Oracle E Business Suite Configuration, Personalization Customization and Extension
Recently I have been assigned to
a project that involves in Oracle E business suite. As name says Oracle E
business suite is a ERP system developed by Oracle. ERP systems or else Enterprise
Resource Planning system can define as set of integrated applications that
allow to an organization to handle it business by using one single system.
SAP , Microsoft Dynamics can be
identify as competitors of the Oracle E Biz , This post is not entirely it is
definition. Basically once a company needs to use Oracle E Business suite it
needs be change / modify base on company’s business needs.
In Oracle E business suite it is done in three ways.
In Oracle E business suite it is done in three ways.
Configurations
Changes are
mostly made to ERP products by means of setup and configurations. Performing a setup usually means making
changes to the product, without writing computer programs. System or product
configuration is normally performed by functional analysts.
Personalizations
In E-Business
Suite, the underlying technologies that render the user interface at presentation
layer allow system implementers and end users to declaratively personalize the
content of application forms and web pages. If business needs cannot be met by
system configuration and setup, this is the first option to look at as it
provides the safest way to change the system.
The major
technologies that enable user personalizations in E-Business Suite are Oracle
Forms and Oracle Application Framework (OAF), often referred to as Forms Personalizations
and OA Framework Personalizations.
Customizations and Extensions
If, due to
the generic nature of the product or any other reason, certain business requirements
cannot be met through the product configuration and personalization,the
technical development team is required either to extend the existing product functionality
or introduce completely new custom modules that seamlessly integrate with the
standard product and functionality. Depending on the underlying technology, both
customization and extension terms are often used interchangeably, and usually they
mean one thing: extending the product functionality by means of writing custom code
that is either tightly or loosely coupled with E-Business Suite applications
code and, in some cases, even completely decoupled from product code.
Reference
Anil Passi , Vladimir Ajvaz , 2010
Reference
Anil Passi , Vladimir Ajvaz , 2010
Oracle E Business
suite Development and Extensibility HandBook
