Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Session 1: ORACLE APPLICATIONS SUITE

• Oracle Applications Suite
• Internet Computing Architecture
• R12 Product Suites
• R12 Architecture
• R12 Directory Structure
• System Administration Tasks

Session 2: APPLICATION SECURITY

• Overview of Application Security
• Responsibilities
• Create and Administer Users
• Workshop Exercises

Session 3: DEFINE AN APPLICATION

• Define an Application
• Register an Oracle ID
• Define a Data Group
• Manage Function Security
• Use the Navigator
• Exclude Functions and Menus
• Define a New Responsibility
• Define a New Menu Structure
• Modify an Existing Menu Structure
• Use the Menu Viewer
• Workshop Exercises

Session 4: ORACLE USER MANAGEMENT

• Overview of Oracle User Management
• Role Based Access Control
• RBAC Setup Tasks
• Create and Update Roles
• Assign Permissions to Roles
• Define Delegated Administration Privileges for Roles
• Define Role Administration Privileges for Roles
• Define Organization Administration Privileges for Roles
• Role Inheritance
• Workshop Exercises

Session 5: MANAGE CONCURRENT PROGRAMS AND REPORTS

• Concurrent Processing
• Standard Request Submission
• Concurrent Manager
• Submit Request Flow
• Submit a New Request
• Scheduling Options
• Save a Schedule for Future Use
• Completion Options
• View Requests
• Cancel or Hold a Request
• Change Request Options
• Phases of a Concurrent Request
• System Administration Monitoring Privileges
• Access and Manage Log Files
• Group Concurrent Requests and Programs
• Create Request Sets and Groups
• Use a Request Set with a Code
• Implement a Coded Request Group
• Create the New Form Function
• Add the Function to a Menu
• Define Request Set Stages
• Link Stages
• Workshop Exercises

Session 6: ADMINISTER CONCURRENT MANAGERS

• Generic Service Management (GSM)
• Concurrent Requests, Programs and Processes
• Concurrent Processing Overview
• Define a Concurrent Manager
• Check the Status of a Concurrent Manager
• Purge Concurrent Manager Tables
• Define Workshifts
• Assign Workshifts to a Manager
• Concurrent Manager Specialization
• Combined Rules
• Specialization Rules
• Combine Multiple Actions with Rules
• Define and Use Request Types
• Define and Process Conflicts Domains
• Manage Concurrent Managers
• Internal Monitor and ICM
• Define a Transaction Manager
• View Log and Output Files
• Manage Parallel Concurrent Processing
• Troubleshoot Concurrent Managers
• Workshop Exercises

Session 7: MANAGE PROFILES

• Profile Hierarchy Levels
• Set Personal Profile Values
• Set System Profile Options
• Default User Profile Options
• Audit Related Profile Options
• Currency Related Options
• Flexfield Related Options
• Online Reporting Options
• Personal Output Viewer Options
• User Profile Options
• Security SignOn Profile Options
• Workshop Exercises

Session 8: INCORPORATE A CUSTOM PROGRAM

• Integrate Custom Programs with Oracle Applications
• Components of a Concurrent Program
• Add a Custom Program to Oracle Applications
• Identify the Executable
• Create a Concurrent Program
• Concurrent Program Parameters Window
• Associate a Program with a Request Group
• Submit the Concurrent Program
• Workshop Exercises

Session 9: AUDIT SYSTEM RESOURCES

• Audit Oracle Applications
• Audit User Activity
• Sign-On Audit Reports
• Monitor Users Window
• Audit Database Changes
• Workshop Exercises

Session 10: MANAGE PRINTERS

• Formatting Information
• Print Definition Components
• Define a Printer
• Customize Printer Components
• Invoke a Printer Driver
• Pass Print Arguments
• Use Pasta with Oracle XML Publisher
• Workflow Exercises

Session 11: APPLICATIONS DBA TASKS

• Database Resource Management
• Hierarchy of Resource Consumer Groups
• Cost Based Optimization
• Run CBO Statistics Gathering Reports
• Evaluate Network Performance
• Workshop Exercises

Session 12: ORACLE APPLICATIONS MANAGER

• OAM Setup
• The OAM Site Map
• The OAM Dashboard
• Monitoring the System
• Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
• The Support Cart

Session 13: ADMINISTER FOLDERS

• Assign a Default Folder to a Responsibility
• Assign a Default Folder to a User
• Assign Ownership of a Folder
• Delete a Folder Definition
• Workshop Exercises

Session 14: MANAGE DOCUMENT SEQUENCES

• Document Sequences
• Specify Sequence Information
• Define a Document Sequence
• Specify Document Category Information
• Define Document Categories
• Associate a Category with its Sequence
• Use a Sequence with an Application
• Workshop Exercises

Session 15: CUSTOMIZING ONLINE HELP

• Customize Help Files
• Help System Builder
• Help Builder
• Workshop Exercises

Session 16: FLEXFIELD OVERVIEW

• Customize Oracle Applications with Flexfields
• Flexfield Structures and Flexfield Segments
• Validate Input Using Value Sets
• Key and Descriptive Flexfields
• Reference Fields
• Oracle Applications Descriptive Flexfields
• SRS and Flexfields
• Flexfield Benefits
• Store Flexfield Values in Database Tables
• Flexfield Implementation Steps

Session 17: VALUE SETS

• Validate Input Using Value Sets
• Value Set Planning
• Types of Value Set
• Plan Value Sets
• Define Value Sets
• Value Hierarchies
• Workshop Exercises

Session 18: DEFINE KEY FLEXFIELDS

• Intelligent Keys
• Key Flexfields
• Key Flexfield Structures
• Key Flexfield Application Tables
• Key Flexfield Qualifiers
• Additional Key Flexfields
• Planning Decisions
• Design the Key Flexfield Layout
• Specify Default Values
• Define Key Flexfields
• Account Generator
• Workshop Exercises

Session 19: ADDITIONAL FLEXFIELD OPTIONS

• Overview
• Cross Validation Rules
• Shorthand Aliases
• Security Rules
• Workshop Exercises

Session 20: DEFINE FLEXFIELD OPTIONS

• Plan a Descriptive Flexfield
• Descriptive Flexfield Usage
• Descriptive Flexfield Naming
• Determine Available Resources
• Additional Information
• Organize Information by Usage
• Isolate Common Information
• Determine Different Contexts
• Descriptive Flexfield Components
• Plan Flexfields
• Specify Flexfield Attributes
• Define a Descriptive Flexfield
• Workshop Exercises

Session 21: ADVANCED VALIDATION CAPABILITIES

• Advanced Validation Capabilities
• Advanced Validation Options
• Table Validated Value Sets
• Workshop Exercises

Session 22: CONFIGURE ORACLE APPLICATION FRAMEWORK PAGES

• Branding
• Customizing Look-and-Feel
• Icons
• Responsibilities and Menus
• Messages
• Lookup Codes
• Style Sheets
• Personalization of Screen Layout and Behavior
• Configure the Login page for Oracle Applications
• Personalize the E-Business Suite Home Page
• Workshop Exercises

Session 23: FORM PERSONALIZATION

• Overview of Form Personalization
• Invoke Form Personalization
• Access to Form Personalization
• Trigger Events, Conditions and Rules
• Context
• Actions
• Working with Strings
• Testing
• Recovery from Error
• Form Personalization Example
• Form Personalization Limitations
• Advanced Concepts
• Workshop Exercises

Session 24: WORKFLOW OVERVIEW

• Workflow Overview
• Oracle Workflow Versions
• Traditional Workflow
• Workflow Driven Processes
• Event Based Workflow
• Business Process Based Integration
• Supported System Integration Types
• Oracle Workflow Architecture and Components
• Business Event System
• Workflow Engine
• Workflow Builder
• Notification System
• Directory Services
• Workflow Monitor
• Workflow Definitions Loader
• Workflow XML Loader

Session 25: VIEW AND RESPOND TO NOTIFICATIONS

• View and Respond to Notifications
• Access Oracle Workflow Web Pages
• View Notifications
• Worklist
• Notification Details
• Find Notifications
• Email Notifications
• Email Response Methods
• View an Email by Summary of Notifications
• Automatic Notification Process
• View Notification Rules
• Define Notification Rules

Session 26: MONITOR WORKFLOW PROCESSES

• Monitor Workflow Processes
• Workflow Monitor
• Access Workflow Processes
• Workflow Administration Privileges
• Find Workflow Processes
• Review the Process List
• Review the Notifications List
• Filter Activities
• Child Instances
• Test Processes

Session 27: ORACLE ALERT OVERVIEW

• Oracle Alert Process Overview
• Exceptions
• Event Alerts
• Periodic Alerts Action Types and Action Levels
• Alert Implementation Steps