Replaced by set of courses 66010-66013

Course Code NGE64102

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

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Description

Oracle Applications Release 11i: Workflow - Part 1 course introduces the learner to the architecture and advanced notification components of Oracle Workflow 2.5. In this course, the learner will gain an insight into the use of Workflow in business processes and methods for planning and creating a Workflow process. Oracle Workflow gives end users and technical personnel the ability to automate and continuously improve their business processes. Working on business processes are possible because Workflow routes information of any type, according to business rules, to people inside or outside an enterprise.

Audience

This course targets the following audiences: MIS Personnel and Application Developers. Prerequisite knowledge of Introduction to Oracle: SQL and PL/SQL and knowledge of SQL and SQL*Plus is required.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Identify the basic aspects of the Workflow architecture and the role of Workflow in business.
• Identify the steps used and the features of a typical Workflow process.
• Identify the features of the basic Workflow components and the notification system.
• Create a new Workflow process and identify the steps used to plan a Workflow process.
• Create the various attributes, lookup types, and lookup codes.
• Create messages and message attributes.
• Identify the parameters used in email and Web page respond attributes.
• Identify the features, commands, and parameters used in a Selector/Callback function.
• Create a notification activity and set the dynamic priority and timeout for a notification.
• Create a function activity and the function activity attribute.
• Identify the various execution modes and the guidelines used for assigning a function cost.
• Create a new process activity.
• Identify the features of the forced synchronous and Master/Detail processes.
• Identify the methods used for handling a looping activity and an error in the process.
• Identify the features of the Block activity and Complete Activity.
• Manage notifications by using the Web-based features of Workflow.
• Identify, display, define criteria, and create automatic notification processing rules.
• Generate and attach PL/SQL documents.
• Identify the features, and standard operations of document management integration.
• Sequence the steps to access and respond to notifications by implementing document management integration.
• Draw and modify Workflow process diagrams.
• Identify the guidelines to save, delete, and design a Workflow process definition.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Oracle Workflow 2.5: An Introduction

• Identify the important business requirements fulfilled by Oracle Workflow.
• Select the uses of Workflow in business.
• Select the uses of Workflow in e-business.
• Match the main platforms of the Workflow architecture with their functions.
• Match the components of Oracle Workflow with their functions.
• Identify the features of a typical Workflow process.
• Sequence the steps in an Expense Report Processing Workflow process.
• Sequence the steps in a New Hire Workflow process.
• Identify the functions of the Workflow Builder.
• Identify the functions of the Workflow Engine.
• Sequence the activities performed by the Workflow Engine in a Workflow process definition.
• Select the process constructs supported by the Workflow Engine.
• Identify the functions of the Workflow Definitions Loader.
• Match the Workflow Directory Service views with their definitions.
• Identify the features of the Workflow Monitor.
• Identify the functions performed by the Workflow Notification System.
• Match the fields of the Workflow Notifications Worklist Web page with their descriptions.
• Identify the features of the Notification Details Web page.
• Identify the features of e-mail notifications in Oracle Workflow.
• Select the features of the Workflow Notification Mailer.

Unit 2: Process Components

• Match the components of a Workflow process with their descriptions.
• Sequence the steps used to plan a Workflow process.
• Create a new process by using the Quick Start Wizard.
• Sequence the steps for creating a new process from the bottom-up.
• Sequence the steps to create a new process by using the top-down approach.
• Identify the guidelines for using different activities in a process.
• Create an item type using the Edit menu in the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Create an item type attribute by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Create a document attribute by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Create an URL attribute by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Create a lookup type by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Create a lookup code by using Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Create a message by using the Workflow Builder.
• Create the message attribute for a message by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Set the respond attribute for a message by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Identify the respond attribute properties in an e-mail notification.
• Match the response sections of the Web page with the attribute properties.
• Identify the features of an Item Type Selector Function.
• Identify the commands used to call Selector functions.
• Match a Selector/Callback function parameters with their definitions.
• Define a PL/SQL procedure by using the standard API.

Unit 3: Workflow Activities

• Create a notification activity by using the Navigator Control Properties window.
• Create a Voting activity by using the Navigator Control Properties window.
• Match the different fields in the Details tabbed page with their definitions.
• Define dynamic priority attribute by using the Workflow Builder Navigator.
• Define timeout for a notification by using the Navigator Control Properties window.
• Match the post-notification function execution modes with their functions.
• Match the sections in the standard API with their features.
• Create a function activity by using the Navigator Control Properties window.
• Identify the guidelines for assigning a cost to a function activity.
• Identify the function activity execution modes.
• Create a function activity attribute by using the Navigator Control Properties window.
• Create a process activity in Oracle Workflow by using the Navigator Control Properties window.
• Identify the features of a forced synchronous process.
• Identify the restrictions to which forced synchronous process definitions must adhere.
• Identify the features of the Master/Detail relationship.
• Match the attributes of the Master/Detail coordination activity attributes with their descriptions.
• Identify the methods used to handle a looping activity.
• Select the components of the System: Error item type.
• Identify the guidelines for handling errors.
• Identify the features of a Block activity.
• Identify the features of the CompleteActivity function.

Unit 4: Handling Notifications

• Access the links to the Web-based features of Workflow by using the Oracle Workflow home page.
• Respond to a notification by using the Notification Details Web page.
• Search for a specific set of notifications by using the Find Notifications Web page.
• Reassign notifications by using the Reassign Notification Web page.
• Set e-mail notification preference by using the User Preferences Web page.
• Respond to an e-mail notification by using e-mail.
• Sequence the steps to view a summary of e-mail notifications.
• Identify the functions of automatic notification processing.
• Identify the methods used to display the rules for automatic notification processing.
• Create an automatic notification processing rule by using the Create New Rule Web page.
• Generate PL/SQL documents by using procedures.
• Attach PL/SQL documents by using Workflow Builder.
• Select the functions of document management integration.
• Match the standard document management operations with their application.
• Sequence the steps to access a DM document sent by a notification.
• Sequence the steps to respond to a notification with a DM document.

Unit 5: Diagramming a Workflow Process

• Select the different methods that can be used to display the process window.
• Identify the methods used to create a process node.
• Customize a node by using the property page of the node.
• Match the options in the Show Label In Designer menu with their functions.
• Select the characteristics of Workflow Builder display modes.
• Create a transition between two nodes by using Workflow Builder.
• Draw self-looping transitions by using Workflow Builder.
• Implement the default transition by using Workflow Builder.
• Implement the Any transition by using Workflow Builder.
• Identify the edits that you can perform on a transition.
• Match the Standard activities with their uses.
• Match the Standard lookup types with their lookup codes.
• Add the standard item type to an existing process definition by using Workflow Builder.
• Save a process definition by using Workflow Builder.
• Delete an item attribute by using Workflow Builder.
• Identify the features of top-down design in Oracle Workflow.
• Identify the validations that are performed when you use the Verify command.
• Specify activity attribute values by using the Node Attributes tab.
• Identify the guidelines for deleting item attributes.
• Identify the guidelines for saving process definitions.
• Identify the process definition review options of the Item Type Definition Web page.
• Find the version of the Oracle Workflow server by using the SQL script wfver.sql.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media

CDROM