williams kirk isetup oaug 2003 fall

Kirk WilliamsFrontier Consulting, Inc.

Senior Oracle Consultant

Oracle’s Best Kept SecretOracle iSetup

Setup Automation and Management of the

Oracle e-Business Suite

Oracle iSetup

Agenda

• Vision and Goals

• iSetup Components and Architecture

• Benefits

• Release Status

• Footprint

• Next Steps

• Q&A

To fully automate the setup of the Oracle E-Business Suite

Vision

• New Implementation– Support initial implementation– Simplify requirements collection– Automate data setup

• Management of Setup Data– Automate moving setup parameters

from one instance to another– Extend existing data– Keep track of setup data– Generate Setup Reports

Business Goals

Oracle iSetup Components

• iSetup Configurator

• iSetup Migrator

• iSetup Reporter

• For initial implementation• Collects requirements by

presenting business questions• Derives setup options based on

your responses• Incorporates leading business

practices into template data• Loads all the setup data with the

click of a button

iSetup Configurator

iSetup Configurator

Load

APIs

Answer Questionnaire using iSetup Configurator

Configuration File

iSetup.oracle.com

Oracle E-Business Suite, Target Instance

SetupTables

API

Repository

SetupQuestionnaire

Database

Demo of iSetup.oracle.com

• Automates moving of setup data from one instance to another

• Generates additional setup data based on existing data. For example:– Create a new Accounting Calendar– Create a new Chart of Accounts

iSetup Migrator

iSetup Migrator

Load

APIs

Extract

Snapshot File

Oracle E-Business Suite, Source Instance

Oracle E-Business Suite, Target Instance

SetupTables

API

Repository

APIs

Setup

Tables

API

Repository

• Report on Setup data• Maintain snapshots for later

reference• Compare setup data across

instances• Compare setup data at different

times

iSetup Reporter

iSetup Reporter

iSetupReporter

Extract

Snapshot /Snapshot File/Configuration/

Configuration File

Oracle E-Business Suite, Source Instance

Setup Reports (HTML and Text)

APIs

SourceDatabaseInstance

iSetup Usage Scenario - I

iSetupConfigurator

CRP

System

Test

Production

OriginalConfiguration

RevisedConfiguration

iSetup Usage Scenario - II

Migrate

iSetupConfigurator

CRP

SystemTest

Production

OriginalConfiguration

Refine

Migrate usingiSetup Migrator

iSetup Benefits

• New Implementations

– Proven and consistent setup data

– Reduced risk to your implementation

– Reduced time to go-live

– Reduced ongoing maintenance and support needs

iSetup Benefits

• Existing Implementations

– Ease of maintenance

– Reduced time in administrative tasks

– Easier expansion of setup parameters

– Easier to maintain history of setup data

– Help in resolving system problems

Release StatusiSetup Configurator

In production with R11i.8

iSetup Migrator Scheduled for R11i.9

Actual release 8-11-2003

iSetup Reporter Scheduled for R11i.9

Actual release 8-11-2003

iSetup Footprint

• Financial – General Ledger– Accounts Payable– Accounts Receivable– Fixed Assets– Cash Management– Purchasing

iSetup Footprint

• Manufacturing– Inventory– Bill of Material– Engineering– WIP– Costing– Order Management– Shipping

iSetup Footprint

• Human Resources– Human Resources

Summary

• iSetup Is Not for Every Customer Situation

• Advantages & Disadvantages of iSetup

• Summarize Cost of Implementation or Migration Option

Contacts

• Jim Lange, Product Director

E-mail: Jim.Lange@oracle.comPhone: 425-820-1203

• Manoj Gupta, Product Manager

E-mail: Manoj.K.Gupta@oracle.comPhone: 650-506-5947

• Kirk Williams, Project Manager

E-mail: Kirk.Williams@att.netPhone: 832-244-6255

Frontier Consulting, Inc.

Updates Provided by Jim Lange and Manoj

GuptaProduct Director

Oracle iSetup Development

Oracle Corporation

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