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- PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMON
PROJECTS REST API SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS
Control project access when using the Projects REST APIs with the security configuration. Application administrators can assign data security policies to project roles to get secured access to projects when using Projects REST APIs. For example, create policies and roles for project managers to provide access only to the projects that they are authorized to, when using the Projects REST APIs.
This enhancement has no impact on the existing roles. The current security still applies. Optionally, you can create a custom role to assign to users to meet your specialized security requirements. Detailed steps are listed in the Steps to Enable section below.
Business Benefit:
With this feature, enable selective access to projects via the Projects REST APIs in your PaaS solutions. For instance, in any custom integration using the Projects REST API, project managers or project administrators will have access solely to the projects they are authorized to manage.
- BILLING AND REVENUE MANAGEMENT
MILESTONE BILLING AND REVENUE RECOGNITION ENHANCEMENTS
Simplify project and contract milestone completion, invoicing, and revenue recognition business processes with these capabilities:
Use the milestone dimension to track and analyze the milestone lifecycle in multiple Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence subject areas.
Allow project managers and project administrators to provide comments to approvers and track the status of the milestone through the status change history view.
Import contracts and their respective milestones from external applications using Enterprise Contracts File-Based Data Import.
Use REST APIs to create and maintain milestones in contracts and project plans.
These enhancements build on the Milestone Billing and Revenue Recognition solution introduced in update 24B.
- COST MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL
BUDGETARY CONTROL AT THE PROJECT TASK OR LOWEST RESOURCE Feature is from a customer submitted idea.
Control spending based on the budget allocated to project tasks, either at the top task or the lowest task of the work breakdown structure. Additionally, control spending by the amounts planned for the lowest resource within the project budget. Flexible options to control spending by project, task, or resource allow project users to manage costs as needed by their businesses, thus reducing the risk of overspending.
Budgetary control at the task level provides detailed level spending control. For example, control the budget for each phase of the project, where a top task represents a phase of work with its own distinct budget. For each task, optionally add budgetary controls for each type of cost, such as controlling labor costs or supplier costs. The resource breakdown structure (RBS) allows for further granular control. For example, control labor or supplies within different departments, where the top resource represents the department and the lowest resource represents the type of cost.
Note that task and lowest resource controls are an addition to the existing budgetary controls architecture, which already supports project and top resource controls, to validate project-related costs. Also, existing solution supports funding source controls for sponsored projects.
- PROJECT ASSET MANAGEMENT
MASS SPLIT OF PROJECT ASSET LINES Feature is from a customer submitted idea.
Use the Import Unassigned Asset Lines file-based data import workbook to split project asset lines either by amount or percentage. Simultaneously assign these newly created project asset lines to eligible project assets.
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