Today's pain

The EBS migration question is when, not if.

Most EBS customers have made a forward decision Oracle Fusion, Oracle Cloud ERP, or one of the boutique alternatives. The hard part is what happens to two decades of EBS data.

The traditional answer: keep EBS running in read-only mode after migration. The Oracle DB license bill continues. The middleware stack ages. The expertise required to query a custom-modified EBS environment narrows to a handful of consultants per year.

The 2026 answer: retire EBS. Preserve the data in a governed Preservation Zone. Make it queryable through the pre-built EBS AKG. Finance, audit, and operations get answers in natural language. EBS is gone, the license bill is gone, the security exposure is gone.

The EBS-specific economics

  • Oracle DB license cost continues until you retire EBS.
  • Oracle Fusion / Cloud ERP migration cost scales with data carried forward.
  • EBS environments depend on aging middleware (E-Business Suite Application Server, custom OAF).
  • Custom EBS modifications increase the maintenance burden every year.
The three forces

Why EBS retirement matters in 2026.

1

Oracle's cloud strategy

Oracle is actively migrating customers to Fusion / Cloud ERP. Customers staying on EBS face a narrowing roadmap.

2

Cloud ERP scope

Less data carried forward to Fusion / Cloud ERP reduces migration cost, license cost, project risk.

3

Security imperative

Legacy EBS environments accumulate unpatched vulnerabilities. Forgotten EBS sandboxes are attack vectors.

4

AI value of EBS data

Twenty years of financial, operational, HR data fuel for AI applications and trained models.

AI Activated

Retired EBS data is no longer a cost center. It is AI fuel already activated.

Data extracted from EBS, validated for completeness, semantically mapped through the pre-built EBS Application Knowledge Graph is dramatically more valuable for AI than raw Oracle table extracts.

From EBS-savvy analyst to natural-language user

Sara's question. Two eras.

  • Yesterday

    "AP_INVOICES_ALL join with AP_INVOICE_LINES_ALL where INVOICE_TYPE_LOOKUP_CODE..."

    An EBS-savvy analyst translating Sara's question into AP module schema, lookup codes, and joins. Output is a one-off SQL script. Re-asked when the question changes.

  • Today

    "Show me 2018 supplier invoices over $50K from operating unit Finance-US."

    Sara asks in natural language. Data Ask consults the pre-built EBS AKG. Returns a grounded answer with citations to AP_INVOICES_ALL, PO_VENDORS, GL_LEDGERS — translated from EBS schema into business terms. No EBS expertise required.

The workflow

Connect → Migrate → Enable AI.

Connect to EBS

Connect to EBS

Solix Connect for E-Business Suite. Full module coverage FI, AR, AP, PO, INV, HR, Projects, OPM. Oracle Validated Integration certified.

Migrate to the Preservation Zone

Migrate to the Preservation Zone

Quality validation, retention from day one, legal-hold ready. EBS environment can shut down on schedule.

Enable AI Access

Enable AI Access

The pre-built EBS AKG ships with the platform. Business users query through Data Ask in natural language.

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A guided walkthrough on your specific EBS modules typical timelines, what the pre-built AKG covers, the path from EBS retirement to Fusion / Cloud ERP modernization.

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