What's New

Update 23C

Revision History

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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 Fusion Cloud SCM: 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 Configure Offerings.

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 Inspection Management

Sign for Quality Inspection Management E-Records Using Single Sign-on Through an External Authentication System

Companies that require electronic record keeping with nonbiometric electronic signatures are increasingly seeking ways to simplify their identity management approach and streamline the user login experience. They want to use a single set of login credentials to authenticate a user when signing electronic records and accessing any of their application systems. With this update, you can now configure single sign-on credentials for an e-signature user using Oracle Access Management as the identity provider to authenticate against an external authentication system instead of the Oracle WebLogic identity provider.

Single sign-on credentials can apply to the e-signature users for the Inspection Disposition e-signature and e-record transaction using the inline approval process.

Using Oracle Access Management as the identity provider for external authentication, you can synchronize the Oracle e-signature process with other existing application logins based on single sign-on credentials.

Steps to Enable

If you want to opt-in and use the Sign for Quality Inspection Management E-Records Using Single Sign-on Through an External Authentication System feature, you must:

1. Opt-in to its parent feature, Capture Electronic Records and Electronic Signatures for Supply Chain Management Transactions. If you’ve already opted into this parent feature, you don't need to opt in again.

2. Opt in to the feature named Reauthenticate E-Signature Users Using Oracle Access Manager.

Refer to the documentation on how to configure and manage Identity Federation with Oracle Access Management.

Tips And Considerations

• If you don't use an external authentication system, then there's no configuration change required.
• After the opt-in for this feature expires, you will see the login authentication page using Oracle Access Management instead of Business Process Management.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege can access this feature:

• Edit Inspection Results (QA_EDIT_INSPECTION_RESULTS)

This privilege was available prior to this update.

Product Lifecycle Management

Innovation Management

Selected Innovation Management Bug Fixes in This Update

This update includes some bug fixes that can change the way Oracle Innovation Management 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.

Rollup Values for Some Concept Attributes Missing in OTBI

You could see rolled-up values for Total Actual Weight, Total Actual Power, and Total Cost for concept components in the Concepts work area, but these attributes were not available in Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI). The Innovation Management - Concepts Real Time Subject area now includes these attributes.

Oracle reference: 35332085

Steps to Enable

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

Product Development

Enforce Change Control on Released Engineering Items During Import

The import batch operation for engineering items has been improved to provide better change control on released engineering items.

If you need to modify item general information, structure components, reference designators, substitute components, and the approved manufacturers list (AML) on released engineering items, you must now route these changes through a change order.

Here are your options:

• Create a new change order and add the items to it, or
• Add the items to an existing change order.

To route the items through a change order, in the Edit Item Batch dialog box, select:

• One per Item, One per Item Class, or One per Item Batch.

• Add to existing or Create new.

Import Batch Operation to Include Items in Change Orders

This feature benefits your business by enforcing change control during the import process for released engineering items and affected objects that are past the open status. You can only modify such items by creating a new change order.

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 24A

Tips And Considerations

• You don’t have to route the items through a change order if you’re modifying the following:

  • Preliminary engineering items that have never been added to a change order. For example, you can change the item lifecycle phase from Preliminary to Production though the import map without a change order, if the item hasn’t been assigned to any change order.

  • Commercial items.

  • Item extensible flexfields and operational attributes that aren't change-controlled.

  • Attachments on the item.

• You must use a change order to modify released engineering items or structures through file-based data import (FBDI).

• To avoid enforcing change control during migration or mass update, set the profile option EGP_CONVERSION_MODE to Yes. Remember to set it back to No after the process is complete.

• You can't delete the AML from released engineering items using import maps or FBDI. You can do this through the UI or web services.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

• Refer to the Item Batch Change Order Options topic in the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:

• Functional privilege to import items:
  • Manage File Import and Export (FND_MANAGE_FILE_IMPORT_AND_EXPORT_PRIV)

• Functional privilege to view and edit item structures:
  • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)

• Functional privileges to view and edit affected object structures:
  • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
  • Manage Change Order (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) and Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) 

• Data privileges to view and edit item structures:
  • View Item Basic
  • Maintain Item Basic
  • View Item Structure
  • Maintain Item Structure

These privileges were available prior to this update.

Product Hub

Publish Deleted Item Data

You can publish deleted content for items, item category assignments, and item suppliers to support integration with external systems. To configure the publication system to publish the deleted item data, select the Include deleted items option in the Publication Options for the spoke system. The Publication Transaction Type attribute in the publication payload will indicate if the item data is updated or deleted. Integration logic can use this attribute to support deleting the item content in external systems.

The following screenshot shows a publication payload, where the Publication Transaction Type attribute indicates the item data is deleted.

Publication Payload for Deleted Item Data

This feature enhances your business by keeping downstream systems integrated and in sync by publishing deleted content.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

You can use the existing publication functionality to publish both updated and deleted item data. With the new enhancement, you can choose to publish either updated or deleted item data.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Item Publication chapter in the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains this privilege can access this feature:

• Publish Items (EGI_PUBLISH_ITEM_PRIV)

This privilege was available prior to this update.

Get GTINs From Existing GTIN Relationships Using Item Rules

Use the new getItemGTIN function in rules to get a GTIN from existing item GTIN relationships.

For example:

getItemGTIN([GTIN].[GTIN Main].[UOM] == [Item].[Main].[Primary Unit of Measure])

This expression will get you the GTIN for which the GTIN UOM is same as the primary UOM of the item. This expression can be used in a GTIN assignment rule to create additional GTIN relationships.

The following screenshot shows a GTIN assignment rule with the getItemGTIN function.

getItemGTIN Function

This feature helps to generate GTINs efficiently.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

You can derive key parts from the GTIN obtained from existing relationships using the getItemGTIN function and then you can use these parts for generating additional GTINs. You can also use this GTIN for validation purposes.

Key Resources

• Watch Assign Multiple GTINs Automatically Using Rules readiness training.

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

Access Requirements

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)

This privilege was available prior to this update.

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.

Associations to Inactive Organizations

The Organization field in the Create dialog for new item requests, change orders, change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions no longer displays inactive organizations for selection. While creating these objects using services or import jobs, new validations prevent you from creating associations to inactive organizations.

Oracle reference: 34266866

Incorrect Approval Status on Items

When you canceled an item line on a rejected new item request, the Approval Status on the item was changed to Draft, even if it was approved through another new item request. With this fix, the Approval Status is retained as Approved on the item.

Oracle reference:  34752153

Specify Language for Item Data Within Smart Spreadsheet

Before update 23C, when uploading item data using the smart spreadsheet, if the language of the data was different from the default language, the upload wasn't successful. After update 23C, you can specify the data's language using the Language field in the spreadsheet. Thus, the upload of item data won't fail due to a language issue.

Oracle reference: 34887159

Steps to Enable

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

Product Development & Product Hub Common

Use Audit Reports to Govern User Activities on Attachments

In Oracle Product Hub and Oracle Product Development, users can access attachments associated with business objects, such as Items and Structures, based on the access privileges. Users can download or check out the attachment. They can also check in a new version of the attachment or choose to cancel check out without checking in a new version.

With this feature, you can audit the user activities such as Attachment Check In, Attachment Checkout, Attachment Cancel Checkout, and Attachment Download on an attachment if the attachment business object (for example, Items Attachments) has been enabled for auditing using the Manage Audit Policy UI available in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

NOTE: Auditing the user activities on the attachment business object is in addition to auditing the existing attachment maintenance activities such as insert, update, and delete.

To access the Audit Reports, go to Navigator > Tools > Audit Reports. The following screenshot shows the various event types for the Item Attachments business object based on which you can generate an audit report.

Audit Reports

This feature is enabled for the following business objects:

• Item Attachments
• Item Revision Attachments
• Change Object Attachments
• Structure Attachments
• Catalog Attachments
• Category Attachments

This feature is enabled for the following types of attachments:

• Text
• File
• Repository File/Folder

NOTE: This feature was also made available in the March monthly update of 23A and 23B.

This feature enhances governance and oversight by monitoring user activities on attachments.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

• When an attachment is added, the audit report considers it as Insert event and Attachment Check-In event.

• The events are audited only after a business object is enabled for audit.

• Audit details for the user activities on the attachment are available only in the Audit Reports (Tools > Audit Reports). It isn’t available in the History tab on the Edit Items page.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Audit Trail section in the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains this privilege can access this feature:

• View Audit History (FND_VIEW_AUDIT_HISTORY_PRIV)

This privilege was available prior to this update.

Enforce Mandatory Context Descriptive Flexfields for Item Relationships in Import, Web Services, and Product Development

When creating item relationships using the Item Relationships user interface in the Product Information Management work area, it was enforced that you provide values for the mandatory context segments. This is now enforced across all the interfaces. If you don’t provide values for these segments during import or when using web services, an error occurs and you won’t be able to create item relationships. Similarly, you can provide values for the context flexfield segments of the Approved Manufacturers List (AML) for items in the Product Development work area. If the context or the context flexfield segments of item relationships are set as required, you must provide values for those segments when creating AML.

The following screenshot shows the error message that’s displayed when the value for the mandatory context sensitive segment for AML isn’t provided.

Context Sensitive Segments for AML

This feature helps to maintain the product data quality.

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

Tips And Considerations

The mandatory validation that was previously enforced on item relationships pages in Product Information Management work area will continue to be enforced.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Manage Item Relationships chapter in the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:

• Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
• Manage Item Relationship (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_RELATIONSHIP_PRIV)

These privileges were available prior to this update.

Item and Change Productivity Improvements

This update includes the following enhancements to help you improve productivity while working with items and changes:

• Update Primary UOM for an engineering item that’s enabled for new item request creation, while it's in Draft status.
• Capture source item information on copied items.
• Include manufacturer part attachments in change attachments download.

Update Primary UOM for Engineering Items in Draft Status

You can update the primary unit of measure for an item from an item class that’s enabled for new item request creation as long as it’s in Draft approval status. You can change the primary UOM to any UOM.

Edit Primary UOM When Approval Status is Draft

Capture Source Item on Copied Items

The General Information page on an item now has the Created From attribute where you can see the source item from which the current item was copied. You can click the source item name to view details and navigate to the source item.

In the Product Development work area, the Created From attribute shows the source item name along with the revision.

Created From Attribute on Item in Product Development Work Area

In the Product Information Management work area, the Created From attribute shows the source item name and the organization name. This is hidden by default, but you can enable it through Page Composer.

Created From Attribute on Item in Product Information Management Work Area

Include Manufacturer Part (MPN) Attachments in Change Attachments Download

When you select Download Attachments from the Actions menu of a change, you are now presented with the following options to specify which attachments you want to include in the download.

• From Affected Objects:
  • Redlined: Includes only the redlined (added, created, or modified) attachments of affected objects.
  • All: Includes all attachments of affected objects.
  • None: Excludes attachments of affected objects.

• From AML
  • Redlined (default option): Includes only redlined (added, created, or modified) manufacturer part attachments.
  • All: Includes all the manufacturer part attachments.
  • None: Excludes manufacturer part attachments.

If None is selected for both affected objects and AML, the Submit button is disabled.

The Download Attachments action is also captured in the change history.

Download Attachments

With these improvements, you can:

• Provide additional flexibility and make the update process more efficient by allowing users to update an existing item instead of creating a new item.
• Improve traceability by enabling users to view the source of each item that’s created.
• Decrease clicks and navigation to other pages by allowing users to download AML attachments directly from the change. 

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

UOM Change

• After you make a UOM change, you may need to manually update items in any impacted structures. For example, if the UOM was changed from Each to Dozen, then the quantity may need to be changed from 12 to 1.
• The Primary UOM change is reflected in the Change Order Details report.

Created From Attribute

• If the item wasn’t created using Save As or Create from Copy, the value for Created From is blank.

• In the Product Information Management work area, if you click the source item name, the current active revision of the item is opened. In the Product Development work area, what’s opened is the specific revision of the source item from which the current item was created.

• The Created From attribute will show a value for items that you create from Save As or Create from Copy. On older items, it will be blank.

• You can view the details of the Created From attribute in the item history. If you see an ID as the attribute value instead of the item name, it means that the source item has been deleted.

• If you don't have access to the source item, an error message is shown when you click the hyperlink.

• If the source item has been deleted, you see a message -'No matches found'.

Include Manufacturer Part Attachments in Change Attachments Download

• To download manufacturer part attachments, you must have data security grants on the attachment category, the affected item, and the manufacturer part.

Key Resources

• Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM: Using Product Development guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

• For information on attachment categories, see Manage Attachment Categories in the Implementing Product Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains these privileges can access this feature:

• Functional privileges to view and edit item structures:
  • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)

• Data privileges to view and edit item:
  • View Item Basic
  • Maintain Item Basic

• For change orders:
  • Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) and one of the following:
  • View Change Order (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
  • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)

These privileges were available prior to this update.

Worklist: Notifications and Approvals Work Area Includes New Task Filter

In the Worklist: Notifications and Approvals Work Area, a drop-down list has been added to filter tasks by when they were created. This additional filter applies only to the default My Tasks view, showing tasks created in the last seven days by default. The filter's options include 7, 14, or 30 days. Select All to display a complete list of tasks for you and your groups. The filter drop-down is also available in BPM Worklist if the My Tasks view and Me & My Groups filter are selected, which is the default.

Response time is improved by having a filtered list of tasks when the work area opens.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

• Because the new task filter applies only to the default My Tasks view, if you select a different view in the work area, for example, Initiated Tasks, it won't be available.

• If you don't see this new filter in 23B, you'll see it in 23C.

Key Resources

• Use Your Worklist to Manage Workflow Tasks

Merge Redlines into Existing Change Order During Import

You can now import redlines and merge them with existing redlines of an engineering item on changes in draft or open status. You can merge redlines for modifications made on item general information, item structure components, reference designators, substitute components, and AML. This is supported for engineering change orders and change orders without revision control.

You can use the Edit Item Batch dialog box to specify these options for change order import:

• Change Order: Select One per Item Batch.
• Select Add to Existing.
• Number: Enter the number of the change order into which you want to merge redlines of the existing affected item.
• Select Add all items.
• Effective Date: Select Effective Immediately.

Configure the Change Order Import to Merge Redlines

This feature makes your change management processes more efficient by incorporating redlines coming in through import into existing change orders where applicable.

It also helps reduce the following:

• Number of outstanding changes
• Additional errors (such as stuck changes)
• Overall change order cycle time

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

To merge redlines, you can:

• Set the Effective Date to Effective on Approval in the Edit Item Batch Options dialog box, and
• Keep the Effective Date column empty in the import file.

The table shows how the effective date specified in the existing affected items and the import file determines whether redlines are merged or not.

• You can delete or set an end date to an AML on a released engineering item without routing it through a change order.

• You can create the new parent item along with the structure and add it to a change order as an affected item.
  • If the parent item doesn't exist when the structure is being created and the payload contains the required information to create the item, the system will create the parent item. 
  • If you choose to add items to the change order, the system will add the parent item to the change order as an affected item. The structure redlines will appear after the import. 

• Merging of attachment redlines isn’t supported in this update.

Key Resources

• Refer to the Item Batch Change Order Options topic in the Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM Using Product Master Data Management guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:

• Functional privilege to import items
  • Manage File Import and Export (FND_MANAGE_FILE_IMPORT_AND_EXPORT_PRIV)

• Functional privilege to view and edit item structures:
  • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)

• Functional privileges to view and edit affected object structures:
  • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV) or
  • Manage Change Order (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV) and Monitor Product Management Workflow Objects (ACA_MONITOR_PRODUCT_MANAGEMENT_WORFLOW_OBJECTS_PRIV) 

• Data privileges to view and edit item structures:
  • View Item Basic
  • Maintain Item Basic
  • View Item Structure
  • Maintain Item Structure

These privileges were available prior to this update.

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

This update includes some bug fixes that can change the way Oracle Product Development and Oracle Product Hub 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.

Manage Relationships in Canceled Change Orders

Prior to this update, you were restricted from deleting relationships in canceled change orders. This also prevented you from deleting canceled change orders that had any relationships added.With this fix, you can add, update, or delete relationships in canceled change orders. This means you can also delete a canceled change order after deleting its relationships.Note that you can make changes only on the Relationships tab, not on any other tab. Also, it's not recommended to add new relationships to canceled change orders.

Oracle reference: 35018701

Increased Character Limit for Participant Removal Comments in Change History

Comments entered when removing participants were being truncated to 80 characters in change history. The limit has been increased to 650 characters to resolve this issue.

Oracle reference: 34942044

Steps to Enable

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

Product Lifecycle Management Common

Enhance Efficiency of Change Workflows

This update adds more flexibility to reviewer management, makes worklist management more efficient, and helps prevent approval configuration issues.

Here are the key enhancements:

• Add or Remove Reviewers for Current Status - Previously, you could add or remove reviewers for the current status of the workflow while the change is in approval or interim approval status. Now this is possible in the user interface while the change is in open, scheduled, or completed status as well.

Additionally, you can now use REST API to add or remove reviewers for the current status while the change is in any status – open, interim approval, approval, scheduled, or completed.

• My Worklist Shows Approval Type - Now you can identify whether your approval is required or optional for the items in your worklist and keep your focus on actionable items.

• Tighter Approval Configuration - You can prevent the addition of roles that exceed 40 members into a workflow when Response Required From is set to All in the user interface.

Add or Remove Reviewers for Current Status

In the user interface, you can now add reviewers to the current open, scheduled, or completed statuses in addition to approval and interim approval statuses. This is applicable for change orders, change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions.

Reviewers Added for Scheduled Status

Add or Remove Participants for Current Status in Additional Workflow Controls for Completed Status

Add or Remove Reviewers Using REST API

You can now use the following REST API to add reviewers to the current status for change orders, change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions.

• Product Change Orders V2
• Product Change Requests
• Quality Corrective and Preventive Actions: Quality
• Quality Problem Reports

This is applicable for all statuses.

John.Dove Added As Reviewer for Approval Status

My Worklist Shows Approval Type

A new column called Approval Type in the My Worklist table on the Product Development Overview page shows you whether your approval is required or optional so that you can prioritize your tasks. The Pending list now shows you only the changes that are actionable.

Error Message on Save When Role Is Added to Approval Status

Tighter Approval Configuration

A new validation prevents you from adding a role that has more than 40 members to a workflow if the Response Required From field is set to All in the user interface.

This validation triggers an error message when you add a role that exceeds the 40-member limit for Interim Approval or Approval status. This happens when you promote the object or add such a role to the change type.

Automatic promotion is also prevented. You’ll see a new entry in the action log and a notification is sent to the Analyst.

Error Message on Save When Role Is Added to Approval Status

Error Message on Change Order Type Setup

This feature accelerates your change management processes by enabling you to:

• Get more control over change reviewer management in the user interface to keep pace with resource changes.
• Automate and effortlessly scale reviewer management through web services.
• Help approvers prioritize work by providing actionable information and notifications directly in My Worklist.
• Leverage the Pending radio button to filter the worklist by changes that require action.
• Optimize approvals by limiting the number of approval requests to less than 40.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

• You can permit actors such as the Requestor, Creator, Analyst, Approver, Other Users, and configured roles to add participants for the current status using the action Add Participants for Current Status in the Additional Workflow Controls table.
  • You can't add a role as a reviewer. You can only add individual users.
  • Only the change analyst can remove reviewers in the current status.

• When an object workflow is in progress and the object is promoted to an approval status, any role with more than 40 members won't get expanded. You must delete the role to submit the object to the approval status.

Key Resources

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

Access Requirements

Users who are assigned a configured job role that contains 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 Order (ACA_VIEW_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
    • Manage Change Orders (ACA_MANAGE_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)

• For change requests:
  • 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 Requests (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_ACTIONS_PRIV)

These privileges were available prior to this update.

IMPORTANT Actions and Considerations

Replaced and Removed Features

From time to time, Oracle replaces existing Cloud service features with new features, or removes existing features. Replaced features may be put on a path to removal. As a best practice, you should use the newer version of a replaced feature as soon as the newer version is available.

This section identifies the features in this Cloud service that have been replaced or will be removed.

Action Required for an Expiring Opt-In Feature

The opt in for the Extend Manufacturer Data with Application Composer feature will expire in update 24C. This feature requires you to migrate your existing manufacturers or trading partners using a scheduled process.

If you've configured any location descriptive flexfields for your manufacturer objects, then you can't configure fields or views using Application Composer until you migrate and disable the existing location descriptive flexfields.

For details of this feature, including the steps required to migrate your data, see:

• Extend Manufacturer Data with Application Composer
• Configure Manufacturer Search to Include Application Composer Extended Attributes

For information on how to migrate your location descriptive flexfields, see note ID 2922169.1 on My Oracle Support.