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Release Value Proposition JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 8.98 Updates
Including 8.98.1, 8.98.2 and 8.98.3
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Product Strategy
Revised May 2010
Page i JD Edwards EnterpriseOne � Tools Release 8.98 � Release Value Proposition
Revised August 2008 � Revision A
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Revised August 2008 � Revision A
DOCUMENT REVISION AND PRODUCTION NOTES
Source Document Name: JDE E1 RVP Tools 8.98 Updates 1-3 (A2).doc
Document Revision Descriptions
Revision Date Description
A October 2009 GG: Initial release including Tools 8.98 Updates 1 and 2
B May 2010 GG: Updated to include Tools 8.98 Update 3
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
DAD Data Access Driver
DAS Data Access Server
GA General Availability
JDBC Java Database Connectivity
JDE E1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
OBI Oracle Business Intelligence
Page iii JD Edwards EnterpriseOne � Tools Release 8.98 � Release Value Proposition
Revised August 2008 � Revision A
Release Value Proposition
Tools Release 8.98 Updates
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Executive Summary ............................................................................ 1
Release Availability and Applications Compatibility .......................... 4
Improvements to Existing Product Capabilities ................................ 5
(1) Data Access Driver (DAD) ............................................................................ 5
(2) Save JDE E1 report output to a file system ................................................ 5
(3) Controls on data selection for batch processing ........................................ 6
(4) Application Query Security ............................................................................ 7
(5) Grid copy and paste support .......................................................................... 7
(6) Drag and drop grid columns .......................................................................... 8
(7) Enhanced support for the Firefox browser................................................. 8
(8) Enhanced embedded BI Publisher email delivery options ....................... 9
(9) Intuitive descriptions for query building using Data Access Driver ..... 10
(10) Workflow Approval Delegation and Task Re-assignment ................... 11
(11) Deploy update packages without system downtime .............................. 12
(12) Server Manager support of clustered HTML application servers ....... 12
New Product Enhancements ............................................................ 14
(1) New product offering: Oracle Enterprise Manager Application Pack for JD Edwards .................................................................................................... 14
(2) Resource Management in Server Manager ................................................ 15
(3) Design time and runtime support for embedded Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) reports .................................................................................. 16
(4) Oracle WebCenter Spaces for JDE E1 portal deployments ................... 18
(5) Related Information Application Framework for WebCenter Spaces .. 19
(6) Batch Window Profiling Utility ................................................................... 21
Currency with Platform and Infrastructure Components ................. 22
Page 1 JD Edwards EnterpriseOne � Tools Release 8.98 Updates � Release Value Proposition Revised October 2009 � Revision A
Release Value Proposition
Tools Release 8.98 Updates
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Executive Summary
Thousands of organizations around the world rely on JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne applications for their daily business operations. Supporting
every JD Edwards EnterpriseOne installation is a JD Edwards
EnterpriseOne Tools release which delivers an efficient, independent,
secure and reliable platform for the application modules and the
supporting technologies (including databases, hardware, browsers and
operating systems) from Oracle and other technology companies. Since all
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne users interact with tools through every
transaction, every JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customer will derive
multiple business benefits from improvements to the Tools releases.
Oracle delivers new releases of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools through
three release vehicles:
1. Major releases, such as Tools 8.98. Major releases are typically
delivered every 1-2 years.
2. Tools release updates, such as Tools 8.98.1. Tools release updates
are typically delivered every 6-12 months.
3. Maintenance packs, such as Tools 8.98.1.1. Tools Maintenance
packs are typically delivered every 1-2 months.
These Tools releases are designed to be “backward compatible”, meaning a
customer can apply a new Tools release without a corresponding
application upgrade. This allows customers to add value to their enterprise
applications without major changes to their business processes.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98 was
made Generally Available to customers in
September 2008. Tools release updates to
8.98 are delivered on a regular basis to
deliver an ongoing, easy to consume,
incremental stream of business value for JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne customers.
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The focus of this document is on the Tools release updates for Tools
major release 8.98, specifically the business values that organizations can
realize by applying these updates. These Tools release updates, for
example 8.98 update 2 or 8.98.2.0, are important for JD Edwards
customers to understand for a number of reasons.
1. Tools release updates contain new product enhancements.
These new enhancements, such as a new reporting tool, are
typically optional for implementation when applying a Tools
update. However, when implemented these enhancements can
deliver a rapid time to value.
2. Tools release updates contain new platform choices. These
new supported platforms, such as a new operating system or web
portal platform, are typically optional for implementation when
applying a Tools update as you can continue to use your existing
platform choice.
3. Tools release updates contain improvements to existing
product capabilities which can be leveraged to more effectively
manage your enterprise applications – from the end user, to the
system administrator, to the developer. These new capabilities
make the existing system better, such as an improvement to
system performance. The new product capabilities include many
customer driven requests.
4. Tools release updates deliver currency with platform and
infrastructure components such as new versions of operating
systems, databases, application servers, and other technology
components. By moving to the latest Tools release update, you
can choose to leverage the advancements made in these platform
and infrastructure components.
5. Tools release updates are designed with quality in mind. They
contain the latest maintenance and go through rigorous quality
engineering prior to release. Since these updates are delivered on
a semiannual or annual basis, the product development schedule
can accommodate steps such as beta testing and testing on
multiple platform combinations.
Oracle’s Applications Unlimited program describes Oracle’s plan for
ongoing product enhancements and innovations. In September, 2008 JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools release 8.98 delivered many such
enhancements and innovations in the areas of reporting, user experience,
and batch processing. The updates to Tools Release 8.98 continue this
momentum with similar enhancements that will provide immediate
business benefit to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne customers in every
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Updates
include new product enhancements and new
platform choices.
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Updates
also deliver improvements to existing product
capabilities and general maintenance to
improve the stability of your JD Edwards
installation.
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enterprise size, geography, and industry, and to individual users regardless
of their role.
This document is an accumulation of the Release Value Proposition for the
Tools release updates for the major Tools release 8.98. This includes
specific information about:
• Tools release 8.98 update 1
• Tools release 8.98 update 2
• Tools release 8.98 update 3
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Release Availability and Applications Compatibility
The Updates to Tools release 8.98 are designed to be backward compatible
with prior application releases. The specific application releases which are
supported by these Tools updates is based upon Oracle’s Lifetime Support
Policy, which can be found at http://www.oracle.com/support.
The following table describes the compatibility of these Tools updates with
previous JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications releases:
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
Release
Tools 8.98
Update 1
(April 2009)
Tools 8.98
Update 2
(October 2009)
Tools 8.98
Update 3
(May 2010)
Applications 8.10 �
Applications 8.11
(including 8.11 SP1) � � �
Applications 8.12 � � �
Applications 9.0 � � �
While Oracle strives for 100 percent backwards compatibility of tools
releases to all listed application releases, some 8.98 release features may
require a specific minimum application release. Please refer to the product
release notes for details on a feature level compatibility by application
release.
Updates to JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools
8.98 will be compatible with applications
releases based upon Oracle’s Lifetime
Support Policy.
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Improvements to Existing Product Capabilities
(1) Data Access Driver (DAD)
Tools release 8.98 added a capability for handling data queries called
the Data Access Server (DAS). This provided a standards-based
approach to querying data stored in the JDE E1 database by
leveraging the JDBC (java database connectivity) standard. Using
DAS, a java client application can be connected to the JDE E1
database in a secure fashion.
For java server applications, such as Oracle BI Publisher, a revised
approach was required. Since server applications can have hundreds
or even thousands of simultaneous users, a revised solution is required
to address those scalability requirements. The Data Access Driver is
the solution for java server applications.
Purpose (1) General purpose data query interface to securely
access JDE E1 business data.
Benefit (1) Enforces data level security configuration, such
as row level security, set up in JDE E1 system
(2) Scalable for server types of applications such as
Oracle BI Publisher.
(3) Understanding of the JDE E1 proprietary data
types such as date / time formats.
(4) Standards-based approach enables DAD to be
used for a wide variety of purposes.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.1
Examples End user reporting using Oracle BI Publisher
Other java server based applications access to JDE
E1 business data
(2) Save JDE E1 report output to a file system
Business documents generated from the JDE E1 system are an asset
to your business. They represent correspondence with your customers,
agreements with partners, and many other types of business
documentation. JDE E1 has embedded Oracle’s BI Publisher report
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generation technology to improve the reports to be professional, pixel
perfect documents.
These documents are often requested by business users, whether it is
to get a copy of a customer invoice, a history of purchase orders, or
other business needs. This customer need drove an improvement to
the JD Edwards embedded BI Publisher capability to preserve the
report output generated by JDE E1.
Purpose (1) Save JDE E1 report output to a file system
Benefit (1) Report output is preserved for archival and
search purposes.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.1
(3) Controls on data selection for batch processing
One of the capabilities of the JDE E1 suite of applications is for end
users to request and execute reports. This puts the power of
requesting reports in the hands of end users, rather than requiring the
IT organization to run the reports.
However, if the end user removes or modifies the data selection
criteria upon submission of a report, an unexpected impact on the
overall system could potentially result. In this scenario, the report
could execute over a larger set of data than intended resulting in
unintended system performance degradation.
Purpose (1) Controls on end user’s ability to change report
data selection criteria.
Benefit (1) Predictable system performance by controlling
end user changes to report criteria that could
degrade overall system performance.
(2) Controls can be applied at the individual user,
role, or all user level for flexibility in how the
controls are applied.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.1
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(4) Application Query Security
Similar to the challenges outlined above in the section “Controls on
data selection for batch processing”, users are empowered to initiate
searches for business data through the JDE E1 interactive applications.
Users can request information by entering data in the header section
of the page and then pressing the Find button. Similarly, they can
enter information in the QBE (query by example) line or in the Data
Browser tool.
However, if the end user does not enter any criteria prior to requesting
the search, the result could be an unexpected impact to the overall
system potentially impacting other users. In this case, sometimes
referred to as a “wide open find”, the search could execute over a
larger set of data than intended resulting in unintended system
performance degradation.
Purpose (1) Controls on end user’s ability to initiate a wide
open find to the JDE E1 database
Benefit (1) Improved system performance
(2) Controls can be applied at an individual
application level for flexibility in where the
controls are applied.
(3) Individual users can be excluded if IT determines
there is a business need for a large search.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.2
(5) Grid copy and paste support
The users of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications use many
personal productivity tools as part of their day to day activities such as
email, spreadsheets, and documentation applications. This ability to
copy information between the JDE E1 grid and an external
application can help increase the overall productivity of your end users.
Purpose (1) Enables users to use the familiar copy / paste
actions to copy information between JDE E1
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applications and other applications.
Benefit (1) Can select Cell Ranges for Copy / Paste
(2) Can select individual or a range of rows for Copy
/ Paste
(3) Familiar CTL-C Hotkey to Copy and CTL-V
Hotkey to Paste
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
(6) Drag and drop grid columns
Users expect a dynamic user interface where they can configure the
size and order of columns to their liking. This feature allows the user
to drag and drop grid columns to re-order and resize the grid layout.
Purpose (1) Allows users to configure the order and the width
of columns in any JDE E1 application
interactively
Benefit (1) Users can visually see their grid customization
while it is being defined
(2) Users have the option to save the user setting as a
“Grid Format” along with previously created
formats
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
(7) Enhanced support for the Firefox browser
The usage of the Mozilla Firefox browser is rapidly increasing
amongst both consumer and business users. While organizations
often “lock down” the end user desktop in order to control the
applications and browser version that is used, this is not always
possible. For example, when an organization opens up access to their
system over the internet to their customers or suppliers, it is very
difficult to control which browser is used. Full support for the most
prevalent browsers in use is an important requirement.
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Purpose (1) Enables the Firefox browser to be used with JDE
E1 applications that require import / export or
editing of text based attachments
Benefit (1) Users of both the Internet Explorer and Firefox
browsers have the same capabilities
(2) Option for organizations to turn off the use of
ActiveX, which can be a security risk
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
(8) Enhanced embedded BI Publisher email delivery options
The embedded BI publisher support within JDE E1 improves the
embedded reporting capability to pixel perfect output, support for a
variety of output formats, and electronic delivery of the reports. Users
can create reports by utilizing familiar desktop tools. As the usage of
this reporting tool has expanded by customers, additional
requirements have arisen in the area of email delivery and language
support.
Purpose (1) Allow for a report specific email subject line and
body text with text substitution
(2) Leverage the user profile and other capabilities to
ensure that report is delivered in the end user’s
preferred language
(3) Option to consolidate output to recipients of
bursted reports
Benefit (1) Increased flexibility in electronically delivered
reports.
(2) Better quality delivery of reports
(3) Improved language output support
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
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(9) Intuitive descriptions for query building using Data Access
Driver
The interactive BI publisher support for JDE E1 allows for the use of
Oracle BI Publisher to author, publish, and execute reports that use
JDE E1 as a data source. End users can design their own reports and
modify them as required using the powerful BI Publisher Enterprise
Edition reporting product. To simplify the task of end users creating
reports, intuitive descriptions are now available for the table and
column names while building the query in BI Publisher. Also,
descriptions related to a User Defined Code (UDC) can be
automatically retrieved with the query results.
Purpose (1) Simplify the end user reporting task of creating a
data query.
(2) Simplify the end user reporting task of retrieving
descriptive text for codes
Benefit (1) When selecting a table or view for a query, users
will see a description such as “Customer Ledger”
rather than a table name such as F03B11
(2) When selecting columns to include in the query,
users will see a description of the column in their
preferred language
(3) No additional database table join is required to
retrieve a description related to a UDC.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
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(10) Workflow Approval Delegation and Task Re-assignment
The JDE E1 workflow engine can be a powerful tool for coordinating
actions in the system across multiple systems and users. One key use
case is in the approval of transactions such as expense approval or
requisition approval. In these processes, one or more users can be
configured to approve transactions prior to those transactions being
released for processing. In the case of a user not approving a
transaction in a prescribed amount of time, the system can be
configured to escalate that approval to another user. However, in the
case where the primary approver is out of the office or has left the
company, there previously has not been an easy way to delegate the
approval step or reassign pending approvals.
Purpose (1) Allow end users to delegate the approval of
existing or future approvals for any JDE E1
workflow. This includes the approvals that are
generated from the JDE E1 Expense
Management and Requisition Self Service
applications.
Benefit (1) System administrators control the list of users
an approver can delegate approval authority
(2) Allows users to route and re-assign workflow
tasks to an approved delegate.
(3) End users can set a date range for new
approval requests to be automatically routed
to a delegate for approval
(4) Simplifies approvals for employee vacations,
termination scenarios, and manager delegation
(5) Automatically routes tasks to Delegate when
the Primary Approver is unavailable
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
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(11) Deploy update packages without system downtime
The package build process is a key component of the change
management system that is built into the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
architecture. This process allows an IT organization to control the
version of the application that is deployed to a test, production or
other environment. It is typical for an organization to deploy a weekly
or monthly “update” package in order to deploy modifications to
reports and other maintenance. Not requiring all users and batch
processes to cease processing in order to deploy an update package
can enable organization to run a 7x24 operation along with a
simplified process for your IT staff.
Purpose (1) Allow update packages that contain only UBE
and APPL changes to deploy without stopping
batch processing
Benefit (1) Simplified change management process. The
JDE E1 package deployment process will deploy
update packages without the need to lock batch
queues.
(1) 24 x7 operations support for commonly
deployed update packages
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Applications 9.0 (or later)
(12) Server Manager support of clustered HTML application
servers
The JDE E1 HTML application server tier (aka JAS) can be set up in a
horizontal or vertical cluster configuration. A horizontal cluster will
manage user activity across multiple physical servers, while a vertical
cluster will add additional capacity within a physical server. When
these servers are clustered, it becomes important to manage the cluster
as a single unit while still having the visibility at the individual node
level.
Purpose (1) Improve Server Manager to manage a horizontal
or vertical cluster of JDE E1 HTML servers
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Benefit (1) Simplified system administration
a. Deploy new Tools Releases without impacting
the cluster
b. System parameters synchronized across all
nodes
c. Master (cluster) and node level runtime
controls
(2) Improved System Insight
a. Display all nodes within the cluster in Server
Manager
b. Aggregation and display of cluster level
runtime metrics and node specific metrics
(3) Multiple platform support including WebLogic
Server and WebSphere
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
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New Product Enhancements
(1) New product offering: Oracle Enterprise Manager
Application Pack for JD Edwards
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne includes a very powerful system
administration tool called Server Manager. This tool allows the system
administrator to monitor the status of the JDE E1 servers, change
system configuration, install new servers, troubleshoot issues, and a
variety of other tasks.
Oracle’s Enterprise Manager product offering compliments JDE E1
Server Manager by providing enterprise wide system management as
well as a broad set of complimentary capabilities. The Oracle
Enterprise Manager Application Pack for JD Edwards is an extension
to Oracle Enterprise Manager to enable it to manage the JDE E1
systems.
Purpose (1) Service level management allows IT to create and
monitor Service Level Agreements.
(2) Create system reports, dashboards, and alerts
based upon current and historical system usage
and errors.
(3) Manage the entire enterprise architecture, beyond
the JDE E1 servers.
Benefits (1) Improve alignment between the IT and line of
business organizations regarding system
performance such as uptime and end user
response time.
(2) Proactive notification of issues through alerts
minimizes the amount of manual system
monitoring.
(3) Single system management tool which has
visibility into various systems across your
enterprise increases visibility and decreases
troubleshooting time.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.1
Examples See Figure 1
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Figure 1: Example of an Oracle Enterprise Manager dashboard showing JD Edwards EnterpriseOne information
(2) Resource Management in Server Manager
In enterprise architecture such as JDE E1, system resources such as
CPU processing power and memory are shared across many users. A
properly sized and configured system to meet the expected needs of
these users results in a high performance and stable platform for your
enterprise applications.
But, what happens when something doesn’t go to plan? An
improperly configured system, a product defect, a bad customization,
or a third party product could all be reasons that these important
system resources get consumed resulting in a performance degradation,
or even worse, a system outage.
A set of resource management utilities is delivered to provide insight
and diagnostics into the memory and CPU usage of the JDE E1
system. This enables system administrators to quickly identify processes with high resource consumption and reclaim those system
resources to ensure system stability. It also decreases the time
required for developers to identify the root cause of resource
consumption issues.
Purpose (1) Provide system administrators insight into how
the system resources are being used.
(2) Enable system administrators to reclaim those
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system resources to ensure system stability.
(3) Quickly capture the required information to send
to Oracle or developers to resolve the root cause
of the issue.
Benefits (1) Improved satisfaction through increased system
uptime, improved software quality, and reduced
time to resolve application issues.
(2) No impact to production systems, removes need
to reproduce problems in a testing environment.
(3) Reduce the time it takes to obtain the required
information for problem resolution from
day/weeks to minutes/hours.
(4) Decrease the churn between customers and
Oracle support by capturing the necessary
diagnostics earlier in the support process.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.2
(3) Design time and runtime support for embedded Oracle
Business Intelligence (OBI) reports
Having the right information at the right time can sound cliché, but is
very applicable to enterprise applications. If end users have the
information required to make the best decision on a transaction, such
as whether to increase a customer’s credit limit, they can increase their
productivity and make the best business decisions.
By combining the JDE E1 transaction screens with business
intelligence reports, this goal is accomplished. End users can see the
business intelligence report on the same screen as they are processing
a transaction. This report is delivered in context of the transaction
they are working on. So, if they are looking at a specific customer
invoice, they can see business intelligence about that customer, similar
customers, or other related intelligence.
Purpose (1) Include OBI reports in JD Edwards transaction
page.
(2) Contextually link the JD E1 transaction to get a
specific OBI report which most relevant.
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(3) Include multiple OBI reports through a drop
down menu or multiple regions on the page.
(4) The OBI user experience is preserved for drill
down, next page, or report prompts.
Benefits (1) Improved decision making by your JDE E1
users.
(2) Improved productivity of your JDE E1 users.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.1
Examples See Figure 2
Figure 2: Example of an Oracle Business Intelligence (OBI) report embedded into the JDE E1 Account Balance Inquiry page
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(4) Oracle WebCenter Spaces for JDE E1 portal deployments
Oracle’s WebCenter Suite 11g is a comprehensive enterprise portal
platform designed for business users and IT, and unified with business
applications, Enterprise 2.0 services and social communities.
WebCenter is an ideal platform for delivering content rich applications
to your users that include access to JDE E1 applications. With
WebCenter Spaces, an organization can deploy a platform to users that
provides quick access to information including access to enterprise
business applications and rich web 2.0 capabilities.
Purpose (1) Integrate JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
applications with WebCenter Spaces.
Benefit (1) Enhance your user experience by combining
JDE E1 applications with web 2.0 collaboration
(2) Deliver secure access to JDE E1 applications via
a role based portal
(3) Manage changes to the JDE E1 portal
applications using the common JDE E1 tool set.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
Examples See figure 3
Figure 3: Example of the customer self service portlet running inside an Oracle WebCenter workspace, along with links back into
related JD Edwards EnterpriseOne applications
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(5) Related Information Application Framework for
WebCenter Spaces
Advancements in collaboration technologies such as discussion
forums, group calendars, and wikis are delivering powerful tools to
end users. These tools allow an expansion of the user community that
can collaborate online to more efficiently solve their business
problems. Using collaboration technologies, often referred to as web
2.0, users across the organization can more effectively communicate
when interacting with customers, managing corporate assets, closing a
fiscal quarter, or any other business process.
The Related Information Application Framework for WebCenter
Spaces feature allows organizations to combine any JDE E1
transaction screen with one or more related WebCenter collaborative
workspace. End users can quickly access the workspace that is related
to the JDE E1 transaction that they are working on. For example, a
user may see a workspace for a specific premium level customer when
they view that customer’s address book record, a sales order from that
customer, or other transactions related to the customer. They can
then quickly refer to the workspace to understand related activity to
that customer so they can make the best business decision in the JDE
E1 transaction system.
Purpose (1) Integrates the JDE E1 Web client interface with
Oracle’s WebCenter Spaces (web 2.0)
(2) Link JDE E1 applications to workspaces based
upon transaction context
(3) Links are defined by End Users or System
Administrator by application.
(4) Option to create or link to existing Group Space.
Benefits (1) Improves end user collaboration and decision
making
(2) Improved productivity of your JDE E1 users.
(3) No custom development required.
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.3
Examples See Figure 4
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Figure 4: Example of the Related Information Application Framework linking the JDE E1 Equipment Master page to a related Oracle WebCenter workspace
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(6) Batch Window Profiling Utility
A successful JD Edwards application deployment requires that several
batch processes are executed on a regular basis. Processes such as
Sales Order Update or integrity reports are important to execute to
ensure data integrity and an efficient execution of an organization’s
business processes. For a number of reasons, it is desirable to execute
these batch processes as quickly and efficiently as possible. Having
good insight into the historical execution of these processes is a key
step in planning and scheduling an efficient batch processing
environment.
Purpose (1) Tool to generate batch processing statistics and
details for batch workload planning.
Benefit (1) Information is mined from historical batch
processing statistics
(2) Information delivered in a format that it is easy
to create a Gantt style chart in spreadsheet
software
Release
level
JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 8.98.0
Requires Critical Path Batch UBE (R986114A)
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Currency with Platform and Infrastructure Components
Oracle continues to support the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne product line
heritage of supporting a wide variety of platforms across hardware,
operating system, and system software offerings from Oracle and popular
technology providers.
Purpose (1) Offer customers choices from leading technology
providers in conjunction with customer demand and
historical JD Edwards platforms.
(2) Leverage industry-leading platform technology for JD
Edwards EnterpriseOne infrastructure.
Benefit More technology choices let customers minimize their
costs and maximize their existing and planned
environments according to their IT strategy which
increases customer satisfaction and gives organizations
opportunities to lower the total cost of ownership.
Additions
starting
with
Tools
8.98.1
� Oracle Application Server 10.1.3.4
� Microsoft Windows Server 2008 (64-bit on x86-64
hardware)
� Microsoft SQL Server 2008 64-bit edition running on
Windows Server 2008
� Microsoft Internet Explorer version 8.0
� Firefox browser version 3.0.3
� Oracle Database 11g on SUSE Linux (SLES 10)
Additions
starting
with
Tools
8.98.2
� Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.1 (Linux 5 64-bit)
� Oracle Database 11g R2 (Linux 5 64-bit)
� Oracle Web Services Manager 10.1.3.3
� Oracle Service Bus 10.3.1
� IBM WebSphere Portal 6.1
� Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 for development and
package build processes
� Microsoft Windows 7 for JDE E1 web client (Internet
Explorer 8 only)
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Additions
starting
with
Tools
8.98.3
� Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.2
� Oracle WebCenter Spaces 11.1.1
� Oracle Internet Directory 11.1.1
� Oracle Access Manager 10.1.4
� Oracle BPEL Process Manager 11.1.1
� Oracle Web Services Manager 11.1.1
� Oracle Database 11g R2 (HP-UX and Solaris)
� IBM i7.1
� IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0
� IBM WebSphere MQ 7.0
� Deployment Server and Development client as a
Windows Guest in Oracle VM
Reference Always consult the current JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
MTR for the latest detailed information on supported
technologies per application and tools releases.