Oracle Applications White Paper

R12 White Paper on Automatic

Creation of Bank Account Transfer
through Sweep Transaction/Cash
Leveling Program
Author: Asharani Krishnappa, Rupali Ghosh, Meha Agrawal
Reviewed By: Vinutha Ram Manohar
Creation Date: 15-OCT-2015
Last Updated: 15-OCT-2015
Version: 1.0
Status: FINAL

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Contents

1. OBJECTIVE ........................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.1 SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT...............................................................................................................3
1.2 TERMS USED.........................................................................................................................................3
2. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................3
2.1 BENEFITS OF CASH POOLING TECHNIQUES: ........................................................................................4
2.2 BUSINESS SCENARIO ..................................................................................................................................4
3. STEPS FOR CREATING BAT THROUGH SWEEP TRANSACTION GENERATION PROGRAM ...............4
3.1 GENERAL SETUP ..........................................................................................................................................4
3.2 BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER/CASH FLOW USING SWEEP TRANSACTION GENERATION
PROGRAM ............................................................................................................................................................ 7
3.3 BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER USING GENERATE CASH LEVELING PROGRAM ........................... 22
4.TECHNICAL ASPECT ............................................................................................................................................ 34
5. REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................................................ 35

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1. OBJECTIVE
To provide:
1. An overview of the Cash Pooling functionality.
2. Step by step guide to complete the bank account transfer through Sweep Transaction Generation Program and Cash
Leveling Program.
3. Brief overview of the table level data at different stages of the bank account transfer business transactions.

1.1 SCOPE OF THE DOCUMENT

This paper will cover:
1. Reconciling Bank-initiated Sweep Transactions
2. Step by step guide to create Cashflows using following programs:
Generate Sweep Transactions
Cash Leveling
3. Reconciliation & Accounting of Cashflows generated

This paper will not cover:

1. Setting up Bank Accounts
2. Explanation of different bank statement loading formats.
3. Technical aspects of loading and importing bank statement.
4. Creation of manual cash flow using bank account transfer web page.
5. Creation of BAT from Treasury module

1.2 TERMS USED

1 CM Responsibility: Cash Management Responsibility
2. BAT: Bank Account Transfer

2. INTRODUCTION
Cash Pooling Techniques are used by the Organizations to optimize the funds by consolidating internal bank balances across
multiple bank accounts. It is usually performed on a daily basis. This technique is employed by companies holding funds at
financial institutions. Cash pooling allows companies to combine their credit and debit positions in various accounts into one
account.
You can create the following two types of cash pools:
Notional Cash Pool: This type of cash pool is used for cash leveling similar to zero balancing without the actual funds
movement.
Physical Cash Pool: This type of cash pool is used for cash leveling wherein the user can initiate fund transfers or
mirror cash transfers performed by the bank.

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Oracle supports following types of Physical cash pools:
Self-Initiated Physical Cash Pools: When Organizations want to monitor individual bank account balances manually
and then physically move cash to or from their accounts based on their preferences.
Bank-Initiated Physical Cash Pools: When Organizations want to sweep all end-of-day balances automatically to or
from the main accounts. This kind of services will leave zero balances at the end of way. That is why Bank-Initiated
Physical Cash Pools are often called as Zero Balance Accounts.

2.1 BENEFITS OF CASH POOLING TECHNIQUES:

Minimizes the idle funds by consolidating balances.
Helps to decrease external borrowing costs and increase investment returns.
Allows users to group bank accounts into pooling structures to manage funds effectively.
NOTE :In 11i, this functionality was available for Oracle Treasury users, but now it is supported by Oracle Cash management in
R12.

2.2 BUSINESS SCENARIO

To demonstrate the Bank Account Transfer feature using cash pooling, the following example is demonstrated:
Create a Cash Pool with concentrated bank account and subaccounts.
Transfer funds between concentrated bank account and subaccount.
Generate Payment Instruction.
Reconcile the transaction
Create Accounting

3. STEPS FOR CREATING BAT THROUGH SWEEP TRANSACTION

GENERATION PROGRAM
This feature allows user to create account transfers between internal bank accounts automatically through physical
cash pools. The related cash flows are stored in Oracle Cash Management for reporting purposes. This will give
Cash Manager opportunity to invest all idle cash and will eliminate interest charges for bank accounts with a
negative balance.

3.1 GENERAL SETUP

3.1.1 Setting profile option CE: BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER

The system profile option "CE: Bank Account Transfers" defines where the cash transfers will be created as a result of the cash
pool activity. If you choose Cash Management, then the cash transfers created by the cash leveling or ZBA sweep activity will be
created in Cash Management using the Bank Account Transfer framework.
Navigation: System Administrator -> Profile ->System -> CE: Bank Account Transfer

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Other value for profile CE: Bank Account Transfers is Treasury. If user choose this value, then these cash transfers will be
created in Treasury using Inter-Account Transfers (if both bank accounts belong to the same legal entity) or Intercompany
Funding transactions (if bank accounts belong to different legal entities).

3.1.2 CREATION OF BANK ACCOUNT (CONCENTRATED AND SUBACCOUNTS)

Navigation: Cash Management Responsibility -> Setup -> Bank -> Bank Accounts
In below screenshots, one Concentrated Bank Account and 4 Sub Accounts are created.

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3.2 BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER/CASH FLOW USING SWEEP TRANSACTION
GENERATION PROGRAM

3.2.1 CREATE A PHYSICAL CASH POOL

1. Navigation: Cash Management Responsibility -> Cash Pool

2. Select Physical Cash Pool.
3. In the Create Physical Cash Pool Header Information page, enter a unique name for your cash pool.
4. In the Concentration Type field, select either One Account or Two Accounts to indicate if the cash pool will have one
or two concentration accounts.
5. In the Effective Date From field, enter the first date that the physical cash pool is active, such as the first date the cash
leveling transactions can be created.
6. In the Effective Date To field, enter the last date that the physical cash` pool is active.
7. In the Bank Initiated Sweeps field, select Yes .

NOTE :All bank accounts in the cash pool have to share the same currency.

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 8. Select Next to assign sub accounts.

9. Select next to enter target balances if required.

Note: If target balances for sub accounts included in the cash pool have already been defined in the bank account setup, they will
default here.

10. Select next and enter payment method in bank account transfer attributes page

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 11. Click Finish to save the cash pool.

3.2.2 DEFINE TRANSACTION CODES FOR CONCENTRATION BANK ACCOUNT.

Bank account mapping template will consider these transaction codes while loading bank statement.
Navigation: CM -> Setup -> Bank -> Transaction Codes

3.2.3 DEFINE MAPPING TEMPLATE

User can use any of the existing mapping templates, In this scenario seeded BAI2 template is used.
1. Header mapping template details.

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 2. Lines mapping template details.

3.2.4 LOAD THE BANK STATEMENT FOR CONCENTRATION ACCOUNT.

Sample data file has been provided below

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3.2.5 RUN THE BANK STATEMENT LOADER TO LOAD AND IMPORT BANK STATEMENT.

1. Statement Loader

2. Import Statement

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3.2.6 REVIEW THE BANK STATEMENT LOADED

Navigation: CM Responsibility=>Bank Statements=>Bank Statements and Reconciliation

1. Query the Bank Statement and click on Lines.

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 2. Review the line details.
3. Click on Reference Tab and Enter the Agent Bank Account.

Note : Agent Bank account should be the sub account. Sweep Transaction generation will not work if this column is blank. Bank
Account transfer can happen between a concentrated bank account and subaccount or vice versa but transfer between two
concentrated bank account or two sub account is not supported.

3.2.7 RUN SWEEP TRANSACTION GENERATION PROGRAM TO GENERATE BANK ACCOUNT

TRANSFERS

1. Run Sweep Transaction Generation Program.

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 2. Sweep Transaction Generation Output.

3.2.8: REVIEW THE BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER

Navigation: CM responsibility=>Bank account transfer.

Query the Transfer number 522 from Sweep Transaction Generation Output.

NOTE:Bank account transfer created through this program will have Settled status, Here settlement through oracle payment is
not requirement.

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3.2.9: REVIEW THE CASH FLOW GENERATED FOR BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER

Navigation: Bank Account Transfer=>Query Bank account transfer number=>Click on Transfer number=>View Cashflows
1. Query the Transfer number 522 from Sweep Transaction Generation Output.

NOTE: Status of the Cash Flow is Created.

3.2.10 RECONCILE THE CASH FLOW AGAINST THE STATEMENT LINE UPLOADED

Cashflow number 481 (Cash Outflow)

1. Navigation: CM Responsibility=>Bank Statements=>Bank Statements and Reconciliation
2. Query concentrated Bank Account 96630469675
3. Click on Review

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 4. Click on Lines

5. Click On Sweep Out statement line

6. Click on Available button to find the cash flows
7. Enter the Cash Flow number 481 generated for BAT (Refer screen shot 3.2.9) as shown below:

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 8. Select the record and Reconcile

9. Review the status of the Statement line as Reconciled.

Note: You can also submit Auto Reconciliation Program to reconcile the statement Lines
Similarly to Reconcile the Cashflow number 482(Cash Inflow), bank statement for Sub account 96630469676 should be loaded.
Please refer above steps to load bank statement
1. Navigation: CM Responsibility=>Bank Statements=>Bank Statements and Reconciliation
2. Query concentrated Bank Account 96630469676
3. Click on Review => Lines

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 4. Click On Sweep In statement line
5. Click on Available button to find the cash flows
6. Enter the Cash Flow number 482 generated for BAT (Refer screen shot 3.2.9) as shown below:

7. Select the record and Reconcile

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 8. Review the status of the Statement line as Reconciled.

Finally review the status of Cashflows, It is Reconciled.

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3.2.11: RUN CREATE ACCOUNTING

Navigation: View =>Request=>Submit

3.2.12: REVIEW ACCOUNTING GENERATED FOR RECONCILED CASHFLOW

Navigation: CM Responsibility=>Bank Account Transfer=>Search Transfer number 522 =>Click on Transfer Number=>View
Cashflows => Click on Cashflow number.

NOTE: Status of the Cash Flow is Reconciled

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Click on View Accounting Details.

Click on View Journal Entries, to review Journals.

NOTE: For Bank Account Transfer Created Event, accounting entry will not be created. This is standard functionality.

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Review Journals Entries.

3.3 BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER USING GENERATE CASH LEVELING PROGRAM

This feature allows user to create account transfers between internal bank accounts automatically through physical cash
pools. The related cash flows are stored in Oracle Cash Management for reporting purposes. For physical cash pools that do not
have bank initiated sweeps, user has option to generate Intercompany Funding Transactions and/or Inter-Account transfers from
the cash leveling proposal. These transfers can then be included in the payment file and sent to the bank.

3.3.1 CREATE PHYSICAL CASH POOL

Navigation: Cash Management Responsibility -> Cash Pool

The process to create a cash pool is same as explained in section 3.2.1

NOTE: The Bank Initiated Sweep should be No for this process

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3.3.2 : CREATE CASH POSITIONING

Navigation: CM responsibility => Cash positioning

1. Create Cash Position Worksheet
A worksheet contains cash position specifications to determine the presentation of sources (rows) and bank accounts (columns)
for cash position. Cash position worksheets can be customized by specifying the sources and transaction source defaults or user
can choose to manually set the parameters for transaction source. User can save the worksheet and use it to generate Daily cash
position.
a. Enter Worksheet Name.
b. Cash Pools => Click on Set Manually.

Note : Since Cash Pool is used as a source to generate daily cash balances, user needs to enter the Cash Pool name.

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 c. Enter the Cash pool name Cash Pool Leveling (Refer Screenshot 3.3.1) and click on Apply.

2. Generate Cash Position

a. Click on Generate Cash position

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 b. In View By section : Select Cash pool and Click on Apply

Note: Cash Position will list all the balances of the queried bank account. When a transfer is initiated from here it should
automatically take the relevant amount for the bank account from Cash Position results.If your cash position includes cash pools,
you can select to generate a cash leveling proposal from the Cash Position Results Page, in the Bank Account View Page or Cash
Pool View Page.

c. Click On Generate Cash Leveling Proposal

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 d. Enter the Transfer Amount and Click on Apply

e. Click on Generate.

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NOTE:The Generate Cash Leveling Fund Transfers concurrent program is initiated

Check the status of request in Concurrent Request window.

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View the Cash Leveling Execution Report output.

Note the Bank account transfer number 542, 544.

3.3.3 REVIEW THE BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER CREATED

Navigation: CM responsibility=>Bank account transfer.

Query the Transfer number 542 from Cash Leveling Execution Report output.

NOTE: The bank account transfer created through Cash Leveling program will always have the status as Settlement in
Progress. This means it requires settlement through Oracle Payments.

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3.3.4 SETTLE THE BANK ACCOUNT TRANSFER

1. Navigate to Funds Disbursement Responsibility.

2. Click on Take action button for the PPR created against the Bank account transfer.
Note : The PPR number can be found from below query:
select Payment_request_number from CE_PAYMENT_TRANSACTIONS
where TRXN_REFERENCE_NUMBER = &Bank_transfer_number

3. Enter the Payment Process Profile name, Select action Run Payment Process and click on Go.

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4. Run create Electronic Payment Instruction program (based on what is the Processing Type of Payment Process Profile)

5. Click continue

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6. Click Submit Button

7. Review the Bank Account Transfer status

NOTE: For more details on settlement of BAT, refer Oracle metalink doc R12 White Paper on Bank Account Transfer for
Oracle Cash Management (Doc ID 1276861.1)

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3.3.5 : RECONCILE THE CASH FLOWS

Navigate: CM Responsibility=>Manual Clearing=>Clear Transactions

1. Enter the source Bank Account Number.

2. In Transaction tab Enter the Cash Flow Number and click on Find.
Navigation to get Cash Flow Number: Bank Account Transfer=>Query Bank account transfer number 542 =>Click on Transfer
number=>View Cashflows

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3. Clear the transactions

4. After the Cash Flows are cleared, run Create accounting as explained above in 3.2.11

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4.TECHNICAL ASPECT
1. The bank statements are stored in following interface tables:
a. CE_STATEMENT_HEADERS_INT: Unique identifier is STATEMENT_NUMBER ,STATEMENT_HEADER_ID.
b. CE_STATEMENT_LINES_INTERFACE : Unique identifier is STATEMENT_LINE_ID.

2. Base Table for bank statement data:

a. CE_STATEMENT_HEADERS : Unique identifier is STATEMENT_NUMBER and STATEMENT_HEADER_ID.
b. CE_STATEMENT_LINES : Unique identifier is STATEMENT_LINE_ID.

3. Reconciliation tables:
CE_STATEMENT_RECONCILS_ALL : Unique identifier is REFERENCE_ID(Cashflow_id/Check_id/receipt_id).
REFERENCE_TYPE: Determines whether the transaction is a Payment/receipt/cashflow.

4. Bank account transfer is stored in below table:

CE_PAYMENT_TRANSACTIONS: Unique identifier is TRXN_REFERENCE_NUMBER, this stores the BAT number.
SETTLE_BY_SYSTEM_FLAG: Determines whether the settlement is required through oracle Payments.
TRXN_STATUS_CODE: Determines the status of BAT.
CASHPOOL_ID: Determines the cashpool through which BAT was created. For manual BAT, cashpool_id will be NULL

5. Cashflows are stored in below table:

CE_CASHFLOWS : Unique identifier is CASHFLOW_ID.
SOURCE_TRXN_TYPE: Determines the source of cashflow.

6. Accounting details of Cashflow are stored in below table

CE_CASHFLOW_ACCT_H : Unique identifier is Cashflow_id and Event_id.

7. Cashpool tables
CE_CASHPOOLS: Stores the cashpool header details. Unique Identifier is CASHPOOL_ID
CE_CASHPOOL_SUB_ACCTS: Stores the Cashpool sub-account information. Unique identifier is
CASHPOOL_SUB_ACCT_ID
CE_PROPOSED_TRANSFERS: Stores Information about proposed cash leveling transfers. This table will be purged
after all Cash leveling fund transfers(For a particular Cash Leveling Proposal) is complete.
Unique Identifier is PROPOSED_TRANSFER_ID

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5. REFERENCES
Refer to the following documentation for more information on the Bank Account Transfer feature:
1. Oracle Cash Management User Guide (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/documentation/applications-167706.html)
2. Oracle Note R12 White Paper on Bank Account Transfer for Oracle Cash Management (Doc ID 1276861.1)
3. Oracle Note R12: CE: Latest on Sweep Transaction Generation: CEZBAERR: Setups, Errors Resolution, DEAL, etc..

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