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Net intercompany A/R minus A/P across business units. Should net to zero post-elimination.

At a glance

Net intercompany AR minus AP across Business Units. Should net to zero post-Financial Consolidation Hub elimination. Non-zero indicates booking errors or pending eliminations.
What it countsSUM(IC AR) - SUM(IC AP) across BUs.
CurrencyReporting ledger.
Time windowReal-time.
Rolesowner, finance

Calculation

Calculated automatically from your Oracle ERP Cloud data. See the At a glance summary above for what the metric tracks and the worked example below for a typical reading.

Worked example

Pre-elimination IC AR 48M,ICAP48M, IC AP 47.2M, net 0.8M.Postelimination=0.8M. Post-elimination = 0 expected. The $0.8M residual is a known timing difference (AR booked Day 1, AP booked Day 2 across BUs). Will resolve at next consolidation run.

Sibling cards merchants should reference together

CardWhy pair
FX Currency ExposureCross-currency IC.
Revenue by Business UnitBU-level.

Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard

Where to look in Oracle ERP Cloud:
Financial Consolidation Hub → Reconciliation OTBI → Intercompany Real Time
Cross-connector reconciliation: Internal Oracle metric.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Why non-zero? Timing differences (AR booked first, AP later); FX revaluation; mis-booked accounts. Single-Ledger? Card hidden.

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