What this book covers

Chapter 1, Overview of Oracle E-Business Suite, provides a brief overview of the framework of the structure of Oracle E-Business Suite. The chapter sets a baseline for the rest of the chapters that follow and helps with the knowledge of some of the key words and data points that are used in the book.

Chapter 2, General Ledger, covers the book is based upon. General Ledger is the cornerstone of the suite and manages to bind together all the data for financial purposes within a single ledger for tracking and reporting purposes.

Chapter 3, Subledger Accounting (SLA), introduces a new and fundamentally dynamic aspect of accounting, the accounting engine. This is new in Release 12 and helps intrinsically manage all accounting entry creation from transactions in all the E-Business Suite products. The engine is a user manageable rules repository that can be modified to engage the transactions in creating accounting as needed by your business.