This document discusses implementing extensibility and handing run-time power to business users in Oracle Applications. It covers what extensibility means, who it is for, and why the approach works. The agenda includes discussing configuration, customization, extension, personalization and localization. It also covers Oracle's tailoring features, how Metadata Services enables changes without compromising the original code base, and supports upgrades and patches. The presentation includes a demonstration.

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AMIS | Oracle Applications
User Experience Expo
Implementing Extensibility –
Handing Run-Time Power to
the Business User at Design
Killian Evers & Tim Dubois,
Oracle Applications
User Experience
March 18, 2014
Nieuwegein, NL

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Agenda
§ What does it mean?
§ Who is it for?
§ Why does it work?
§ Demo

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Extending and Customizing
Make changes in the public cloud, private cloud, or on-premise
Tweak what you have
out-of-the-box using composers
Build a custom app or a custom
integration using UX designs and
JDeveloper

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Tailoring
Simplified UI § Change the theme
§ Change the logo, app name,
and watermark
§ Manage announcements
§ Page Composer
§ Sandboxes
DEMO

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Oracle’s Fusion Terminology
Configuration § Setup step made by customers to alter the applications in
a way that has been pre-defined by the base product.
Customization § All changes to existing artifacts.
Extension § All creations of new artifacts.
Personalization § Changes made by self-service users at run-time that only
affect that user.
§ Can be made to new or changed artifacts.
Localization § Changes to provide specific functionality for a
given country or region.
§ Localizations are made by product development
or as third-party extensions.

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Oracle’s Fusion Terminology
Extension
Configuration
Customization
Personalization
Localization
Tailoring

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Oracle Tailoring Features
Provides an abstraction layer that shields users from the
complexity of software development
§ Carefully designed to be easy to use for everyone
§ Changes are defined, not programmed
§ Leverages Metadata Services (MDS)
§ Changes are preserved through patches and upgrades
SaaS-enabled solution

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Metadata Services (MDS)
Let’s explore how MDS:
ü Enables tailoring a single code base without
compromising the link between the original and
changed version
ü Stores your changes in order to support upgrades /
patches
ü Supports declarative, layered changes of all metadata
ü Offers lifecycle support for tailoring of Oracle Fusion
Applications
Oracle Code Base
Metadata Services (MDS)

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