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Oracle + TIMS: Powering Seamless Financial & Operational Harmony

Unify your Oracle enterprise solutions with TIMS accounting and ERP for real-time data flow, automated workflows, and unparalleled business agility.

The Challenge

Disconnected Systems: The Hidden Costs of Manual Oracle & TIMS Management

Without a robust integration strategy, managing Oracle and TIMS independently leads to significant operational inefficiencies, data discrepancies, and delayed decision-making. These challenges hinder growth and erode profitability.

  • Manual data entry between Oracle modules and TIMS, leading to errors and delays.
  • Lack of real-time visibility into sales orders, inventory, and financial health.
  • Inconsistent customer and product data across systems, impacting service and sales.
  • Prolonged financial close cycles due to manual reconciliation and GL posting.
  • Inefficient procure-to-pay processes, resulting in missed discounts and compliance risks.
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The Solution

The Unified Solution: Intelligent Integration for Oracle & TIMS

Our iPaaS-driven integration solution seamlessly connects your Oracle ecosystem (ERP, SCM, HCM, Financials) with TIMS, automating critical business processes, synchronizing data in real-time, and providing a single source of truth for your enterprise.

  • Pre-built connectors for Oracle Cloud Applications (Fusion Cloud, EBS) and TIMS APIs.
  • Drag-and-drop visual workflow builder for rapid integration development.
  • Real-time, event-driven data synchronization capabilities.
  • Advanced data mapping and transformation engine.
  • Centralized monitoring and error handling dashboards.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Oracle + TIMS in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Oracle and TIMS, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Oracle + TIMS deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Comprehensive Solution Details

  • Pre-built connectors for Oracle Cloud Applications (Fusion Cloud, EBS) and TIMS APIs.
  • Drag-and-drop visual workflow builder for rapid integration development.
  • Real-time, event-driven data synchronization capabilities.
  • Advanced data mapping and transformation engine.
  • Centralized monitoring and error handling dashboards.
  • Robust security and compliance features for sensitive financial data.

Technical Integration: Bridging Oracle & TIMS with iPaaS

Our integration platform provides the architectural framework and tools to create resilient, scalable, and secure data pipelines between Oracle and TIMS. It abstracts complexity, allowing you to focus on business outcomes.

Data Flow Steps

Connectivity Setup: Configure secure connections to Oracle (Fusion Cloud, EBS) and TIMS APIs using OAuth 2.0 or API keys.

Workflow Design: Visually build integration flows in the iPaaS, defining triggers (e.g., Oracle Business Events, TIMS API calls, scheduled polls).

Data Extraction: Pull relevant data from source system (Oracle or TIMS) based on triggers or schedules.

Transformation & Mapping: Apply business logic, AI-assisted data mapping, and transformation rules to align source data with target system schemas.

Data Loading: Push transformed data to the target system (TIMS or Oracle) via their respective APIs.

Error Handling & Monitoring: Implement robust error handling, retry logic, and real-time alerts. Monitor integration health from a centralized dashboard.

Data Touchpoints

Oracle Fusion Cloud (Order Management, Financials, SCM, HCM)
Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
TIMS (Sales Orders, Customers, Products, Inventory, AR/AP, GL)
External Systems (eCommerce, CRM, WMS, Payment Gateways)

"Oracle Systems <--> (iPaaS - Data Mapping, Transformation, AI Logic) <--> TIMS ERP/Accounting"

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Oracle + TIMS.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Innovative & Robust

How Middleware Integration Works

Benefits of Integrating Oracle

Integrating Oracle fosters greater efficiency and data accuracy. Automate your critical business processes to deliver consistently outstanding results.

Hover over the steps on the right to see detailed integration points.
Data Mapping

Key Entities & Intelligent Data Mapping

Seamless data exchange between Oracle and TIMS relies on precise mapping of core business entities. Our iPaaS provides visual tools and AI assistance to ensure accuracy and consistency.

Customer

Central for sales, invoicing, and AR. Represents individuals or organizations with whom the business has a relationship.

Oracle Fields

CustomerID CustomerName Address ContactInfo CustomerType PaymentTerms CreditLimit

TIMS Fields

CustomerID (TIMS unique ID) ExternalID (e.g., CRM ID, eCommerce ID) CompanyName FirstName LastName Email Phone BillingAddress ShippingAddress PaymentTerms

Mapping Notes

Oracle's CustomerID maps to TIMS's ExternalID for cross-system lookup. TIMS's CustomerID is internal. Address fields require careful component-level mapping (Street1, City, State, Zip). PaymentTerms should be standardized across both systems.

Next Steps

See Oracle + TIMS integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.

Real-World Applications

Integration Use Cases

Explore how the integration behaves in real business scenarios, with clearly defined steps, outcomes, and execution patterns.

End-to-End Order-to-Cash Automation

Automate the entire order lifecycle from an eCommerce platform through Oracle ERP to TIMS accounting, ensuring seamless processing, fulfillment, and financial reconciliation.

Integration Steps:

  1. 0 New order placed on eCommerce platform (e.g., Shopify).
  2. 1 iPaaS triggers on new order event, extracts data.
  3. 2 iPaaS creates Sales Order in Oracle Fusion Cloud Order Management via REST API.
  4. 3 Oracle processes order, allocates inventory, initiates fulfillment.
  5. 4 iPaaS updates order status in eCommerce and TIMS Sales Order upon Oracle fulfillment.
  6. 5 Oracle generates AR Invoice; iPaaS posts corresponding Invoice in TIMS.
  7. 6 Payment received via payment gateway; iPaaS creates Cash Receipt in Oracle and applies Payment in TIMS.
  8. 7 GL entries automatically posted in Oracle and TIMS.

Business Outcome

Reduced order processing time, improved cash flow, enhanced customer satisfaction with real-time updates, minimized manual data entry errors.

Frequency

Real-time, event-driven

Business Value

Key Integration Benefits

Discover the strategic advantages and business value of seamless integration between your systems.

Accelerate Financial Close
Automate GL entry posting, cash application, and intercompany reconciliations between Oracle Financials and TIMS, significantly reducing manual effort and speeding up month-end close by up to 50%.
Improve Data Accuracy & Consistency
Ensure a single source of truth for critical entities like Customer, Product, and Sales Orders across Oracle and TIMS, minimizing errors and improving reporting reliability.
Boost Operational Efficiency
Eliminate manual data entry and streamline end-to-end processes like Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay, freeing up staff for higher-value activities and reducing operational costs by 30%.
Enhance Real-time Visibility
Gain instant insights into inventory levels, order statuses, and financial transactions by synchronizing data in real-time between Oracle and TIMS, enabling proactive decision-making.
Strengthen Compliance & Security
Implement robust security protocols, audit trails, and data validation rules to ensure regulatory compliance and protect sensitive financial and customer information.
Faster Time-to-Value
Leverage low-code/no-code tools and AI-assisted mapping to build and deploy complex integrations rapidly, realizing business value much faster than traditional methods.

Accelerate Financial Close

50% Faster Close

📋 What You Get

Automate GL entry posting, cash application, and intercompany reconciliations between Oracle Financials and TIMS, significantly reducing manual effort and speeding up month-end close by up to 50%.

💼 Business Impact

This benefit directly contributes to 50% improvement in Faster Close, enabling your team to focus on high-value strategic initiatives.

Implementation Timeline

Go live with Oracle + TIMS in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Oracle and TIMS, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Oracle + TIMS deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Technical Documentation

API Endpoints & Data Logic

Technical details for developers and architects.

Method Endpoint Purpose
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/receivablesInvoices Create a new Accounts Receivable Invoice in Oracle Fusion Cloud Financials (from TIMS or other source).
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/salesOrders Create or update a Sales Order in Oracle Fusion Cloud Order Management (from eCommerce, CRM, or TIMS).
GET /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/inventoryItems Retrieve inventory item details and current stock levels from Oracle Inventory (for TIMS or eCommerce sync).
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/customers Create a new customer record in Oracle Customer Master Data Management (from CRM or TIMS).
GET /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/suppliers Retrieve supplier information from Oracle Procurement (for TIMS vendor sync).
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/financials/generalLedgerJournals Post journal entries to Oracle General Ledger (from TIMS or other financial sub-systems).
POST /hcmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/employees Create a new employee record in Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM (from recruiting systems).
POST /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/receivablesCashReceipts Create cash receipts for payment application in Oracle Financials (from payment gateways or TIMS).

Transformation Logic

  • Currency Conversion: Automatically convert amounts between different currencies based on exchange rates from a master data source.
  • Data Normalization: Standardize address formats, phone numbers, and product categories.
  • Conditional Mapping: Apply different mapping rules based on order type, customer segment, or product category.
  • Lookup Tables: Translate system-specific codes (e.g., Oracle Payment Terms 'Net30' to TIMS '30DAYS').
  • Value Derivation: Calculate total amounts, taxes, or discounts based on line-item details.

🛡️ Error Handling

  • Oracle API rate limits exceeded: iPaaS automatically queues and retries with backoff.
  • Invalid data format from source system: iPaaS logs error, routes to DLQ, and alerts.
  • Network timeout between iPaaS and TIMS: iPaaS retries transaction.
  • Business validation failure (e.g., invalid CustomerID): iPaaS logs, flags for manual review, potentially sends to exception queue.
  • Duplicate record creation attempt: iPaaS applies deduplication logic or flags as error.
Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Oracle + TIMS.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Support & Information

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about integration implementation, security, and best practices.

Workflow Automation FAQs

What is the best way to integrate Oracle with TIMS for Order-to-Cash?
The most effective method is an API-first, event-driven strategy via a modern iPaaS. When a new order is placed (e.g., in eCommerce), the iPaaS instantly creates the Sales Order in Oracle, orchestrates fulfillment, then posts the corresponding Invoice and Payment in TIMS, ensuring real-time data flow and minimal manual intervention.

AI Capabilities FAQs

How does AI enhance Oracle and TIMS integrations?
AI significantly enhances integrations by providing intelligent mapping suggestions, detecting anomalies in data (e.g., suspicious invoice amounts), automating data validation and cleansing, and offering predictive insights for error resolution. This moves beyond basic automation to intelligent, proactive workflow management.

Data Synchronization FAQs

Can I synchronize customer master data bi-directionally between Oracle and TIMS?
Absolutely. An iPaaS facilitates bi-directional synchronization of customer master data. New customer creations or updates in Oracle (or a connected CRM) are pushed to TIMS, and vice-versa, ensuring a consistent 'Customer 360' view across both ERP and accounting systems. Deduplication logic is crucial here.

Security & Compliance FAQs

What are the security considerations for integrating Oracle and TIMS?
Key security considerations include using robust authentication (OAuth 2.0 with least privilege), encrypting all data in transit (TLS 1.2+) and at rest, implementing IP whitelisting, maintaining comprehensive audit trails, and adhering to compliance standards like GDPR and PCI DSS. Secure credential management within the iPaaS is paramount.

Performance FAQs

How do I handle Oracle API rate limits when integrating with TIMS?
Our iPaaS manages Oracle API rate limits through intelligent strategies like message queuing, batch processing for high-volume transactions, and exponential backoff for retries. This ensures that integrations operate efficiently without overwhelming Oracle systems or incurring rate limit errors.

Low-Code/No-Code FAQs

Can low-code/no-code tools be used for Oracle and TIMS integration?
Yes, a modern iPaaS with low-code/no-code capabilities empowers business users and citizen integrators to design, build, and manage Oracle-TIMS workflows using visual drag-and-drop interfaces. This significantly accelerates development, reduces IT dependency, and allows business teams to quickly adapt to changing needs.

Technical FAQs

What if Oracle or TIMS doesn't have a specific API endpoint I need?
While both Oracle (especially Fusion Cloud) and TIMS offer comprehensive APIs, if a specific endpoint is missing, our iPaaS can often bridge the gap. This might involve using custom connectors, secure database connectors (for legacy systems), or leveraging extensibility options within Oracle/TIMS to create custom API wrappers or data exports.

Financial Automation FAQs

How does this integration help with financial close and GL reconciliation?
By automating the posting of journal entries, cash receipts, and intercompany transactions from various Oracle modules into TIMS's General Ledger, the integration drastically reduces manual effort. It streamlines reconciliation processes and provides real-time financial data, significantly accelerating your financial close cycle.
Implementation Timeline

Go live with Oracle + TIMS in as little as 2–4 weeks.

A proven, repeatable implementation approach that minimizes risk while getting your team to value quickly.

1

Access Enabled

Secure connections established to both Oracle and TIMS, with credentials and environments confirmed.

2

Configuration & Mapping

Field mappings, business rules, and workflows configured using visual tools and pre-built templates.

3

Go Live

Launch production-ready integration with monitoring, alerting, and support in place—typically within 2–4 weeks.

Time to Value

2–4 weeks

Typical implementation window from access granted to production go-live for most Oracle + TIMS deployments.

Project Phases

Discovery
Configure & Map
Validate
Launch

Engagement Model

Guided by Clarity experts with your team involved at key milestones.

Pricing

Simple, transparent pricing for Oracle + TIMS.

Start with a single integration pair and scale as your business grows—without surprise fees or transaction penalties.

Connect™ Plan

Clarity Connect

$595 /mo

Billed annually • Includes one production integration pair

  • Unlimited transactions and API calls within fair-use limits.
  • Visual workflow designer and reusable mapping templates.
  • Monitoring, alerting, and access to Clarity’s support team.
View full pricing & options
Next Steps

See Oracle + TIMS integration in action.

Explore a guided demo, start a sandbox integration, or speak directly with our solution architects about your specific use cases.