Using FSGs & ADI to create / review financial statements

Andrew G. Diamond DARC Corporation

Agenda
! Introduction ! Steps to create F/Ss ! How to generate F/S output ! F/S Analysis

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COA Details
! Accounting Flexfield Structure:

COMPANY.ACCOUNT.DEPT.PROD

! Companies: 01,02, 99 & T (parent of 01, 02 & 99) ! Products: 000, 100, 200, 300, T (parent of 000, 100, 200 & 300)

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What is a Row Set?

! Row Sets typically define row format and content. They often include:

Accounts Line item descriptions Row totals Row calculations

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Row Set: Name/Description

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Row Set: Details

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Row Set: Account Assignments

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Row Set: Calculations

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What is a Column Set?

! Column Sets typically define the format and content of the columns in an FSG report ! Oracle provides seeded column sets, or you can build your own

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Column Set Attributes

! The commonly assumed attributes for a column set are:

Time period (PTD, QTD, YTD, etc) Account type (Actual, Budget or Encumbrance)

! These two elements are defined by an Amount Type

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Column Set: Name/Description

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Column Set: Buttons

! Create Heading button: Displays a graphical tool used to design column set headings that appear on report output (no content can be defined) ! Define Columns button: Allows you to create column set content ! Build Column Set button: Displays a graphical tool that allows both the design of column set headings that appear on report output (such as width and formatting) and the creation of some column set content
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Column Set: Exceptions

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Report Output with Exceptions

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What is a Row Order?

! Row Orders are used to control how detail rows are displayed and/or sorted on a report

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Row Order

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P&L No Row Order

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P&L With Row Order

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What is a Content Set?

! Content Sets are used to override row/column account assignments and display types to create multiple variations of existing reports ! You can generate many similar reports in a single run by using content sets

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Defining a Content Set

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P&L With Content Set

! Using the PE (Page Expand) functionality, one FSG can generate three separate P&Ls:

One P&L for Co 01 One P&L for Co 02 One P&L for Co 99

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P&L Output With Content Set

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How do you define a FSG Report?

! Reports are created by specifying a combination of report components (ie Row Set, Column Set, etc). Typically, values specified when defining a report override values specified at the individual component level ! The value entered in the Title field will appear at the top of the report

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Defining a FSG Report

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Running FSG Reports

! FSGs may be run from:

Run Financial Reports form Concurrent Manager

! The name of the request is Program - Run Financial Statement Generator

ADIs Request Center

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Run Financial Reports form

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Concurrent Manager

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Request Center - Submission

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Request Center Publishing

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Request Center F/S Web output

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Request Center F/S Excel output

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F/S Drilldown in Excel

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F/S drilldown Detail Accounts

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F/S drilldown Journal Details

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F/S drilldown Add/Remove Data Elements

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F/S drilldown MultiDimensional Analysis

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F/S drilldown Subledger Details

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F/S drilldown Export to Excel

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F/S drilldown View Data in Excel

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Tips 1
! You may Migrate FSG components from one instance to another using Program - FSG Transfer Concurrent Request ! Using the AutoCopy functionality, you may copy existing FSG components ! Many Profile Options:

ADI% FSG% GLDI%

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Tips 2
! ADI & Release 11i (as of Jan, 2004) In order to view Request Center Output, one must use ADI Version 7.1.21 or greater when connecting to 11.5.9 database or any 11i instance that has AOL patch 2782945, 11i.FND.G or 11i.HR_PF.G If using ADI Version 7.1.20 or earlier, you may be able to connect to 11.5.9 database, but will be unable to publish reports or view log files through the Request Center unless youve applied patch 3256492 (which supercedes 2782945)

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Tips 3

If using ADI Version 7.1.21 or greater and not connecting to 11.5.9 database (or any 11i instance that has AOL patch 3256492, 11i.FND.G or 11i.HR_PF.G ), you may be able to sign into the database, but will be unable to publish reports or view log files through the Request Center

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Tips 4
! ADI & 11.5.9 Vision

11.5.9 Vision is missing grants & synonyms. This will prevent ADI from connecting to the database

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Questions? Questions?
! Andy Diamond ! Email: adiamond@darc.com ! DARC Corporation ! Web: http://www.darc.com

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Sample P&L

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