I always used to wonder about the origins of HZ. Now I know.
Talking of product codes, one other product in Procurement family has a similar history, from what I have heard. "CHV" is the product code for Supplier Scheduling. Apparently, CHV are the initials of one Vance Checketts (sp?) who was working in Procurement at that time.
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Puneet: Good stuff. I always wondered why there were RA and AR tables in the Receivables schema. Forgot to ask Anne about that.
davidhaimes
· 1 year ago
As I understood it the RA table came from a company that Oracle acquired many years ago(before my time - so more than 11 years ago), that then became part of the receivables (AR) product. Maybe somebody can confirm or deny this who has been around here longer than I.
Meg Bear
· 1 year ago
In Talent we now have a new product code "HRT" and those of us [ahem] wiser females find this a funny play on Hormone Replacement Therapy. We didn't do this on purpose but did add the joke after the fact.
Jake
· 1 year ago
@David/@Meg: This is a fun game. We should start a wiki page to collect the anecdotal history of each product code.
Then again, that sounds like work . . .
Puneet Thapliyal
· 1 year ago
@David Just happen to meet KC today. She has been with Oracle longer than 11 years I guess, and she cleared the mystery behind AR/RA. Actually, RA meant 'Revenue Accounting', a functionality that later folded into AR itself. I didn't check if RA came in from an acquired company or not. Maybe next time when she comes around...
Amanda
· 1 year ago
Hi! You should visit the SmartDog booth - alas, I'm not actually THERE, but my coworkers are awesome. ^.^ We've been linking to this blog on our website. Hurray - hope you continue to enjoy your time in Denver!
Jake
· 1 year ago
@Puneet: Thanks for scratching an itch that's been bugging me for 10 years.
@Amanda: D'oh, I had to bail yesterday evening, so I didn't get wander the booths. I have seen your site briefly in the past; thanks for the link love. Have you seen Eddie's OracleCommunity, which is also hosted on Ning? You could cross-pollenate information between the two communities. More is better.
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Talking of product codes, one other product in Procurement family has a similar history, from what I have heard. "CHV" is the product code for Supplier Scheduling. Apparently, CHV are the initials of one Vance Checketts (sp?) who was working in Procurement at that time.
Then again, that sounds like work . . .
@Amanda: D'oh, I had to bail yesterday evening, so I didn't get wander the booths. I have seen your site briefly in the past; thanks for the link love. Have you seen Eddie's OracleCommunity, which is also hosted on Ning? You could cross-pollenate information between the two communities. More is better.
Maybe we can catch up at OpenWorld.