R12 Oracle Applications System Administrator Fundamentals - Self-Study Course

In this course students learn concepts and functions that are critical to the System Administrator role in implementing and managing the Oracle E-Business Suite. Topics covered include configuring security and user management, configuring flexfields, managing concurrent processing, and setting up other essential features such as profile options and printing. In addition, configuration and maintenance of an Oracle E-Business Suite through Oracle Applications Manager is discussed. Students also learn the fundamentals of Oracle Workflow including its setup.

The System Administrator Fundamentals course provides the foundation needed to effectively control security and ensure smooth operations for an E-Business Suite installation. Demonstrations and exercises reinforce the fundamental concepts of configuring an Oracle E-Business Suite, as well as handling day-to-day system administrator tasks.

Audience

• Application Developers
• Functional Implementer
• Support Engineer
• Technical Administrator

Course Topics Introduction to Oracle Applications Security

• Understanding Access Control
• Access Control Layers

Understanding Function Security

• Understanding of Function Security
• Creating and Assigning Responsibilities

Introduction to Data Security

• Implementing Data Security
• Overview of Oracle User Management
• Oracle User Management: Components

Implementing Oracle User Management

• Implementation Fundamentals of Oracle User Management
• Understanding Roles
• Overview of Delegated Administration
• Understanding Registration Processes

Using the Profile Options

• Profile Options Overview
• Managing Profile Options

Auditing System Resources

• Introduction to Auditing
• Auditing Reports
• Implementing Auditing

Managing Printers

• Oracle Printers Overview
• Understanding Pasta Printing

Introduction to Oracle Applications Manager

• Oracle Applications Manager Overview
• Working with OAM

System Monitoring in Oracle Applications Manager

• System Status Overview
• Monitoring Critical Activities, Business Flows, and Security Issues
• Monitoring Oracle Forms
• Understanding Host Management
• Setting Up Oracle Applications Manager

Diagnostics and Troubleshooting with Oracle Applications Manager

• Diagnostics and Troubleshooting in Oracle Applications Manager
• Understanding Troubleshooting Wizards
• Understanding Support Cart

Managing Concurrent Programs and Reports

• Concurrent Requests, Programs, and Managers
• Monitoring Request Processing
• Working with Request Groups
• Customizing Standard SRS Processing
• Working with Request Sets

Administering Concurrent Managers

• Defining Concurrent Managers and Work Shifts
• Specializing Concurrent Managers
• Working with Request Types
• Understanding Conflict Domains

Systems and Agents

• Oracle Workflow Overview
• System Integration with Oracle Workflow

Oracle Workflow Components

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

Setting up Oracle Workflow

• Required Setup steps
• Optional Setup Steps

Overview of Flexfields

• Flexfields Overview
• Working with Flexfields

Using Value Sets

• Value Sets Overview
• Formatting and Planning Value sets
• Defining Value Sets

Defining Descriptive Flexfields

• Descriptive Flexfield Overview
• Identifying Flexfield Information
• Descriptive Flexfields Components
• Defining Descriptive Flexfields

Key Flexfields

• Key Flexfields Overview
• Key Flexfields Structures and Qualifiers
• Designing Key Flexfields
• Working with Value Sets

Using Advanced Validation Capabilities

• Advanced Validation Options
• Other Advanced Options

Administering Folders

• Administering Folder Concepts

Incorporating a Custom Program

• Working with Custom Programs

Course Objectives

• Set up and administer security-related features
• Set up and manage concurrent processing
• Set up flexfields
• Identify the fundamentals of Oracle Workflow
• Manage system using Oracle Applications Manager
• Set up and manage profile options, printers, folders, and other features