4. What is IFMIS?
• Integrated Financial Management Information System
(IFMIS) is a computer-based system that automate and
store financial information in large organizations like
governments, multinational corporations and large
nonprofit institutions. The goal of these systems is to
increase access to information
• MoFEC is implementing IFMIS to improve the public
expenditure management processes, enhance greater
accountability and transparency across Federal Ministries,
Agencies, Regions, City Administrations, Zones and
Woredas.
• It is designed to make use of modern information and
communication technologies. The IFMIS implemented by
MoFEC is the latest version of Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS)
comprising the following 9 modules.
6. Objectives of IFMIS
• Standardizing the processes across all Public bodies on
the financial accounting and reporting
• Enables all Federal Public Bodies and Regions to use a
single system with extensive reporting facility from the
same physical source.
• Facilitate fast and quality reporting procedures within
and across the Public Bodies.
• Enable quick consolidation mechanism
• Provides interfaces with other systems in Banks,
Customs and Revenue, Debt and Aid Management, or
other available systems at Federal Public Bodies.
8. Who needs IFMIS at PB?
• Finance Department
• Budget Department
• Procurement Department
• Inventory Department
• Human Resource (partially)
– For payroll
• All Department Heads and secretary
– For Requisition purpose
11. IFMIS Deployed Sites(PB)
• Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation
• Ministry of Education
• Ministry of Health
• Ethiopian Revenue and Customs Authority(5 Branch)
• Ethiopian Road Authority
• Addis Ababa Univeristy
– Main Campus
• House of Federation
• House of Peoples Representative
• Public Property Procurement and Disposal Services
• Public Property Procurement Agency
12. Currently Deploying sites
• Ethiopian Mapping Agency
• Office of The General Auditor
• Addis Ababa Univeristy
– AAU Science and Technology Facility (4 Kilo)
– AAU Facility of Business and Economics (FB)
– AAU Technology Facility (5 Kilo)
13. Selection Criteria
• Financial Activity Performance
• How well their Inventory system is managed
• Utilization of IT Resources
• Readiness of Man Power
14. Deployment Activities
• Initial discussion with Finance , Budget , Procurement, Inventory
and ICT Departments
• Infrastructure Assessment and readiness of IT Equipment
– LAN
– Client PC configuration
– WAN (with EthioTelcom)
• Data Cleaning
• Training
• Data Migration
– From IBEX ,other systems to IFMIS
• Recording Backlog Transactions
• Go Live and Takeover
• Help and Support
15. Essentials of Oracle Applications
• Logging into Oracle Applications
• The first step in starting Oracle Applications is
to enter the appropriate URL for your site in
an Oracle Applications–certified browser. After
starting Oracle Applications, the first window
you see is the Login window. You need an
Oracle Applications Username and Password
to log in to Oracle Applications.
16.
17. After you log in to Oracle Applications, your
E-Business Suite Home page is displayed from
where you can:
– Access and operate with E-Business Suite Applications
(Form based or self-service)
– View and respond to notifications
– Set personal User Preferences
– Navigate to other frequently used functions or Web
pages
18. IFMIS Home Page
Click One of the Responsibility link for Main Menu Pane to load a Form
23. IFMIS - INSTANCES
Instance Type : Production
Web address (URL): http://ifmis.mofed.gov.et:8081
IP Address: 172.29.16.99
Instance Type : Practice
Web address(URL): http://ifmis1.mofed.gov.et:8091
IP Address: 172.29.16.105
Instance Type : Training
Web address(URL):
http://eutraining.mofed.gov.et:8040
IP Address: 172.29.16.50
25. End User PC Specification
• Operating System
– Microsoft Windows (Recommended Windows 7)
• Processor
– 1.5 GHZ and above
• RAM
– 512 MB and above
• HDD
– 80 GB and above
26. CLIENT PC Requirements
• The Client PC must has the following programs
to be installed and configured.
27. 1. Java run time
(currently jre-8u161-windows-i586)
2. Mozilla Fire fox ESR (Extended service
release)
(currently Firefox Setup 52.5.2esr)
RECOMONDED TOOLS:
28. 1. JAVA Installation and
Configuration
• Download and Install Java run time (currently
jre-8u161-windows-i586). (Java Runtime
Environment )
• Download from -
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/java
se/downloads
29. 1.1. Disable The Automatic Update
Open “Java” From Control Panel
Click on “Update”
Disable “Check for updates Automatically”
Click on “Do not check” Button
30. 1.2. Configure Security for IFMIS URLs
Open Java Configuration window from start menu by typing
“configure java” key word
35. …..Configure System Variable
Click on “New” Under The System Variables and fill
the Variable name(Java_Tool_Options) and Value
(-Djava.Vendor=“Sun Microsystems INC.”)
36. • Download and Install Mozilla Fire fox ESR
(Extended service release) (version 52.5.2esr
Firefox Setup)
• Download from -
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/organizations/all
2. Firefox Installation and
Configuration
37. 2.1. Protect the browser from Updating
• Menu—Option—Advanced—Update—
Select “Never check for updates” radio
button
