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.
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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.
We welcome your comments and suggestions to improve the content. Please send us your feedback at oracle_fusion_applications_help_ww_grp@oracle.com.
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.
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.
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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.
We have enhanced the infolets user experience by providing additional capabilities that allow you to easily manage and maintain the 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
- Oracle Applications Help Topic (Customizing and Personalizing Infolets: Overview)
- Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features (Infolet Personalization)
- Oracle Applications Cloud Customizing the Applications for Functional Administrators (Infolet Customization)
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
- Oracle Applications Help Topic (Customizing and Personalizing Infolets: Overview)
- Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features (Infolet Personalization)
- Oracle Applications Cloud Customizing the Applications for Functional Administrators (Infolet Customization)
- Oracle Applications Cloud Customizing the Applications for Functional Administrators (Defining Settings for Home and Navigation)
Improved drilldown navigation now allows you to stay on an infolets page when you close the drilldown from an infolet.
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.
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
- Oracle Applications Cloud Using Common Features
- Oracle Applications Cloud Customizing the Applications for Functional Administrators (Defining Springboard Settings)
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:
- File-based data import–Review external data integration services to load data into Oracle Fusion Applications from external sources. Access templates to structure, format, and generate data files.
- SOAP web services–Understand Simple Object Access Protocol web services to integrate with or extend Oracle Applications Cloud.
- Tables and views–Find information about table columns, primary keys, and indexes. Review columns and queries for views.
how to find guides
- From the Oracle Help Center home page at http://docs.oracle.com, navigate to Cloud > Applications.
- Click your application link, such as Sales.
- Click the Books link to open the Book page.
- View the new guides under the Development category.
Oracle Sales Cloud Release 11 Get Started Page
New Guides Under the Development Category
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
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
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:
- Opt in to utilize the new simplified role hierarchies delivered in Release 10, ensuring all future new application features will be added without effort:
- Review the new Release 11 roles
- Review the privileges for new product features in these roles and compare to your company policy
- Execute the steps in the Migrating to the Simplified Reference Role Model section of the Upgrade Guide for Oracle Cloud Applications Security
- Move authorizations for new functionality released in your applications
- Review and execute the instructions found in the Implementing New Features in a Pre-existing Role Model section of the Upgrade Guide for Oracle Cloud Applications Security
- Use new product feature privileges with your previously created custom roles
- Review the Implementing New Features in a Pre-existing Role Model section of the Upgrade Guide for Oracle Cloud Applications Security
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:
- Provides a clean reference at all times
- Ensures that your role models are preserved over time
- Allows Oracle Applications Cloud to introduce new features in an isolated model
- Gives you the option to test new features, validate the new features for business fit, and implement the new features at your own pace
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
- Upgrade Guide for Oracle Cloud Applications Security
- Upgrade Guide for Oracle Sales Cloud Applications Security
- Upgrading Applications Security in Oracle HCM Cloud Release 10
- Oracle Applications Cloud Security Reference for Common Features
- Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud Security Reference
- Security Reference for Oracle Sales Cloud
- Security Reference for Oracle Enterprise Contracts
- Security Reference for Oracle Incentive Compensation
- Security Reference for Oracle Financials Cloud
- Security Reference for Oracle Procurement Cloud
- Security Reference for Oracle Project Portfolio Management Cloud
- Security Reference for Inventory Management, Shipping, and Receiving
- Security Reference for Order Orchestration
- Security Reference for Product Management and Cost Management
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
- If your internal users do not have the predefined Employee and Contingent worker roles, and you want those users to retain the ability to browse users in the Worklist UIs, then you must give those users the new BPM Worklist Internal Role. Use the Authorization Policy Manager to give the BPM Worklist Internal Role to relevant roles. For example, if internal users who are currently authorized to browse users in the Worklist UIs have a custom Employee role, then add the BPM Worklist Internal Role to that role. Do not modify predefined roles. If appropriate, create custom roles and assign the BPM Worklist Internal Role to your custom roles, as summarized in this table.
- If your external users do not have the predefined Employee and Contingent Worker roles, and you do not want those users to be authorized to browse users in the Worklist UIs, then no action is required.
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Oracle Functional Setup Manager provides a new simplified UI in Release 11 that improves user experience by streamlining the Offering setup.
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
No steps are needed to enable this feature.
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.
- Use Action button in the Administration region to change configuration of an Offering.
- Use Implementation Projects button located at the top of the page to find your Implementation Projects. Once you land on the Implementation Projects page, you can access the Overview page for Implementation Projects by using the Overview button at the top right corner of the page.
- To search for a Task, use Search field located at the top of the page. Once the search results are returned, as before, you can perform the tasks directly from the search results.
- All other task pane entries are now available from the navigation drawer located at the top right corner of the landing page. Click on the drawer icon to find the full list.
- To manage Configuration Packages for export and import of Implementation Projects, select the link with the same name
- Similarly, to manage export and import processes select the links with the same name
- To review setup content select ‘Manage Custom Setup Content’
- To review applications topology select ‘Review Topology’
Key Resources
For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager
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.
- It remembers the last Offering you were setting up when you left Functional Setup Manager, and therefore, takes you back to it when you return.
- It prominently presents the “most likely” next action in the setup process on all pages. For example:
- If you have already configured and enabled an Offering then the button in the Administration region of the landing page is labeled Setup and takes you to the Setup page so that you can continue with Setup of your Offering.
- On the other hand, for an Offering that hasn’t been configured yet, the same button will be labeled Configure and will take you to the Configure page. Configuring an Offering by enabling the appropriate Functional Areas and Features is a prerequisite to setting up an Offering.
- Similarly, you can start export and import of an Offering directly from the Setup page as well as continuously review the status of the latest process, and take necessary actions to follow up on the same processes.
Steps to Enable
No steps are needed to enable this feature.
For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager
For more information, refer to the following Release 11 guide: Oracle Applications Cloud Using Functional Setup Manager
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
- Use new Setup page to maintain setup data by specific Functional Areas.
- If you are implementing a new Offering and you do not need customized list of setup tasks, then use the new Setup page as well. It will allow you to quickly implement the functional areas relevant to your immediate business needs and get started with the transactions. You can then adopt the rest of the Offering functionality over time on as-needed basis.
- Only the functional areas enabled for implementation will be displayed on the Setup page. Ensure you have enabled appropriate Offerings and their applicable Functional Areas and Features using Configure page.
- The list of required tasks for a given functional area is displayed by default. Change the selection to All Tasks to view and perform all other relevant tasks of the functional area.
- All actions relevant to a functional area are available from the actions drop down in the same row where the functional area is listed.
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
- To export and import setup data of an entire Offering which includes all enabled Functional Areas and Feature, select Offering-level export.
- On the other hand, initiate export at the Functional Area level to limit exported setup data to a specific functionality of an Offering.
- Keep track of statuses of most recent export and import processes directly from the Setup 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
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.
- It remembers the last Offering you were setting up when you left Functional Setup Manager, and therefore, takes you back to it when you return.
- It prominently presents the “most likely” next action in the setup process on all pages. For example:
- If you have already configured and enabled an Offering then the button in the Administration region of the landing page is labeled Setup and takes you to the Setup page so that you can continue with Setup of your Offering.
- On the other hand, for an Offering that hasn’t been configured yet, the same button will be labeled Configure and will take you to the Configure page. Configuring an Offering by enabling the appropriate Functional Areas and Features is a prerequisite to setting up an Offering.
- Similarly, you can start export and import of an Offering directly from the Setup page as well as continuously review the status of the latest process, and take necessary actions to follow up on the same processes.
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
- Feature selection is always exported when migrating setup data for an offering or functional area. However, the feature selection is only imported in the target environment when ‘Import feature selection’ checkbox is explicitly selected by users.
- Migration of feature selection is available only from Offering and Functional Area based export and import process and not when setup data is exported and imported using Implementation Projects.
Updates to Social in Oracle Applications Cloud
The Social user interface in Oracle Applications Cloud includes the following new features:
- 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 items, 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
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?
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:
- Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I view document annotations?
- Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I annotate a document?
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:
- Recent Activity—Displays the most recent actions of the people you follow and objects you’re a member of.
- Trending—Displays the Conversations, collections, hashtags, Social Objects, and walls with the most people in them at the moment. It also shows any conferences running in Conversations you’re a member of. You can click
to join the conference.
- Contacts—Displays your list of contacts and the contacts’ presence. You can click a contact to quickly open a one-on-one Conversation or view the person's profile.
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?
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?
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:
- Administration > Managing Conferencing
- Social Networking In… > Oracle Applications Cloud > How do I start a web conference?
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?
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?
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?
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?
Oracle Social Network Desktop provides easy access to Oracle Social Network from your computer desktop. The Desktop Client improvements include:
- Support for federated SSO
- Option to save open tabs on exit
- Find text, unread messages, or flagged messages in a 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
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?
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:
- Administration > Cloud Document Services
- Desktop > Configuring Your Settings > How do I allow Oracle Social Network to access my cloud documents?
- Desktop > Working with Documents > How add documents?
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?
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
- Invite contacts from your Outlook address book to Oracle Social Network
- Find text, unread messages, or flagged messages in a 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
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:
- Log in to Oracle Social Network as an administrator.
- From the Administration UI, click Extended Collaboration.
- Enable the Invitations option.
- Edit the Employee Whitelist or Outside Users Whitelist as needed to specify email domains where users can be invited from.
- 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:
- Administration > Managing Collaboration
- Outlook > Working with People > How do I invite my contacts from my Outlook address book to join Oracle Social Network?
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:
- Administration > Cloud Document Services
- Outlook > Configuring Your Settings > How do I connect to my documents in the cloud?
- Outlook > Using Documents/Folders > How add files to a Conversation or wall?
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?
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?
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?
The Web client improvements include:
- Filter search results by posting user
- Cloud document adapter for Oracle Documents
- Restore deleted messages
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:
- Administration > Cloud Document Services
- Getting Started > Setting Up > How can I connect to my documents in the cloud?
- Documents & Folders > Working with Documents > How do I add a document from a cloud document store?
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?
Oracle Social Network includes the following administration improvements:
- Social Object visibility settings - Allow Public and Default Visibility setting
- Global email notification option
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
- Log in to Oracle Social Network as an administrator.
- From the Administration UI, click Social Definitions.
- Select the Social Definition that you want to change. Its properties page opens.
- Under Visibility, enable or disable Allow Public (Discoverable) Social Objects.
- 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
- Log in to Oracle Social Network as an administrator.
- From the Administration UI, click General. The General page is displayed by default when you enter the Administration section of the user interface.
- Under Notifications, enable or disable Email Notifications.
Key Resources
See the Oracle Social Network help: Administration > General Properties > Editing General Properties
Oracle Social Network includes the following developer improvements:
- Cloud Storage Services API
- Conferencing Services API
- Social Plugin Explorer API Reference
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.
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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