Document History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Update Version	Notes
26 OCT 2018	Update 18C	Revised update 18C.
26 OCT 2018	Update 18B	Revised update 18B.
26 OCT 2018	Update 18A	Revised update 18A.

Update 18C

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
26 OCT 2018	Inactive and Unavailable BI View Objects (BIVOs) and BIVO Columns for Exclusion from Extraction in BI Cloud Connector	Updated document. Added new feature delivered in update 18A with updates in 18C.
25 SEP 2018	Password Protection for Microsoft Office Output Files	Updated document.  Added new feature delivered in update 18C.
25 SEP 2018	Skip Unused Data Set Query	Updated document.  Added new feature delivered in update 18C.
25 SEP 2018	Validate Data Model	Updated document.  Added new feature delivered in update 18C.
21 SEP 2018		Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

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Feature Summary

Application Security

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle Applications Security and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update.  Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

SECURITY & NEW FEATURES

We would like to remind you if your system has modified security structures you may need to advise your security administrator of new features you would like to take advantage of. To assist you this document will provide a listing of the new features and if available will provide the security attributes needed to employ the new features in each new feature section.

Assign Admin Roles and View Basic Person or Party Info using Users SCIM Resource

• Assign service administrator roles to a user

When you create or update a user, you can use the assignServiceAdminRoles attribute to assign the following three administrator roles to the user:

• ORA_FND_DIAG_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB
• ORA_ASM_APPLICATION_IMPLEMENTATION_CONSULTANT_JOB
• ORA_FND_IT_SECURITY_MANAGER_JOB

• View basic person and party information based on user account type

You can perform a GET operation on a user and view basic person or party information using the accountype, partyinformation, and workerInformation read-only attributes.

• For person account type, you can view the person number, manager, job, business unit, and department.
• For party account type, you can view the associated party number and party usage such as Supplier Contact and Partner Contact.

NOTE: The POST, PATCH, and PUT operations are not supported for these read-only attributes.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Domain Adminstrator Access to Workflow Tasks

The access that administrators have to workflow tasks others created now depends on the administrator's functional domain. For example, HCM application administrators can only view workflow tasks that originated in HCM. New roles for workflow access in specific domains are assigned by default to predefined job roles, for example administrators who set up approval rules and manage submitted approval tasks.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

• If your application administrators manage more than one product family, your administrator with IT Security Manager privileges can add the appropriate BPM Workflow domain roles to a custom administrator role. Alternatively, add the BPM Workflow All Domains Administrator Role to a custom administrator role if your application administrators manage all product families.
• To-do tasks are visible to all application administrators no matter which workflow administration role is assigned to them.

Key Resources

• Editing Job and Abstract Roles: Procedure
• Copying or Editing Roles in the Security Console: Explained

Role Information

This table lists the domain-specific roles for workflow access and the predefined job roles that they’re assigned to.

Product Family	Role Name	Role Code	Predefined Job Roles Assigned To
All	BPM Workflow All Domains Administrator Role	BPMWorkflowAllDomainsAdmin	None
Financials	BPM Workflow Financials Administrator	BPMWorkflowFINAdmin	Financial Application Administrator
Higher Education	BPM Workflow Higher Education Administrator	BPMWorkflowHEDAdmin	Higher Education Application Administrator
Human Capital Management	BPM Workflow Human Capital Management Administrator	BPMWorkflowHCMAdmin	Human Capital Management Application Administrator
Incentive Compensation	BPM Workflow Incentive Compensation Administrator	BPMWorkflowOICAdmin	Customer Relationship Management Application Administrator Incentive Compensation Application Administrator
Procurement	BPM Workflow Procurement Administrator	BPMWorkflowPRCAdmin	Procurement Application Administrator
Project Portfolio Management	BPM Workflow Project Administrator	BPMWorkflowPRJAdmin	Project Application Administrator
Sales	BPM Workflow Customer Relationship Management Administrator	BPMWorkflowCRMAdmin	Corporate Marketing Manager Customer Relationship Management Application Administrator Marketing Analyst Marketing Manager Marketing Operations Manager Marketing VP Sales Lead Qualifier
Supply Chain Management	BPM Workflow Supply Chain Administrator	BPMWorkflowSCMAdmin	Supply Chain Application Administrator

Edit User Role Membership

In Release 13, the role preference setting in the Security Console for Edit User Role Membership was turned off by default. Starting in update 18C, the Edit User Role Membership will be enabled by default.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• To manage this setting, review the steps found in How to Enable Add Role Button in Edit User Account on Security Console (My Oracle Support DocID: 2276366.1).

Password Reset Functionality Modified

Users signed into the application must enter their current password to perform the password reset.

Click your user name and navigate to Set Preferences > Password.

Preferences: Password Reset Page

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Security Console User Category Enhancements for User Name Generation Rule and Password Policy

• Until now, the User Name Generation Rule that you set was the default rule for all users of a particular implementation. From this update, you can set the rule on a specific user category. That rule would apply to the users within that user category. 

User Name Generation Rule

• Until now, for users not using the Single Sign-On access, a single password policy was used to manage all users within fusion applications. From this update, you can define the password policy for specific users at the user category level.  

User Category:Password Policy

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Extensibility

Recreate Legacy Dashboards Using the Page Integration Tool

Previously, you could use 10 predefined menu entries (D1-D10) for 10 configurable pages to create and configure your own dashboards for hosting third party applications. Starting from release 13.18.10, these dashboards won't be available anymore because they aren't consistent with the new look and feel of the application. If you had created any such dashboards previously, and would want to use them now, you must recreate those pages using the Page Integration tool.

Steps to Enable

Follow these steps:

1. Identify the predefined dashboards using the Structure tool and check whether you had previously used them in your application.
2. View and copy the URL to the third party application, which you had hosted on these dashboards, using the Page Composer tool.
3. Recreate the pages using the Page Integration tool.

Prerequisites: Activate a sandbox.

IDENTIFYING THE PREDEFINED DASHBOARDS USING THE STRUCTURE TOOL

Follow these steps:

1. On the Navigator, select Configuration > Structure.
2. On the Navigation Configuration page, scroll through the entire list of groups and page entries and look for page entries, D1 to D10. The default location of these page entries is at the bottom of the list. So begin your search there. If you:

• See all page entries from D1 to D10 there, it is unlikely that you have used these dashboards previously, unless you retained the names D1-D10. If they are not used, you may skip the remaining steps.
• Can't locate all page entries from D1 to D10, that means you have used all or at least some of these dashboards in your application. Open each page entry to view its details, and list out all page entries that have Focus View IDs containing /Dashboard, for example, /Dashboard1 and Dashboard2/.

Page Entry Page for a Predefined Dashboard Showing the Focus View ID Containing /Dashboard1

COPYING THIRD PARTY APPLICATION URLs HOSTED ON THE DASHBOARDS USING PAGE COMPOSER

After identifying the predefined dashboards that you had previously used, list out the ones that you want to use now. Then use the Page Composer tool to view the third party application URLs hosted on those pages.

To view the third party application URL hosted on a page:

1. On the Navigator, open the page.
2. Click your user image or name in the global header, and select Customize Pages.
3. Click the Edit icon  next to Web Page to open its properties.  

Page Composer View of the Predefined Dashboard with the Edit Icon

4. Copy the URL in the Source field so that you can use it while recreating this page using the Page Integration tool.This is the URL for the third party application content that you had hosted on the dashboard.

Component Properties Page of a Predefined Dashboard with Source Field for Hosting External Content

RECREATING PAGES USING THE PAGE INTEGRATION TOOL

Using the URL details of the third party application which you have found in the above procedures, create a page using the Page Integration tool. For more details about creating pages, refer to Creating Pages for Hosting Third Party Applications: Procedure.

Key Resources

• Oracle Applications Cloud Configuring and Extending Applications

Configure Frequently Used Quick Actions

You can now configure the frequently used actions for Navigator groups containing quick actions on the news feed home page. You can also set the order in which these quick actions are displayed. You use the Structure work area to configure quick actions.

The Quick Actions Section of the News Feed Home Page Displaying Frequently Used Actions for the Me Group

Steps to Enable

To configure frequently used actions for a group:

1. Activate a sandbox. 
2. From the Navigator, click Configuration > Structure.
3. On the Navigation Configuration page, click the group (for example, Me, My Team, and My Client Groups) that contains the quick action you want to configure.
4. On the Edit Group: <Group Name>  page, click the Quick Actions tab.
5. Expand the group containing the quick action you want to configure as a frequently used quick action, and click the quick action to edit it.
6. On the Edit Quick Action page, select Add as a quick action link on home page.

7. Click Save and Close.
8. On the Edit Group: <Group Name>  page, use the Order arrows to set the sequence of the actions.
9. Click Save and Close.

NOTE: You must be in a sandbox to configure quick actions. Once you are done with your changes, publish the sandbox.

Key Resources

Configuring Quick Actions: Procedure

Reporting and Analytics

Password Protection for Microsoft Office Output Files

Report authors and administrators can enable password protection for MS Office outputs in XLSX, PPTX and DOCX formats.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Skip Unused Data Set Query

Reports can be created with multiple layouts which may not use all of the data sets in a data model. When SQL Pruning is enabled, individual data sets return only optimal data for each layout but all data sets are executed irrespective whether they are used in the layout. This feature allows report authors to set a data model property to skip the execution of the unused data set in a layout. Setting this property reduces data extraction time, memory usage and improves overall report performance.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Changing this attribute at the report level is simple to manage.

Role Information

• Report Author
• Administrator

Validate Data Model

Report authors can now validate a data model, checking SQL queries used within the data sets, LOVs and bursting queries and generating a list of warnings and errors. Warnings can be deferred but all errors must be rectified before the data model can be used in production. This feature helps report authors to adhere to some of the data model best practices and avoid pitfalls during report query design.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Role Information

Will apply to all roles.

BI Cloud Connector

Inactive and Unavailable BI View Objects (BIVOs) and BIVO Columns for Exclusion from Extraction in BI Cloud Connector

In Release 13, there are BI View Objects and BI View Object columns that are unavailable or marked inactive in Oracle Applications Cloud. The unavailable and inactive objects and columns must be excluded from BICC extracts.

Steps to Enable

Refer to this link for a list of BIVOs and BIVO columns that are unavailable for extraction using BI Cloud Connector (BICC).

Update 18B

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
26 OCT 2018	Inactive and Unavailable BI View Objects (BIVOs) and BIVO Columns for Exclusion from Extraction in BI Cloud Connector	Updated document. Added new feature delivered in update 18A with updates in 18B.
25 SEP 2018	Burst to Compressed Output Format and Create a Consolidated PDFZ Output with All Burst Output Files	Updated document.  Added new feature delivered in update 18B.
25 SEP 2018	Scalability Mode for Excel Templates and Ability to Process More than 65,000 Rows of Data in Excel Output	Updated document.  Added new feature delivered in update 18B.
25 SEP 2018	Maximum Report Data Size for Bursting Reports	Updated document.  Added new feature delivered in update 18B.
31 AUG 2018	Using Synonyms for Search	Updated document. Added new feature delivered in update 18B.
20 APR 2018		Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

Customers Upgrading from Release 12

If you're upgrading from Release 12 to Release 13, then you should review all of the release readiness content for Release 13 (updates 17B - 17D, as well as, updates 18A - 18B) to learn about all of the features available in release 13.

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Optional Uptake of New Features (Opt In)

We continue to add many new features to the Oracle Cloud Applications, and for some features, you can take advantage of new functionality at a pace that suits you by "opting in" to the feature when you're ready. You can opt in to a feature in two ways:  by using the New Features work area, or by using the Setup and Maintenance work area.

To opt in using the New Features work area:

1. Click the Navigator, and then click New Features (under the My Enterprise heading).
2. On the New Features page, select the offering that includes new features you'd like to review.
3. Click Opt In for any feature that you want to opt in to.
4. On the Edit Features page, select the Enable option for the feature, and then click Done.

To opt in using the Setup and Maintenance work area:

1. Click the Navigator, and then click Setup and Maintenance.
2. On the Setup page, select your offering, and then click Change Feature Opt In.
3. On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features icon.
4. On the Edit Features page, select the Enable option for any feature you want to opt in to. If the Enable column includes an Edit icon instead of a check box, then click the icon, select your feature options, and click Save and Close. 
5. Click Done.

Feature Summary

User Experience

Oracle continues to enrich your user experience in this release with a contemporary home page design and layout, a new and modern theme and a new icon style to go with it. The global header also got a facelift where its icons render in the new Outline style and there is less clutter. You can now find the Show Help and Access Accessibility Settings in the Settings and Actions menu. Using the Set Help Options task in the Setup and Maintenance work area, administrators can enable the help icons to appear by default on all pages where they are available.

The Navigator is also simplified and page entries for work areas such as Sandboxes, Migration, Appearance, Structure, User Interface Text, Business Objects, Application Composer, and Page Integration are moved from the Tools group to a new group called Configuration. Page entries for standalone work areas, such as Getting Started, Social, My Dashboard, Marketplace, and Setup and Maintenance, are part of a new Others group.

News Feed Home Page Layout

A new default home page layout called News Feed is introduced in this release. Administrators can now set the default home page layout to any of the following:

• Panel
• Banner
• News Feed

The News Feed home page layout leads the industry trends by offering a content rich, yet simple to use interface that presents enterprise information in a news feed layout to help you make informed decisions and take quick actions. When set, this home page mainly contains the Apps section and a series of updates with important information that you can view at a glance, such as Things to Finish, News and Announcements, and Analytics. You can also use a list of quick actions, if available, to quickly perform some key tasks. With this layout, your home page provides easy navigation that is consistent across various devices such as desktop, tablet, and smartphone.

APPS

This section displays page entry icons for work areas that you have access to. Your home page with the news feed layout displays the navigation content, that is, groups and page entry icons differently. Page entries for related work areas are organized into groups, which appear as tabs above the Apps section. Clicking a tab displays the page entry icons for that group in the Apps section. Clicking an icon opens that work area. Some groups may show a list of quick actions that you can use to complete key tasks in the selected group. You can personalize the page entries available to you in the Apps section. To do so, click the Personalize Springboard icon in the Apps section.

The news feed layout is mobile friendly. However, only predefined mobile-enabled applications are displayed on the home page for mobile devices. Other applications cannot be configured for mobile devices.

Home page with the News Feed Layout Showing the Apps Section, Tabs for Various Groups, and the List of Quick Actions

THINGS TO FINISH

The Things to Finish section provides you with a count of any pending notifications that are assigned to you and may require an action from you. A new count link named Created by Me lists the approval requests that you have created. You can click the link to navigate to a full list of notifications pertaining to that count. Items listed in the Things to Finish section are same as the notifications listed in the global header. The list displays the latest notifications first and allows you to scroll horizontally to view more notifications. You can clear a notification from the list by clicking the Close icon. When you clear a notification, the count does not change since no action is taken on the notification.

Things to Finish Section of the Home Page with News Feed Layout Showing Assigned to Me and Created by Me Notifications

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

The News and Announcements section displays all active announcements available to you. Click an announcement image to view more details. You can use the Previous and Next icons to navigate through various announcements. When no active announcements are available, this section does not display any content.

News and Announcements Section of the Home Page with News Feed Layout Showing Active Announcements

ANALYTICS

The Analytics section displays a set of infolets or any other configurable pages as tabs. You may need to click the Refresh link to load or refresh the content in this section.

Analytics Section of the Home Page with News Feed Layout Showing Infolet Content

NAVIGATOR

The Navigator is also enhanced to reflect the contemporary look of the News Feed home page layout. Its content is displayed to provide a top level group or cluster view for easy navigation or an expanded list view. You can use Show More and Show Less to toggle between these views. The new Outline icon type provides a modern look to the icons, which complements the news feed layout.

GLOBAL HEADER

Some global header features, such as the Watchlist and Favorites and Recent Items are not available on your home page with the news feed layout.

Steps to Enable

Administrators can use the Themes page to set News feed as the default home page layout.

Follow these steps:

1. From the Navigator menu, select Configuration > Appearance.
2. On the Themes page, select your base theme from the Themes list.
3. Set News feed as the default home layout.
4. Click Apply. If the base theme you have selected is a:
   • Predefined theme, then enter a theme name, and click OK to create another theme with your modifications. This new theme is then applied to your application.
   • Saved theme, then your theme changes are directly applied to your application.

Tips And Considerations

• Administrators can define the display settings of the home page sections using the Home Page Layout page of the Appearance work area. You can use the Visible field for a section to show or hide it on the home page, and the Move Up and Move Down icons to adjust the relative positions of the sections on the home page.
• For groups with associated quick actions, administrators can use the Navigation Configuration page of the Structure work area to configure them. Click the group name to edit it, and then click the Quick Actions tab to create more quick actions or make changes to the existing ones, such as rename, show or hide, and reorder them.
•  Administrators must create an announcement and add an image to display it in the News and Announcements section of the home page. If no image is added, only the subject of the announcement is displayed on the home page.
• To launch the applications on your mobile device, ensure that you have disabled the pop-up blocker for your device. 

Key Resources

• Oracle Applications Cloud Configuring and Extending Applications
• Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features

Using Synonyms for Search

You can now use synonyms of business terms to search for relevant business objects. Administrators can define the synonyms to be used in search suggestion groups while configuring global search.

Steps to Enable

Prerequisites

Create a global search configuration or edit an existing one. Follow these steps:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:

• Functional Area: Application Extensions
• Task: Manage Applications Core Global Search Configurations

2. You can create and edit global search configurations:

• To create, click the Create icon.
• To edit, select an existing global search configuration and click the Edit icon.

3. If you are creating a global search configuration, provide details for the required fields on the Create Global Search Configuration page:

• Short name in uppercase, with no spaces
• User-friendly display name

NOTE: Short name and display name can be alphanumeric.

• Description
• Product family
• Module name

4. You can define the synonyms right away, or save it for later.

DEFINING SYNONYMS

To define the synonyms, follow these steps:

1. On the page to create or edit global search configuration, click the Autosuggest tab.

The Autosuggest Tab Showing the Synonyms Section for Configuring Global Search

2. In the Synonyms section, select Enable Synonyms to let users search using synonyms.
3. Optionally, enter the following:

• Synonym Context Code: A logical grouping such as a product family, navigation group or work area that determines the subset of synonyms to search on. 
• Synonym Object Type: A business object name that would determine the subset of synonyms to search on. 

4. Click Manage Synonyms to add search terms and create synonyms for them.
5. Click the New icon, and do the following:

• Enter a short name in uppercase, with no spaces. This name is required for tracking purpose.
• Select a module name, which is required to map the data with a specific product or area. There are no restrictions on where the synonyms can be used.
• Optionally, enter a context code and object type. This information can be used to ensure that certain synonyms are only used when a global search configuration having the same values is in effect.
• Enter the primary synonym, which is the source term to which other synonyms are matched.
• Enter at least one synonym that matches the primary synonym.

The Manage Search Synonyms Page Showing the Required and Optional Fields to Define Synonyms

6. Click Save and Close.

Key Resources

• Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features
• Creating Global Search Configurations: Procedure
• Setting Up the Autosuggest for the Global Search: Procedure

Extensibility

Predefined Aquamarine Theme for News Feed Home Page Layout

To support the new default home page layout, News feed, a new theme named Aquamarine is added to the list of predefined themes available for selection on the Themes page of the Appearance work area. So, now you get a wide range of 14 predefined themes to choose from and apply to your application.

A new icon type called Outline is also introduced, which you can set for your new or existing themes using the Themes page of the Appearance work area.

Steps to Enable

To apply the Aquamarine theme, follow these steps:

1. From the Navigator menu, select Configuration > Appearance.
2. On the Themes page, select Aquamarine as your base theme from the Themes list, and click Apply.
3. Enter a theme name, and click OK. The Aquamarine theme is applied to your application.

Key Resources

• Oracle Applications Cloud Configuring and Extending Applications
• Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features

Application Security

Segregate User Population with Security Console User Category

SECURITY CONSOLE

You will be able to segregate users using the User Category option on the Security Console.

NOTE: A user can be assigned to only one user category. Existing users (created  prior to 18B) will be automatically assigned to the DEFAULT user category upon upgrade to 18B.

The User Category feature provides you the following functionality on the Security Console:

NOTIFICATIONS MANAGEMENT

You can manage security console notifications for users at the user category level. For example, you can disable all security console notifications for the Single Sign-On users and enable it for users who don't use the Single Sign-On.

NOTE: You can only enable or disable the predefined notification templates. You can no longer edit them.

NEXT URL

You have the ability to redirect users to external applications after users complete the password reset operation using the "Password Reset" or  "New Account" email notification option on the Security Console. For example, you created an external third-party application using the Oracle Fusion Applications REST API framework and all your users using that application are configured to use Oracle Fusion Applications as their Identify Provider. In such a case, you can use the Next URL feature to redirect your users to the URL of the external application instead of coming back to the Oracle Fusion Applications sign in page. Using the "Password Reset" or "New Account" options on the Security Console, when users respond to the email notifications and complete the password reset task, they are redirected to the specified external application.  .

NOTE: You can specify only one URL in the field. All users assigned to that user category are redirected to the specified URL. If the Next URL is not specified for a user category then there is no change in the existing password reset functionality. Upon reset, users are taken back to the Oracle Fusion Applications sign in page.

USER ASSIGNMENT

NOTE: You can create a user category only on the Security Console.

The following options are available for adding users to a user category:

• Using the User Category page on the Security Console.

• Using the User Account page on the Security Console. You can specify the user category for new as well as existing users.

• Using the SCIM REST API

Oracle Fusion Applications SCIM REST API is enhanced to support user assignment to user category. A new SCIM extension "urn:scim:schemas:extension:fa:2.0:faUser" with a new attribute called "userCategory" is available.

• Using the HCM Data Loader (HDL)

HDL is enhanced to support user assignment to user category. A new user HDL attribute called "userCategory" is available.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• For more information on the User Category, refer to the Security guide of your product. For example, Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Securing HCM.
• For information on the User Category REST API, refer to the REST API for Common Features in Oracle Applications Cloud.

Reporting and Analytics

Burst to Compressed Output Format and Create a Consolidated PDFZ Output with All Burst Output Files

Bursting jobs create a split of data which when merged with a layout generates burst output to be delivered to different destinations. During bursting, you also have an option to create a consolidated output, which merges all burst outputs into a single PDF file. If bursting output includes attachments, then the consolidated output also includes the attachments from each burst output.

This feature works for PDFZ output as well, wherein burst output is a PDFZ file that includes a docindex.xml file. With this enhancement, you can create consolidated output that includes burst PDFZ outputs and a consolidated docindex.xml file. The consolidated PDFZ output also includes attachments from each burst PDFZ file.

Steps to Enable

1. In the data model, select the bursting definition.
2. Ensure bursting output files have extension .pdfz in the bursting query.
3. Select Enable Consolidated Output.
4. Save the data model.

Tips And Considerations

1. PDFZ output’s main objective is to split a single large document into multiple smaller files contained within a zip file with an index file that helps locate files within the zip. Choose PDFZ output in bursting cautiously, as each bursting file could be an extremely large file.
2. Each PDFZ output file contains a docindex.xml file along with index.xml and index.html files. The index.xml and index.html created for consolidated PDFZ output isn’t updated with corresponding values.
3. The docindex.xml in the consolidated PDFZ output will have same end page number for all split documents.
4. If the PDF password protection is enabled PDFZ output with attachments may not work.
5. It is not recommended to use this feature when the number of Bursting PDFZ outputs is huge.

Role Information

Applies to all roles.

Scalability Mode for Excel Templates and Ability to Process More than 65,000 Rows of Data in Excel Output

Report authors can now set up scalability mode for an Excel template. This can be done for all reports, a single report, or for a template. By default, when this attribute is set to true, the report server flushes memory after every 3000 * 100 cell size to improve the memory management and creates multiple spreadsheets within a single excel output file to manage data beyond 65,000 rows.

Steps to Enable

1. Template Level
   1. Open the Excel template.
   2. Select the XDO_METADATA sheet in the Excel template.
   3. Below the "Data Constraints:" line, enter XDO_SCALABLE_? in Column A, and type true in column B.
2. Report Level
   1. Open the report for edit.
   2. Click Properties to open the Report Properties dialog box.
   3. In the tab, scroll to review the Excel template properties.
   4. Set the property to true.
3. Runtime Level
   1. As an administrator, navigate to the Runtime Configuration page.
   2. Scroll down to view the Excel template properties.
   3. Set the Enable Scalable Mode property to true.

Role Information

• Report Author
• Administrator

Maximum Report Data Size for Bursting Reports

A new runtime property in the Memory Guard limits has been introduced so that bursting report data size can be handled separately from the normal scheduled report data size. The default value is same as the Maximum Report Data size defined for offline (Schedule) Report.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

BI Cloud Connector

Inactive and Unavailable BI View Objects (BIVOs) and BIVO Columns for Exclusion from Extraction in BI Cloud Connector

In Release 13, there are BI View Objects and BI View Object columns that are unavailable or marked inactive in Oracle Applications Cloud. The unavailable and inactive objects and columns must be excluded from BICC extracts.

Steps to Enable

Refer to this link for a list of BIVOs and BIVO columns that are unavailable for extraction using BI Cloud Connector (BICC).

Update 18A

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
26 OCT 2018	Inactive and Unavailable BI View Objects (BIVOs) and BIVO Columns for Exclusion from Extraction in BI Cloud Connector	Updated document. Added new feature delivered in update 18A.
26 OCT 2018	Factory BI Catalog Lockdown	Updated document. Added new feature delivered in update 18A.
06 APR 2018	Configurable Default Landing Page	Updated document. Revised feature description.
19 JAN 2018		Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

Customers Upgrading from Release 12

If you're upgrading from Release 12 to Release 13, then you should review all of the release readiness content for Release 13 (updates 17B - 17D, as well as, updates 18A - 18B) to learn about all of the features available in release 13.

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Optional Uptake of New Features (Opt In)

We continue to add many new features to the Oracle Cloud Applications, and for some features, you can take advantage of new functionality at a pace that suits you by “opting in” to the feature when you’re ready. You can opt in to a feature in two ways:  by using the New Features work area, or by using the Setup and Maintenance work area.

To opt in using the New Features work area:

1. Click the Navigator, and then click New Features (under the My Enterprise heading).
2. On the New Features page, select the offering that includes new features you’d like to review.
3. Click Opt In for any feature that you want to opt in to.
4. On the Edit Features page, select the Enable option for the feature, and then click Done.

To opt in using the Setup and Maintenance work area:

1. Click the Navigator, and then click Setup and Maintenance.
2. On the Setup page, select your offering, and then click Change Feature Opt In.
3. On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features icon.
4. On the Edit Features page, select the Enable option for any feature you want to opt in to. If the Enable column includes an Edit icon instead of a check box, then click the icon, select your feature options, and click Save and Close. 
5. Click Done.

Feature Summary

User Experience

Configurable Default Landing Page

You can now enjoy the flexibility of configuring the default landing page of the application, based on your business needs. Previously, the springboard was the default landing page but now you can set a configurable page available to you, such as Quick Actions and Interactive List Dashboard as the default landing page.

Structure Work Area Showing Configurable Pages Available to be Set as Landing Pages

Steps to Enable

An administrator can configure the default landing page using the Home Configuration tab of the Structure work area.

Tips And Considerations

Currently only Quick Actions and Interactive List Dashboard are available to be set as default landing page.

Simplified Reports and Analytics Work Area

The Reports and Analytics work area provides enhanced, content-rich access to your reports and analytics through its improved search and filter capabilities and intuitive navigational flows. The interface is simpler and more modern, with easy access to your commonly used objects and recent searches.

Simplified Reports and Analytics Work Area

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Structure Work Area

The Structure work area has been enhanced to enable administrators configure an infolet page as the default landing page for users. On the Home Configuration tab of the Structure work area, an administrator can set the Default Landing Page field for an infolet to Yes, No, or EL expression.

Options to Configure the Default Landing Page Using the Home Configuration Tab

Steps to Enable

An administrator can set an infolet page as the default landing page using the Home Configuration tab of the Structure work area.

Tips And Considerations

The option to set an infolet page as the default landing page is available on the Home Configuration page only for specific infolet pages.

BI Cloud Connector

Inactive and Unavailable BI View Objects (BIVOs) and BIVO Columns for Exclusion from Extraction in BI Cloud Connector

In Release 13, there are BI View Objects and BI View Object columns that are unavailable or marked inactive in Oracle Applications Cloud. The unavailable and inactive objects and columns must be excluded from BICC extracts.

Steps to Enable

Refer to this link for a list of BIVOs and BIVO columns that are unavailable for extraction using BI Cloud Connector (BICC).

Factory BI Catalog Lockdown

To minimize upgrade regression, an enhancement has been introduced in the 13.18A release to permanently make the shipped BI catalog content read-only.  If users attempt to modify the shipped BI catalog content including folder permissions, they will receive an alert "You are not allowed to modify factory content. Save your own content in /Shared/Custom."  Customers that upgrade from R12 to R13 will no longer be able to make changes to the delivered BI catalog even with BI Administrator role. Starting with R13.18A, BI catalog folders will behave as follows:

• Customers must save all custom content in /Shared/Custom folder or create new sub-folders under /Shared to maintain custom content.

• Except for /Shared/Custom folder, customers can no longer make any modifications to the delivered BI catalog. If a user attempts to add, change or remove any object including permission list in the delivered catalog folder, he/she will get an error "You are not allowed to modify factory content. Save your own content in /Shared/Custom."

• Customers are permitted to retain EXISTING custom top-level folders under Shared. All existing content in those top-level custom folders will be preserved.

• Customers cannot add, remove or change permissions on the shipped folders, e.g. /Shared/ Human Capital Management

• Customers cannot modify the folder permissions to 'hide' the shipped factory catalog folder, e.g. hide /Shared/Marketing.

IMPACT ON R12 UPGRADE CUSTOMERS:

• For customers upgrading from R12, all existing custom content in /Shared/Custom or custom folders under /Shared and their sub-folders will remain as they are.  However, if customers have modified the content in the delivered BI catalog folders, e.g. added custom reports, modified delivered reports, modified folder or report permission, all changes to this content will be lost after the R13 upgrade.  Customers are advised to archive their custom BI catalog to a file prior to R13 upgrade; and after R13 upgrade customers can unarchive the custom projects in the /Shared/Custom folder.  

• Fusion application users are auto-provisioned with BI Consumer role, which allows them to read and traverse the BI catalog folders. This access is for folder viewing and navigation only and doesn't give the user the privilege to view, open, edit and execute BI reports, for which the user has no security authorization. An enhancement is in development to restrict access to BI catalog folders such that a user will no longer be able to see and traverse BI catalog folders that he or she has no security authorization to access.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.