Update 19C

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Feature	Notes
21 JUN 2019		Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

Security and New Features

The Role section of each feature identifies the security privilege and job role required to use the feature. If feature setup is required, then the Application Implementation Consultant job role is required to perform the setup, unless otherwise indicated. (If a feature doesn't include a Role section, then no security changes are required to use the feature.)

If you have created job roles, then you can use this information to add new privileges to those roles as needed.

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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 in a couple of ways:

Access the Opt In page from the New Features Work Area

1. Click the Navigator, and then click New Features (under the My Enterprise heading)
2. On the New Features page, select the offering that includes new features you’d like to review
3. Click Go to Opt In for any feature you want to opt in
4. On the Edit Features page, select the Enable option for the feature, and then click Done

or...  Access the Opt In page from the Setup and Maintenance Work Area

1. Click the Navigator, and then click Setup and Maintenance
2. On the Setup page, select your offering, and then click Change Feature Opt In
3. On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features icon for any area that includes features you want to opt in
4. On the Edit Features page, select the Enable option for any feature you want to opt in to. If the Enable column includes an Edit icon instead of a check box, then click the icon, select your feature options, and click Save and Close. 
5. Click Done.

Opt In Expiration

Occasionally, features delivered Disabled via Opt In may auto enable 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 auto enabling the feature. You can also click here to see features with Opt In Expirations across all Oracle Cloud Applications.

Feature Summary

Collaboration Messaging Framework

Business-to-business (B2B) messaging is a key component of collaborative relationships and can increase the quality, quantity, and frequency of information that can be exchanged between trading partners.  However, the differences in B2B standards, technical capabilities of trading partners, and the diversity of trading partners can make this costly to establish and maintain.  Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration and Visibility Cloud manages B2B communications with trading partners by leveraging the Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework, a next-generation B2B messaging platform that maps and routes standards-based B2B messages through a B2B solution provider, on-premise B2B application, or direct to the trading partner.  Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework is a common infrastructure component that is included with all Oracle Cloud Applications environments at no additional charge.  It is also tightly integrated with Oracle Cloud Applications, making it easy for Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud customers to set up and manage multiple trading partner connections.

Obsolete Tasks for Managing Undelivered and Failed Messages

You no longer need to go to the Manage Failed Collaboration Messages task or the Manage Undelivered Collaboration Messages task to view or perform actions on messages that are not in Sent or Success status. Messages in any status can now be viewed from the Manage Collaboration Messaging History task.

You can opt not to display the Manage Failed Collaboration Messages task or the Manage Undelivered Collaboration Messages task in your Collaboration Messaging work area. 

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: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 20A

Role Information

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Manage Collaboration Messaging History (CMK_COLLAB_MESG_HISTORY_PRIV)

• Duty Role Name and Code:
  • Collaboration Messaging Manager (ORA_CMK_COLLAB_MESG_MANAGER_DUTY)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

View XML Payload Sent to Trading Partners Without Wrapper

When you sent an outbound message to a trading partner or service provider an XML payload was logged. However, the payload included a wrapper that contained setup information used for processing the message, preventing you from viewing the actual payload sent to the recipient. Now, you can view the actual XML payload sent to the recipient from the Manage Collaboration Messaging History page.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

The change applies only to new outbound messages. Existing messages in logs will continue to have the wrapper.

Role Information

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • View Collaboration Message Payload (CMK_VIEW_COLLAB_MESG_PAYLOAD_PRIV)
  • View Collaboration Message (CMK_VIEW_COLLAB_MESG_PRIV)
  • Manage Collaboration Messaging History (CMK_COLLAB_MESG_HISTORY_PRIV)

• Duty Role Name and Code:
  • Collaboration Messaging Manager (ORA_CMK_COLLAB_MESG_MANAGER_DUTY)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

Integrate and Extend Collaboration Messaging Framework Using REST Services

Query Collaboration Message Definitions Using a REST Service

You can use the B2B Message Definitions REST API to query and view collaboration message definitions instead of using the Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework Cloud pages.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides to leverage (available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > REST API) .  If you are new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Key Resources

• Refer to the REST API for Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • View Collaboration Message Definitions by Web Service (CMK_MANAGE_COLLAB_MESG_DEFINITION_WEB_SERVICE_PRIV)

• Duty Role Name and Code:
  • Collaboration Messaging Read Only Duty (ORA_CMK_COLLAB_MESG_READ_ONLY_DUTY)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

Query B2B Location Codes Using a REST Service

You can use the B2B Location Codes REST API to query and view location codes assigned to Ship To and Bill To locations instead of using the Oracle Collaboration Messaging Framework Cloud pages.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides, available from the Oracle Help Center > Cloud Documentation > Software as a Service > Oracle Supply Chain Management > REST API. If you're new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Key Resources

• Refer to the REST API for Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • View B2B Locations by Web Service (CMK_VIEW_B2B_LOCATIONS_WEB_SERVICE _PRIV)

• Duty Role Name and Code:
  • Collaboration Messaging Read Only Duty (ORA_CMK_COLLAB_MESG_READ_ONLY_DUTY)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

Supply Chain Collaboration

Today’s global supply chains increase manufacturers’ reliance on suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other trading partners. To be successful, companies must synchronize their activities across multiple tiers of trading parties. Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud enables companies to jointly plan supply, gain visibility into trading partner data, coordinate contract manufacturing execution, and measure performance across their trading networks. Trading partners are actively involved in the decision-making process, so they can exchange early warning signs and collaboratively resolve supply chain issues. Depending on the size and technical sophistication of each supplier, your company can interact using a portal-based user interface, standards-based B2B messages, or web services. Customers can also tailor Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud’s flexible, predefined business processes to their unique requirements. Enhanced collaboration results in more dynamic trading relationships, as well as increased reliability and efficiency of supply.

Manage Drop Ship Collaboration Order Forecasts

In the drop ship business model, suppliers ship directly to customers. However, from a planning and accounting perspective, enterprises usually associate the customer demand with an enterprise facility or organization. Previously, drop shipment forecasts were supported but you could not view them. In this update, you can now view order forecasts, commits, and purchase order measures for drop ship suppliers.

Collaboration order forecasts and commits are measures defined for a collaboration relationship. A typical collaboration relationship has three dimensions for order forecasts, purchase order details, and commits: supplier site, organization, and item. Drop ship introduces a fourth: customer.

Previously, you could handle drop ship locations only through business to business (B2B) messaging. In this update, you can now aggregate order forecasts, commits, and purchase order details for drop ship locations to the organization level, so that collaboration planners and suppliers can view them by collaboration relationships.

Here’s what you can do in Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud:

• Aggregate the forecast quantity by collaboration plan, supplier site, item, organization, bucket, and order type. These quantities are displayed on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits and Edit Order Forecast Details pages.

• Search for order forecasts and commits on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page using the Drop Ship attribute.

• Search for collaboration relationships on the Manage Supply Collaboration Network page using the Drop Ship attribute, available as an additional field.

• Run the Set Collaboration Relationship Drop Ship scheduled process to enable drop ship for all collaboration relationships based on the inventory organizations and planning data setup.

Watch a Demo

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: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 20A

Once enabled, you may want to run the Set Collaboration Relationship Drop Ship scheduled process to enable drop ship for your existing relationships.

Key Resources

Watch Manage Drop Ship Collaboration Order Forecasts Readiness Training

Role Information

Access to this feature is available through the shipped job roles and privileges. Use the existing Supply Chain Collaboration Planner role to view drop ship order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page as an enterprise user in Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud. Use the existing Supplier Demand Planner role to view drop ship order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page as a supplier contact in Oracle Supplier Portal Cloud.

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

Supply Chain Collaboration

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Enterprise User (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_ENTERPRISE)

• Job Role Name and Code: 
  • Supply Chain Collaboration Planner (ORA_VCS_SUPPLY_COLLAB_PLANNER)

Supplier Portal

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Supplier (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_SUPPLIER)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • Supplier Demand Planner (ORA_POS_SUPPLIER_DEMAND_PLANNER)

Create Aggregated Time Buckets Without Order Forecast Values at Week or Period Level

Previously, order forecasts were stored and displayed only in time buckets where a value existed. In this update, you can now view editable buckets for future weeks or periods. The time buckets start with the first available order forecast for each collaboration relationship and continue to the end of the commit horizon.

By enabling this feature, you can either edit the order forecasts or provide commitments by using spreadsheet uploads, REST services, and B2B messaging.

For example, in this screenshot, with the feature disabled you can’t view the time buckets that don’t have order forecast values in the Order Forecast Details table.

Order Forecast Details with Feature Disabled

In this screenshot, with the feature enabled, you can now view new time buckets that you can edit in the Order Forecast Details table. For example, the time bucket for the week of 5/20/19 is now visible and available for update. Similarly, the bucket for 6/3/2019 is visible, and has been updated with an order forecast of 30 units.

Order Forecast Details with Feature Enabled

Steps to Enable

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings task:

• Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
• Functional Area: Supply Chain Collaboration
• Task: Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings

2. On the Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings page, select Yes for Create aggregated time buckets for weeks or periods that do not contain values. The default value is No.

Role Information

Access to this feature is available through the shipped job roles and privileges. Use the existing Supply Chain Collaboration Planner role to view order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page as an enterprise user in Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud. Use the existing Supplier Demand Planner role to view order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page as a supplier contact in Oracle Supplier Portal Cloud.

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

Supply Chain Collaboration

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Enterprise User (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_ENTERPRISE)

• Job Role Name and Code: 
  • Supply Chain Collaboration Planner (ORA_VCS_SUPPLY_COLLAB_PLANNER)

Supplier Portal

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Supplier (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_SUPPLIER)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • Supplier Demand Planner (ORA_POS_SUPPLIER_DEMAND_PLANNER)

Download and Upload Order Forecasts and Commits in Horizontal Layout

Spreadsheet downloads and uploads are a convenient way to manage order forecasts and commits. Previously, you could only download order forecasts and purchase order measures in a vertical layout format, which listed quantities for each row based on an item-location-time combination.

In this update, you can now use a horizontal format when downloading and uploading order forecasts. In the horizontal format, there is a row for each item-location-measure combination, and multiple bucket date quantity columns. When downloading forecasts and commits, you can set the desired layout, measures, aggregation level, plan horizon, and commitment quantities. This makes it simpler for you to review the order forecasts and edit your commitments.

Here’s what you can do on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page:

• Select the layout option for downloads: Vertical or Horizontal.
• Select the measures for download: Previous Forecast, Previous Commit, Open Purchase Orders, Purchase Requisitions, In-Transit Shipments, and Shipments in Receiving.

NOTE: Current Forecast and Current Commit will always be included in the download and are not selectable.

• Select the horizon for download: Forecast or Commit.
• Select the aggregation level for download: Day or Week.

NOTE: If the layout selected is Horizontal then the only option for aggregation level is Week.

• Optionally, populate the commit quantities: Set to Current Forecast or Set to Previous Commit.

NOTE: If set, these will override the current commit quantities.

• Upload forecast quantities and commits using the selected layout.

In this screenshot, you select the layout and additional parameters in the new Download Forecasts dialog box.

Download Forecasts Dialog

This screenshot shows the downloaded comma-separated values (CSV) file with values in the horizontal layout.

Downloaded CSV File

An administrator can set the default values to download order forecasts and commits and optionally lock the parameters on the Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings page:

1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, use the Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings task:

• Offering: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management
• Functional Area: Supply Chain Collaboration
• Task: Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings

2. On the Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings page, set the default values for layout, measures, horizon, commit quantities, and aggregation level.
3. Optionally, click the lock icon to hide the attribute selection from the planner.

For example, this screenshot shows the Forecast Download Defaults section on the Manage Supply Chain Collaboration Settings page where the administrator has locked Measures, Horizon, and Aggregation Level.

Forecast Download Defaults

This screenshot shows the Download Forecasts dialog box after the administrator has locked Measures, Horizon, and Aggregation Level.

Download Forecasts Dialog with Parameters Locked

Watch a Demo

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: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 20A

Key Resources

Watch Download and Upload Order Forecasts and Commits in Horizontal Layout Readiness Training

Role Information

Access to this feature is available through the shipped job roles and privileges. Use the existing Supply Chain Collaboration Planner role to download and upload order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page as an enterprise user in Oracle Supply Chain Collaboration Cloud. Use the existing Supplier Demand Planner role to download and upload order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page as a supplier contact in Oracle Supplier Portal Cloud.

To use this feature, you need these privileges or roles:

Supply Chain Collaboration

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Enterprise User (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_ENTERPRISE)

• Job Role Name and Code: 
  • Supply Chain Collaboration Planner (ORA_VCS_SUPPLY_COLLAB_PLANNER)

Supplier Portal

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Commit to Order Forecasts as Supplier (VCS_COMMIT_ORDER_FORECAST_SUPPLIER)

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • Supplier Demand Planner (ORA_POS_SUPPLIER_DEMAND_PLANNER)

Use Planner's Preferred Date Format in Spreadsheet Uploads and Downloads

Date formats around the world may vary from place to place. Collaboration planners and supplier users can now view the dates (bucket start, bucket end, and due date) in the format specified during upload and download of spreadsheets containing vendor-managed replenishment requests and collaboration order forecasts and commitments.

You can enable upload and download of spreadsheets on the following pages:

• Manage Order Forecasts and Commits
• Edit Order Forecast Details
• Manage Inventory

To set the date format, in the Set Preferences work area, use the General Preferences > Regional task.

This feature makes it easier for the trading partners to interpret the dates correctly and take actions that are consistent with the enterprise's business objectives.

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: Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 20A