From the Chair

Welcome to the inaugural NWOUG online journal! As the Chair for the 2010 term, I am pleased to be able to communicate with you through this medium... Download/Read full content (member login required)

XML (BI) Publisher: PDF Output Techniques

This article discusses options available for manipulating output to create bookmarks and split documents. It covers generating bookmarks in PDF documents and splitting the output based on the bookmarks. The example takes place within the context of the Oracle E-Business Suite; therefore we’ll refer to the product as XML Publisher. However, the techniques described here would apply equally as well in the standalone BI Publisher... Download/Read full content (member login required)

Protecting Margins in Tough Times with Standard Oracle Functionality

Learn how Tektronix leveraged standard functionality with Oracle Quoting and Oracle Approvals Management to protect profit margin and manage discretionary order discounting. Using Oracle Applications tools, Tektronix has successfully reduced time to quote, increased approval accuracy and provided valuable audit capability to the price exception process... Download/Read full content (member login required)

E-Business Suite OA Framework Pages: Going Behind the Scenes

This article provides tips and techniques for exploring context, environment and other information for OA Framework pages in the E-Business Suite. This information can be invaluable for troubleshooting problems, as well as simply understanding what is going on in a particular page... Download/Read full content (member login required)

R12 ATO Solution for Custom Product at Leupold and Stevens, Inc

On a recent Oracle e-Business Suite Release 12 implementation at Leupold and Stevens, Inc., we leveraged the configuration functionality from the Oracle Bill of Material and Order Management modules to allow choosing options and configuring Riflescopes. Previously this was done using a standalone system which was independent of their ERP system and the objective here was to design and implement an integrated solution that provided flexibility and ease of use as their business grows... Download/Read full content (member login required)

Oracle iRecruitment: Tips on Customizing the Job Vacancy Posting Stylesheet

Customizing Oracle’s JobPositionPosting stylesheet in order to post job vacancies to third party vendors can be a challenge. The knowledge provided in this article will not only help in creating custom stylesheets for third party vendors, but also in the interpretation of error messages that occur when posting a job vacancy... Download/Read full content (member login required)

Implementation of Automated Engineering Change Order

This article presents a case study in the implementation of Oracle PLM Change Orders for items, drawings, and process documentation. Discussions include approval routing configuration, child change orders for creating parallel flows, and a simple customization that greatly improved flexibility and ease of combining change requests for multiple item and change types. The new system reduced overall approval time by more than 50% over the prior paper-based system... Download/Read full content (member login required)

Avista Empowers Decisionmaking with GL Wand Reporting Tool

At Avista, a publicly traded utility headquartered in Spokane, WA, finance and accounting personnel identified the need to improve and accelerate reporting and analysis from their Oracle E-Business Suite environment. A particular area of focus was variance reporting, where Avista’s dynamic and fast moving business environment requires fast, flexible real time reports. To address this need, the company implemented GL Wand, an Excel-based reporting tool from Excel4apps that allows users to easily create, edit and publish finance spreadsheets and reports without IT assistance and with very little training. Because it was developed exclusively for Oracle Financials, GL Wand is easily integrated with that product and is simple to install and maintain. Among other benefits, many financial users have been able to shave hours off of daily reporting activities within just a few minutes of being introduced to the system... Download/Read full content (member login required)