Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates are logged below, with the most recent updates at the top.

Date

What's Changed

Notes

19 JUL 2016

Worklist Access

Added new feature delivered in Update 8 (August).

06 MAY 2016

Integration and Extensibility Updates

Added section for new Oracle Enterprise Repository replacement tools and collateral.

14 MAR 2016

User Experience /Key Resources

Added and updated helpful links to additional content.

01 MAR 2016

Initial Document Creation

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality available with the common technologies in the Oracle Cloud Release 11. 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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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 Appendix A provides a listing of the new features and the security attributes needed to employ the new features when you have decided to implement them.

Release Feature Summary

Some of the new Release 11 features are automatically available to you after the upgrade and some require action from you, your company administrator, or Oracle.

The table below offers a quick view of the actions required to enable each of the Release 11 features.

Action Required to Enable Feature

Feature

Automatically Available

End User Action Required

Administrator Action Required

Oracle Service Request Required

User Experience

Reorder Infolets

Add New Facets

Improved Drilldown Navigation

Extensibility

Springboard Filmstrip Settings

Integration and Extensibility Updates

New guides to support integration and extensibility

Reports

Roles

Applications Security Cloud

Worklist Access

Functional Setup Manager

Improved Landing Experience

Guided Navigation

Offering Configuration

Offering and Functional Area Based Export and Import

Functional Setup Manager Guided Navigation

Offering Configuration Migration

Updates to Social in Oracle Applications Cloud

Global Search

Expanded Navigation Menu

Upload Documents from Cloud Document Stores

View and Create Document Annotations

Documents View in Conversations and Walls

Recent Activity, Trending, and Contacts Panels

Mark Items as Favorites

Real-Time User Presence in Conversations and Walls

Start Web Conferences

Start Conversations with Groups

Restore Deleted Messages

Add Referring Items to Social Objects, Conversations, and Walls

Change Display Language of Conversations and Walls

View Items a Group is a Member Of

Discard Conversations

Rename Folders

Desktop Client Improvements

Support for Federated SSO

Option to Save Open Tabs on Exit

Find in Conversation

Improved Filter and Sorting Options for Search Results

Cloud Document Adapter for Oracle Documents

Context Menu for Search Results

Add Related Conversations to Offline Briefcase

Restore Deleted Messages

Add-In for Outlook Improvements

Support for Federated SSO

Invite Contacts from Your Outlook Address Book

Find in Conversation

Improved Filter and Sorting Options for Search Results

Cloud Document Adapter for Oracle Documents

View Details for Underlying Social Objects

Offline Panel

Option to Auto-Publish Offline Changes

Restore Deleted Messages

Web Client Improvements

Filter Search Results by Posting User

Cloud Document Adapter for Oracle Documents

Restore Deleted Messages

Administration Improvements

Social Object Visibility Settings

Global Email Notification Option

Developer Improvements

Cloud Storage Services API

Conferencing Services API

Social Plugin Explorer API Reference

User Experience

Oracle’s focus on providing an exceptional user experience pervades Oracle Applications Cloud. Of the highest priority is creating a compelling, pleasing user interface that provides only what you need, when you need it.

Enhanced Infolets Experience

We have enhanced the infolets user experience by providing additional capabilities that allow you to easily manage and maintain the infolets.

Reorder Infolets

We have made it easier for you to reorder or move around your infolets. Simply drag and drop the infolet to the desired position and it will align itself with other infolets and fill in the blank spaces.

Steps to Enable

No additional steps are needed to enable the feature.

Key Resources

Add New Facets

Each facet in an infolet allows you to consume a special portion of information from a different source. You can now add new facets to an existing infolet to capture these pieces of content. You can continue to delete an existing facet that is no longer needed.

Steps to Enable

No additional steps are needed to enable the feature.

Key Resources

Improved Drilldown Navigation

Improved drilldown navigation now allows you to stay on an infolets page when you close the drilldown from an infolet.

Extensibility

While Oracle Applications Cloud provides robust out-of-the-box functionality, we want to enable you to run your business in your way. In this release, configuring the user experience is easier than ever with Oracle Applications Cloud’s modern extensibility tools.

Springboard Strip Settings

You can now control the configuration of the springboard strip that appears above all simplified pages using the Manage Administrator Profile Values task in the Setup and Maintenance work area. Simply set the Springboard Strip Enabled profile option to Yes, and that will enable you to use the springboard strip. To display the strip as expanded by default, set the Springboard Strip Expanded profile option to Yes.

You can still collapse or expand the strip on any page, and once done, this profile option is set by default for subsequent sessions.

Profile options to configure springboard strip settings

Steps to Enable

No additional steps are needed to enable this feature.

Tips and Considerations

For an upgrade implementation, please note that the springboard strip settings have moved from the Structure page to the two profile options in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

There is no specific upgrade step needed to enable this feature. The system will migrate the settings for each user, when the user logs in the first time after the upgrade.

Key Resources

Integration and Extensibility Updates

The integration-related content that helps you customize, extend, and integrate with Oracle Applications Cloud is now available in the Oracle Help Center. This content was previously hosted in the Oracle Enterprise Repository for Oracle Fusion Applications.

New Guides to Support Integration and Extensibility

The following new guides are now available in the Oracle Help Center to support integration and extensibility:

how to find guides

  1. From the Oracle Help Center home page at http://docs.oracle.com, navigate to Cloud > Applications.
  2. Click your application link, such as Sales.
  3. Click the Books link to open the Book page.
  4. Oracle Sales Cloud Release 11 Get Started Page

  5. View the new guides under the Development category.

New Guides Under the Development Category

Reports

You can view a listing of all available reports for a product from the Analyze and Report page for your cloud service.

Oracle Financials Cloud Release 11 Tasks Page

Roles

Use the security reference guides available from the Books page to review job roles, duties, privileges, and security information for scheduled processes.

Security Reference Guides Under the Security Category

Applications Security Cloud

Oracle Fusion Applications Security provides a single console in which security managers and security administrators can review, design, and modify roles in Oracle Fusion Applications. It enables users to visualize the relationships among roles, and to model applications-menu and task-pane entries for any role. Users can also manage certificates and review a set of security reports.

Simplified Reference Role Model

Role definitions for the security reference implementation are simplified. The simplified roles reduce the complexity of role administration. Every job or abstract role that existed in Release 9 also exists in the simplified hierarchy for Release 10 and 11, and each authorizes the same privileges. Beneath that level many roles have been consolidated.

The nodes in the hierarchy between a job and its privileges are reduced and simplified. Release 10 and 11 will include both the hierarchy you are used to and the new simplified hierarchy. On upgrade, users will be members of the old hierarchy. You can move users to the new hierarchy at your discretion. Note that new functionality will exist under the new reference hierarchy. New functionality exists under the old hierarchy only if the role to which it is granted remains. You can use role comparison to locate functionality that only exists in the simplified hierarchy if you wish to move it to your old model.

Steps to Enable

To take advantage of the Role Simplification:

  1. Opt in to utilize the new simplified role hierarchies delivered in Release 10, ensuring all future new application features will be added without effort:
  2. Move authorizations for new functionality released in your applications
  3. Use new product feature privileges with your previously created custom roles

The Reference Model (Introduced in Release 10)

IMPORTANT: Applies to existing customers who launched on Release 9 or earlier. Customers beginning on Release 10 or after use the simplified hierarchy at installation.

Beginning in Release 10, you receive a new reference model for each enterprise role that was previously provided to you. The new reference role hierarchy is not linked to any enterprise role that you already have, therefore it is inactive. In other words, your existing hierarchies are not impacted during the upgrade and to take advantage of the new reference role hierarchy steps will need to be executed. Detailed steps are found in the above referenced white papers.

The exclusivity of the new reference model presents the following benefits:

IMPORTANT: Reference Role Models: You should not modify the delivered reference role model noted by the ‘ORA_’ prefix. This delivered role model will always be refreshed by Oracle Applications Cloud, and if you modify in any way, your modifications will be reset at each upgrade cycle.

Customized Roles: It is recommended that you copy your reference role and make customizations to the new copy

Key Resources

Worklist Access

By default, the actions that permit browsing of users in Worklist UIs are no longer enabled for external users. Access to the actions that allow browsing of users in the Worklist UIs is controlled using a new application role, BPM Worklist Internal Role (BPMWorklistInternalRole), which exists in the soa-infra policy stripe. This role is inherited by the predefined Employee and Contingent Worker roles, which means that users with those roles can continue to browse users in the Worklist UIs.

Steps to Enable

There are no steps necessary to enable this feature.

Role Information

Functional Setup Manager

Oracle Functional Setup Manager provides a new simplified UI in Release 11 that improves user experience by streamlining the Offering setup.

Improved Landing Experience

The new Setup and Maintenance landing page presents your subscribed Offerings by default. However, you still have the choice to browse all other available Offerings. In addition, all relevant documents that will help you to plan for an Offering implementation are directly available from this page.

   

Functional Setup Manager: Setup and Maintenance screen

Steps to Enable

No steps are needed to enable this feature.

Tips and Considerations

The new simplified UI has removed the Task Pane to give a streamlined look and feel. However, the entries previously found in the Task Pane are still easily accessible from the page.

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Guided Navigation

Navigation through setup process has been enhanced to make it more intuitive to the user. At the same time, the new flow increased user efficiency by requiring fewer clicks to navigate through the end-to-end setup process.

Steps to Enable

No steps are needed to enable this feature.

Tips and Considerations

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Offering Configuration

Configure page has a new look and feel as well. Offerings are presented one at a time based on user’s selection to give the page a cleaner look. Furthermore, as you enable Offerings and Functional Areas, your selections are saved automatically.

FSM: Configure Finacials page

Steps to Enable

There are no steps are needed to enable this feature.

Tips and Considerations

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Offering and Functional Area Based Setup

Application Administration, which provided ability to set up Offerings by Functional Areas, also has a new streamlined look and feel.

To setup an Offering by Functional Areas is an alternative approach to using Implementation Projects. It allows managing setup of an Offering -- during initial implementation as well as for maintaining setup over time – in a modular fashion so that you can complete setup and begin transaction in the functional areas that are most relevant to you immediate business needs without performing setup of the entire Offering.

In the new Setup page, the Functional Areas and the tasks necessary to set up each of them are presented next to each other giving higher visibility to setup requirements of each Functional Area as well as reducing the number of clicks necessary to navigate to the tasks.

FSM: Setup Procurement page

Steps to Enable

There are no steps are needed to enable this feature.

Tips and Considerations

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Offering and Functional Area Based Export and Import

From the new Setup page, a simplified export and import flow now supports migration of setup data without creating Configuration Packages. You may choose to export and import setup data of the entire Offering or select specific Functional Areas for incremental migration.

FSM: Setup Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management page

In addition, the new flow presents a list of relevant business objects that can be used during export to filter setup data by default and thereby, gives you better visibility to what’s available.

FSM: Setup Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management page

Steps to Enable

There are no steps are needed to enable this feature.

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Guided Navigation

Navigation through setup process has been enhanced to make it more intuitive to the user. At the same time, the new flow increased user efficiency by requiring fewer clicks to navigate through the end-to-end setup process.

Steps to Enable

No steps are needed to enable this feature.

Key Resources

For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager

Offering Configuration Migration

Navigation through setup process has been enhanced to make it more intuitive to the user. At the same time, the new flow increased user efficiency by requiring fewer clicks to navigate through the end-to-end setup process.

FSM: Import Offering Setup page

Steps to Enable

To migrate offering configuration select ‘Import feature selection’ option available under Import Options when submitting an Import process.

Tips and Considerations

Updates to Social in Oracle Applications Cloud

The Social user interface in Oracle Applications Cloud includes the following new features:

Global Search

You can search everything in Oracle Social Network at once with a global search.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I search?

Expanded Navigation Menu

The Oracle Social Network navigation menu has been expanded to include Overview, My Wall, and Favorites.

   

Oracle Social Network Navigation Menu

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud

Upload Documents From Cloud Document Stores

If you have an account with a cloud document store (for example, Google Drive), you can add a file from the cloud to Oracle Social Network.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I share a document with others?

View and Create Document Annotations

Annotations provide a way to comment on a document. You can view and create annotations when previewing the document. For example, using annotations you can add a pushpin marker to a document preview, and enter a comment about the document right where the pushpin is placed. Each person's annotations appear in a unique color, making it easy to follow who said what.

   

Document Annotations

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help:

Documents View in Conversations and Walls

You can view a list of all documents and folders in a Conversation or wall by clicking the Documents tab in the Conversation or wall.

Documents View

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I view a document?

Recent Activity, Trending, and Contacts Panels

You can see the most recent messages in the Recent Activity section on the right side of the Social panel. It includes the following sections:

NOTE: If the sections on the right don’t appear, your browser window is not wide enough. Expand the browser window to see it.

   

Recent Activity, Trending, and Contacts Panels

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I open the Social panel to view social activity?

Mark Items as Favorites

You can mark walls, Conversations, or messages as favorites to quickly access items you refer to frequently.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I mark a wall, Conversation, or message as a favorite?

Real-Time User Presence in Conversations and Walls

A colored border appears around the users’ pictures to indicate people's presence—that is, whether they are online (a green full circle), online but inactive (a yellow three-quarter circle), or offline (a gray half-circle). Presence is shown for your contacts in the Contacts panel and in Conversations and walls.

   

Presence Indicators

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I collaborate and socialize in the social network?

Start Web Conferences

You can start a web conference from a Conversation or a wall (if the server supports web conferences and you have a web conference account).

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help:

Start Conversations with Groups

You can easily start a Conversation with a whole group from the group’s wall.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I start a Conversation with a group?

Restore Deleted Messages

When a user deletes a message, appears where the message used to be. To restore the deleted message, click .

NOTE: Only a service administrator, the person who posted the message, or the person who deleted the message can restore the deleted message.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I delete a message?

Add Referring Items to Social Objects, Conversations, and Walls

Referring items are the Social Objects and collections that an item has been added to. You can add referring items to a Social Object, Conversation, or wall to relate the item they’re working on back to its associated Social Object or group it with other similar items in a collection. Grouping items in like this makes it easier to find all associated content.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I view or add referring items to a Conversation or wall?

Change Display Language of Conversations and Walls

System messages in a Conversation or wall can appear in a language other than the default language, by changing the language setting. The language setting affects all members' views of the Conversation or wall.

Any system messages posted after the language is changed will appear in the new language. System messages that were there before the language change, however, remain in the language that was in place when they were posted. Messages and files posted to the Conversation or wall are unaffected; that is, they appear in the language they were written in.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I change a Conversation or wall’s language?

View Items a Group is a Member Of

You can view the Conversations and walls a group is a member of by clicking the Member Of tab while viewing a group.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I see which Conversations and walls a group is a member of?

Discard Conversations

If you created a Conversation that you don't need or don't need to refer to anymore, you can delete it, but you must be the only member.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I delete a Conversation?

Rename Folders

You can rename a folder from the Documents tab.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I rename a folder?

Desktop Client Improvements

Oracle Social Network Desktop provides easy access to Oracle Social Network from your computer desktop. The Desktop Client improvements include:

Support for Federated SSO

Oracle Social Network now supports login through federated SSO.

Option to Save Open Tabs on Exit

By default, your open tabs are saved when you exit Oracle Social Network Desktop. The next time you log on, the Detail window opens, showing those saved tabs. You can change this option in your settings.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Desktop > Configuring Your Settings > How do I prevent my previously opened tabs from showing up when I reconnect?

Find in Conversation

You can search a Conversation or wall for unread messages, flags assigned to you, or messages or documents that include specific text. The controls in the Posts header enable you to find and navigate the results.

   

Unread Messages Controls

   

Flags Controls

   

Text Search Controls

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Desktop > Getting Started > What is the Detail window?

Improved Filter and Sorting Options for Search Results

You can filter search results by result type (for example, Conversations or documents).

   

Filter Options

After filtering by a result type, additional filter and sort options become available.

   

Additional Sort and Filter Options

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Desktop > Using Hashtags/Search > How do I search?

Cloud Document Adapter for Oracle Documents

Oracle Social Network includes a cloud document adapter to integrate with Oracle Documents.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help:

Context Menu for Search Results

You can right-click a search result to see actions associated with the result type.

Search Results Context Menu

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Desktop > Using Hashtags/Search > How do I search?

Add Related Conversations to Offline Briefcase

When you add items to your offline briefcase, if the item includes related Conversations, you’ll be asked if you want to add the related Conversations to your briefcase as well.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Desktop > Working Offline > How do I add an item to my Offline Briefcase?

Restore Deleted Messages

When a user deletes a message, appears where the message used to be. To restore the deleted message, the user can click to restore the message.

NOTE: Only a service administrator, the person who posted the message, or the person who deleted the message can restore the deleted message.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Desktop > Working with Messages > How do I delete a message?

Add-In for Outlook Improvements

Oracle Social Network Add-In for Outlook provides access to Oracle Social Network from within Microsoft outlook. The add-in improvements include:

Support for Federated SSO

Oracle Social Network now supports login through federated SSO.

Invite Contacts From Your Outlook Address Book

If extended collaboration is enabled, you can invite people from your Outlook address book to join Oracle Social Network. Inviting users makes it easier to collaborate with them. You can invite a person by opening the contact, then clicking Invite from the Oracle Social Network actions in the Outlook ribbon. An email is sent to the contact inviting them to join Oracle Social Network.

   

Invite Button

Steps to Enable

To enable extended collaboration:

  1. Log in to Oracle Social Network as an administrator.
  2. From the Administration UI, click Extended Collaboration.
  3. Enable the Invitations option.
  4. Edit the Employee Whitelist or Outside Users Whitelist as needed to specify email domains where users can be invited from.
  5. Add your company's "base" domains into the Employee Whitelist field. For example, if you log in to Oracle Social Network as lia.kuang@example.com, put example.com in the Employee Whitelist field. If you skip this step, you will be unable to log in to Oracle Social Network after saving your change and logging out.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help:

Find in Conversation

You can search a Conversation or wall for unread messages, flags assigned to you, or messages or documents that include specific text or that were posted by a particular person. The controls in the Posts header enable you to find and navigate the results.

   

Unread Messages Controls

   

Flags Controls

   

Text Search and Posted By Controls

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Outlook > Using Conversations > How do I find items in a Conversation or wall?

Improved Filter and Sorting Options for Search Results

You can filter search results by result type (for example, Conversations or documents). After filtering by a result type, additional filter and sort options become available.

To see additional filter options, click .

   

Additional Filter Options

To see additional sort options, click the options menu (click on the Search Results banner), then select Sort.

   

Additional Sort Options

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Outlook > Using Search > How do I run a search?

Cloud Document Adapter for Oracle Documents

Oracle Social Network includes a cloud document adapter to integrate with Oracle Documents.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help:

View Details for Underlying Social Objects

A Social Object might include a link back to the associated record in the source system (for example, customer relationship management, enterprise resource planning, or human capital management). If available, you can open the source record by clicking View Details in the options menu (click on the Social Object banner) or at the bottom of the list of the Social Object's attributes.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Outlook > Using Social Objects > How do I view the details of a Social Object?

Offline Panel

You can view a list of the Conversations you’ve downloaded for offline use by clicking on the navigation bar.

   

Offline Panel

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Outlook > Working Offline

Option to Auto-Publish Offline Changes

You can set your offline preferences to automatically publish changes you make to offline items. The changes are posted when you connect to your account.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Outlook > Configuring Your Settings > How do I set offline preferences?

Restore Deleted Messages

When a user deletes a message, appears where the message used to be. To restore the deleted message, the user can click to restore the message.

NOTE: Only a service administrator, the person who posted the message, or the person who deleted the message can restore the deleted message.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Outlook > Using Conversations > How do I delete a message?

Web Client Improvements

The Web client improvements include:

Filter Search Results by Posting User

You can filter search results by the person who posted the item. After performing a global search, you can enter a name in the Posted By box, and select a user from the drop-down list.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Getting Started > Everyday Tasks > How do I search?

Cloud Document Adapter for Oracle Documents

Oracle Social Network includes a cloud document adapter to integrate with Oracle Documents.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help:

Restore Deleted Messages

When a user deletes a message, appears where the message used to be. To restore the deleted message, the user can click to restore the message.

NOTE: Only a service administrator, the person who posted the message, or the person who deleted the message can restore the deleted message.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Conversations > Managing Messages > How do I delete a message or reply?

Administration Improvements

Oracle Social Network includes the following administration improvements:

Social Object Visibility Settings

Social Object visibility settings affect whether users can make Social Definition instances (Social Objects) public, and the default setting for new Social Objects.

If you set the Social Object to be discoverable, the Social Definition displays in the Social Objects drop-down list in the user interface, and users can make Social Objects public in the same way they would make a Conversation public. Public Social Objects appear in search results and in the Available area on the Social Objects page. If the Social Object isn’t discoverable, the user does not see the Social Definition or any of its Social Objects unless it is shared with them.

The Default Visibility Setting specifies whether newly-created Social Objects are publicly available or members-only by default. After the Social Object is created, users can change this setting.

Steps to Enable

  1. Log in to Oracle Social Network as an administrator.
  2. From the Administration UI, click Social Definitions.
  3. Select the Social Definition that you want to change. Its properties page opens.
  4. Under Visibility, enable or disable Allow Public (Discoverable) Social Objects.
  5. Select a Default Visibility Setting.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Administration > Social Definitions > Editing Social Definition Properties

Global Email Notification Option

The Email Notifications setting allows you to globally enable or disable email notifications. When enabled, email notifications are sent, based on user settings.

Steps to Enable

  1. Log in to Oracle Social Network as an administrator.
  2. From the Administration UI, click General. The General page is displayed by default when you enter the Administration section of the user interface.
  3. Under Notifications, enable or disable Email Notifications.

Key Resources

See the Oracle Social Network help: Administration > General Properties > Editing General Properties

Developer Improvements

Oracle Social Network includes the following developer improvements:

Cloud Storage Services API

Users with the developer privilege or the service administrator privilege can add and manage Oracle Social Network cloud storage services using the REST API.

Oracle Social Network integrations with cloud document stores let users collaborate on cloud files as easily as on files that originate from the desktop. Oracle Social Network integrates with Google Drive, Dropbox, WebDAV, Oracle Documents, and Microsoft OneDrive out-of-the-box. In addition we provide an SDK that you can use to create additional conferencing services.

Conferencing Services API

Users with the developer privilege or the service administrator privilege can add and manage Oracle Social Network conferencing services using the REST API.

A conferencing service lets users run on-demand meetings across many locations. Oracle Social Network integrations with conferencing services let users start conferences from within the client user interface. The Cisco Web Meetings (WebEx) product is integrated into Oracle Social Network out-of-the-box. In addition we provide an SDK that you can use to create additional conferencing services.

Social Plugin Explorer API Reference

The Social Plugin API URL reference documentation shows the URLs that correspond to OSN views, giving developers access to a wide range of Social Plugin functionality.

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