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Replace Oracle Forms, Dataloader, WebADI and Discoverer in ONE TOOL Using Excel!
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Sarah Conzemius & Richard Volpitta,API Wizard
Company Info:• Based in Stamford, CT, USA• Thousands of users world wide• Holds patent on API Wizard dynamic technology
API Wizard is one enterprise tool that allows users tostreamline all Oracle EBS data processing through Excel.
Fundamental Oracle problemOrganizations waste thousands of resource hours each year because Oracle
EBS is inefficient.
• It’s hard to get business data in and out of Oracle. The standard interfaces for data entry & data updating are time consuming and prone to manual data entry errors
• The reporting interfaces are incomplete and outdated.• Oracle development tools don’t make it easy for I.T. to provide
and maintain powerful, efficient, user friendly solutions.
This wastes time for multiple people, delays decisions, and introduces opportunities for bad data to get into the system.
What Are Your Options?
Oracle EBS customers typically employ a patchworkof tools and approaches, and significant time andeffort every year, in an ongoing effort to reduceOracle data processing pains and bottlenecks.
Each tool and approach has its drawbacks- Maintaining several tools from a support and maintenance perspective can beburdensome for IT-Training users on several tools can be confusing and time consuming-No cohesive integration between tools-Lack of prevalidation can introduce bad data in the system
API Wizard vs. Standard Forms/WebADI
Easy Excel interface for multiple business processes
Pre-validates data inspreadsheet
Handles large loads ofdata easily & quickly
Prebuilt loaders & reports& easy point n click to build custom
Easy to customize, format, add business rules &Validations, workflows, scheduling
Supports parent/child relationships &multiple APIs in one template
Easy audit all data created
Requires multiple forms/templates for simple processes, Interface not user friendly
No Pre-validation
Slow, takes hours for small data loads
IT or Consultants must program andbuild multiple templates & reports
Would require programming expertise
Does not support
Does not support
API Wizard vs. Screen Emulators/Dataloader
Process thousands of records fast
Pre-validates data in spreadsheet,users can correct errors in Excel
Work on other things during upload
Stable architecture with rollback support ,commit frequency,status bar and scheduling
Easy to customize, format, addbusiness rules & validations,workflows, scheduling
Easy audit all data created
Slow processing time
No Pre-validation
Requires babysitting, locks up computer
Prone to falling over, unstable, can waste hours waiting and at risk for data corruption & incorrect data being loaded
Does not support
Does not support
API Wizard vs. IT extensions/Custom programs
Easy Excel interface
Easy to maintain & support, immuneto patching and upgrades
Works with advanced record typeswithout programming
Easily audit all data created
Setup templates & reports in minutes
Provides real time status bar & rollback
Custom interface requires user training
IT must keep custom program with all Oracle changes and update every PC
IT must create wrappers to handle complex data types
Would require programming expertise
Custom programs require SDLC processIn both pl/sql & java to integrate with APIs
Would require programming expertise
API Wizard vs. “One Off Tools”Patented technology, fiexible & immune to Oracle patches, version
Support full dynamic reporting in Excel with live access to Oracle data
Prebuilt loaders & reports or use aneasy point n click builder for customloaders & reports in minutes, tailoredto your specific business processes
Support any business process in anyOracle area, thousands of processes
Update master data, validate & upload transactional data & report acrossentire EBS In one Excel based tool
Ability to create workflows, scheduleJobs and monitor status
Harded coded, inflexible, susceptible to Oracle changes, upgrades, versions
No reporting, only exports of data, not live data
Hard coded prebuilt templates only covering certain processes, not tailored to your business processes
Limited offering, only some Oracle processes offered
Each process requires a separate tool, purchase and support
Not offered
API Wizard vs. Discoverer/OBIEE
Easy Excel interface
Easy point n click report creation
Live dynamic reporting with drilldowns, charts, pivot tables and more in Excel
Works with custom schema & data
Immune to Oracle patching & upgrades
Use as Standalone Extraction Reporting Tool or Ad Hoc Query & reporting
Clunky & cumbersome user interface
Difficult report creation, requires special skillset, technical assistance
No access to live, dynamic data in Excel
Does not work with custom data easily
Oracle dropping Discoverer supportupgrades & patching can affect existingReports
API Wizard solves the problemby combining Oracle and Excel
•Excel User Interface• Instant access to live
Oracle data• Integrate into your
analysis•Charts, graphs, pivot
tables, slicers•Report across every
module• Improve decision
making
Reporting
•Excel User Interface•50-90% Faster•Replaces Oracle
forms •Fully validated•No technical
assistance needed•Upload into any
Oracle module•Significant annual
savings
Data Entry /Updates
•Excel User Interface•Configure vs develop•Powerful IDE•Easy and intuitive
point & click builder•Centralized control•Enforces Oracle
security & EBS roles•More done with less
effort
Development
Data Entry
Vs
Work done in a fraction of the time it takes in Oracle
Processing 20 records in Oracle can take an hour or more and requires using
multiple forms
Tedious, slow, and convoluted
Oracle Fast and Easy!
API Wizard
The same work in API Wizard only takes a few minutes in
one worksheet
Reporting
Drilldowns Pivot tables / Slicers Dashboarding Individual cell formula reports
Drilldown ability for any type of report. Drilldown wizard to easily create new drilldowns.
• Oracle EBS reporting environment in Microsoft Excel. Easy, efficient, and intuitive.• Replace Discoverer and FSGs, augment and compliment your BI strategy• Completely integrated with API Wizard Excel-based data entry and data maintenance
Pivot tables and slicers provide a powerful way to 'slice and dice' your Oracle data. Totally integrated with API Wizard.
Dashboards can include reports (e.g. top 10 lists), pivot tables, graphs, charts, and other visualizations.
Single-cell formulas allow you to create very modular report formulas which can be used in many different types of analysis
Live Oracle reporting in Excel
Development Build Excel-based applications for Oracle in minutes!
API Wizard makes it easy to use Oracle’s integration points. API Wizard provides:
• Powerful Integrated Development Environment• Patented point and click Builder• Ability to rapidly author Excel loaders and reports
in minutes without programming• Supports any Oracle API or custom API• Link loaders or reports together in one template
or sheet
Examples of how customers use API WizardThese are a short list of examples, there is much more you can do in API
Wizard!
Reporting• Financial reports• AP and AR Agings• On-hand quantity• Budgets• Asset info and depreciation• Bookings• Order fulfillment• Projects reports• Margin by customer• Margin by product• Etc
Transactional data• AP and AR invoices• Cash application• Orders • Contracts• Inventory movements• Sales • Project tasks / tracking• Time and expense• Purchase orders and
requisitions• Etc
Master data• Vendors• Customers• Items• Employees• Etc. Periodic Tasks
• Period financial close• Price list updates• Updating BOMs• Physical inventory• Budgets• Salary updates• Etc.
Project Tasks• Upgrading• Rolling out new modules• Switching to multi-org• Acquisitions• Restructuring• Etc
Setup data• Key flexfield setups• Value set values• Org and location setups• Users / responsibilities• Etc
800-691-8714
www.api-wizard.com