The Consolidation Bottom Up template allows owners of approval units to lock and unlock data without going through an approval process. This template is suitable for organizations that do not require a formal approval process for data submission, but still want to control data access and track data status. The Consolidation template, on the other hand, requires owners of approval units to submit data for approval before they can lock it. The Service Administrator security role does not affect the approval process, and deleting the default Approval Unit hierarchy would disable the approval functionality altogether.Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close 2023 Implementation Essentials Exam Study Guide, page 15; [Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service User's Guide], page 2-14.

Audit is enabled by default for all task categories in Financial Consolidation and Close. Audit is a feature that allows you to track the changes made to data, metadata, security, application settings, etc. in Financial Consolidation and Close. You can view the audit records in the Audit page or export them to a file. Audit is enabled by default for all task categories, such as Data, Journals, Metadata, Security, etc., but you can disable it for specific task categories if needed.Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close 2023 Implementation Essentials Study Guide, page 85; [Oracle Financial Consolidation and Close Cloud Service Administrator's Guide], page 11-5.