R12.2 Vs R12.1

Oracle R12.2

and You

A webcast presented by IT Convergence

October 30, 2013

Insight from a Beta Tester

© IT Convergence 2013 All rights reserved.

Oracle R12.2 and You

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Taking Our Own Medicine

Used the

E-Business

Suite since

2004

Upgraded

to R12

in January

2009

Implemented

OBIEE

in January

2010

And we host our systems running Oracle VM

Oracle Fusion

Applications

in March

2012

R12.2 Beta

Program

in January

2012



On the Phone

Gustavo González

Chief Technology Officer

IT Convergence

Sudhir Dubey

PS Managing Director

IT Convergence

Biju George

PS Managing Director

IT Convergence

Marcelo Albajari

Nearshore Development Director

IT Convergence

Host

Keith Thomas

Marketing Communications Analyst, IT Convergence

Presenters

What’s best for you?

R12.2 Functional Changes and roadmap

Release 12.2 Technology Changes

Release 12.2 General Available



Release 12.2 Released September 19th, 2013

“Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 Online

Patching offers a smooth, predictable

patching process that can dramatically

reduce maintenance downtimes while

maintaining business continuity” said

Gustavo Gonzales, Oracle Ace

Director and Chief Technology Officer

at IT Convergence. “When calculating

the ROI of the Oracle E-Business Suite

12.2 upgrade, we counted the hours

we’ve devoted annually to patching

operations and the impact on our

business. It was clear that an upgrade

from Oracle E-Business Suite 12 to

12.2 was the right choice.”

Oracle Press Release (http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2016931)

http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/2016931



“IT Convergence, a Platinum Partner,

worked together with Oracle

Development through the entire

Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Beta

Testing program, and they have the

knowledge needed to support your

organization for the upgrade to

Oracle EBS Release 12.2.”

Cliff Godwin, General Manager

Oracle E-Business Suite



Performance for ITC Apps and Database Server

More than 50 customizations

(multiple types)

More than 350 test script ran

Multidisciplinary team

DBA, Functional, Technical,

Developers, Testers

Stress tests for Performance

metrics

Performance metrics during online patching

CPU & I/O on Apps and DB Servers



Oracle E-Business Suite Support Timelines Updated Support Polices for 11.5, 12.0, 12.1& 12.2

2010 2011 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2022 2012 2013 2014 2021

12.0 Jan '12 Jan '15 Jan ‘07

PREMIER EXTENDED SUSTAINING

12.1 May ‘09 Dec‘16

PREMIER EXTENDED Dec’19

Extend 12.1 Premier Support thru Dec ‘16

12.2

11.5.10

Nov '10

EXTENDED SUSTAINING Nov '13 Dec ’15

EXEPTION

Offer Exception to Sustaining Support

PREMIER

Sep‘18 Sep‘13

EXTENDED

Sep’21

Today



Possible Scenarios Now

Customer running their upgrade to 12.1.3

Recommend checking the customizations to meet the online

patching standards (R12.2)

Depending on the phase of the project, can you change

the target?

Customer evaluating the upgrade

Are you starting your project within the next 3 month?



Should I go to 12.1.3 or 12.2.2?

Choose Release 12.2 if you:

Need high availability provided by Online Patching

Want the functional enhancements that are in R12.2

Prefer to invest in a single project to upgrade directly to 12.2

Choose Release 12.1 if you:

Prefer to target a release with thousands of live customers

Would like to stay in R12.1 for 3-5 years before upgrading to

R12.2

Need to move from a release before 11.5 with no direct upgrade

to 12.2







R12 Technology Stack



SOA Suite Uptake

Technology Stack Upgrade: SOA Suite 11g and WLS 11g

E-Business Suite 12.1.3 E-Business Suite 12.2

Integrated SOA Gateway

WS

Framework

Adapter Framework

& EBS Adapter Lib WSIF

Oracle AS & 10g for E-Business Suite

Integrated SOA Gateway

SOA Suite

WebLogic Server 11g



WebLogic Server 11g



Weblogic and Licensing

Customers' existing E-Business Suite licenses will cover

Oracle Weblogic Server (WLS).

Existing E-Business Suite licenses include iAS EE, which in

turn includes WLS Basic.

EBS customers who have customized their environment must

purchase full-use iAS EE licenses.

Customers' optional use of EBS 12.2's Integrated SOA

Gateway components will require additional full-use licenses

for both SOA Suite and the Oracle Applications Adapter.



E-Business Suite R12.2 Online Patching

E-Business Suite

will remain

available to users

during patching

operations

Downtime

window will

be predictable and

in minutes

Patches are

applied while the

production

application

remains online



The Basics of Online Patching

Prepare

Copy the

production

application

code

Apply

Apply one or

more patches

to the copy

Finalize

Ready the

system for

cutover

Cutover

Restart

application on

patched copy

Cleanup

Remove

obsolete

objects

Users Online Users Online Users Offline



EBS R12.2 Patching Cycle



R12.2 Readiness Report

Online patching Readiness Report (MOS Doc ID #1531121.1)

Online patching Analysis Report (Patch #16236081)

Available for all releases prior to 12.2

Reports all violations of “Non-Editioned Objects can’t

reference Editioned Objects”

Some EBR violations are automatically fixed by the 12.2

upgrade

The report is key to determine the scope of effort on custom

code



Summary of R12.2 and Online Patching

12.2 Upgrade

Automatically fixes all compliances issues in EBS code

Can automatically fix some compliance issues in customizations

Installs a logical view of the data model that all code must use to

access the E-Business Suite

All patches delivered post 12.2 will be Online Patches

New patching tool (ADOP) used to apply patches



What is and is not R12.2 Online Patching

Oracle R12.2 Online Patching IS Oracle R12.2 Online Patching IS NOT

A method that allows for applying Oracle EBS application

patches while users are online.

A method that can be utilized to apply patches to the rest of

the technology stack.

A functionality that leveraging features of Oracle 11gR2

Database -Edition Based Redefinition (EBR)- which editions

code objects in the database and new object types

A functionality that impacts the performance with the use of

Edition Views.

A method that includes multiple phases. Something that provides 100% up-time, it only minimizes

downtime to promote changes.

A release that supplies a tool that provides visibility into

EBR violations and automatically corrects most of them.

A release that corrects all the violations to EBR, some will

have to be manually fixed by your Oracle DBA.

Increasing the network port requirements for Weblogic

Server managed servers on the secondary File System.

Duplicating the file system completely, just a copy of the

components that make up an application middle tier file

system.

Capable of applying the patch long before doing the cutover.

Ex. starting the prepare phases at the beginning of the week

and doing the cutover the following weekend.

A feature that allows you to forego Oracle database

downtime when applying an online patch.







Functional Enhancements

Oracle Financials

Integration with Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub and Oracle Data Relationship Management.

New tax rule Operators

Ability to schedule AP/AR Netting Batch Program

New Legislative & regulatory updates for many countries

Oracle Contract Lifecycle Management for Public Sector

New integrated acquisition management solution

Helps to drive efficiencies across government procurement processes

Helps aligning compliance with the rules and regulations of the public sector acquisition process.

R12.1 / R12.2 : Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Documents (Doc ID 1302189.1)



Functional Enhancements (cont.)

Oracle Projects:

Costing using HR rates or using Payroll actuals

Total Time Reporting for Exempt Employees

Oracle Purchasing:

Parallel approvals

Improved Supplier User Interface Registration

Oracle Supplier Lifecycle Management:

An improved qualification user interface, qualification approval re-routing

capabilities and mandatory compliance documentation.





Oracle Payroll and Oracle Time and Labor:

Simplified functions for local payroll administrators

Allow update person with future person type changes

Oracle Order Management:

Selling subscriptions

Enhanced Billing for Extended Warranty.

Oracle Warehouse Management:

Streamlined mobile user interfaces, enhanced managerial workbenches,

improved catch-weight functionality and better extensibility supports

greater fulfillment flexibility.





Oracle Inventory Management

New Lot Allocation

Distributed WMS integration with R12

Oracle Manufacturing Execution System:

Express serialized manufacturing help

E-kanban electronic inventory planning with Graphical User interface

Discrete and Process MES

Oracle Enterprise Asset Management:

Enhanced support for compliance with safety regulations.




EBS HRMS embeds ADF in OA Framework

Available in Release 12.1.3+ HR RUP5 12.1.3

Actionable organization charts



Enhanced User Experience with ENDECA for EBS

Advanced Search

Search across all data

Dynamic typeahead

Automatic spell correction

Unlocks unstructured data

Visual Analysis

Charts, crosstabs, key metrics

Geospatial visualization

Tag clouds

Contextual Navigation

Data-Driven. Freely browse data

without predefined paths or

writing queries

Interactive. Shows only valid

next steps

Easy to Use. Familiar online

experience

+ +



Projects Discrete

Manufacturing Order

Management

Enterprise Asset Management

iProcurement Inventory Process

Manufacturing

Outsourced Manufacturing

Cost Management

Learning

Management

Install Base

Depot Repair

Field Service iRecruitment Channel Revenue

Management

Warehouse

Management

Receivables

ENDECA for E-Business Suite Available Now



E-Business Suite with Embedded Endeca Content

Authentication

Fully Integrated with EBS Security

No need for extra setup

No SSO setup required

Authorization

UI is secured by FND function

security

Flexibility in granting access to

Endeca content

EBS data security is enforced

UI Integration

Out-of-the-box UI Integration

Embedded experience



Mobile Strategy for E-Business Suite

Mobile Apps from Oracle

Custom Apps

Safari on iPads

All OA Framework screens

Some inherent restrictions (e.g.

can’t upload attachments)

Dedicated mobile apps for

selected products

Functions targeted at

mobile users

Mobile Browsers Mobile Apps from Oracle Custom Apps

ADF Mobile

Define standards

Provide mobile APIs, services



EBS Release 12 Opportunities and Co-existence



EBS and Fusion Applications Co-existence

FINANCIAL

MANAGEMENT

PROCUREMENT

PROJECT

PORTFOLIO

MANAGEMENT

HUMAN

CAPITAL

MANAGEMENT

SUPPLY CHAIN

MANAGEMENT

CMR

HYPERION FUSION GRC FUSION ACCOUNTING HUB

FUSION SHARED-SERVICE PROCUREMENT

PRIMAVERA FUSION PROJECT PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

FUSION TALENT

MANAGEMENT

FUSION WORKFORCE

COMPENSATION

FUCION INCENTIVE

COMPENSATION

AGILE

PLM

FUSION DISTRIBUTES

ORDER ORCHESTRATION

TRANSPORTATION

MANAGEMENT

WAREHOUSE

MANAGEMENT VCP

FUSION

PRODUCT HUB

FUSION SALES

PLANING

SIEBEL

CMR

CMR

ON DEMAND

FUSION INCENTIVE

COMPENSATION

FUSION

CUSTOMER HUB

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Should I go to 12.1.3 or 12.2.2?

Choose Release 12.2 if you

Need high availability

provided by Online Patching

Want the functional

enhancements that are in

R12.2

Prefer to invest in a single

project to upgrade directly to

12.2

Choose Release 12.1 if you

Prefer to target a release with

thousands of live customers

Would like to stay in R12.1 for

3-5 years before upgrading to

R12.2

Need to move from a release

before 11.5 with no direct

upgrade to 12.2



YES

NO

NO

Are you on 11.5 with no

direct access to 12.2?

Do you prefer a release

with 1,000’s customers

running it?

Would you prefer to

invest in a single upgrade

project?

Are you in a phase that

can move the target

release?

YES

Prefer to stay in R12.1.3

for 3-5 years?

Do you need high

availability provided by

Online Patching?

Are functional

enhancements in R12.2 a

priority for your business

requirements?

YES

NO

Have you started your

upgrade to R12.1.3?

YES

EBS

Release

12.1.3

EBS

Release

12.2



How to Get Started?

List your

customizations

Oracle

Add-ons?

Inventory of your

third party

applications

Rethink your

Backup strategy

More

questions?

Upgrading from 11i?

From 12.0?

From 12.1?

Plan accordingly



Are You Ready for R12.2?

Get an Assessment

Just click in the survey:

“I want a free 60 minutes assessment”

Itemize customizations

Inventory 3rd party applications

Evaluate backup strategies

Review Oracle Add-on

Sketch out a high-level R12.2 plan





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