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PRO-Active How to extract .MF files from Business R12

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Issues faced with the above process1. Payroll Users had to e-mail the apps dbas for files 2. Payroll users had to have the apps dbas available if running payroll

afterhours3. Auditing risk as the apps dba have access to these files4. Too many steps involved to retrieve .mf file from server, 5 steps5. If payroll is rerun the apps dba needs to extract the files again6. Payroll User dependent on APPS DBA7. Overtime for both APPS DBA and Payroll User8. APPS DBA needs to be available all the time9. Miscommunication causes issues between Payroll and APPS DBA10.Customers is not happy with the above process

New process benefits1. Saves on resources2. No more required to e-mail APPS DBA3. Complies with Auditing4. No more storing the files on PCs for APPS DBA5. No more storing the files on PCs for HR USER6. Adds feature to Oracle ebus7. Saves costs on overtime for APPS DBA8. Saves costs on overtime for HR user9. Saves costs no need to purchasing a FTP tool10. Customer will be happy11. I have spoken to HR users & APPS DBAs … all of them want this

feature12. Oracle ZA clients want this feature 13. Users will be kept working in the application14. Single point of failure

Step 1 , Create bin directory under $PER_TOP

Step 2 Executable (Application Developer>>Concurrent>>Executable)

Step 3 , Concurrent Request(Application Developer>>Concurrent>>Program)

Step 4 , Sysadmin>>Security>>Responsibility>>Request Group

Step 5 , Run the concurrent request

Step 6 , file will be e-mailed to you

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