R12 Implement Oracle Workflow - Self-Study Course

This course provides an overview of the architecture and features of Oracle Workflow and the benefits of using Oracle Workflow in an e-business environment. You can learn how to design workflow processes to automate and streamline business processes and how to define event subscriptions to perform processing triggered by business events. Students also learn how to respond to workflow notifications, how to administer and monitor workflow processes, and what setup steps are required for Oracle Workflow. Demonstrations and hands-on practice reinforce the fundamental concepts.

Audience

• Application Developers
• Business Analysts
• End Users
• Functional Implementer
• Technical Administrator

Course Topics Overview

• Introduction to Oracle Workflow
• Understanding Oracle Workflow Benefits
• Understanding Workflow Concepts
• Understanding System Integration with Workflow

Oracle Workflow Components

• Oracle Workflow Architecture
• Understanding Business Event System
• Understanding Oracle Workflow
• Oracle Workflow Web Pages

Planning a Workflow Process

• The Workflow Process Components
• Planning a Workflow Process

Diagramming a Workflow Process

• Creating a Workflow Process
• Diagramming a Process
• Understanding Process Validations

Defining Item Type Attributes and Lookup Types

• Understanding Item Type Attributes
• Working with Lookup Types

Understanding Messages and Notification Activities

• Defining Messages
• Understanding Notification Activities

Testing and Monitoring Workflow Processes

• A Workflow Process
• Working with the Administrator Monitor
• Working with Self Service Monitor
• Viewing and Responding to Notifications
• Working with Notifications from the Worklist Web Pages
• Working with Notifications via E-mail
• Understanding Worklist Flexfields
• Understanding Worklist Flexfields Rules

Oracle Workflow Directory Service

• Understanding the Oracle Workflow Directory Service
• Understanding the Oracle Workflow Directory Service

Defining Function Activities

• Working with Function Activities
• Understanding the Oracle Workflow Directory Service

Workflow Engine

• Understanding the Workflow Engine
• Understanding Background Engine Processing
• Understanding Oracle Workflow APIs

Business Events

• Defining Events
• Defining Event Groups
• Raising Events

Event Subscriptions

• Subscription Processing
• Subscription Properties
• Subscription Actions
• Working with Event Subscriptions

Systems and Agents

• Working with Systems
• Understanding Agents
• Registering Systems With Each Other

Defining Event Activities

• Understanding Event Activities
• Understanding Event Details

Business Event System APIs

• Understanding Business Event System Datatypes
• Understanding Business Event System APIs

Error Handling

• Error Handling for Workflow Processes
• Error Handling for Subscription Processing

PL/SQL Documents

• Integrating PL/SQL Documents in Workflow Processes
• Procedures To Generate Pl/SQL Documents
• Post-Notification Functions
• Understanding Event Activities
• Understanding Event Details
• PL/SQL Procedures for Notification Activities
• Forced Synchronous Processing

Selector/Callback Functions

• Item Type Selector/Callback Functions
• Standard API for a Selector/Callback Function
• Master/Detail Coordination Activities
• Customizing Workflow Processes

Workflow Loaders

• Workflow Definitions and XML Loader
• Specialized Workflow Monitoring
• Setting Up Oracle Workflow
• Setting Up Required Setup Steps
• Optional Setup Steps

Managing Service Components

• Understanding Service Components
• Understanding Agent Listeners
• Understanding Notification Mailers

Managing System Status and Throughput

• Understanding Workflow System Status
• Understanding Workflow Administration Components

Course Objectives

• Define events and subscriptions
• Create a specialized worklist view by using worklist flexfields
• Define function activities
• Define event activities
• Test and monitor a workflow process
• Identify workflow components
• Design a workflow process
• Define workflow objects