Maintaining the health and stability of an Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) environment requires continuous monitoring, proactive troubleshooting, and periodic validation of system configurations. In large enterprise environments where EBS supports critical business operations such as Financials, Supply Chain, HRMS, and Manufacturing, even minor configuration deviations can lead to performance degradation or functional failures.
During my recent EBS administration and support activities, I revisited one of the most powerful and underrated diagnostic utilities provided by Oracle Support — the Oracle EBS Monitoring Analyzer.
In this article, I will explain what the Monitoring Analyzer is, why it is essential for Apps DBAs and functional teams, and how to install, execute, and interpret its results effectively.
What is Oracle EBS Monitoring Analyzer?
The Monitoring Analyzer is a diagnostic health-check utility developed by Oracle Support. It is designed to analyze Oracle EBS environments and provide actionable insights into configuration settings, known issues, and best practice recommendations.
The analyzer works as a self-service script that:
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Reviews EBS configuration parameters
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Identifies known product and setup issues
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Provides corrective action recommendations
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Suggests best practice improvements
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Helps Oracle Support Engineers during SR troubleshooting
One of the most important characteristics of this tool is that it is completely non-intrusive.
No data modification
Why Monitoring Analyzer is Important
In most real-world EBS environments, system issues are often caused by configuration drift, incomplete setups, or overlooked best practices rather than software defects.
The Monitoring Analyzer helps organizations move from reactive troubleshooting to proactive maintenance.
Key Advantages
- Early detection of configuration issues
- Improved environment stability
- Faster root cause analysis
- Simplified Oracle SR diagnostics
- Preventive maintenance capability
- Performance optimization recommendations✔ No inserts, updates, or deletes
Only reads and reports configuration data
This makes it safe to run even in production environments.
Target Audience
The Monitoring Analyzer is beneficial across both technical and functional teams.
Apps DBAs and System Administrators
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Execute analyzer scripts
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Validate environment configuration
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Review performance and stability warnings
Functional Consultants and Business Analysts
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Review module specific recommendations
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Identify functional setup gaps
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Validate business process configuration
Key Benefits of Monitoring Analyzer
The analyzer provides:
✔ Instant health-check reports
✔ Detailed HTML output for easy review
✔ Known issue identification
✔ Best practice guidance
✔ Oracle Support data collection assistance
Downloading the Latest Monitoring Analyzer
Oracle continuously updates analyzer scripts to incorporate newly identified issues and validation checks. Therefore, always ensure you are using the latest available version.
Example package:
Installing and Running Monitoring Analyzer
Monitoring Analyzer can be executed using two different approaches:
1️⃣ Running as a Concurrent Program
2️⃣ Running via SQL*Plus
Both methods are widely used depending on administrative requirements.
Method 1 – Running Monitoring Analyzer as Concurrent Request
This is the preferred approach when functional teams need access without requiring database credentials.
Step 1: Install Analyzer Package
Login as APPS user and execute:
This step creates the analyzer package in the EBS database.
This step must be repeated whenever a new analyzer version is downloaded.
Step 2: Register Concurrent Program
Upload the concurrent program definition using FNDLOAD utility.
This creates the concurrent program called Monitoring Analyzer.
Step 3: Assign Program to Responsibility
Navigate to:
Identify the request group associated with the responsibility and add:
Save the configuration.
Step 4: Execute Analyzer
Navigate to:
Submit request:
Ensure language setting is:
Step 5: Review Output
Once the request completes:
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Click View Output
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Save the output locally as:
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