Update 22C

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Overview

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Project Management

Billing and Revenue Management

Additional Process Configurator Sources for Invoicing

Define process configurators for invoicing using newly added sources that equate to existing sources available for use in revenue recognition. For example, create your own percent spent or percent complete formulas for progress-based fixed price invoicing. Alternatively, create your own current run or inception-to-date formulas for fixed fee invoicing. New sources also include bill plan descriptive flexfields.

Invoice Search Using Project Number

Search for specific invoices using the project number as an alternative to project name. This simplifies and accelerates search for project billing specialists.

Cost Management and Control

Project Cost Transfer with Workflow Approval Using a REST API

Transfer project cost transactions using the Project Costs REST API, adding to the list of adjustment types that are already available. This feature extends capabilities to build comprehensive integrated solutions for managing project costs, such as creating workbooks using the Oracle Visual Builder Add-in for Excel. This feature also brings workflow approval capabilities to all types of project cost adjustment initiated by REST API, delivering greater control and consistency with the user experience in the application.

Project Transaction Analysis Reports

Use the new Project Transaction Analysis Reports to view the manner in which a cost rate was calculated for project cost transactions, and identify causes where a cost rate cannot be determined or where a cost rate value is not as expected.

Planning, Scheduling, and Forecasting

Extend the Manage Project Financial Settings Page with Parameters

Project application administrators can use context specific attributes in Page Composer, such as Project Type or whether the project is a template, to control properties of components in the Manage Project Financial Settings page.

Maintain Plan Lines User Spread When Changing Plan Line Dates

Maintain manual periodic spread for financial project plan and budget lines even if the duration changes due to a scope change. Similarly, maintain manual periodic spread for financial project plan using the Financial Project Plan REST API and maintain manual periodic spread for budget lines using Project Budgets REST API.

Maintain Project Progress Using Project Progress REST API

Manage project progress such as refresh actual amounts or revise the progress as of date using the Project Progress REST API. Maintain notes, additional information, and attachments on the draft project progress using this REST API.

Planning Currency Modifications for Planned Resources in the Financial Project Plan

Modify the planning currency of planned resources on the financial project plan without having to delete and recreate the plan line. This simplifies planning updates for project managers.

Project Budget Planning Options Management Using a REST API

Manage planning options for project budgets using the Project Budgets REST API. Override the default planning options defined from the financial plan type while creating a project budget using the Project Budgets REST API. This override facility better aligns to the user experience available to users in the user interface.

Project Status Workflow Enhancements

Project status change workflow notifications are enhanced to better inform approvers and help them make faster decisions. For example, the notification now includes comments entered by the submitter, as well as the next status the project will be set to after approval.

Project Team Members Update and Delete from Project Templates Using a REST API

Update and delete project team members using the Project Templates REST API. This allows the quick update and maintenance of project templates, for example when project team members change.

Resource Management

Enhanced Resource Assignment Update in Import Project Resource Assignments FBDI

Update one or more project resource assignments created from any source when Assignment External Reference is not present. The additional attributes resource, project, project role, and assignment start date exposed now will uniquely identify any assignment for the update. Additionally, you can choose to only submit or submit and approve the project resource assignment updates.

Resource Nomination Update Using a REST API

Manage assignment details including dates, roles, and status for all individual resources on the request using the Project Resource Request REST API. In addition, update assignment status, dates, or role when requesting for assignment approval for a nominated resource using Project Plan Resource Requests REST API.

Program Management and Reporting

Program Earned Value Analysis Using Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence

Analyze program earned value using Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence, or OTBI, analyses. Earned value measures allow program managers to monitor the current level of work achieved against the plan. Timely earned value analyses can help identify projects that need attention to get back on schedule and budget.

Grant Management

Enhanced Error Reporting When Importing Award Details

View detailed error information when importing award or award project details and the award number or project number is invalid. For example, the project number is invalid when importing the keywords or organization credit percentages for the award project.

Find Sponsored Projects Using the List of Values for Projects API

Limit results of the List of Values for Projects API to sponsored projects. This provides the ability to show just sponsored projects for customers using awards as part of Grant Management.

Project Management Common

Predefined Roles for Oracle Fusion Enterprise Resource Planning for Self Service Cloud Service

Oracle Fusion Enterprise Resource Planning for Self Service Cloud Service enables customers to easily provide access to self-service functions, such as expense reporting, timecard entry, and transaction approval to users.

Either use the predefined abstract role Enterprise Resource Planning Self Service User or create a new role and assign it to users who need access to this service. The abstract role is a comprehensive collection of privileges that provide access to all ERP self-service capabilities, including expense reporting, timecard entry, talent profile management, and scheduled process submission. In addition, assign additional predefined duty roles for approvals and reporting access.