Introducing Oracle iSetup Kirk Williams Frontier Consulting

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Introducing Oracle iSetup

• Kirk Williams
• Frontier Consulting, Inc.
• Senior Oracle Consultant

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Presentation Updates Furnished by Manoj Gupta
Product Director Oracle iSetup
Development Oracle Corporation
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Oracle iSetup

• Setup Automation and Management of theOracle
  e-Business Suite

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Agenda

• Vision and Goals
• iSetup Components and Architecture
• Benefits
• Release Status
• Footprint
• Next Steps
• QA

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Vision

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

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Business Goals

• 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

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Oracle iSetup Components

• iSetup Configurator
• iSetup Migrator
• iSetup Reporter

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iSetup Configurator

• 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

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iSetup Configurator
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iSetup Migrator

• 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

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iSetup Migrator
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iSetup Reporter

• Report on Setup data
• Maintain snapshots for later reference
• Compare setup data across instances
• Compare setup data at different times

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iSetup Reporter
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iSetup Usage Scenario - I
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iSetup Usage Scenario - II
Migrate
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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

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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

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Release Status
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iSetup Footprint

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

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iSetup Footprint

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

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iSetup Footprint

• Human Resources
• Human Resources
• Payroll

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Application Implementation Method
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iSetup and AIM
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iSetup Integration Strategy
Business Information
Workflows
System Configuration
Oracle iSetup
Tutor Procedures
Automated Test Scripts
Business Flows
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iSetup and AIM Tasks

• RD.020 Conduct Current Business Baseline
• Complete iSetup Questionnaire
• RD.050 Gather Business Requirements
• Complete iSetup Questionnaire
• BR.020 Prepare Mapping Environment
• Run iSetup Loader
• BR.100 Define Application Setups
• Run iSetup Loader
• Edit iSetup BR.100 document
• TE.060 Prepare Testing Environments
• Run iSetup Loader
• PM.040 Prepare Production Environment
• Run iSetup Loader

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Outsourcing Timeline
Begin iSetup Configuration
Load iSetup Configuration
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Contract Signed
Implementer Selected
Hardware Ready
Apps Installed
Begin Testing
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Loading Multiple Instances
iSetup Configurator
CRP
Original Configuration
System Test
Production
Revised Configuration
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Alternate Approach
iSetup Configurator
CRP
Refine
Original Configuration
System Test
Backup
Production
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Configuring Test Scripts

• Assumptions
• One RT per form
• Data driven
• Dynamic linking between RTs to support any
  business flow

Configured RT Suite
Bus. Flow
iSetup
Setup Data
Customized Data Files
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Summary

• iSetup Is Not for Every Customer Situation
• Advantages Disadvantages of iSetup
• Summarize Cost of Implementation or Migration
  Option

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Contacts

• Jim Lange, Product Director
• E-mail Jim.Lange_at_oracle.com
• Phone [phone]
• Manoj Gupta, Product Manager
• E-mail Manoj.K.Gupta_at_oracle.com
• Phone [phone]
• Kirk Williams, Project Manager
• E-mail Kirk.Williams_at_att.net
• Phone [phone]

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Updates Provided by Jim Lange and Manoj
Gupta From ORACLE
Frontier Consulting, Inc.