Oracle E-Business Suite R12 Integration and OA Framework Development and Extension Cookbook

In DetailOracle's suite of applications is used by many major businesses and public sector organizations throughout the world. Oracle E-Business Suite is the most comprehensive suite of integrated, global business applications that enable organizations to make better decisions, reduce costs, and increase performance. The book will show you how to build different types of extensions with different toolsets. It will take you from start to finish with fully working examples.This book will show readers a wide variety of step-by-step examples of how to extend Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12 in a number of areas. The book focuses on OA Framework personalization and development, WebADI, and BI Publisher. It will take readers through the process of how to get started and what tools are needed. It will explain how to develop working examples and how to deploy them within Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.Learn how to extend Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) Release 12, using detailed examples to work through how various components are configured and how we can extend standard functionality. The book focuses on OA Framework personalization and development, desktop integration (formerly WebADI), and BI Publisher and each chapter will introduce the topic before going through working examples from start to finish. There are plenty of detailed illustrations throughout each chapter giving clear instructions of what we are doing and why. Each topic will develop a solution that will utilize common core components of a subject area. It focuses on starting an extension right from the beginning to deploying it within E-Business Suite. At the end of each chapter the reader will have a good understanding of what they need to do for each area to take away and start using it in practice.Each chapter will detail how to build an extension in the supported manner and also comes with complete, fully tested code and scripts that can be downloaded.ApproachThis is a practical, hands-on book providing in depth tutorials in each topic. It is full of step by step examples of the key points for each subject to give a core understanding. The examples are designed to be worked through and start right from scratch. Each topic will cover the development, configuration and testing of working examples. The book provides clear illustrations and tips each step of the way. It also comes with fully tested, complete, working code if ever you get stuck. Each chapter introduces the topic and what you need to do to get ready to start the exercises. It will tell you what tools you need to use and when to use them.Who this book is forThis book is written for those who want to learn how to develop extensions in Oracle E-Business Suite. If you are involved in developing or supporting an e-business suite implementation you should find this book very useful. The book is detailed and therefore minimal technical expertise is required. It is suitable for those new to E-Business Suite or those wanting to broaden their knowledge who may want to use the book to brush up on their skills.