R12.1 Oracle HR: Receiving FRM-40654 error when trying to modify name

You will not believe the root cause of the MOS article "FRM-40654: Record has been updated. Requery block to see change Error When Updating a Person's Name" from note ID 2096800.1 but it sure is a good reminder to add data checks like this to your testing suites!!

R12.1.3 OAF: Menu disappears after login for Oracle EBS

The article on My Oracle Support "Main Menu Getting Disappeared In Oracle EBS After Login" via document ID 2078117.1 apparently has come up so many times that it is "Customer Recommended"!  If you are planning on going to R12.1.3 because you are not on it yet, make sure you check this out and verify what patches are applied so you can avoid this problem!

R12 Payables: Invoice numbers can be duplicated

Even though this main article is directed at R12.2, I know we have had this issue reported in our R12.1.3 instance AND the linked document in MOS article "R12:AP:Duplicate Invoice Numbers Got Created For Same Supplier and Site" from ID 2094877.1 is for all versions of R12 after R12.0.1 so consider yourself warned that a custom index needs to be created to prevent this from happening to you!

R12.1.3 Workflow: Hiding information within a workflow

Check out My Oracle Support note "Is it Possible to Hide Request Information Button In Email But Keep In Notifications Page?" in document ID 2086835.1 to learn how to hide objects within a workflow and from the notifications page too!!

R12.1.3 Purchasing: System checks that prevent PO from being merged

In R12.1.3 do you know "What checks are Done to a Prevent PO From Being Merged When Running Supplier Merge"?  Find out via My Oracle Support document ID 2095172.1 tonight so you can tell the business why the data might not be in the right conditions to let this happen!

Weekend Learning: Calculating swap space on Linux

Want to learn something interesting this weekend?  Then check out the article "Swap Space on Oracle Linux Server and RedHat Enterprise Linux Server" on MOS from note ID 225451.1 because you never know when this tool in your toolbox will become handy!!

Weekend Learning: Proactive Oracle Support Event Calendar

Make sure you take a look at My Oracle Support's "Get Proactive Dynamic Event Calendar" from note ID 125716.1 because there are some very good sessions on the upcoming calendar about Accreditation, Administration, Working Effectively, and Service Requests!

Windows: 12c forms instance does not exist after startup

Are you running 12c on Windows?  We don't really run on Windows, but MOS document "Forms 12c Instance (FORMS_INSTANCE) "forms1" and Forms Related Registry Variables Do not Exist after Starting Nodemanager and Adminserver" via note ID 2094031.1 taught me something new tonight about the folder structure and what the solution is for this problem so maybe someday I can use it!

Oracle Linux: Getting alias to run within bash scripts

Were you aware that aliases do not get expanded when the shell is not interactive?  Learn how to get the alias command to run in bash via My Oracle Support note "Oracle Linux 5 & 6 - Why does "alias" not work with bash scripts?" from article ID 2092019.1 so this is in your toolbox just in case you run into this situation while scripting automated solutions!

R12 Purchasing: Approval of PO with AME ends in ORA-00060 error

If you are on R12.1.3 or R12.2 make sure that you bone up on MOS article "When approving a Purchase Order using AME, the Approval Workflow completes with ORA-00060 and "ECX_PROGRAM_EXIT_EMBD" errors" from note ID 1585839.1 as a certain Transmission Method can cause an ORA-00060 error to happen in the AME Workflow.

ZFS Storage Appliance may hit 100% CPU on Linux due to ungraceful shutdown

Do not miss out on My Oracle Support note "ZFS Storage Appliance (ZFSSA) Software 2013.*.*.* May Experience 100% CPU Utilization With Linux Clients Using kernel-uek-2.6.39-400.247.1 or Earlier" via document ID 2091319.1 if you are on either one of these versions of the application as NFSv4 protocol states are lost and error messages are reported until resolved!

Payables: Reversing swept transactions or sweeping future period transactions?

As I work on the Close for Receivables tonight, the document on MOS "How do you unsweep/reverse the sweep for transactions swept by the Unaccounted Transaction Sweep Program? How do you sweep transactions entered in a future period that was mistakenly opened to a previous period?" from article ID 2094016.1 seems especially penitent!  Check this out for the answers AND participate in the Payables Community by voting on the associated Enhancement Request!

Exadata: Cellsrv process could crash on Storage Servers during cell-to-cell offload operations

If you are running Exadata platforms, do you know what version of software you have in your Storage Servers or what is running on your Grid Infrastructure?  Find out because the article "(DB35) Cellsrv process on storage servers may crash when performing a cell-to-cell offload operation" on My Oracle Support affects only certain combinations of software and note ID 2074393.1 details both of the patches that are needed to combat this situation!

Weekend Learning: Backing up and recovering Hyperion Planning applications

Tonight we have our first Weekend Learning of the year, and it is a pretty good one if you have Hyperion Planning in your environment from My Oracle Support article "How to Backup And Recover a Hyperion Planning Application" via document ID 1195635.1 and while I will be glad I had this at hand I really hope I never need to use it.  :}

Happy 2016 Everybody!!

Happy New Year!!  Last year on this day I put up a set of resolutions that I think I did a good job of working and reaching towards most of them, but I haven't had a lot of time to think about what I want the resolutions for the blog this year to be yet!  Well, now that I have said it, now I need to do it!  Look for some resolutions later in the month after I spend some time reflecting, but from last year here is what I would consider my scorecard to be:

• Return to my weekly Twitter column - F+ - I really have not realized the opportunity that Twitter provides, so I will be working towards that this year!
• (Super secret project) - C- - I did some work towards this, but did not get it anywhere near completed.
• Continue to create new presentation content - B - This one I worked on at the end of this year, but it was not what I expected to be working on, and it was submitted and accepted as an alternate!
• Visit new conferences - A+ - Last year I was on my way to RMOUG, and this year I am on my way to COLLABORATE for the first time to present multiple presentations!!
• Get published again - B- - This is something I need to work on more, but stay tuned for more information about this soon!
• Start discussions about Support - F - I really did not do anything on this, and I will need to focus on it!
• Keep working towards Oracle ACE - D+ - While I did not do anything directly on this, even though I had planned on it, I have some plans and checkboxes for this in the coming year!