Update 22C

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	Product	Feature	Notes
25 OCT 2023	Product Development	Update Manufacturer Management	Updated document. Changed opt-in expiration from update 23C to update 23D.
20 OCT 2023	Product Development	Update Manufacturer Management	Updated document. Changed feature name and details.
28 NOV 2022	Product Hub	Selected Product Hub Bug Fixes in This Update	Updated document. Added a bug fix.
30 SEP 2022	Product Lifecycle Management Common	Improve User Experience on Change Interface	Updated document. Revised opt-in expiration.
30 SEP 2022	Product Lifecycle Management Common	Improve User Experience on Item Interface	Updated document. Revised opt-in expiration.
30 SEP 2022	Product Development	Extend Manufacturer Data with Application Composer	Updated document. Revised opt-in expiration.
15 SEP 2022	Product Development	Selected Product Development Bug Fixes in This Update	Updated document. Added a bug fix.
13 JUL 2022	Product Lifecycle Management Common	Improve User Experience on Item Interface	Updated document. Revised Tips and Considerations.
13 JUL 2022	Product Lifecycle Management Common	Improve User Experience on Change Interface	Updated document. Revised Tips and Considerations.
17 JUN 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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Pre-Update and Post-Update Tasks

Depending on the features you're using in your Cloud applications, you may be required to perform certain steps immediately before or after your quarterly update. For details of these pre-update and post-update steps and the product areas that are affected, refer to Oracle SCM Cloud: Performing Your Quarterly Update (doc ID 2337485.1) on My Oracle Support.

Optional Uptake of New Features (Opt In)

Oracle Cloud Applications delivers new updates every quarter. This means every three months you'll receive new functionality to help you efficiently and effectively manage your business. Some features are delivered Enabled meaning they are immediately available to end users. Other features are delivered Disabled meaning you have to take action to make available. Features delivered Disabled can be activated for end users by stepping through the following instructions using the following privileges:

• Review Applications Offering (ASM_REVIEW_APPLICATIONS_OFFERINGS_PRIV)
• Configure Oracle Fusion Applications Offering (ASM_CONFIGURE_OFFERING_PRIV)

Here’s how you opt in to new features:

1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > New Features.
2. On the Features Overview page, select your offering to review new features specific to it. Or, you can leave the default selection All Enabled Offerings to review new features for all offerings.
3. On the New Features tab, review the new features and check the opt-in status of the feature in the Enabled column. If a feature has already been enabled, you will see a check mark. Otherwise, you will see an icon to enable the feature.
4. Click the icon in the Enabled column and complete the steps to enable the feature.

In some cases, you might want to opt in to a feature that's not listed in the New Features work area. Here's how to opt in:

1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > Offerings.
2. On the Offerings page, select your offering, and then click Opt In Features.
3. On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features (pencil) icon for the offering, or for the functional area that includes your feature.
4. On the Edit Features page, complete the steps to enable the feature.

For more information and detailed instructions on opting in to new features for your offering, see Offering Configuration.

Opt In Expiration

Occasionally, features delivered Disabled via Opt In may be enabled automatically in a future update. This is known as an Opt In Expiration. If your cloud service has any Opt In Expirations you will see a related tab in this document. Click on that tab to see when the feature was originally delivered Disabled, and when the Opt In will expire, potentially automatically enabling the feature. You can also click here to see features with Opt In Expirations across all Oracle Cloud Applications.

Feature Summary

Quality Management

Quality Management

View Inspection Levels, Inspection Characteristics, Inspection Plans, and Inspections Without Edit Privilege

Certain people in the company like buyers, warehouse managers, and production or maintenance supervisors may need visibility into the quality requirements and data collected through inspection. With this feature, you can secure your inspection-related setups and results with additional privileges to control who can view them without the ability to create, edit, or delete this information. You can add the duty role for Quality Inspection Review for all of the view privileges or individual view privileges to your own configured job role as follows:

• View Inspection Levels
• View Characteristics
• View Inspection Plans
• View Inspection Results
• View Quality Issue

With these view privileges, you can navigate to the appropriate work area to view the following pages related to quality inspection setup or execution.

• Quality Management work area

Quality Management Work Area

• Search page
  • Inspection levels
  • Inspection characteristics
  • Inspection plans
  • Inspections

• View Inspection Level page

• View Inspection Characteristic page

• View Inspection Plan page

• View Inspection page

• Inventory Management work area
  • Receipts - Inspection history page

• Work Execution work area
  • Work Order - History - Inspection History page
  • Inspections page
  • View Inspection page

• Maintenance work area
  • Work Order - History - Inspection History page
  • Inspections page
  • View Inspection page

These view privileges enable secure access to quality inspection records for better visibility and collaboration of enterprise quality processes among its stakeholders.

Steps to Enable

Provide the required access before using the feature. Details are in the Access #Requirements section.

Tips And Considerations

If a user is granted both edit and view access to a given object, the edit privilege takes precedence.

Access Requirements

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature the through use of your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this duty role are able to access this feature:
  • Quality Inspection Review Duty (ORA_ENQ_INSPECTION_REVIEW_DUTY)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • View Inspection Levels (QA_VIEW_INSPECTION_LEVELS)
  • View Characteristics (QA_VIEW_CHARACTERISTICS)
  • View Inspection Plans (QA_VIEW_INSPECTION_PLANS)
  • View Inspection Results (QA_VIEW_INSPECTION_RESULTS)

Create Problem Reports and Corrective Actions Directly from Commercial Items

Component engineers, supplier engineers, and design engineers who report quality issues for items can now create a problem report or corrective action directly from the Actions menu of a commercial item.

There are two new actions in the Actions menu, Create Problem Report, and Create Corrective Action.

Create Problem Report and Corrective Action from Commercial Item

Here's what happens when you create the problem report or corrective action:

• The object opens in a dynamic tab within the Product Information Management work area for editing.
• It's automatically linked to the item and added to its Quality tab.
• Organization data is carried over from the item.

This feature enables users who don't often access the Quality Management work area to create problem reports and corrective actions directly from the item record in the Product Information Management work area. A visible link is created automatically between the problem report or corrective action and the item.

Easy access to the Create action simplifies training and increases efficiencies in reporting quality events as they occur.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles along with the privileges listed here can access this feature:

Roles

• Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
• Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)

Privileges

For problem reports:

• Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) along with
  • Create Change Order (EGO_CREATE_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • Manage Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_PROBLEM_REPORT_PRIV)

For corrective actions:

• Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) along with
  • Create Change Order (EGO_CREATE_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • Manage Corrective Action (ACA MANAGE CORRECTIVE ACTION PRIV)

NOTE: To provide granular View or Manage access to the user on the object, you must provide the Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) privilege along with the object-specific View or Manage privilege.

Product Lifecycle Management

Innovation Management

Leverage Advanced Attachment Management for Concepts and Requirements

Use the improved attachment framework to streamline the management of attachments for concepts and requirements. Attachments provide supplemental information for concepts and requirements, and can include a variety of files, URLs, and image types.

You can now use the following additional capabilities:

• Add multiple file attachments in a single Add action
• Check in and check out attachments
• Manage attachment revisions
• View revision date history

In addition, you can use Direct Edit to edit attachment attributes such as Title, Description, Category, and so on.  You can also filter and sort attachments to quickly find a specific attachment.

This enhancement is implemented for the following objects:

• Concept
• Concept component
• Requirements specifications
• Requirements

Concept Page with New Attachment Functionality

Direct Edit Dialog to Edit Attachment Attributes

Use the new attachment framework to add more flexibility and traceability in the management of your attachment artifacts.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Innovation Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • For concepts:
    • Review Product Concept (ACD_REVIEW_PRODUCT_CONCEPT_PRIV)
    • Manage Product Concept (ACD_MANAGE_PRODUCT_CONCEPT_PRIV)

• For requirements specifications:
  • Review Product Requirement (ACN_REVIEW_PRODUCT_REQUIREMENT_PRIV)
  • Manage Product Requirement (ACN_MANAGE_PRODUCT_REQUIREMENT_PRIV)

Product Development

Update Manufacturer Management

You can now secure your manufacturer data with manufacturer-specific privileges instead of using trading partner privileges. Three new privileges enable you to provide discrete access to create, edit, or manage manufacturers.

• Create Manufacturer - Allows access to create manufacturers.
• View Manufacturers - Allows access to view manufacturers.    
• Manage Manufacturers - Allows access to view and edit manufacturers.

With this update, you can provide granular access control to ensure better data governance of manufacturer data.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 23D

To update existing manufacturer objects to the new extensible object, use the Enterprise Scheduler Service job: Upgrade Product Management Data. See Key Resources for more information.

Scheduled Process to Upgrade Manufacturers

Tips And Considerations

• Location descriptive flexfields will continue to be supported when you opt in to this feature.

• If you opt in to this feature, existing manufacturer objects are automatically upgraded when you open them.  You can also mass upgrade all your manufacturers using the scheduled process Update Manufacturer Management.

• After upgrade, any manufacturers that are created from hubOrganizations Rest API, or import, will automatically be upgraded as each manufacturer is opened, until a subsequent upgrade is performed.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Extending Product Lifecycle Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can leverage this feature:
  • To create manufacturers:
  • • Create Manufacturer (EGP_CREATE_MANUFACTURER_PRIV)

• Users who are assigned the Create Manufacturer privilege should also be given the Manage Manufacturer privilege (EGP_MANAGE_MANUFACTURER_PRIV)
  • For View-only access:  
    • View Manufacturer (EGP_VIEW_MANUFACTURER_PRIV)
  • For Edit access:
  • • Manage Manufacturer (EGP_MANAGE_MANUFACTURER_PRIV)

• Users who are assigned configured roles also need to add a Data Security Policy. Here’s how you create a new data security policy for a configured role:

1. Sign in to Security Console.
2. Search for the role. Click Actions > Edit Role.
3. On the Edit Role page, click Data Security Policies.
4. Click Create Data Security Policy.
   1. In the Create Data Security Policy, enter the following:
      1. Data Resource: Search for and add the resource named HZ_PARTIES (Trading Community Party).
      2. Data Set: Select All values.
      3. Actions: Select all the actions.
      4. Policy Name: <name>
      5. Click OK and click Next.
5. Save your changes.

Selected Product Development Bug Fixes in This Update

This update includes some bug fixes that can change the way Oracle Product Development works. This isn't a full list of all the bug fixes in this update. This list includes the bug fixes that can cause a noticeable change in application behavior.

Send Object Feature on Documents

In previous updates, when you used the Send Object action on a document that's configured with rules to validate extensible flexfields, an error message appeared. The validation is now removed and the issue is fixed.

Oracle reference 32398102

Component Assignment to Inactive Organizations

If you added a component to a common structure associated with one or more organizations, and one of those organizations became inactive, the component assignment would result in an error.

With this update, the assignment to the inactive organization is skipped, and this information is recorded in the log file.

Oracle reference 33662950

Quantity Conversion in Copied Structures

Prior to this update, item quantity in copied item structures was being automatically converted based on the UOM value. This conversion is now avoided when you copy a structure, and the quantity values in the original structure are retained in the copy.

Oracle reference 33989369

Message for Failed Validation Rules

In previous updates, when a validation rule failed during item creation, the warning message configured in the rule set wasn’t displayed. With this update, the issue is fixed.

Oracle reference 33557100

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Product Hub

Secure View Access Using Item Categories REST Resource

You can build a new interface to select categories using the Item Categories REST resource and the new Get Item Category Rest (EGP_GET_ITEM_CATEGORY_REST_PRIV) privilege. This privilege allows read-only access to the categories from a catalog.

This feature makes your business more efficient by allowing user-definied view access to your catalogs.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Item Categories REST Endpoints section in the REST API for Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned this predefined duty role can access this feature:
  • Product Model Administration Duty (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MODEL_ADMINISTRATION_DUTY)

• Users who are assigned a configured job role or duty role that contains this privilege can access this feature:
  • Get Item Category Rest (EGP_GET_ITEM_CATEGORY_REST_PRIV)

Purge Publication History Records Using Scheduled Process

You can purge the publication history records for a spoke system using the Product Hub Publication Job scheduled process to optimize the publication performance by removing older history records. The Purge History option supports three values:

• All Rows: Purge all rows in the publication history including rows from publication jobs with the status error and completed.
• Error Rows: Purge rows corresponding to publication jobs that were terminated due to errors.
• Completed Rows: Purge rows corresponding to publication jobs that completed successfully.

The following image shows the Purge History option. You must select the Spoke System and the Purge History options to initiate the purge process.

Product Hub Publication Job

This feature improves performance by systematically purging publication records on a scheduled basis.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

You can’t run the Publication Purge History operation if you have selected the publication of data or generation of XSDs in the Product Hub Publication Job.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Item Publication section in the Oracle SCM Cloud Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role can access this feature:
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)

• Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:
  • Publish Items (EGI_PUBLISH_ITEM_PRIV)
  • Publish Catalog (EGI_PUBLISH_CATALOG_PRIV)
  • Publish Item Class (EGI_PUBLISH_ITEMCLASS_PRIV)

Import Start and End Dates in Timestamp Format for Item Relationships Using Import Maps

You can import the start and end dates in timestamp format for related item and trading partner item relationships using import maps.

The following screenshot shows the Timestamp data type for End Date and Start Date attributes.

Start and End Dates in Timestamp Format for Item Relationship

This feature benefits your business by setting precise start and end dates for related item and trading partner item relationships.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 23A

Tips And Considerations

• If opt in is enabled, then the following attributes in the Master Data region of the import maps are converted from Date to Timestamp:
  • Item Relationship > Related Item > End Date
  • Item Relationship > Related Item > Start Date
  • Trading Partner Item > MPN > Relationship End Date
  • Trading Partner Item > MPN > Relationship Start Date
  • Trading Partner Item > Supplier Item > Relationship End Date
  • Trading Partner Item > Supplier Item > Relationship Start Date
  • Trading Partner Item > Customer Item > Relationship End Date
  • Trading Partner Item > Customer Item > Relationship Start Date
  • Trading Partner Item > Competitor Item > Relationship End Date
  • Trading Partner Item > Competitor Item > Relationship Start Date

• If opt in is disabled, then these attributes will continue to use the Date data type.

• The smart spreadsheet considers these attributes as Date or Timestamp depending on whether opt in is enabled or not.

Key Resources

• Customer Connect Event, Importing Items Using Import Maps.

• Refer to the Import Items Using Import Maps section in the Oracle SCM Cloud Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • Manage Item Batch (EGI_MANAGE_ITEM_BATCH)
  • Manage Item Import Map (EGI_MANAGE_ITEM_IMPORT_MAP)

Enhance Integrations of Deleted Entities Using Configured Reports

You can use the existing item delete business events (introduced in update 22B) to enhance integrations with downstream applications by creating your own configured reports based on the deleted entity tables. You can create these reports based on the following queries:

• Extensible flexfields (EFF) values of items that were deleted using a delete group.
• Details of all item related entities deleted using the delete group process request identifier.
• Details of item related entities deleted through the import process using the scheduled process identifier.

You can use your reports in integrations to maintain external systems in sync, near real time when an item or its related entities are deleted.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 23A

Tips And Considerations

You can create Business Intelligence reports to get the complete item details and send them to downstream products for integrations on a scheduled basis.

Key Resources

• If you’re using this feature for the first time, refer to the Enhance Integrations Using Deletion Business Events What's New content in update 22B.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned this predefined job and roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature associated with the Deleted Item Entities REST resource:
  • Delete Bulk Record REST (EGP_BULK_DELETED_ENTITY_REST)

Assign Items to Categories More Efficiently Using Improved Catalog Rules

You can create rules that fetch values dynamically from variables and assign items to catalog categories. Rules support a new syncCatalogCategory( ) function that accepts expressions. Using these expressions, rules derive catalog and category codes and assign items to catalog categories. You can pass attributes or functions that get values from custom objects or services as arguments of the syncCatalogCategory function.

The following image shows a rule that derives catalog and category codes from attributes dynamically and assigns items to catalog category.

Catalog Category Assignment Rule

This feature improves the automatic assignment of items to catalog categories by using a minimum number of rules.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

• You can use other string functions like Substring, Decode, and so on that can return catalog and category codes. For example:

SyncCatalogCategory([Item].[Catalog_Details].[Catalog_Code], [Item].[Catalog_Details].[Category_Prefix]+"_"+[Item].[Catalog_Details].[Main_Code])

• You can leave the category argument blank. In this case, rule assigns the item to the default category of the catalog. For example:

SyncCatalogCategory([Item].[Catalog_Details].[Catalog_Code])

• You can use the SyncCatalogCategory function to update an existing category assignment. For example:

SyncCatalogCategory([Item].[Catalog_Details].[Catalog_Code] , [Item].[Catalog_Details].[Category_Code], Previous([Item].[Catalog_Details].[Category_Code]))

The category code returned by the previous function is used to identify the existing category assignments that must be updated. If the value returned by the previous function is Null, then the rule creates a new category assignment.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Product Rules chapter in the Oracle SCM Cloud Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)

• Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains this privilege can access this feature:
  • Manage Item Rule Set (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_RULE_SET_PRIV)

Leverage Additional Item Batch Options in Smart Spreadsheets

You can set the change order and new item request options for the item batch while uploading item data from the smart spreadsheet to the item batch.

You can control the display of the change order and new item request options in the Item Batch Options dialog box in the smart spreadsheets using the Item Batch Options in Smart Spreadsheets Enabled profile option.

The following screenshot shows the New Item Request and Change Order options in the Item Batch Options dialog box.

New Item Request and Change Order Settings for Item Batch Options in Smart Spreadsheets

This feature ensures governance of the item data being imported from smart spreadsheets.

Steps to Enable

To enable this feature:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the Manage Administrator Profile Values task.
2. Search and select the Item Batch Options in Smart Spreadsheets Enabled profile option.
3. Set the Site profile level value to Yes.

Tips And Considerations

• The Item Batch Options in Smart Spreadsheets Enabled profile option is set to No by default.

• You can set the profile option at the site level or user level. If the user-level value is set for the profile option, then the user-level value has higher precedence over the site-level value.

• The Change Order and New Item Request options won’t display if the value of the Item Data Conversion Mode Enabled profile option is set to Yes.

• If both Item Batch Options in Smart Spreadsheets Enabled and Item Data Conversion Mode Enabled profile options are set to Yes, then the Item Data Conversion Mode Enabled profile option has higher precedence and the Change Order and New Item Request options won’t display in the smart spreadsheets.

Key Resources

• Customer Connect Event, Importing Items Using Import Maps.

• Refer to the Import Items Using Import Maps section in the Oracle SCM Cloud Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • Manage Item Batch (EGI_MANAGE_ITEM_BATCH)
  • Manage Item Import Map (EGI_MANAGE_ITEM_IMPORT_MAP)

Define Asset Capitalization and Undercompletion Tolerance for Usage in Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM

You can set up undercompletion tolerance type and value as either percentage or quantity. This will be used as the default value when a work order is created for this item in Oracle Cloud SCM. You can create a fixed asset automatically post receipt of the item using the new Create Fixed Asset attribute.

The following image shows the Undercompletion Tolerance Type and Tolerance Value attributes.

Undercompletion Tolerance

The following image shows the Create Fixed Asset attribute.

Create Fixed Asset

The information captured using the additional attributes gives your enterprise a tighter integration that can be leveraged for Manufacturing and downstream systems.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Undercompletion Tolerance Type and Tolerance Value attributes won’t be consumed by Manufacturing in this update. These two attributes are reserved for future use when Manufacturing starts to consume them.

Key Resources

• Watch Item Management, Data Consolidation and Analytics Readiness Training.
• Refer to the Oracle SCM Cloud Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • Create Item Class Item Data (EGO_CREATE_ITEM_CLASS_ITEM_DATA)
  • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature in commercial change orders:
  • View Change Orders (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
  • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)

Selected Product Hub Bug Fixes in This Update

This update includes some bug fixes that can change the way Oracle Product Hub works. This isn't a full list of all the bug fixes in this update. This list includes the bug fixes that can cause a noticeable change in application behavior.

Display Context-Sensitive Descriptive Flexfields Specific to Trading Partner Item Type

Before update 22C, the Manage Trading Partner Items page displayed all the context-sensitive descriptive flexfields of trading partner items. After you update to 22C, only the descriptive flexfield context-sensitive segments specific to the trading partner item type are displayed. For example, for customer items, only the context segments that starts with CUST as the context code are displayed. For more details about the prefix, refer to the Trading Partner Item Descriptive Flexfields topic in the Implementing Product Management guide.

Oracle reference 33166316

Upload Import Map Data Files Without Upload From and Import Entity Attributes

Before update 22C, the Upload From attribute was displayed on the Create and Edit Import Map pages and on the Add Items to Batch dialog. The Import Entity attribute was also displayed on the Add Items to Batch dialog. After update 22C, the Upload From and Import Entity attributes don't appear on the Create and Edit Import Map pages or the Add Items to Batch dialog box. You can upload a data file directly from your desktop without selecting a value for the Upload From attribute.

Oracle reference: 33949248

Disabling New Item Requests

A new validation now verifies that existing items of the item class are in approved status before you disable new item requests for that class (using the Manage Item Classes task). If you have items pending approval, you can either cancel the new item requests and delete the draft items, or approve the new item requests before changing the setting.

Bug 33769420

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Product Development & Product Hub Common

Replace Item Structure Components: Using Import or REST APIs

You can now replace item structure components using item import as well as REST APIs. Additionally, you can track replacements in the item structure and change order reports.

KEY ENHANCEMENTS

Replace Item Structure Components Using Item Import

You can use the item import process to replace components on the following:

• Item structures of commercial items
• Preliminary item structures of engineering items
• Affected item structures on a change order

Replace Action Using Item Import Map

Item Import Template for Replace Action

Replace Item Structure Components Using REST API

You can now replace item structure components programmatically using the following:

• Item Structures REST service
• Product Change Orders V2 REST service

Using Item Structures REST API:

To replace a component, use the structure update operation and specify the following parameters:

• ComponentSequenceId: Item sequence of the original component.

• EndDateTime: End date of the original component. This is optional if the component is effective on approval. For a future dated change order, this is the future effective date.

• ReplacedBy: Item number of the replacement component

• Endpoint URL: /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/itemStructures/{BillSequenceId}/child/Component/{ComponentSequenceId}

Here’s a sample payload request for the original component Keyboard V1 to be replaced by the replacement component, Keyboard V2.

Replace Action with Item Structure Update REST API

Using Product Change Orders V2 REST API:

To replace a component, use the affected item structure update operation, specifying the following parameters:

• ComponentSequenceId: Item sequence of the original component.

• ReplacedBy: Item number of the replacement component.

• Endpoint URL: /fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/productChangeOrdersV2/{ChangeId}/child/changeOrderAffectedObject/{ChangeLineId}/child/changeOrderAffectedItemStructure/{AffectedItemStructureUniqID}/child/affectedItemStructureComponent/{ComponentSequenceId}

Here’s a sample payload request for the original component Keyboard-1 to be replaced by the replacement component, Keyboard-2.

Replace Action Using Affected Item Structure Component REST API

Reports for Replaced Item Structure Components

Use the new Replaces column added in Oracle Transactional Business Analytics (OTBI) to include information on component replacements. The new column is available in these subject areas:

• Product Management - Structures and Components Real Time 
• Product Management - Where Used Real Time

Replaced Components Included in OTBI Report

Improvements to Change Order Details Report

• The Component Revision now appears in the Structure table and the Pending Components section of the Change Order Details report. It was blank prior to this release.

• With this update, the reference designator table shows only redlined information. Prior to this release, reference designators were included even if no changes were made, with the change action listed as Copied.

Component Revision Displayed in Change Order Details Report

Only Redlined Reference Designators Displayed in Report

With this update, you can:

• Easily replace components on an item structure through an import flow or through REST APIs and web services.
• Quickly track replacement change operations in the predefined change order details report.
• Include replaced component details in reports configured using OTBI.

Steps to Enable

You must opt in to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Opt-in Feature Name: Replace Item Structure Components

Offering: Product Management       No Longer Optional From: Update 22D

Tips And Considerations

• Perform component replacements separately from other component updates to prevent errors.

• In the import map, make sure you include only the replacement component name. Information on substitutes, reference designators, and other attributes of the original component are automatically copied over to the replacement component.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
• Refer to the REST APIs for Oracle SCM Cloud documentation available on the Oracle Help Center.
• For more details on how the Replace feature works, see the 22B What's New: 22B What's New: Replace Item Structure Components.

Access Requirements

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • To view and edit item structures:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
  • To view and edit affected object structures:
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and Manage Change Order (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
  • To view and edit an item's structure, you must have the following data privileges on the object:
    • View Item Basic
    • Maintain Item Basic
    • View Item Structure

Ensure Users Pick Valid Structure Components and Affected Objects

New validations now prevent users from adding duplicate components to a structure, or adding a parent component to a child component. This is applicable on preliminary structures and affected item structures on an engineering or commercialization change.

Here's the error message that appears if you add a component that is already present in the structure.

Error on Adding Duplicate Component to Preliminary Item Structure

Error on Adding Duplicate Component to Affected Item Structure

And here's the message that appears if you add an existing parent item as a child item in the structure.

Error on Adding Existing Parent Item As Child Item

Additionally, to prevent inadvertent the addition of commercial items to engineering change orders, the search results for affected items on engineering change orders now exclude commercial items.

This feature helps you do the following:

• Proactively prevent errors by alerting the user about duplicate component additions to a structure or a change order. 
• Maintain the integrity of your data by preventing the addition of commercial items to engineering change orders.  

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • For change orders:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Orders (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) 
      • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) or
      • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • For items:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
    • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM_PRIV)

Improve Change Order Resiliency

With this update, you can use several enhancements that help improve change order resilience and performance. Here are two key enhancements that help prevent stuck change orders during scheduled processes.

• Reprocess Failed Change Lines

If any change lines on a change order fail to complete due to server issues, the application automatically reprocesses these lines.

• Prevent Effectivity Date Mismatches

To prevent effectivity date mismatches, a new preprocess has been added to sync change line effectivity dates in the following tables:

• EGO_VERSIONS_B
• EGP_ITEM_REVISIONS_B
• EGP_SYSTEM_ITEMS_B
• EGO_ITEM_EFF_B
• EGO_ITEM_EFF_TL
• EGP_ITEM_RELATIONSHIPS_B
• EGP_COMPONENTS_B
• EGO_ITEM_REVISION_EFF_B
• EGO_ITEM_REVISION_EFF_TL
• EGO_ITEM_SUPPLIER_EFF_B
• EGO_ITEM_SUPPLIER_EFF_TL
• EGO_ITEM_ASSOCIATIONS

This feature improves change resiliency and performance by:

• Automatically reprocessing change lines that may have failed during processing.
• Accelerating change order cycle time by preventing effectivity date mismatches early, in Scheduled status.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned the following predefined job role can view the Enterprise Scheduler Service logs, as well as change order scheduling and activation processes:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can view change order scheduling and activation processes:
  • View Change Orders (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
  • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)

• Users who are assigned these privileges can access change objects and view scheduling and activation statuses:
  • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV)
  • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)

NOTE: To provide granular View or Manage access to the user on the change order, you must provide the Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) privilege along with the View or Manage privilege.

Relate Automatically Split Change Orders

When you add a large number of affected items to a change order through import, you can select an option on the import page to automatically split these items into multiple change orders to optimize performance. The change orders created by this split are automatically related to each other and can be accessed from the Relationships tab.

A new Relationship Type, Split by import, is used to identify how these change orders were created.

New Relationship Type - Split by Import

This feature benefits your business by:

• Accelerating overall processing time for large change orders that were split by the import process.
• Enabling quick navigation to related change orders post the split to complete your work expediently.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

• If you select a different relationship type per row, you may lose track of the change orders that came through in the single import batch.

• If the import batch option for the change order is set as One per item class, the change orders created for each item class are related only to each other, and not to change orders of a different item class.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
  • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
  • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
    • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
    • View Change Order (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)

NOTE: To provide granular View or Manage access to the user on the change order, you must provide the Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) privilege along with the View or Manage privilege.

Identify Opportunities to Optimize Item Class Setup

Oracle Product Hub offers an integrated collection of item class setup objects to model your product information in a hierarchical structure, where you can inherit the extensible flexfield (EFF) attributes from the parent node to the child node. Most of the setup objects are shared by other setup objects. For example, multiple EFF attributes may share a value set.

You can maintain an optimized item class setup and track disabled attributes and inactive value sets using the Product Hub Diagnostics – Item Classes diagnostic report available in the Run Diagnostics Tests work area.

This diagnostic report has eight sections:

• Count of Item Classes and their related setup business objects
• Count of Attribute Groups by Key Characteristics
• Item Classes Profile – Summary
• Attribute Group Profile – Summary
• Attribute Group Profile - Details
• Value Set Profile – Details
• List of Non-active Values
• List of Disabled Attributes

 NOTE: The list of non-active values include attribute values that have passed the end date or disabled.

The following image shows the Attribute Group Profile - Summary section.

Attribute Group Profile - Summary Section

The diagnostic report provides detailed information to manage your item class setup and the value sets. This report enhances user experience and improves productivity by providing a comprehensive insight of your setups without the need for technical assistance.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

• In each section, the data is presented as a table. You can copy the table and paste it into a compatible tool such as word processors or spreadsheets to leverage their native functionalities such as sorting, filtering, and formatting as applicable.

• To include the Attribute Group Profile – Details  and Value Set Profile – Details sections, run the diagnostic report with the Include Attribute Group Details option set to true.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Oracle SCM Cloud Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

• Refer to the Use Diagnostic Dashboard to Run Diagnostic Tests section in the Oracle Fusion Applications Administrator's Guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Application Diagnostics Administrator (ORA_FND_DIAG_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB)

Improve Item Autosuggest Search Performance

You can improve the autosuggest user experience when searching for items by adjusting the search delay through the Item Search Type Delay (ORA_EGP_ITEM_SEARCH_TYPE_DELAY) profile option. The valid profile values are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, where the value 1 is the standard time to start searching and is the default profile value. To increase the search delay, increase the value.

The following screenshot shows the Item Search Type Delay (ORA_EGP_ITEM_SEARCH_TYPE_DELAY) profile option.

Item Search Type Delay (ORA_EGP_ITEM_SEARCH_TYPE_DELAY) Profile Option

This feature improves the overall search user experience, system efficiency, and performance.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

To set the value for this profile:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, click Search in the Tasks panel tab.
2. Enter Manage Administrator Profile Values and click the Search icon.
3. Click the Manage Administrator Profile Values link.
4. Enter the Profile Option Code value as ORA_EGP_ITEM_SEARCH_TYPE_DELAY and click Search.
5. Add Site as the Profile Level and select the Profile Value.
6. Click Save to save the settings.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Profile Options section in the Oracle SCM Cloud Implementing Applications guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned this predefined job role can access this feature:
  • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)

Selected Product Development and Product Hub Common Bug Fixes in This Update

This update includes some bug fixes that can change the way Oracle Product Development and Product Hub Common work. This isn't a full list of all the bug fixes in this update. This list includes the bug fixes that can cause a noticeable change in application behavior.

Reference Designator Redlines

While editing a component's reference designators in the side panel, if you switched to another component row without saving your changes, the reference designator would get removed.

With this update, the reference designators are retained even if you move to another component. Modified reference designators appear in italicized red text after you save changes.

Oracle reference 33532394

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Product Lifecycle Management Common

Manage Tasks on Completed Changes

You can now create, assign, and complete tasks after the change order is complete.

A new value, Completed, has been introduced for Start-by Status so that you can set tasks to start after the change order is complete. You can use this to manage post-completion tasks such as documentation or qualification of contract manufacturers.

A new blank value has been introduced for Complete Before Status as well so that you can leave this field blank when Start-by Status is set to Completed.

Task Set to Start After Change Completion

The addition of these two values helps you to:

• Execute post implementation tasks for your downstream processes after a change order implementation.
• Expedite your change cycle time by allowing for change task completion post implementation.
• Extend workflow notifications to include post completion task notifications to partners and customers.

Steps to Enable

You can configure Manage access to the task for each change type for all statuses through Additional Workflow Controls. By default, the values for all actors is set to No for Scheduled and Completed statuses.

Manage Tasks Action in Additional Workflow Controls for Scheduled Status

Tips And Considerations

• The task can't be set as required if the Complete Before Status is one of the following: blank, first Open status, Scheduled, or Completed. 
• Task status can be updated only by the task assignee and change analyst; no change in behavior.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the  Oracle Help Center.
• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Implementing Product Management guide, available on the  Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • For change orders: 
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Orders (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
      • Manage Change Order (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
  • For change requests:
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Request (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV)
      • Manage Change Request (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV)
  • For problem reports:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Problem Report (ACA_VIEW_PROBLEM_REPORTS_PRIV)
      • Manage Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_PROBLEM_REPORT_PRIV)
  • For corrective and preventive actions:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Corrective Action (ACA_VIEW_CORRECTIVE_ACTIONS_PRIV)
      • Manage Corrective Action (ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)

NOTE: To provide granular View or Manage access to the user on the object, you must provide the Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) privilege along with the object-specific View or Manage privilege.

Manage Workflow Participants for Any Change Status Using Web Services

You can now manage change workflow participants such as reviewers, approvers, and optional approvers using web services.

Use the Product Design Change Orders SOAP service to do the following:

• Get participants
• Add participants
• Remove participants

To get all participants, you can use the Get Participants method and exclude the participant type code in the request.

To get only approvers added to a particular status, you can specify the participant type (for example, APPROVER) and exclude OPTIONAL_APPROVERS and REVIEWER.

You can add reviewers to any future status in the workflow when the object is in draft, open, interim approval, approval, scheduled, or completed status. This feature is supported in change orders, change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions.

Add Participants - Add Reviewers for Completed Status

Add Participants - Add Approvers for Approval Status During Open Status

Get Participants - Get Reviewers for Approval Status

With this update, you can:

• Automate the management of reviewer participants programmatically.
• Manage reviewer participants for all future workflow statuses of a change object programmatically.
• Use a single Participants operation to add, get, or remove the following participant types: Approver, Optional Approver, and Reviewer.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.
• 22A feature: ADD REVIEWERS TO CHANGE WORKFLOWS
• 22B feature: ADD REVIEWERS TO CHANGES IN APPROVAL OR SCHEDULED STATUS

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Supplier Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACA_SUPPLIER_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
  • Supplier Quality Engineer (ORA_ENQ_SUPPLIER_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
  • Change Orders:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Orders (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) 
      • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) or
      • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • Change Requests:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Request (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV)
      • Manage Change Request (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV) or
      • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • Problem Reports:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Problem Report (ACA_VIEW_PROBLEM_REPORTS_PRIV)
      • Manage Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_PROBLEM_REPORT_PRIV)
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Corrective Action (ACA_VIEW_CORRECTIVE_ACTIONS_PRIV)
      • Manage Corrective Action (ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)

Use Fill Actions on Affected Object Columns for All Change Types

You can now use the Fill Up, Fill Down, and Fill Selected actions to duplicate values in the Affected Objects tables on change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions. In prior releases, you could perform this function only for change orders.

Fill Action Performed on Affected Objects Table

Fill Actions in the Actions Menu

Use the Fill actions to:

• Accelerate the definition of your change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions to reduce the cycle time of workflows.
• Eliminate manual errors while filling in data for a large number of affected items.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature: 
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Supplier Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACA_SUPPLIER_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
  • Supplier Quality Engineer (ORA_ENQ_SUPPLIER_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature: 
  • For change requests:
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and
    • Manage Change Request (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV)
    •  
  • For problem reports:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and
    • Manage Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_PROBLEM_REPORT_PRIV)
  • For corrective actions:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and 
    • Manage Corrective Action (ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)

User Interface Improvements for Items and Changes

Use enhanced icons and new side tabs on item and change-related pages to quickly identify and access content. When you opt in to the feature named User Interface Improvements for Items and Changes, you can use the features described in this section.

Improve User Experience on Item Interface

On the Item page, you can now see additional content presence indicators and side tabs to help you quickly identify and access content. These changes are visible to all users, including suppliers.

Content Presence Indicators

• All tabs that have content now show a blue icon instead of a gray icon, visually indicating the presence of content within that tab. 

• The following tabs have revision-specific content:
  • Attachments
  • Structure
  • AML
  • Relationships
  • Quality Issue and Actions sub tab on the Quality tab

• New blue dot icons on component rows indicate the presence of substitute components, pending changes, and quality-related data. You can click on the blue dot to navigate to the corresponding detail in the side tab.

• For quality-related data, there is a change in behavior. The blue dot appears if there is at least one quality issue, quality action, problem report, or corrective action in any workflow status against any item revision. Previously, the blue dot appeared if there were any pending quality issues or actions.

New Side Tabs

• In the item structure view, you have two new side tabs showing changes and quality-related data.

Here’s how the item page looks with blue tab icons indicating content. Note that tabs that always have content or have content calculated upon tab selection are still shown in gray, not blue.

Blue Tab Icons to Indicate Content is Added

Blue Dot Content Indicator and Navigation Aid

Leverage these enhancements to:

• Increase productivity by visually identifying which tabs on an item or component have content.
• Speed up navigation to component and item details without losing the task context.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 23B

Tips And Considerations

• Icons aren't displayed in blue for those tabs that always have content, or have content calculated upon selecting the following tabs: General Information, History, and Item Grade.

• Pending Changes and Quality side tabs won't be displayed in the Supplier Portal.

• You can use Page Composer to display only the Quality Issues and Quality Actions subtab or the Problem Report and Corrective Action subtab of the Quality tab in the Structure’s side tab and the Item user interface.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Supplier Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACA_SUPPLIER_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
  • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM_PRIV)

• Suppliers who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege can access this feature:
  • View Supplier Items (ACA_VIEW_SUPPLIER_ITEMS_PRIV)

Improve User Experience on Change Interface

When you open a change order, you can now see additional content presence identifiers and side tabs that help you quickly identify and access content. These improvements are visible to all users including suppliers.

Content Presence Identifiers

• All tabs that have content now show a blue icon instead of a gray icon, visually indicating the presence of content within that tab.

• In the redline view of the affected item’s structure, the reference designator and substitute component icons appear in blue when there are redlines.

• New blue dot icons on component rows now indicate the presence of attachments, AML, substitute components, pending changes, and quality-related data such as quality issues, quality actions, problem reports, and corrective actions. You can click the blue dot to navigate to the side tab view of the corresponding content.

New Side Tabs

• Five new side tabs on component rows help you view component data without losing context: Attachments, AML, Additional Attributes, Pending Changes and Quality.

• These appear in read-only mode on engineering change orders. On commercialization change orders, you have two new side tabs, Pending Changes and Quality.

Here’s how the change page looks with blue tab icons indicating content. Note that tabs that always have content or have content calculated upon tab selection are still shown in gray, not blue.

Blue Tab Icons to Indicate Content is Added

Here you can see the blue dot icon indicating the presence of content in the Changes tab. You can click the blue dot to open the Changes side tab for the selected component.

Blue Dot Content Indicator and Navigation Aid

In the redline structure view for the affected item, you see blue side tab icons to indicate redlines in reference designators and substitute components.

Blue Side Tab Icons to Indicate Redlined Data in Redline View

Leverage these enhancements to:

• Increase productivity by visually identifying which tabs on a change or an affected item structure have content.
• Quickly scan and navigate through a large amount of change-related data without guesswork.
• Speed up navigation to change and affected item details while retaining the task context.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 23B

Tips And Considerations

• Icons aren't displayed in blue for those tabs that always have content, or have content calculated upon selecting the following tabs: General Information, Workflow, History, and Impact Analysis.

• In the redline view of the affected item’s structure, the Quality side tab has a blue dot if there are issues or actions logged against any item revision. If you see a blue icon, but don't use any issues or actions, you can select other revisions to see which ones have issues or actions logged against them. If you’re using problem reports or corrective actions, you’ll see those across all revisions of the item.

• The affected item’s structure tab on commercialization change orders doesn't include side tabs for attachments, AML, changes, or quality-related data.

• Pending Changes and Quality side tabs aren't displayed in the Supplier Portal.

• You can use Page Composer to display only the Quality Issues and Quality Actions subtab or the Problem Report and Corrective Action subtab of the Quality tab in the Structure’s side tab and the Item user interface.

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

• Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles can access this feature:
  • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Supplier Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACA_SUPPLIER_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
  • Supplier Quality Engineer (ORA_ENQ_SUPPLIER_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)

• Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • For change orders:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Orders (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) 
      • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) or
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • For change requests:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Change Request (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV)
      • Manage Change Request (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_REQUESTS_PRIV) or
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)
  • For problem reports:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Problem Report (ACA_VIEW_PROBLEM_REPORTS_PRIV)
      • Manage Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_PROBLEM_REPORT_PRIV)
  • For corrective actions:
    • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
      • View Corrective Action (ACA_VIEW_CORRECTIVE_ACTIONS_PRIV)
      • Manage Corrective Action (ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)

• Suppliers who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges can access this feature:
  • For change orders:
    • View Change Order in Supplier Portal (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDER_SUPPLIER_PORTAL_PRIV)
    • Manage Change Order in Supplier Portal (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDER_SUPPLIER_PORTAL_PRIV)
  • For change requests: 
    • View Change Request in Supplier Portal (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_REQUEST_SUPPLIER_PORTAL_PRIV)
    • Manage Change Request in Supplier Portal (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_REQUEST_SUPPLIER_PORTAL_PRIV)
  • For problem reports:
    • View Problem Report in Supplier Portal (ACA_VIEW_PROBLEM_REPORT_SUPPLIER_PORTAL_PRIV)
    • Manage Supplier Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_SUPPLIER_PROBLEM_REPORTS_PRIV)
  • For corrective actions: 
    • View Corrective Action in Supplier Portal (ACA_VIEW_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_SUPPLIER_PORTAL_PRIV)
    • Manage Supplier Corrective Actions (ACA_MANAGE_SUPPLIER_CORRECTIVE_ACTIONS_PRIV)

NOTE: To provide a granular View or Manage access to the user for problem reports and corrective actions, you must provide the Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) privilege along with the object-specific View or Manage privilege.