EBS 122 Cum RCD ALM
EBS 122 Cum RCD ALM
EBS 122 Cum RCD ALM
1. Disclaimer 1
2. Introduction 2
2.1. Purpose of Document 2
3. New and Changed Features in Asset Lifecycle Management 3
3.1. Oracle Asset Tracking 3
Overview 3
Release 12.1.1 3
3.1.2.1. Multiple Asset Book Support 3
3.1.2.2. Graphical Display of Network Relationships 3
3.1.2.3. Google Maps Integration (Display Assets on a Map) 3
Release 12.1.2 4
3.1.3.1. ATG User Interface Enhancements 4
Release 12.1.3 5
3.1.4.1. ESRI Integration 5
Release 12.1.3+ 6
3.1.5.1. IPV Process Enhancements 6
Release 12.2 6
3.1.6.1. Capitalization on Sales Order Shipment 6
Release 12.2.5 7
3.1.7.1. Asset Retirement tieback from Fixed Assets to Asset Tracking 7
3.1.7.2. Self-Assessed Tax interface to Oracle Projects 7
Release 12.2.6 7
3.1.8.1. Asset Deployment Enhancements 7
3.1.8.2. Include Landed Cost for Asset Capitalization Value 7
Release 12.2.8 7
3.1.9.1. Capitalization on Issue from Project Inventory 7
Release 12.2.11 7
3.1.10.1. IPV Transfer for Partial Receipts of Purchase Order 7
3.2. Oracle Asset Tracking Command Center 8
Overview 8
Release 12.2.9++ 8
3.2.2.1. Capitalization Dashboard 8
Release 12.2.10 8
3.2.3.1. Capitalization Dashboard with Extended Attributes 8
Release 12.2.11 8
3.2.4.1. Assets Dashboard 8
3.2.4.2. Capitalization Dashboard Enhancements 9
Release 12.2.11+ 9
3.2.5.1. Integration with Projects Command Center 9
3.2.5.2. Sequential Data Load 9
Release 12.2.12+ 9
3.2.6.1. Usability Features Uptake 9
3.3. Oracle Enterprise Asset Management 10
Overview 10
Release 12.1.1 10
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3.3.2.1. Asset Move Workbench 10
3.3.2.2. Miscellaneous Usability Enhancements 10
3.3.2.3. Express Work 11
3.3.2.4. Make Item Cross Reference Search Capability 11
3.3.2.5. Specify Source Supply Subinventory for eAM Work Orders 12
3.3.2.6. Microsoft Project Integration with Work Order Scheduling 12
3.3.2.7. Graphical Display of Network Relationships 12
3.3.2.8. Google Maps Integration (Display Assets on a Map) 13
3.3.2.9. Work Request Attachments 13
3.3.2.10. Construction Units 13
Release 12.1.2 14
3.3.3.1. Primavera Integration 14
3.3.3.2. ATG User Interface Enhancements 14
3.3.3.3. Supply Chain Web Services 15
Release 12.1.3 16
3.3.4.1. Encumbrance Accounting for Purchase Orders with ‘Shop Floor’ Destination 16
3.3.4.2. ESRI Integration 16
3.3.4.3. Work Permits 17
Release 12.1.3+ 18
3.3.5.1. Change Asset Number on Work Order 18
3.3.5.2. Delete Unused Allocation and Material Requirement at Material Return 18
3.3.5.3. Component Pick Release Concurrent Program for Work Order Material Allocation 18
3.3.5.4. Default Actual Completion Date on Work Order: 18
3.3.5.5. Avoid Work Order Sequence Numbers Jumping Caused by Budget Forecast Run 18
3.3.5.6. Usability Enhancements in PM Schedule Definition and Search 19
3.3.5.7. Maintenance Work Order Detail Report with Summary Information 19
3.3.5.8. Enhancement to Mass Complete Functionality in Maintenance Workbench 19
3.3.5.9. ERES Support for ‘Debrief work order’ 19
3.3.5.10. Ability to copy material lines of work order 20
3.3.5.11. Primavera 8.2 Certification 20
3.3.5.12. Provide WO Hyperlink in WO Details Relationships Tab 20
3.3.5.13. Provide Work Request Hyperlink in WO Details Requests Tab 20
3.3.5.14. Enable Work Request Details Access from Approval Notification 20
3.3.5.15. Validate Open PO Reqs During WO Update to Complete-No-Charge Status 21
3.3.5.16. Provide On-hand and Available Quantity Details in One-step Material Issue 21
3.3.5.17. Support for Multiple UOMs for One Step Material Issue to WOs 21
3.3.5.18. OTL-EAM Integration for Time Entries in Closed Accounting Period 21
3.3.5.19. Provide Asset Search Features to Self-Service Work Request User 21
3.3.5.20. Contingent Worker Support 21
3.3.5.21. Asset Hierarchy Page Improvement for Asset Node Selection 21
3.3.5.22. Allow Duplicate Activities in Construction Estimate Creation 22
3.3.5.23. View Cost Estimate and Descriptive Flex Field in Construction Estimate Search Results 22
3.3.5.24. Work Order Operations and Material Descriptive Flex Field Support in Construction Estimate 22
3.3.5.25. Choosing Work Order Department in Construction Estimate 22
3.3.5.26. Maintain Order of Activities in Construction Estimate 22
3.3.5.27. Add Resources and Items to Existing Operations in Construction Estimate 22
Release 12.2 24
3.3.6.1. Work Clearances 24
3.3.6.2. Preventative Maintenance (PM) Work Order Prefix 24
3.3.6.3. New Planner Field and Work Order Defaults 24
Release 12.2.4 24
3.3.7.1. Linear Asset Management 24
3.3.7.2. Asset Route and Costing Enhancements 25
3.3.7.3. User Experience Improvements 26
Release 12.2.5 26
3.3.8.1. Linear Asset Management Functional Enhancements 26
3.3.8.2. Map Workbench Enhancements for Improved Search & Usability 26
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3.3.8.3. API and Business Events support for GIS and EAM integration 26
3.3.8.4. User Experience: HTML Asset Definition 27
Release 12.2.6 27
3.3.9.1. Work Order Package Printing using AutoVue 27
3.3.9.2. Calendar based Preventive Maintenance (PM) Scheduling 27
3.3.9.3. Linear Asset Management Enhancements 27
3.3.9.4. Move Order Approval for Maintenance Material Requests 28
3.3.9.5. Interface Operation Attachments to Purchase Requisitions 28
3.3.9.6. Change of Asset Group for Asset Numbers 28
3.3.9.7. Enable Work Order Target Dates 28
3.3.9.8. WebADI Support for Create/Update Assets, Asset Attributes 28
3.3.9.9. Apply Setup Templates on Existing Assets 28
3.3.9.10. User Experience: HTML Asset Update 29
Release 12.2.7 29
3.3.10.1. Work Order Mass Management 29
3.3.10.2. Generate Preventive Maintenance Work Order Report 29
3.3.10.3. Option to define Operation Completion as Mandatory 29
3.3.10.4. Add Supplier Details for Work Order Direct Items 29
Release 12.2.8 30
3.3.11.1. Asset Criticality Information for Work Order and Work Request 30
3.3.11.2. Add Work Order Completion Comments 30
3.3.11.3. Display Shutdown details in Work Order Self-Service pages 30
3.3.11.4. Multi Language Support for Failure Data 30
3.3.11.5. Multi Language Support for Asset Status 30
3.3.11.6. Cancel Work Request upon Work Order Cancellation 30
3.3.11.7. Open Work Orders Dashboard 31
Release 12.2.9 31
3.3.12.1. AME Approval for Work Requests 31
3.3.12.2. Multiple rebuildable quantities at material issue 31
3.3.12.3. Additional Description in Work Order 31
3.3.12.4. Parent Asset Association through WebADI Update 31
3.3.12.5. Asset Status in Self-Service Pages 32
3.3.12.6. Work Request Expected Resolution Date option 32
3.3.12.7. Instance Status Filtering for EAM Asset Numbers 32
3.3.12.8. GIS Integration and Map Workbench enhancements 32
Release 12.2.10 32
3.3.13.1. Asset Search enhancements for Express Work Order and Asset Route 32
3.3.13.2. Asset Hierarchy Search and Access Enhancements 32
3.3.13.3. Work order search by Operation Completion Status 33
3.3.13.4. Work order search with purchasing information 33
3.3.13.5. Work Order Hierarchy Search and Quality Integration Enhancements 33
3.3.13.6. Organization Specific Work Order Status 33
3.3.13.7. Employee Assignment for Work Orders 33
3.3.13.8. Notification for Employee Assignment 34
3.3.13.9. Operation Completion Metric for Work Orders 34
3.3.13.10. Work order completion comments 34
3.3.13.11. Map Workbench enhancements 34
3.3.13.12. Update Work Order Material Requirement during Material Issue 34
Release 12.2.11 35
3.3.14.1. Asset Performance Metrics 35
3.3.14.2. Employee Assignment Enhancements 35
3.3.14.3. Mass Geocode entry/update from Map Workbench 36
3.3.14.4. Express Work Order from Map Workbench 36
3.3.14.5. Work Order Information in Meter Readings 36
3.3.14.6. Forecast Work Orders from Self Service page 36
3.3.14.7. Launch Maintenance Workbench from PM Schedule 37
3.3.14.8. Suppression Tolerance by activity 37
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3.3.14.9. Parent-Child Quality Collection Plans for EAM Transactions 37
3.3.14.10. Update Work Order during Release Approval Process 37
3.3.14.11. Work Order Search by Asset Location and Activity 37
Release 12.2.12 37
3.3.15.1. Completed by User Name for Work Order and Operation 37
3.3.15.2. Web ADI for Preventive Maintenance Schedules 38
3.3.15.3. Close Work Orders by User-Defined Status 38
3.3.15.4. Asset Hierarchy View in Work Request and Work Order Pages 38
3.3.15.5. ESRI Integration for ArcGIS Indoors 38
3.3.15.6. Employee Assignment Enhancements 38
3.3.15.7. Functional Asset Hierarchy 38
3.3.15.8. Quality Plans Enhancements 38
Release 12.2.13 38
3.3.16.1. WebADI for Failure Setups 38
3.3.16.2. Work Request Prefix and Mapping to Work Order Type 39
3.3.16.3. Employee Assignment at Work Order level 39
3.3.16.4. Work Permit Completion Check 39
3.3.16.5. Scheduler Workbench in Web Application 39
3.4. Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Command Center 41
Overview 41
Release 12.2.8 42
3.4.2.1. Open Work Orders Dashboard 42
Release 12.2.8+ 42
3.4.3.1. Open Work Orders Dashboard with Approved Work Requests 42
3.4.3.2. Assets Dashboard 42
3.4.3.3. Materials Dashboard 42
Release 12.2.9 43
3.4.4.1. Open Work Orders Dashboard with flexfields for refinement 43
3.4.4.2. Assets Dashboard with flexfields and asset attributes for refinement 43
3.4.4.3. Materials Dashboard with Work Order attributes for refinement 43
Release 12.2.10 43
3.4.5.1. Operations Data set for extension support 43
Release 12.2.11 43
3.4.6.1. Asset Dashboard Performance Improvements 43
3.4.6.2. Open Work Orders Dashboard Usability Improvements 43
3.4.6.3. Materials Dashboard Usability Improvements 43
Release 12.2.11+ 44
3.4.7.1. Real Time Work Order Quick Update 44
3.4.7.2. Work Order Search With Safety Related Parameters 44
3.4.7.3. Sequential Data Load 44
Release 12.2.12 44
3.4.8.1. Quality Plans for Assets, Work Orders and Operations 44
3.4.8.2. Employee Assignment Status 44
3.4.8.3. Asset Operational Log Action 44
Release 12.2.13 45
3.4.9.1. Work Order Schedule Start and Completion in Timeline view 45
3.4.9.2. Work Order Mass Status update 45
3.5. Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Information Discovery 45
Overview 45
Support Update 45
Release V4 46
Work Orders Area 46
3.5.4.1. Work Requests Area 46
3.5.4.2. Assets Area 46
3.5.4.3. Material Area 46
Release V5 46
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3.5.5.1. User-Definable DFF Search 46
Release V6 46
3.5.6.1. Enhanced Work Order and Asset attributes 46
Release V8 47
3.5.7.1. Cost Analysis based on Failure Information 47
3.5.7.2. Advanced Search 47
3.5.7.3. Asset Number flex fields support in Refinements 47
Release V9 47
3.5.8.1. Operation Attachment in Result Table 47
3.6. Oracle Mobile Maintenance for Oracle E-Business Suite 47
Overview 47
Mobile Release 1.0 – Client Version 1.0.0 48
3.6.2.1. View and Execute Maintenance Work 48
Mobile Release 2.0– Client Version 1.1.0 48
3.6.3.1. Mobile Foundation Updates 48
3.6.3.2. Accessibility Improvements 48
Mobile Release 3.0 – Client Version 1.2.0 48
3.6.4.1. Android Support 48
3.6.4.2. Mobile Foundation Release 3.0 Updates 48
Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0 49
3.6.5.1. Mobile Functional Release 4.0 Updates 49
3.6.5.2. Mobile Foundation Release 4.0 Updates 49
3.6.5.3. Mobile Translation Release 4.0 Updates 49
Mobile Release 5.0 – Client Version 1.4.0 49
3.6.6.1. Mobile Functional Release 5.0 Updates 49
3.6.6.2. Mobile Foundation Release 5.0 Updates 49
Mobile Release 6.0 – Client Version 1.5.0 49
3.6.7.1. Quick Complete Operations 49
3.6.7.2. Self-Assign Operations during Work Order Creation 49
3.6.7.3. Other Functional enhancements 50
3.6.7.4. Mobile Foundation Release 6.0 Updates 50
Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0 50
3.6.8.1. Self-Assign My Department’s Work 50
3.6.8.2. Calendar view for operations 50
3.6.8.3. Serialized item scan and enhanced material issue screen 50
3.6.8.4. Enforce Operation completion 51
3.6.8.5. Sort Operation list by priority 51
3.6.8.6. Offline / Disconnected mode 51
3.6.8.7. Mobile Foundation Release 7.0 Updates 51
Mobile Release 8.0 – Client Version 1.7.0 51
3.6.9.1. Charge Time Automation 51
3.6.9.2. Sort by Work Order Type 51
3.6.9.3. Work Order Completion Comments 52
3.6.9.4. Edit Failed Offline Transactions 52
3.6.9.5. Express Work Order 52
3.6.9.6. Self-Assign Work Order Alert Message 52
3.6.9.7. Mobile Foundation Release 8.0 Updates 52
Mobile Release 9.0 – Client Version 1.8.0 52
3.6.10.1. Supervisory Actions 52
3.6.10.2. Technician Overview 53
3.6.10.3. Multiple Rebuild Items Issue 53
3.6.10.4. Mobile Foundation Release 9.0 Updates 53
Mobile Release 9.1 – Client Version 1.8.1 53
3.6.11.1. Uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) 2.6.3 53
Mobile Release 10.0 – Client Version 10.0.0 53
3.6.12.1. New App Built with Oracle JET 53
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3.6.12.2. Descriptive Flex Fields 54
3.6.12.3. Mobile App Personalization 54
3.6.12.4. Mobile App Extensions 54
3.7. Oracle Installed Base 54
Overview 54
Release 12.2.4 54
3.7.2.1. Option to track only Customer-owned products using Oracle Installed Base 54
Release 12.2.5 55
3.7.3.1. Tracking of Customer Install Base items 55
3.7.3.2. Install Base Transaction performance improvements 55
3.7.3.3. Serial Tagging at Sales Order Pick/ISO Pick support 55
Release 12.2.6 55
3.7.4.1. Installation Details HTML Page 55
3.7.4.2. Advanced Search Option for Item Instances using WebADI 55
Release 12.2.7 56
3.7.5.1. Web ADI support for extended attributes 56
Release 12.2.8 56
3.7.6.1. Additional Instance Search Options 56
Release 12.2.9 56
3.7.7.1. Purge Program for CSI Transaction Interface 56
3.7.7.2. User Record Update Based on Transaction 56
3.7.7.3. Manual Reading Entry for Time Based Counters 56
Release 12.2.10 56
3.7.8.1. Item Instance Management Enhancements 56
3.7.8.2. Web ADI and Mass Update Enhancements 57
3.7.8.3. Install Base Transaction Processing Usability Enhancements 57
Release 12.2.11 57
3.7.9.1. Install Base Transaction Error Indication for Serial Instances 57
Release 12.2.12 57
3.7.1.1. Counter Reset Reading Correction 57
3.7.1.2. Search Results for Mass Update Web ADI Export 57
3.7.1.3. Display Source for Counter 57
3.7.1.4. Create Service Request Navigation Enhancement 58
3.7.1.5. New Parameter in Interface Install base Line Items 58
Release 12.2.13 58
3.7.2.1. Install Base Error Correction Program Updates 58
3.7.2.2. Non-Source Installation Details in HTML UI 58
3.7.2.3. Mass Update Support for Contacts 58
3.8. Oracle Installed Base Information Discovery 58
Overview 58
Support Update 59
Release V4 59
3.8.3.1. Search by Extended Product Attributes 59
3.8.3.2. Execute ‘Related Products’ Search 59
3.8.3.3. Improved Drill-down to Product Configuration 59
3.8.3.4. Identify Installed Base by Geography 59
3.8.3.5. Track Customer Product Metrics 59
Release V5 59
3.8.4.1. User-Definable DFF Search 59
Release V7 60
3.8.5.1. Boolean Search Support 60
Release V8 60
3.8.6.1. Advanced Search 60
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1. Disclaimer
This Release Content Document (RCD) describes product features that are proposed for
the specified releases of the Oracle E-Business Suite. This document describes new or
changed functionality only. Existing functionality from prior releases is not described. It
is intended solely to help you assess the business benefits of upgrading to the specified
release of the Oracle E-Business Suite.
This document in any form, software or printed matter, contains proprietary information
that is the exclusive property of Oracle. Your access to and use of this confidential
material is subject to the terms and conditions of your Oracle Software License and
Service Agreement, which has been executed and with which you agree to comply. This
document and information contained herein may not be disclosed, copied, reproduced or
distributed to anyone outside Oracle without prior written consent of Oracle. This
document is not part of your license agreement nor can it be incorporated into any
contractual agreement with Oracle or its subsidiaries or affiliates.
This document is for informational purposes only and is intended solely to assist you in
planning for the implementation and upgrade of the product features described. It is not a
commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon
in making purchasing decisions. The development, release, and timing of any features or
functionality described in this document remains at the sole discretion of Oracle.
Due to the nature of the product architecture, it may not be possible to safely include all
features described in this document without risking significant destabilization of the code.
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2. Introduction
Oracle E-Business Suite Releases 12.1 and 12.2 Release Content Document Purpose of Document 2
3. New and Changed Features in Asset Lifecycle
Management
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Instance Location and Geocodes will be displayed in a pop up. Also, hyperlinks will be
provided for performing the following actions:
1. View instance details page
2. View Graphical Asset hierarchy.
From the Asset Tracking responsibility, when the user selects any Enterprise Asset
Management instance icon on the map viewer, details such as Instance Number,
Description, Item, Instance Location and Geocodes will be displayed in a pop up. Also,
hyperlinks will be provided for performing the following actions:
1. View instance details page
2. View open Work Requests
3. View open Work Orders
4. View Graphical Asset hierarchy
The ability to find and view Assets on a map is a key requirement for numerous Asset
Tracking and Enterprise Asset Management customers especially those in the Utilities
and Public Sector verticals. The prime advantage of the 3rd party mapping tool like
Google Maps is that users are familiar with the tool and it comes out with reasonable
amount of out-of-box features like map-based services that will help the users service
assets more efficiently.
Besides this out-of-the-box integration with Google Maps, customers will also have the
ability through customization to display assets on any web based map viewer which is
based on HTML technology (for example, Oracle Spatial MapViewer).
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within the window, and to navigate through the results using Next/Previous links in
the LOV window result table, thereby saving a number of clicks and server-side
requests, and significantly enhancing end-user productivity.
4) Inline Attachments: ability to enter, view or delete text-type Attachments inline
Attachments have been enhanced to allow inline addition and viewing. The two
icons associated with the Attachments UI – the ‘plus’ icon and the ‘paper-clip’ icon
will now have mouse-over events defined. On hover-over, an inline window shall
appear for rapid attachment entry or viewing of already added attachments. For this
release, this feature will support only text-mode attachments to be edited and added
inline.
These UI enhancements should be transparent to the Oracle Asset Tracking application,
therefore, eliminating or lowering uptake and upgrade costs.
The profiles for the ATG User Enhancements will be by default disabled. Customers
who would like to uptake these features can enable these features as required. The
profiles are as follows:
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Instance Number, Item Description, Item Address, and Geocodes displayed in a pop up.
Also, hyperlinks will be provided for performing the following actions:
1. View Instance details page
2. View Open Work requests (for eAM Assets)
3. View Open Work Orders (for eAM Assets)
4. View Graphical Asset hierarchy
This project has provided the framework by which users can easily build integration with
other 3rd party GIS systems and map viewers. There is a Technical Brief available that
will guide users interested in integrating with 3rd party map viewers.
The ability to find and view assets on a map enabling users to service assets more
efficiently is a key requirement for numerous OAT and eAM customers especially those
in the Utilities and Public Sector verticals.
Release 12.1.3+
During the asset procurement and capitalization process to FA through Oracle Asset
Tracking, the asset acquisition cost can have various components of Tax and Tax
Variances.
With this enhancement feature, the Asset tracking module has provided support for all
such components of asset procurement cost, while passing on the cost to capitalization
process.
The following tax related components from Invoicing have been included in the asset
cost:
- Non-Recoverable Tax
- Tax Rate Variance
- Tax Invoice Price Variance
- Tax Exchange Rate Variance
- Self-assessed tax
Release 12.2
This feature supports the capitalization process initiated from a Sales Order for shipment
of products. The process flow is applicable for ‘Normal Items’ or ‘Capitalize on Issue
(COI)’ Items- for example, for equipment leases or the rental business. It includes out of
the box support for Operating Lease business flows through standard process of Fixed
Asset creation and capitalization from Asset Tracking.
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Release 12.2.5
This new feature enables asset retirements initiated from Fixed Assets to be tied back to
Asset Tracking and updates the Fixed Asset linkage with the OAT instance. This provides
more options for asset retirement actions like Mass Retirement from Fixed Assets and
seamless data synch-up between Fixed Assets and Oracle Asset Tracking (OAT).
Release 12.2.6
Release 12.2.8
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3.2. Oracle Asset Tracking Command Center
Overview
The Asset Tracking Command Center enables dashboard capabilities to asset tracking
users from Self-service pages. The ‘Assets Dashboard’ and ‘Capitalization Dashboard’
has been added to Asset Tracking Super User responsibility.
The Asset Tracking Command Center feature is available at no additional cost to licensed
users of Oracle Asset Tracking. It can be applied to Release 12.2.4 and above.
Release 12.2.9++
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Release 12.2
V4.
Release 12.2.10
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Release 12.2
V5.
Release 12.2.11
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Release 12.2
V6.
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ii) Interface pending move transactions to Oracle Assets and Run Post Mass
Retirals, Calculate gain or loss programs for asset retirement process etc.,
iii) Asset Update actions – Cost update, Employee update, Asset update and link
to Enterprise Asset Management to view maintenance related information
Release 12.2.11+
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Release 12.2 V8
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3.3. Oracle Enterprise Asset Management
Overview
Oracle Enterprise Asset Management (eAM) supports sophisticated, condition-based
maintenance strategies for property, plants, and public infrastructure. Oracle eAM's
single-instance design ensures best practices and quality compliance globally, eliminates
excess and obsolete spare parts inventories, promotes environmental, health and safety
policies, smoothens coordination of production and maintenance schedules, and improves
both the responsiveness and accuracy of contracted maintenance.
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3.3.2.2.1. Change Dept. on WO Operation
This feature provides the ability to change the Department on a Work Order
Operation prior to Work Order execution. This enhancement will provide more
flexibility for assigning resources when scheduling Work Orders.
3.3.2.2.2. Inclusion of Child Asset Work Orders in Asset Search
The inclusion of Child Asset Work Orders on the Work Order Inquiry by Asset –
Simple Search screen will provide more flexibility in searching for Work Orders.
3.3.2.2.3. 'Last Reviewed Date' and 'Reviewer' Added to PM Schedule Definition
Two fields have been added to the PM schedule definition: 'Last Reviewed Date' and
'Reviewer'. These attributes will help support and execute Reliability Centered
Maintenance (RCM) programs.
3.3.2.2.4. ‘Creation By’ and ‘Created Date’ Added to Work Order Advanced
Search
Two fields have been added to the Work Order – Advanced Search screen. This
feature provides for more flexibility in searching for Work Orders.
3.3.2.2.5. Generate Next PM Only
This feature includes a new field (check box) on the PM Schedule Definition screen:
‘Next Work Order Only’. By checking this box, the PM Scheduler will create the
next Work Order only if the previous Work Order has been completed.
Some less critical assets may not require creation of more than one Work Order until
the last Work Order is completed.
3.3.2.2.6. Copy Asset Number to Requisition Approver Notes
This enhancement supports copying the Asset Number from the Work Order to
Purchase Requisition – ‘Note to Approver’. This provides additional clarity for the
Purchase Requisition approver beyond the Work Order Number and Operation
Number which are currently available.
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Enterprise Asset Management (eAM) Work Order for planning or issued directly to an
eAM Work Order.
Prior to this release, users could search for items by Item Number or Item Description.
However, users often do not remember the Item Number/Item Description or will pick up
items from the shelf. Often these parts do not have an Item Number marked on them and
users struggle to find and add the right part required for the Work Order. The
Manufacturer Part Number or cross-reference is often etched on the part. This
enhancement will make it easier for the planners and the maintenance workers to add and
use the right parts for an eAM Work Order
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improve the user experience. Often in maintenance there is a need to establish an
‘alternate’ hierarchy of the organization’s assets to see potential ‘upstream’ and
‘downstream’ implications of an asset failure.
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will allow user to search for Construction Units, create a Construction Unit, copy a
Construction Unit and create a Construction Estimate. The “Estimation Workbench” will
allow the user to build an estimate by referencing multiple Construction Units,
automatically exploding the Construction Units into the component material and labor
requirements, providing multiple methods of grouping the components (by Project,
Accounting Class, and Activity) prior to the creation of Work Orders. The Construction
Estimate will provide an audit trail of source transactions and changes during the
estimating process, which then can be used as the basis for new Fixed Asset creation.
Asset Lifecycle Management customers identified this enhancement as a gap in the
Oracle eAM solution. Although this feature appeals most to Utility customers in
Transmission & Distribution, similar functionality can be used in other industries such as
Gas, Water, and/or Construction and can also be modeled to perform shutdown planning.
Release 12.1.2
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3) Look Ahead List of Values (LOV): type-ahead Search capabilities in the List of
Values (LOV) fields
The LOV component has been enhanced to allow type-ahead search capabilities. As
end-users type in characters into the LOV search field, the results shall be fetched
and displayed in line to the LOV component in real-time. For the majority of users,
this will eliminate the need to launch the LOV modal window, to perform a search
within the window, and to navigate through the results using Next/Previous links in
the LOV window result table, thereby saving a number of clicks and server-side
requests, and significantly enhancing end-user productivity.
4) Inline Attachments: ability to enter, view or delete text-type Attachments inline
Attachments have been enhanced to allow inline addition and viewing. The two
icons associated with the Attachments UI – the ‘plus’ icon and the ‘paper-clip’ icon
will now have mouse-over events defined. On hover-over, an inline window shall
appear for rapid attachment entry or viewing of already added attachments. For this
release, this feature will support only text-mode attachments to be edited and added
inline.
These UI enhancements should be transparent to the Oracle eAM application, therefore,
eliminating or lowering uptake and upgrade costs.
The profiles for the ATG User Enhancements will be by default disabled. Customers
who would like to uptake these features can enable these features as required. The
profiles are as follows:
1) Work Order: Create Work Order, Query Work Order, Update Work Order, Add
Components, Add Operations, Add Resources
2) Asset Activity Association: Create Asset Activity Association, Query Asset Activity
Association, Update Asset Activity Association
3) Asset Number: Create Asset Number, Query Asset Number, Update Asset Number
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4) Purchase Order: Cancel Purchase Order, Create Purchase Order, Delete Purchase
Order, Approve Purchase Order, Query Purchase Order
and Update Purchase Order
6) Bills of Materials : Create Bills of Material, Delete Bills of Material, Query Bills of
Material, Update Bills of Material, Copy Bills of Material
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In Release12.1.1, we introduced basic GIS capabilities into ALM products by integrating a
map viewer into the application. An out of the box integration was provided with Google
Maps, whereby Assets could be geocoded and located in a map viewer such as Google
maps. Users can view the asset information on map and perform basic actions such as
initiating work request, creating work order, etc.
Many customers use ESRI as their preferred GIS solution. This release (12.1.3) seeks to
extend the existing GIS integration capabilities of ALM to provide an out of the box
integration using ESRI map viewer. Assets and Work can be spatially located on an ESRI
map viewer and the users can perform various actions on these entities.
As with the Google Maps Integration, using the Maintenance Super User responsibility,
the user will be able to select any asset icon on the map viewer and see details such as
Asset Number, Description, Asset Group, Owning Department, Asset Location and
Geocodes displayed in a pop up. Also, hyperlinks will be provided for performing the
following actions:
1. View Asset details page
2. Create Work Request
3. Create Work Order
4. View Open Work requests
5. View Open Work Orders
6. View Graphical Asset hierarchy
The ESRI integration will also provide the means to locate work on a map and perform
basic execution tasks on these work orders. On selecting a work order icon, the user will
see details of work order, operations and employee assignments in a pop up. The
following actions will be available to the user:
1. Update Work Order
2. Debrief Work Order
3. Assign Employee
This project has provided the framework by which users can easily build integration with
other 3rd party GIS systems and map viewers. There is a Technical Brief available that
will guide users interested in integrating eAM with 3rd party map viewers.
The ability to find and view assets on a map enabling users to service assets more
efficiently is a key requirement for numerous OAT and eAM customers especially those
in the Utilities and Public Sector verticals.
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This feature will help users reduce the administrative lead time required to create and
manage this aspect of safety management.
Release 12.1.3+
This customer-driven enhancement provides the ability to perform material allocation for a
group of Work Orders with open material requirements, using the new concurrent program
'EAM Work Orders Component Pick Release'. The concurrent request will select material
requirements from work orders that meet the following criteria:
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This customer-driven enhancement provides new sequence number logic for Budget
forecasting results (EAM_BFWO_JOB_NUMBER_S). The new sequence with the
prefix set to 'BFWO' (abbreviated for 'Budget Forecast Work Order') will be used for the
work order numbers that are generated as a result of forecast run. As per this change,
the regular work orders will not share the WIP sequence numbers with budget forecast
results. This will ensure continuous sequence of regular work order numbers, even while
using the budget forecasting feature. Prior to this change, the Work Order generated by
the Budget Forecasting feature, and the regular work orders (manual and PM Work
Orders) used the same WIP sequence for Work Order numbering. This resulted in what
appears as ‘jumping’ of a large quantity of sequence numbers for regular work orders.
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• ERES flow is triggered if the work order status is updated as ‘Complete’ or
‘Complete-No-Charges’ in Debrief page
• If E-Record is rejected or E-Sign fails, the following actions are applied for the work
order details:
o Work Order status will be retained as before the completion status
o Updates to the work order including transactions like material issue, resource
transactions will be saved to the system - even if the E-Sign is failed/rejected
o Work order completion information entered in debrief page (Meter Reading,
Quality results, Failure Information and other completion information) will be
reverted back
• If E-Sign is successful, work order completion will be successful along with all
transactions updated to the work order.
• All the details such as Operation, Item Type, Line Type, Item Code, Quantity and
Date Required are copied from the original line to the new line.
• Flex-field values are also copied to the new line.
• Material details in the show/hide region like Auto Request Material flag, Sub-
inventory, Locator and Comments are also copied to the new line.
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3.3.5.15. Validate Open PO Reqs During WO Update to Complete-No-Charge
Status
This customer driven enhancement checks for open Purchasing requirements for eAM
Work Orders when changing the Work Order status to ‘Complete-No-Charges’ (or any
user-defined synonym statuses for ‘Complete-No-Charges’). The system will alert the
user if any requirements are identified. This is similar to how the system currently
handles changing a Work Order to a ‘Closed’ status. This is not applicable to changing
the Work Order to a ‘Complete’ status.
3.3.5.17. Support for Multiple UOMs for One Step Material Issue to WOs
This customer driven enhancement provides support for multiple units of measures
(UOM) for One-Step Material Issue to Work Orders process. The UOM field is an
editable field and the user can now issue parts in any unit of measure. Prior to and after
the material transaction, the quantities are shown in the primary UOM. This is also
applicable to the ‘Work Order Debrief’ page.
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the assets. The page refresh issue with the tree node selection has been resolved to make
it easier for working with asset configurations.
3.3.5.23. View Cost Estimate and Descriptive Flex Field in Construction Estimate
Search Results
This customer driven enhancement added a new column ‘Cost Estimate’ in the
Construction Estimate (CE) search result and added CE Descriptive Flex Field
(DFF) columns in the View Object of the search result page. Users can
personalize to add their relevant DFF columns to the page. When comparing
various CEs, viewing the Cost Estimate is key. Viewing the additional CE DFFs
is also important as different customers want to be able to track and compare
different attributes associated with the CE.
3.3.5.24. Work Order Operations and Material Descriptive Flex Field Support in
Construction Estimate
This customer driven enhancement added a Descriptive Flex Field (DFF) icon to
the Work Order Operations on the Construction Estimate (CE) page, provided the
ability to create/update/view operations/materials DFF on the CE page, and
allows the Maintenance BOM/Maintenance Routing DFF to be copied to the CE.
By improving the creation of the CE, these changes improve the usability of the
CE capability.
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Release 12.2
Release 12.2.4
This release enhances Oracle eAM’s support for Linear Asset Management to address
requirements in industries such as Oil & Gas (pipelines), Utilities (transmission and
distribution lines), and Public Sector (roadways, rails). Significant changes have been
made in Asset Definition, Work Definition / Execution, and Spatial Integration to support
linear assets maintenance. Although these changes were made with linear assets in mind,
many of the new features may be applied to discrete assets, as well.
When creating a linear asset in eAM, a user can attach a Linear Reference Method,
optionally define a Linear Asset Segment, and map the asset / segment to the GIS route or
geometry. Linear asset attributes from GIS domain such as Properties and Elements can be
defined and associated to the assets so that they can be used as reference details while
planning and executing maintenance work on them.
Using user-defined ‘Relationships’, linear assets can be related to other linear assets and
discrete assets. Relationships can be used for modeling asset networks and for tracking the
asset configuration changes. Asset cost roll-up has been enhanced to provide the visibility
of all related assets for a chosen relationship type such as network.
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A new page, ‘Linear Asset Workbench’, has been provided to allow users to set up and
view the linear assets with all these new entities such as Linear Reference Method,
Segments, Elements, Properties and Relationships.
A map workbench has been provided for visualization of linear assets and work orders on
map. Following are some of the map actions that will help users for locating assets and
work orders on map and initiate actions on them:
During Work Order creation and execution for linear assets, the user will be able to
capture linear measure values in self-service and from dynamic asset segmentation done in
the map workbench. Support has also been provided for multiple asset work orders by
enhancing the asset route feature. Work Order completion has been enhanced to support
capturing of actual span of work carried out on linear assets.
For GIS Integration for linear assets, this release supports ESRI and Oracle Spatial
systems. This enables multiple GIS integration options including:
• ESRI
• Google Maps / elocation with Oracle Spatial
• Custom GIS with Oracle Spatial
Rest API and Business Events are provided that can be leveraged by customers for GIS
and EAM systems’ data integration.
Asset route definition has been enhanced with the following features:
• Flexibility in Asset Cost distribution for asset route
• Sequence Numbering of member assets
• Setup controls for asset route update at work order level
With the objective of supporting multiple asset work orders the following
enhancements have been added to asset route work order:
• Ability to create dynamic Work Order Route
• Flexibility in Asset Cost distribution at work order level
• Enhanced Quality Results capture for Route Assets
Following are the Costing enhancements that have been carried out:
• Update Work Order Asset Number after WO Release / Transactions
• Asset Cost drill-down to include Route Work Orders
• Asset Cost Roll-up based on Relationships
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3.3.7.3. User Experience Improvements
As part of our continued efforts to improve the user experience in Oracle eAM, two
types of enhancements are being addressed in this release: (1) non-intrusive changes to
the pages to insure consistency in labels and column position and (2) making specific
Forms based functions available in Oracle Applications Framework (OAF).
On the Work Order pages, naming/spelling updates to field labels and columns were
implemented. Label changes were made to Operations and Materials tabs/regions for
consistency. On applicable pages, Employee was relabeled ‘Person’ to reflect the
introduction of Contingent Worker made in an earlier release.
The ‘Generate PM Work Orders’ concurrent function will be available as a sub-tab off
the Work Orders tab in OAF. A new ‘Reports’ tab is now available from the
Maintenance Super User responsibility enabling the submission of all eAM Reports
including the Material Issue Pick List Report from OAF.
Release 12.2.5
Linear Asset Management functionality has been further enhanced in Release 12.2.5
to support the lifecycle tracking of asset segments and to allow flexibility in data
mapping for the Electrical Utility industry.
3.3.8.3. API and Business Events support for GIS and EAM integration
The following APIs and Business events have been supported for the system
integration between EAM and GIS systems:
• REST APIs for GIS to EAM integration
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– Create Asset
– Manage Asset Status
– Manage Linear Attributes (Property, Element, Relationship)
• Business Events for EAM to GIS integration
– Asset Status Update
– Linear Attribute Changes
– Work Order Linear Details changes
– Work Order Status update
Release 12.2.6
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can enter the common attributes for all the work orders such as Status,
Priority, Work Order Type from the Map Workbench.
- Dynamic Asset Route and Work Order Creation from Map Work bench
o This feature supports selecting a number of assets from the Map
Workbench and assigning them to a pre-defined asset route to create a
dynamic asset route for work order creation. This will help users to
create a work order route from the Map Workbench and use them for
executing work on multiple assets.
- ESRI Integration Enhancement for Feature Class Access Control
o ESRI Integration has been enhanced by the addition of Feature Class
Access Control at the Map Manager setup. This functionality provides
the option to specify the responsibilities, users who can access the
Feature Class at Map Workbench. This will help to improve the
segregation of functional areas and also to optimize the Map
Workbench performance.
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3.3.9.10. User Experience: HTML Asset Update
In R12.2.5 – users were provided with an option to create Assets using an HTML pop-
up page and any updates needed after creation of the asset were be done using the Asset
Definition Form.
In this release, R12.2.6 – in addition to being able to create an Asset, users can view
and update any of the Asset’s attributes using HTML pages. The following asset details
can be viewed and updated from the HTML page:
• Asset Details like Owning Department, WIP Accounting Class, Area etc.,
• Activity Association
• Asset Attributes
• Meter Association
• Fixed Asset, Production Equipment Associations
• Property Management Association (View Only)
• Safety Management Setups
Notes:
• The ‘Define Asset Number’ form is still available for Customer to create, view,
and update Assets.
• This HTML Asset Update feature is applicable for Rebuildable Assets and Asset
Routes also.
Release 12.2.7
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items (Description based and Non-Stock items) will be interfaced with the purchase
requisition.
Release 12.2.8
3.3.11.1. Asset Criticality Information for Work Order and Work Request
A new field, asset criticality has been added to the work order and work request
flows in self-service pages and in the work order detail report. This field defaults
from the asset setup and it is available in create, update, view pages and search
results table. With this option, users can prioritize and plan the work based on asset
criticality code.
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Note: Default value for the profile option is ‘Null’, for automatic update of work request
status the profile option value should be setup as ‘Cancelled’ or ‘Awaiting Work Order’.
Release 12.2.9
This feature allows the user to enter up to 2000 characters in the Work Order
description field. To achieve this functionality, a new field ‘Additional Description’ has
been added in the Work Order create, update and view modes. Work Requests that
have a description more than 240 characters will be copied to the new description field
while creating a Work Order from a Work Request. The new ‘Additional Description’
field will be printed on related Work Order documents.
Prior to this release, users could enter up to 2000 characters in the description field on
Work Requests. When the Work Request was copied to a Work Order the description
was truncated to 240 characters.
This enhancement updates the Asset Number Web ADI template to support
associations to parent asset numbers. Uploading new assets using the Asset Number
Web ADI template allows the creation of a new asset number and its association to its
parent asset number. It also allows the creation of a new parent asset number during the
asset creation/parent association process.
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3.3.12.5. Asset Status in Self-Service Pages
This new feature adds the ‘Asset Status’ field into the Self-Service pages that display
Assets and Work Orders. By adding the ‘Asset Status’ field on the Asset Page, users
can now search for assets by asset status, see the asset status in the search results of the
assets screens and view the asset status in Asset View Page. By adding the ‘Asset
Status’ field into the Work Order Flow, users can now view the asset status while
creating, viewing and updating a work order.
This enhancement will help users to search for assets by status and know the current
status of assets from work order pages to plan work more efficiently.
Release 12.2.10
3.3.13.1. Asset Search enhancements for Express Work Order and Asset Route
A new action ‘Create Express Work Order’ is available using the asset search results
to provide easier access to express work order creation functionality.
A new field ‘Attached Asset Route’ is added to the Asset Details page. This field is
added with a pop-up as ‘Asset Route Details’ which shows the asset routes to which the
asset is attached.
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level parent asset details page, which improves the access to the complete asset
hierarchy.
An asset advanced search has been added with new criteria ‘Parent Asset Number’ to
fetch immediate child assets for any given parent asset. The parent asset number field
in the search criteria will fetch only assets that have at least one child asset.
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Search attributes with Preventive Maintenance criteria like PM Set and PM Schedule
allow to search for all work orders pending employee assignment and assign employees
to them. Mass Assignment of employees can be done for multiple work order –
operations through the results table level action of ‘Assign Employee’.
The Employee Assignment page provides a Work Order Operation based view -
allowing direct access to the resource start/end dates to proceed with employee
assignment for individual work order operation or through multiple rows selected for
mass assignment.
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This feature at two step material issue process allows to synchronize the work order
material requirement to the net issued quantity of item. This simplifies the work order
update, initiated from material transaction itself.
Release 12.2.11
Advanced Search
To improve the work order/operation search for employee assignment, key work
order attributes are added to the employee assignment page,like Work Order Number,
Type, Owning Department and Parent Work Order. Etc.,
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Visual Indication for Employee Availability
The assign employee window has been enhanced to show the availability of the
employee visually to help the planner to view the details easier and perform the
assignment action.
If the existing assignment % of the employee is less than 100, then the employee
details row will be displayed in Green – indicating further availability for assignment.
If the existing assignment % of the employee is greater than 100, then the employee
details row will be displayed in Red – indicating overload assignment.
This feature brings the standalone Mass Geocode entry page to the Map Workbench
UI to provide an integrated experience of visualizing the asset location and updating
the geolocation for discrete assets.
The Map Workbench page is added with a new tab ‘Mass Geocode Entry’ in the
results table region to display the discrete assets queried from Map Workbench
search.
The mass geocode tab entry will list the assets searched in Map Workbench and
rendered in Located Assets subject to the condition that they are discrete assets.
The Map Workbench users will be able to enter the geo-code values or update the
existing values for discrete assets.
Source and Source Reference fields will display as ‘Work Order’ and the Work Order
Number if the meter reading is entered through a work order.
‘Entered by’ field will display the username entering the reading, from any user
interface/transaction source like standalone meter reading entry or from install base
pages or service/contracts pages.
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PM work order forecasting (Run, Implement) similar to Maintenance Workbench,for
the selected PM schedule.
Release 12.2.12
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3.3.15.2. Web ADI for Preventive Maintenance Schedules
Preventive Maintenance Schedule definition is enhanced with Web ADI feature.
New web ADI template is created with schedule definition fields. Users will be
able to download the existing schedule definition and make changes or add new
schedules for upload. Key information related to PM schedules like Schedule
header details, Activity details, Day Interval Rules, Meter Rules, List Dates and
Calendar Based rules can be updated from the WebADI template.
3.3.15.4. Asset Hierarchy View in Work Request and Work Order Pages
Asset field in work order and work request is enhanced with hyperlink to show
asset hierarchy of the selected asset. While creating the work order and work
request, asset hierarchy can be viewed. From the asset hierarchy display, parent
asset or other child assets can be selected to populate them to the work order or
work request. This allows the users to navigate across the asset hierarchy to
decide on the work request or work order asset.
Hierarchy Type and Position code are the new search parameters added in
Assets, Work Order, Asset Cost and Failure Analysis search screens.
Release 12.2.13
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and Resolution codes) and assign them to asset groups at one go, improving the
productivity of configuring and managing failure setup data.
A setup for mapping work request types to work order types has been added to
EAM parameters. This allows to create a default mapping across work request
and work order types, which will be used while creating work orders from work
requests.
Term Definition
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Term Definition
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Term Definition
Overview
The Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) Command Center feature provides dashboards
that are part of the EAM self-service pages. The EAM Command Center consists of three
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dashboards currently: Open Work Orders Dashboard, Assets Dashboard and Materials
Dashboard. They contain actionable insights highlighted through different metrics, charts
and results tables.
The Oracle Enterprise Asset Management Command Center feature is available at no
additional cost to licensed users of Oracle Enterprise Asset Management. It can be
applied to Release 12.2.4 and above.
Release 12.2.8
Release 12.2.8+
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Release 12.2.9
3.4.4.2. Assets Dashboard with flexfields and asset attributes for refinement
The Assets Dashboard is enhanced with additional refinement capabilities. Item instance Flex
Fields have been added as part of available refinements and Asset Attributes have been added
to asset search criteria as part of multiple data set support.
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Release 12.2.11+
The following functionality requires Oracle Enterprise Command Center Release 12.2 V8
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Release 12.2.13
The following functionalities require Oracle Enterprise Command Center Release 12.2 V11
Support Update
• Oracle Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery Plus products end on
December 31, 2021.
• Effective January 1, 2022, both 12.1 and 12.2 versions of the Oracle E-Business Suite
Information Discovery Plus products will move into Sustaining Support.
• Similar capabilities are available at no additional cost in Oracle Enterprise Command Centers and
other standard Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 functionality.
• For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications
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Release V4
Work Orders Area
Within the Information Discovery Work Orders area, Oracle eAM users can quickly view their work
order count, total maintenance cost, failure count, as well as various other maintenance related
matrices. By viewing Work Orders across maintenance organizations and identifying resource
overloads, companies can improve resource efficiency by optimizing resource assignments. Oracle
Enterprise Asset Management Information Discovery allows users to get a summary view of their
maintenance effectiveness across the enterprise which helps in identifying bottlenecks and
streamlining maintenance processes. Information Discovery’s ability to search data supports key
maintenance decisions such as ‘repair vs. replacement of assets’ ultimately controlling maintenance
costs.
Release V5
Asset attributes have been enhanced to include: Operations Log and Check in Status.
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Release V8
Oracle Mobile Maintenance for Oracle E-Business Suite is compatible with Oracle E-
Business Suite 12.1.3 and 12.2.3 and above. To use this app, you must be a user of Oracle
Enterprise Asset Management, with mobile services configured on the server side by your
administrator. For information on how to configure mobile services on the server and for
app-specific information, see My Oracle Support Note 1641772.1.
Note: Oracle Mobile Maintenance for Oracle E-Business Suite is available in the
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following languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Canadian French, Dutch, English, French,
German, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Spanish, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.
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Mobile Release 4.0 – Client Version 1.3.0
When users select the Work Order view from the spring board – they can view the list of
Operations for that Work Order. By swiping left on an Operation, a Quick Complete
icon is presented which the user can use to complete the Operation. In prior releases –
users could only view the list of Operations and could not take any actions on them.
When creating a Work Orders an option is presented to the user to be able to select ‘Self
Assign Operations’ to ‘Yes’ or ‘No’. A value of ‘Yes’ would automatically assign the
Operations that get created as a result of creating that Work Order to the user creating
the Work Order. A value of ‘No’ would create the Operations with the default
assignment rules.
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3.6.7.3. Other Functional enhancements
• Work Orders
o Sort by WO Number
o Enter Reconciliation Code when completing WO
o Enter Priority, Shutdown Type, Self-Assign Operations when creating
WO
• Assets
o Sort by Asset Number, Asset Area
o View Asset long description
• Ability to open links to external websites within the app on Android devices
• Updated look and feel, including native look and feel for action sheets on iOS
devices
• Ability to easily clear user credential fields in the Sign In page
• Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF)
2.3.1
Mobile Release 7.0 – Client Version 1.6.0
The Operations screen has been enhanced to show a user’s entire work for their
department (called My Department’s Work) along with their existing work. A
maintenance user can view their department’s work queue and self-assign work by
swiping the operation. While self-assigning the operation, the Mobile Maintenance app
prompts the user with an alert if it overlaps with the maintenance user’s existing work
schedule. After successful completion of self- assignment, the operation appears under
the user’s My Work queue and allows them to begin work.
A new function called ‘My Calendar’ has been added under the spring board and allows
the user to view the operations assigned in a calendar view. My Calendar has three
views: List View, Day View and Month View, each of which shows the operations
information and improves user productivity. Maintenance users can easily navigate to
the operation details by clicking on the operation and perform the actions available.
The manual selection of serial numbers while issuing material is enhanced with a scan
option. This new feature allows the user to either select the serial numbers manually or
scan the item. In addition, some material issue screen fields have been rearranged for
better usability.
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3.6.8.4. Enforce Operation completion
A new validation has been added to enforce that all mandatory operations are complete
when completing a work order. If any of the mandatory operations are not completed,
the Mobile Maintenance app will display an error message.
NOTE: This feature in mobile app has dependency with EBS release 12.2.7, so there is
no change to the work order completion validation for the mobile apps of EBS versions
prior to 12.2.7.
A new sorting option has been added to the operation screen for ‘My Work’ and ‘My
Department work’ to allow sorting by priority. When a user chooses to sort with
priority, the operations queue will reorder with the priority of the work order associated
to the operation to give visibility to the highest priority work.
The Mobile Maintenance app can now work in a disconnected mode that allows users
enabled with offline mode to choose to work in either online or offline mode.
When offline mode is turned on, the Mobile Maintenance app will perform a one-time
full data download into mobile from the server and allow user to work offline as normal
with the data that has been downloaded.
In order for the offline mobile app to work efficiently, it will initially download only the
work related to the user. However, by selecting the offline preference option it can be
extended to download the user’s department work and additional assets details as
needed. The Maintenance user can manually synchronize the data between the mobile
and the server to get the updated data into server and mobile. Synchronization is also
enabled with the data log summary for easy tracking of transactions.
Calculation of charge time is automated to ease the technician from manual work, with
new actions of – Clock-in and Clock-out, to automatically calculate the chargeable hours
and to keep it ready for resource transaction for an operation. There are additional
actions with indications for Pause, Resume & Reset of charging time.
In work order ‘My Work’ queue, new sort option is added to enable users to sort the
work order based on type of work order.
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3.6.9.3. Work Order Completion Comments
A new field ‘Completion Comments’ is added in work order completion screen. This is
an optional field and allows to enter free text up to 120 characters.
NOTE: This feature in mobile app has dependency with EBS release 12.2.8, so it is
applicable for the mobile app EBS version of 12.2.8.
In offline mobile app, transactions in failed status can be edited from the transaction
details screen, edit action will lead the user to actual transaction screen in edit mode.
Error message is carried over to the transaction screen to help user in correcting the
error. After errors are corrected and saved, transaction will be queued for next
synchronization process.
Express work order feature is extended to the mobile app, user can create new work
order and perform resource reporting, add and issue materials transactions in addition to
the charge time, adding quality plans, complete operation and complete work order as
supported currently. In debrief mode, operations against the selected work order are
shown in one view to the user, this helps to perform charge time, add and issue materials
all from one place.
New alert message is added in create work order screen when self-assign is selected.
Alert will be shown when fields are not meeting the self-assign conditions. This is a soft
alert, user can override and create the work order.
For apps installed through an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution's app
catalog, support for having the EBS Server URL preconfigured by an administrator rather
than requiring users to enter it after launching the app
Enhancement to prevent attachments viewed within the app from being shared elsewhere
on iOS devices
Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) 2.5.0
Mobile Release 9.0 – Client Version 1.8.0
New landing page Supervisor Overview is added with supervisory actions. It highlights
the key metrics for pending resource and instance assignments, work orders overdue and
the list of operations and work orders of different statuses.
Each of the metrics is actionable and leads to the screens to perform resource, employee
and equipment assignments. Work order updates, material issue and charge time actions
can also be performed.
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Apart from work order statuses of Released and Complete, supervisor will have access to
other statuses of Draft, Unreleased, On-Hold and Cancelled and can mass update the
statuses
Search or scan on Asset or work order number will navigate the user to Asset or work
order details page
New landing page Technician overview is introduced with a quick view of operations
metrics. It consists of Operations key indicators including - Overdue, Today’s Work,
Open Work and My Department Work
Each of the metric is actionable that leads to the operations screen and allows performing
transactions and improves usability
Offline data synchronization metric is enabled for the offline app users to show the last
synchronization date, time and failed transactions count
Search or scan on Asset or work order number will navigate the user to Asset or work
order details page
Material issue for rebuild items is enhanced to issue more than one quantity if replace
rebuild work order is not required
Technical updates with uptake of Oracle Mobile Application Framework (MAF) 2.6.2
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3.6.12.2. Descriptive Flex Fields
The Mobile Maintenance App is enhanced to support the descriptive flex fields
configured for Work Order, Operations, Resource, Charge Time & Issue Materials in
respective transactions of mobile app. It works in both online and offline modes, without
any additional setups.
The Mobile Maintenance App screens are now enabled with personalization to hide or
show fields, buttons, action menu items, springboard menu items, hide or disable tabs,
or mark fields as mandatory. Personalization can be performed at the Responsibility,
Organization or Site level. For details of the steps to personalize, you can refer the
Maintenance Release Note: 1923702.1 in Section 2.2: Additional Documentation.
The Mobile Maintenance App is enhanced to support the extensions. Customers can add
additional attributes like Asset Details, Work Order Details, Express Work Order,
Complete Operation etc., For details of the steps to extend Mobile screens, you can refer
the Maintenance Release Note: 1923702.1 in Section 2.2: Additional Documentation.
Oracle Installed Base uses ‘Counters’ to help track usage of a product or track
equipment operational details like run hours which can be used for various purposes
like Billing or Maintenance planning.
Oracle Installed Base is a foundation product for Oracle Asset Tracking and Enterprise
Asset Management.
Release 12.2.4
Even though Install base tracks all transactions performed on an IB tracked item, for
some organizations it is suffice to track only customer owned item instances. To support
such customer requirement, an additional option has been provided for Install Base
tracking in this release. With this option, such customers can avoid the present default
behavior that tracks both enterprise and customer instances.
These business users can leverage this new option in Install Parameters to track "Only
Customer Owned Instances" and still be able to perform after-sales transactions such as
RMA, Field Service Return on the IB instances.
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By enabling this Option, the IB Tracking restricts itself from creating any internal
instances and the lifecycle of the IB tracked item starts only on Order Fulfillment to
external customer.
Note: Since eAM and Asset Tracking products track internally owned assets for asset
lifecycle tracking, this new option should not be adopted by customers who are using
these products.
Release 12.2.5
The customer Install Base functionality – which lets organizations to track only
customer/party related transactions on products - was introduced in Release 12.2.4.
Extending that option as a setup at the Item level is added as part of Release 12.2.5. With
this enhancement, you would be able to specify the preference for Install Base tracking at
the master item level. This provides more flexibility to use this feature based on an
individual item’s tracking needs.
Inventory serial tagging functionality is being extended to the Sales Order Pick and ISO
Pick transactions in Release 12.2.5. This is applicable for non-Serial controlled Items
and Serial control at Sales Order Shipment items. Install base changes have been
incorporated to support this feature for IB tracked items as well.
Release 12.2.6
The WebADI Mass Update for Item Instances feature has been enhanced by adding an
Advanced Search option. With this feature, users can look up item instances using
additional search criteria and efficiently download item instances that need updates of
attributes.
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Release 12.2.7
A new WebADI template has been added for supporting the extended attribute values.
This gives users the ability to download the attributes at the item instance level and
allows them to add or modify the attribute values and upload them into the system.
Attributes downloaded against the item instance can be from different access levels like,
Global, Item, Category, Inventory Item and Instance level.
Release 12.2.8
Search capability in item instance advanced search is enhanced with three new
parameters ‘Currently in Country’, ‘Installed in Country’ and ‘FA location’. Users can
now use these additional search parameters to filter the desired data as they need.
Release 12.2.9
The Item Instance search results using the Install Base Agent User responsibility has
added two new columns: ‘DFF Update’ and ‘Extended Attribute Update’. This feature
allows the update to Descriptive Flex Fields and Extended attributes for instances from
Instance Search page itself without navigating to Instance Update page. These updates
can be done for instances with errored transactions as well.
Two new criteria - ‘Installed at Party Name’ and ‘Currently at Party Name’ are added
to Item Instances Advanced Search. It allows search of instances which have current
location different than the install location.
To support multi-product feature of Field Service, Service Request page for Item
Instances is enhanced to show the service request details for primary and non-primary
instances as well. Earlier the service request details were not shown for non-primary
instances.
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3.7.8.2. Web ADI and Mass Update Enhancements
A new check-box ‘Show Root Item Instances Only’ has been added in WebADI and
Mass Update pages. This allows a search for only root/parent item instances for the
given search criteria and perform updates that can be cascaded to all child instances.
In case of the General Mass update, this functionality also relaxes the requirement to
add the parent item Instance for mass update of child item instances.
This feature enhances the current ‘Transaction Interface page’ of Install Base Agent
User responsibility. It provides better search capability for errored transactions and
provides details related to errored Instances like Item, quantity, Instance Number etc.
This is a list search view with infotile metrics providing counts for Instances in error
for Serial Items, Non serial items, Lot serial items and Lot non serial items. The infotile
allows to filter the error transactions and view the error details.
Release 12.2.11
Release 12.2.12
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3.7.1.4. Create Service Request Navigation Enhancement
To improve usability in creating service request from item instance screen, after
successful creation of the service request, user will be shown a message with Service
Request Number. User may use the hyperlink action to navigate back to the Item
Instance.
Release 12.2.13
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Support Update
• Oracle Premier Support for Oracle E-Business Suite Information Discovery Plus products will end on
December 31, 2021.
• Effective January 1, 2022, both 12.1 and 12.2 versions of the Oracle E-Business Suite Information
Discovery Plus products will move into Sustaining Support.
• Similar capabilities are available at no additional cost in Oracle Enterprise Command Centers and
other standard Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 functionality.
• For more information, see the Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications
Release V4
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