1z0-1057-24 Oracle Project Management Cloud 2024 Implementation Professional Questions and Answers

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Bill Plan –Create a bill plan within a contract that uses the invoice method you require. Assign the bill plan to one or more contract lines. A set of instructions on a contract that define how to invoice a customer. Multiple contract lines on a contract can use the same or different bill plans. Invoice Method is used in creating Bill Plan – not a separate setup.

Billing Controls –Contract feature that controls the types of transactions, dates, and amounts a customer may be invoiced for and revenue can be recognized for a contract or contract line. Define billing controls at the contract or contract line level.

Topic -Creating a Contract for Percent Spent Invoice and Revenue Methods: Worked Example

This example describes a scenario where transactions for a contract line need to be invoiced and the revenue recognized using the percent spent method.

What are the revenue and invoice method classifications?Percent Spent

What is the billing extension calculation level for the contract line and project association?Project level

Summary of the Tasks

Create a contract, create the percent spent contract lines, create the bill plan, create the revenue plan.

Prerequisites

Create a project.

Create the project plan for percent spent revenue. Specify the plan type on the percent spent billing extension.

Create an approved cost budget.

Create cost and burden rates.

Enter labor and expense transactions for the project.

Collect costs for the transactions.

Configuration Steps

Creating the Contract

Creating the Percent Spent Contract Lines

Creating the Bill Plan - A set of instructions on a contract that define how to invoice a customer. Multiple contract lines on a contract can use the same or different bill plans.

Creating the Revenue Plan - Common set of instructions for recognizing revenue within a contract. Multiple contract lines on a contract can use the same or different revenue plans.

Invoice method classifications determine how transactions are invoiced. The invoice method determines how invoice amounts are derived.

Enter an invoice method on a bill plan, which you create for a contract and assign to contract lines to provide a set of instructions for creating an invoice.

Createbilling controlsfor a contract or contract line to define the valid transaction dates, billing resources, and amount limits for transactions associated with the contract.

Generate invoices to calculate the invoice amounts for a contract.

The following figure illustrates the components of a project and a contract that determine invoice amounts, and the relationships between the components.

Project and contract components used to determine invoice amounts and generate invoices.

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Project Manager has duty role ‘Project Forecast Approval Duty’ assigned but

Project Administrator has duty role ‘Project Forecast Inquiry Duty’ – no approval authority

Both roles have duty role ‘Project Forecast Management Duty’ which enables them to Allow creation, submission, update, and deletion of working versions of project forecasts. (Cloud _Roles_Duties.xlsx)

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Configuring Rapid Implementation: Procedure

Project application administrators can use the rapid implementation feature to set up the Project Financial Management offering. Use the Rapid Implementation for Project Financial Management Applications macro-enabled Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to enter setup data and generate the ProjectsWorkbook.zip. Upload this .zip file to the Setup and Maintenance work area. When the upload completes, the offering is configured based on the setup information that you provide.

Perform the following steps to configure rapid implementation for the Project Financial Management offering:

Prepare setup data.

Generate CSV files.

Upload setup data.

Correct errors, if any, and reload the data.

Ref:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/19b/oapem/define-project-deliverables.html#OAPEM1122079

Associate deliverables with one or many tasks or requirements at any level. Associate existing deliverables to tasks or requirements or create deliverables directly for tasks or requirements. You can delete a deliverable in New status if it is not associated with tasks or requirements.

Can deliverables for projects and tasks be inherited from associated requirements?

No.A deliverable associated with a requirement is not automatically associated with the tasks created for that requirement.

You associate a deliverable with a task, independent of associating a requirement with a task.

To allocate the rental cost to the projects and tasks based on the raw costs of the tasks from the previous month, you need to do the following:

Allocate rental costs once each accounting period by using the “full” allocation method. This method allocates the entire source amount to the target tasks in one run.

Allocate to all eligible tasks and prorate the allocation by the total actual raw cost accrued for each task during the previous accounting period. This ensures that the source amount is proportionally allocated to the tasks based on their relative raw costs.

Define allocation basis by using Actual Amounts with a period-to-date amount class. This allows you to use the actual raw costs of the tasks as the basis for allocation and to use the amounts from the previous accounting period. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-costs.html#OAPFM2355951

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Why can't I find persons in the list of resources when I enter team members, planning resources, or person rate schedules?

You can't find persons in the list of resources when you enter team members, planning resources, or person rate schedules in the following situations:

The administrator didn't assign adepartmentwhile creating users. Persons must have an active assignment andbe assigned to a departmentin Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management before they can be added as team members or entered as resources on the planning resource breakdown structure or person rate schedule.

The resource isn't active in Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management because the current date is before the effective date of the resource.If you want to include persons who will start in the future, select the Include people with future-dated effective start dates option when you search for the person.

Persons assigned as project managers aren't active as of the project start date.

The assignment of the person is terminated, and an appropriate value isn't set for the number of days to display people with terminated assignments.You can set the profile value appropriately at the site profile level using the Specify Number of Days to Display People with Terminated Assignments task in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

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Topic - Entering Planning Resource Breakdown Structure Details

ClickNavigator > Setup and Maintenance, and search for theManage Planning and Billing Resource Breakdown Structurestask.

Click theManage Planning and Billing Resource Breakdown Structureslink.

Use the Manage Planning and Billing Resource Breakdown Structures page to create new planning resource breakdown structures and to review existing planning and billing resource breakdown structures.

Click theCreateicon in the Planning Resource Breakdown Structures section.

Use the Create Planning Resource Breakdown Structure: Basic Information page to provide basic resource breakdown structure information including the name, active dates, and project unit.

Enter a planning resource breakdown structure name and select a date from which the resource breakdown structure is available for use.

Optionally, provide a description and a date to which the planning resource breakdown structure is available for use.

Select a project unit. Only projects created for the selected project unit can use this planning resource breakdown structure.

If you want to allow project managers to add planning resources at the project level, then select theAllow resource changes at project levelcheck box.

Tip:Changes at the project level don't move back to the parent planning resource breakdown structure.Deselect this option to ensure all project using the planning resource breakdown structure use the same resources.

Optionally, select aJob Setas a source of jobs for creating planning resources on your planning resource breakdown structure.

ClickSave.

To sell items not tracked in inventory, inventory items, and services, you can create two contract lines with different line types. The line type of “sell intent, free-form, project-based” allows you to sell any item or service without specifying the item number or quantity. The line type of “sell intent, item, project-based” allows you to sell inventory items by specifying the item number and quantity. Both line types are project-based, meaning they are linked to a project and generate revenue based on project performance.Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-contracts.html#OAPFM2355835

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How can I validate distribution sets for projects information?

Oracle Fusion Projects performs validations on Oracle Fusion Payables distribution sets for payables invoices at the time you create the actual distribution set lines. It validates the project and task number during the invoice validation.

Distribution sets are typically used on recurring transactions, and the associated project does not have transaction controls.When you create a distribution set in Oracle Fusion Payables, the distribution set line is not validated against the project transaction controls in Oracle Fusion Projects because you do not enter anexpenditure item date, which is required for transaction control validation.The expenditure item date is not provided because you use the distribution sets for an indefinite period of time.

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Associated Project Percent Spent Example

The following formula calculates the percent spent revenue for the associated project.

((Sum of ITD Actual Cost for every subtask that is part of the associated task/Sum of Total Budgeted cost for every task that is part of associated task)

xAssociated Project Funded Amount) – Sum of Existing Invoice Event Amounts for the Associated Project

((60/300) x750) – 80 =70

((Actual Cost / Budgeted Cost) x Budgeted Revenue) – Sum of Revenue Event Amount

Application Composer is a tool that allows you to configure standard objects or create custom objects to include business specific attributes for Project Execution Management. Four of the standard objects that you can configure using Application Composer are:

Project Gates: These are checkpoints that mark the completion of a phase or stage in a project lifecycle.

Project Issues: These are problems or risks that affect the progress or outcome of a project.

Project Milestones: These are significant events or achievements that indicate the status or completion of a project or task.

Project Deliverables: These are products or services that are produced or provided as part of a project or task. Project Resource Request and Project Resource Assignment are not standard objects that you can configure using Application Composer. These are features that allow you to request and assign resources for projects and tasks based on various criteria such as availability, qualifications, preferences, etc. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-execution.html#OAPFM2356201

When the Accrue at Receipt option is set to Yes on a PO, the cost of the items or services is accrued when they are received, not when they are invoiced. Therefore, the cost is transferred to projects by Cost Management and not by Payables. However, if the PO is closed for receiving without creating a receipt, there will be no accounted receipt lines and no cost will be transferred to projects. To transfer the cost to projects, you need to either create a receipt or reopen the PO for receiving.Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-costs.html#OAPFM2355855

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Manage Project Enterprise Labor Resource Maintenance Conditions

Project Enterprise Labor Resources: How They Are Automatically Created and Maintained

Run the Maintain Project Enterprise Labor Resources process to create resources, remove resource availability for staffing, and maintain the resource search index.

Settings That Affect the Maintain Project Enterprise Labor Resources Process

Create and maintain project enterprise labor resources by defining a set of conditions that specify the employees and contingent workers in Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management (HCM) to create as resources in Oracle Fusion Project Portfolio Management. Define the resource attribute values, such as the resource calendar and primary project role, to assign to the new resources.

The following table lists the criteria that you define for selecting HCM persons to create as project enterprise labor resources.

Selection Criteria

Description

Person type

Select the HCM person type for the process to use as criteria when selecting HCM persons to create as resources. Available person types are employees, contingent workers, orboth employees and contingent workers.

Option to select people based on job

Select this option for the process to create resources for HCM persons with specific jobs.

CautionIf you do not select job criteria for this condition, the process will create resources for all eligible people based only on the person type.

Jobs

If you selected the option to select people based on job, then select the jobs for the process to use as HCM person selection criteria.

The following table lists the attributes for which you specify values to assign to resources that are created for the condition.

Resource Attribute

Description

Option to manage resource availability and staffing

Select this option for resource managers to manage the availability and project staffing of resources who are created based on the condition. Resources who are managed in Oracle Fusion Project Resource Management are eligible to fulfill project resource requests.

Calendar

Select the resource calendar for resources that are created based on the condition. The resource calendar defines the work schedule for project enterprise labor resources, and includes working days and hours and any exceptions, such as holidays.

Primary project role

Select the primary project role for resources that are created based on the condition. Project roles are maintained in Oracle Fusion Project Management.

Cost rate and currency

Enter the cost rate and currency for resources that are created based on the condition.

Bill rate and currency

Enter the bill rate and currency for resources that are created based on the condition.

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Followers are persons who aren't working on the task but have an interest in reviewing the task progress. Only the resources and other followers can add followers to a task. If a resource assigns the task to another team member, the application automatically changes the original resource to a follower.

What's the difference between my tasks and tasks that I follow?

You can edit task details and enter progress for your tasks on the Manage Tasks page. If a task has multiple resources, only the primary resource can edit the task.

When you follow a task, you can view the task details and see the task activity stream. You receive e-mail notifications of changes that team members make to the task.

If a resource reassigns the task to another team member, then the previous resource automatically becomes a follower.

The employees and contingent workers will be able to modify their time cards in the Time work area. This work area allows them to enter, review, edit, and submit their time cards for approval. They can also view the status and history of their time cards and make corrections as needed. The Time and Cost work area allows the project managers and cost accountants to review, adjust, and transfer time card transactions to projects and tasks. The Asset work area allows the asset managers and cost accountants to review, adjust, and transfer asset transactions to Oracle Fusion Assets. These work areas are not used by the employees and contingent workers to modify their time cards. Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-time-and-labor.html#OAPFM2356221

The source that can be used while defining the account rule to achieve this requirement is Expenditure Organization Cost Center Segment. This source allows you to retrieve the value of the cost center segment based on the expenditure organization of the transaction. The expenditure organization is an attribute of a transaction that represents the organization that incurs or owns the cost of the transaction.

Ref:https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E83857_01/saas/applications-common/18b/oaext/page-modification.html#OAEXT1640891

The Accounts Member component of performance measures allows you to select the method that is used to measure accounts such as budget, forecast, and actual. The Accounts Member component defines the account dimension member for the performance measure, which represents the financial data that is measured. You can also specify the aggregation rule and calculation method for the account dimension member. Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-performance-reporting.html#OAPFM2356081

To access transactions for a business unit, the project accountant needs to be assigned to an external role that grants access to that business unit. The external role is defined by the security profile of the business unit and can be different for each business unit. The job role and the legal entity are not relevant for accessing transactions for a business unit. The ledger is relevant for accounting transactions, but not for project transactions.Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/set-up-project-financial-management.html#OAPFM2355903

https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/sales/18c/oscus/setting-up-a pplications-security.html#OSCUS2287154

Predefined Notification Templates

Notification Template

Description

Password Expiry Warning Template

Warns the user that a password is expiring soon and provides instructions for resetting the password.

Password Expiration Template

Notifies the user that a password has expired and provides instructions for resetting the password.

Forgot User Name Template

Sends the user name to a user who requested the reminder.

Password Generated Template

Notifies the user that a password has been generated automatically and provides instructions for resetting the password.

Password Reset Template

Sends a reset-password link to a user who requested a new password.

Users can request new passwords by selecting the Forgot Password link on the application Sign In page, or by selecting the Password option on the Preferences page (Settings and Actions > Set Preferences).

Password Reset Confirmation Template

Notifies the user when a password has been reset.

New Account Template

Notifies a user when a user account is created and provides a reset-password link.

New Account Manager Template

Notifies the user's manager when a user account is created.

When you create a user category, it's associated automatically with the predefined notification templates, which are all enabled.

You can't edit the predefined templates. However, you can create templates and disable the predefined versions. Each predefined event can be associated with only one enabled notification template at a time.

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Topic - Associating Project Types and Class Categories: Examples

Project classifications group your projects according to categories and codes that you define. When you associate project classifications with project types, the classification is available for selection on projects with that project type.

Use any of the following methods to associate class categories with project types:

Add a classification to the project type definition

For each classification that you associate with the project type, you can enable the Assign to All Projects option to automatically add the classification to the project definition for all new projects with the project type.When this option is enabled, all projects with this project type must be assigned a class code for the class category.

Add a project type to the class category definition

Enable the Assign to all Project Types option on the class category definition

Referencehttps://fusionhelp.oracle.com/helpPortal/topic/TopicId_P_988B43C997365159E040D30A68813832

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The following table lists the project statuses and what you can do with projects in that status.

Project Status

What you can do?

Draft

Project managers can view draft projects in the Project Manager Dashboard and use the projects for requirements planning.

Team members can't see the tasks from draft projects on the Team Member Dashboard or in the My Work area.

Active

Project managers can view active projects in the Project Manager Dashboard and use the projects for requirements planning, project execution, and reporting.

Team members can view task assignments on active projects on the Team Member Dashboard and My Work area.

Pending Close

Project managers can view pending projects in the Project Manager Dashboard and use the projects for project tracking, and reporting.

Team members can view task assignments on pending projects on the Team Member Dashboard and My Work area.

Submitted

Project managers can view submitted projects in the Project Manager Dashboard and use the projects for project tracking, and reporting.

Team members can view task assignments on submitted projects on the Team Member Dashboard and My Work area

Closed

Project managers can't view closed projects in the Project Manager Dashboard or use the projects for requirements planning, project execution, and reporting.

Team members can't view tasks of closed projects on the Team Member Dashboard or in the My Work area.

The borrowed and lent cross charge method is a method that allows you to process cross charge transactions between provider and receiver organizations that belong to different legal entities within the same primary ledger. This method does not generate internal invoices or intercompany accounting entries for cross charge transactions. Instead, this method creates accounting entries that move an amount equal to the transfer price between the provider and receiver organizations using borrowed and lent accounts. Two statements that are true about this method are:

Internal Invoice is not generated with this method. This method does not create internal invoices for cross charge transactions, as these transactions are accounted within the same primary ledger using borrowed and lent accounts.

This method allows you to process cross charge transactions across legal entities. This method allows you to process cross charge transactions between provider and receiver organizations that belong to different legal entities within the same primary ledger, as long as they share the same chart of accounts, calendar, currency, and subledger accounting method.

The project requirements work area is a work area that allows you to define and manage requirements for your projects using various methods and sources. Requirements are statements of needs or expectations that must be met by the project outcome. Backlog items are a type of requirement that are used for agile projects that follow an iterative and incremental approach. Three of the tasks that can be performed using the project requirements work area are:

creating projects and tasks in the context of backlog items: This task allows you to create new projects and tasks or link existing projects and tasks to backlog items. This helps you to plan and execute the work that is required to fulfill the backlog items.

creating issues for the backlog items: This task allows you to create new issues or link existing issues to backlog items. Issues are problems or risks that affect the progress or outcome of a project or requirement. This helps you to track and resolve the issues that are related to the backlog items.

tracking backlog item status from the requirement storyboard: This task allows you to view and update the status of backlog items from the requirement storyboard. The requirement storyboard is a graphical representation of the progress and completion of backlog items using various stages and lanes. This helps you to monitor and control the delivery of backlog items. Adding scrum master to backlog items and creating change orders for the backlog items are not tasks that can be performed using the project requirements work area. Adding scrum master to backlog items is a task that can be performed using the project team work area, as scrum master is a role that is assigned to a project team member who facilitates and coordinates the agile project activities. Creating change orders for the backlog items is a task that can be performed using the project change management work area, as change orders are documents that capture and approve changes to a project scope, schedule, or budget. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-execution.html#OAPFM2356321

Some of the main benefits of using the implementation projects within Functional Setup Manager are:

Implementation Project helps in assigning responsibility of managing setup data to a broad group of users. You can assign tasks to different users who are responsible for entering and validating setup data for different functional areas of the offering.

Implementation Project helps you to monitor progress of the setup tasks. You can track the status and completion percentage of each task and view the dependencies and prerequisites among tasks. Implementation Project does not give you the flexibility to set up different functional areas of the offering at different times, as this is determined by the configuration package that you select for your implementation. Implementation Project does not help you to use the manage setup data entry in bulk option, as this is a separate feature that allows you to import and export setup data across instances using spreadsheets. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/implement-project-financial-management-applications.html#OAPFM2356051

Status tracking is a feature that allows you to track the progress and history of project invoice approval notifications. Status tracking provides information such as who approved or rejected the invoice, when and why they took the action, who is currently assigned to approve or reject the invoice, etc. Three of the information that can be tracked as status tracking for project invoice approval notifications are:

Person assigned for approval: This shows the name of the person who is currently assigned to approve or reject the invoice notification.

Prior actions: This shows the list of actions that have been taken on the invoice notification by previous approvers or rejectors, such as approve, reject, request information, etc.

Persons with whom it is still pending approval: This shows the list of persons who are still in the approval chain for the invoice notification and have not taken any action yet. Pre-approval activities and date-wise updates to the document are not information that can be tracked as status tracking for project invoice approval notifications. Pre-approval activities are tasks that need to be performed before submitting an invoice for approval, such as validating or transferring the invoice. Date-wise updates to the document are changes that are made to the invoice document after it has been submitted for approval, such as adjusting or reversing the invoice. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-invoices.html#OAPFM2356291

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Project Requirements: Explained

Requirements enable you to capture your business needs. If you manage projects using the Agile development methodology, you start by identifying the high-level requirements and decomposing them further to manage the completion of work on the requirement.

You use the Project Requirements work area to:

Organizebacklogitems by requirements

Manage your list ofbacklogitems

Create project tasks forbacklogitems

To handle a custom spread on budgets and forecasts, you can either create a new spread curve or edit an existing one to match the desired spread points. Then, you can attach the spread curve to a project template or a resource class, depending on whether you want to apply it to all projects using that template or all transactions using that resource class.Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/define-project-budgets-and-forecasts.html#OAPFM2355819

The project resource search index is used to store and retrieve information about project resources such as their availability, qualifications, preferences, etc. The project resource search index is used for three purposes:

Display resource details: The project resource search index provides the resource details such as name, email, job title, organization, etc. that are displayed on the resource search page.

Filter counts while you search for resources: The project resource search index provides the filter counts that show how many resources match each filter criterion on the resource search page.

Calculate Resource Qualification Scores: The project resource search index provides the qualification information such as skills, certifications, languages, etc. that are used to calculate the Resource Qualification Scores for each resource based on their match with the resource request. The project resource search index does not provide absence details for resources or calculate Resource Availability Scores. These are provided by other components such as Oracle Fusion Absence Management and Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-resources.html#OAPFM2356181

The Resource Qualification Score is a percentage that indicates how well an individual matches the qualifications required for a resource request. An individual’s score is 100% if either of the following conditions are met:

The resource request has a qualification, but no proficiency is specified, and the resource has the qualification. This means that any level of proficiency is acceptable for the qualification.

The resource request has a qualification with a specified proficiency and the resource has the qualification that meets the specified proficiency. This means that the resource has the exact level of proficiency required for the qualification. An individual’s score is not 100% if the resource request has a qualification with a specified proficiency and the resource does not have the qualification or has a different level of proficiency than required. In this case, the score is calculated based on how close the resource’s proficiency is to the required proficiency. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-resources.html#OAPFM2356001

The generate public events for project deliverable status changes feature is a feature that allows you to send notifications or trigger actions when the progress status of a deliverable changes from one value to another. For example, when the status of a deliverable is set to Complete, you can send a notification to the owners of the associated tasks or update the status of the tasks accordingly. Two statements that are true about this feature are:

The public event is not generated when a deliverable is created or deleted. This feature only generates events when the progress status of a deliverable changes, not when a deliverable is added or removed from a project or task.

The public event is generated when the progress status for a deliverable changes. This feature generates events when the progress status of a deliverable changes from one value to another, such as from Not Started to In Progress, or from In Progress to Complete. You can define rules and actions for each progress status change using Business Process Management (BPM) Worklist. The public event is also not generated when the priority of a deliverable changes, as this feature only generates events when the progress status of a deliverable changes. Reference: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/manage-project-execution.html#OAPFM2356211

XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the data format that is supported by SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) Web services to establish communication between web services consumers and web services providers. XML is a standard format that allows data to be exchanged across different platforms and applications. SOAP Web services use XML to encode the messages and data that are sent and received between the web services endpoints. Reference:https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/project-portfolio-management/20c/oapfm/integrate-project-financial-management.html#OAPFM2356071