Period Close Diagnostics

You can view complete details of specific transactions that are preventing period close. Such transactions are spread across various products including Oracle Inventory (INV), Oracle Work in Process (WIP), Oracle Shop Floor Management (OSFM), and Oracle Purchasing. Identifying these transactions is a critical step during period close.

The following transactions must be processed for closing a period:

The following transactions will not prevent period close, but may cause problems if they are not processed before closing the period:

Links are provided to specific windows of different Oracle products to display the details of pending, errored, or uncosted transactions. From the Inventory Accounting Periods window, select Pending to go to the Pending Transactions window. From this window, you can select the Open button to link to specific windows, reports, or pages to view pending, errored, or uncosted transactions. The windows, reports, or pages that you link to are determined by your cursor position when you select Open.

The following table describes details of the links to windows and reports:

Type of Transaction Links to Windows/Reports/Pages
Unprocessed Material Interface transactions Inventory Transactions Open Interface window
Unprocessed Material transactions Inventory Pending Transactions window
Uncosted Material transactions and Uncosted WSM transactions View Material Transactions window
Pending Receiving transactions Receiving Transactions window
Pending WIP Costing transactions WIP Pending Resource Transactions window
Pending WIP Move transactions WIP Pending Move Transactions window
Incomplete eAM work orders EAM Work Orders Self-Service page
Pending OSFM transactions Period Close Pending Transactions Report for Pending OSFM transactions.
Pending Shipping transactions Period Close Pending Transactions Report for Pending Shipping transactions.

The Period Close Pending Transactions Report displays the details of the transactions preventing period close. See: Period Close Pending Transactions Report.

System Alerts

System alerts are posted to Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) console and are sent to subscribed administrators through workflow notifications. System alerts also gather a variety of context information about the user, the logging process, the operating system, and so on. Oracle Applications Manager tracks multiple occurrences of the same alert message to prevent duplicate notifications to be sent. System alerts require setting up the profile option FND:Debug Log Enabled to a value of 'Y'.

For Period Close Diagnostics, system alerts are raised when costing of transactions fails in the cost manager. One alert is raised for each cost worker where transaction(s) failed costing - not for each failed transaction. Based on the subscriptions created in the application, the application notifies users through workflow notifications. You can view details by selecting an Alert Occurrence and choosing View Details. The User Interface (UI) provides drill-down capabilities for viewing transactions and transaction details.

See: Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator's Guide.