Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: INTRODUCTION

• Oracle General Ledger - Keywords and Concepts
• Transactions
• Balances
• Overview of the General Ledger
• New Features in Release 12
• Chart of Accounts
• Accounts and Periods
• Ledgers and Ledger Sets

Session 2: ACCOUNTING CALENDARS

• Accounting Periods
• Accounting Calendars
• Posting Account Balances
• Oracle General Ledger Features

Session 3: ACCOUNT FLEXFIELD DESIGN

• Key Flexfield Overview
• Account Code Combinations Review High-Level Invoice Information

Session 4: NAVIGATION

• Login and Logout of Oracle
• The Navigator Functions Tab
• The Navigator Top Ten List
• The Navigator Documents Tab
• The Navigator Processes Tab
• Oracle Window Features and Terminology
• Oracle Form Features and Terminology
• Flexfields
• Icons
• Enter and Find Data
• Attachments
• Folders
• Profile Options
• Oracle Help

Session 5: GENERAL LEDGER INQUIRIES

• General Ledger Inquiries
• Funds Available Inquiries
• Inquiring on Actuals
• Inquiring on Encumbrances
• Inquiring on Budgets

Session 6: JOURNALS

• Create a Manual Journal
• Create a Statistical Journal
• Create a Mixed Journal
• Create a Reverse Journal
• Generate a Reverse Journal
• Find and Amend a Journal
• Post a Journal Batch
• Create a Fixed Recurring Journal Template
• Generate a Recurring Journal Template
• Create a Formula Recurring Journal Template
• Journal Reconciliation

Session 7: WEB ADI

• Use the Journal Wizard to enter and upload a journal
• Use the Budget Wizard to enter and upload budgets
• Use the Currency Rates Manager to enter and upload exchange rate information

Session 8: JOURNAL RECONCILIATION

• Set up Journal Reconciliation
• Reconcile Journals
• Run Reconciliation Reports
• Reversal of Reconciliation process

Session 9: MONTH AND YEAR END PROCESS OVERVIEW

• Month and Year End Process Overview
• Oracle Data Flow Across Ledgers
• Steps for General Ledger Month and Year End

Session 10: GENERAL LEDGER USER EXERCISES

• Run a Trial Balance Summary Report
• Inquire on Account - Actual Amounts
• Inquire on Account - Actual v Budget Amounts
• Inquire on Journals
• Enter a Journal - (standard and via Journal Wizard)
• Post Journals
• Enter Journal Batches
• Reverse an Existing Journal
• Post the Reversal
• Define Recurring Journals
• Generate a Recurring Journal
• Create a Folder Definition
• Run Standard Reports

Session 11: OVERVIEW OF REPORTING TOOLS

• Overview
• Oracle General Ledger StandardReports
• Report Categories
• Financial Statement Generator
• Oracle Financial Analyzer
• Oracle Discoverer
• RXi Reports Administration Tool
• Oracle Reports
• SQL * Plus Reports
• Comparison of Reporting Tools

Session 12: STANDARD GENERAL LEDGER REPORTS

• Concurrent Manager
• Concurrent Processing Definitions
• Useful Standard Reports
• Submit Request Flow
• Run a Standard General Ledger Report
• Scheduling Options
• Completion Options
• View Requests

Session 13: THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT GENERATOR

• Introduction to FSG Reporting
• FSG Components
• Plan an FSG Report
• Sets
• Predefined Row and Column Sets
• Define Row and Column Sets
• Generate an Ad Hoc FSG Report
• Define Row Sets
• Define Column Sets
• Define an FSG Report
• Run an FSG Report
• Use a Content Set

Session 14: REPORTING WITH REPORT MANAGER

• Overview of Report Manager
• Report Manager structure and access
• Publish a report to Reports Repository
• View a report in Reports Repository
• Publish a report from eBusiness homepage
• Analyse a financial report with Report Manager

Session 15: FSG EXERCISES

• Define a Row Set
• Define a Column Set
• Define an FSG Report
• Run an FSG Report
• View Report Requests
• Define a Content Set
• Define Display Groups and Display Sets
• Define a Row Order

Session 16: REPORT MANAGER EXERCISES

• Publish a report from a form function
• Analyse Report Output
• Export Analysis to MS Excel
• View a Report from Repository Management