Various applications in the Oracle E-Business Suite can view, create, and update the TCA Registry data. Because this information is shared, any change made in one application is reflected in all applications.
TCA itself provides the Trading Community Manager responsibility, which includes these features that you can use to maintain, enrich, and cleanse the TCA Registry.
Bulk Import: Import batches of party data in bulk from external source systems into the TCA Registry. See: Bulk Import Overview.
Customer Interface: Import customer account and party data leveraging row-by-row API's from external source systems into the TCA Registry. See: Customer Interface.
Customers: Enter and maintain party and customer account information. See: Entering and Updating Customer Information and Defining Customer Profile Classes.
Run these reports for customer account information:
Customer Listing - Detail
Customer Listing - Summary
Customer Profiles Report
Customer Relationships Listing
Duplicate Customer Report
See: Listing Reports.
Third Party Data Integration: Enrich the data for organizations and persons with D&B information. See: Third Party Data Integration Overview.
Locations: Generate longitude and latitude coordinates for addresses through an eLocations Spatial Data Integration, and generate time zones for locations. See: Locations Overview.
Phones: Generate time zones for phones. See: Generate Time Zone for Phone Numbers.
Relationship Manager: Create and manage relationships among existing parties in the TCA Registry. See: Relationship Manager Overview.
Batch duplicate identification: Create batches of potentially duplicate parties to merge. See: Batch Duplicate Identification Overview.
Party Merge: Cleanse the TCA Registry by merging duplicate parties and duplicate sites within a party. See: Party Merge Overview.
Customer Account Merge: Cleanse the TCA Registry by merging duplicate customer accounts and duplicate sites within an account. See: Merging Customers.
Note: If you have Oracle Customer Data Librarian, the data librarian can permanently purge parties from the TCA Registry. See: Party Purge Overview.
The Trading Community Manager responsibility also provides features for administering and implementing TCA. See: Introduction to Administration.