R12.x Oracle Applications System Administrator Fundamentals

Course Description

In this course students learn concepts and functions that are critical to the System Administrator role in implementing and managing the Oracle E-Business Suite. Topics covered include configuring security and user management, configuring flexfields, managing concurrent processing, and setting up other essential features such as profile options and printing. In addition, configuration and maintenance of an Oracle E-Business Suite through Oracle Applications Manager is discussed. Students also learn the fundamentals of Oracle Workflow including its setup.The System Administrator Fundamentals course provides the foundation needed to effectively control security and ensure smooth operations for an E-Business Suite installation. Demonstrations and hands-on practice reinforce the fundamental concepts of configuring an Oracle E-Business Suite, as well as handling day-to-day system administrator tasks.Learn To: Manage securityMonitor E-Business Suite activities using OAMUnderstand fundamental Oracle Workflow conceptsConfigure flexfieldsThis course will be applicable for customers who have implemented R12 or 12.1.

Skills Gained

• Set up printing
• Manage folders
• Implement function security
• Implement Oracle User Management
• Implement flexfields
• Manage the Oracle E-Business Suite with Oracle Applications Manager
• Describe Oracle Workflow
• Understand concurrent processing
• Describe diagnostics and troubleshooting tools for Oracle E-Business Suite
• Define profile option values
• Set up auditing

Who Can Benefit

• Application Developers
• Functional Implementer
• Support Engineer
• Technical Administrator

Prerequisites

• Navigate Oracle Applications Release 12

Syllabus

Function Security

• Users
• Custom Applications
• Menus
• Responsibilities
• Functions

Data Security

• Objects
• Grants
• Permissions and Permission Sets
• Data Security Policies

Oracle User Management

• Access Control Model
• Role Based Access Control
• Delegated Administration
• Self-Service and Approval features

Profile Options

• Personal Profile Values
• System Profile Values
• Profile Hierarchy Levels
• Profile Categories

Auditing System Resources

• Auditing User Activity
• Signon Audit

Printers

• Printer Components
• Printing with the Pasta printing feature
• Using Pasta with Oracle XML Publisher

Oracle Applications Manager (OAM)

• Benefits of Oracle Applications Manager
• OAM Dashboard
• OAM Site Map
• System Monitoring
• Diagnostic Tools in OAM
• Support Cart

Concurrent Programs and Requests

• Lifecycle of a Concurrent Request
• Managing Concurrent Requests
• Request Sets
• Viewing Request Output
• Defining a Custom Concurrent Program

Administering Concurrent Managers

• Generic Service Management (GSM)
• Concurrent Managers
• Concurrent Manager Workshifts
• Conflict Domains
• Internal Concurrent Managers
• Internal Monitors
• Transaction Managers
• Parallel Concurrent Processing

Oracle Workflow

• Business Processes
• System Integration with Oracle Workflow
• Workflow Architecture
• Workflow Engine
• Workflow Builder
• Notification System
• Workflow Manager
• Directory Services

Flexfields

• Key Flexfields
• Descriptive Flexfields
• Value Sets
• Validation of Flexfield Segment Values

Folders

• Folder Definitions
• Assigning Folders to Users and/or Responsibilities

Online Help System

• Customizing Help Files
• Help System Utility
• Help Builder