Update 22B

Revision History

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

Overview

This guide outlines the information you need to know about new or improved functionality in this update.

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Utilities Common

Utilities Testing Accelerator

Test Flow Documentation Support

Embed the documentation of a test flow within the flow definition for easy reference.

Embedded documentation makes test flows more understandable.

Flow Variable Containers

Create and store flow variables in a central container at the beginning of the flow tree structure to quickly update the test data values (when needed) in the flow definition before the flow runs.

Flow variable containers reduce the effort and time to update test data between flow runs.

User Timezone Support

Localize the workbench's timezone in Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator to display the accurate date and time of operations performed on various objects and view dashboard analytics in your timezone for a more intuitive understanding of the flow run data.

The User Timezone feature determines the date/time of operations on various objects in Oracle Utilities Testing Accelerator and provides you with an intuitive understanding of the flow run data.

Operational Device

Operational Device

Asset Management

Framework Wrapper-Based Asset Location and Organization Tree Views

Expand the Asset Location, Asset, Organization, and Out of Service Location tree views up to 15 levels, but the ability to broadcast Asset Locations to display all the installed assets is no longer available.

You can configure Framework wrapper-based tree views to be up to 15 node levels.

User Interface Experience

Menu and Menu Item Security

Menu items are secured using the same application services and access modes used to secure related business process assistant (BPA) actions.

This provides a better user experience by displaying only the menu items to which the user has access to the underlying BPA action.

Pagination, Sort Order, and Data Export

View fetched data on several paginated portals, sort the data based on available ordering options, and export the data into spreadsheets.

These features provide a better search experience, which allow you to quickly find work- and asset-related information.

Utilities Application Framework

Batch Processing

Support Override of Base Algorithm on Batch Control

Override the base algorithm by plugging in your own custom algorithm using a higher sequence if the product provides batch controls with algorithms for these single algorithm plug-in spots: Select Records, Process Record, and File Upload.

Customize base product delivered batch controls when implementations want to adjust the algorithms.

Content Migration Assistant

Export Content Migration Assistant Data to an Older Version

Export Content Migration Assistant (CMA) data to an older version of the CMA export format.

If the CMA file format is changed, you can export an an older format to share CMA data to older versions of the product.

Data Export

General Data Export - Restrict Initial Export by Time

Restrict the scope of data exported by time.

You can restrict the scope of data exported for a specific entity to a configurable, recent period of time.

Generalized Export Dashboard Portal Enhancements

Experience an improved Generalized Export Dashboard portal.

You can better manage and review configuration issues related to entities set up for export.

Implementation Tools

Action Provided to MO Audit Plug-In Spot

The action of a record is now provided to the MO Audit plug-in spot. For business use cases where the algorithm should perform different logic based on whether the record is added, changed, or deleted, this information simplifies algorithm code.

MO Audit algorithms now receive the action for the impacted object simplifying logic that may differ based on the action.

Dropdown Lists REST API

Retrieve information needed for building one or more drop-down lists with a "Dropdown Lists" (F1-DropdownLists) REST API. Information for a drop-down list includes a list of valid codes and their corresponding descriptions.

User interface applications like Visual Builder (VB) may use a new API for retrieving data displayed as drop-downs.

Extensions Dashboard Portal

Have more visibility into existing customization areas with the new Extensions Dashboard portal.

You can better manage and review your product customizations.

Insights REST API

The "Insights" REST API (F1-Insights) allows an external user interface application to retrieve insight information for a specific context based on the same insight configuration. The information provided by the web service focuses on insight content and includes minimal visualization recommendation, allowing the external application to render the insights as per its own configuration and rules.

User interface applications like Visual Builder (VB) may use a new API for retrieving insights related content to be presented for a specific context.

Menu Item Configuration for Add Action

Product menu items for 'Add' actions are configured with an application service or access mode by default.

Menu items for the "Add" action include application security configuration.

User Log Retrieval for a Date Range

Retrieve request logs for a date range to more easily target log information for a specific period.

This allows a user or administrator to target the requested log information to a specific date and time range.

To Do Management

To Do Management by Assigned User

Manage entries by assigned user on the To Do Management portal.

You can use the To Do Management portal to review and work on all entries assigned to a user.

To Do Summary Dashboard Zone

Navigate to the To Do Management portal from the new To Do Summary dashboard zone.

You can use the To Do Management portal to conveniently work on entries assigned to you directly from the To Do Summary dashboard zone.

To Do Dashboard Details Tab

Manage selected entries on the To Do Dashboard portal.

You can use the To Do Dashboard portal to review and work on selected entries.

Product Usability

Display Icon Portal

Maintain display icon information using a standard portal.

The Display Icon Reference page has been converted to a portal to provide you with a more flexible and extendable user experience.

Menu Portal

Maintain menu information using a standard portal.

The Menu page has been converted to a portal to provide you with a more flexible and extendable user experience.

Shortcut Key for Navigating Multiple Tabs Adjusted

The shortcut key for navigating from one tab of a page to the next tab on the same page is now Alt+F2. Previously, the shortcut navigation keys were F2 and Shift+F2.

Adjusting shortcut key assignment enables previous key to be used for other purposes.

Unified Search Improvements

Unified search is now easier to use and provides support for access to multiple search options.

The unified search is enhanced to provide help on each filter and hint, and allow you to toggle between multiple search options you can access.

Miscellaneous

Application Service's Application Security Zones

Use mass actions to manage security access on the Application Service portal's Application Security zones.

Granting or denying application security to user groups has been enhanced to allow a mass action on selected groups instead of updating each group individually.

HTML Sanitization Improvements

The product uses HTML sanitization logic to protect against HTML injection and the improved logic assess the data referenced by custom attributes.

Improvements to the HTML sanitization functionality to better handle custom attributes.

Improved Characteristic Type Referential Integrity

The logic to check referential integrity for characteristic types and characteristic values is now more targeted, and uses the characteristic entity configuration.

Improved referential integrity checking for characteristic type and characteristic value allow for more efficient deletion action.

New Class Element on Business Flag Standard Name Business Object

The F1-BusinessFlagStandardName business object is enhanced to include a new, required element for Class. The class element is mapped to a characteristic of type F1-BSFCL, which has values of Business Flag and Real Time.

Additional class element added to the External Insight Standard Name (formerly described as Business Flag Standard Name) extendable lookup business object allows developers to restrict the choice of standard name types on a business flag type to specific classes.

Redaction Rules Support

New entities for defining data redaction rules as part of a larger future enhancement to support obfuscation of personal information at export time were added.

Ability to define rules that specify how different types of personal information details should be redacted when exported out of the system. These rules are not ready for use in this release.

System Wide

Database Changes

See a preview of the database changes coming for 22B in the Oracle Utilities Cloud Services Database Changes Guide. This guide is also available in PDF.

Supported Platforms and Browsers

Oracle Utilities 22B Cloud Services support the following operating system and web browser combinations:

Application Services

New Application Services

The following Application Services were added in the 22B release:

Removed Application Services

The following Application Services were removed in the 22B release: