Autoinvoice program is a standard interface provided by Oracle to import Receivables or AR Invoices into Oracle. This interface has got a few setup steps and I have given the forms on which the configurations need to be done.
Define transaction source
Responsibility: Receivables Administrator
Navigation: Setup > Transactions > Sources
Batch Sources tab
The type of the transaction should be Imported as the Autoinvoice program will create the invoice. The field, Reference Field Default Value, should be populated with the interface column value that identifies the invoices uniquely.
Batch Source
AutoInvoice tab
On this tab we are telling what Autoinvoice program should be doing when it encounters the situation of
- Invalid Tax Rate: Try to correct the tax rate if the value does not match
- Invalid Line: Do not create the invoice if the line is not valid
- GL Date in a Closed Period: Do not create the invoice if the GL Date of the invoice to be imported is in a closed period
- Grouping Rule: This field is non mandatory. We can mention a different Grouping Rule to be used for the imported invoices of a specific Transaction Source.
Note: Grouping Rule is the rule that Oracle uses to identify which lines in the invoice interface table, RA_INTERFACE_LINES, are part of the same invoice. This is unique to Autoinvoice. This rule is required because for invoice interface there is a single invoice lines interface table instead of header and lines interface tables.
AutoInvoice Options
Customer Information tab
In this tab Oracle is told that the data to be imported will contain the ID values for all the customer related fields, instead of the names.
Customer Information
Accounting Information tab
This tab is similar to the previous tab.
Accounting Information
Setup Transaction type
Navigation: Setup > Transactions > Transaction Types
Transaction Types
On this form various transaction types to be used in Receivables are defined. This is not a mandatory step. We can define our own transaction type and use it for a transaction. This way the settings of a transaction type get passed on to the transaction automatically. You can think of a Transaction Type as a template for a transaction.
Setup System Options
Navigation: Setup > System > System Options
The accounting, tax, tax rules etc. are setup on this form
System Options
This setup in the System Options form applies to the entire module for a particular operating unit.
Setup Autoinvoice Line Ordering Rules
Navigation: Setup Transactions > AutoInvoice > Line Ordering Rules
AutoInvoice Line Ordering Rules
From the entries in this form the Autoinvoice program identifies how it should be ordering the columns mentioned once it imports the invoice.
Setup Grouping Rule
Navigation: Setup > Transactions > AutoInvoice > Grouping Rules
Grouping Rules
The grouping rule is setup in this form. As per the setting in this form Autoinvoice will have to look at interface_line_attribute1..4 columns to indentify whether the lines belong to a single or multiple invoice. E.g. If there are 10 lines in the RA_INTERFACE_LINES table and all 10 lines have the same value for all 4 columns, interface_line_attribute1..4, Autoinvoice will group all the 10 lines into a single invoice. If a single column has a different value then Autoinvoice will not group those lines into 1 invoice.
Setup Descriptive Flexfield segments
Set the Descriptive Flexfield segments for the transaction source. The segments will define the fields that will be read by AutoInvoice program for creating invoices for this transaction source. These fields will have to be populated by the program.
Application: Receivables
Title: Line Transaction Flexfield
You need to enter a code with the same name as the transaction source. In this case it is, PROJECTS INVOICES.
Click on Segments
Add the fields that will be entered in the columns, INTERFACE_LINE_ATTRIBUTE1 to INTERFACE_LINE_ATTRIBUTE 15.
Setup Remit-To Addresses
Navigation: Setup > Print > Remit-To Addresses
Remit-To Addresses
Set the remit to address for the country of the operating unit. Set the customer Country in the Receipts From section of this form. The example above indicates that whenever an invoice is created for a customer whose site is in United Arab Emirates (from Receipts From section) then the address above will be applicable.
Run Autoinvoice import program
Responsibility: Receivables responsibility
Navigation: Interfaces > AutoInvoice
Select Autoinvoice Master Program
AutoInvoice Master Program
Enter the parameters,
Autoinvoice parameters
It is mandatory to enter,
Number of Instances (This parameter is for telling Oracle how many threads of Autoinvoice program can run simultaneously)
Invoice Source (This parameter tells Autoinvoice which invoices to import)
Default Date (This parameter tells Autoinvoice the invoice date)
Scroll down in the parameter list
Another mandatory parameter is found,
Base Due Date on Trx Date
More parameters
Click OK and execute Autoinvoice Master Program
After the Autoinvoice program ends you can check the interface errors and the lines which could not be imported
Navigation: Control > AutoInvoice > Interface Lines
AutoInvoice errors
Click Errors to see the error on the line
AutoInvoice error details
The error for the interface line is shown.
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