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Sales Orders blocked at credit-hold gate, ranked by line value.

At a glance

Sales Orders held at the Oracle Credit Management gate, ranked by SO value. The Credit Hold subset of Sales Orders Blocked, promoted as its own card because Credit Management is a distinct workflow.
What it countsOpen SOs with Hold Type = Credit Hold from Oracle Credit Management. Excludes other hold types (inventory, pricing, manual, approval).
CurrencyReporting ledger.
Business Unit scopeRespects dashboard filter.
Time windowReal-time snapshot.
Alert trigger>0 high-value held (default >$25K).
Rolesowner, finance, operations

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

A US Fortune 500 distributor on Oracle ERP Cloud. Snapshot 14 Apr 26.
CustomerSO countTotal $Reason
ACME Industries Inc4$620,000Credit limit exceeded
Beta Wholesale LLC3$480,000Past due 60+ days
Gamma Retail Group2$320,000Credit review pending
Delta Manufacturing5$280,000Credit limit exceeded
Various smaller24$1,820,000Mixed
Total Credit-Held38$3,520,000
Five things to notice:
  1. $3.5M of orders blocked at credit gate. This is real revenue at risk; until released, no GL booking.
  2. Top 4 customers hold 48% of the $. Concentration: a few customer-specific resolutions clear half the held value.
  3. “Credit limit exceeded” is the most actionable bucket. Either expand the limit (if customer is healthy) or collect on past-due to free up credit.
  4. “Past due 60+ days” triggers automatic hold per Oracle Credit Management policy. Resolution: pay the past-due, then auto-release.
  5. Cross-reference Customer Credit Utilisation: which customers are at high % of limit; predicts upcoming holds.

Sibling cards merchants should reference together

CardWhy pair
Sales Orders BlockedParent card.
Customer Credit UtilisationPredictive.
Credit Hold SpikeAlert layer.
A/R Aging DetailPast-due drivers of credit holds.

Reconciling against the vendor’s own dashboard

Where to look in Oracle ERP Cloud:
Credit Management → Manage Credit Reviews Order Management → Manage Holds filter Hold Type = Credit OTBI → Credit Management Real Time
Why our number may legitimately differ:
ReasonDirectionWhy
In-flight releaseEitherHolds being released at moment of snapshot.
Cross-connector reconciliation: Oracle-internal Credit Management metric.

Known limitations / merchant FAQs

Who releases credit holds? Credit Management module owner, typically a Credit Manager role. Approval workflow per dollar threshold. Auto-release possible? Yes for some triggers (past-due payment received). Manual for credit-limit-exceeded. Multi-Ledger view? Yes via filter. Some Fortune 500 setups have separate Credit Management policies per region.

Tracked live in Vortex IQ Nerve Centre

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