Oracle R12 Inventory - Transaction Source Types

Oracle R12 Inventory - Transaction Source Types:

Transaction Source Type is the type of entity against which Oracle Inventory charges a transaction. Along with a transaction action, it uniquely identifies the type of transaction is performed.

Oracle Inventory provides the following predefined 17 Transaction Source Types:

Account

Account Alias

Cycle Count

External Requisition

Internal Order

Internal Requisition

Inventory

Job or Schedule

Layer Cost Update

Move Order

Periodic Cost Update

Physical Inventory

Project Contract

Purchase Order

RMA (Return Material Authorization)

Sales Order

Standard Cost Update

Additional Transaction Source Types can also be defined in the Transaction Source Types window. Then these user-defined transaction source types can be used and predefined transaction actions to define a new transaction type. This user-defined transaction type is now a customized form of tracking transactions with which can be grouped and sort reports and inquiries.

When a transaction is performed, a transaction type to be specified and a source.

Example:

For a PO receipt transaction, the transaction source type is Purchase Order and the actual PO number is the source.

Addition of more source types to this list is possible or update the predefined types, however, the predefined types cannot be deleted. User can add source types for miscellaneous transactions, inter-organization and subinventory transfers and account transactions.

Defining & Updating Transaction Source Types:

Navigation:

India Local Inventory Responsibility > Oracle Inventory > Setup > Transactions > Source Types

To update a system-defined transaction source type:

Navigate to System Tab.

Update the name or description for a source type.

Save your work.

To create a user-defined transaction source type:

Navigate to User Tab.

Name: Enter a unique name for the transaction source type.

Description: Define a description for the Transaction Source Type

Validation Type: Select a validation type from the list of values.

None: Do not validate the source against a predefined list of values.

Value Set: Validate the source against a predefined list of values.

Context: This field will be enabled only if Value Set is selected in the Type field and select a valid context field value associated with the Transaction Source descriptive flexfield.

Inactive On: Select the end date of this Transaction Source Type.