A webcast presented by IT Convergence November 20 th, 2014

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1 A webcast presented by IT Convergence November 20 th, 2014

2 How to Interact

3 Answering the Million Dollar Question for Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Customization Global Reach, Local Expertise UNITED STATES San Francisco - Bay Area Chicago CHINA New York Shanghai Dallas Incline Village INDIA Hyderabad MEXICO Mexico DF COSTA RICA San José BRAZIL Rio de Janeiro São Paulo ARGENTINA Buenos Aires

4 Taking Our Own Medicine Used the E-Business Suite since 2004 Upgraded to R12 in January 2009 Implemented OBIEE in January 2010 R12.2 Beta Program in January 2012 Oracle Fusion Applications in 2012 And we host our systems running Oracle VM

5 On the Phone Host Belen Diaz Colodrero Marketing Campaigns Assistant, IT Convergence Presenters Gustavo González Chief Technology Officer, IT Convergence / Oracle ACE Director Stephen Bonica Manager of Financial and HR Applications, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Chuck Scheller Director Business Systems, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Marcelo Albajari Development Services Strategic Consulting Director, IT Convergence Pablo Andres Stahlhamer Senior Principal Consultant, IT Convergence

6 Free 60 minutes 12.2 assessment Training Online patching cycle, problems and standards Analysis and Recommendations Analyzing customer system and formulating remediation strategy

7 Oracle E-Business Suite Support Timeline New Technical Architecture and Development Standards Harvard Pilgrim preparation for Release 12.2 Takeaways

8 Oracle E-Business Suite Support Timelines Updated Support Polices for 11.5, 12.0, 12.1& Nov '10 EXTENDED Nov '13 Dec 15 EXEPTION SUSTAINING Offer Exception to Sustaining Support 12.0 Jan 07 Jan '12 Jan '15 PREMIER EXTENDED SUSTAINING 12.1 May 09 PREMIER Dec 16 EXTENDED Dec 19 Extend 12.1 Premier Support thru Dec Sep 13 PREMIER Sep 18 EXTENDED Sep 21 Today

10 Web Listerner HTTP/S JDBC/SQL Net Answering the Million Dollar Question for Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Customization R12 Technology Stack CLIENT APPLICATION DATABASE Weblogic Server Weblogic JSP Global Single Data model BC4J RAC & ASM UIX 11g BI Publisher Forms Edition-based redefinition

11 SOA Suite Uptake Technology Stack Upgrade: SOA Suite 11g and WLS 11g E-Business Suite E-Business Suite 12.2 Integrated SOA Gateway Integrated SOA Gateway WS Framework Adapter Framework & EBS Adapter Lib WSIF SOA Suite Oracle AS & 10g for E-Business Suite WebLogic Server 11g

12 Technical Upgrade Process 1. Upgrade Database 2. CEMLI Remediation 3. Lay down R12.2 File System 4. Upgrade to Enable Online Patching 6. Upgrade to 12.2.x RUP 7. Deploy Customizations and External Integrations 8. Configure System to Production Capacity Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

13 E-Business Suite R12.2 Online Patching E-Business Suite will remain available to users during patching operations Downtime window will be predictable and in minutes Patches are applied while the production application remains online

14 The Basics of Online Patching Online Patching Cycle include 5 phases Application is only offline during the Cutover phase Online Patching is used to apply all patches in 12.2 Users Online Users Offline Users Online Prepare Apply Finalize Cutover Cleanup Copy the production application code Apply one or more patches to the copy Ready the system for cutover Restart application on patched copy Remove obsolete objects Resource: Oracle E-Business Suite: Mobile Strategy and Roadmap [CON7492] Jeanne Lowell - VP, EBS Product Strategy, Oracle, OpenWorld 2014

15 Online Patching Cycle - Abort The Online Patching Cycle can be aborted at any time prior to cutover Cutover Cleanup Finalize Apply Prepare Resource:

16 E-Business Suite R12.2 Patching Cycle Database Edition Patching Cycle One or more database editions are always present Run Edition Used by the running application Always exists Patch Edition Used by the patching tools Only exists during a patching cycle Old Editions These editions are only used to store code objects that have not been patched in a later edition Remove by cleanup when no longer needed Resource:

17 Customization Preparation Project Analysis and Implementation Based on the Catalog Utilities available for the analysis Online Patching Readiness Reports Database Online Patching Standards Compliance Report Database Application tiers Available as standalone patches for 11i, 12.0, 12.1 and 12.2 Reference Note: Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

18 Online Patching Readiness Reports Database Very few violations require manual intervention if schema is registered with the application Materialized View with a dependency on a PLSQL package or function Constraints with a dependency on PLSQL code Triggers defined on LONG columns Readiness Report will tell you how to address them Register your Custom schemas with the application Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

19 Online Patching Standards Compliance Report Database Custom code should comply with Online Patching Development Standards Standards include Data model access pattern Code naming standards Special Object definition requirements (VPDs, MVs) Failure to address these violations could result in Future Code invalidation Inability to patch Custom Code online (Downtime required to maintain Custom Code) Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

20 Online Patching Standards Compliance Report Database, Data Model Access Pattern All code must access the data model via the Logical View (APPS synonyms Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

21 Customizations in Oracle E-Business Suite R12.2 Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

22 E-Business Suite R12.2 Online Patching New Development Standards Editionable Objects Views (ordinary, not materialized) PL/SQL code Synonyms User Types Virtual Private Database Policies Non-Editionable Objects Tables Temporary Tables Indexes Materialized Views Sequences Database links

23 Online Patching Readiness Reports Database Main purpose is to identify the Editioned Based Redefinition golden rule: Non-Editioned objects cannot depend on Editioned Objects Non-Editioned Objects Tables Indexes Materialized Views Sequences Constrains Editioned Objects PLSQL Specs Body Function Procedure Views Editioning Views Triggers Types Synonyms DATA STORAGE OBJETS CODE OBJETS Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

24 Online Patching Standards Compliance Report Database, Code Naming Standards Table Names cannot exceed 29 characters Column Names cannot exceed 28 characters Table Names cannot use the # character Object Names must end in alphanumeric character Index names must contain at least one _ character Constraint Names must contain at least one _ character Materialized Views Name cannot exceed 29 characters Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

25 Ways of customizing or extending your EBS environment New business rules or data transformations New or custom screens Integrations with external systems Use of third-party utilities or extensions Creation of new reports Creation of new workflows Integrations with standalone APEX applications Resource:

26 E-Business Suite 12.1 Instance Ready for 12.2 Upgrade Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

27 Managing Customizations in R12.2 Maintain customizations with Online Patching New R12.2 Development and Deployment Process New R12.2 Development Standards Tools to help manage customizations Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

28 Maintain Customizations with Online Patching in R12.2 Customizations are deployed during the APPLY phase Prepare Apply Finalize Cutover Cleanup Resource: CON7700_Bastidas-CON7700-Migrating-and-Managing-Customizations-For-Oracle-E-Business-Suite-R122

30 Harvard Pilgrim s Challenges Harvard Pilgrim was concerned about the changes in development standards necessary due to the new Online Patching feature Harvard Pilgrim needed to train their developers and then modify their software promotion process so all new code was compliant with Oracle s coding standards before they promoted it to their production system Harvard Pilgrim required help to understand the violations reported by Oracle s tools (Readiness Reports) and to define a strategy for solving those issues

31 ITC s Solution A training plan that addressed approximately 85 developers within Harvard Pilgrim s IT teams Onsite and remote trainings, covering coding concepts including exercises A devoted consultant that worked with Harvard Pilgrim for 3 months Assisted their development teams incorporate the new concepts and apply them to new code developed Evaluated the violations in their current code to the standards as reported by Oracle Readiness Reports Planned the mitigation activities with them to remediate offending code Facilitated the introduction of a "gate" into their software promotion process in order to have all new code checked before promoting it to their production environment

33 How to Get Started? List your customizations Inventory of your third party applications Oracle Add-ons? Rethink your Backup strategy Upgrading from 11i? From 12.0? From 12.1? Plan accordingly More questions?

34 Free 60 minutes 12.2 assessment Training Online patching cycle, problems and standards Analysis and Recommendations Analyzing customer system and formulating remediation strategy

35 How to Interact

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