Our Applications Performance Group ensures that the E-Business Suite runs at peak performance in all circumstances. This team has helped tune the E-Business...
Our Applications Performance Group ensures that the E-Business Suite runs at peak performance in all circumstances. This team has helped tune the E-Business Suite environments of world's largest companies to handle staggering amounts of transactional volume in multi-terabyte databases. This group alsopublishes our official Oracle Apps benchmarks, white papers, and performance metrics. This team has collected the latest tips for optimizing EBS performance here: Achieving...
Our Applications Performance Group ensures that the E-Business Suite runs at peak performance in all circumstances. This team has helped tune the E-Business Suite environments of world's largest...
Oracle versions numbers can be very long. Complicating matters further, different product families within Oracle use the version hierarchy differently. This...
Oracle versions numbers can be very long. Complicating matters further, different product families within Oracle use the version hierarchy differently. This can make it confusing to determine whether a specific product update has been certified with Oracle E-Business Suite. Oracle Database update numbers can be daunting. However, it might be reassuring to learn that the fifth-level digit in Oracle Database version is not relevant to E-Business Suite certifications. In...
Oracle versions numbers can be very long. Complicating matters further, different product families within Oracle use the version hierarchy differently. This can make it confusing to determine...
An Oracle database stores the objects associated with a single installation of Oracle E-Business Suite. Product code objects are stored in the APPS schema;...
An Oracle database stores the objects associated with a single installation of Oracle E-Business Suite. Product code objects are stored in the APPS schema; product data objects are stored in the relevant base product schemas. Product code objects include packages, procedures, functions, triggers, views, materialized views, java classes, and queues. What does the APPS schema do? The APPS schema has access to the complete Oracle E-Business Suite data model. Oracle E-Business...
An Oracle database stores the objects associated with a single installation of Oracle E-Business Suite. Product code objects are stored in the APPS schema; product data objects are stored in...
We've previously provided advice on the general priorities for applying EBS updates and creating a comprehensive maintenance strategy. Here are our latest...
We've previously provided advice on the general priorities for applying EBS updates and creating a comprehensive maintenance strategy. Here are our latest upgrade recommendations for E-Business Suite updates and technology stack components. These quarterly recommendations are based upon the latest updates to Oracle's product strategies, latest support timelines, and newly-certified releases. You can research these yourself using this Note: How to Find E-Business...
We've previously provided advice on the general priorities for applying EBS updates and creating a comprehensive maintenance strategy. Here are our latest upgrade recommendations for E-Business...
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 is now covered by Premier Support to September 30, 2023. This is documented here: Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle...
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 is now covered by Premier Support to September 30, 2023. This is documented here: Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications (PDF) Premier Support includes new EBS 12.2 patches for: Individual product families (e.g. Oracle Financials) Quarterly security updates released via the Critical Patch Update process New technology stack certifications with server-based components New certifications for end-user desktops and mobile devices What are...
Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2 is now covered by Premier Support to September 30, 2023. This is documented here: Oracle Lifetime Support Policy: Oracle Applications (PDF) Premier Support includes new...
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2016 was released on October 18, 2016. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. The...
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2016 was released on October 18, 2016. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. The Critical Patch Update Advisory is the starting point for relevant information. It includes a list of products affected, pointers to obtain the patches, a summary of the security vulnerabilities, and links to other important documents. Supported products that are not listed in the "Supported Products and Components...
The Critical Patch Update (CPU) for October 2016 was released on October 18, 2016. Oracle strongly recommends applying the patches as soon as possible. The Critical Patch Update Advisory is...
A customer was in the process of upgrading their EBS 12.1.3 environment to RPC 4 when they heard about the release of RPC 5. They asked, "Which one should we...
A customer was in the process of upgrading their EBS 12.1.3 environment to RPC 4 when they heard about the release of RPC 5. They asked, "Which one should we apply?" This kind of question crops up frequently since we're continually producing new EBS updates. There is no definitive right answer. For example, the answer depends upon: How far a customer might have progressed in their testing of the previous update The number of customizations affected by the respective updates...
A customer was in the process of upgrading their EBS 12.1.3 environment to RPC 4 when they heard about the release of RPC 5. They asked, "Which one should we apply?" This kind of question crops up...
If your E-Business Suite Release environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep your...
If your E-Business Suite Release environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep your timezone definition files up-to-date. They were last changed in November 2015 and released as DSTv25. DSTv27 is now available and certified with Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2. The DSTv27 update includes the timezone information from the IANA tzdata 2016f. It is cumulative: it includes all previous Oracle DST updates....
If your E-Business Suite Release environment is configured to support Daylight Saving Time (DST) or international time zones, it's important to keep your timezone definition files up-to-date. They...
We have updated our recommendations for minimizing downtimes when upgrading to EBS 12.2.6: Best Practices for Minimizing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.n...
We have updated our recommendations for minimizing downtimes when upgrading to EBS 12.2.6: Best Practices for Minimizing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.n Upgrade Downtime (Note 1581549.1) Written by Jim Machin, a senior member of our Applications Performance group, this white paper contains a wealth of detailed technical recommendations for reducing the amount of time needed for an EBS 12.2.6 upgrade. It covers: Technical preparation and planning activities Diagnostics...
We have updated our recommendations for minimizing downtimes when upgrading to EBS 12.2.6: Best Practices for Minimizing Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.2.n Upgrade Downtime (Note...