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● What is Workflow?● Major Components

▪ Oracle Workflow Builder▪ Workflow Engine▪ Notification System▪ Workflow Web Interface▪ Directory Services

● Account Generator● Workflow Builder Demo● Questions


What is Workflow?

• What is Workflow?• Major Components


• Account Generator• Workflow Builder Demo• Questions


What is Workflow?

▪ Overview▪ “… a tool which provides a way to design, monitor,

and respond to business processes.”

▪ Cartridge (Standalone) vs. Embedded

▪ From an Oracle Applications perspective, Workflow can be thought of as part of the Application Object Library (AOL) infrastructure.


What is Workflow?

▪ Embedded Workflow● Installed into $FND_TOP directory structure

rather than $ORACLE_HOME/wf

● Workflow Specific concurrent requests and profile options are provided

● Forms provided for viewing notifications and process statuses


What is Workflow?

▪ Embedded Workflow● Links directly from application forms


What is Workflow?

▪ Embedded Workflow● Workflow integration in Release 11.0.2

● Purchasing and Self-Service Web Apps ☺● Order Entry ☹

● Account Generator


Major Components

▪ What is Workflow?▪ Major Components


▪ Account Generator▪ Workflow Builder Demo▪ Questions


Major Components

▪ Oracle Workflow Builder● Windows 9x or NT application which allows

creating, viewing, and editing a Workflow Process

● Integrated with the Workflow Definitions Loader, which allows reading and saving workflow definitions in either a flat-file (.wft file) or a database


Major Components

▪ Workflow Engine● A cartridge for Oracle Server 7.3.2 or higher

● Provides a set of API’s for starting processes, communicating process information, error handling, purging data, generating URL’s and managing notifications

● Implemented in server-side PL/SQL


Major Components

▪ Notification System● Routes notifications to a user or role and

processes responses

● Provides notifications via e-mail, web page, or Oracle Applications form.

● Enables non-apps users to be included in business processes

● Implemented in server-side PL/SQL


Major Components

▪ Workflow Web Interface▪ Provides access to notifications and

processes


Major Components▪ Workflow Web Interface

▪ Workflow Monitor


Major Components

▪ Directory Services● Workflow does not keep its own list of users \

roles● Consists of a set of views● WF_USERS

● Draws from HRMS employees, application users, customer contacts, and WF_LOCAL_USERS

● WF_ROLES● Draws from WF_USERS, HRMS positions,

application responsibilities, engineering approval lists, and WF_LOCAL_ROLES


Account Generator

● What is Workflow?● Major Components


● Account Generator● Workflow Builder Demo● Questions


Account Generator

▪ Release 11 and 11i▪ Replaces FlexBuilder from Release 10

▪ Modules that use Account Generator include Assets, Order Entry, Purchasing, Receivables, and Projects

▪ Oracle provides default processes for each as well as a set of standard Account Generator process functions.


Account Generator

▪ Generate COGS Account Default Process


Account Generator

▪ Usage▪ Default processes can be customized

through Workflow Builder

▪ Segment values can be built using form fields, other Accounting Flexfield combinations, flexfield segments, application tables, and constants


Workflow Builder Demo

▪ What is Workflow?▪ Major Components


▪ Account Generator▪ Workflow Builder Demo▪ Questions


Questions

Joel LipetzkyOrion Consulting, Inc.

Minneapolis, MN. 612-857-1600

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