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
20 OCT 2017 Update 17D Delivered new features in update 17D.
15 DEC 2017 Update 17B Revised update 17B.

Update 17D

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
20 OCT 2017   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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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

Action Required to Enable Feature

Feature

None (Automatically Available)

Enable via Opt In UI Only

Enable via Opt In UI Plus Additional Steps

Not Enabled via Opt In UI but Setup Required

Issue Service Request

User Experience

Archive and Purge Workflow Tasks

Show Help Icons by Default

User Experience

Archive and Purge Workflow Tasks

Workflow tasks with a final status, such as Completed and Expired, are archived and purged based on a set schedule, without any action from you.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Show Help Icons by Default

Determine if icons for help windows are displayed by default wherever available on the pages that your users work with. Displaying help icons by default ensures that users have quick and easy access to information specific to what they are doing on a page. Users can still click Hide Help in the global header to hide the help icons.

Steps to Enable

If help icons are not displayed by default every time users sign in, and you want them to be, then:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, open the Set Help Options task under the Application Extensions functional area.
  2. On the Set Help Options page, select the Show help icons by default check box in the Show Help section.

Role Information

Roles with the Configure Help System Settings privilege.

Update 17B

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
15 DEC 2017 Operations Availability, Cadence, and Consumption Updated document. Added new section.
13 DEC 2017 Branding and Appearance Updated document. Revised feature description.
13 DEC 2017 Home Page Icons Updated document. Added feature to the May quarterly update.
13 DEC 2017 Home Page Layout Updated document. Revised feature name and description.
13 DEC 2017 Simplified Access to Workflow Tasks Updated document. Added feature to the May quarterly update.
13 DEC 2017 Structure Updated document. Revised feature description.
21 APR 2017   Created initial document.

Overview

Release 13 Focus

Release 13 of Oracle Cloud Applications is a significant release achieving two key milestones: new cloud products & user experience and a streamlined software development process.

Common Technology

At Oracle, delivering products that reflect a superior and secure user experience is the result of an enormous investment. To understand your pain points, we spent countless hours examining how people like you actually work and use our enterprise applications. We then work closely with product management, security experts, strategy, and development to design innovative applications that help you to be more productive, secure, efficient, and effective.

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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Release Feature Summary

Action Required to Enable Feature

Feature

Automatically Available

End User Action Required

Administrator Action Required

Oracle Service Request Required

Operations Availability, Cadence, and Consumption

Availability

Cadence

Easy to Consume

Terminology

User Experience

Branding and Appearance

Branding and Appearance

Home Page Experience

Home Page Layout

Home Page Icons

Structure

Other User Experience

Simplified Access to Workflow Tasks

Functional Setup Manager

My Enterprise

Edit Features

Migrating Opt In Configuration of Offerings

Offering Opt In

New Features

Review Subscriptions

Setup and Maintenance

Offerings

Application Security

Database Resource Perspective of Data Security Policies

Enhanced Role Comparison

Operations Availability, Cadence, and Consumption

Since we launched Oracle SaaS (Fusion), we have worked tirelessly to ensure our cloud strategy meets and exceeds your expectations. Oracle Cloud adoption is increasing at a record pace; therefore, we would like to provide you with an update on recent progress.

Availability

Cadence

Easy to Consume

Terminology

To be more consistent with established cloud terminology, we are adjusting our versioning. Because Release 13 will have quarterly functional revisions, we will begin versioning Oracle Cloud Applications as follows:

Example:

The number 17 represents the calendar year. A,B,C,D represents the first, second, third, or fourth quarterly revision in that calendar year. One time note: there is no R13 update 17A as the initial R13 introduction fell into the 2nd calendar or B quarter.

In addition, the monthly update, previously known as Patch Bundle, will be renamed to Maintenance Pack.

User Experience

You can make the application look the way you want it to look – easily – with Release 13 of Oracle Applications Cloud.

Oracle understands that every user’s need is unique and so we have leveraged the flexibility of the Cloud to give you more control of the user interface (UI). At the same time, we have built R13 to keep Oracle’s Cloud user experience (UX) themes of simplicity, mobility, and extensibility intact throughout the product suite, no matter how the UI is updated or the business processes change.

This ability to adapt, called the visual evolution of Oracle Applications Cloud, is a vital ongoing investment from Oracle into your corporate culture and brand, as well as in employee engagement. We are dedicated to provide the best solutions to you and to your users.

Branding and Appearance

Branding and Appearance

R13 represents a big investment from Oracle in providing a way for customers to reflect a company’s brand and culture in a very simple manner, and to keep it up to date. We have enhanced the capabilities of modifying the branding and themes, which was introduced in previous releases, allowing customers to easily mold the Cloud to best fit their unique corporate cultures.

This release expands the default themes to a total of 13, enabling you to quickly make UI changes and configure your branding preferences using the Appearance work area. Those updates roll out immediately throughout the Cloud, and the experience is consistent no matter which device you use or where in the task flow you are doing the work.

You can use the Appearance work area to change the home page layout, color palettes, images, logos, shapes and sizes of icons, and more.

You can easily change the look and feel of the R13 application, using our predefined themes.

You can configure the Cloud to fit your company’s branding, values, and personality the best. In this example, the branding and color palette from one company’s public Web site (left) are added to the application home page (right).

Steps to Enable

Use the Appearance page to themes to customize the look and feel of your application and to configure the home page layout. You can change the branding logo, background colors, icon styles, and so on. You can apply an existing theme to your application pages, or create your own theme and apply it. Use the simple theme editor, that is, the Themes tab of the Appearance page to create or edit themes. To configure the look of the home page, use the Home Layout tab of the Appearance page.

BEFORE CUSTOMIZING THEMES:

  1. From the Navigator menu, select Tools Appearance.
  2. Activate a sandbox. If you're not in an active sandbox, click Edit on the Appearance page. You're prompted to activate a sandbox.

NOTE: If you're already in an active sandbox, then the Edit button doesn't appear on the Appearance page.

  1. Once you complete customizing your themes, you can preview and test your changes, and then publish the sandbox to make your changes available to users.

CUSTOMIZING THEMES

Use the Themes tab of the Appearance page to create and edit custom themes. You can customize the following look and feel aspects of your application pages:

CHANGING THE LOGO AND COLOR SCHEME

  1. From the Navigator menu, select Tools - Appearance. On the Appearance page, click the On the Themes tab.
  2. On the Themes page, select the Default theme from the list of themes.
  3. From the Logo list, select File as the type of location where your logo is stored
  4. From the Background Image list, select File as the type of location where your background image is stored. Browse and select WatermarkOracle.png
  5. To specify the color schemes of the application, enter the corresponding color values or select the colors from the color palette.
  6. To specify the color schemes of the navigation icons, enter the corresponding values or select the colors from the color palette.
  7. To specify the color schemes of the application pages, enter the corresponding values or select the colors from the color palette.
  8. To specify the color schemes of the buttons, enter the corresponding values or select the colors from the color palette.

TIP: While making changes on the Appearance page, you can click Apply any time to preview your changes.

  1. From the Actions menu, select Save As.
  2. On the Save As dialog box, enter the theme name to be saved.
  3. Select Apply this theme.
  4. Click OK.  

Home Page Experience

We gave a new look to the home page in R13. You can now enjoy the new “lobby experience” of the home page, which sets the impression for the rest of the product experience, just like a hotel lobby creates that first impression for guests.

Home Page Layout

One of most significant enhancements is that customers have two contemporary home page layouts to choose from: panel view and banner view. Panel view sets the social panel vertically on the left. The new banner view strips the same elements horizontally across the top of the home page.

The new homepage banner layout, left, is in step with current web trends that anchor a dominant image at the top of a page.

Steps to Enable

  1. Login as Admin
  2. Go to Appearance under Tools
  3. Pick the Home Layout Sub Tab
  4. Choose from the “Default Layout” Drop down options to choose the homepage appearance.

Key Resources

Home Page Icons

The home page icons also have a new look that boosts efficiency in this release. To encourage navigation and task completion, the icon options in R13 include a variety of sizes and new cluster images for icon groups.

New in R13: A halo appears on a selected icon, which helps users quickly see where they are on the home page.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Structure

The structure card under tools has been enhanced to allow users to rename and reorder pages within the home page experience.

Steps to Enable

  1. Login as Admin
  2. Go to Structure card under Tools
  3. Pick the Home Configuration sub tab
  4. Choose to rename and reorder pages available in Home configuration

Key Resources

Other User Experience

Simplified Access to Workflow Tasks

Enjoy simplified workflow UI and easier access to workflow tasks.

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

If you are upgrading from Release 12 to Release 13, then review the upgrade considerations related to the removal of product family associations in end user UIs for workflow tasks. See: Upgrade Considerations for Workflow Approval Management (2329696.1) on My Oracle Support .

Key Resources

Functional Setup Manager

My Enterprise

A group of new work areas have been introduced that allow you to review:

Your subscriptions of Oracle Fusion Cloud Services

My Enterprise (Navigator Menu)

Edit Features

‘Edit Features’ page has been enhanced to make it easier to opt in or out of Fusion offering features. When applicable, Features are now presented in a hierarchy to show their dependencies more clearly.

The look and feel of this page closely resembles that of the Opt In page to provide a continuous experience.

Edit Features of Financials Offering

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

All of the columns work the same as the corresponding columns in the Opt In page.  In case of multiple choice features, an icon is displayed in the ‘Enable’ column instead of a checkbox.  Use the icon to open a window with the multiple choices and make appropriate selection.

Key Resources

Migrating Opt In Configuration of Offerings

Migration of opt-in/out configuration of Fusion offering from one environment to another is available through export and import processes of offering setup data.

Migrating Opt-In Configuration of Financials Offering

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Opt-in configuration of an offering is always exported when setup data for the offering is exported. However, opt-in configuration is imported only when ‘Import feature selection’ checkbox is explicitly selected before submitting setup data import process for the offering.

Opt-in configuration can be migrated between environments only when offering and functional area based setup data export and import processes are used.  Such migration option is not available when setup data is exported and imported using Implementation Projects.

Key Resources

Offering Opt In

A new ‘Opt In’ page to enable Fusion offerings and their related functional areas and features replaces the ‘Configure’ page.

The functional hierarchy of an offering is presented to give full visibility to the dependencies, making it easier for you to decide what to opt-in.  

Oracle Cloud Applications act according to your opt-in selection to provide an optimal user experience.

Offerings Work Area

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Key Resources

New Features

This page highlights the new features that have been introduced in the latest release version to give more visibility to what is new in Oracle Cloud Applications.

After upgrade, review this page to get a quick view of the newly introduced features and to decide whether to opt into any of them.

New Features

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Key Resources

Review Subscriptions

Review your subscribed Oracle Fusion Cloud Services from this page.

Reviewing Subscriptions

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

View a list of your subscribed Oracle Fusion Cloud Services or view all available services by using the ‘Show’ filter.

Key Resources

Setup and Maintenance

This work area is now dedicated for managing setup data required by Oracle Cloud Applications.  After one or more Fusion offerings are enabled, users with access to manage setup data will be able to navigate directly to the Setup page by selecting ‘Setup and Maintenance’ from the navigator.  All functions of this page remain unchanged.

Setup of Financials Offering

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Offerings

This new work area shows all available Fusion offerings.  Review and opt in to your subscribed offerings when you are ready to uptake.  Oracle Cloud Applications are available for use only after the relevant offerings and their related features are opted in by enabling them. This helps you to configure Oracle Cloud Applications according to what your enterprise needs to use and exclude any irrelevant features.

Get started by reviewing the description of the offerings and the related documents from the right panel, which will help you to determine what features to opt in and how to plan for implementation.

Offerings Work Area

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

After selecting an offering from the left panel:

Key Resources

Application Security

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in Oracle Applications Security Release 13 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.

Database Resource Perspective of Data Security Policies

You can analyze data security policies by database resource. You can view the roles that are authorized to the database resource and the users that are authorized to the database resource. You can export the information displayed in the tables.

Database Resources Page Showing Data Security Policies

Database Resources Page Showing Authorized Roles

Database Resources Page Showing Authorized Users

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Enhanced Role Comparison

You can move function and data security policies from the first role to the second role during role comparison. You can export the data displayed in the role comparison results table.

Move Function and Data Security Policies From First Role to Second Role

Export of Role Comparison Results

Steps to Enable

No steps are required to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Add to Second Role button is enabled only on the following conditions: