We are pleased to announce the availability of the latest updates for the Applications DBA (AD) and Technology Stack (TXK) components for Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2. This AD-TXK Delta 14 release includes new features, plus performance and stability fixes. 

We strongly recommend that you apply these new AD and TXK updates at your earliest convenience in the same online patching cycle:

Refer to the following for the latest updates and instructions for applying the latest AD and TXK updates:

AD-Delta-14TXK-Delta-14
 

New Feature:  Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) System Schema Migration

With AD and TXK Delta 13 and later, EBS has implemented a set of structural changes that modernize the EBS database architecture. These changes introduce a new schema named EBS_SYSTEM, which is defined with a least privileges model that utilizes public database APIs. In addition, connections from the application tier to the database have been updated to utilize database service names.  For more information regarding the EBS System Schema Migration, see the following:

Enhancement:  Managing Database Privileges

With AD and TXK Delta 14, enhancements have been made to the process for managing database privileges and the adgrants.sql script.  The adgrants.sql script detects if the database connection is as EBS_SYSTEM or APPS.  When connected as APPS there is new functionality that verifies existing database privileges in an EBS database.  When connected as EBS_SYSTEM a privilege is granted only if it does not currently exist which eliminates the possibility of database locks and resource contention.  For more information, refer to the following:

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