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Oracle Cloud’s 24D release is here, bringing new features and improvements to the Financials module. Set for the Oracle Cloud Financials 24D release date, this update is designed to streamline financial processes, improve efficiency, and provide deeper insights. With Oracle’s quarterly updates, staying up to date is essential for maintaining smooth operations and leveraging the latest innovations.
To understand the detailed changes 24D brings, check out the Oracle’s 24D Concise Summary Advisory or the Comprehensive 24D Advisory (Functional or Technical).
In this blog, we’ll provide an overview of the key changes in the Oracle Cloud Financials 24D release notes and explain why thorough testing is important to ensure a successful update. We’ll also show how Opkey’s no-code test automation solution can help make the transition smooth and risk-free.
Highlights: Benefits you get from Oracle 24D Financials Update
Oracle's 24D update brings key enhancements to streamline financial management.
- Users can now convert historical asset transactions with ease, simplifying the setup of asset balances without manual recalculations. This ensures consistent, accurate financial reporting by aligning primary and reporting ledgers.
- Automated rule-based processes, such as applying or releasing invoice holds, significantly speed up invoicing while reducing human errors. These updates provide improved operational efficiency and minimize the risk of inaccuracies, offering businesses a more reliable, faster approach to managing their financial workflows.
The Oracle financials 24D new features are highly anticipated for these valuable upgrades.
Why You'll Love These Changes Coming in 24D
Oracle Cloud's Financials 24D release brings a host of improvements designed to make financial management more efficient and user-friendly.
- From the ability to easily convert historical asset transactions to automating manual processes like invoice holds, these updates reduce the need for manual intervention and minimize errors.
- Enhanced features like Intelligent Document Recognition make tasks like supplier identification more accurate and streamlined.
- Additionally, the integration with J.P. Morgan’s embedded banking services provides businesses with a comprehensive view of their financial operations, allowing for better decision-making and smoother daily workflows.
These updates are sure to elevate your financial management experience.
Oracle Financials 24D Release Notes: What’s New?
Financials Management
- Convert historical asset transactions easily for setting up asset balances in new reporting currencies.
- Automate invoice hold application and release with pre-defined rules to minimize manual checks.
Fixed Assets
- Convert historical asset transactions when adding a subledger-level reporting currency.
- Use Descriptive Flexfields for custom attributes in asset assignments for better tracking.
Payables
- Automate invoice holds during import and validation using configurable rules.
- Enable "Auto Increment" checkbox in scheduling, avoiding manual updates to job date ranges.
- Enhance Intelligent Document Recognition to detect suppliers across multiple invoice pages.
Expenses
- Add search parameter "Auditor Requested More Information" to streamline audit requests.
Payments
- Integrate with J.P. Morgan’s embedded banking services for real-time financial overviews and automated funds management.
Receivables
- Add new search parameters to track invoices and credit memos from projects and contracts.
- Introduce approval process for manual transactions, including configuration for approval rules and status tracking.
General Ledger
- Enable journal entry approvals based on specific subledgers and configurable business attributes.
- Sweep unresolved errors from previous periods using the Accounting Hub Maintenance process.
Why Testing Is Essential for Oracle Cloud Financials 24D Release
With Oracle Cloud's 24D release, new features, and improvements can have a significant impact on your existing configurations, customizations, and integrations. Thorough testing is necessary to ensure that these updates do not disrupt your financial workflow.
Since Oracle rolls out these updates quarterly, businesses have limited time to validate their systems before the changes go live. Manual testing of these updates within the short window is not only time-consuming but also prone to errors.
For this reason, test automation is key to ensuring that all critical business processes continue to function smoothly after the 24D update.
How Opkey Can Help
Opkey’s advanced testing platform streamlines preparation and adoption for the Oracle Cloud Financials 24D release. We offer:
- Automated Testing: Reduce the reliance on manual testing and improve accuracy, speeding up your release validation process.
- Impact Analysis: Identify areas most affected by the new Oracle release, allowing for more focused and efficient testing efforts.
- Seamless Integration: Ensure that your customizations and integrations remain intact post-update, minimizing downtime or business interruptions.
- End-to-End Test Coverage: Validate all essential financial operations and processes to avoid unexpected breakdowns during or after the update.
- Expert Consultation: Our team of Oracle Cloud specialists is available to guide your testing strategy and ensure your transition to the 24D release is seamless.
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Conclusion
The Oracle Cloud Financials 24D release introduces enhancements that can significantly benefit financial teams. By implementing robust testing strategies, especially through test automation, you can ensure that these updates are smoothly integrated into your system without disruption.
Let Opkey help you prepare for and navigate the 24D release, ensuring operational continuity and unlocking the full potential of Oracle’s latest innovations.
