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R12.
x Oracle Applications
System Administrator
Fundamentals
Volume I Student Guide
D58322GC10
Edition 1.0
August 2011
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Clara Jaeckel
Melody Yang
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Table of Contents
Introduction to System Administrator Fundamentals ..................................................................................1-1
Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................1-3
Course Objectives..........................................................................................................................................1-4
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................1-5
Oracle E-Business Suite System Administration............................................................................................1-6
Oracle E-Business Suite Security ..................................................................................................................1-7
Concurrent Processing in Oracle E-Business Suite .......................................................................................1-8
Oracle Applications Manager .........................................................................................................................1-9
Oracle Workflow.............................................................................................................................................1-10
Oracle E-Business Suite Secure Enterprise Search Overview ......................................................................1-11
Customizable Features in Oracle E-Business Suite.......................................................................................1-12
Additional Material..........................................................................................................................................1-13
Using System Administrative Responsibilities .............................................................................................2-1
Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrative Responsibilities ..................................................................2-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................2-4
System Administrative Responsibilities..........................................................................................................2-5
System Administration Responsibility ............................................................................................................2-6
System Administrator Responsibility ..............................................................................................................2-7
Functional Administrator Responsibility .........................................................................................................2-8
Summary........................................................................................................................................................2-9
Introduction to E-Business Suite Security ....................................................................................................3-1
Introduction to Oracle E-Business Suite Security...........................................................................................3-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................3-4
Successive Layers of Access Control ............................................................................................................3-5
Increasing Flexibility and Scalability...............................................................................................................3-6
Function Security ...........................................................................................................................................3-8
Data Security..................................................................................................................................................3-9
Oracle User Management Layers of Access Control .....................................................................................3-10
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) ..............................................................................................................3-11
Delegated Administration ...............................................................................................................................3-13
Provisioning Services.....................................................................................................................................3-16
Self Service and Approvals ............................................................................................................................3-18
Introduction to Single Sign-On .......................................................................................................................3-19
Simplified User Management .........................................................................................................................3-20
Centralized Account Provisioning...................................................................................................................3-21
On Demand User Creation.............................................................................................................................3-22
Automatic Linking of User Accounts...............................................................................................................3-23
Summary........................................................................................................................................................3-24
Introduction to Function Security...................................................................................................................4-1
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................4-4
Overview of Function Security .......................................................................................................................4-5
Defining a New Application User....................................................................................................................4-7
Custom Applications ......................................................................................................................................4-8
Defining an Application ..................................................................................................................................4-9
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Registering an Oracle ID................................................................................................................................4-10

Data Groups...................................................................................................................................................4-11
Securing Functions ........................................................................................................................................4-13
Using Responsibilities ....................................................................................................................................4-14
Responsibility Components............................................................................................................................4-15
Defining a New Responsibility........................................................................................................................4-16
Defining a Menu .............................................................................................................................................4-17
Identifying Existing Menu Structures ..............................................................................................................4-19
Menu Guidelines ............................................................................................................................................4-20
Creating a Menu using the Menus Window in Forms.....................................................................................4-21
Creating a Menu using the HTML-based Menus Page ..................................................................................4-23
Modifying an Existing Menu Definition ...........................................................................................................4-24
Navigator Menus ............................................................................................................................................4-25
The Menu Viewer ...........................................................................................................................................4-26
Viewing Node Properties in the Menu Viewer ................................................................................................4-27
Adding a Custom Form Function....................................................................................................................4-28
Responsibility Creation Process.....................................................................................................................4-29
Defining a New Responsibility........................................................................................................................4-30
Summary........................................................................................................................................................4-31
Introduction to Data Security ..........................................................................................................................5-1
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................5-4
Data Security Components - Objects .............................................................................................................5-6
Grants ............................................................................................................................................................5-7
Permissions and Permission Sets..................................................................................................................5-8
Data Security Policies ....................................................................................................................................5-9
Example of a Data Security Policy .................................................................................................................5-10
Summary........................................................................................................................................................5-11
Introduction to User Management ..................................................................................................................6-1
Introduction to User Management ..................................................................................................................6-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................6-4
What Is Oracle User Management? ...............................................................................................................6-5
Who Is Oracle User Management Intended For?...........................................................................................6-6
Access Control Model ....................................................................................................................................6-7
Successive Layers of Access Control ............................................................................................................6-8
Increased Flexibility and Scalability................................................................................................................6-9
Responsibilities ..............................................................................................................................................6-12
Data Security..................................................................................................................................................6-13
Role Based Access Control (RBAC) ..............................................................................................................6-14
Role Categories and Inheritance Hierarchies.................................................................................................6-15
Delegating to Proxy Users .............................................................................................................................6-18
Provisioning Services.....................................................................................................................................6-20
Self-Service and Approvals ............................................................................................................................6-22
Login Assistance ............................................................................................................................................6-23
Summary........................................................................................................................................................6-24

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Implementing Oracle User Management ........................................................................................................7-1

Implementing Oracle User Management........................................................................................................7-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................7-4
Implementing Oracle User Management........................................................................................................7-5
Steps for Implementing Oracle User Management ........................................................................................7-6
Configuring and Testing Oracle User Management .......................................................................................7-9
Introduction to Roles ......................................................................................................................................7-10
Examples of Roles .........................................................................................................................................7-11
Defining Roles: Data Security Policies ...........................................................................................................7-12
Defining Roles: Assigning a Single Responsibility and All Its Functions to a Role .........................................7-13
Assigning a Single Responsibility to a Role and Granting Specific Functions to a Role ................................7-14
Defining Roles: Assigning Multiple Responsibilities to a Role ........................................................................7-15
Role Inheritance Hierarchies ..........................................................................................................................7-16
Role Categories .............................................................................................................................................7-17
Permissions and Permission Sets..................................................................................................................7-18
Assigning Permissions to Roles .....................................................................................................................7-19
Advantages of Roles Over Responsibilities ...................................................................................................7-21
Phase II: Define Roles ...................................................................................................................................7-23
Steps for Creating Roles: Define a Role Category .........................................................................................7-24
Steps for Creating Roles: Create a Role within the Role Category ................................................................7-25
Steps for Creating Roles: Place Role in Role Inheritance Hierarchy..............................................................7-26
Steps for Creating Roles: Assign Permissions to Roles.................................................................................7-27
Steps for Creating Roles: Assign Role to a New Person................................................................................7-29
Steps for Creating Roles: Test Role as Customer Administrator....................................................................7-30
What Is Delegated Administration? ................................................................................................................7-32
User Administration Privileges .......................................................................................................................7-33
User Administration Privileges (cont.) ............................................................................................................7-34
Role Administration Privileges........................................................................................................................7-35
Seeded Permissions for User Administration .................................................................................................7-36
Managing Roles with Role Administration......................................................................................................7-37
Seeded Permissions for Role Administration .................................................................................................7-38
Organization Administration Privileges...........................................................................................................7-39
Registering External Organization Contacts ..................................................................................................7-40
Seeded Permissions for Organization Administration ....................................................................................7-41
Delegated Administration vs. Traditional System Administration ...................................................................7-42
Phase III: Setting Up Delegated Administration .............................................................................................7-43
Steps for Implementing Delegated Administration: Set Up User Administration for a Role............................7-44
Steps for Implementing Delegated Administration .........................................................................................7-45
Registration Processes ..................................................................................................................................7-48
Registration Processes: Core Components ...................................................................................................7-49
Self-Service Account Requests......................................................................................................................7-50
Requests for Additional Access......................................................................................................................7-51
Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Enter Runtime Execution Information ........................................7-53
Account Creation by Administrators ...............................................................................................................7-54
Phase IV: Creating Registration Processes ...................................................................................................7-55
Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Provide Required Description Information .................................7-56
Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Enter Eligibility Information ........................................................7-58
Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Register Subscriptions to Business Events ...............................7-60

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Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Set Profile Options (Optional) ....................................................7-61
Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Optionally Set Login Page UI Attributes.....................................7-63
Steps for Creating Registration Processes: Test as Customer Administrator ................................................7-64
Proxy Users ...................................................................................................................................................7-65
Creating, Inactivating, and Reactivating User Accounts.................................................................................7-69
Resetting User Passwords .............................................................................................................................7-70
Self-Service Features.....................................................................................................................................7-72
Login Assistance ............................................................................................................................................7-74
Summary........................................................................................................................................................7-75
Managing Concurrent Programs and Requests ............................................................................................8-1
Managing Concurrent Requests.....................................................................................................................8-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................8-4
Concurrent Requests, Programs, and Managers ...........................................................................................8-6
Business Needs for Concurrent Processing...................................................................................................8-7
Business Needs for Standard Request Submission.......................................................................................8-8
Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................8-9
Submit Request Flow .....................................................................................................................................8-11
Submit a New Request ..................................................................................................................................8-12
Using Parameters ..........................................................................................................................................8-13
Defining a Submission Schedule....................................................................................................................8-14
Defining Completion Options (Forms UI) .......................................................................................................8-16
Defining Completion Options (HTML-based UI) .............................................................................................8-17
Request ID .....................................................................................................................................................8-18
Reprinting a Report ........................................................................................................................................8-19
Use the Requests Window to View and Change Requests............................................................................8-20
How to Use the Requests Window (Forms-based UI)....................................................................................8-21
How to Use the Requests Page (HTML-based UI).........................................................................................8-22
Additional Tasks for Requests........................................................................................................................8-23
Additional Tasks for Requests, continued ......................................................................................................8-24
Viewer Options Window .................................................................................................................................8-25
Canceling a Request......................................................................................................................................8-26
Holding a Request..........................................................................................................................................8-27
Changing Request Options ............................................................................................................................8-28
Four Phases of a Concurrent Request...........................................................................................................8-29
Pending Phase...............................................................................................................................................8-30
Running Phase...............................................................................................................................................8-31
Completed Phase...........................................................................................................................................8-32
Inactive Phase................................................................................................................................................8-33
System Administrator Monitoring Privileges ...................................................................................................8-34
Review Log Files............................................................................................................................................8-35
Managing Log Files and Tables .....................................................................................................................8-36
Purge Request Results ..................................................................................................................................8-37
Grouping Concurrent Programs and Requests ..............................................................................................8-38
Creating a Request Group .............................................................................................................................8-39
Using a Request Group with a Code..............................................................................................................8-40
Submitting Requests: Form Compared with Responsibility............................................................................8-41
Implementing a Coded Request Group..........................................................................................................8-42
Customization Example .................................................................................................................................8-43
Creating the New Form Function ...................................................................................................................8-44

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Passable Request Parameters.......................................................................................................................8-45

Adding the Function to the Menu ...................................................................................................................8-46
Controlling Access to Concurrent Programs using RBAC..............................................................................8-47
Enabling Access to Concurrent Programs using RBAC .................................................................................8-48
Enabling Access to Concurrent Programs using RBAC, continued...............................................................8-49
Controlling Access to Viewing Requests using RBAC ...................................................................................8-50
Defining a Request Set ..................................................................................................................................8-52
Request Set Stages .......................................................................................................................................8-53
Stage Status ..................................................................................................................................................8-54
Linking of Stages............................................................................................................................................8-56
Defining Request Sets Step 1: Enter Request Set Name ..............................................................................8-57
Defining Request Sets Step 2: Define a Stage...............................................................................................8-59
Defining Request Sets Step 3: Enter Requests for Stage ..............................................................................8-60
Defining Request Sets Step 4: Enter Request Parameter..............................................................................8-61
Defining Request Sets Step 5: Link Stages ...................................................................................................8-62
Submitting a Request Set ..............................................................................................................................8-63
User Request Set Privileges ..........................................................................................................................8-64
System Administrator Request Set Privileges ................................................................................................8-65
Summary........................................................................................................................................................8-66
Introduction to Oracle Applications Manager................................................................................................9-1
Introduction to Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) ......................................................................................9-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................9-4
What is Oracle Applications Manager? ..........................................................................................................9-5
Benefits of Oracle Applications Manager .......................................................................................................9-6
Oracle Applications Manager Integrates with ............................................................................................9-7
Management Packs for Oracle E-Business Suite...........................................................................................9-8
Navigation in OAM .........................................................................................................................................9-10
Applications Dashboard .................................................................................................................................9-11
Site Map.........................................................................................................................................................9-12
Administration ................................................................................................................................................9-13
Monitoring ......................................................................................................................................................9-14
Maintenance ..................................................................................................................................................9-15
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ...................................................................................................................9-16
Setting Up Oracle Applications Manager .......................................................................................................9-17
Summary........................................................................................................................................................9-18
Administering Concurrent Managers .............................................................................................................10-1
Administering Concurrent Managers..............................................................................................................10-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................10-4
Concurrent Requests, Programs, and Processes ..........................................................................................10-5
Overview of Concurrent Processing...............................................................................................................10-6
Generic Service Management (GSM) ............................................................................................................10-7
Defining a Concurrent Manager .....................................................................................................................10-8
Defining Work Shifts.......................................................................................................................................10-10
Balancing Process Workload Over Time........................................................................................................10-11
Work Shift Hierarchy ......................................................................................................................................10-12
Concurrent Managers: Program Libraries ......................................................................................................10-13
Assigning Workshifts to a Manager................................................................................................................10-14
Specializing a Concurrent Manager ...............................................................................................................10-15

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Specializing a Concurrent Manager: Combined Rules...................................................................................10-16

Specialization Rules.......................................................................................................................................10-17
Action Types ..................................................................................................................................................10-18
Combining Multiple Actions Within Rules .......................................................................................................10-19
Concurrent Request Types ............................................................................................................................10-20
Using Request Types.....................................................................................................................................10-21
Conflicts Domains ..........................................................................................................................................10-22
Processing Conflicts Domains........................................................................................................................10-24
Control Functions of Concurrent Managers ...................................................................................................10-25
Managing Concurrent Processing with Oracle Applications Manager............................................................10-27
Activating and Deactivating Concurrent Managers in Oracle Applications Manager......................................10-28
Internal Monitor and ICM................................................................................................................................10-29
Defining a Transaction Manager ....................................................................................................................10-30
Monitoring Concurrent Requests in Oracle Applications Manager .................................................................10-31
Concurrent Processing Charts in Oracle Applications Manager.....................................................................10-32
Concurrent Processing Activity Reports.........................................................................................................10-33
Viewing Log and Output Files ........................................................................................................................10-34
Managing Parallel Concurrent Processing .....................................................................................................10-35
Summary........................................................................................................................................................10-37
System Monitoring in Oracle Applications Manager ....................................................................................11-1
System Monitoring in Oracle Applications Manager.......................................................................................11-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................11-4
System Status Overview ................................................................................................................................11-5
System Status Configuration Changes .......................................................................................................11-7
System Status Web Components Status ....................................................................................................11-8
System Status System Alerts ......................................................................................................................11-10
System Status User Initiated Alerts.............................................................................................................11-11
Performance ..................................................................................................................................................11-12
Critical Activities .............................................................................................................................................11-14
Critical Activities Setup...................................................................................................................................11-15
System Alerts, Metrics, Logs..........................................................................................................................11-16
Database Initialization (init.ora) Parameters ..................................................................................................11-18
Business Flows ..............................................................................................................................................11-19
Monitoring Oracle E-Business Suite Security.................................................................................................11-21
Monitoring Oracle E-Business Suite Security Setup - Diagnostic Tests.........................................................11-22
Applications Dashboard - Security .................................................................................................................11-23
Database Status Details.................................................................................................................................11-24
Application Services.......................................................................................................................................11-25
Monitoring Forms ...........................................................................................................................................11-26
Forms Runaway Processes ...........................................................................................................................11-27
Forms Sessions .............................................................................................................................................11-29
Forms Runtime Processes .............................................................................................................................11-31
Host Management..........................................................................................................................................11-33
Host Management - Status ............................................................................................................................11-35
Host Management - Configuration .................................................................................................................11-36
Setting Up Oracle Applications Manager .......................................................................................................11-37
Dashboard Configuration and Alerting Setup .................................................................................................11-38
Setting Up Dashboard Configuration and Alerting..........................................................................................11-39
OracleMetaLink Credentials Setup.................................................................................................................11-41

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Knowledge Base Setup..................................................................................................................................11-43

Concurrent Requests Setup ...........................................................................................................................11-44
Signon Audit Setup ........................................................................................................................................11-45
Summary........................................................................................................................................................11-46
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting with Oracle Applications Manager........................................................12-1
Oracle Applications Manager - Diagnostics and Troubleshooting ..................................................................12-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................12-4
Diagnostics and Troubleshooting in Oracle Applications Manager ................................................................12-5
Diagnostics and Repair ..................................................................................................................................12-6
Troubleshooting Wizards ...............................................................................................................................12-7
Concurrent Manager Recovery Wizard ..........................................................................................................12-9
Service Infrastructure Wizard .........................................................................................................................12-11
Generic Collection Service (GCS) and Forms Monitoring Wizard ..................................................................12-12
CP Signature..................................................................................................................................................12-13
Dashboard Collection Wizard.........................................................................................................................12-15
Support Cart...................................................................................................................................................12-16
Summary........................................................................................................................................................12-18
Managing Profile Options................................................................................................................................13-1
Managing Profile Options ...............................................................................................................................13-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................13-4
Personal Profile Values..................................................................................................................................13-5
System Profile Options - Profile Hierarchy Types ..........................................................................................13-6
Profile Hierarchy Levels - Security .................................................................................................................13-7
Profile Hierarchy Levels Organization .........................................................................................................13-8
Profile Hierarchy Levels - Server....................................................................................................................13-9
System Profile Options...................................................................................................................................13-10
Profile Categories...........................................................................................................................................13-11
Searching for Profile Options and Profile Option Values................................................................................13-12
Using User Profile Values as Defaults ...........................................................................................................13-13
Auditing-Related Profile Options ....................................................................................................................13-14
Currency-Related Options..............................................................................................................................13-15
Flexfield-Related Options ...............................................................................................................................13-16
Online Reporting-Related Options .................................................................................................................13-18
Personal Output Viewer Options ....................................................................................................................13-20
User-Related Concurrent Request Profile Options.........................................................................................13-21
Security Signon Profile Options......................................................................................................................13-23
Summary........................................................................................................................................................13-25
Auditing System Resources............................................................................................................................14-1
Auditing System Resources ...........................................................................................................................14-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................14-4
Auditing Oracle E-Business Suite ..................................................................................................................14-5
Auditing User Activity .....................................................................................................................................14-6
Sign-On Audit Profile Option ..........................................................................................................................14-7
Sign-On Audit Reports ...................................................................................................................................14-8
Signon Audit Forms Report ............................................................................................................................14-9
Signon Audit Concurrent Requests Report ....................................................................................................14-10
Signon Audit Responsibilities Report .............................................................................................................14-11
Signon Audit Unsuccessful Logins Report .....................................................................................................14-12

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Signon Audit Users Report.............................................................................................................................14-13

Purge Audit Records ......................................................................................................................................14-14
Monitor Users Window ...................................................................................................................................14-15
Auditing Database Changes ..........................................................................................................................14-16
Steps for Setting Up AuditTrail .......................................................................................................................14-17
Identify Tables and Columns to Audit.............................................................................................................14-18
Create an Audit Group ...................................................................................................................................14-19
Audit Tables Window .....................................................................................................................................14-20
Identifying the Schema to be Audited.............................................................................................................14-21
Enabling Audit Processing .............................................................................................................................14-22
Audit Shadow Tables .....................................................................................................................................14-23
Shadow Table Views......................................................................................................................................14-24
Summary........................................................................................................................................................14-25
Introduction to Oracle Workflow.....................................................................................................................15-1
Introduction to Oracle Workflow .....................................................................................................................15-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................15-4
Enabling E-Business ......................................................................................................................................15-5
Inter-Enterprise Business Processes .............................................................................................................15-6
Traditional Workflow.......................................................................................................................................15-7
Workflow-Driven Business Processes............................................................................................................15-8
Sample Workflow Process .............................................................................................................................15-10
Event-Based Workflow...................................................................................................................................15-11
Subscription-Based Processing .....................................................................................................................15-12
System Integration with Oracle Workflow.......................................................................................................15-13
Business Process-Based Integration .............................................................................................................15-14
Supported System Integration Types .............................................................................................................15-15
Designing Applications for Change ................................................................................................................15-16
Designing Applications for Integration............................................................................................................15-19
Summary........................................................................................................................................................15-21
Oracle Workflow Components ........................................................................................................................16-1
Oracle Workflow Components........................................................................................................................16-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................16-4
Oracle Workflow Architecture.........................................................................................................................16-5
Oracle Workflow Components........................................................................................................................16-9
Workflow Engine ............................................................................................................................................16-10
Workflow Processes.......................................................................................................................................16-11
Supported Process Constructs.......................................................................................................................16-13
Oracle Workflow Builder.................................................................................................................................16-17
Business Event System Architecture .............................................................................................................16-18
Business Event System Components ............................................................................................................16-19
Advanced Queuing, an Enabling Technology ................................................................................................16-20
Oracle Database Communication Alternatives...............................................................................................16-21
Accessing Oracle Workflow Web Pages ........................................................................................................16-22
Oracle Workflow Home Pages .......................................................................................................................16-23
Notification System ........................................................................................................................................16-24
Worklist Web Pages.......................................................................................................................................16-25
E-Mail Notifications ........................................................................................................................................16-26
Directory Services ..........................................................................................................................................16-27

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Status Monitor Web Pages ............................................................................................................................16-28

Workflow Definitions Loader ..........................................................................................................................16-29
Workflow XML Loader....................................................................................................................................16-30
Workflow Manager .........................................................................................................................................16-31
Service Components......................................................................................................................................16-32
Oracle Workflow Documentation....................................................................................................................16-33
Summary........................................................................................................................................................16-34
Workflow Tasks for the System Administrator..............................................................................................17-1
Workflow Tasks for the System Administrator................................................................................................17-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................17-4
Administrator Monitor .....................................................................................................................................17-5
Viewing Workflows in the Administrator Monitor ............................................................................................17-6
Viewing Activity History in the Administrator Monitor .....................................................................................17-8
Viewing a Status Diagram in the Administrator Monitor .................................................................................17-9
Viewing Responses in the Administrator Monitor ...........................................................................................17-11
Viewing Workflow Details in the Administrator Monitor ..................................................................................17-13
Viewing Error Information in the Administrator Monitor ..................................................................................17-14
Viewing Child Workflows in the Administrator Monitor ...................................................................................17-15
ADMINISTERING NOTIFICATIONS ..............................................................................................................17-16
Viewing Notifications from a Web Browser ....................................................................................................17-17
Reassigning Notifications ...............................................................................................................................17-18
Administrator Search for Notifications ............................................................................................................17-20
Vacation Rules ...............................................................................................................................................17-22
ORACLE WORKFLOW MANAGER...............................................................................................................17-23
SERVICE COMPONENTS.............................................................................................................................17-24
Oracle Workflow Manager..............................................................................................................................17-25
Service Components......................................................................................................................................17-26
Service Component........................................................................................................................................17-27
Accessing Service Components in Oracle Workflow Manager ......................................................................17-28
Managing Service Components .....................................................................................................................17-29
Service Component Container Logs ..............................................................................................................17-31
Service Component Startup Modes ...............................................................................................................17-32
Agent Listeners ..............................................................................................................................................17-33
Notification Mailers.........................................................................................................................................17-35
Outbound Notification Mailer Processing .......................................................................................................17-36
Inbound Notification Mailer Processing ..........................................................................................................17-37
Notification Mailer Setup ................................................................................................................................17-39
Connecting to Mail Servers Through SSL ......................................................................................................17-41
Notification Mailer Basic Configuration...........................................................................................................17-42
Notification Mailer Advanced Configuration ...................................................................................................17-44
Component Details for Notification Mailers ....................................................................................................17-51
Notification Mailer Throughput .......................................................................................................................17-53
Handling Notification Mailer Errors.................................................................................................................17-54
Testing Mailer URL Access ............................................................................................................................17-55
SYSTEM STATUS .........................................................................................................................................17-57
Workflow System Status ................................................................................................................................17-58
Workflow Status in Oracle Applications Manager...........................................................................................17-60
Work Items .....................................................................................................................................................17-62
Purging Workflow Data ..................................................................................................................................17-64

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Completed Work Items...................................................................................................................................17-69

Workflow Purge APIs .....................................................................................................................................17-72
Background Engines ......................................................................................................................................17-73
Control Queue Cleanup .................................................................................................................................17-75
Agent Activity .................................................................................................................................................17-77
Searching Messages on an Agent .................................................................................................................17-78
Summary........................................................................................................................................................17-79
SOA and Web Services for the System Administrator .................................................................................18-1
R12.x System Administration Fundamentals .................................................................................................18-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................18-4
Service-Oriented Architecture ........................................................................................................................18-5
Comparing Methods.......................................................................................................................................18-6
Comparing Methods - Challenges..................................................................................................................18-7
Services .........................................................................................................................................................18-9
Web Services .................................................................................................................................................18-10
Examining the Life Cycle of SOA Applications ...............................................................................................18-11
Identifying Standards that Enable SOA..........................................................................................................18-12
Service-Oriented Architecture: Components ..................................................................................................18-14
Service Invocation..........................................................................................................................................18-15
SOA in E-Business Suite R12.x .....................................................................................................................18-16
Oracle Integrated SOA Gateway....................................................................................................................18-17
Native Service Invocation Use Cases ............................................................................................................18-19
SOA Monitor ..................................................................................................................................................18-20
Features of the SOA Monitor .........................................................................................................................18-21
Profile Options................................................................................................................................................18-22
Profile Options (continued).............................................................................................................................18-23
Interoperability................................................................................................................................................18-24
Summary........................................................................................................................................................18-25
Overview of Flexfields .....................................................................................................................................19-1
Overview of Flexfields ....................................................................................................................................19-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................19-4
Overview ........................................................................................................................................................19-5
Benefits of Flexfields ......................................................................................................................................19-6
Customizing Oracle E-Business Suite............................................................................................................19-7
Flexfield Structures and Flexfield Segments ..................................................................................................19-8
Segment Prompts and Value Descriptions.....................................................................................................19-9
Validating Input Using Value Sets ..................................................................................................................19-10
Using Value Set Security ...............................................................................................................................19-11
Value Set Attributes .......................................................................................................................................19-12
Types of Value Sets .......................................................................................................................................19-14
Data Format Validation ..................................................................................................................................19-16
Key and Descriptive Flexfields .......................................................................................................................19-17
Key Flexfields.................................................................................................................................................19-18
Intelligent Keys...............................................................................................................................................19-19
Key Flexfield Example: Accounting Flexfield..................................................................................................19-21
Oracle E-Business Suite Key Flexfields (Partial List) .....................................................................................19-22
Descriptive Flexfields .....................................................................................................................................19-23
Using Reference Fields..................................................................................................................................19-24

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Oracle E-Business Suite Descriptive Flexfields (Partial) ................................................................................19-26
Standard Request Submission (SRS) and Flexfields .....................................................................................19-27
Storing Flexfield Data Internally .....................................................................................................................19-28
Implementing a Flexfield - Steps ....................................................................................................................19-29
Summary........................................................................................................................................................19-30
Overview of Printers ........................................................................................................................................20-1
Managing Printers ..........................................................................................................................................20-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................20-4
Oracle Print Definition Components ...............................................................................................................20-5
Relationships of the Printer Components.......................................................................................................20-7
Formatting Information ...................................................................................................................................20-8
Defining Printers.............................................................................................................................................20-9
Finding Existing Printer Types........................................................................................................................20-10
Registering a New Printer ..............................................................................................................................20-11
Defining a New Printer Type ..........................................................................................................................20-12
Printing with Pasta .........................................................................................................................................20-13
Setup for Basic Printing with Pasta ................................................................................................................20-14
The pasta.cfg file............................................................................................................................................20-15
Modifying an Existing Printer Type to Use Pasta ...........................................................................................20-16
Generating Other Formats using the Preprocessing Option ..........................................................................20-18
Using Pasta with BI Publisher ........................................................................................................................20-19
Other Customization Materials for Oracle E-Business Suite Printing .............................................................20-21
Summary........................................................................................................................................................20-22
Overview of Secure Enterprise Search ..........................................................................................................21-1
Oracle E-Business Suite Secure Enterprise Search .....................................................................................21-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................21-4
Agenda...........................................................................................................................................................21-5
Oracle E-Business Suite Secure Enterprise Search Overview ......................................................................21-6
Search User Interface ....................................................................................................................................21-7
Search Result User Interface .........................................................................................................................21-8
Architecture Overview ....................................................................................................................................21-9
Understanding Search Content Development Life Cycle ..............................................................................21-10
Product Dependencies...................................................................................................................................21-12
Performing Setup Tasks.................................................................................................................................21-14
Creating a Search Administrator ....................................................................................................................21-15
Setting Language Preferences.......................................................................................................................21-17
Setting Profile Options ...................................................................................................................................21-18
Assigning FND Search Crawler Responsibility...............................................................................................21-20
Performing Personalization Setups ................................................................................................................21-21
Performing Setup Tasks for Oracle SES Integration: High Level Integration Flow.........................................21-24
Installing Oracle E-Business Suite Secure Enterprise Search .......................................................................21-26
Configuring Search Proxy Parameters: Accessing Search Admin Page........................................................21-27
Configuring Search Proxy Parameters...........................................................................................................21-28
Performing Setup Tasks in Oracle SES: Accessing Oracle SES Admin Page ...............................................21-30
Performing Setup Tasks in Oracle SES .........................................................................................................21-31

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Identity Management Setup ...........................................................................................................................21-32

Federation Trusted Entity Setup.....................................................................................................................21-33
Query Configuration Setup.............................................................................................................................21-34
Creating and Administering Searchable Objects (Design Time Process Flow) ..............................................21-36
Creating Searchable Objects Overview .........................................................................................................21-37
Creating Searchable Objects .........................................................................................................................21-39
Administering Searchable Objects .................................................................................................................21-41
Securing Searchable Objects Overview.........................................................................................................21-42
Security Models..............................................................................................................................................21-43
Security Plug-ins Overview ............................................................................................................................21-44
General Security Plug-ins Mechanism ...........................................................................................................21-45
Security Plug-ins Hierarchy Diagram .............................................................................................................21-47
Security Plug-ins at Design Time ...................................................................................................................21-48
Security Plug-ins at Crawl Time for ACLs ......................................................................................................21-50
Security Plug-ins at Query Time for Query Rewrite........................................................................................21-52
How Security Plug-ins Work When Searching from Oracle E-Business Suite ...............................................21-54
How Security Plug-ins Work When Searching from Oracle Secure Enterprise Search..................................21-57
Seeded Security Plug-ins ...............................................................................................................................21-60
Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) Security ................................................................................................21-62
Creating Security Grants ................................................................................................................................21-63
Administering Searchable Objects: Deploying Searchable Objects to Oracle SES........................................21-64
Deployment Concepts....................................................................................................................................21-65
Deployment Guidelines ..................................................................................................................................21-67
Administering Searchable Objects: Administering Crawls..............................................................................21-68
Crawling Overview .........................................................................................................................................21-69
Crawling Process ...........................................................................................................................................21-70
Tasks to Administer Crawls............................................................................................................................21-72
Setting Crawling Frequency in Oracle SES....................................................................................................21-73
Managing Crawling Schedules in Oracle SES ...............................................................................................21-75
Managing Crawling Schedules in Oracle E-Business Suite ..........................................................................21-76
Optimizing the Index ......................................................................................................................................21-77
Error Messages..............................................................................................................................................21-78
Summary........................................................................................................................................................21-80
Overview of Personalizations .........................................................................................................................22-1
R12.x System Administration Fundamentals .................................................................................................22-3
Course Objectives..........................................................................................................................................22-4
Warning!.........................................................................................................................................................22-5
Concepts: Pages............................................................................................................................................22-6
Concepts: Items .............................................................................................................................................22-7
Examples of Oracle Forms Personalizations .................................................................................................22-8
Oracle Forms Personalizations ......................................................................................................................22-9
Examples of OA Framework Personalizations ...............................................................................................22-10
User Personalizations ....................................................................................................................................22-11
Administrator-seeded Personalizations..........................................................................................................22-13
Personalizations vs. Extensions.....................................................................................................................22-14
Benefits of Personalizations ...........................................................................................................................22-15
Benefits of Extensions....................................................................................................................................22-16
Concepts: Personalization Levels ..................................................................................................................22-17
Personalization Levels and Layers.................................................................................................................22-19

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Summary........................................................................................................................................................22-20
Overview of Folders.........................................................................................................................................23-1
Appendix - Overview of Folders .....................................................................................................................23-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................23-4
Folders: Definition ..........................................................................................................................................23-5
Administering Folders: Topics ........................................................................................................................23-6
Assigning a Default Folder to a Responsibility ...............................................................................................23-7
Assigning a Default Folder to a User..............................................................................................................23-8
Assigning Ownership of a Folder ...................................................................................................................23-9
Deleting a Folder Definition ............................................................................................................................23-10
Summary........................................................................................................................................................23-11
Overview of Incorporating Custom Programs...............................................................................................24-1
Appendix - Incorporating a Custom Program .................................................................................................24-3
Objectives ......................................................................................................................................................24-4
Using Custom Programs in Oracle E-Business Suite.....................................................................................24-5
Assumptions for Incorporating a New Program.............................................................................................24-6
Components of a Concurrent Program ..........................................................................................................24-7
Adding a Custom Program to Oracle E-Business Suite .................................................................................24-8
Identifying the Executable ..............................................................................................................................24-9
Creating the Concurrent Program ..................................................................................................................24-11
Concurrent Program Parameters Window .....................................................................................................24-13
Associating a Program with a Request Group ...............................................................................................24-15
Submitting the Concurrent Program...............................................................................................................24-16
Summary........................................................................................................................................................24-17

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Registering an Oracle ID................................................................................................................................4-10

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Implementing Oracle User Management ........................................................................................................7-1

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Passable Request Parameters.......................................................................................................................8-45

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Specializing a Concurrent Manager: Combined Rules...................................................................................10-16

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Knowledge Base Setup..................................................................................................................................11-43

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Signon Audit Users Report.............................................................................................................................14-13

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Status Monitor Web Pages ............................................................................................................................16-28

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Completed Work Items...................................................................................................................................17-69

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Using Different Contexts: Asset Category Flexfield........................................................................................19-25

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Identity Management Setup ...........................................................................................................................21-32

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