Update 22C

Revision History

This document will continue to evolve as existing sections change and new information is added. All updates appear in the following table:

Date	Module	Feature	Notes
28 OCT 2022	Freight Payment, Billing and Claims	Enable Allocation Parallel Processing	Updated document.  Delivered new Optional Feature in update 22C.
20 SEP 2022	Transportation and Global Trade Platform	Limit Saved Query Results	Updated document.
08 SEP 2022	Transportation and Global Trade Platform	Database Data Type Changes	Updated document. Delivered new feature in update 22C.
17 JUN 2022			Created initial document.

Overview

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Transportation Management

Transportation and Global Trade Platform

Database Change

Database Data Type Changes

This feature provides a data type change for the tables columns below so that the parent and child column lengths are consistent.

Table	Column
OUT_XML_PROFILE_XPATH	SEQUENCE_NO
GTM_CLASS_CODE_ATTRIBUTE	SEQUENCE
GTM_CLASS_CODE_ATTRIBUTE	ATTRIBUTE_SEQUENCE
GTM_DATA_LOAD_TYPE_FILE	SEQUENCE_NO
IE_SHIPMENTSTATUS	ORIG_TRANSACTION_NO
I_TRANSACTION_ACK	REF_TRANSACTION_NO
I_TRANSACTION_DETAIL	NEW_TRANSACTION_NO
I_TRANSMISSION	SENDER_TRANSMISSION_NO
I_TRANSMISSION	REFERENCE_TRANSMISSION_NO
I_TRANSMISSION_ACK	REF_TRANSACTION_NO
I_TRANSMISSION_REPORT	REF_TRANSACTION_NO
SERVPROV_TENDER_COMMENT	RESPONSE_I_TRANSACTION_NO
SERVPROV_TENDER_EQUIPMENT	RESPONSE_I_TRANSACTION_NO
SERVPROV_TENDER_REFNUM	RESPONSE_I_TRANSACTION_NO
SHIP_GROUP	PICKUP_TRANSACTION_NO
TENDER_COLLAB_SERVPROV	RESPONSE_I_TRANSACTION_NO

Enhanced Workbench

Enhanced Workbench Enhancements

This feature provides a set of new capabilities and features for the Enhanced Workbench.  Enhancements have been provided in a number of areas, including:

• Action Checks for Table to Table Drag/Drop Actions - with option to not allow Drag/Drop Actions
• Power Actions supported for Dock Scheduling
• Table Filters for Table objects
• New Gantt Parameters
• Additional Gantt Logic Configurations for UI Settings
• Enhanced Workbench Layout option to Collapse All Tabs
• Pre-existing PUBLIC Layouts are now in Enhanced Workbench Format including all Action related Workbenches and all Menu Workbenches.

User Preference Option to Set Home Page As Enhanced Workbench

This feature provides you with the option of setting your Home Page to a specific Enhanced Workbench instead of the Springboard. You will find this feature particularly beneficial if your day-to-day usage of the system is workbench focused.

REST Services

REST Content Type Support for Oracle Visual Builder Add-In for Excel

This feature extends the flexibility of the REST services to support the Oracle Visual Builder Add-in for Excel content type requirements. With this feature, you can now develop Excel based solutions using Oracle Visual Builder Add-in for Excel and the system's standard REST capabilities. 

XML Integrations

Inbound Integration Status Alignment

This Optional Feature, when enabled, provides common processing of the initial status value for all your inbound XML integrations.  Specifically, this feature avoids the error scenario that occurs when - on an II (insert ignore) XML transaction the transaction incorrectly provides an initial value for a status.  This feature, when enabled, will ignore the incorrectly provided initial status value for the new record and will appropriately set the status value based on the Status Type's initial value setup in the system.  

Analytics - TI and GTI

Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) Upgrade

This feature upgrades the Oracle Analytics Server (OAS) to the latest version - 2022 v6.4.  The new version of OAS provides you with the latest set of corrections, along with improvements in performance, user experience and stability.

Performance and Stability

File Management

This feature provides a new diagnostic infrastructure that is used to monitor the accumulation of files and control the creation of files. These files can result from many processes, including:

• temporary file creation
• logging
• export
• user uploads

In each case, there is a need to monitor the use/accumulation of files to avoid disk space exhaustion.

Limit Saved Query Results

This Optional Feature - when enabled - limits the number of records returned by saved queries and saved conditions and provides the benefit of avoiding system performance degradation from queries that return an excessive record count.

Optimize Transaction Synchronization

This Optional Feature, when enabled - allows  transactional operations to execute without the requirement of thread coordination and synchronization.

Optimize REST Finder

This Optional Feature, when enabled, provides additional logging of retrieved data volumes and provides the statistics required to set - if necessary - a limit to avoid excessive resource usage.

Email Compliant HTML

This Optional Feature - when enabled - will make logos and detail data within HTML workflow notifications compliant with HTML requirements.

User Administration

Allow Restricted Password Characters

This Optional Feature - when enabled - allows for the use of restricted characters '[', '#', and ']' when defining the password for a user in the system.  

Force Use of Nickname

This Optional Feature, when enabled, requires every end user of the system to have a Nickname configured.

Transportation Management (Base)

Mobile

Mobile App - Next Generation Progressive Web App

This feature provides you with the first full release of the all-new Mobile App.  The new Mobile App is a completely new Mobile App developed from the ground up as a Progressive Web App (PWA) versus being developed and deployed as IOS and Android applications.

The first release of the all-new Mobile App supports the standard dispatcher to driver use case (Driver Flow) - providing end-to-end visibility and execution capabilities to handle your driver's Active shipment, Confirmed shipments, Assigned shipments, Future shipments and Completed shipments activities. The new Mobile App provides all the capabilities required to allow your driver(s) to perform shipment confirmation, enter tracking events, upload documents and photos, and sign-on-glass. In areas where your driver has lost cell coverage and is off-line, the mobile application will queue up events for loading and will load the queued up events once cell coverage is available and the Mobile App is back on-line.

The new Mobile App provides you with the opportunity to easily configure, from within OTM, the look and feel of the deployed Mobile app.  Configuration options include the ability to brand the Mobile App, remove visibility to sensitive data and remove access to various features - for example remove the option for the driver to upload photos or sign on glass.

If you are a current user of the legacy IOS or Android mobile applications - developed using the MAF (Oracle Mobile Application Framework) development tools, we strongly encourage you to review the capabilities of the new Mobile App and consider moving to the new Mobile App to start taking advantages of the many usability, performance and configurability options provided.

Spot Bid Tender and Online Booking/Tendering

Rate Based Per Unit Spot Bid Tender Response Option

This feature provides you with the option of allowing your Service Providers to respond to Spot Bid Tenders with a bid that is provided on a per unit rate basis e.g., per Total Weight, per Total Volume, per Total Distance Traveled etc.   This new capability is in addition to the previously available total shipment cost bid response options. You will find this new capability beneficial in any spot bid scenarios where the bid and cost are based on the quantity loaded on the shipment (e.g., weight and volume) and the cost of the shipment should reflect changes in quantity as the quantities change from the planned amounts to the actual loaded amounts. 

Public Enhanced Workbench - Spot Bid Workbench

This feature provides you with a new Public Enhanced Workbench - Spot Bid Workbench.  The Spot Bid Workbench highlights the value of using embedded analytics and Data Visualization to support operational activities and decision making - in this case - the focus is on Spot Bid Tenders.  You will find the embedded analytics and available Data Visualizations beneficial in supporting and improving all of your Spot Bid Tender decision making.

Property to Configure Pickup Time Options

This feature provides you with an option to set the initial value for the Pickup Date Time field on the Online Booking/Tendering screen.  When the service provider performs a tender accept using the Online Booking/Tendering screen, there is an option to allow the service Provider to enter a Pickup Date Time. This feature provides you with various options for how the initial value for the Pickup Date Time field is set - options provided are shipment early start time, late start time or blank, which requires the service provider to enter a value.  Setting the initial Pickup Date Time value will minimize missed or incorrectly entered date time values.

Dock Scheduling

Dock Scheduling - Use Activity Time for Shipment Group Appointments

This feature provides you with the option to configure the Location Resources for Appointment Scheduling so that the cumulative activity time of the shipments in the Shipment Group are used to determine the number of slots required for scheduling an appointment.  You will find this feature useful if your appointment scheduling requirements - for shipment groups - needs to include live loading or unloading activity time when determine the number of slots to consume for shipment group related appointments.

Planning Actions

Create Shipment Group (Auto/Manual)

This feature provides you with two new Shipment Group creation actions  - Create Shipment Group Auto and Create Shipment Group Manual. The new actions provide you with a more intuitive path for creating shipments Groups when compared to the legacy Create Shipment action.  In addition, the new Create Shipment Group (Auto/Manual) actions provide additional controls/configurability for determining the domain (shipment or user) where the resulting Shipment Group will be created.

Action Split by Ship Unit Includes Equipment Reference Unit Details

This feature enhances the action Split Shipment by Ship Unit to include Equipment Reference Unit (ERU) details.  The additional ERU information allows you to make a more informed decision when running the Split Shipment by Ship Unit action.

Ship Unit Building Logic - Set THU Weight When Null

This feature sets a default value for the THU Max Weight field when performing Ship Unit Building.  This usability enhancement is designed to avoid packing solution quality questions that can come up when running the Ship Unit building logic when no value is provided for the THU Max Weight field.  

Order Management

Order Base SmartLink - View Order Base Remarks

This feature adds the View Related Remarks SmartLink functionality to the Order Base.  The View Related Remarks SmartLink pulls all of the remarks from the related business objects and shows them in a tree view grouped by priority.  You will find this feature useful in any situation where you would like to review all of the related remarks for your Order Base - that are stored at different levels - in a single view.

Ship Unit Lifetime Events Added

This feature enhances the lifetime events being raised by OTM at the Ship Unit level for both Order Release Ship Unit and Shipment Ship Unit.  The additional lifetime events at the Ship Unit level will allow you to configure Automation Agents to perform actions when these events are raised.

Tracking Information

Equipment Based Sighting Event Status

This feature provides you with additional equipment level tracking information related to equipment in-transit, equipment spotted at destination and dwell time.  You with find this new information beneficial for tracking the location of your equipment and avoiding demurrage charges. 

Ground Schedule/Ground Service

Business Number Generator Ground Schedule and Ground Service

This feature provides you with the ability to use a business number generator (BNG) to generate your Ground Schedule and Ground Service IDs. Using BNG for your Ground Schedule and Ground Service IDs simplifies the record creation process and provides structure and consistency for the IDs used for both your Ground Schedules and Ground Service entries.

Ground Schedule Results Reference Number and Remarks Added

This feature enhances the Finder Results for Ground Schedules to include grid flattened results for Reference Numbers and Remarks.  You will find this feature useful if you use Remarks and Reference Numbers to classify and/or identify your Ground Schedules.

Rates and Rating

Rate Basis Items - Shipment Source and Shipment Destination Depot Stop

This feature provides two new RBIs (Rate Basis Items) Shipment Source Depot Stop and Shipment Destination Depot Stop - the new RBIs allow EDEs (External Distance Engines) to get all stops including Shipment Source and Shipment Destination Depot Stops for external rating purposes.

External Distance Engines

HERE Technologies - Geocoding and Search API v7

This feature provides you with the ability to upgrade your usage of HERE Technologies for geocoding from the HERE Geocoder API v6 (which is now in maintenance mode) to the new Geocoding and Search API v7.  The HERE Technologies Geocoding and Search v7 service provides improvements in address parsing logic, enhanced Points Of Interest (POI) coverage, improvements in geocoding accuracy and improved geocoding match rates.

HERE Technologies - v8 API Available for Generate Rush Hour Data

This feature upgrades the HERE Technologies API used in the Generate Rush Hour Data process to the HERE Technologies v8 API.  The v8 API takes advantage of HERE Technologies new unified API framework and provides you access to new features, expanded content, plus performance and quality improvements.

HERE Technologies requires that all customers move to their new API framework and the supported authentication methods  (in this case OAuth 2.0) by the end of calendar year 2022.

Usability Enhancements

Email Logo Positioning Options

This feature provides you with a set of email logo placement options. Options provided include above and below outside options - above left, right or center, or below left, right or center, and embedded options left top, center or bottom or right top, center or bottom. The additional logo placement options will be beneficial for positioning logos that did not fit well using the only available embedded left top option.  

XML API Changes

Property to Set Shipment As Work (SAW) Inserts to Persist Only

This feature provides a new property that, by default, will load your Shipment As Work (SAW) integrations as persist only. The persist only option will take the SAW data as provided and avoids the unnecessary execution of computationally intense business logic. The benefit provided, for SAW integrations, is an improvement in integration loading performance.

Shipment Group Element Added to Voucher Outbound XML

This feature - for Vouchers related to a Shipment Group - adds the Shipment Group element to the Finance XSD.  You will find the additional Shipment Group details (Status, Reference Numbers etc.) beneficial when processing the Voucher.  

Service Provider Flex Fields Added to XML Schema

This feature adds the already available Flex Fields for the Service Provider to the Service Provider XML schema.

XML - Approval Rule Profile Element Added to User Interface

This enhancement expands the Configuration.xsd to include the users Approval Rule Profile element. 

Transportation Operational Planning

Move Order to Existing Shipment Action - More Options - Enhanced

This feature enhances the Move Order to Existing Shipment action's - More Options path so that the More Options choice now provides you with the ability to Simulate the impact of moving the selected order to a set of shipments (based on a saved query) before you commit to making the change.  Previously, the More Options selection only Showed Options and then allowed you to select from the options provided.  The enhanced More Options path now provides you with more insight into the impact (cost delta etc.) of moving the target order to a set of possible shipments, providing you with the information you need to make the right/best decision for those late orders that need to find a home in your current plan.

Ask Oracle Container Optimization - Weight and Volume Decimal Precision

This feature extends the Ask Oracle Container Optimization decimal precision input allowed for your Transport Handling Unit (THU) weight and volume fields from 2 to 4 digits.  This extra precision allows for a more precise measure for the number of THUs a piece of Equipment can hold. 

Convert Multi-Segment Shipments to Multiple Shipments

This feature provides you with the option of planning your orders using multi-segment planning, and then dividing those multi-segment shipments into individual shipments (by segment) so that the individual shipments can then be planned using Work Assignment logic.  This approach provides you will new opportunities to combine the robust multi-stop planning capabilities of OTM with the resource scheduling capabilities provided with the Work Assignment planning logic.

Multi-Container MIP - ERU Limit Number of Reference Units Honored

This feature enhances the Multi-contain MIP option USE MULTICONTAINER MIP to honor the Limit Number of Reference Units value entered for your Equipment Reference Units (ERUs).

Enhanced Graphical Diagnostics - Export Logs

This feature adds the Export log capabilities to the new Enhanced Graphical Diagnostics UI.  The new Enhanced Graphical Diagnostics UI provides you with a more informative and visually appealing graphical view into your Bulk Plan diagnostics. The Enhanced Graphical Diagnostics UI was released as an Optional Feature and will replace the Legacy Graphical Diagnostics when the Optional Feature is promoted.

Freight Payment, Billing, and Claims

Allocate VAT from Invoice Line

This feature enhances the Allocation Rule to provide you with the option of allocating the voucher VAT amount to the order release, order release line or order base line.

Allocate Shipments of Shipment Group UI Action and Agent Action

This feature provides you with a new UI Action and Agent Action, that will allocate all the shipments in a shipment group.  This feature greatly simplifies the process of running allocation for the set of shipments in a shipment group.

Approve Invoice - Option to Hide/Show New Invoice Line Button

This feature provides you with the option of hiding or showing the New Line Item button when you Approve an Invoice.  This additional control allows you to limit access for adding additional lines to an Invoice during the Invoice Approval process.  This capability is controlled via a property.

Shipment Cost User Defined Attribute Fields Added

This feature extends the Shipment Cost object to include the standard set of User Defined Attribute fields - also referred to as Flex fields.  These additional fields are available for you to add to your screensets and manager layouts as well as being included in the related XML and REST APIs.

Enable Allocation Parallel Processing

This Optional Feature, when enabled, will run the allocation process in parallel. When disabled, the allocations are processed sequentially.

The optional feature "ENABLE ALLOCATION PARALLEL PROCESSING" is dependent on the optional feature "RAISE STATUS CHANGE EVENTS IN NEW PROCESS". 

Transportation Intelligence

Subject Area - Open Tender Performance

This feature provides you with a new Open Tender Performance Subject Area that provides you with all the facts and dimensions required to develop Reports and Dashboards focused on your Open Tender Performance.