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Oracle Utilities: Configuration Tools for CCB - GUI

Duration: 5 Days

What you will learn

The Configuration Tools for CCB (Customer Care and Billing) - Foundation training is intended for implementers who
want to create upgradeable and extendable solutions for Oracle Utility products. Concepts discussed include
maintenance objects, business objects, inheritance, lifecycle, and access rights. These concepts can be applied to all
Oracle Utilities applications that utilize Framework 4.3 or later. Finally, all exercises in this course are focused toward the
Customer Care and Billing application.

Learn To:
Differentiate between the zone types. Describe common dialog and design patterns.
Set up portals and query zones.
Use BPA scripts to extend functionality within your zones.
Enforce Zone security.
Export and import bundled objects.

Benefits to You:
Throughout the course, you will be exposed to the benefits of user interface customization without the need to know
Java programming. You will learn about the different types of zones available; as well as common maintenance patterns
and options. Hands-on practice reinforce concepts that show you how to build portals, zones, and scripts to expand the
usability of the application.

Audience
Architect
Configuration Implementer
Developer
Implementation Consultant
Technical Administrator
Technical Consultant

Related Training

Required Prerequisites

Oracle Utilities: Configuration Tools for CCB - Foundation

Suggested Prerequisites
Experience in the use of the relevant Oracle product

Knowledge of basic database concepts

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Understand an XML document

Understand service oriented architecture

Course Objectives
Understand common dialog patterns.

Understand the difference between zone types

Understand how to use Information Zones.

Enable bundling functionality for a new maintenance object.

Operate the change reversion functionality.

Set up a BPA script that captures data on a UI Map.

Set up a UI map to capture filter values for Info and Query Zones.

Set up a zone that displays a business object using HTML.

Set up a zone that displays multiple business objects using HTML.

Understand the requirements to extend the system if an implementation adds new elements to the base-package
business objects.

Understand what a UI Map and what it holds.

Add links to the zone header bar that a user can use to transfer to other pages or to initiate BPA scripts.

Enable revision control functionality for a maintenance object.

Export and import a bundle of objects.

Set up portals and query zones.

Course Topics

Information Zones
Overview
Portals and Zones
Explorer Zones: Common Features
Zone Help
End-User Filters
Hyperlinks, BPA Launching, and Broadcasting
Dragging and Dropping
Work Lists

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Query Zones
Configurable Query Zones
Security and Menu Access
Zone Types and Zones
Dynamic SQL
Portal Preferences
Query and Info Zone Differences
Zone Security
Validating Filter Values using Service Scripts

UI Maps
HTML Primer
HTML: Basic Elements
JavaScript: Basic Elements
User Interface Maps: HTML and XML
Suppressing Zones using Service Scripts
HTML Fragments
Populating the Dashboard
Consistency

BPA Scripts
Invoking BPA Scripts
The BPA Area
BPA Step Types
The Implications of Common Dialogs
Scripts and UI Maps
Pop-Ups Versus Page Area
Access Rights
Advanced BPA Script Features

Additional UI Features and Tools

Auditing Inquiries
UI Maps and Explorer Zones
Implementing Pop-Up Searches
Actions in Explorers
Adding Links in Zone Headers
Overriding Base-Product Zone Parameter Values
Help Text
Duplicating Zones

Maintenance Patterns
All-in-One Portal
Separate Search Portal
Log Zones
The Anatomy of a Maintenance Dialog
Preventing the Proliferation of Metadata Objects
Separate Maintenance Portals
Agnostic Add and Edit BPA Scripts
Post-Processing Service Scripts

Revision Control
Using Revision Control

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Revision Control Objects
Revision Control Configuration
Functionality Summary
Implementing Revision Control for other MOs

Bundling
How to Export and Import
The Order of Entities
Bundling Configuration
Bundle MOs and BOs

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