1z0-1080-24 Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Professional Questions and Answers

In Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation, Forms 2.0 represents an enhanced version of the form design and functionality framework compared to Forms 1.0. To develop forecasts using Forms 2.0, existing forms must be transitioned from the older version to the newer one, as they are not automatically compatible or universally enabled.

D. Migrate the forms you want to work with in Forms 2.0 from Forms 1.0 to Forms 2.0: This is the correct statement. Oracle provides a migration process to convert Forms 1.0 forms to Forms 2.0, enabling users to leverage the advanced features of Forms 2.0 (e.g., improved navigation, dynamic rows/columns, and enhanced usability). This migration is selective, meaning only the forms you choose to use with Forms 2.0 need to be migrated, and it is not a one-time global setup.

A. Set up Forms 2.0 in your environment one time and it will work with all your applications: Forms 2.0 is not a one-time environment-wide setup. It requires specific forms to be migrated or designed for Forms 2.0 compatibility, and not all applications automatically adopt it.

B. Switch between Forms 1.0 and Forms 2.0 by selecting the Forms Version in Application Settings: There is no such toggle in Application Settings to switch between Forms 1.0 and Forms 2.0. The transition to Forms 2.0 involves migration rather than a simple version switch.

C. Redesign forms 1.0 forms so that they are set up to work with Forms 2.0: While redesigning is an option for creating new Forms 2.0-compatible forms, the standard process for existing forms is migration, not a complete redesign from scratch. Migration preserves the form structure while adapting it to Forms 2.0.

The migration process ensures that users can take advantage of Forms 2.0’s capabilities while maintaining continuity with existing form designs, aligning with Oracle’s recommended approach.

References

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Documentation: "Working with Forms – Forms 2.0" (docs.oracle.com, updated 2024). States that "to use Forms 2.0, migrate existing Forms 1.0 forms to Forms 2.0 using the provided migration tools."

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: Confirms that migrating Forms 1.0 to Forms 2.0 is the true setup process for leveraging Forms 2.0 in forecasting.

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).

In Oracle Planning 2024, the Application cluster in the navigator includes cards for managing application settings and features. The card that allows you to enable modules (e.g., Workforce, Projects) is:

A. Settings: Incorrect. Settings is not a card in the Application cluster; it’s typically a broader system-level option, not specific to module enablement.

B. Configure: Correct. The Configure card in the Application cluster provides access to the Enable Features page, where administrators can turn on modules like Financials, Workforce, or Projects.

C. Tools: Incorrect. The Tools card offers utilities (e.g., diagnostics, job scheduling), not module enablement.

D. Enable Features: Incorrect. While "Enable Features" is the specific action/page, it is accessed via the Configure card, not a standalone card in the Application cluster.

E. Cube Editor: Incorrect. Cube Editor is for managing cube structures (e.g., dimensions), not enabling modules.

The Oracle documentation specifies that the Configure card is the entry point for enabling modules, making B the correct answer.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Enabling Modules in Planning" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-08-30).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Application Cluster Navigation" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-05, updated for 2024).

In Oracle Planning 2024, pushing data between cubes (e.g., from one cube to another within the same application) can be accomplished using specific tools. The two methods that facilitate this are:

A. Data Integration: Incorrect. Data Integration is used to import data from external sources (e.g., files, other systems) into Planning, not to push data between cubes within the same application.

B. Data Maps: Correct. Data Maps allow you to define mappings and push data between cubes (or applications) using Smart Push or manual execution. This is a primary method for intra-application data movement.

C. Copy Data: Correct. The Copy Data feature enables administrators to copy data from one cube to another within the same Planning application, specifying dimensions and members to transfer.

D. Import Data: Incorrect. Import Data is designed to bring external data into a cube from a file, not to push data between existing cubes.

Both Data Maps (with Smart Push for real-time updates) and Copy Data (for batch-style transfers) are explicitly supported for moving data between cubes, as per Oracle’s documentation, making B and C the correct answers.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Moving Data Between Cubes" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-05).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Data Maps and Copy Data Features" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-25, updated for 2024).

In Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation, infolets are a feature designed to provide users with quick, visual insights into critical business data. They are not full dashboards, task management tools, or process control mechanisms, but rather compact, high-level representations of aggregated information.

C. Infolets help you quickly analyze data and understand key business questions by presenting a visual overview of high-level, aggregated information: This statement accurately describes infolets. They are visual tiles or widgets that display summarized data (e.g., KPIs, trends) to help users grasp key business insights at a glance. Infolets are typically found on the home page or navigation clusters and are customizable to highlight specific metrics relevant to the user’s role or application.

A. Infolets are predefined dashboards that give you insight into the overall project financials and expense and revenue metrics: While infolets provide insights, they are not full "predefined dashboards." Dashboards are more comprehensive, whereas infolets offer concise, targeted views of data.

B. Infolets help you organize, track, and prioritize your workload: This describes task management or navigation features (e.g., task lists), not infolets, which focus on data visualization rather than workload management.

D. Infolets give business process designers control over how various roles or groups interact with a business process: Infolets are not about process design or role interaction; they are about displaying data, not controlling processes.

E. Infolets are a form type that provides flexible row management where dimension and member row cells and all data cells are unprotected: Infolets are not a form type; they are separate from forms and focus on visualization, not data entry or row management.

References

Oracle Enterprise Performance Management Cloud Documentation: "Using Infolets" (docs.oracle.com, updated 2024). Describes infolets as "visual overviews of high-level, aggregated information to quickly analyze data and answer business questions."

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: Defines infolets as tools for presenting summarized data visually for quick analysis.

In Oracle Planning 2024, the approval process uses an approval unit hierarchy where parent and child relationships influence the review workflow. The two ways these relationships affect the process are:

A. When the status of all children changes to one status (for example, Signed Off), the parent status changes to the same status: Correct. In a bottom-up approval process, when all child approval units reach a uniform status (e.g., Signed Off, Approved), the parent’s status automatically updates to match, reflecting the completion of the children’s review.

B. When you approve a parent, its children are Signed Off: Incorrect. Approving a parent does not automatically sign off its children; the workflow typically moves bottom-up, requiring children to be approved first.

C. After all children are promoted to the same owner, the parent status is changed to Signed Off: Incorrect. Promotion to an owner changes ownership, not necessarily status (e.g., Signed Off). Status changes are driven by approval actions, not just ownership.

D. After all children are promoted to the same owner, the parent is promoted to the owner: Correct. In the approval hierarchy, once all child units are promoted to a new owner (e.g., for review), the parent unit is also promoted to that owner, ensuring the hierarchy progresses together.

The Oracle documentation confirms that A (status aggregation) and D (owner promotion) are key behaviors of parent/child relationships in the approval process, making them the correct answers.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Approval Unit Hierarchies" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-25).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Managing Approvals" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-20, updated for 2024).

In Oracle Planning 2024, Navigation Flows can be customized to tailor the user interface and experience based on specific categories. The three customization categories supported are Role, Group, and Global:

A. Role: Navigation Flows can be customized for specific user roles (e.g., Planner, Administrator), allowing different layouts or access to cards based on job functions.

C. Group: Customization can be applied to user groups, enabling administrators to assign tailored navigation flows to predefined sets of users based on their team or department.

E. Global: Global customization applies to all users across the application, serving as the default navigation flow unless overridden by Role or Group settings.

B. User: This is incorrect because Oracle Planning does not support navigation flow customization at the individual user level—customizations are broader, targeting roles or groups.

D. Artifact: This is incorrect because "Artifact" refers to application components (e.g., forms, rules) managed in migration, not a category for navigation flow customization.

The Oracle documentation confirms that Role, Group, and Global are the three levels at which navigation flows can be customized, providing flexibility in how users interact with the Planning application.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Customizing Navigation Flows" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-08-30).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Navigation Flow Administration" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-05, updated for 2024).

To budget for future headcount and related personnel expenses (e.g., salary, benefits, taxes) in Oracle Planning 2024, the Workforce module must be enabled and configured. This module is specifically designed for detailed employee planning, including:

A. Financials: Incorrect. Financials focuses on revenue, expense, and financial statement planning at an aggregated level, not detailed headcount or personnel expenses like benefits and taxes.

B. Strategic Modeling: Incorrect. Strategic Modeling is for high-level scenario analysis (e.g., mergers, long-term strategies), not granular headcount budgeting.

C. Sales Planning: Incorrect. Sales Planning (if available as a custom module) targets sales forecasts and quotas, not employee-related expenses.

D. Workforce: Correct. Workforce enables budgeting for headcount (e.g., hiring plans) and calculates associated costs—salaries, benefits (e.g., health insurance), and taxes (e.g., payroll taxes)—with predefined and customizable options.

The Oracle documentation confirms that Workforce is the module tailored for headcount and personnel expense budgeting, making D the correct answer.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Overview of Workforce Module" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-05).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Planning Personnel Expenses" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-25, updated for 2024).

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).

In Oracle Planning 2024’s module-based Planning, including the Financials module, the time frame (e.g., years) and granularity (e.g., months, weeks) for plans and forecasts are configured to define the planning horizon and periodicity. For Financials, this configuration occurs in:

A. Planning and Forecast Preparation: Correct. This component is where administrators define the time frame (e.g., start year, number of years) and granularity (e.g., monthly, weekly) for plans and forecasts. It’s a mandatory configuration task executed via the Configure card, allowing module-specific settings.

B. Manage Time Periods: Incorrect. This is not a standard component in Oracle Planning for setting time frame and granularity; it’s a term more aligned with other Oracle systems (e.g., Essbase) or custom period management, not Financials configuration.

C. Seasonality Management: Incorrect. Seasonality Management deals with distributing data across periods based on patterns (e.g., seasonal trends), not setting the overall time frame or granularity.

D. Valid Intersections: Incorrect. Valid Intersections define allowable data combinations across dimensions, not the time frame or granularity of plans.

The Oracle documentation specifies that Planning and Forecast Preparation is the component where time-related settings are established for Financials, making A the correct answer.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Configuring Time Frame in Financials" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-10-10).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Planning and Forecast Preparation" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-11-15, updated for 2024).

In Oracle Planning 2024, Smart Push is a feature within data maps that enables efficient, real-time data movement between Oracle EPM Cloud applications or instances. It copies data dynamically when triggered (e.g., via forms or rules). The three supported ways to create data maps with Smart Push are:

A. From Planning to Tax Reporting Cloud: Incorrect. Smart Push does not support direct data movement from Planning to Tax Reporting Cloud, as these modules lack a predefined integration path for this feature.

B. From Tax Reporting Cloud to Planning: Incorrect. Similarly, Smart Push does not facilitate data movement from Tax Reporting Cloud to Planning.

C. From Financial Consolidation and Close to Planning: Correct. Smart Push supports moving consolidated data (e.g., actuals) from Financial Consolidation and Close (FCC) to Planning for planning purposes.

D. From Planning to Financial Consolidation and Close: Correct. Smart Push allows pushing planned data from Planning to FCC for consolidation or reporting.

E. Between two Planning instances: Correct. Smart Push can move data between two Planning instances (e.g., test and production environments) to synchronize data.

These three options—C, D, and E—are explicitly supported by Smart Push in Oracle EPM Cloud, as per the documentation, enabling seamless data integration across these applications.

References:

Oracle Planning 2024 Implementation Study Guide: "Using Smart Push in Data Maps" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2024-09-30).

Oracle EPM Cloud Documentation: "Data Integration with Smart Push" (docs.oracle.com, Published 2023-12-20, updated for 2024).

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).