See You At Collaborate 2017 Inventory Sessions!

March 28, 2017, 2:43 pm

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Attending Collaborate 2017 in Las Vegas? So are we! Be sure to check out our two EBS Inventory related sessions.

Learn more about Consignment functionality and tools in our Consignment Inventory as Consignee/as Consignor session, Sunday Apr 2, at 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, in room Surf A. We'll cover:

EBS Proactive Tools for Consignment
Best practices for processing Consignment
Tips for processing Consignment transactions

Also learn more about WMS and MSCA Tools and Best Practices in our WMS and Mobile Supply Chain (MSCA) in Discrete Manufacturing session, Tuesday Apr 4, at 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM, also in room Surf A. We'll cover:

EBS Proactive tools for maintaining a healthy WMS and MSCA environment
Best Practices for Managing LPN's
Dealing in Multiple UOM in WMS and OPM

We'll also blog from Collaborate, so check back with us next week, and see you at Collaborate 2017!

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ODPI-C 2.0.0 Beta 2 is out with runtime client linking

March 28, 2017, 3:04 pm

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Anthony Tuininga just released ODPI-C 2.0.0-beta.2 on GitHub. The release notes list all changes. ODPI-C is an open source library of C code that simplifies the use of common Oracle Call Interface (OCI) features for Oracle Database drivers and user applications. It sits on top of OCI and requires Oracle client... [Read More]

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Five Best Practices for Platform as a Service Success

March 28, 2017, 9:57 pm

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Research firm IDC estimates that the market for platform as a service (PaaS) solutions will have a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 30 percent and reach $14 billion by 2017. PaaS provides application runtime, database, integration, messaging, and other services in the cloud, accelerating application development and reducing infrastructure acquisition and maintenance costs. Here are five best practices for maximizing the business value of your PaaS solutions. Get the report here.

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Take a few minutes to patch Oracle APEX 5.1

March 29, 2017, 6:00 am

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Yesterday a first patch set of Oracle Application Express (APEX) 5.1 has been made available to download.one-of patchesIf you encounter issues, you can ask for support and most likely a bit later a patch is made available through support.oracle.com. The APEX team is doing a great job with this.For example some people... [Read More]

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Webcast: "12.2 Technical Upgrade Overview and Process Flow"

March 29, 2017, 8:08 am

≫ Next: Running Oracle REST Data Services Without Oracle Application Express

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Oracle University has a wealth of free webcasts for Oracle E-Business Suite. If you're looking for an overview of how to optimize your EBS 12.2 installation, see:

12.2 Technical Upgrade Overview and Process Flow (23 minutes)

Udayan Parvate, Senior Director Release Engineering, Quality and Release Management, shares a high level overview of the 12.2 technical upgrade and the sequence of technical steps to follow in the 12.2 upgrade process. This material was presented at Oracle OpenWorld 2015.

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Running Oracle REST Data Services Without Oracle Application Express

March 29, 2017, 8:32 am

≫ Next: DevCamp 2017: How much cost the Oracle Cloud? by Timo Hahn

≪ Previous: Webcast: "12.2 Technical Upgrade Overview and Process Flow"

Can you? YES. Absolutely, even. No mention of APEX – not that that’s a bad thing. Go from your app to your Oracle Database resources via REST (GET|POST|PUT|DELETE), and your responses come back via JSON. No APEX required. And even better, you can have ORDS up and running in less than 5 minutes. Ok, but... [Read More]

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DevCamp 2017: How much cost the Oracle Cloud? by Timo Hahn

March 30, 2017, 1:51 am

≫ Next: Oracle OpenWorld 2017 call for papers open – submit your PaaS partners success!

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February 7th, I attended the DOAG Dev Camp 2017 in Hannover, Germany. The DevCamp is held in a ‘Bar Camp’ format, meaning that everybody can bring proposals for sessions at the day the bar camp takes place. The proposals are rated at the beginning and the auditorium can decide if they want to discuss the proposal or not.

I pitched a session on the ‘Cost of the Oracle Cloud’ which was accepted by the other attendees. At the begin of the week (around 5^th of February) Oracle changed the pricing of the Oracle Cloud Trials. Before this week you could get a trail which lasted one month, now you get a credit of 300$ which you can spend on Oracles Cloud offerings in one month. Once the 300$ are gone or the month is over you get a mail asking if you like to continue to use the cloud services which are then charged on your credit card. Yes, you have to give a valid credit card if you sign up for a trail. The card is not charged until you say so, accepting the continuation of the services.

Gone are the time when you could request another trail account using a different mail address (not that anybody did such a bad thing).

Anyway, I stumbled over this change when I look at the cloud.oracle.com page in preparation of the session I planned for the DevCamp.

Well, you see that you get 300$ to spend on the cloud trail, but not how much a specific trail costs. From my experience with the cloud I know that you need DB Cloud, Storage Cloud, Compute Cloud and Java Cloud to get a Java Development environment for ADF in the cloud. Are the 300$ enough to get all those services for a decent amount of time? Read the complete article here.

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Oracle OpenWorld 2017 call for papers open – submit your PaaS partners success!

March 30, 2017, 2:05 am

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We want that You present your PaaS Partner success at Oracle OpenWorld 2017! Make sure you submit your papers:

Call-for-Papers Oracle OpenWorld 2017

We recommend to submit best practice session of leading edge products like Integration Cloud Service, Process Cloud Service, SOA Cloud Service or how to Enrich SaaS with PaaS. Also highly welcome are joint presentations with your customers. Let us know if you like to get a nice quote from Oracle. For additional call for papers visit our wiki.

See you in San Francisco

Jürgen Kress

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Training Thursdays: Zero-Downtime Patching for Continuous Security

March 30, 2017, 2:19 am

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Oracle Linux is the only Linux OS with zero-downtime patching for continuous security. Non-Disruptive Downloads are key. Zero downtime is increasingly important because of the growing number of security patches that everyone has to deal with.

The ability to patch systems with critical security errata without downtime is crucial. Ksplice can deliver zero downtime for your core infrastructure in both kernel and user space for your traditional workloads and also your cloud.

Ksplice is one of the many topics you can learn about by taking Oracle Linux system administration training.

For those using Oracle Linux 7, you can take the Oracle Linux 7: System Administration in the following formats:

Training-on-Demand: Start training straight away, at you own pace, following lecture material through streaming videos and booking time to get hands-on experience when suits your needs.
Live-Virtual Event: Attend a live event from your own desk, so saving on travel costs. Events are added to the schedule to suit different time-zones. Events on the schedule include 3, 10, 17 and 24 April, and 15 and 22 May 2017 in English and 24 April in French.
In-Class Event: Travel to an education center to take this class. Below is a selection of the in-class events on the schedule:

Location	Date	Delivery Language
Brisbane, Australia	17 July 2017	English
Perth, Australia	24 July 2017	English
Vienna, Austria	19 June 2017	English
Sao Paulo, Brazil	22 May 2017	Brazilian Portuguese
Beijing, China	24 July 2017	Simplified Chinese
San Jose, Costa Rica	26 June 2017	Spanish
San Salvador, El Salvador	22 May 2017	Spanish
Paris, France	6 November 2017	French
Berlin, Germany	23 October 2017	German
Dortmund, Germany	18 September 2017	German
Hamburg, Germany	24 April 2017	German
Munich, Germany	15 May 2017	German
Milan, Italy	10 April 2017	Italian
Rome, Italy	3 April 2017	Italian
Turin, Italy	18 September 2017	Italian
Mexico City, Mexico	1 May 2017	Spanish
Makati, Philippines	29 May 2017	English
Lisbon, Portugal	17 April 2017	Brazilian Portuguese
Singapore	17 April 2017	English
Pretoria, South Africa	5 June 2017	English
Johannesburg, South Africa	4 September 2017	English
Cape Town, South Africa	9 October 2017	English
Bangkok, Thailand	12 June 2017	English
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	16 April 2017	English
Reston, VA, United States	17 April 2017	English

For those using an earlier version of Linux, you can the Oracle Linux 5 & 6 System Administration in the following formats:

Training-on-Demand
Live-Virtual Event: Events on the schedule include 10 July, 4 September and 9 October 2017 in English
In-Class Event: Below is a selection of the in-class events on the schedule:

Location	Date	Delivery Language
Munich, Germany	24 April 2017	German
Tokyo, Japan	10 July 2017	Japanese
Utrecht, Netherlands	3 April 2017	English
Pretoria, South Africa	26 June 2017	English
Johannesburg, South Africa	9 October 2017	English
Cape Town, South Africa	30 October 2017	English
Madrid, Spain	26 June 2017	Spanish
Belmont, CA, United States	3 April 2017	English
Reston, VA, United States	1 May 2017	English

Resources:

To register for an event or to learn more about the Oracle Linux curriculum go to http://oracle.com/education/linux
The Oracle Linux 5 & 6 System Administration course is one step for those preparing to take the Oracle Linux 6 System Administrator OCA certificate exam
Oracle Linux Documentation
Try Ksplice

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Blog Taking a Break for Collaborate

March 30, 2017, 6:23 am

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Many of your blog authors from Oracle E-Business Suite Development and Product Management will be attending the Collaborate 2017 conference in Las Vegas next week. Consequently, this blog will be taking a break until the week starting 10 April.

If you are attending the conference, we'd be glad to see you at the EBS on Oracle Cloud Meet the Experts session, or any of our general sessions.

You can also call in and see us in the demo ground at the following location and times:

Exhibition Hall - Booth 859, Demo Pod 15

Monday 3 April: 15:15 - 20:00
Tuesday 4 April: 09:30 - 16:15 and 17:15 - 19:00
Wednesday 5 April: 10:45 - 16:15

When we return, watch out for a series of post-Collaborate articles in which we will share the latest offerings available to help you make the transition to Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud.

EBS on Oracle Cloud at Collaborate 2017

References

Getting Started with Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud (Doc ID 2066260.1)

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Java Certified? Get Your Free Java T-shirt!

March 30, 2017, 9:28 am

≫ Next: Webcast: "Online Patching with EBS 12.2"

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Earn anynew Java certification from June 1^st 2016 to May 31^st 2017 and you’re eligible to receive a free Java certified t-shirt.

Show off your skills. You worked hard, we know it. Don’t forget to let everyone else know it! Tweet your photo using the #javatshirt hashtag

It’s been a lot of fun for us to see your posts!

Click here for details.

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Webcast: "Online Patching with EBS 12.2"

March 30, 2017, 12:19 pm

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Oracle University has a wealth of free webcasts for Oracle E-Business Suite. If you're looking for an overview of how Online Patching works in EBS 12.2, see:

Online Patching with Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 (64 minutes)

The Online Patching feature of Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 will reduce your Oracle E-Business Suite patching downtimes to however long it takes to bounce your application server. Kevin Hudson, Senior Director Product Development, details how online patching works, with special attention to what’s happening at the database object level when patches are applied to an Oracle E-Business Suite environment that’s still running. Learn about the operational and system management implications for minimizing maintenance downtimes when applying Oracle E-Business Suite patches with this new technology and the related impact on customizations you might have built on top of Oracle E-Business Suite. This material was presented at Oracle OpenWorld 2016.

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Transform Your Business with Training for the Internet of Things (IoT)

March 30, 2017, 12:53 pm

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Written with help from Jim Moniak, Curriculum Product Manager, Oracle University

Imagine a world where everything is connected to a wide variety of devices.

Automobiles with built in sensors monitoring what's in your refrigerator
Life saving tracking devices to follow your daily activity routines
Automation of your home security system

All of this data, while seemingly unrelated, could be tracked remotely through the Internet and existing network infrastructures.

This provides a huge opportunity to collect data remotely, process data and apply the intelligence behind the data to new prospects.

As Oracle expands its Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio with new cloud solutions, we empower businesses to detect, analyze, and respond to IoT-enabled devices.

Oracle University is excited to offer training to deepen your understanding through theOracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) Cloud Learning Subscription.

Consume digital training content 24/7 within our Internet of Things channel:

Introduction to Internet of Things (IoT) Cloud Service
IoT Concepts
Registering a Remote Device
Forwarding Data from Devices to Enterprise Applications
Analyzing Data Using Stream Explorer
How to use the IoT Asset Monitoring Cloud
Integrating IoT and Integration Cloud Service (ICS)
Integrating IoT with Mobile Cloud Service and Big Data Cloud Service
Using REST with IoT Cloud Service
Sending Data from IoT Cloud Service to Business Intelligence (BI) Cloud Service
Developing a Device Adapter for the IoT Cloud Service Gateway
Creating Simple Dashboards

Additional topics are continuously added to this channel, as this subscription evolves with technology in real-time.

Purchase theOracle Platform as a Service (PaaS) Cloud Learning Subscription now for 12 months of continuously updated digital content!

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PaaS Customer Success Presentation

March 31, 2017, 7:54 am

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At the WebLogic Community Workspace (WebLogic Community membership required) we published the latest Live Customer Success Stories Deck January 2017.pptx-

Additional PaaS Customer reference videos shot at Oracle OpenWorld 2016. Listed alphabetically by customer: AAR Corp, Ambev & Softbank ,Asahi Refining, Asahi Refining, CIMA,Club Corp, Club Corp, Credilink, Dubai Airports , Dubai Airports, EMO Trans, Grant Thornton, HCL, IDEA Cellular, Macy's, Macy's & Manchester Airports, Μanheim, McGraw Hills, Motorola Solutions, National Pharmacies, National Pharmacies,Omni Financeiras, Pernod Ricard, Pernod Ricard, Radio Shack, Radio Shack, Safexpress, Safexpress, Smart, State of Maine, State of Maine, Stitch Fix, SuiteBox, The Factory, Trek Bicycles, Wiggle, WindRiver

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Additional EBS on Oracle Cloud Automation Capabilities

March 31, 2017, 9:52 am

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We're pleased to be able to share some good news just in time for Collaborate!

Building on the release earlier in March, we have just added support to our provisioning and lift and shift automation both for further release combinations and also for the Exadata Cloud Service.

To take advantage of the new capabilities, you need to obtain the updated EBS Cloud Admin Tool that is included with the latest Provisioning Tools image in Oracle Marketplace.

New Multi-Node Provisioning Capabilities

Our enhanced automation features include the capability to provision a new installation of:

Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3
Oracle E-Business Suite (Release 12.2 or 12.1.3), with the Oracle E-Business Suite Database on Exadata Cloud Service

The following tables show which combinations of Oracle E-Business Suite releases, Oracle Database releases, and Oracle Cloud services are currently supported by the provisioning automation.

Detailed instructions can be found in the Oracle by Example tutorial Provisioning a New Multi-Node Oracle E-Business Suite Installation in Oracle Cloud Using the EBS Cloud Admin Tool.

New Cloning Capabilities

As described in our earlier article, cloning occurs in two linked stages:

Back up your on-premises EBS installation to Oracle Storage Cloud Service
Provision your desired topology on Oracle Cloud

When you use our automation to clone an Oracle E-Business Suite environment from on-premises to Oracle Cloud, you now have the option to place the EBS database on the Exadata Cloud Service.

The following tables show which combinations of Oracle E-Business Suite releases, Oracle Database releases, and Oracle Cloud services are currently supported by the cloning automation.

Detailed cloning instructions can be found in the Oracle by Example tutorial Cloning Oracle E-Business Suite from On-Premises to Oracle Cloud Using EBS Cloud Tools.

The best place to start reading about what is possible, and to help you choose the right solution for your specific needs, is always Getting Started with Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud.

References

Oracle By Example Tutorials
Getting Started with Oracle E-Business Suite on Oracle Cloud (Doc ID 2066260.1)

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Announcing E-Business Suite: WLS (WebLogic Server) Utility!

March 31, 2017, 3:30 pm

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E-Business Suite: WLS (WebLogic Server) Utility (Doc ID 2230225.1)

WLS Status: displays some information from the EBS WLS environment where no screen shots should be required

Managed server status
Application deployment status
WLS JDBC information
JVM runtime heap

Logs

Chronological view of Logs: using the managed server logs as the basis, this button shows all of the logs with errors that have occurred from most recent by default. It also provides the option to select dates for any of the errors that were found in the logs. With time selection and OHS logfile overlay, it allows a time to be selected along with other associated logs
Log Summary: displays the logs where the errors, alerts or exceptions were found along with the locations of the logfiles
Errors|Alerts: shows the files, location, and the error or alerts along with the line number where the errors occurred
Shows the files, location, and the error or alerts along with the line number where the errors occurred
Exceptions found: similar to the Errors|Alerts logs but pointing to specific exceptions found in the the managed server logs

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Released US PAY: The 2017 United States (US) First Quarter (Q1) Statutory Update.

March 31, 2017, 3:37 pm

≫ Next: EBS Release 12 certified with Safari 10 and macOS Sierra 10.12

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The United States (US) First Quarter (Q1) Statutory Update, 2017 has been released!

Patch numbers:

12.1 - Patch 25664473:R12.PAY.B
12.2 - Patch 25664473:R12.PAY.C

The Q1 2017 Statutory patch requires the End of Year 2016 Phase 3 patch as a prerequisite. Note also that it requires the post install steps of running the data installer and hrglobal.drv. Please be sure to carefully read all the readme's before beginning to install this patch, to ensure successful processing.

A. Q1 2017 Statutory Update Highlights

* IRS revised 941 for Q1 2017, due May 1, 2017
* Minimum wage rates added for localities in New York and Oregon
* Q1 JIT updates
* Miscellaneous bug updates

Please see the following readme's on My Oracle Support for full details:

Doc ID: 2249457.1 - 1st Quarter 2017 Statutory Patch Readme for Release 12.1
Doc ID: 2249458.1 - 1st Quarter 2017 Statutory Patch Readme for Release 12.2

Note: The functional readme's listed above do not contain detailed patch installation instructions. Please refer to the patch readme's available in the patch download area on My Oracle Support for the patch installation instructions.

Payroll Mandatory & Recommended Patch Information for US:

For the complete R12.1.x Payroll Mandatory Patch List, see My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 858794.1

For the complete R12.2.x Payroll Mandatory Patch List, see My Oracle Support Knowledge Document 1669527.1

If you experience any issues with this patch, please log a Service request on My Oracle Support, product: Oracle HRMS US

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EBS Release 12 certified with Safari 10 and macOS Sierra 10.12

March 31, 2017, 3:56 pm

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Apple logo Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 (12.1.3, 12.2.4 or higher) is now certified with macOS Sierra 10.12 with the following desktop configuration:

macOS Sierra version 10.12.3 or higher
Safari version 10 (10.0.3 or higher)
Oracle JRE 8 plugin (1.8.0_121 or higher)

Additionally, Safari 10 on OS X El Capitan 10.11 with the JRE 8 plugin is also now certified. Users should review all relevant information along with other specific patching requirements and known limitations posted here:

Oracle E-Business Suite Release Notes Release 12 for macOS (Note 1533334.1)

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Top tweets SOA Partner Community – March 2017

April 1, 2017, 2:34 am

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March 2017 top tweets by soaCommunity

Send your tweets @soacommunity #soaCommunity and follow us at http://twitter.com/soacommunity. Make sure you share your content with the community!

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SOA Suite 11g and SOA Suite 12c Bundle Patches January 2017

April 1, 2017, 2:42 am

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New Bundle Patches for SOA 11.1.1.9 and 12.1.3.0

Product Version	Bundle Patch Name	Bundle Patch Number
SOA 11.1.1.9	Bundle Patch 170102 (11.1.1.9.170102)	Patch 25247644
SOA 12.1.3.0	Bundle Patch 170117 (12.1.3.0.170117)	Patch 24835839