1-1 This presentation is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into.

1-1This presentation is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making a purchasing decision.

Varadarajan RajaramSenior Product Strategy ManagerProcess and IntegrationOracle Corporation


Oracle WorkflowRelease 11i.10+CUs[1]

[1] CU = Cumulative Updates


Oracle Workflow 11i.10+CUs

• Worklist Flexfields

• Mailer Enhancements– SSL Support– Smart Error Handling

• Integration with System Alerts

• Business Event System– Declarative Error Handling


Worklist FlexfieldsDescription

• Message Attributes displayed in the Worklist

• Allows users to sort on those attributes

• Send and Respond message attributes can be mapped

• Supports multiple data types

• Supports Flexfields rule levels


Vanilla Worklist


Personalized View

Worklist Flexfields

Worklist Flexfields


Worklist FlexfieldsData Type Support

• Supported data– Date– Number– Text– Form– URL

• Unsupported data– Lookups– Role – Document


‘Core’ level • The columns are 'protected' and cannot be overridden by Rules

at the customer site

‘Limit’ level• The columns are not 'protected‘, and Rule can be disabled by

the customer, or overridden by another 'Limit' level Rule for the same Workflow Type with a higher 'Phase', or by a 'User' level Rule for the same Workflow Type with a higher ‘Phase’.

‘User’ level• The columns are not 'protected‘, and Rule can be disabled by

the customer, or overridden by a 'User' level Rule for the same Workflow Type with a higher ‘Phase’.

Worklist FlexfieldsRule Levels


3-Step Procedure:

• Create a Worklist Flexfields rule

• Create a Personalized View for the personal Worklist

• Secure the Personalized View with a securing function Personalization

Defining Worklist Flexfields


Step 1: Create Worklist Flexfields Rule


Select And Map Message Attributes


Step 2: Create Personalized View


Step 3: Secure View with Subfunction


System Alerts

• Notify system administrators of serious problems or potentially serious problems.

• System Alerts are posted to the Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) console

• Context information such as end user, responsibility, OS Process, database session automatically captured

• Oracle Applications Manger tracks multiple occurrences of the same alert message to prevent duplicate notifications from being sent.


System Alerts


System Alerts Integration

• Mailer

• Agent Listeners

• System Alerts sent when– Component goes to “Stopped with Error” Status– Component goes to “System Deactivated” Status


Mailer Enhancements Security

• Secure IMAP Connection– SSL will be used to establish a secure connection

to the mail store

• Secure SMTP Connection– SSL will be used to establish a secure connection

to the SMTP Server


Mailer Enhancements Smart Error Handling

• Bad E-mail Address– SYSADMIN as email address!!

• Framework Content Generation Timeouts

• Smart Error Handling– New Mail Status – FAILED– New Notification Preference – DISABLED– Concurrent Program to re-process FAILED

notifications


Business Event System Enhancements

• Declarative Error Handling– Subscriptions specify error handling

• Error Handling Options– Stop and Rollback – Default– Skip to Next

• Skip to Next - Ideal for subscriptions which are– Optional and/or independent in nature– Does not impact the execution of any other

subscriptions defined for that event


Business Event SystemDeclarative Error Handling

This presentation is intended to outline our general product direction. It is intended for information purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. It is not a commitment to deliver any material, code, or functionality, and should not be relied upon in making a purchasing decision.

Business Process Management Oracle E-Business Suite

Roadmap


Business Process Management – Now

Forms Self Service Custom

Workflow Engine

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Advantages of BPEL

• Standards-based process orchestration– Industry standard language: BPEL

• Standards-based connectivity to heterogeneous applications– JCA, JMS, WS etc.

• Move towards Service Oriented Architecture


BPEL Integration – Now!


Workflow Engine

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BPEL Integration – Now!

• Whitepaper: Oracle E-Business Suite to BPEL and Back in 3 Easy Steps– http://www.oracle.com/technology/products/

applications/integration/BPEL-BES4Apps.zip

• Leverage Business Event System– Asynchronous invocation of BPEL processes– Asynchronous invocation of business logic in E-

Business suite from BPEL

• Sample code


BPEL Integration – R12


Workflow Engine

Repository

Applications

E-Business Suite Adapter

Oracle Application Server

BPEL Server

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BPEL Integration – R12

• Tighter Integration with BES

• Oracle E-Business Suite Adapter integrated with Integration Repository

• Comprehensive transformation support– OAG messages– XSLT-based transformations– No code to generate XML document!


Project Fusion

• The next step in Oracle applications and technology, embracing a service oriented and standards-based information architecture

• Allows more cost effective integration, flexible business processes and extensibility

• About fusing processes, people, and products to leverage the best parts from each of the components


Project Fusion

• Architecture– Service-Oriented Architecture– Global Single Schema– Embedded Business Intelligence

• Technology– J2EE– Web Services– Grid Computing

• Standards– BPEL– XML


Business Process Management – Fusion

ADFPortal Java / J2EE

Fusion Repository

Fusion Middleware

BPEL Service Beans


Workflow Engine

Database – 10G Application Server–1.0.2.2

Applications

Business Event System (BES)

ApplicationsUpgraded to Fusion

ESBAdapters Messaging Events

Layered Extensions BPEL RuntimeBAM Data Hub


Project FusionBPEL Process Manager

• Standards-based Business Process Management engine for Fusion

• Make Extensions not Customizations– Layered Extensions– No client-side tool– Browser-based Business Analyst friendly tool

• Built-in BAM Support

• Standards-based integration with Enterprise Service Bus

• Scalable, High-performance engine– Optimized for Fusion


Process and Integration Customer Advisory Board

Work closely with customers to address tactical problems and help drive appropriate solutions that would solve customer pain points and make the current process and integration technology across various product families easy to manage, implement and customize.


Process and Integration Customer Advisory Board

• Benefits of being a CAB member– Work with development to help set strategy for

product direction– Opportunity to share industry knowledge– Help us drive requirements and influence the

technology modernization

• Interested?– E-mail [email protected] to be

nominated

mailto:[email protected]


OpenWorld 2005X-Treme Sessions

• Business Process and Integration for Oracle, PeopleSoft and JD Edwards Applications - The Road Ahead

• Oracle E-Business Suite Business Process Management - Leveraging Workflow today and tomorrow

• The Oracle E-Business Suite Event Driven Architecture


OpenWorld 2005Weekend Sessions

• Business Process and Integration - Best Practices

• Business Analysis and Simulation Workshop

• Using the Oracle BPEL Process Manager with the Oracle E-Business Suite


For More Information

MetaLink

• Version numbers and certification status change frequently

• See MetaLink for certification status and migration instructions

OTN (Oracle Technology Network) Website

• http://www.oracle.com/appstech

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