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Iprocurement Interview Questions in Oracle

This document contains interview questions and answers related to Oracle iProcurement. Some key points covered include: - The POR_CUSTOM_PKG is still used in Oracle iProcurement version 11.5.10 for account functionality, though some was moved to OAF. - Version 11.5.10 saw the demise of the AK Developer tool in Oracle iProcurement. - A punchout allows buyers to shop on a supplier's website directly from within iProcurement, and return a shopping basket XML file to iProcurement at checkout. - Customizations to workflows like account generation and approval processes are typically required for an iProcurement implementation.

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Iprocurement Interview Questions in Oracle

This document contains interview questions and answers related to Oracle iProcurement. Some key points covered include: - The POR_CUSTOM_PKG is still used in Oracle iProcurement version 11.5.10 for account functionality, though some was moved to OAF. - Version 11.5.10 saw the demise of the AK Developer tool in Oracle iProcurement. - A punchout allows buyers to shop on a supplier's website directly from within iProcurement, and return a shopping basket XML file to iProcurement at checkout. - Customizations to workflows like account generation and approval processes are typically required for an iProcurement implementation.

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Written by Anil Passi
Tuesday, 07 November 2006
Please find some of interview questions in Oracle iProcurement.

Question : Is POR_CUSTOM_PKG redundant in 11.5.10 ?


Answer : Not really, it is still used. However rebuild of account functionality was moved to OAF from por_custom_pkg in
11.5.10

Questions : Which version of iProcurement saw the demise of AK Developer in Oracle iProcurement ?
Answer : 11.5.10

Question : What is a punchout?


Answer : This is a mechanism by which buyers can navigate to Suppliers website straight from iProcurement. Once the
shopping is finished, they then checkout the basket on suppliers website itself following which the shopping basket is
brought back to iProcurement. Shopping basket is nothing but a returned XML file that contains the list/quantity/price of
items checked out from suppliers website.

Questions : Do we create purchase orders in iProcurement ?


Answer : No, you create requisitions in iProcurement.

Question : We need to submit PO Creation as soon as the Requisition gets submitted & auto-approved in iProc. How can
we do it?
Answer : In Workflow "PO Requisition Approval", The item attribute “SEND_CREATEPO_TO_BACKGROUND” needs to
be assigned value of N.
This will enable Real-Time processing of requisition mainly because the user can get a PO Number within the same
browser session if auto-approval is enabled.

Questions : What are the key advantages of punchout over local catalog management?
Answer :
A. You do not need to maintain the pricing information of items. Supplier will publish thir latest pricing details in their
iStore.
B. You do not need to upload the items of your supplier into your system.
C. The up-to-date stock level information is made available on Suppliers Website.

Question : When shopping basket is brought back from suppliers website after punchout, how does the item category
code of supplier item get mapped to the category code in Oracle?
Answer : Suppliers punchout basket will always contained universally recognized category codes i.e. UNSPSC codes.
You will need to define the mapping for each such expected code in eCommerce gateway. These will be mapped to your
inventory category codes ( the good old mtl_categories ).

Question : Have you done any customization in Oracle iProcuremnt?


Answer : Note: All the implementations of iProcurement will involve customization of workflows to some extent.
Customization to Account Generator workflow is a must for any iProc implementation.
You may visit the article Oracle Account Generator Workflow Example to learn steps for customizations of Account
Generation workflow in Oracle Apps.

Question : Give me an example of extension for Oracle iProcurement using OA Framework .


Answer : Use this article link to help you explain the answer.

Question : What is the advantage of punching out via exchange, rather than punching out directly to suppliers website?
Answer : If you enable punchout via Oracle Exchange Server, you will then have to open up your company firewall just for
the exchange server. However if you decide to enable a direct punchout, you must open firewall for Suppliers server.

Question : If a requisition has been approved in iProc, we want such requisitions to be Auto-Approved once they get
converted to PO. How do we facilitate this?
Answer: In Workflow "PO Create Documents", assign a default value Y to attribute "Is Automati Approval Allowed?".

Question : Give me some example of personalizations done to Oracle iProcurement.


Answer :
a. Change the Branding Logo.
b. Add Purchasing News and Purchasing Policies
c. Removed field “New Supplier” from iProc Supplier Region

Question: If you are not yet on 11.5.10, how to enable debug in iProcurement ?
Answer :
cd $ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache

vi $ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache/Jserv/etc/ssp_init.txt
DebugOutput=/home/Aitupuat/ITUPUAT/ora9/iAS/Apache/Apache/logs/debug.log
DebugLevel=5
DebugSwitch=ON

vi $ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.conf
ApJServLogLevel debug

vi $ORACLE_HOME/../iAS/Apache/Jserv/etc/jserv.properties
log=true

Question : After the purchase order gets approved, you wish to send Purchase Order electronically to the supplier. Which
XML document format is used?
Answer : "PO 007" is the OAG format that is used for electronically sending XML Purchase Order to supplier.

Question : You wish to customize the Purchase Order header in the XML file that gets sent to supplier. How will you do
it ?
Answer: Two options:-
a. Modify the XML Message Map for PO-007 using XML Gateway Developer.
b. Customize view PO_ECX_HEADER_ARCH_V(prior to 11.5.10) or customise view
ITG_PO_HEADER_ARCH_V(11.5.10 onwards)

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