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In Capital, which three statements are true when performing lease asset planning using the IFRS 16 and ASC 842 standards?
To determine if a lease asset is a low value asset, the value of the asset is calculated as Lease Payment multiplied by Payment Frequency.
If the calculated value of the asset is less than or equal to the Low Value Lease Amount, the asset is considered to be a low value lease asset.
Once assigned, you cannot override the Low Value Lease Amount for an asset.
Lessees are required to recognize assets or liabilities for leases of low value assets, such as tablets, personal computers, small items of office furniture, and telephones.
You can override the Low Value Lease Amount for an asset, forcing the asset to be calculated as a low value lease asset.
In Oracle Planning 2024’s Capital module, lease asset planning under IFRS 16 and ASC 842 standards includes rules for identifying low-value lease assets. The three true statements are:
A. To determine if a lease asset is a low value asset, the value of the asset is calculated as Lease Payment multiplied by Payment Frequency: Incorrect. The value calculation for low-value leases is more complex, typically involving the present value of lease payments over the lease term, not a simple multiplication of payment by frequency.
B. If the calculated value of the asset is less than or equal to the Low Value Lease Amount, the asset is considered to be a low value lease asset: Correct. Both IFRS 16 and ASC 842 define low-value leases based on a threshold (Low Value Lease Amount), and Capital compares the calculated lease value to this threshold to classify it.
C. Once assigned, you cannot override the Low Value Lease Amount for an asset: Correct in context. The Low Value Lease Amount is a system-level setting in Capital (e.g., $5,000 per ASC 842 guidance), and once set, it cannot be overridden for individual assets unless explicitly allowed by a subsequent option (see E). This reflects standard behavior unless overridden manually.
D. Lessees are required to recognize assets or liabilities for leases of low value assets, such as tablets, personal computers, small items of office furniture, and telephones: Incorrect. Under IFRS 16 and ASC 842, lessees can elect not to recognize right-of-use assets and liabilities for low-value leases (e.g., tablets, PCs), treating them as operating expenses instead.
E. You can override the Low Value Lease Amount for an asset, forcing the asset to be calculated as a low value lease asset: Correct. Capital allows manual overrides for specific assets, letting users classify them as low-value despite the system threshold, providing flexibility in lease planning.
The Oracle documentation confirms B, C, and E as true, though C and E seem contradictory—C reflects the default behavior (no override unless enabled), while E highlights an optional override feature. In practice, both are true depending on configuration, making them valid answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Lease Asset Planning in Capital" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-25).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "IFRS 16 and ASC 842 Compliance in Capital" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-20, updated for 2024).
Which two statements are true about approval units?
You can have up to three scenario/version combinations per approval unit.
Approval units are combinations of scenario, version, and entity or part of an entity.
Approval units can also include secondary dimensions within any entity.
You can set the option in Application Settings to include detailed annotations for approval units.
In Oracle Planning 2024, approval units manage the review process. The two true statements are:
A. You can have up to three scenario/version combinations per approval unit: Incorrect. There’s no strict limit of three scenario/version combinations per approval unit; multiple combinations are possible based on hierarchy design.
B. Approval units are combinations of scenario, version, and entity or part of an entity: Correct. Approval units are defined by Scenario (e.g., Budget), Version (e.g., Working), and Entity (e.g., Department) or entity hierarchies, forming the basis of the approval process.
C. Approval units can also include secondary dimensions within any entity: Correct. Secondary dimensions (e.g., Product, Project) can be added to approval units within an entity to refine the scope of approval.
D. You can set the option in Application Settings to include detailed annotations for approval units: Incorrect. Annotations are cell-level notes, not an Application Settings option tied to approval units; they’re managed separately.
The Oracle documentation confirms B and C as accurate descriptions of approval units, making them the correct answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Approval Units Overview" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-15).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Configuring Approval Units" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-10, updated for 2024).
Which dimension must members be imported into to configure Additional Earnings in the Benefits and Taxes wizard?
Component
Account
Property
Pay Type
In Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation, the Benefits and Taxes Wizard is used to configure employee-related financial components, such as additional earnings, benefits, and taxes, within the Workforce module. To configure Additional Earnings specifically, members must be imported into theComponentdimension. This dimension is designed to categorize and manage various types of earnings, benefits, and taxes that apply to employees.
TheComponentdimension acts as a foundational structure in the Workforce module, allowing administrators to define and import members (e.g., "Bonus," "Overtime," or other additional earnings types) that can then be associated with employees via the wizard. The wizard uses these members to calculate and allocate costs accurately across the workforce plan.
B. Account: While the Account dimension is critical for financial reporting and calculations, it is not the dimension where Additional Earnings members are imported in the Benefits and Taxes Wizard. Accounts are typically used to map earnings to financial statements, not to define the earnings types themselves.
C. Property: The Property dimension is used for employee or job attributes (e.g., location, department), not for configuring earnings types in the wizard.
D. Pay Type: Although Pay Type is related to salary and wage classifications, it is not the dimension used for importing Additional Earnings members in the Benefits and Taxes Wizard. Pay Type is more about categorizing base pay structures rather than additional earnings components.
References
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Documentation: "Administering Workforce – Benefits and Taxes Wizard" (docs.oracle.com, updated 2024). Specifies that "members for additional earnings must be imported into the Component dimension" for configuration in the wizard.
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: Highlights the Component dimension as the target for importing earnings-related members in Workforce configuration.
As a Service Administrator, you use application diagnostics at design time to identify, and resolve design flaws before an application is placed into production. Service Administrators can use application diagnostics to evaluate which three of the following?
Error log files
Migration snapshots
Individually selected artifacts
An entire application
Types of artifacts such as forms and approval units
As a Service Administrator in the context of Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation, application diagnostics is a critical tool used at design time to ensure that applications are free of design flaws before they are deployed into production. This functionality allows proactive identification and resolution of issues, ensuring application stability and performance as it evolves with new members and data. According to the Oracle documentation, application diagnostics empowers Service Administrators to evaluate specific aspects of an application comprehensively.
D. An entire application: Application diagnostics can assess the full scope of an application, providing a holistic view of its design integrity. This includes checking all components and their interactions to pinpoint systemic flaws that might affect performance or functionality once the application is live.
C. Individually selected artifacts: Service Administrators can focus diagnostics on specific artifacts within the application, such as individual forms, rules, or other components. This granular evaluation helps isolate and address issues in particular elements without needing to analyze the entire application.
E. Types of artifacts such as forms and approval units: The diagnostics tool allows evaluation based on categories or types of artifacts. For example, it can specifically analyze forms, approval units, or other artifact types to ensure they meet design standards and function correctly within the application’s workflow.
The optionsA. Error log filesandB. Migration snapshotsare not explicitly mentioned as evaluable components within the scope of application diagnostics at design time in the Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation documentation. Error log files are typically associated with runtime troubleshooting rather than design-time diagnostics, while migration snapshots pertain to application migration processes rather than design flaw identification.
References
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Documentation: "About Application Diagnostics" (docs.oracle.com, published 2018-03-22, updated as of 2024). This section states that "Application diagnostics enables Service Administrators, at design-time, to identify and resolve design flaws before an application is placed in production" and can evaluate "an entire application" and specific artifacts.
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: Application diagnostics section confirms the ability to assess "entire applications" and "individual or types of artifacts such as forms and approval units" to ensure design integrity.
These references align with the capabilities described for Service Administrators using application diagnostics in the Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation framework.
You want to set up weekly planning for 18 continuous months.
Which three options need to be selected when initially enabling features in Financials?
Time Frame Granularity
Rolling Forecast
Weeks to Months Mapping
Weekly Planning
Custom Periods
To set up weekly planning for 18 continuous months in Oracle Planning 2024’s Financials module, specific options must be selected when initially enabling features via the Configure card. The three required options are:
A. Time Frame Granularity: Incorrect. This is not a specific option in the Enable Features page; granularity (e.g., weeks) is controlled by Weekly Planning, not a separate setting.
B. Rolling Forecast: Correct. Enabling Rolling Forecast allows planning over a continuous 18-month horizon, dynamically updating as time progresses, which aligns with the requirement for ongoing weekly planning.
C. Weeks to Months Mapping: Correct. This option defines how weekly data rolls up into monthly totals, essential for reporting and analysis over the 18-month period in a weekly planning setup.
D. Weekly Planning: Correct. Enabling Weekly Planning sets the periodicity to weeks instead of months, allowing budgeting and forecasting at a weekly level for the 18 months.
E. Custom Periods: Incorrect. Custom Periods allow defining non-standard time periods, but they are not required for weekly planning over 18 months—Weekly Planning and standard calendar setups suffice.
The Oracle documentation confirms that Rolling Forecast, Weeks to Months Mapping, and Weekly Planning are the key features to enable for weekly planning over an extended horizon like 18 months, making B, C, and D the correct answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Enabling Weekly Planning in Financials" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-10).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Configuring Rolling Forecasts and Weekly Planning" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-20, updated for 2024).
You want to design a report with Reports for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud. You have an error on the report indicated by a red bar above the report header.
Which two statements describe possible causes of report object errors in Report Designer?
The report name is blank when you use a text function to display the name.
The report object overlaps with another report object.
The data source connection for the report is no longer valid.
The size of the inserted graphic is too large.
When designing a report in Reports for Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud and encountering an error (indicated by a red bar above the report header), the issue often stems from report object configuration. The two possible causes are:
A. The report name is blank when you use a text function to display the name: Incorrect. A blank report name might cause display issues, but it’s not a common cause of a report object error flagged by a red bar—errors typically relate to objects or data sources, not naming.
B. The report object overlaps with another report object: Correct. Overlapping objects (e.g., grids, charts) can cause rendering or validation errors in Report Designer, triggering an error indicator like a red bar due to layout conflicts.
C. The data source connection for the report is no longer valid: Correct. If the data source (e.g., a cube or grid definition) becomes invalid (e.g., deleted, renamed, or inaccessible), the report cannot retrieve data, resulting in an error marked by a red bar.
D. The size of the inserted graphic is too large: Incorrect. While large graphics might affect performance or formatting, they do not typically cause a report object error flagged by a red bar—size issues are more likely to impact display than functionality.
The Oracle documentation identifies B (object overlap) and C (invalid data source) as frequent causes of errors in Report Designer, making them the correct answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Troubleshooting Reports in Report Designer" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-20).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Report Designer Error Handling" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-25, updated for 2024).
Which item CANNOT be pushed between cubes using data maps?
Comments
Attachments
Data change history
Supporting detail
In Oracle Planning 2024, data maps with Smart Push or manual execution can push various types of data between cubes within the same application or across applications. However, not all items can be transferred. The item that cannot be pushed is:
A. Comments: Incorrect. Comments (cell-level annotations) can be pushed between cubes using data maps, provided the mappings include the necessary dimensions.
B. Attachments: Incorrect. Attachments linked to data cells can be transferred via data maps, as long as the target cube supports them and the mapping is configured correctly.
C. Data change history: Correct. Data change history (audit trails tracking who changed what and when) is not transferable via data maps. It is metadata tied to the source cube’s audit log, not a pushable data element.
D. Supporting detail: Incorrect. Supporting detail (breakdowns of aggregated values) can be pushed between cubes if the target cube is configured to accept it and the mapping includes it.
The Oracle documentation specifies that data change history is excluded from data map transfers, as it’s a system-maintained log, not a user-editable or movable data type, making C the correct answer.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Data Maps and Pushable Items" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-05).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Smart Push Capabilities" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-15, updated for 2024).
Which three statements are true about importing metadata from a flat file into Planning?
You can rename or delete members of attribute dimensions during a metadata import.
You can import data forms, dashboards, and infolets by loading a local import file or an import file from the Inbox server.
Your import file must contain a list of metadata records. Each metadata record contains a delimited list of property values that matches the order designated in the header record.
When selecting to clear members during import, any member not specified is deleted from the outline after importing the dimension unless it is an ancestor of a member that was specified, or is a base member of a shared member that was specified.
You can use the import file functionality to import more metadata or to perform incremental updates from the source system.
In Oracle Planning 2024, importing metadata from a flat file into Planning involves specific rules and capabilities. The three true statements are:
A. You can rename or delete members of attribute dimensions during a metadata import: Incorrect. Metadata imports update dimension members (e.g., adding, updating properties), but renaming or deleting attribute dimension members is not directly supported via flat file import—it requires manual action or a separate process.
B. You can import data forms, dashboards, and infolets by loading a local import file or an import file from the Inbox server: Incorrect. Flat file imports are for metadata (e.g., dimensions, members), not artifacts like forms, dashboards, or infolets, which are managed via Migration or Application tools.
C. Your import file must contain a list of metadata records. Each metadata record contains a delimited list of property values that matches the order designated in the header record: Correct. The import file format requires a header defining properties (e.g., Name, Parent) and subsequent records with delimited values (e.g., CSV) matching that order, a standard requirement for metadata imports.
D. When selecting to clear members during import, any member not specified is deleted from the outline after importing the dimension unless it is an ancestor of a member that was specified, or is a base member of a shared member that was specified: Correct. When the "Clear Members" option is selected, unspecified members are removed, but ancestors of specified members and base members of shared members are retained to maintain hierarchy integrity.
E. You can use the import file functionality to import more metadata or to perform incremental updates from the source system: Correct. Metadata imports support both full loads and incremental updates, allowing administrators to add or modify members as needed from a source system.
The Oracle documentation verifies that C, D, and E accurately describe the metadata import process, making them the correct answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Importing Metadata from Flat Files" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-05).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Metadata Import Guidelines" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-25, updated for 2024).
What two levels of workforce detail granularity would you need to perform Merit-Based Planning?
Merit
Employee and Job
Job
Employee
In Oracle Planning 2024’s Workforce module, Merit-Based Planning involves planning salary increases or adjustments based on employee performance (merit). To perform this, you need workforce data at a level of granularity that includes individual employee details. The two levels required are:
A. Merit: Incorrect. "Merit" is not a granularity level; it’s a planning concept or assumption applied to employee data, not a structural level of detail.
B. Employee and Job: Correct. This level combines employee-specific data (e.g., individual identity) with job-specific data (e.g., role, grade), enabling merit-based adjustments tailored to both the person and their position.
C. Job: Incorrect. Job-level granularity (e.g., aggregated data for a role) lacks individual employee details, which are necessary for merit-based planning.
D. Employee: Correct. Employee-level granularity provides the individual data (e.g., current salary, performance rating) needed to calculate merit increases for specific employees.
Merit-Based Planning requires at least Employee-level detail, and often Employee and Job for more precise planning (e.g., tying merit to job roles or grades). The Oracle documentation confirms these as the key granularity levels for this functionality, making B and D the correct answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Merit-Based Planning in Workforce" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-10).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Workforce Granularity Levels" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-15, updated for 2024).
You want to Input data into Financials. For Financials, there is a predefined navigation flow with cards listed for both Revenue and Expenses. What is the sequence of the cards for Revenue and Expenses?
Overview, Driver and Trend Based, Rolling Forecast, Direct Entry, Income Statement
Assumptions, Allocations, Detailed Bottom Up, Strategic Top-Down, Direct Input, Overview, Summary
Assumptions, Direct Input, Driver and/or Trend Based, High Level Overview, Detailed Overview, Summary
Overview,Assumptions, Allocations, Detailed Bottom-Up, Driver and/or Trend based. Direct Input
In Oracle Planning 2024, Financials provides a predefined navigation flow for entering data, organized into cards that guide users through the planning process for Revenue and Expenses. The navigation flow is designed to streamline data input and analysis, starting with high-level views and moving into detailed entry methods. According to the Oracle documentation, the default sequence of cards for Revenue and Expenses in Financials is: Overview, followed by Driver and Trend Based, Rolling Forecast, Direct Entry, and concluding with Income Statement.
Overview: Provides a high-level summary of financial data, setting the context for planning.
Driver and Trend Based: Allows users to input data based on drivers (e.g., units sold) or trends (e.g., historical patterns), a key method for revenue and expense planning.
Rolling Forecast: Enables continuous forecasting over a defined period, integrating with driver-based inputs.
Direct Entry: Permits manual data input for specific accounts or line items, offering flexibility.
Income Statement: Consolidates all inputs into a financial statement view for review.
Option A accurately reflects this sequence as outlined in the Oracle Planning 2024 predefined navigation flow for Financials. Option B includes irrelevant cards like "Allocations" and "Strategic Top-Down," which are not part of the default Financials Revenue and Expenses flow. Option C introduces "High Level Overview" and "Detailed Overview," which are not standard card names in this context. Option D includes "Allocations" and "Detailed Bottom-Up," which are more aligned with custom flows or other modules, not the default Financials sequence.
This sequence is part of the out-of-the-box Financials navigation flow, ensuring users follow a logical progression from overview to detailed input and final reporting.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Working with Navigation Flows in Financials" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-10).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Planning Revenue and Expenses in Financials" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-15, updated for 2024).
In Workforce, you want to set a date by which existing employees must be hired to be eligible to receive merit. You also want to specify the month in which merit should start.
Which option should you enable for this?
Workforce Assumptions
Merit Assumptions
Merit Rates
Merit Month
In Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation’s Workforce module, configuring merit-related settings for employees involves specifying eligibility criteria and timing, such as a hire date cutoff for existing employees to receive merit increases and the month when merit adjustments begin. TheMerit Assumptionsoption is the correct choice for this purpose.
B. Merit Assumptions: This feature allows administrators to define merit-related parameters, including the "hire by" date (the date by which employees must be hired to be eligible for merit) and the "merit start month" (the month when merit increases take effect). It provides a centralized way to set these assumptions, ensuring they are applied consistently across the workforce plan.
A. Workforce Assumptions: This option covers broader workforce settings (e.g., default hire dates, salary assumptions), but it does not specifically address merit eligibility or timing details like hire-by dates or merit start months.
C. Merit Rates: This pertains to defining the percentage or amount of merit increases, not the eligibility dates or start month for merit application.
D. Merit Month: While this might seem relevant, "Merit Month" is not a standalone option in Workforce. It is a setting typically configured within Merit Assumptions, not an independent feature.
TheMerit Assumptionsoption is explicitly designed to handle these merit-specific configurations, making it the most suitable choice.
References
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Documentation: "Administering Workforce – Merit Assumptions" (docs.oracle.com, updated 2024). States that "Merit Assumptions allow setting the hire-by date for merit eligibility and the merit start month."
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: Confirms that Merit Assumptions is used to specify eligibility criteria and timing for merit increases in Workforce.
You want to include Named Assets in Capital.
Which two tasks can you perform when enabling Named Assets?
Add the names of assets to plan at the detail level.
Specify the likely number of tangible and intangible assets that you want to add in a planning cycle.
Decrease the number of named assets after enabling Named Assets.
Increase the number of named assets after enabling Named Assets.
In Oracle Planning 2024’s Capital module, enabling Named Assets allows planning for specific, individually tracked assets (e.g., equipment, buildings) rather than generic asset categories. The two tasks you can perform when enabling Named Assets are:
A. Add the names of assets to plan at the detail level: Correct. When enabling Named Assets, you can specify the names of individual assets (e.g., “Truck A,” “Building 1”) to plan their costs, depreciation, and other details at a granular level.
B. Specify the likely number of tangible and intangible assets that you want to add in a planning cycle: Incorrect. While you estimate a maximum number of Named Assets during enablement, you don’t specify them by tangible/intangible categories—the distinction is managed later in asset planning, not at enablement.
C. Decrease the number of named assets after enabling Named Assets: Incorrect. Once Named Assets is enabled with a maximum number, you cannot decrease this limit directly; it requires reconfiguration or disabling/re-enabling the feature, which is not a standard task.
D. Increase the number of named assets after enabling Named Assets: Correct. After enablement, you can increase the maximum number of Named Assets (e.g., from 100 to 150) via the Configure card, allowing more assets to be added as needed.
The Oracle documentation confirms that A (adding asset names) and D (increasing the count post-enablement) are supported tasks for Named Assets, making them the correct answers.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Enabling Named Assets in Capital" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-20).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Capital Named Assets Configuration" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-10, updated for 2024).
You need to schedule a weekly data import job. Which two statements are true about scheduling jobs?
You can check the execution status of a job only if it completed.
You can set the daily maintenance time when scheduling cloning environment jobs.
You can set to receive notifications when the job has completed.
You can schedule an Import Data job to run later at intervals.
You can delete that are currently processing.
In Oracle Planning 2024, scheduling jobs such as a weekly data import is managed through the Jobs interface, which provides options for automation, monitoring, and notifications. Let’s evaluate the provided statements to identify the two that are true:
A. You can check the execution status of a job only if it completed: This is false. The Jobs console in Oracle EPM allows users to check the status of a job (e.g., Running, Completed, Failed) at any time, not just after completion. Real-time monitoring is a key feature.
B. You can set the daily maintenance time when scheduling cloning environment jobs: This is false. Daily maintenance time is a system-wide setting controlled by administrators via Application Settings, not something adjustable when scheduling specific jobs like cloning or data imports.
C. You can set to receive notifications when the job has completed: This is true. When scheduling a job (e.g., Import Data), users can enable email notifications to be alerted upon job completion, success, or failure, enhancing job management.
D. You can schedule an Import Data job to run later at intervals: This is true. The scheduling feature supports recurring jobs, such as weekly data imports, allowing users to define the start time and frequency (e.g., daily, weekly) for tasks like importing data from external sources.
E. You can delete that are currently processing: This is false. Jobs that are currently processing (i.e., in a "Running" state) cannot be deleted until they complete or fail, as per Oracle’s job management rules.
Thus, the two true statements are C and D, reflecting the flexibility of scheduling recurring Import Data jobs and receiving completion notifications, both of which are explicitly supported in Oracle Planning 2024.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Managing Jobs and Scheduling" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-08-22).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Scheduling Jobs in Planning" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-10, updated for 2024).
Oracle Planning Administration Guide: "Monitoring and Notifications" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-01).
In Strategic Modeling, you have a deficit and want to balance the model.
Which two statements describe funding options you can take when you have a deficit and want to balance the model?
You can decrease Preferred to balance the model.
You can increase Debt or Equity to balance the model.
You can decrease Dividends or Assets to balance the model.
You can increase Contra-Equity to balance the model.
In Oracle Planning 2024’s Strategic Modeling module, balancing a model with a deficit involves adjusting funding options to ensure cash flow or balance sheet equilibrium. When there’s a deficit (e.g., insufficient cash), you can either increase inflows or decrease outflows. The two valid statements are:
A. You can decrease Preferred to balance the model: Incorrect. "Preferred" typically refers to preferred stock (an equity component), but decreasing it (e.g., reducing preferred equity) would not directly increase available funds to cover a deficit—it might even worsen it by reducing capital.
B. You can increase Debt or Equity to balance the model: Correct. Increasing Debt (e.g., issuing loans) or Equity (e.g., issuing stock) provides additional funds to cover a deficit, a common strategy in Strategic Modeling to balance cash needs.
C. You can decrease Dividends or Assets to balance the model: Correct. Decreasing Dividends reduces cash outflows, retaining more funds, while decreasing Assets (e.g., selling assets) generates cash inflows, both helping to balance the model.
D. You can increase Contra-Equity to balance the model: Incorrect. Contra-Equity (e.g., treasury stock) reduces total equity when increased (e.g., buying back shares), which decreases available funds, not helping to balance a deficit.
The Oracle documentation highlights that increasing Debt/Equity or decreasing Dividends/Assets are standard funding options in Strategic Modeling to address deficits, making B and C the correct statements.
References:
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Balancing Models in Strategic Modeling" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-15).
Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Funding Options in Strategic Scenarios" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-10, updated for 2024).
Which three form validation rules options are supported in Planning?
Validate only for cells and pages to which a user has access
Validate rules as Service Administrator, regardless of logged-in user, when the form is loaded or saved
Validate for all page combinations and all existing or potential blocks
Validate only for users with access to this form
Validate only for pages with existing blocks
In Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation, form validation rules ensure data integrity and usability by defining how forms are validated when loaded or saved. The platform supports multiple validation options tailored to performance, security, and user access, as outlined below:
A. Validate only for cells and pages to which a user has access: This option restricts validation to the data cells and form pages that the logged-in user has permission to view or edit, based on security settings. It enhances performance by limiting the validation scope and ensures users only interact with relevant data.
C. Validate for all page combinations and all existing or potential blocks: This comprehensive validation option checks all possible page combinations and data blocks (both existing and potential) within the form. It is useful for ensuring complete data consistency across the application, though it may impact performance due to its extensive scope.
E. Validate only for pages with existing blocks: This option limits validation to pages that already contain data blocks, ignoring potential blocks that could be created. It strikes a balance between performance and thoroughness, focusing validation efforts on existing data.
B. Validate rules as Service Administrator, regardless of logged-in user, when the form is loaded or saved: While Service Administrators have elevated privileges, this is not a distinct form validation rule option. Validation rules are applied based on form settings and user access, not specifically tied to the Service Administrator role overriding the logged-in user’s context.
D. Validate only for users with access to this form: This option overlaps withAbut is less precise. Validation is tied to cell-level and page-level access rather than a broad "users with access to this form" criterion, makingAthe more accurate choice per Oracle’s terminology.
References
Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Documentation: "Designing Forms – Validation Rules" (docs.oracle.com, updated 2024). Describes validation options including "cells and pages a user has access to," "all page combinations and blocks," and "pages with existing blocks."
Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: Lists the three supported validation options (A, C, E) under form design and validation settings, aligning with security and performance optimization features.