Oracle® Application Framework

Oracle? Application Framework

Personalization Guide

Release 12.2

Part No. E22031-10

November 2013

Oracle Application Framework Personalization Guide, Release 12.2

Part No. E22031-10

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Primary Author:

Siu Chang

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Lauren Cohn, David Weld

Jeremy Liu, Charu Chandra, Yuanjing Xu, Sara Woodhull

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Preface

1

Customization Primer

Customization Overview.......................................................................................................... 1-1

Configuration............................................................................................................................ 1-2

Personalization.......................................................................................................................... 1-4

Extensibility............................................................................................................................... 1-7

Interoperability......................................................................................................................... 1-9

2

Personalizing OA Framework Applications

Branding.................................................................................................................................... 2-1

Customizing Look-and-Feel (CLAF)......................................................................................... 2-4

Icons......................................................................................................................................... 2-25

Responsibilities and Menus................................................................................................... 2-25

Messages.................................................................................................................................. 2-26

Lookup Codes.......................................................................................................................... 2-26

Style Sheets.............................................................................................................................. 2-27

3

Personalizing Your Pages and Portlets

Overview................................................................................................................................... 3-1

Personalization Levels............................................................................................................... 3-2

OA Personalization Framework Features................................................................................. 3-5

Profile Options Used By OA Personalization Framework.......................................................3-8

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Administrative-Level Personalizations

Overview................................................................................................................................... 4-1

Creating Admin-Level Personalizations................................................................................... 4-3

Using the Page Layout Personalization Page....................................................................... 4-6

Using the Page Hierarchy Personalization Page................................................................ 4-16

Examples: Creating New Items Using the Personalization UI........................................... 4-24

Function-Level Personalizations............................................................................................. 4-32

Known Issues.......................................................................................................................... 4-33

Related Information................................................................................................................ 4-33

5

Administrative-Level Personalization User Interface

Overview................................................................................................................................... 5-2

Focused Page Hierarchy Personalization Page......................................................................... 5-2

Choose Personalization Context Page.......................................................................................5-6

Personalize Page........................................................................................................................ 5-8

Create Query Page................................................................................................................... 5-18

Page Hierarchy Personalization Page: Expanded Search Region...........................................5-20

Reorder Contents Page............................................................................................................ 5-22

Add Content Page.................................................................................................................... 5-24

Create Content Page................................................................................................................ 5-26

Model Personalization Page.................................................................................................... 5-27

Dynamic View Object Page.................................................................................................... 5-29

Create Item Page...................................................................................................................... 5-30

Update Item Page.................................................................................................................... 5-60

Manage Personalization Levels Page...................................................................................... 5-62

Copy Personalization Page...................................................................................................... 5-66

Extract Translation Files Page................................................................................................. 5-67

Upload Translations Page....................................................................................................... 5-68

Translate Page.......................................................................................................................... 5-69

Choose Languages Page.......................................................................................................... 5-70

Personalize Views Page........................................................................................................... 5-70

Create View, Update View, and Duplicate View Pages......................................................... 5-73

Rename Columns / Totaling Page........................................................................................... 5-80

Setting the Record Set Size for nodeDefinition under a HGrid............................................ 5-82

Hiding the Save Search and Personalize Buttons.................................................................. 5-82

Change Display Size for Various TextInput fields................................................................ 5-83

Adding Search Mappings....................................................................................................... 5-83

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User-Level Personalization User Interface

Overview................................................................................................................................... 6-1

Personalizing the Views Panel of a Search Page...................................................................... 6-1

Personalizing a Table Region at the User Level....................................................................... 6-2

Personalize Views Page............................................................................................................. 6-4

Create View, Update View, and Duplicate View Pages........................................................... 6-4

Rename Columns / Totaling Page............................................................................................. 6-8

Personalizing an LOV Choice List............................................................................................ 6-8

Personalizing a Table (Classic or Advanced)........................................................................... 6-9

Known Issues............................................................................................................................ 6-9

7

Portlet-Level Personalization User Interface

Overview................................................................................................................................... 7-1

Personalizing a Portlet.............................................................................................................. 7-1

Create View and Update View Pages....................................................................................... 7-2

Rename Columns / Totaling......................................................................................................7-4

Known Issues............................................................................................................................ 7-4

8

Translating Personalizations

Overview................................................................................................................................... 8-1

Translating Personalizations Stored in MDS........................................................................... 8-1

OA Extension Translation Toolset............................................................................................ 8-7

XLIFF Extractor.................................................................................................................... 8-7

XLIFF Importer.................................................................................................................. 8-13

Mapping a Language Code to a Language-Territory Code.................................................... 8-14

Known Issues.......................................................................................................................... 8-15

Related Information................................................................................................................ 8-16

9

Deploying Personalizations

Overview................................................................................................................................... 9-1

Deploying Personalizations Using the Functional Administrator Responsibility................. 9-1

Deploying Personalizations Using the Import/Export Command Line Tools.........................9-4

Export Tool.......................................................................................................................... 9-5

Import Tool........................................................................................................................ 9-11

Known Issues.......................................................................................................................... 9-15

Related Information................................................................................................................ 9-15

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