New Search Capability in Oracle MetaLink

July 13, 2006 on 9:20 pm | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press | Enter Comments | Print Print | Email Email

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) is now available on MetaLink. SES allows you to search from within MetaLink in other non-MetaLink content areas, such as Oracle Product Documentation, Oracle Technology Network (OTN) and oracle.com content. Look for additional repositories to be added in coming months.

Simply click on the “Secure Enterprise Search” link just to the right of the “Quick Find Go” button on MetaLink (Metalink login is required) or, under the “Knowledge” tab, click on the “Secure Enterprise Search” link on the dark blue bar immediately below it. Either link will display the Secure Enterprise Search page in a new window. Please note that, since SES does open in a separate window, any pop-up blockers that you have turned on may prevent the SES search screen from displaying.

Key Features of Oracle Secure Enterprise Search

Oracle Secure Enterprise Search 10g, a standalone product from Oracle, enables a secure, high quality, easy-to-use search across all enterprise information assets. Key features include:

  • The ability to search and locate public, private and shared content across Intranet Web servers, databases, files on local disk or on file servers, IMAP e-mail, document management systems, applications and portals
  • Highly secure crawling, indexing and searching
  • A simple, intuitive search interface leading to an excellent user experience
  • Excellent search quality, with the most relevant items for a query shown first, even when the query spans diverse public or private data sources
  • Analytics on search results and understanding of usage patterns
  • Sub-second query performance
  • Ease of administration and maintenance leveraging your existing IT expertise

Click on the “Help” link in the upper right hand corner of the SES screen for additional detailed instructions for refining and filtering your search (inclusion and exclusion keys, wildcard matching, etc.), and also how to use the advanced search capability in SES.

For more information on using SES, please see the News & Notes entry “Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) Now Available on MetaLink” posted in MetaLink Headlines on June 30, 2006.

IOUG Also Wants Your Input on Oracle Fusion

July 11, 2006 on 9:42 pm | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press, Worth Noting | 1 Comment | Print Print | Email Email

The International Oracle Users Council (IOUG) also encourages you [Oracle Applications and Peoplesoft Enterprise Users] to provide your input to Oracle as they develop Oracle Fusion. Below are several examples of how Oracle is working with the Product Development Committee on a number of initiatives running where users can be involved. The research into Fusion is unprecedented and the IOUC urge anyone not already involved in User Group initiatives to take part. The current PDC Initiatives for Fusion include:

General Fusion Surveys

This survey has now closed with over 2000 users worldwide agreeing to help Oracle with their research. If you missed this opportunity and would like to join in for later research please submit your details for future surveys.

Peoplesoft Product Usage Surveys

Oracle has created an initial set of Product Usage Surveys and a SQR script to better understand how you are using various features and functions of PeopleSoft Enterprise applications.

Since Fusion is starting with E-Business Suite as the foundation, Oracle needs specific input from PeopleSoft Enterprise customers on the use of certain features/functions as they move forward in the planning for Fusion. As Oracle progresses through the planning/design process, there will be additional opportunities for the J.D. Edwards and E-Business Suite customers to provide input.

Fusion Applications Communications Profiling

With announcements of Oracle Fusion, and more recently Applications Unlimited, upgrades to current versions and Oracle Fusion continue to generate questions amongst a diverse customer base. A greater understanding of customer types (profiles) and their application roadmap planning approach needs to be addressed. Oracle desires to retain existing customers and help them better position plans along a value-driven roadmap toward the new Fusion applications platform.

The IOUC aim to gather and deliver constructive input to senior Oracle Applications and Support executives. The project focus is the customer view and experience with Oracle’s communication strategy and messaging with respect to application upgrades (to the current release/version) and Oracle Fusion.

Usability of Oracle Products

The Applications User Experience team at Oracle would like to know if you are interested in participating in Oracle’s Usability Program. Participants in the usability studies will work directly with the User Experience team to provide input on developing innovative User Interfaces, i.e. the look and feel’ for Fusion applications. If you are interested, please complete this form. If you fit the profile for an upcoming usability study, Oracle will contact you directly. All information will remain confidential.

Business Process Modeling

In conjunction with the Fusion Strategy Council the IOUC are working with Oracle looking at the high level BPM for the first Fusion releases.

Oracle SOA Technology Day Coming to Select Cities

July 10, 2006 on 7:59 am | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press | Enter Comments | Print Print | Email Email

Register now for a free seminar and learn from experts how to drive efficiency through Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA). Join us to learn how you can have a complete infrastructure for SOA-based applications, using Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Fusion Middleware, and Oracle Enterprise Management software.

Technical Breakout Sessions may include:

  • Transition to SOA with the Oracle SOA Suite
  • Leveraging Identity Management in SOA
  • Extending Applications with Oracle Fusion Middleware
  • Oracle Database 10g Release 2
  • Oracle Grid Control
  • SOA for Content and Records Management
  • Putting a Face on SOA: Oracle Portal
  • Securing SOA: Meeting the Compliance and Security Requirements of Tomorrow

REGISTER now for an Oracle Technology Day in a city near you!

Oracle Technology Day is a global program. Check your local Oracle.com Web site for the schedule of events in your country. Click here.

Oracle Fusion Feature Request Voting Is Now Available

June 29, 2006 on 8:25 pm | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press | Enter Comments | Print Print | Email Email

Below is full text of the OAUG broadcast message regarding the Future Feature Request Voting process:

As you may be aware, the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) has embarked on a mission to assist Oracle in collecting and voting on feature requests for Fusion, as well as on strategic, tactical and operational improvements to current Oracle E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise and Oracle Retail application functionality.

To date, the OAUG has received more than 1,100 submissions, nearly 400 of which are feature requests for Fusion.

Now is the time to voice your opinion to Oracle! Voting for enhancement/Fusion feature requests is now open to OAUG members only through July 17, 2006. If your organization is not a member of the OAUG, but is interested in participating in the voting process, OAUG membership information is available on the OAUG Web site.

If you are an OAUG member and eligible to vote, your OAUG key contact must designate you as an enhancement contact. Talk to your key contact to ensure you have access to voting. It is important for you to vote on all requests even if you have not submitted one, but please limit your votes to the applications you use.

To learn more about how to use the OAUG ERS, please review the Users Guide (PDF file) or download and view the ERS demo (10.5MB) (Please note: this session was recorded via WebEx and requires the WebEx Player, which you may download and install from the WebEx Web site).

Again, OAUG member voting in now open, so please work with others in your organization to vote and share your requests with Oracle! All voting results will be submitted to Oracle for evaluation. Any formal response the OAUG receives from Oracle regarding the prioritized requests will be made available for viewing in the ERS.

If you have any questions, please contact the OAUG at enhancements@oaug.com or +1 404.240.0897.

Best Regards,
OAUG Technology Committee

P.S. Only OAUG Key Contacts can identify who they wish to vote on behalf of their organization. Allowing OAUG member contacts to vote is easy!

Oracle Wants Your Input on Fusion Features

June 1, 2006 on 8:47 pm | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press | Enter Comments | Print Print | Email Email

Here is full text of the OAUG press release soliciting your feedback on strategic improvements to current Oracle E-Business Suite functionality:

Dear Oracle Applications User,

Have you had to customize a module to get the features you need? Would additional functionality save you time and money? Are you living with a work around that is increasing your cost of ownership?

As an Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG) member and/or Oracle Applications user, Oracle is requesting your feedback on strategic improvements to current Oracle E-Business Suite functionality for their initial Fusion releases.

Submit your strategic requests via the OAUG Enhancement Request System (ERS) today!

Submitting and voting on requests is a four-step process:

    • Determine your strategic feature suggestions. Submit as many as you want, but be sure to provide a complete description so the reviewer and the Oracle product manager understands your request – don’t try to tell Oracle how to implement it, but be clear on what you need. A strategic feature is generally defined as functionality that has strategic value or a high impact on your current operations and is missing from the current module but would reduce your cost of ownership if it were available. For example: A Bank Reconcile feature for Oracle Cash Management. Bank reconciliations, unless you have a customization, are typically done manually and are very cumbersome and time consuming. Be sure to include customizations you have made, especially if you think they are generally applicable to other Oracle customers.
    • Initial strategic request submission. The stronger your business case, the more likely other OAUG members will vote for it and Oracle will accept your suggestion.
    • Review and acceptance of the requests and merging of duplicate or related requests. The ERS allows special interest group reviewers to evaluate and append to an existing request to ensure submissions accepted into the voting engine are of the highest quality. Your search of the ERS for requests similar to yours and submitting comments against it rather than submitting duplicates is every much appreciated and will make this task much easier.
    • Voting on the requests submitted. In order for you to vote, your OAUG key contact must designate you as an enhancements contact. Talk to your key contact to ensure you have access to voting. It is important for you to vote on all requests even if you have not submitted one, but please limit your votes to the applications you use. Voting starts June 26, 2006, and runs through July 17, 2006.

    2. Each accepted feature request qualifies the submitter to be entered into a drawing to win a free full-conference registration to COLLABORATE 07: Technology and Applications Forum for the Oracle Community in Las Vegas, April 15-19, 2007.

    To learn more about how to use the OAUG ERS, please review the Users Guide (PDF file) or download and view the ERS demo (10.5MB) (Please note: this session was recorded via WebEx and requires the WebEx Player, which you may download and install from the WebEx Web site).If you have any questions, please contact the OAUG at enhancements@oaug.com or +1 404.240.0897.

    Your input is critical! Please log on to the ERS today and remember to vote beginning on June 26, 2006.

    Best Regards,
    OAUG Technology Commitee

Oracle Applications Day Continues in Select Cities

February 14, 2006 on 12:13 pm | by Marian Crkon | In Oracle Press, Worth Noting | Enter Comments | Print Print | Email Email

The Oracle Fusion Roadshow is “half-way done”, and continues in select cities as the Oracle Applications Day. Take part in one of the sessions if possible:

  • Austin, TX – Thursday, February 16, 2006
  • Seattle, WA – Monday, March 13, 2006
  • Iselin, NJ -  Tuesday, March 14, 2006
  • Toronto, ON – Thursday, April 20, 2006
  • Redwood Shores, CA – Friday, April 21, 2006

To get more information and register, visit Application Day. Get involved and find out what’s coming your way! I will see you there!

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