Workflow

Overview

Workflow for Oracle E-Business Suite is written for
administrators and developers who want to build or
maintain Workflows.

It focuses on your role in an Oracle eBS-environment,
and explains Concepts, gives Guided Exercises, Tips and
Exercises. All concepts are explained via real-life
examples, screenshots and navigation-paths.

The Architecture

The Technical Foundation Of Oracle Workflow is the
set of components in the database, application server and client that
together form the total technical infrastructure of Oracle Workflow.
Not every component is equally important, some “just are there”, and do their work. But some can go down, and can cause real problems. Therefore, you as a developer or administrator must know what the main components are, what their functions are, how stable they are and what problems they can cause.

The chapter ends with some exercises.

The Workflow Builder

The Workflow Builder is the Client-side tool to create flows.
Before we start creating our own flows we will have a closer look at the WF Builder.
This chapter explains the Object Navigator and the Process Builder, the Quick Start Wizard, and all the components, Templates and Function Modes.

This chapter also provides exercises for further practice.

Stores Procedures

Function Activities are the core of most workflows. Function Activities
are stored procedures that are used in Workflows. They have a standard API, and a strange way of passing parameters.
In this chapter the Function Activities are explained, with their APIs, how to pass parameters and what Selector
Functions, Post-Notification Functions and PL/SQL documents are.

The chapter ends with exercises, so that you can practice what you have learned.

Error-Handling

In every application or piece of software, error handling is very
important. The same is the case for Oracle Workflow. A part of the Error Handling is automatically done by Oracle Workflow; automatically an email will be send if a technical problem in a flow occurs. It is explained how this mechanism works and what you can (and normally should!) modify about it.

Also in your Stored Procedures you must handle the exceptions. This must be done in a Workflow specific way. How this should be done is described in this chapter.

The chapter ends with some exercises.

Other Chapters in the book

In the other chapters we describe how to work with Notifications,
with Vacation-rules and Reassignments. We also explain how to Link a Workflow to an eBS Event, how to create a Workflow in the Process-Tab, and how to Start a Workflow via a Concurrent Program. We also explain things like Purging, the Directory Service, Access Levels, the Background Engine, Standard Components and Synchronous Processing.

Personal Edition

190 pages

Classroom Edition

209 pages