Oracle e-Business Suite Financials Administration

DESCRIPTION

Maximize the capabilities of Oracle Financials Release 11i -- an integral component of the Oracle E-Business Suite. Officially authorized by Oracle Corporation, this essential resource explains how to install and upgrade Oracle Financials, apply patches, trace and tune critical application modules, and manage customizations. You'll also get details on day-to-day tasks, such as managing concurrent requests, adding users, handling backup and recovery, troubleshooting, capacity planning, and much more. This is a must-have resource for any Oracle DBA or Financials Administrator. Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Pt. I Introduction 1 Introduction to the Oracle Application Suite 3 2 Roles and Responsibilities of a Financials Administrator 23 Pt. II Setting Up the Financials Environment 3 Installing and Configuring the Technology Stack 39 4 Upgrading to Oracle Application Suite 11i 57 5 Managing the Financials Environment 101 6 Managing the Concurrent Manager 133 Pt. III Database Administration and Maintenance 7 Managing Database Growth 149 8 Change Control and Patch Management 177 9 Managing CBO in an Oracle11i Environment 201 10 Open Interfaces 221 11 Troubleshooting 237 Pt. IV Tuning Your Environment 12 Application Performance Tuning 255 13 Collecting Statistics Using Statspack 323 14 Capacity Planning and Sizing 345 Pt. V DBA Tools and Processes 15 Financials Administrator's Toolkit 365 16 Backup and Recovery 393 17 Security 419 18 Using Oracle8i Features 439 Pt. VI Miscellaneous Topics 19 The Oracle Portal Technology 483 20 Oracle Financial Analyzer 497 Summary 510 Index 511