Wireless Approval : What is meant for EBS user community

Oracle Business Approvals for Managers is a new class of task focused built mobile application to enhance productivity via immediate notification of key tasks needing review /action, with relevant analytics provided to support and better decision-making.

This allow you to secure access to business information on the go

• Performance Indicators
• Contact Information
• Sales data

This can be carried out Apple iPhone through flexible user interface features.

Benefits in Oracle EBS

This allows executives and managers to respond quickly and easily to common tasks such as approvals for Finance, Purchasing,HR and Sales. These are the some of activity that they can do..

• Expense approval
• HR Job Offer & Vacancies
• Purchase Requisition
• Sales Quotes

Other key features are:

• Oracle BI Apps pre-built Analytics : Oracle Business Approvals for Managers allows users to view and interact with approval tasks that include expenses,purchase requisitions, job vacancies and job offers that originate from Oracle enterprise applications. Additionally,related business intelligence from Oracle Business intelligence enterprise Edition Plus or Oracle Business Intelligence Applications can be associated with approval tasks as an option to provide insight to support approval decisions.
• Oracle SOA / BPEL technology :Oracle Business Approvals for Managers is tightly integrated with Oracle enterprise applications through the deployment of flexible and powerful Oracle SOA Suite technologies in a companion product called Oracle Business Approvals Connector
  for Managers.This also leverages the Identity Management facility within Oracle SOA Suite to authenticate user security which supports Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol.

System Requirement

These are versions of software required.

• Apple iPhone 2.1 Software
• Oracle Business Approvals Connector for Managers 1.0
• Oracle E-Business Suite 12.0.4 (Purchasing, iProcurement, Financials, Human Resources or iRecruitment)
• This is currently supported only in english

iPhone + Apps R12 Integration Architecture

Check it out Steven Note, details post for iPhone + Apps R12 Integration Architecture

How much you have to pay

• With assumption if you are using R12.0.4 with pre-requisite product, You have to pay extra for licensing cost for Oracle Business Approvals Connector.
• Managers iPhone client application can be downloaded for free of cost from iTunes App Stores sites.

Moving Forward

As per Oracle Datasheet Oracle plan is to extend this feature in CRM area in near future and will be supported in other language.

Reference Notes

Check it out some of official documents from Oracle.

• Oracle Business Approvals for Managers
• Oracle Business Approvals for Managers Datasheet Download
• Oracle. Business Approvals Connector for Managers Configuration Guide Download