Basic Navigation in Oracle R12

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BY: Muhammad Irfan

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

The Toolbar provides the most

commonly used actions on the menu

with icon buttons.

Top Ten List

Navigation shortcuts to your most frequently used forms can be saved in the top ten list in the right-hand side of the window. The

top ten list lets you go directly to a form by typing its number or double-clicking its name and avoid navigating the entire menu on

the left.

List of Values

• List of Values is one of the most important and convenient features in Oracle Applications. It provides you with a powerful, easy-to-use data entry method that increases your accuracy and productivity. Oracle Applications notifies you when a list of acceptable values is available for a field by displaying the LOV icon in the field. You can also press Ctrl + L to do a search for values to enter in that field.

• You can also enter the part of the value you're searching for directly into the field (using wildcards if necessary) and hit theTab key on the keyboard. Oracle will automatically search for values that match the entered data. If only one match is found,Oracle will enter the details automatically and move the cursor to the correct field. If more than one match is found, Oraclewill display the list of values window, listing all matching entries. This is called a Power List, and provides a very fast method of data entry.

List of Values

Retrieving data

Query

In Oracle Application forms, you may use a Query to locate specific records or sets of records for display and modification. There are two ways to create queries (Find Mode and Query Mode)

1- Find Mode

To query for records in your current block or window, use the Find window. The window contains fields for entering search criteria.

Using the Find Mode

• Select View > Find from the pull-down menu or select the Find icon with a flashlight.

• Enter you search criteria in the appropriate fields. You can use the wildcard (%) character in the search phrase.

• Click Find to find any matching records.

2- Query Mode

Query by example. You can retrieve a group of records based on more sophisticated search criteria. You can use Query mode to specify complex criteria in most of the fields of your current block.

Using the Query Mode

• Select View > Query By Example > Enter from the pull-down menu or press F11.

• Once you have activated Query Mode the fields you can use in query mode will turn light blue in color indicating that the Region is in Query Mode.

• Enter search criteria in any of the blue fields, using wildcard and query operators listed below if necessary. You can also select View > Query By Example > Show Last Criteria to display the search criteria in your last search.

• Select View > Query By Example > Run or press Ctrl + F11 to perform the search

Entering Data

Entering data into Oracle Applications is much like entering data into any database form. You may:

• Highlight data in any field to type over it

• Use your Tab key to move from field to field

• Use a list of values (LOV) to find valid values for certain fields

• Click the Save icon (or press Ctrl-S) to save your data once you've entered the required fields

Oracle uses different field colors to let you know about the type of field.Fields are color coded to indicate their type as follows:

Concurrent Programme

• To manage information in Oracle Applications, you must be able to run and monitor reports and programs. In Oracle Applications, you submit reports and processes, and monitor their status with the Concurrent Processing feature. Concurrent processing allows you to continue working at your computer while running non interactive, data-dependent reports and programs.

• After checking the type of request you will select the request which you want to run then set Parameters, Schedule, and Completion Options for it according to your requirements.

• The Schedule option helps you define a

submission schedule. You can define your

schedule to run a request ASAP, at a specific time,

or repeatedly at specific intervals, on specific days

of the week or month.

• Completion Options enables you to set the

printing style, assign printers, and enter number

of copies to print. You can submit a report to

multiple printers and notify users that a report

has been printed. In Oracle Applications, all of

the above printing options can be set at

application, responsibility, or user level.

View Requests

• When all reports, programs, and requests are run as concurrent requests in Oracle Applications, you can navigate to the Requests window to view the progress of all of your concurrent requests.

• Navigate to the Request window through View > Requests, and you will see a Find Requests window.

• Enter specific criteria in the Find Requests window and click Find.

• A Requests window with all the requests you queried will appear.

Requests window

The Requests window displays a phase and status for each concurrent request listed. A concurrent request has a life cycle consisting of the following phases: pending, running, completed and sometimes, inactive.

On this form there are number of buttons which you can use to perform tasks relating to concurrent processing.

Like:

• Refresh Data: Use this button to refresh the data in order to display updated progress of your requests.

• Find Requests: Use this button to search for additional requests.

• Submit a New Request: Use this button to submit a new request.

• View Details: Use this button to view detailed information about your requests, for example, submission date and

scheduling.

• Diagnostics: Displays diagnostic information such as when it ran and if it completes successfully.

• View Output: Displays an online view of your report.

• View Log: Displays the log file containing information regarding arguments used and other technical information.

• Hold Request: Place a request on hold that has a status of Inactive or Pending.

• Cancel Request: Cancel a request that has a status of Inactive, Pending or Running.

• Reprint: You can reprint a report that has already been run by selecting the Reprint option under the Tools Menu in this

window.

Requests window