Oracle R12 System Administration — A 5-Day Course

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Synopsis

This course is designed to give delegates practical experience of administering an Oracle R12 system. The course covers the main examination topics of the Oracle exam #1Z0-206 Oracle E-Business R12: System Administration.

By the end of this course, delegates will be able to manage users and system security, create and implement menus, control concurrent processing, set up and manage printers, set up and manage key and descriptive flexfields, configure framework pages, personalize forms and administer workflow and alerts.

Objectives

On completion of this course, delegates will be able to:

• Create and Administering Users and Responsibilities
• Assign Responsibilities to Users
• Register a Custom Group
• Create a Data Group and Associate Applications with Data Groups
• Create and Modify Menus
• Manage Users with Role Based Access Control
• Manage Concurrent Programs and Reports
• Administer Concurrent Managers
• Manage Profile Options
• Incorporate a Custom Program
• Audit System Resources
• Set Up and Manage Printers
• Use Resource Consumer Groups
• Gather Statistics for Cost Based Optimization
• Monitor the System with Oracle Applications Manager
• Run Diagnostic and Troubleshoot Utilities from OAM
• Administer Folders
• Manage Document Sequences
• Configure the Online Help System
• Define Key and Descriptive Flexfields
• Define Value Sets
• Configure the Oracle Applications Framework Pages
• Personalize Forms
• View Workflow Notifications
• Monitor Workflow Processes
• Purge Workflow Data

Suitable For

This course is intended for:

• This course is designed for Oracle R12 System Administrators, technical consultants and functional implementers.

Prerequisites

• An understanding of Oracle Applications

Examinations

This course is suitable for delegates intending to take the Oracle examination #1Z0-206 Oracle E-Business R12: System Administration. The main examination topics of this exam are covered on the course.

Before taking any exam, ensure you have the recommended experience.

Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices

Outline Course Contents

Course Introduction

• Administration and Course Materials
• Course Structure and Agenda
• Delegate and Trainer Introductions

Oracle Applications Suite

• Oracle Applications Suite
• Internet Computing Architecture
• R12 Product Suites
• R12 Architecture
• R12 Directory Structure
• System Administration Tasks

Application Security

• Overview of Application Security
• Responsibilities
• Create and Administer Users
• Workshop Exercises

Define an Application

• Define an Application
• Register an Oracle ID
• Define a Data Group
• Manage Function Security
• Use the Navigator
• Exclude Functions and Menus
• Define a New Responsibility
• Define a New Menu Structure
• Modify an Existing Menu Structure
• Use the Menu Viewer
• Workshop Exercises

Oracle User Management

• Overview of Oracle User Management
• Role Based Access Control
• RBAC Setup Tasks
• Create and Update Roles
• Assign Permissions to Roles
• Define Delegated Administration Privileges for Roles
• Define Role Administration Privileges for Roles
• Define Organization Administration Privileges for Roles
• Role Inheritance
• Workshop Exercises

Manage Concurrent Programs and Reports

• Concurrent Processing
• Standard Request Submission
• Concurrent Manager
• Submit Request Flow
• Submit a New Request
• Scheduling Options
• Save a Schedule for Future Use
• Completion Options
• View Requests
• Cancel or Hold a Request
• Change Request Options
• Phases of a Concurrent Request
• System Administration Monitoring Privileges
• Access and Manage Log Files
• Group Concurrent Requests and Programs
• Create Request Sets and Groups
• Use a Request Set with a Code
• Implement a Coded Request Group
• Create the New Form Function
• Add the Function to a Menu
• Define Request Set Stages
• Link Stages
• Workshop Exercises

Administer Concurrent Managers

• Generic Service Management (GSM)
• Concurrent Requests, Programs and Processes
• Concurrent Processing Overview
• Define a Concurrent Manager
• Check the Status of a Concurrent Manager
• Purge Concurrent Manager Tables
• Define Workshifts
• Assign Workshifts to a Manager
• Concurrent Manager Specialization
• Combined Rules
• Specialization Rules
• Combine Multiple Actions with Rules
• Define and Use Request Types
• Define and Process Conflicts Domains
• Manage Concurrent Managers
• Internal Monitor and ICM
• Define a Transaction Manager
• View Log and Output Files
• Manage Parallel Concurrent Processing
• Troubleshoot Concurrent Managers
• Workshop Exercises

Manage Profiles

• Profile Hierarchy Levels
• Set Personal Profile Values
• Set System Profile Options
• Default User Profile Options
• Audit Related Profile Options
• Currency Related Options
• Flexfield Related Options
• Online Reporting Options
• Personal Output Viewer Options
• User Profile Options
• Security SignOn Profile Options
• Workshop Exercises

Incorporate a Custom Program

• Integrate Custom Programs with Oracle Applications
• Components of a Concurrent Program
• Add a Custom Program to Oracle Applications
• Identify the Executable
• Create a Concurrent Program
• Concurrent Program Parameters Window
• Associate a Program with a Request Group
• Submit the Concurrent Program
• Workshop Exercises

Audit System Resources

• Audit Oracle Applications
• Audit User Activity
• Sign-On Audit Reports
• Monitor Users Window
• Audit Database Changes
• Workshop Exercises

Manage Printers

• Formatting Information
• Print Definition Components
• Define a Printer
• Customize Printer Components
• Invoke a Printer Driver
• Pass Print Arguments
• Use Pasta with Oracle XML Publisher
• Workflow Exercises

Applications DBA Tasks

• Database Resource Management
• Hierarchy of Resource Consumer Groups
• Cost Based Optimization
• Run CBO Statistics Gathering Reports
• Evaluate Network Performance
• Workshop Exercises

Oracle Applications Manager

• OAM Setup
• The OAM Site Map
• The OAM Dashboard
• Monitoring the System
• Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
• The Support Cart

Administer Folders

• Assign a Default Folder to a Responsibility
• Assign a Default Folder to a User
• Assign Ownership of a Folder
• Delete a Folder Definition
• Workshop Exercises

Manage Document Sequences

• Document Sequences
• Specify Sequence Information
• Define a Document Sequence
• Specify Document Category Information
• Define Document Categories
• Associate a Category with its Sequence
• Use a Sequence with an Application
• Workshop Exercises

Customizing Online Help

• Customize Help Files
• Help System Builder
• Help Builder
• Workshop Exercises

Flexifield Overview

• Customize Oracle Applications with Flexfields
• Flexfield Structures and Flexfield Segments
• Validate Input Using Value Sets
• Key and Descriptive Flexfields
• Reference Fields
• Oracle Applications Descriptive Flexfields
• SRS and Flexfields
• Flexfield Benefits
• Store Flexfield Values in Database Tables
• Flexfield Implementation Steps

Value Sets

• Validate Input Using Value Sets
• Value Set Planning
• Types of Value Set
• Plan Value Sets
• Define Value Sets
• Value Hierarchies
• Workshop Exercises

Define Key Flexfields

• Intelligent Keys
• Key Flexfields
• Key Flexfield Structures
• Key Flexfield Application Tables
• Key Flexfield Qualifiers
• Additional Key Flexfields
• Planning Decisions
• Design the Key Flexfield Layout
• Specify Default Values
• Define Key Flexfields
• Account Generator
• Workshop Exercises

Additional Flexfield Options

• Overview
• Cross Validation Rules
• Shorthand Aliases
• Security Rules
• Workshop Exercises

Define Flexfield Options

• Plan a Descriptive Flexfield
• Descriptive Flexfield Usage
• Descriptive Flexfield Naming
• Determine Available Resources
• Additional Information
• Organize Information by Usage
• Isolate Common Information
• Determine Different Contexts
• Descriptive Flexfield Components
• Plan Flexfields
• Specify Flexfield Attributes
• Define a Descriptive Flexfield
• Workshop Exercises

Advanced Validation Capabilities

• Advanced Validation Capabilities
• Advanced Validation Options
• Table Validated Value Sets
• Workshop Exercises

Configure Oracle Application Framework Pages

• Branding
• Customizing Look-and-Feel
• Icons
• Responsibilities and Menus
• Messages
• Lookup Codes
• Style Sheets
• Personalization of Screen Layout and Behavior
• Configure the Login page for Oracle Applications
• Personalize the E-Business Suite Home Page
• Workshop Exercises

Form Personalization

• Overview of Form Personalization
• Invoke Form Personalization
• Access to Form Personalization
• Trigger Events, Conditions and Rules
• Context
• Actions
• Working with Strings
• Testing
• Recovery from Error
• Form Personalization Example
• Form Personalization Limitations
• Advanced Concepts
• Workshop Exercises

Workflow Overview

• Workflow Overview
• Oracle Workflow Versions
• Traditional Workflow
• Workflow Driven Processes
• Event Based Workflow
• Business Process Based Integration
• Supported System Integration Types
• Oracle Workflow Architecture and Components
• Business Event System
• Workflow Engine
• Workflow Builder
• Notification System
• Directory Services
• Workflow Monitor
• Workflow Definitions Loader
• Workflow XML Loader

View and Respond to Notifications

• View and Respond to Notifications
• Access Oracle Workflow Web Pages
• View Notifications
• Worklist
• Notification Details
• Find Notifications
• Email Notifications
• Email Response Methods
• View an Email by Summary of Notifications
• Automatic Notification Process
• View Notification Rules
• Define Notification Rules

Monitor Workflow Processes

• Monitor Workflow Processes
• Workflow Monitor
• Access Workflow Processes
• Workflow Administration Privileges
• Find Workflow Processes
• Review the Process List
• Review the Notifications List
• Filter Activities
• Child Instances
• Test Processes

Oracle Alert Overview

• Oracle Alert Process Overview
• Exceptions
• Event Alerts
• Periodic Alerts Action Types and Action Levels
• Alert Implementation Steps