R12.1.3 Assets: Unsecured books show up in LOV

Did you know that Asset books that are not secured show up in the application?  That is exactly what My Oracle Support document "All Asset Books Appear in the List Of Values in FA After Doing Security By Book Setup for Some Asset Books" via note ID 1582935.1 teaches us as the key here is not all books have been secured, and the unsecured books will show up in the LOV while in the other books!

Weekend Learning: Setting up, monitoring, and tuning parallelism

Do not miss out on the MOS document "Setup, Monitor, And Tune Parallelism In The Database" this weekend via document ID 1549214.1 to get the scoop on what default parallelism is, parameter settings which influence this, best practices, AND a health check script which can help you determine if there is anything off in your system!

EBS: Managing proxy setup to grant access

If you have been supporting an EBS application for some time, one of the common issues is granting proxy access for workflows or approvals but did you know you can use proxies to grant access AS a person?  I did not realize this either until I read MOS article "How To Add People (Grant Access) Through Preference--> Manage Proxies Setup" from document ID 1378402.1 and now I get to think how I can bring this back to our environment!