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FasterandBeAer:OracleE-BusinessSuiteDesktopIntegraJonEnhancementsWebADIandReportManager

SenthilkumarRamalingamGroupManagerATGDevelopmentOracleE-BusinessSuiteSeptember22,2016

ConfidenJal–OracleInternal/Restricted/HighlyRestricted


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Agenda

EvoluJon

WebADI–Overview,NewfeaturesandRoadmap

ReportManager–Overview,NewfeaturesandRoadmap

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DesktopIntegraJoninE-BusinessSuiteCon6nuousEvolu6onofArchitectureandCapabili6es

11.5.10 12.0 12.1 12.2

ADI4DesktopIntegrators

WebADI150+integratorsReportManager

WebADI200+IntegratorsReportManagerDesktopIntegra6onFramework

WebADI400+IntegratorsReportManagerDesktopIntegra6onFrameworkUsabilityenhancements

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WebApplicaJonDesktopIntegrator

•  EnterpriseframeworkforintegraJngEBSwithdesktopapplicaJons– LeveragesthepowerandeaseofMicroso_OfficeSuiteproducts(MSExcel,MSWordandMSProjects)

• Browser-basedintegraJonwithnoclientinstallaJon• MetadatadrivenwithmiddleJerprocessing•  SecurecommunicaJonandsinglesign-oncompliance• CustomizabletouserrequirementsusingDesktopIntegraJonFramework

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Overview



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Architecture

Point

PointWebADIFramework

Financials HCM SCM

CRM Projects MFG

DataSources

DesktopIntegratorsDownloadSpreadsheet

UploadSpreadsheet

Enter/ModifyData

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WebADINewFeatureOverview

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•  DesktopIntegraJonFramework

•  OfficeOpenXML(OOXML)Standardssupport

•  Usabilityenhancements

•  Digitalsignaturesupport

•  Flexfieldsenhancements

•  EnhancedDiagnosJcs

•  NewcerJficaJons

•  SimplifiedUIfor

•  CreateDocumentflow

•  DefineLayout

•  DesktopIntegraJonFramework

•  RefreshInterfaces

•  OAFrameworkTableIntegraJon

•  Download

•  SimplifiedUIfor

•  DefineMapping•  DesktopIntegraJonFramework

•  CopyIntegrator•  EnhancedOAFrameworkTableintegraJon

•  Upload•  DynamicContentRe-download

UptoRelease12.2.5October2015

Release12.2.6September2016 What’sNext


DesktopIntegraJonFramework

• AdesignJmeframeworktocreatecustomintegrators• Graphicaluserinterfacetodefinemetadataofanintegrator• ProvidesinsightintoOracleseededintegrators• AllowspreviewanddebuggingofintegratordocumentduringcreaJon

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Overview



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Architecture

DesktopIntegra6onFrameworkUserInterface

HCM

SCM

MFG

CRM

ATG

DesignTime

Interface Content Uploader Importer

Financials

MetadataRepository

IntegratorServices

OracleWebADI

Component Parameter

Integrator

RunTime



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ViewIntegrators

ConsistentaccesstoOracleseededandcustom

integrators



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CreateIntegrator



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CreateInterface



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CreateContent



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CreateUploader



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CreateImporter



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Summary

§ LeverageexisJnginvestmentinenterpriseanddesktopapplicaJons

LowerCosttoCustomer§ § SSOenabledIntegraJon§ AOLSecurity

SecuredDesktopIntegraJonSoluJons

§ ExtensibleDesktopIntegraJonFrameworkforcustomintegratordevelopment

Upgradesafe

§ Wizard-basedintuiJveUI§ SingleconsoleforOracleSeeded&CustomIntegrators

ReducedImplementaJonTime

AgileandExtensibleDesktopIntegraJonArchitecture

§ Minimaldevelopmentefforts

EnhancedProducJvity

§ SupportforEBSUIwidgetsinMicroso_Excel

TighterIntegraJonwithEBS

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UsabilityEnhancements

•  OraclemenuavailableasaprominentExcelribbon

•  AcJonspresentunderwellorganizedgroups

•  Spaciousandeasytoaccess•  ReplacesoldmenuunderAdd-instab

ExcelRibbonSupport



•  DataandGraphs•  EdiJng•  UploadandDownload•  Roles•  Request•  Senngs

ExcelRibbonGroupsProminentOracle

Tab

ColoredRibbonIconsforeasy

access



•  SwitchresponsibiliJestouploadmulJpleworksheetsinthesameExcelsession

•  SimplifiesandopJmizesuploadoperaJons

SwitchResponsibility

MenuopJontoswitchresponsibility



•  Supportforcustomcorporatebrandingondownloadedspreadsheets

•  SpecifyimagefilenameinLayoutdefiniJon

•  Setprofile“BNEViewerDisplayImages”toYes

CustomBranding

ReplacewithCustomBrandingimage



•  ControluploadbehaviorbasedonvalidaJon

•  AllRows–  EitherallrowsarecommiAedorrollbacked

•  EachRow–  OnlyvalidrowsarecommiAed

ConfigurableUploadCommitBehavioronValidaJonFailure


DigitalSignatureSupport

• MacrosdownloadedforspreadsheetgeneraJonaredigitallysigned

•  TightenssecuritystandardsforExcelspreadsheets

EnhancedSecurity

SecureMacroconfiguraJon


SHA–2DigitalSignature

Note:MSOffice2007doesnotsupportSHA–2baseddigitalsignature,pleasecheckthereleasenotesonappropriatereleasesforworkaround

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DiagnosJcs

•  NewdiagnosJcsteststoimprovetroubleshooJng– WebADIModuleVersionsandProfileOpJonstest

– WebADIIntegratorMetadatatest

Diagnos6cTests


OfficeOpenXML(OOXML)Support

• OfficeOpenXML(OOXML)isazipped,XML-baseddocumentforrepresenJngspreadsheets,charts,presentaJons,andworddocuments

• OOXMListhedefaultfileformatforExcelfilessinceMicroso_Office2007• WebADIDocumentsconformtoOfficeOpenXMLStandard

– EnablesdocumentautomaJonwithoutneedingMicroso_ExcelandVBAMacros– Documentsarecreatedandprocessedattheserverside

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Overview



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Architecture

WebADI

Framework

FIN

DesktopIntegrators

DownloadSpreadsheet

UploadSpreadsheet

Enter/ModifyData

HCM

SCM CRM

MFG PROJ

PROC LEAS

OOXMLGenerator&Parser

ApachePOI



• CompliancewithnewExcelformatOOXML•  EnablesbeAersecuritymeasures

– Eliminatestheneedfor“TrustAccesstoVBAprojectmodel”sennginMicroso_Excel– VBAMacrosarelimitedonlyforOracleMenufuncJonaliJes

• Desktopresourceusageissignificantlyreduced•  ExtremelyfastdocumentcreaJonanddocumentupload;uploadJmeimprovesbyatleast20%

•  Filesizereducedbyupto30%comparedto.xlsformat

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Benefits



Numberofrows UploadTimewithpre-12.2.5binary.xlsformat(seconds)

Upload6mewith12.2.5OOXMLformat(seconds)

5,000 42 34

10,000 68 60

30,000 243 195

50,000 501 403

100,000 1439 1173

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UploadTimeImprovement

Averageimprovementofaround23%inupload6me



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VBAMacroSe[ng

CannowuncheckDeveloperMacro

Senng



• NochangeinstepstocreateWebADIdocumentsa_erenablingthisfeature

•  Thecreateddocumenthasdifferentfileextension(.xlsm)• Allthein-documentediJngfeatureslikeLOVsandOracleRibbonMenuaresupported

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DocumentCrea6on



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FileExtension

Generatedspreadsheet

has.xlsmextension



• DownloadcreatesanenJrelynewdocumentattheserverandopensinplaceofthecurrentlyopenedone– DoesnotuseVBAMacrosanddesktopresourcestodownloadcontent

• UploadwillsendtheenJredocumenttotheserverfortheuploadprocessing– UsesminimalVBAMacrostosendthedocumenttoserver

• DownloadandUploadareiniJatedbytheOracleribbonmenuasbefore

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DownloadandUpload



•  Featurenotenabledout-of-the-boxinrelease12.2.5• CustomerscanenablethefeaturebysenngtheprofileopJon“BNE:EnableOOXMLStandard”

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Configura6on

ProfileOp6onValues Descrip6on

Yes EnablesOOXMLStandardforWebADIDocuments

No ThisisthedefaultopJonandretainspre12.2.5wayofcreaJnganduploadingWebADIDocuments


DataSetSupportinFlexfields

• KeyFlexFields(KFFs)validaJonsupportaddedforDataSetandWhereClauseinWebADI

•  ThisfeatureisalreadysupportedinFormsandWebADIsupportsitfrom12.2.5

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Overview


DataSetSupportinFlexfields

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KeyFlexfieldfilteredbydataset

Datasetfield


DeclaraJveDependentLOVs

•  EnablesLOVforanInterfaceAAributetodependonthevalueofanotherInterfaceAAribute

•  DependentLOVscouldonlybecreatedusingJavaclassespriortothisrelease

Overview

WHEREclausecontains

dependentfield


DeclaraJveDependentLOVs• DependentLOVcanbedefinedusing$INTERFACE$.<INTERFACE-ATTRIBUTE>inthewhereclauseofLOVdefiniJon

• DependentLOVisonlysupportedforTablevalidatedLOVsandStandardLOVtype

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•  SimplifiedUI– CreateDocumentFlow– DefineLayoutFlow

• DesktopIntegraJonFramework– RefreshInterfaces

• DynamicContentRe-download• OAFrameworkTableIntegraJon

– Download

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NewFeaturesinRelease12.2.6


DemoofWebADI12.2.6NewFeatures

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•  5-stepCreateDocumentflowreducedtoasinglepage• Responsivepagewithfieldsenabledbasedonselectedintegratorandcontents

• Providesfeaturetosavecommonlydownloadeddocumentsasshortcuts/favorites

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SimplifiedCreateDocument



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SaveasShortcutwindow



•  SimplifiedDefineLayoutpage•  SinglepagewiththreesecJons

– Context– Header– Lines

•  SecJonscorrespondtofinalspreadsheetlayoutdesired

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DefineLayoutPage



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DefineLayoutPage

ContextRegion



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DefineLayoutPage

HeaderRegion

LinesRegion



• CommonrequirementtoallowInterfacedefiniJontobeupdatedwhenschemachangesoccur– Datatypechange– AAributechange,likelength– PosiJonchange– Newcolumnsaddedtotables,ornewparametersinPL/SQLprocedures

• UpdateIntegratorflowshowsschemachangesinInterfaceaAributespage

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RefreshInterfaceA\ributes



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RefreshInterfaceA\ributes

InformaJonalmessageshowingschemachangesinUpdateInterfacepage

InterfaceTableupdatedwith

schemachanges


OAFrameworkIntegraJon

• AllowOAFrameworkpagetabledatatobedownloadedasaWebADIspreadsheet

• Mayeliminatetheneedtodefinecustomdesktopintegratorswherevertheproducthasapagewithatabledefinedwiththerequisitenumberofcolumns

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TableData


OAFrameworkIntegraJon

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TableData Excelicononan

OAFrameworkTable



•  SimplifiedUIfor− DefineMapping

• DesktopIntegraJonFramework− CopyIntegrator

• OAFrameworkTableintegraJon– Upload

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What’sNext



• AllowsduplicaJonofeitheranOracleseededorcustomIntegrator• Copiedintegratorcanbemodifiedforchangestointerface,contentorparametervalues

• AllowsrapiddevelopmentofsimilardesktopintegraJons

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CopyIntegrator



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CopyIntegrator

SelectandCopy

Integrator



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CopyIntegrator

UpdateIntegratorandothermetadatafornewintegrator


OracleReportManagerOverview,NewFeaturesandRoadmap

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OracleReportManager

• BuiltontopofWebADItoprovideout-of-the-boxdesktopintegraJonsforreports,primarilyfinancialreports

•  Supportsthreeoutputformats– MSExcel– PDF– HTML

•  SupportsReportdrilldowntoGeneralLedgerAccountAnalysis•  SecureReportsRepositoryforstoringandaccessingreports

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Overview


OracleReportManager

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Architecture

ReportManager

GeneratorEngine

Templates ReportRepository

ReportDefiniJons

StandardReports

FSGReports XML

DeliveryEngine

PublishingEngine

Email

SharedDrive

GLAnalysisDrilldown


• Newfeaturesin12.2:– ReportManagerHomepage– ReportBursJng– AdvancedScheduling– Folder-levelSecurityforReports– Digitalsignaturesupport– Rowandcolumnheaderssupport– ExcelRibbonsupport

– OfficeOpenXMLStandardsSupport– SimplifiedReportManagerHomepage– OracleReportManagermenuinformaJonhierarchy

– SimplifiedReportSubmissionpage– ParallelContentSetsupport

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OracleReportManager


OracleReportManager

•  Deliverreportstoconfigurednetworkdrives

•  Deliverreportsthroughemail

•  ConfigurablesetuptoaccommodatemulJpleusersandmulJplelocaJons

ReportBurs6ng/Delivery


OracleReportManager

•  Schedulebasedonmonths,datesanddays

•  Schedulebasedonrecurringdates

•  Usepre-SavedscheduleopJons

AdvancedScheduling


OracleReportManager

•  Securereportsrepositorywithuserlevelaccesstofolders

•  Adduserswithprivileges•  Addrecursiveaccesstosubfoldersandreports

•  Viewbasedonaccesstospecificfolders

Folder-LevelSecurity

Accesscontrollistatfolderlevel


OracleReportManager

•  SubmitandPublishReportSetfromReportManager

ReportSetSubmission


OracleReportManager

• MacrosdownloadedforspreadsheetgeneraJonaredigitallysigned

•  TightenssecuritystandardsforExcelspreadsheets

DigitalSignatureSupport


OracleReportManager

RowandColumnHeaders

•  AddssupportforshowingdefaultExcelrowandcolumnheadersinaddiJontoReportheaders

•  SetprofileFRM:ExcelViewRowandColumnHeadingstoenablefeature


OracleReportManager

ExcelRibbon

•  ProminentOracletabandribbon

•  Categories–  UploadTemplate–  TemplateOperaJons–  InsertFields–  InsertColumnsandRows


OfficeOpenXMLSupport

•  SupportforpublishingreportsinOOXMLformat•  FSGreportsrenderedinExcelasOOXML

– Excelfileextensionxlsx– NoVBAmacrocode

•  FSGinOOXMLExcelformatcanbedeliveredviae-mail,s_p,filesystematreportexecuJonJme

•  FSGExcelreportsgetrenderedfasterinnewOOXML

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Overview



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NoVBAMacros

Disableall

Macros



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Reportgeneratedwith.xlsxextension



• CustomtemplatesneedtobemigratedtonewOOXMLformat– RunningTemplateConverterconcurrentprogram

•  FSGscanberenderedinOOXMLusing– Migratedcustomtemplates– NewOOXMLcustomtemplates– Generictemplates

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OOXMLTemplates



• ReportGeneraJonhappensontheserversideinsteadofontheclientdesktop

• OOXMLreportgeneratedintheserverdownloadedtodesktopclient• NodesktopclientresourceuJlizaJonrequiredforgeneraJngreports

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ReportGenera6on



• CompliancewithnewExcelformatOOXML•  ExtremelyfastreportgeneraJonandpublishing• ReportBursJng/DeliverypossibleforExcelreportsaswell

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Benefits



•  SetProfileOpJon-FRM:OOXMLEnabled–toYestoenablethefeature

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Configura6on

ProfileOp6onValues Descrip6on

Yes FSGreportsrenderedinExcelwillbecreatedin.xlsxformat

No This is the default value that retains the pre-12.2.5 behavior. FSG reports generated in Excel will be in .xls format.


ReportManagerHomePage

• NewsimplifieduserinterfaceforHomepage•  FollowOracleAltaUIlandingpagedesignpaAern•  SingleandcentrallocaJonwhereusercan:

– seeReportManagerconcurrentrequests– submitreports– accessReportManageradministratorfeatures

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Overview



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Overview

NewMenuhierarchy



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SlidingpanelforrelatedapplicaJon

links


ReportManagerHomePage• Accessedfrom‘OracleReportManager’responsibility•  EasyandintuiJvenavigaJonwithinReportManagerUIscreens• GroupsallReportManagerUIinonescreen

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ReportManagerMenuHierarchy

•  Newmenuwithtop-leveltabs:–  Dashboard–  ReportSubmission–  Repository–  FinancialReportTemplateEditor–  ReportAdministraJon

Menu


SimplifiedReportSubmission

• NewUserInterfacetosubmitfinancialreports• Quickfinancialreportsubmission• MinimizesdataentryandnavigaJon• DoesnotrequireaReportsRepositorylocaJon• AllowsnavigaJontotheregular5-stepfinancialreportsubmissionflow

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Overview



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ParallelContentSet•  SupportsfinancialreportsubmissionwhenContentSettypeisparallel

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ParallelContentSet

•  Choosetheparallelcontentsetwhilesubminngareport

ReportSubmission


ParallelContentSet• MulJpleFSGprogramsaresubmiAedinparallel

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ParallelContentSet• ReportpublishingresultsarestoredasasingledocumentinReportManager

• AllFSGconcurrentprogramresultsgotothesameReportDisplayPage

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DemonstraJonofReportManager

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Summary•  SignificantnewdesktopintegraJonfuncJonalityinbothWebADIandReportManager

• ConJnuousimprovementsinusability,corefuncJonalityandsecurity•  ImprovedenduserproducJvityineverysuccessiverelease•  ImproveddesignJmesupportforbuildingcustomdesktopintegraJons•  Improvedstandardscompliance

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