total record cost and depreciated value of an asset during a Inquiry > Assets tab
asset by GL account, cost center and asset specified time period?
category.
Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What are the year-to-date depreciation amounts for all assets in an asset Home > Fixed Assets > Asset Yes Asset Depreciation
Depreciation Real Time information on the decrease in the value of book? Inquiry > Assets tab Period Name
an asset due to obsolescence or use. It What assets have a book value within a specified dollar value range?
includes the cost center, ledger and sub- What is the depreciation expense amount for all the assets with a
ledger account, asset depreciation account, specified asset category that have been depreciated in a particular cost
asset book, asset category, and asset center?
depreciation.
Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What assets are currently operational in a particular department and what Home > Fixed Assets > Asset Yes Asset Transaction
Financial Information financial information on each asset by is their current cost, net book value, and accumulated depreciation Inquiry > Assets tab Date
Real Time depreciation book associated with the reserve?
general ledger.
Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What assets have been retired this past month with sale proceeds above Home > Fixed Assets > Asset Yes Asset Retirement
Retirements and information about retired and reinstated a specified dollar amount? Inquiry > Recent Retirement Date
Reinstatements Real assets. It includes the assets retirement What are the assets reinstated during a specified period? tab
Time details, asset book, cost center, ledger, What is the cost of removal of a retired asset?
asset depreciation account, asset category,
and asset depreciation.
Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What invoices have I received for a given asset during the current year? Home > Fixed Assets > Asset No NA
Source Lines Real Time information on an asset line that originates What are invoices have I received for depreciable assets during the Inquiry > Assets tab
from other feeder systems. It includes the current year?
source line details and general ledger. What vendor invoices were charged to a cost center for an asset?

Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What are all the transactions performed on selected assets? Home > Fixed Assets > Asset Yes Asset Transaction
Transactions Real Time information on the transactions associated What is the financial history for a given asset? Inquiry > Transactions tab Period Name
with an asset such as additions, transfers,
adjustment, reinstatement, retirement, and
so on. It includes accounting details, asset
book, asset category, type of asset,
location, and cost center.

Fixed Assets - Asset This subject area provides real time What assets have been transferred from one location/cost center to Home > Fixed Assets > Asset Yes Asset Transfer
Transfer Real Time information about transfer of assets another during a specified time range? Inquiry > Transactions tab Date
between employees, depreciation expense
accounts, and locations.
General Ledger - This subject area provides real time What is the account balance for a given account and cost center for a Home > General Accounting > Yes Dependant upon General Ledger -
Balances Real Time information on general ledger balances. given period? General Accounting Essbase Cube Balances Real Time
Use this subject area to query balances at Dashboard > Inquire and subject area is based
any level in the account hierarchies. Analyze Balances or Financial on Essbase cube --
Reports (Right panel) where there are two
mandatory filters to be
added -- Chart of
Accounts and Period
Set Name

General Ledger - This subject area Real time information on
Journals Real Time general ledger journals.
General Ledger - Period This subject area provides real time
Status Real Time information on general ledger period
statuses.
General Ledger - This subject area provides real time
Transactional Balances information on general ledger balances.
Real Time Use this subject area and the General
Ledger - Journals Real Time subject area if
you need to query detail balances and
journals in the same report or allow drill
down from detail balances to journals. If
you only need to query balances, use the
General Ledger - Balances Real Time
subject area instead.
Payables Invoices - This subject area provides real time
Holds Real Time information on holds applied to an invoice
Payables Invoices - This subject area provides real time
Installments Real Time information on invoice payment installment What is the total unpaid invoice amount, by supplier, for a particular time
information
Payables Invoices - This subject area provides real time
Prepayment distribution information for prepayments that standard invoice ?
Applications Real Time were applied against standard invoices.
Payables Invoices - This subject area provides real time
Transactions Real Time information on payable invoices.
Payables Invoices - This subject area provides real time
Trial Balance Real Time information on posted invoices and
payments so that users can reconcile
Payables balance with the General Ledger
balance.
Payables Invoices - This subject area provides real time
Withholding Real Time information on summarized tax amounts
withheld at the supplier site level.
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What are the journal entered and accounted amounts for a given account Home > General Accounting > Yes GL Effective Date
and period? Journals
What journals were created for a given account by source for this period?
What journals were created for a given period and category?
What journals were created for a given period for a given account?
What unapproved journals exist for a given period?
What unposted journals exist for a given period?
What are the period statuses for a given set of ledgers? Home > General Accounting > Yes Fiscal Period
Period Status
What is the account balance for a given account for a given period and Home > General Accounting > Yes Fiscal Period
the journals that contribute to the balance in the period? General Accounting
Dashboard > Inquire and
Analyze Balances or Financial
Reports (Right panel)
Which invoices are placed on hold? Home > Payables > Invoices > Yes Invoice Date
Which suppliers have invoices frequently put on a particular hold? Manage Invoices > Edit Invoice
Which invoices are currently on hold and thus are preventing period > Manage Holds
close?
What is the total amount of credits that is still open, by supplier? Home > Payables > Invoices > Yes Invoice Date
Manage Invoices > Edit Invoice
period? > Manage Installments
Which invoices pending approval or validation are at risk of late
payment?
What is the potential discount lost if such invoices are paid late?
Which are the prepayments available to be applied for a particular Home > Payables > Invoices > Yes Invoice Date
Manage Invoices > Edit Invoice
Which are the prepayments already applied for a invoice and needs to be > Apply or Unapply
unapplied? Prepayments
What is the total available prepayments for a particular supplier or
business unit?
What is the age of the available prepayments so that older prepayments
can be applied to new standard invoices from that supplier?
What approval actions are applied to an invoice? Home > Payables > Invoices > Yes Invoice Date
Which invoices are currently pending approval? Manage Invoices > Edit Invoice
Which invoices for a particular business unit, supplier, and supplier site
have a specified approval status?
What are the details for an invoice including related purchase order,
amounts, and payment details?
What is the total of all unpaid and partially paid invoices that Payables Home > Tools > Scheduled Yes Trial Balance Date
transferred to the general ledger as of particular date with totals grouped Processes > Schedule New
by liability account, supplier, ledger? What Process > Payables Trial
are the invoice details of the invoices which are unpaid or partially paid Balance Report
that Payables transferred to general ledger as of particular date? What
are the trial balance details for secondary ledger or reporting currency
ledger? What
are the trial balance details for suppliers with negative balances only?
What is the total amount of tax withheld by supplier? Home > Payables > Invoices > No NA
Manage Invoices > Edit Invoice
: Taxes

Payables Payments - This subject area provides real time
Disbursements Real information on amount spent or expensed.
Time
Payables Payments - This subject area provides real time
Payment History Real information on clearing and unclearing
Time history of payments.
Receivables - This subject area provides real time
Adjustments Real Time information about transaction adjustments,
including approval information and the
associated distributions and accounting
details.
Receivables - Bills This subject area provides real time
Receivable Real Time information about bills receivable
transactions and bills receivable
applications, including the associated
distributions and accounting.
Receivables - Credit This subject area provides real time
Memo Applications information about the application of credit
Real Time memos to both debit items and receipts,
including the associated distributions and
accounting details.
Receivables - Credit This subject area provides real time
Memo Requests Real information about credit memo requests,
Time including the current status.
Receivables - Customer This subject area provides real time
Account Site Tax Profile information about customer accounts site
Real Time (New to R tax profiles, including for example,
11) registrations, validation sand exemption
handling.
Receivables - Customer This subject area provides real time information What customer accounts were updated this month?
Real Time (New to R about customer accounts and sites. Areas of
11) information include: identifying information about What is the list of customers for a given state/province?
the customer, customer account and customer
account site; billing, payment and credit
information for accounts and account sites;
paying and billing relationship information
between customer accounts and their related
customers
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Home > Payables > Payments Yes Check Date
What invoices were included in this payment? > Manage Payments
What is the total amount paid, by currency?
What is the total amount paid, by disbursement bank account?
What is the total amount paid, by supplier, for a particular period?
What payments were not reconciled yet?
What are the details for a payment including banking details and invoices
paid?
What are the void payments for a bank, bank branch, and bank account?
When was the payment cleared? Home > Payables > Payments Yes Check Date
Which payments for this supplier have not cleared? > Manage Payments. Select
Payment and click on 'History'
tab.
What is the total of all Adjustments for the period? Home > Receivables > Billing > Yes Adjustments
What is the total of all Adjustments for the period by business unit? Approve Adjustments (Right Application Date
Which adjustments require investigation or rejection? panel)
What adjustments are against which transactions? Home > Receivables > Billing >
What is the most common reason for an adjustment? Manage Transactions (Right
panel) -> Manage
Adjustments (Action menu)
What is the amount of open bills receivable pending acceptance for the Home > Receivables > Billing > Yes Bill Receivables
period by business unit? Manage Transactions (Right Date
What is the amount of open bills receivable pending remittance for the panel) -> Query by
period by business unit? Transaction Type
What transactions were my credit memos applied to for the period by Home > Receivables > Yes Credit Memo
Business unit? Accounts Receivable > Apply Application Date
Which customers generate the most credit memos? Credit Memos (Right Panel)
What are the most common reasons for credit memos?
What types of credit are generated most often by customers?
What types are credit are requested most frequently? Home > Receivables > Billing > Yes Credit Memo
What is the status of credit requests? Manage Transactions (Right Request Date
What the total amount of open credit memo requests for the period by panel) -> Query by
business unit? Transaction Type
What credit memo requests were approved for the period by business
unit?
What the status of the open credit memo requests for the period by
business unit?
What tax registration information has been established for customer Home > Receivables > Billing > No NA
account sites? Manage Customers (Right
Is the tax registration information for customer account sites accurate? panel)
What tax registrations exist for the account sites of a customer?
How are exemptions handled for customer account sites?
Home > Receivables > Billing > No NA
What is the total count of customers by receipt method? Manage Customers (Right
panel)
What are the Late Charge settings for customers with the DEFAULT
customer profile class assigned?
Who are the contacts, their roles and e-mail addresses for each
customer?
How many billing sites belong to each customer account?

Receivables - Customer This subject area provides real time
Tax Profile Real Time information about customer tax profiles,
(New to R 11) including for example, registrations,
validations and exemption handling.
Receivables - This subject area provides real time
Miscellaneous Receipts information about miscellaneous receipts,
Real Time such as non-AR trade related receipts,
credit card refunds and credit card
chargebacks, including the associated
distributions, accounting details and
remittance bank information.
Receivables - Payment This subject area provides real time
Schedules Real Time information about payment schedules for
transactions, including installment
information.
Receivables - Receipt This subject area provides real time
Conversion Rate information about receipt conversion rates,
Adjustments Real Time including exchange gain and loss amounts.
Use together with attributes from Standard
Receipt Application Details Real Time
subject area for a complete analysis of the
affected receipts.
Receivables - Receipts This subject area provides real time
Details Real Time lifecycle information about customer
receipts, including status and associated
dates, distributions, and accounting details.
Receivables - Revenue This subject area provides real time
Adjustments Real Time information about revenue adjustments,
including associated distributions and
accounting details.
Receivables - Standard This subject area provides real time
Receipts Application information about customer receipts,
Details Real Time including manual receipts, receipts
uploaded from a spreadsheet and receipts
imported through lockbox, and the
associated distributions, accounting, and
remittance bank information.
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What tax registration information has been established for customer? Home > Receivables > Billing > No NA
Is the tax registration information for customer account sites accurate? Manage Customers (Right
What tax validations exist for a group of customers? panel)
How are exemptions handled for each customer?
What is the amount and count of miscellaneous receipts for the period by Home > Receivables > Yes Receipt Date
business unit, general ledger account, and cost center? Accounts Receivable >
What is the amount and count of miscellaneous receipts for the period by Manage Receipts (Right
business unit, bank account name, bank account number? panel)
What receipts were reversed for a specific remittance bank over a range
of reversal dates?
What are the most prevalent reversal reasons that may indicate a
process improvement is needed?
Which miscellaneous receipts from previous months were reversed this
month?
What was the volume of credit card refunds and chargebacks for the
period?
What is the payment schedule for installment invoices over time? Home > Receivables > Billing > Yes Payment Due Date
Which invoices have been disputed? Manage Transactions (Right
What is the original amount due, remaining amount due by business unit, panel) -> Review Installments
by customer, by due date. (Action menu)
What is the exchange gain and loss due to exchange rate conversions? Yes Exchange
Conversion Date
What is the accounted amount by bank for receipts for the period by Home > Receivables > Yes Receipt Date
Business unit? Accounts Receivable >
When are receipts cleared? Manage Receipts and Review
When were confirmed receipts remitted? Journal Entries (Right panel)
Have automatic receipts been approved?
What is the total amount of revenue adjustments by item and time Home > Receivables > Yes Revenue
period? Revenue> Manage Revenue Adjustment Date
Adjustments (Right panel)
What is my total receipt amount by currency and remittance bank Home > Receivables > Yes Receipt Application
account? Accounts Receivable > Date
What is the total amount of receipt applications for the period by business Manage Receipts (Right
unit? panel) > Drill into a single
What receipts were applied to other receipts allowing the combined receipts for Applications
balance to be applied to invoices?
Which receipts had earned or unearned discounts and how much of
each?
What receipts are not applied during the period by business unit?
Which receipts are posted to the customer's account but not applied
to invoices?
Which receipts do not have the customer identified?

Receivables - This subject area provides real time
Transactions Real Time information about transaction headers and
lines for invoices, credit memos, debit
memos and chargebacks, including tax,
freight, sales credits, and the associated
distributions and accounting.
Subledger Accounting - This subject area provides real time
Journals Real Time information on sub ledger transaction level
accounting detail journals.
Subledger Accounting - This subject area is used only for pre-
Payables Summary seeded Payables to General Ledger
Reconciliation Real Reconciliation reports and it is not intended
Time for any ad hoc reporting.
Subledger Accounting - This subject area is used only for pre-
Receivables Summary seeded Receivables to General Ledger
Reconciliation Real Reconciliation reports and it is not intended
Time for any ad hoc reporting
Subledger Accounting - This subject area provides real time
Supporting References information on subledger transaction
Real Time supporting reference details.
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What is the total amount of all transactions for the period by business Home > Receivables > Billing > Yes Receivables
unit? Manage Transactions (Right Transaction Date
What portion of transactions is made up of invoices, credit memos, panel)
chargeback, or debit memos?
What is the total amount of transactions for a specific customer?
Which transactions affect the customer open balance for collections
purposes, but not the general ledger account balance?
What payables invoices for a given Supplier have contributed to a given Accounting is disbursed in Yes Sub Ledger
account balance for a given period? each product UI, there is not a Accounting Date
What project costing transactions have contributed to a given account for single place to view these SLA
a given period? journals.
What receivables invoices for a given customer have contributed to a
given account balance for a given period?
Which sub ledger journals have posted accounting entries to a given
account balance for this period?
What are the payables and accounting beginning and ending balances Home > Tools > Reports & No NA
for the period? Analytics > Shared Folders >
What is the differences between payables transactional amount and Financials > Payables >
accounted amount, and how to resolve/reconcile the differences? Payables to Ledger
What are the transaction details that make up the summary view for Reconciliation
payables and accounted amounts in the summary report?
What are the receivable and accounting beginning and ending balances Home > Tools > Reports & No NA
for the period? Analytics > Shared Folders >
What is the differences between receivable transactional amount and Financials > Receivables >
accounted amount, and how to resolve/reconcile the differences? Receivables to Ledger
What are the transaction details that make up the summary view for Reconciliation
receivable and accounted amounts in the summary report?
What is the account balance for a period broken down by supporting Disbursed in each product, not Yes Sub Ledger
reference values? a single place to view these Accounting Date
journals.