Update 21A

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
18 DEC 2020			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. For details about how to compare your configured job roles to predefined job roles and add security artifacts to your configured job roles, see the Security Console and Roles and Role Assignments chapters in the Oracle SCM Cloud: Securing SCM guide on the Oracle Help Center.

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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

Cross-Product Enhancements

Link to SCM Application Pages Using Deep Links

In this update, Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud delivers new deep links that provide easy navigation directly to application pages without using the menu structure. You can use these links in a variety of ways, such as in business intelligence reports, notifications, and third-party application pages.

New deep links in the update are listed by product:

• Supply Chain Collaboration
  • Manage Supply Collaboration Network (COLLABORATION_RELATIONSHIP,EDIT)

• Inventory Management
  • Review Completed Transactions
  • Inventory Pending Transactions
  • SSP Manage Receipts
  • View Receipts
  • Manage Lots
  • Manage Serial Numbers
  • Create ASN
  • Manage Movement Requests
  • Create ASBN
  • Manage Inbound Shipments - Shipment
  • Manage Inbound Shipments - Purchase Order
  • Receive Expected Shipments - Purchase Order
  • Receive Expected Shipments - ASN
  • Receive Expected Shipments - Transfer Order
  • Receive Expected Shipments - In-Transit Shipment
  • Receive Expected Shipments - RMA
  • Manage Transfer Order
  • Manage Shipment Lines
  • Edit Shipment

• Channel Revenue Management
  • Manage Customer Claims (CUSTOMER_CLAIM,NONE)
  • Customer Claim (CUSTOMER_CLAIM,EDIT)

• Manufacturing
  • Work Order (WIE_WORK_ORDER, VIEW)
  • Work Order (WIE_WORK_ORDER, EDIT)
  • Exception (WIE_PRODUCTION_EXCEPTION,EDIT)
  • Work Definition (WIS_WORK_DEFINITION,EDIT)
  • Edit Resource (WIS_RESOURCE,EDIT)

When you add deep links to reports or third-party application pages, users can simply click those links to go directly to the application pages they need to use, without any additional clicks or navigation. When a user clicks a deep link, that user's security assignment is honored; that is, users can access application pages only if they're assigned a job role that allows them access.

Steps to Enable

You can find all of the available deep links in the Deep Links work area. Some deep links, such as those assigned the NONE action, are ready to use as is. Other deep links, such as those assigned the EDIT action, require you to edit the link details before you can add the deep link to a report or third-party application page. Refer to the documentation listed in the Key Resources section for details and instructions.

Key Resources

For details about how to work with deep links, refer to these books on the Oracle Help Center:

• Oracle Applications Cloud: Configuring and Extending Applications
• Oracle SCM Cloud: Implementing Common Features for SCM

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to the Deep Links work area, 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 the Deep Links work area:

• Application Developer (FND_APPLICATION_DEVELOPER_JOB)
• Application Implementation Administrator (ORA_ASM_APPLICATION_IMPLEMENTATION_ABSTRACT)
• Application Implementation Consultant (ORA_ASM_APPLICATION_IMPLEMENTATION_CONSULTANT_JOB)
• Procurement Application Administrator (ORA_PO_PROCUREMENT_APPLICATION_ADMIN_JOB)
• Supply Chain Application Administrator (ORA_RCS_SUPPLY_CHAIN_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB)

Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain this privilege are able to access the Deep Links work area:

• View Administration Link (FND_VIEW_ADMIN_LINK_PRIV)

If you're using deep links specifically for reports, here are the privileges you need:

• For Business Intelligence Publisher:
  • BI Author Role (BIAuthor)
  • BI Consumer Role (BIConsumer)
  • BI Administrator (BIAdministrator)

• For Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence (OTBI):
  • BI Author Role (BIAuthor)
  • BI Consumer Role (BIConsumer)

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.

Notify Message Sender About Message Processing Status Updates

You can use the message definition ORACLE_1.0_B2B_APPLICATION_RESPONSE_OUT to notify trading partners or service providers about the processing status of messages that they send.

Oracle B2B Application Response Out 1.0 Message

To use this message definition, you need to set up your service providers on the Manage Collaboration Messaging Service Providers page or set up your trading partners on the Manage B2B Trading Partners page with an outbound collaboration message using this message definition.

A response is sent for all messages received by the suppliers or customers associated with the trading partner and service provider.

Use the Collaboration Messaging History task to see if a response has been sent for a message. The response indicates whether the message was processed successfully or an error occurred, and the details of the response are displayed on the Responses tab.

Response Status and Response Details

Your trading partners are kept informed with message-processing status updates.

Steps to Enable

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

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

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:

• B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

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

• Manage Service Provider (CMK_MANAGE_SERVICE_PROVIDER_PRIV)
• Manage B2B Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)
• Manage Collaboration Messaging History (CMK_COLLAB_MESG_HISTORY_PRIV)

Support MIME Attachments As an Alternative to Embedded Attachments

If you use the CollaborationMessageV2Service web service as the delivery method to send messages to your trading partner or service provider, you now have an option to send attachments as MIME parts instead of embedding them as binary content in the message payload.

You can use a new setting on the Edit Trading Partner or Edit Collaboration Messaging Service Provider’s Outbound Collaboration Messages tab to select whether your attachments are to be sent as embedded binary content in the payload element of the B2B message (In payload), in the attachment element of the B2B message (In message), or as a MIME part outside the B2B message. The options available to you depend on the delivery method you selected and the external message type that is being exchanged with the partner or service provider.

MIME attachments can also be received and processed for inbound invoices using the CollaborationMessageV2Service web service.

Attachment Location

This feature gives you an additional means of sending business message attachments.

Steps to Enable

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

Key Resources

• Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud: Configuring and Managing B2B Messaging guide available on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

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:

• B2B Administrator (ORA_CMK_B2B_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)

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

• Manage B2B Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)
• Manage Service Provider (CMK_MANAGE_SERVICE_PROVIDER_PRIV)
• Manage B2B Supplier Trading Partners (CMK_B2B_SUPPLIER_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)
• Manage Customer Account Collaboration Configuration (CMK_B2B_CUSTOMER_ACCOUNT_TRADING_PARTNERS_PRIV)

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.

Search for Order Forecasts and Commits to Update Forecast Quantities

If you view and edit your order forecasts before making them available to your suppliers, you can now make your changes at the aggregate level on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page. Previously, you had to make changes at the relationship level on the Edit Order Forecast Details page.

You can search for and select up to 20 order forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page to update the forecast quantities at the aggregate level. You can select one of these options to update the forecast: set to previous forecast, increase by percentage, or decrease by percentage. When you use increase or decrease by percentage, you can enter the percentage value by which the forecast quantity in each bucket is to be updated.

For example, in this image, you can select the forecasts on the Manage Order Forecasts and Commits page and update the forecast quantities using the options in the new Edit Forecast Quantities dialog box.

Edit Forecast Quantities on Manage Order Forecasts and Commits

With this update, you can save time by mass updating order forecasts at the aggregate level, rather than editing at the relationship level.

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 21C

Role Information

To use this feature, you need these privileges:

SUPPLY CHAIN COLLABORATION

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Edit Forecasts as Enterprise User (VCS_EDIT_ORDER_FORECAST_ENTERPRISE)

SUPPLIER PORTAL

• Privilege Name and Code:
  • Edit Order Forecasts as Contract Manufacturer (VCS_EDIT_ORDER_FORECAST_SHIPTO)

Extract Collaboration Order Forecasts, Commits, and Plans Using Business Intelligence Cloud Connector

If you need to copy collaboration data for offline analysis, reporting, archiving, or integration purposes, you can now use Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Connector (BICC) to extract collaboration objects to comma-separated value files. You can extract collaboration plan and collaboration order forecast data from the following data stores:

• Collaboration Plans (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsCollaborationPlansExtractPVO)
• Supply Forecasts (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsSupplyForecastExtractPVO)
• Supply Forecast Details (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsSupplyForecastDetailsExtractPVO)
• Historical Supply Forecasts (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsExtHistSupplyForecastExtractPVO)
• Historical Supply Forecast Details (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsExtHistSupplyForecastDetailsExtractPVO)
• External Supply Forecasts (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsExtSupplyForecastExtractPVO)
• External Supply Forecast Details (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsExtSupplyForecastDetailsExtractPVO)
• External Historical Supply Forecasts (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsHistSupplyForecastExtractPVO)
• External Historical Supply Forecast Details (FscmTopModelAM.ScmExtractAM.VcsBiccExtractAM.VcsHistSupplyForecastDetailsExtractPVO)

From BICC, you can select the data stores from which to extract data, and specify whether you want to store the extracts on external storage for future retrieval and use or load them into Oracle Universal Content Management (UCM). Here is what you can do with BICC to extract data from the products available in your implementation:

• Configure an external storage location that works for your data needs.
• Extract complete or partial data. You can select offerings or specific objects.
• Run extracts on-demand or schedule them to run at specified intervals during the day, in a week, or throughout the month.
• Run incremental extracts if you need only the data that changed since your last extract.
• Schedule multiple independent extracts at convenient intervals.
• Monitor extracts and review logs.
• Export configured offerings and associated data stores.
• Manage refresh metadata and specify dates for incremental refresh comparison.

You can use Oracle Business Intelligence Cloud Connector to extract bulk data for reporting, external integration, and offline data analysis.

Steps to Enable

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

Tips And Considerations

External collaboration order forecasts use the Oracle Supply Chain Planning product data model for item and organization definitions.  

Key Resources

• Oracle BI Cloud Connector Console: Creating a Business Intelligence Cloud Extract on the Oracle Help Center.

• Oracle Supply Chain Management: Extract Data Stores for SCM on the Oracle Help Center.

Role Information

To access BICC and create and manage schedules for global data extracts or jobs, you need this role:

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • ESS Administrator Role (ESSAdmin)

To access BICC global offerings and data stores or jobs, you need this role:

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • Application Implementation Administrator (ORA_ASM_APPLICATION_IMPLEMENTATION_ADMIN_ABSTRACT)

To access BICC Content on UCM Server, you need this role:

• Job Role Name and Code:
  • Upload and download data from on-premise system to cloud system (OBIA_EXTRACTTRANSFORMLOAD_RWD)