In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

DateProductFeatureNotes24 MAY 2021Product DevelopmentUpdated document. Revised feature description.30 MAR 2021Product DevelopmentUpdated document. Revised Tips and Considerations.22 MAR 2021Product HubUpdated document. Added section.19 MAR 2021Created initial document.

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update, and describes any tasks you might need to perform for the update. Each section includes a brief description of the feature, the steps you need to take to enable or begin using the feature, any tips or considerations that you should keep in mind, and the resources available to help you.

SECURITY AND NEW FEATURES

The Role section of each feature identifies the security privilege and job role required to use the feature. If feature setup is required, then the Application Implementation Consultant job role is required to perform the setup, unless otherwise indicated. (If a feature doesn't include a Role section, then no security changes are required to use the feature.)

If you have created job roles, then you can use this information to add new privileges to those roles as needed. For details about how to compare your configured job roles to predefined job roles and add security artifacts to your configured job roles, see the Security Console and Roles and Role Assignments chapters in the Oracle SCM Cloud: Securing SCM guide on the Oracle Help Center.

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Pre-Update and Post-Update Tasks

Depending on the features you're using in your Cloud applications, you may be required to perform certain steps immediately before or after your quarterly update. For details of these pre-update and post-update steps and the product areas that are affected, refer to Oracle SCM Cloud: Performing Your Quarterly Update (doc ID 2337485.1) on My Oracle Support.

Optional Uptake of New Features (Opt In)

Oracle Cloud Applications delivers new updates every quarter. This means every three months you'll receive new functionality to help you efficiently and effectively manage your business. Some features are delivered Enabled meaning they are immediately available to end users. Other features are delivered Disabled meaning you have to take action to make available. Features delivered Disabled can be activated for end users by stepping through the following instructions using the following privileges:

  • Review Applications Offering (ASM_REVIEW_APPLICATIONS_OFFERINGS_PRIV)
  • Configure Oracle Fusion Applications Offering (ASM_CONFIGURE_OFFERING_PRIV)

Here’s how you opt in to new features:

  1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > New Features.
  2. On the Features Overview page, select your offering to review new features specific to it. Or, you can leave the default selection All Enabled Offerings to review new features for all offerings.
  3. On the New Features tab, review the new features and check the opt-in status of the feature in the Enabled column. If a feature has already been enabled, you will see a check mark. Otherwise, you will see an icon to enable the feature.
  4. Click the icon in the Enabled column and complete the steps to enable the feature.

In some cases, you might want to opt in to a feature that's not listed in the New Features work area. Here's how to opt in:

  1. Click Navigator > My Enterprise > Offerings.
  2. On the Offerings page, select your offering, and then click Opt In Features.
  3. On the Opt In page, click the Edit Features (pencil) icon for the offering, or for the functional area that includes your feature.
  4. On the Edit Features page, complete the steps to enable the feature.

For more information and detailed instructions on opting in to new features for your offering, see Offering Configuration.

Opt In Expiration

Occasionally, features delivered Disabled via Opt In may be enabled automatically in a future update. This is known as an Opt In Expiration. If your cloud service has any Opt In Expirations you will see a related tab in this document. Click on that tab to see when the feature was originally delivered Disabled, and when the Opt In will expire, potentially automatically enabling the feature. You can also click here to see features with Opt In Expirations across all Oracle Cloud Applications.

Feature Summary

Column Definitions:

Report = New or modified, Oracle-delivered, ready to run reports.

UI or Process-Based: Small Scale = These UI or process-based features are typically comprised of minor field, validation, or program changes. Therefore, the potential impact to users is minimal.

UI or Process-Based: Larger Scale* = These UI or process-based features have more complex designs. Therefore, the potential impact to users is higher.

Features Delivered Disabled = Action is needed BEFORE these features can be used by END USERS. These features are delivered disabled and you choose if and when to enable them. For example, a) new or expanded BI subject areas need to first be incorporated into reports, b) Integration is required to utilize new web services, or c) features must be assigned to user roles before they can be accessed.

Innovation Management

View Approval History on Innovation Management Objects

View approval history on concepts, proposals, and requirement specifications. You can view details such as the date when the object was submitted for approval, which user submitted the object for approval, and the date when the object was approved or rejected, or the workflow was terminated. 

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View Approvals from the Actions Menu

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Approval History of a Proposal

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Enable owners of concept and requirements management specification processes to easily access workflow approval history. You can view the approval history details of each approver including date, time, and comments.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature, depending on the type of object:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Portfolio Manager (ORA_ACE_PRODUCT_PORTFOLIO_MANAGER_JOB)

Add Comments to Proposals

Use a new side tab on product proposals to add comments, and to view all comments for a proposal.  Comments can be added for any status of a proposal and are tracked by time and date. You can set a comment as Open or Closed.

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New Comments Side Tab

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Enables better team collaboration for product proposals. You can capture, respond to, and track comments, notes, and decisions pertinent to the proposal. 

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)

Manage Concept Teams Using REST Services

Use REST APIs to add or remove team members for your concepts. A new Team child resource is now added to the existing Product Concepts REST resource.

Sample call to get the members of a concept team:

curl -u:-X GET https:///fscmRestApi/resources/latest/productConcepts//child/Team

Response shows the user product_manager as a member of the team:

"items" : [ { "TeamId" : 300100031870819,  "UserId" : 100010038038316,  "UserName" : "PRODUCT_MANAGER",  "DisplayName" : "Product Manager",  "CreatedBy" : "PRODUCT_MANAGER",  "CreationDate" : "2013-12-22T22:46:46.101+00:00",  "LastUpdatedBy" : "PRODUCT_MANAGER",  "LastUpdateDate" : "2013-12-22T22:47:13.994+00:00" , ....

Set the Concept Team from an external client, from Application Composer Groovy or during legacy data import through REST.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides, available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > REST API. If you're new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access the concept team through REST:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)

Product Development

View Context-Specific Attributes in Affected Objects Table

You can now view and edit the context-specific attributes (or line-level descriptive flexfields) in the affected objects table on a change order. This feature is also available for your supplier portal users.

You can use this feature with the following types of business objects: 

  • Change orders
  • Change requests 
  • Problem reports
  • Corrective actions

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Context-Specific Attributes in Affected Objects

You can use actions such as Fill-Up, Fill-Down, and Fill-Selected to edit or enter the attribute values. You can also export these attributes using Export to Excel.

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Actions on Context-Specific Attributes

Easily configure and display relevant process attributes for affected objects of each change type to facilitate informed decision-making.

Steps to Enable

To take advantage of this feature, you must first configure the context-specific attributes that should be displayed for the change type. Here's how:

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to the following:
  • Offering: Product Management
  • Functional Area: Change Orders
  • Task: Manage Change Order and New Item Request Line Descriptive Flexfields
  1. Select the task in the Change Orders functional area.
  2. Click Actions > Edit, to edit the flexfield named EGO_CHANGE_LINE.

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Edit the Descriptive Flexfield

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Manage Contexts

  1. On the Manage Contexts page, click Create.

Create context-sensitive segments (or context-specific attributes) as per your business requirements.

  1. On the Create Context page:
  • Context Code – this value must be the same as the internal name of the change type for which you are creating context-specific attributes.
  • Enter the other details and click Save.

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Context Code and Context Sensitive Segments

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Internal Name of the Change Type

  1. In Context Sensitive Segments, click Create.
  1. On the Create Segment page, enter the details of the segment. Click Save and Close.
  1. Return to the Manage Change Order and New Item Request Line Descriptive Flexfields page. Navigate to the Context Sensitive Segments section and review the context sensitive segment you created in a previous step.
  2. In Context Segment:

  • Value Set: Select ORA_EGO_CHANGE_TYPES_VS.
  • Default Type: Select Parameter .
  • Default Value: Select Product Context.
  • Display Type: Select Hidden.
  • Enter the other details of the segment and click Save.

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Default Type Set as Parameter

  1. Deploy flexfields using the Deploy Item Extensible Flexfields task (in the Setup and Maintenance work area for the Product Management Offering).

Tips And Considerations

  • If you have already configured context-specific attributes prior to this update:
    • These attributes will continue to be visible in the Simplified Change Management Interface, within the Affected Objects table on a change order. Note that the values become visible and editable only when you select your configured context segment in the Context Segment column.
    • Configured attributes are visible only if you select List of Values as the Display Type in the Context Segment setup.
  • If you haven't configured context-specific change line attributes prior to this update, ensure that the Default Type field of the context segment is set to Parameter.
  • Your ability to view and edit changes and their context-specific attributes depends on privileges and additional controls assigned to you.

Key Resources

For more details on flexfields, see the following:

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

CHANGE ORDERS AND CHANGE REQUESTS

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)

PROBLEM REPORTS AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

  • Roles:
    • Quality Analyst (ORA_ENQ_QUALITY_ANALYST_JOB)
  • Privileges:
    • Manage Problem Report (ACA_MANAGE_PROBLEM_REPORT_PRIV)
    • Manage Corrective Action (ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)

SUPPLIER PORTAL USERS WHO ACCESS CHANGES

  • Roles:
    • Supplier Product Design Engineer  (ORA_ACA_SUPPLIER_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER)
  • Privileges:
    • View Supplier Change Order (ACA_VIEW_SUPPLIER_CHANGE_ORDERS_PRIV)
    • View Supplier Items (ACA_VIEW_SUPPLIER_ITEMS_PRIV)

SUPPLIER PORTAL USERS WHO ACCESS PROBLEM REPORTS AND CORRECTIVE ACTIONS

  • Roles:
    • Supplier Quality Engineer  (ORA_ENQ_SUPPLIER_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB
  • Privileges:
    • Manage Supplier Problem Reports (ACA_MANAGE_SUPPLIER_PROBLEM_REPORTS_PRIV)
    • Manage Supplier Corrective Actions (ACA_MANAGE_SUPPLIER_CORRECTIVE_ACTIONS_PRIV)
    • View Item Change Order (EGO_VIEW_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)

Find Attributes on Item Page

Use a Find Attributes search on item or document pages to find and edit extended flexfield attributes even when the attribute groups are collapsed.

Here’s how you use this feature:

Enter the text pattern you’re looking for in the Find Attributes field and click the Next button. The page automatically scrolls to show you the first attribute that matches the text pattern. The attribute is shown in a different text color and style for easy identification. If the attribute is editable, the cursor is conveniently set within the attribute field for editing.

If a matching attribute is found within an attribute group that is currently collapsed, the group is expanded to show you the attribute.

You can use the Next and Previous buttons next to the search field to navigate through the attribute search results.

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Search for a Specific Text Pattern

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Find Next Attribute Matching Text Pattern

When you have a large number of extended flexfields in your items and documents, this feature enables you to quickly find and edit specific item attributes. You can also choose to keep attribute groups collapsed by default to ensure faster loading of item and document pages.

With this update, you will see improved usability and performance at the same time.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • You can use this feature to search for single-row extensible flexfield attributes only.
  • The search doesn’t mark up Unit of Measure type attributes in a different color and style, but if the attribute is set as editable, then the cursor is positioned within the field.
  • You must have the privilege to view or edit the attributes that you are trying to find.
  • The Find Attributes search is also available in Supplier Portal.

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
    • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM_PRIV)

Edit UOM in Structure View and Change Order Redline View

Edit the unit of measure (UOM) value for item components directly in the item structure view. You can also edit this value for structure components in a change order's redline view.

UOM is editable for structure components that are not yet assigned to a change order (preliminary items). For released components, the UOM can be redlined from the change order context.

The following screenshots show you how the UOM field can be updated and how the quantity is updated to reflect the change in UOM.

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Edit UOM on Item Structure

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Quantity Converted As Per New UOM

You can now easily update UOM specifications that have changed for an item component and also assign structure-specific UOM and quantity. When you update the UOM, the quantity is automatically converted to match the new UOM.  With this update, you'll see increased efficiency and reduced definition time.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Item Structure (EGP_CREATE_ITEM_STRUCTURE_PRIV)
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)

Download Manufacturer Part Attachments

Download manufacturer part attachments along with item attachments from the item page. 

When you use the Download Attachments action to download attachments for the item or item structure, you'll see a new option called Include manufacturer part attachments in the Download Attachments dialog.  You can also choose the structure levels from which you want to download attachments - Single or All.

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Download Attachments Action

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Option to Include Manufacturer Part Attachments

If you choose Single level and opt to include manufacturer part attachments, then the root item's attachments including its manufacturer part attachments are downloaded.

If you choose All levels and opt to include manufacturer part attachments, then the item and its structure attachments including manufacturer part attachments at all structure levels are downloaded.

Downloaded attachments appear in Zip files with subfolders showing the item structure hierarchy. You can find manufacturer part attachments in the AML subfolder.

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Downloaded Attachments and Structure Hierarchy View

If you are a supplier user, you can use this feature to download the manufacturer part attachments along with item attachments.

With this update, you can download the complete product record, including attachments of all item entities, quickly and efficiently from a single place. You also get a convenient, structured view of the item structure attachments and related manufacturer part attachments.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

You can only download attachments for the manufacturer parts that you have permission to access.

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Trading Partner Item (EGP_MANAGE_TRADING_PARTNER_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Trading Partner Item Reference (EGP_MANAGE_TRADING_PARTNER_ITEM_REFERENCE_PRIV)

If data policies have been set up, review the following data policies on data resources:

  • Application Attachment Category
  • Trading Community Party

Roles, privileges, and data policies for supplier users:

  • Roles:
    • Supplier Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACA_SUPPLIER_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
  • Privileges:
    • View Supplier Items (ACA_VIEW_SUPPLIER_ITEMS_PRIV)
    • Manage Item attachment (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_ATTACHMENT_PRIV)
    • Manage Trading Partner Item (EGP_MANAGE_TRADING_PARTNER_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Trading Partner Item Reference (EGP_MANAGE_TRADING_PARTNER_ITEM_REFERENCE_PRIV)

If data policies have been set up, review the following data policies on data resources:

  • Application Attachment Category
  • Trading Community Party

Manage Substitute Components in Design Structures and Engineering Change Orders

Add and update substitutes for item components in your preliminary design structures from the contextual side panel view in the item structure tab. For released items, you can make changes by redlining substitutes through engineering change orders.

When you select a component in the structure, the side panel shows a second subtab for substitute components. You can specify one or more substitute components here and also add additional details about the substitutes using user-defined attributes.

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Manage Substitutes In Side Panel View

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Empower engineers to define component substitutes easily during the design phase of product lifecycle, so that planning or manufacturing organizations can use approved substitute components if the original components are unavailable. This feature also enables you to communicate additional details regarding substitute components with user-defined attributes.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • You can update the structures of preliminary items only (items that have never been released before). Similarly, you can update substitute components in preliminary stage only. After release, you can update components and substitutes through an engineering change order only.
  • The lifecycle phase of the substitute should be the same or higher than the component. You can add a substitute component belonging to a lower lifecycle to an item, only when a released item with a higher lifecycle phase than Design is allowed to be added to a preliminary item by disabling lifecycle validation. (You can disable this by deselecting the Enable Lifecycle Validation check box in the Item Structure Type Details task. To access the task, go to:
    • Setup and Maintenance work area
    • Product Management offering
    • Structures functional area
    • Item Structure Type Details task  
  • If you have a parent item that's preliminary, you can add components that are released or preliminary. In both these cases, you can add substitutes. You can also add substitutes to a subassembly.  
  • You can't add a parent item as a substitute.  
  • When you add a substitute in the side panel, the quantity is defaulted to the original component value and can be edited.  
  • After release to a preproduction lifecycle, only the additional attributes (descriptive flexfields) can be updated in the Product Information Management work area.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Item Structure (EGP_CREATE_ITEM_STRUCTURE_PRIV)
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ORDER_PRIV)

Search for Multiple Items or Documents Together

Enter multiple item or document numbers in the quick search field to find what you need with a single click. You can now switch between a single value search or multiple value search for items and documents. 

You can copy and paste values from documents, spreadsheets, or reports into the search field. Comma-separated, tab-separated, or new line separated lists are supported, and the text box allows up to 1000 characters.

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Search Multiple Items

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Search Results

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Accelerate your searches by searching for multiple items simultaneously in the quick search field. With this update, you can improve your search efficiency and get quick and easy access to all relevant information.

Steps to Enable

  • To use this feature, you must first opt-in to its parent feature: Leverage Consistent Item Search Across Product Management.
  • You must also perform a forced deployment of extensible flex fields before using this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature.
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)

Control Role Expansion: New Item Request Approvals

Reduce the clutter in the Approvers table for a new item request's approval status when you add roles that have a long list of members.

If only one response is required on a user-defined approval and roles have been added as approvers, the roles are no longer expanded to show its members. All members of the role receive approval notifications, and you can track who signed off. The Assignee field in the notification won't be expanded to show all role members.

If the approver is a role and Response Required From is set to All, the role will continue to be expanded to show all its members. It's still recommended to limit the number of members in a role to less than 50.

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Approval History in New Item Request

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Action Log Tracks Who Signed Off

Experience improved performance and usability. You don't need to scroll through a long list to find out who took action on behalf of a role.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 21C

Tips And Considerations

To use this feature, you must first opt-in for the feature named Control Role Expansion for Group Approvals.

IMPACT ON ONGOING APPROVAL WORKFLOWS

  • When you opt-in for this feature, here's what happens to pending new item requests that are already in Approval status:·
    • The roles stay expanded even if you terminate and restart the workflow. You can demote these new item requests to Open status and then promote them back to Approval status to revert the role expansion.
    • If you later decide to opt-out, the roles aren’t expanded even if you terminate and restart the workflow.

IMPACT ON NOTIFICATIONS

  • Response Required From = All: Notifications are sent only to approvers added directly, not approvers inherited from the role hierarchy. 
  • Response Required From = One: Notifications are sent to approvers added directly, as well as approvers inherited from the role hierarchy when there is only one role approver.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB) or
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage New Item Request (EGO_MANAGE_NEW_ITEM_REQUEST_PRIV)

Improve User Experience for Change Management

Experience increased drill-down capability, visibility, and consistency across item and change pages. 

KEY ENHANCEMENTS

  • Drill down to view manufacturers and manufacturer parts
    • Click an affected object on a change order and navigate to its AML tab. Manufacturers and manufacturer parts now appear with hyperlinks so that you can navigate directly to these objects without having to do a manual search.
    • You can also click the manufacturer link from a manufacturer part to get to the details of the manufacturer.
  • See the same column order in item structures and affected objects
    • View the same column order in item structure and affected objects pages for a consistent user experience.
  • Use an expanded description field for changes
    • The width and height of the Description text box have been increased so that you can see most descriptions without having to expand the field. This enhanced text box is available on change orders, change requests, problem reports, and corrective actions.
  • Set a default reason code for changes
    • You can now set a default (most common) reason code when you set up each change type. 
    • This helps to eliminate errors and ensure that users select a reason that best fits a specific business case.
  • Navigate to an affected object from the Change Operations view
    • Quickly navigate to the affected object by clicking the object in the Change Operations view.
    • Hover over the affected object and use links within the dialog box to navigate to the object and edit it.
  • Use an icon to switch between change operations and affected object views.
  • Reduce the number of clicks to open an item in redline view and directly access the item in non-change context mode.
  • Quickly return to the affected objects view without switching to the Affected Objects tab.

The following screenshots illustrate these enhancements.

Here you can see the revised column order in the item structure page, which is consistent with the view of the affected objects page.

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Item Structure Page with Revised Column Order

You can navigate to a manufacturer and manufacturer part directly from an affected object.

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Hyperlink to Manufacturer Part on AML Tab

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View Manufacturer Part Details

You can also access a manufacturer from a manufacturer part. 

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Hyperlink to the Manufacturer

Here’s the enhanced Description field in the General Information tab on a change order.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Larger Description Text Box

The Manage Change Order Types page now includes a Reason field in the Policy tab where you can set a default reason code for the change type

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Select Default Reason for Change Type

Here's how affected object details open in a new dialog while viewing change operations.

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Open Affected Object Details from Redline Summary

The default view of the item structure and redlined structure display key attributes in the same order to give you a consistent view of similar data. Object hyperlinks help you navigate easily between the objects that you need to access and avoid manual searches. The ability to set a default reason code for changes ensures proper categorization of changes as per your business needs. 

With this update, you can realize improved productivity, better access to additional information across item business entities, and a seamless user experience across the item structure and change order pages.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_ MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Design Engineer (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT_ DESIGN_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Product Design Manager (ORA_ACD_PRODUCT DESIGN_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item Change Order (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ ORDER_PRIV)
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Trading Partner Item Reference (EGP_MANAGE_TRADING_ PARTNER_ITEM_REFERENCE_PRIV)
    • Manage Trading Partner Item (EGP_MANAGE_TRADING_PARTNER _ITEM_PRIV)

To set a default reason code in the change type, you must also assign the following roles and privileges:

  • Product Hub Administration (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_HUB_ ADMINISTRATION_DUTY)
  • Manage Item Change Order Type (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_CHANGE_ ORDER_TYPE_PRIV)

Other Product Development Changes in This Update

This section includes details about additional changes in this update that can change the way Oracle Product Development Cloud works.

Update AML Descriptive Flexfields Using Change Order SOAP Service

A new redlineItemAML operation in the Change Order SOAP service enables you to create and update an approved manufacturers list (AML), as well as update all types of AML descriptive flexfields (Text, Numeric, and LOV) on engineering items. The web service payload contains the entire structure data as well as AML and AML descriptive flexfields. The service determines which elements need to be updated, deleted, or added. You can update up to 500 AMLs per item component. You must perform the changes using sync mode.

Prior to update 21B, you could update an AML for engineering items in the Product Development work area or through import, but not in the Product Information Management work area or through a web service.

Bug Reference: 31753857

Product Hub

Get Catalog Category Hierarchy Updates Automatically in Reports

The Catalog hierarchy OTBI reports are automatically refreshed at a predefined interval. After making any catalog category setup changes, you don’t have to manually submit the scheduled process Refresh Product Hub Snapshots. Instead, this scheduled process is periodically submitted automatically.

Improved efficiency in reporting updates.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

If you are making the catalog category setup changes using the import process, the scheduled process Refresh Product Hub Snapshots will be submitted as soon as the import process is complete. If you are making the changes using a web service or the user interface, the changes will be automatically submitted in the next schedule. There are six scheduled windows per day. If you still want to refresh the OTBI reports immediately, you can also submit the Refresh Product Hub Snapshots scheduled process manually.

Key Resources

Role Information

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined duty roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Transactional Analysis Duty (FBI_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_GENERIC_DUTY)
    • Product Transaction Analysis Duty (FBI_PRODUCT_TRANSACTION_ANALYSIS_DUTY)
    • BI Consumer Role (BIConsumer)
  • Users who are assigned the privilege Refresh Material View (EGI_REFRESH_MTL_VIEW_PRIV) are able to submit the scheduled job that refreshes the snapshots of Product Hub.

Execute Global Functions Using Rules

Item rules now support a function to call global functions. You can define global functions using Application Composer. The new rule function calls the application composer function and returns a value. The returned value can be used for assignment or validation.

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Rule Referencing Global Function

This feature gives your enterprise more flexibility that results in higher accuracy across your overall enterprise. By allowing invocation of validations and/or data retrieval across base and custom objects, the Product Lifecycle Management solution expands its accuracy domain.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • You can write a Groovy script inside the global function that invokes a web service to access internal or external data or to perform a calculation on your data.
  • When you call the global function using a rule, the global function will invoke the web service to access data or perform a calculation.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Global Function Containing a Groovy Script

Key Resources

Role Information

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned the privilege Manage Item Rule Set (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_RULE_SET_PRIV) are automatically able to access this feature.

Leverage New Item Attributes for Repair Planning

Gain more support for Repair Planning through the added availability of these item attributes:

  • Repair Lead Time
  • Repair Yield

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Repair Planning Attributes

Improved supply chain business processes with additional information on your item source of truth. Improve your Service Parts Repair business processes with the usage of repair yield and repair lead time attributes at the item level.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

  • Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Create Item Class Item Data (EGO_CREATE_ITEM_CLASS_ITEM_DATA)
    • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM)
    • Maintain Item MRP and MPS Group Data (EGO_MAINTAIN_ITEM_MRP_AND_MPS_GROUP_DATA)

Manage Item Batches Using a REST Service

Product Data Stewards can now use the Item Batches REST resource to search, create, and update item batches. You can also use this REST resource to import item data using import maps through item batches with schedule set to On Data Load.

With this resource, you can:

  • Create an item batch
  • Update an item batch
  • Search for an item batch
  • Import item data

This feature gives more flexibility to your business by allowing you to programmatically import data through an integration using a REST service.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides, available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > REST API. If you're new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Tips And Considerations

  • You can't delete an item batch using this REST resource.
  • For item batches with the schedule set to Manual, you can't use this REST resource to import the item data.
  • If the data file to be imported contains more than 10,000 rows, it's recommended to use the Schedule Item Import scheduled process instead of this REST resource.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Manage Item Batch (EGI_MANAGE_ITEM_BATCH)

Optimize Item Export

You can optimize the performance of exporting item search results to a spreadsheet when you use the Export To Excel action on the Manage Items page. To improve the performance of this export, specify the value of the site-level profile option, Item Export Row Limit, which controls the number of item records exported to the spreadsheet. The default value of this profile option is 500 items, which is the maximum number of rows that can be displayed in the item search results table. You can adjust the profile option value based on the configuration of your item search results and your performance requirements.

A message in the exported spreadsheet indicates whether all of the items in the search results, or a subset, have been exported.

Improve job performance and control output consistency with the export output.  

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Consider limiting the number of columns in the Search Results table prior to exporting the results to a spreadsheet.

Key Resources

Role Information

Search requires both functional security and data security when items are in a private state.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are given these functional privileges can search items:
    • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
  • In the case of private items, where data security checking is enabled,  users who given these data privileges can search for items:
    • View Item Basic (EGO_VIEW_ITEM_BASIC_DATA)

Solve Use Cases Efficiently with Replace Function in Rules

Now you can use a regular expression in the replace() function in rules. Using a regular expression enables you to efficiently identify a pattern in a string and replace it with an alternate string.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Rule with Replace Function Using Regular Expression

Enhanced rules functionality allows for improved product data governance.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

Using regular expressions in conjunction with the replace() function, you can efficiently identify and replace unwanted characters, numerals, or special characters.

Key Resources

Role Information

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned the privilege Manage Item Rule Set (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_RULE_SET_PRIV) are automatically able to access this feature.

Publish Common Structure

The item publication framework now publishes item content for common structures. The publication structure record contains a new record called CommonStructure. This new content shows details of each item that the master structure was copied from or created from, to create a common structure. Integration logic can use this CommonStructure record to add a copy of the master structure to each item. 

The master item and its structure are published when changes occur to the item or structure content. The items and structure referenced in the CommonStructure record are not published unless there are changes to those items or to the structure headers for the common structures.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

CommonStructure Records In Item Publication

Integrate common structure data more efficiently with external systems by recognizing the source structure.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

Publication requires both functional security and data security when items are in a private state.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are given this functional privilege can publish items:
    •  Publish Item (EGI_PUBLISH_ITEM_PRIV) for publication of items.
  • In the case of private items, where data security checking is enabled,  users who given these data privileges can search for items:
    • View Item Basic (EGO_VIEW_ITEM_BASIC_DATA)

Optimize Rule Set Performance

You can now regenerate rule scripts after any server restart. This regeneration helps optimize the performance of rules when they're processed.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Action to Optimize Rules

Improve data governance performance and reliability of item rule processing.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned the privilege Manage Item Rule Set (EGO_MANAGE_ITEM_RULE_SET_PRIV) are automatically able to access this feature.

Search for Items More Efficiently

Item search now allows you to control the minimum number of characters that the user must enter when searching for items. The site level profile option Item Search Character Limit is defaulted to 3 characters, but can be changed meet a specific use case.  The character limit applies to the Item, Description, and Keyword search fields and supports search using services. Searching with fewer than 3 characters decreases the performance of search. A warning message is displayed if the user doesn't enter the minimum number of characters.

You can also now use the Contains search operator when searching for items by using the Item and Description search fields. The Contains operator can only be used in an item search in conjunction with an organization value, to improve performance. A search validation checks whether an organization value is part of the search, otherwise an error prompts the user to enter an organization value. The Organization field has been added to the default saved search and can also be added to customer saved searches.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Item Search Using the CONTAINS Operator in the Description Search Field

This feature allows your your business users and product data stewards to search more efficiently.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management

The minimum character is enabled with the Opt In Leverage consistent item search across Product Management.  When this Opt In is enabled, the character limit will be controlled by the site level profile option Item Search Character Limit, otherwise the minimum will remain 3 characters.

The Organization search criteria has been added to the default saved search. Customers with customer saved searches should add the Organization field to their saved searches.

Before using this feature, customers must perform the Deploy Item Extensible Flexfields task in the Setup and Maintenance work area, using the Refresh and Deploy Offline option.

Tips And Considerations

To optimize item search performance consider adding additional search criteria fields and values, which improves search performance.

Key Resources

Role Information

Search requires both functional security and data security when items are in a private state.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Product Data Steward (ORA_EGI_PRODUCT_DATA_STEWARD_JOB)
    • Product Manager (ORA_EGP_PRODUCT_MANAGER_JOB)
  • Users who are given these functional privileges can search items:
    • View Item (EGP_VIEW_ITEM_PRIV)
    • Manage Item (EGP_MANAGE_ITEM_PRIV)
  • In the case of private items, where data security checking is enabled,  users who given these data privileges can search for items:
    • View Item Basic (EGO_VIEW_ITEM_BASIC_DATA)

Inspect a Preassigned Lot to a Work Order in Manufacturing

Before production, some manufacturers generate the product lot number that represents a specific production date or work order and track all production activities, including inspection, against this lot to facilitate product and quality sample labeling, master batch record, and lot traceability requirements. Previously, the step that enforces inline work in process (WIP) inspection at an operation precedes the product lot identification and completion into inventory. Only an ad hoc WIP inspection could capture the lot number after it is completed from the work order.

Now you can perform an ad hoc WIP inspection against a preassigned output lot at the operation where it is completed, as supported through the Enter Inspection Details page and REST services. You can inspect the preassigned lot for a product in a discrete manufacturing work order, and additionally for a co-product or by-product in a process manufacturing work order. Through inspection plan actions, the inspected lot can also be dispositioned with a new material status or extended through a business event and PaaS to initiate other lot actions.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Ad Hoc WIP Inspection with Preassigned Lots

As a result, ad hoc WIP inspection for a lot that is preassigned to the work order improves the lot traceability between manufacturing and inspection activities.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • You can preassign one or more lots and optionally its parent lot for a product in a discrete manufacturing work order or for any output in a process manufacturing work order.
  • Refer to the Preassign Output Lot Numbers to Work Orders feature under Manufacturing Cloud in Update 21B for more information about preassigning lots at work order creation and completing products using the preassigned lots.

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Quality Engineer (ORA_QA_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)
    • Production Operator (ORA_WIE_PRODUCTION_OPERATOR_JOB)
    • Production Supervisor (ORA_WIE_PRODUCTION_SUPERVISOR_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Edit Inspection Results (QA_EDIT_INSPECTION_RESULTS)

Other Product Hub Changes in This Update

This section includes details about additional changes in this update that can change the way Oracle Product Hub Cloud works.

Changes to Inventory Asset and Costing Enabled Attributes

Prior to this update, you could not change the value of the Inventory Asset Value and Costing Enabled attributes if there were pending inventory transactions.  After you update to 21B, you can modify how inventory transactions are processed by changing the value of the Inventory Asset Value and Costing Enabled attributes:

  • If you set the value of Inventory Asset Value to Yes, then inventory transactions will be costed with the asset cost profile. If you set the value to No, then they'll be costed with the expense cost profile.
  • If you set the value of Costing Enabled to Yes, then new and historical transactions will be costed with the item cost profile. If you set the value to No, then transactions won't be costed.

Warning messages describe what will happen, in each case, and whether to run the Manage Inventory Transactions scheduled process to transfer pending transactions.

Bug reference: 32169464

Manage Item Batches Counts must Be Refreshed

Prior to this update, you could see the counts of item records on the Manage Item Batches page, but it took significant time to calculate and display the counts for all item batches.  After you update to 21B, you'll see the counts of item records on the Manage Item Batches page appear as zero. These metrics are now  fetched differently from previous updates. You must click the Refresh Total button to display the total counts of records. You need to perform this action only once, after your quarterly update to update 21B. Refreshing the totals results in a marked performance improvement for the Manage Item Batches task.

Bug reference: 32296936

Quality Management

Use Object Hyperlinks to View Related Objects

Navigate between quality objects and configured objects (objects created using Application Composer). You can do this from a Dynamic Choice List attribute or from a subtab link.

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Link to Quality Issue on Configured Object Subtab

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Quality Issue Opened from Subtab Link

Likewise, you can navigate to the details of an Application Composer configured object from a quality issue or quality action.

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Link to Configured Object from Quality Issue

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Configured Object Opened from Link on Quality Issue

Watch a Demo

Experience seamless navigation between objects created in Application Composer and quality issues or quality actions. Extend the value delivered by your quality management organization to include additional processes such as risk reduction or new product introduction and qualification, using objects created in Application Composer.

Steps to Enable

To use this feature, you must first opt in to its parent feature: Display Similar Interface for Quality and Change Objects

Tips And Considerations

  • When you navigate from a custom object to a quality issue or action, the object opens in a new dialog.
  • When you navigate from a quality issue or action to a custom object, the object opens in a dynamic tab.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Quality Analyst (ORA_ENQ_QUALITY_ANALYST_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Quality action:
      • Manage Corrective Action (ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)
      • Review Corrective Action (ENQ_REVIEW_QUALITY_ACTION_PRIV)
    • Quality issue:
      • Manage Quality Issue(ACA_MANAGE_CORRECTIVE_ACTION_PRIV)
      • Review Quality Issue (ENQ_MANAGE_QUALITY_ISSUE_PRIV)
    • Custom object:
      • Custom Objects Administration: ORA_CRM_EXTN_ROLE  and
      • Read access to custom object at a minimum.

Display Similar Interface for Quality and Change Objects

The edit page of a quality issue or action now displays a side panel view with additional tabs similar to the edit pages of change objects. The new side tabs replace the infotiles for Workflow, Affected Objects, Related Objects, and Similar Issues.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Quality Issue with Side Tabs 

Streamline the layout and icon look and feel across Product Management Cloud to keep the user experience consistent and predictable.

Steps to Enable

Use the Opt In UI to enable this feature. For instructions, refer to the Optional Uptake of New Features section of this document.

Offering: Product Management  No Longer Optional From: Update 21D

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access the quality issue and quality action pages with the updated user interface:
    • Quality Analyst (ORA_ENQ_QUALITY_ANALYST_JOB)
    • Quality Engineer (ORA_ENQ_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)

Manage Security for Quality Issues and Actions Using REST APIs

Add or remove users and roles from the Security tab of quality issues and actions using REST APIs. A new Security child resource is now added to the existing Quality Actions and Quality Issues REST resources.

Sample call to add the user product_manager to the Security tab:

curl -v -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.oracle.adf.resourceitem+json" -u:-X POST -d '{ "GranteeType" : "USER", "GranteeName" : "PRODUCT_MANAGER"}' https:///fscmRestApi/resources/11.13.18.05/qualityActions/300100186703417/child/Security

Response showing that the user product_manager was added successfully:

{"GranteeType" : "USER","GranteeName" : "PRODUCT_MANAGER","LastUpdateDate" : "2020-11-11T02:32:36.426+00:00","LastUpdatedBy" : "QUALITY_ANALYST","CreatedBy" : "QUALITY_ANALYST","CreationDate" : "2020-11-11T02:32:36+00:00", ....

Once you add a user to the Security tab, the object becomes private and can only be accessed by users on the list. 

Grant access to quality issues and quality actions from an external client, from Application Composer Groovy, or during legacy data import through REST.  You can now add users and roles to the Security tab based on specific attribute values of the quality issue or action.

Steps to Enable

Review the REST service definition in the REST API guides, available from the Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > REST API. If you're new to Oracle's REST services you may want to begin with the Quick Start section.

Review the changes to the Quality Issues and Quality Actions services, and update your REST client as desired. 

Role Information

You have a couple of options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles are automatically able to access the Security tab settings for quality issues and actions through REST:
    • Quality Analyst (ORA_ENQ_QUALITY_ANALYST_JOB)
    • Quality Engineer (ORA_ENQ_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)

Define Sample Quantity and Unit of Measure for Use in Ad Hoc Inspections

Certain industries with a large number of transactions require batch inspection using physical samples rather than a visual inspection of individual units. These samples are drawn from a batch of material, for example inventory lot or manufacturing work order, and analyzed against specifications to determine its quality, usage, or next steps based on the test results. Each sample size is specified as a quantity in a unit of measure (UOM) that aligns with the item being inventoried or produced. Today, the inspection quantity is interpreted as the number of samples in an ad hoc inspection, and each sample represents one unit of the item.

In addition to the inspection quantity, you can specify the sample quantity and UOM as part of the definition of an inspection level to assign to an inspection plan and use for ad hoc inventory or work in process inspection using the UI. In the inspection level, you can also select the sample quantity UOM as a more granular, alternate UOM than the transactional UOM used in receiving, inventory, and manufacturing to facilitate sampling procedures and avoid a decimal quantity. For example, the inspector takes 2 samples of 10 milligrams for each sample against the mixing operation in a process manufacturing work order, which tracks production in kilograms. To enable this sampling setup, you define an inspection level based on a fixed count of 2 samples with a quantity per sample of 10 mg.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Inspection Level with Quantity per Sample

When performing an ad hoc inventory or work in process inspection using the Enter Inspection Details page, you can view the required sampling information, including the inspection quantity as the number of samples, quantity per sample and UOM, and total sample quantity and UOM. The acceptance and rejection of inspection results from the samples evaluated against the inspection plan specifications help determine the disposition and actions for the item and optionally lot.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Ad Hoc Inspection with Sample Quantities

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With a clear definition of sample quantities and units of measure, you can better communicate and adhere to the appropriate sampling procedures for quality analysis.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

  • There is no change to the inspection quantity and UOM fields and the logic that determines the number of samples.
  • You can leave the quantity per sample and UOM blank and enable sampling in the inspection level in order to inspect a sample size of discrete units.
  • The physical tracking of the sample quantity in inventory or against a manufacturing work order is not supported with this feature.

Key Resources

Role Information

You have a couple options for giving people access to this feature, depending on whether you're assigning them predefined job roles or your own configured job roles.

  • Users who are assigned this predefined job role are automatically able to access this feature:
    • Quality Engineer (ORA_QA_QUALITY_ENGINEER_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges are able to access this feature:
    • Edit Inspection Levels (QA_EDIT_INSPECTION_LEVELS)

View Product Genealogy and Assets with Country of Origin or Project and Task Information

In today's globally connected supply chain, knowing the country of origin of goods you import or export is critical for both internal and external reporting requirements. You also need the ability to perform your supply chain activities in context of projects whenever you have to produce contract-specific goods and services of a specific quality on a specified schedule and budget.

You can now search for lots and serials in product genealogy based on its country of origin or project and task, when country of origin or project-driven supply chain tracking are enabled for the applicable inventory organizations. You can view lot on-hand inventory balances, work order issued details, and customer sales order shipped details striped by these inventory attributes. In the genealogy transaction history for a specific lot or serial number, you can view a timeline of the inventory and manufacturing transactions and click a link to transaction details that specify the country of origin or project and task.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Review Product Genealogy UI

With product genealogy tracking by country of origin or project and task, you can maintain tight traceability of imported and exported goods as well as project-striped inventory and manufacturing.

Steps to Enable

You don't need to do anything to enable this feature.

Tips And Considerations

In the Information dialog box, the Country of Origin, Project, and Task columns are not displayed by default. You may have to manually add these columns to the table to view this information.

Key Resources

  • For more information on the Project-Driven Supply Chain solution, refer to the Implementing Manufacturing and Supply Chain Materials Management guide (Oracle Help Center > Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud).
  • For more information on Country Of Origin, refer to the Implementing Inventory Management guide (Oracle Help Center > Oracle Supply Chain Management Cloud).

Role Information

  • Users who are assigned any of these predefined job roles will be able to access this feature automatically:
    • Production Supervisor (ORA_WIE_PRODUCTION_SUPERVISOR_JOB)
  • Users who are assigned configured job roles that contain these privileges will be able to access this feature:
    • Review Product Genealogy (CSE_REVIEW_PRODUCT_GENEALOGY_PRIV)

Search and View Product Genealogy with Parent Lot

When producing finished goods that are lot controlled, several companies need to group the material under a single lot, namely the parent lot. While the parent lot identifies the overall lot, the child lots are produced over a period of time and in manageable quantities.

You can now search for lots in product genealogy records based on the associated parent lot when the item is child lot enabled. You can view the parent lot in the lot information in addition to the transaction history of inventory transactions, discrete manufacturing work order operation transactions, and process manufacturing work order output transactions.

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Genealogy Search Panel

In what phase of the change management lifecycle is the proposed change Analysed and optionally validated?

Genealogy Information Dialog

As a result, you have greater visibility of parent lot information when viewing lot genealogy records.

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