Financial Applications

The Application Support Group maintains the application used by all County departments. The current system, known as the Financial Management System (FMS), is an Oracle product. This group is responsible for the application of patches, customization, new development, and general problem resolution for the application. They work closely with the DBA group to insure reliable, secure access to the application.

In fiscal year 06-07, SBT was tasked with the conversion of the database from version 9.2.0.4 to 10.2.0.2. This was done to keep the system in compliance with maintenance as well as provide some new features. Additional tools that were provided with the database give us the opportunity to monitor response to the system and make adjustments. We also have better tools to manage backup and recovery of the system.

In fiscal year07-08 we will be migrating the application level from 11.5.9 to 11.5.10. This migration will give us access to web based reporting tools. It also puts us in line for the eventual migration to the new 12 release since migration paths will require us to be at that level. In addition we hope to be moving forward with workflow processes in the application.