4 Days (almost 7 for me) of Product Directors and Managers spinning as many plates in the air as humanly possible, all being tossed into the Cloud with a fervor only matched by the lack of compensation being provided for conventional technology stack sales, left me with some specific value-adds for my time spent (not including the Safe Harbor information, we can’t say anything about….sshhhh.)
Note: (I’m EBS-centric and we have very little budget for hardware, so while I was amazed at the new SPARC S7 processors with on-board encryption and J/SQL optimization, alas they didn’t make it into my summary pages this year.)
AD/TXK Delta.8
Oracle E-Business Suite Applications DBA and Technology Stack Release Notes for R12.AD.C.Delta.8 and R12.TXK.C.Delta.8 (Doc ID 2159750.1)
Configuring Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.x Using Logical Host Names (Doc ID 1968231.1)
- e-Mail Notifications at Parent and Child Levels for Request Sets
- Save and Re-use Concurrent Program Parameters (CP Templates)
- Regex Support in Profile Option Values and FND_MESSAGES
- Multiple OA Framework Windows and Tabs in Multiple Browser Windows
- EBS Healthcheck Diagnostics
- 64-bit JDK’s on CM Tier
- adop Improvements
- Delta Sync Mode (syncmode=patch/delta) – changed rows only
- Rsync support in phase=prepare
- Custom module sync auto-supported (no custom drivers req’d)
- Standardized logging SessionID/ExecutionID/phase/node
EBS 12.2.6.AD Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.6 Readme (Doc ID 2114016.1)
- Security Configuration Console
- JSP Whitelisting
- Redirection Whitelisting
- AD/TKX.Delta.8 incorporated
- More HTML User Interfaces: HTML alternatives to several existing Forms; interfaces offer simpler layouts and more modern user interactions.
–Examples include the Update Assets UI in Enterprise Asset Management, and AOL setup UIs for Users, Responsibilities, and Flexfields.
SecureFiles does not allow shrinking of the tablespace after deletions (AP Imaging)
Available Interconnect Cloud Service adapters:
- –PL/SQL
- –Java Beans
- –Apps Modules
Roadmap ICS adapters:
- –REST
- –Concurrent Programs
- –XML Gateway
- –BPEL/Business Services
CAAS (Cloud Adaptive Assistant Service) – The widget Larry was text-chatting with.
Mobile Foundation and Mobile Application Framework
Foundation v6 released August 2016
–Incorporates MAF 2.3.2
–Enhancements for Approvals (HR, Projects, Service Centers, Quoting, Custom Approvals)
Foundation v7 scheduled for April 2017
MAF Roadmap items:
–Airwatch and MobileIron support
–Mobile REST API’s
–EBS Integrated Service Gateway support (SOA)
PDF Version for download: oracle_oow16_summary_jlui
Thoughts from James H. Lui 
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