Oracle 1Z0-1056-26 key terms
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- AutoInvoice
- Related: AutoInvoice Line Ordering Rules, AutoInvoice Grouping Rules, Transaction Sources
A concurrent program that imports transaction data from external feeder systems or other Oracle applications and validates it against AutoInvoice line and grouping rules before creating Receivables transactions.
- AutoInvoice Grouping Rules
- Related: AutoInvoice, AutoInvoice Line Ordering Rules
Setup that determines how imported interface lines are grouped into a single transaction, based on attributes such as customer, currency, and ship-to, with separate rule sets for lines, freight, and adjustments.
- AutoInvoice Line Ordering Rules
- Related: AutoInvoice, AutoInvoice Grouping Rules
Setup that controls the sequence in which interface lines are numbered and grouped during import, so that related lines stay together and line numbers are assigned predictably.
- Transaction Source
- Related: AutoInvoice, Transaction Types
A setup that identifies where transactions originate, such as manual entry, AutoInvoice import, or another application, and controls defaulting, validation, and whether the source is automatically numbered.
- Transaction Type
- Related: Transaction Source, Receivables Activities
A classification such as invoice, credit memo, debit memo, or on-account credit that determines the accounting, sign, and printing behavior of a Receivables transaction.
- Receivables Activities
- Related: Transaction Type, Adjustments
Configurable items such as adjustments, discounts, finance charges, and late charges that define the accounting distribution and tax handling applied when the activity is used on a transaction or receipt.
- Payment Terms
- Related: Due Date, Discount
Setup that defines due dates and discount eligibility for transactions, including discount percentages, discount days, multiple installments, and the day of month used to calculate due dates.
- Customer Profile Class
- Related: Customer Account, Credit Limit, Dunning Letters
A template of default values, such as credit limits, payment terms, statement cycles, and dunning settings, that is assigned to customer accounts and inherited unless overridden at a lower level.
- Customer Account
- Related: Customer Profile Class, Customer Site, Party
The billing entity that owns transactions and receipts for one or more customer sites, holding currency, payment terms, credit, and statement preferences that can be inherited from the profile class.
- Party
- Related: Customer Account, Customer Site
The person or organization record in the trading community model that represents a customer or prospect, independent of the accounts and sites attached to it.
- Customer Site
- Related: Customer Account, Party
An address usage on a customer account, such as bill-to, ship-to, or DUNS location, that supplies address and contact information for transactions and receipts.
- Credit Limit
- Related: Credit Check, Customer Profile Class, Credit Hold
A monetary threshold assigned to a customer account or profile class that caps outstanding exposure and can trigger credit checking or order holds when exceeded.
- Credit Check
- Related: Credit Limit, Credit Hold
The evaluation of a customer's open exposure against the credit limit and credit check rules, performed when transactions are entered or orders are placed.
- Credit Hold
- Related: Credit Limit, Credit Check
A status applied to a customer account or transaction that blocks further activity, such as order release or transaction entry, until exposure is reduced or the hold is manually released.
- Receipt
- Related: Cash Application, Unapplied Receipt, AutoCash
A record of money received from a customer, applied to one or more transactions or left unapplied and on account, with its own accounting and status life cycle.
- Cash Application
- Related: Receipt, AutoCash, Unapplied Receipt
The process of matching a receipt to the transactions it pays, either manually, automatically, or through rules, and then creating the corresponding accounting entries.
- AutoCash
- Related: Cash Application, Receipt, Application Rule Set
A rule-based process that automatically applies receipts to open transactions using matching rules and application rule sets, instead of manual entry by a receivables specialist.
- Application Rule Set
- Related: AutoCash, Cash Application
An ordered collection of AutoCash application rules that determines the sequence in which open transactions are considered when a receipt is automatically matched.
- Unapplied Receipt
- Related: Receipt, On-Account Credit, Cash Application
A receipt amount that has been recorded but not yet matched to a specific transaction, so it reduces the customer balance without closing any invoice.
- On-Account Credit
- Related: Unapplied Receipt, Credit Memo
A credit balance held against a customer account that is not linked to a specific transaction and can later be applied to invoices or refunded.
- Lockbox
- Related: AutoCash, Cash Application, Receipt
A bank service and Receivables process in which customer payments are captured, transmitted electronically, and imported so receipts can be created and applied automatically.
- Adjustment
- Related: Receivables Activities, Write-Off
A change to the amount owed or the balance of a transaction or receipt, such as a write-off, small balance adjustment, or disputed amount, posted through a Receivables activity.
- Write-Off
- Related: Adjustment, Dunning Letters
An adjustment that removes an uncollectible or immaterial balance from a customer account and posts it to the designated write-off account.
- Dunning Letters
- Related: Collections, Customer Profile Class
Configurable correspondence sent to customers at defined intervals to request payment on overdue items, driven by dunning letter sets and customer profile settings.
- Collections
- Related: Dunning Letters, Credit Limit
The set of processes, such as delinquency tracking, strategy assignment, and collector work queues, used to pursue overdue receivables and manage customer follow-up.
- Revenue Recognition
- Related: Revenue Contingency, Sales Credits, Subledger Accounting
The determination of when and how much revenue is recorded for a transaction, based on revenue policies, contingencies, and the satisfaction of performance obligations.
- Revenue Contingency
- Related: Revenue Recognition, Subledger Accounting
A rule attached to a transaction line that defers revenue until specified conditions, such as acceptance or payment, are met, after which revenue is recognized.
- Sales Credits
- Related: Revenue Recognition, Transaction Type
Allocations of a transaction's revenue to salespersons, expressed as percentages, used for compensation and sales reporting and validated against salesperson setup.
- Subledger Accounting
- Related: Accounting Method, Journal Entry, Revenue Recognition
The rules-based engine that generates journal entries from Receivables transactions and receipts, using journal line rules, account derivation rules, and accounting methods.
- Accounting Method
- Related: Subledger Accounting, Journal Entry
A Subledger Accounting setup that groups journal line definitions and determines which accounting entries are created for a given event or transaction class.
- Journal Entry
- Related: Subledger Accounting, Accounting Method, Period Close
The balanced accounting record produced by Subledger Accounting for a Receivables event, later transferred to and posted in the general ledger.
- Period Close
- Related: Journal Entry, Reconciliation, Aging Report
The process of completing all Receivables activity for an accounting period, reconciling subledger balances to the general ledger, and then closing the period to prevent further entry.
- Reconciliation
- Related: Period Close, Journal Entry
The comparison of Receivables subledger balances with general ledger account balances to confirm that transactions, receipts, and accounting entries agree before a period is closed.
- Aging Report
- Related: Collections, Period Close
A report that groups open receivables by the number of days past due, using aging buckets, to show the distribution of outstanding balances and support collections decisions.
- Discount
- Related: Payment Terms, Adjustment
A reduction in the amount due that a customer may take for early payment, defined by payment terms and recorded as an adjustment when the receipt is applied.
- Due Date
- Related: Payment Terms, Aging Report
The date on which a transaction or installment becomes payable, calculated from payment terms, transaction date, and any day-of-month rules.
- Credit Memo
- Related: On-Account Credit, Transaction Type
A negative transaction that reduces the amount a customer owes, often created to correct an invoice or issue a refund, and that can be applied like a payment.