What is Internet Expenses

Oracle E Business Suite: What is Internet Expenses




What is Internet Expenses (OIE)

This is a self service web application used for web expense management.
This Self services application now second generation software to use personalization through application frame work. Employees can enter and submit expense reports using a standard Web browser or a Web-enabled mobile device. Oracle Workflow automatically routes expense reports for approval and enforces reimbursement policies.

There are eight components in OIE which convers from configuration to approval of employee expenses.

Two approval methods can be used - one is supervisor hierarchy and another is AME.

This OIE is tightly integrated with other Oracle Applications for configuration, process, approval and payment.

There are nine applications are involved of which only 5 applications are mandatory to use OIE effectively. These are Oracle Self Service web application, Application developer, System Administrator, Oracle Workflow, and Oracle Payables.

Oracle Application Framework allow us to personalize the display of Internet Expenses without modifying the underlying code.

Employees can create expense reports in these ways
1. Online using their computers and a standard Web browser.
2. Online using Web-enabled mobile devices.
3. Offline using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets from a configured template.
Employees must have the Internet Expenses responsibility to create an expense report.