FINANCIALS CLOUD

Getting Started with Analytics and ReportsOracle Financials CloudOracle Financials Cloud Analytics give you the ability to report, chart, and analyze financial results by providing real-time reports based on your day-to-day financial data. Whether you’re a financial specialist, accountant, manager, or executive, Oracle Financials Cloud Analytics are designed to help you focus on your financial data, save time, and improve your financial statements, reconciliations, and analyses.

This guide describes the powerful financial reporting tools and robust reports, including the Balances Cube, the Financial Reporting Center, Smart View, the Account Sunburst, and the Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report.

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Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

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Balances Cube

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

OverviewSource Data in a CubeRapidly access financial data stored in the embedded General Ledger Balances Cube using reporting and analytical tools. Gain speed, flexibility, and consistent data retrieval from one source and preaggregated data for your financial balances. Slice, dice, and drill into data across multiple dimensions for targeted, real-time analysis and reporting.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Financial Reports Available On the Go

Review and filter financial balances using the Financial Reporting Center.

Use the point of view on each dimension to change the data in the report instantly.

See what you need in different formats, including HTML, PDF, and spreadsheets.

Drill into underlying balances, journals, and transaction details to enhance your analysis.

Take your reports with you anywhere using the mobile version of the Financial Reporting Center.

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Detailed Analysis When You Need ItView and analyze balances with the online Account Inspector. Perform ad hoc multidimensional pivot table analysis. Drill from parent to child values and into journals and subledger transactions. Change points of view on each dimension to compare and further analyze your balances.

Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Overview

Finding Analytics

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Monitor Balance Changes in Real TimeAutomatically monitor your key accounts with the Account Monitor in real time on an exception or permanent basis. Review both current and comparative balance, including comparisons with your budget numbers and across different time frames, such as PTD, YTD, QTD, or same period last year. Analyze change percentages based on your defined rules and thresholds. Bealerted to changes and if your balance variances are favorable or unfavorable.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Analyze Your Data in a ClickSave and reuse your spreadsheet with Smart View while keeping your analysis data current. Refresh the spreadsheet or select different criteria to pull in balances directly from the General Ledger Balances Cube with a click of the mouse. Drill from Excel to the General Ledger to see the underlying journals and transaction balances.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Visualize Your BalancesInteract with your account balances across various business dimensions using the Account Sunburst to view balances from different perspectives. Use account groups in this new simplified user interface for the Mobile Financial Reporting Center to analyze and investigate account balances in a visual pivot table called a Sunburst.

Each accounting flexfield segment (dimension) corresponds to a Sunburstring. Balances are summarized by accounting flexfield segment value (member) and displayed as Sunburst nodes.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Assess Impacts and Accelerate ClosingUnderstand the impact to the balance of an account before posting by viewing an account on a journal line in the Projected Balances in the General Ledger panel. Speed up closing entries by analyzing differences immediately.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Automate ReconciliationsUse the Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report to reconcile payables transactions to general ledger balances. Enhance your subledger to general ledger reconciliation process and quickly identify missing or incorrect entries. There are also similar reports for Receivables and Cash Management.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Improve Cash InflowsReview outstanding customer balances using the Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account Report. Timely and accurate information helps you take appropriate action to collect overdue accounts quickly and enhance your cash flow.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Payables Cash Requirement Report

Account Inspector

Identify Your Cash Outflows Use the Payables Cash Requirement Report to identify cash amounts needed to pay payables invoices. Improve cash flow management and capitalize on supplier discounts by using this report.

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Balances Cube

Financial Reporting Center

Account Monitor

Smart View

Account Sunburst

Projected Balances in General Ledger

Payables to Ledger Reconciliation Report

Receivables Aging by General Ledger Account

Account Inspector

Finding Your Analytics Desktop

One-stop financial reporting and analysis from the Financial Report Center including Financial Reports, Account Monitor, and Account Inspector.

Tablet

Access key reports and drill into analytics quickly with the Simplified User Interface.

Mobile

Access key reports and view drills into analytics quickly in a Sunburst using the Mobile Financial Reporting tool.

For more information see:

• Using Analytics and Reports for Oracle Financials Cloud

• Creating Analytics and Reports for Oracle Financials Cloud

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