Introductions:
RICE, RICEW and FRICE Components in oracle apps. Many times, we saw and heard many terminologies especially in job requirements. Today we are going to clarify and simplify these terms.
RICE:
This term is shortcuts of (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions and Enhancements / Extensions).
When we are going to implement Oracle ERP for X Company most of the time there will be a functional requirement that is special to that company and not currently supported within the core ERP functionality. Oracle giving us the ability to develop and customize the ERP as per our need if the core functionality not covering our business and thus require additional technical development to achieve the additional functional requirement.
We can take each letter of the shortcut (RICE) and explain it by the simplest way like below:
Reports:
Oracle apps technical consultants should be able to develop or create business reports, which is not available in the oracle apps module.
Interfaces:
Is ongoing process and there are two types:
- Inbound interface :
Is the process of transferring the data from the legacy system (E.g. Excel Sheet) into oracle apps base tables. - Outbound interface :
Is the process of transferring the data from oracle apps base tables to other legacy systems (E.g: SAP, PeopleSoft, etc.).
Conversions :
It is opposite to Interface, which is a one-time process that Oracle apps technical consultant write the code using SQL loader to load the data from a legacy system into oracle apps base tables.
Extensions / Enhancement:
Is the way that we can customize or enhance the functionality of any standard form thus can be achieved through different ways oracle provide us with like (form developer, personalization, custom libraries etc.).
RICEW:
This term is shortcuts of (Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, Enhancements / Extensions, and Workflows). It’s same as above term except for additional term, which is:
- Workflows: It is a technology enables modeling, automation and continuous improvement of the business process.
FRICE:
This term is shortcuts of (Forms, Reports, Interfaces, Conversions, and Enhancements / Extensions).
It’s same as above term except for additional term, which is:
- Forms: By this, we can develop new forms or applications and embedding it into oracle apps to integrate with different oracle applications available in Oracle ERP.
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