A new version of Oracle Visual Builder Studio recently rolled out across our cloud centers. In this blog we'll list some of the new functionality you can leverage with release 25.04 of Visual Builder Studio.

Export / Import using a Pre-Authenticated Request (PAR)

An additional OCI connection method has been added for exporting and importing Project data.  Using a PAR is easier than connecting with your OCI credentials and setting an expiration date gives you a little extra security.

  1. In your OCI Object Storage console, create a PAR.
    Create PAR
  2. In the VBS Project export / import page, select "Pre-Authenticated Request (PAR) and enter the URL created above.
    Export Project With PAR

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Merge Requests

Reapply Changes

When you reapply changes, you can now choose to reapply all commits or just the merged changes.

reapply changes

Also, after you've reapplied a merge request the linked issues from the original merge request are now retained.

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Option to close multiple merge requests

You can now close multiple merge requests at the same time.

  1. In the Merge Request screen, click on "Custom Searches"
    Custom Search
  2. Enter your search criteria
    Search Criteria
  3. Click the check box for the requests you'd like to close.
    Notice the new status icons
    Select Merge Requests
  4. Click on the ellipsis "…" and select "Close # Selected"
    Close Requests

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Security

When you setup your Build Steps for Visual Applications and Application Extensions you now have the option to use OAuth instead of Basic Auth.

Visual Application OAuth

Application Extension OAuth

For existing environments you will need to have your administrator setup OAuth connections for this option to be available.

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Enhanced Extension Lifecycle Management

If you're not familiar with the Extension Lifecycle Management tool released in 24.10, you should definitely check it out.  In this release it's even better.

Now you can create a new environment directly from the Manage Extension Lifecycle page.  This functionality is also available in Express mode.

  1. In the Environments tab, click the "Extension Lifecycle" button
    Extension Lifecycle Button
  2. Click the "Add Environment" button
    Add Environment
  3. Fill in the details for your environment and click "Add"
    Environment Details

There are more details about your extensions included on the Manage Extension Lifecycle page. With this enhanced level of detail, the Deployments tab on the Environments page has been deprecated for extensions.
Deployments Deprecated

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Visual Builder

Notifications

In the Visual Builder designer, a new Notifications icon has been added to the header.  This opens a Notifications panel, where you can view notifications received over the past two days.  This will be extra helpful for those notifications that cleared before you had a chance to read them.
Notification Bell

This functionality is also supported in Express mode.

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Git

There is a new option to undo changes committed to Git repo.

  1. Open the git drop down and click "Revert Commits"
    Revert Commits
  2. Select the commits you'd like to revert
  3. Optional but recommended: Check Create a new branch for this revert
  4. Click "Revert"
    Select Commits

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There's More

There are various other features that were added in this version for the areas of Fusion Apps Extensions, DevOps and Visual App development – make sure to review the "What's New" document to learn about these features in depth.