1.User Guides Related to All Products
1)Oracle Applications User Guide
This guide explains how to navigate the system, enter data, and query information, and introduces other basic features of the GUI available with this release of Oracle Application Object Library (and any other Oracle Applications product).
You can also access this user guide online by choosing “Getting Started and Using Oracle Applications” from the Oracle Applications help system.
2)Oracle Alert User Guide
Use this guide to define periodic and event alerts that monitor the status of your Oracle Applications data. iv Oracle Applications Developer’s Guide Oracle Applications Implementation Wizard User Guide If you are implementing more than one Oracle product, you can use the Oracle Applications Implementation Wizard to coordinate your setup activities. This guide describes how to use the wizard.
3)Oracle Applications User Interface Standards
This guide, Oracle Applications User Interface Standards for Forms–Based Products, contains the user interface (UI) standards followed by the Oracle Applications development staff. It describes the UI for the Oracle Applications products and how to apply this UI to the design of an application built by using Oracle Forms.
4)Oracle Applications Flexfields Guide
This guide provides flexfields planning, setup, and reference information for the Oracle Applications implementation team, as well as for users responsible for the ongoing maintenance of Oracle Applications product data. This guide also provides information on creating custom reports on flexfields data.
2.Installation and System Administration Guides
1)Oracle Applications Concepts
This guide provides an introduction to the concepts, features,technology stack, architecture, and terminology for Oracle Applications Release 11i. It provides a useful first book to read before an installation of Oracle Applications. This guide also introduces the concepts behind, and major issues, for Applications–wide features such as Business Intelligence (BIS), languages and character sets, and self–service applications.
2)Installing Oracle Applications
This guide provides instructions for managing the installation of Oracle Applications products. In Release 11i, much of the installation process is handled using Oracle One–Hour Install, which minimizes the time it takes to install Oracle Applications and the Oracle 8i Server technology stack by automating many of the required steps. This guide contains
instructions for using Oracle One–Hour Install and lists the tasks you
need to perform to finish your installation. You should use this guide
in conjunction with individual product user guides and
implementation guides. v Preface
Upgrading Oracle Applications
Refer to this guide if you are upgrading your Oracle Applications
Release 10.7 or Release 11.0 products to Release 11i. This guide
describes the upgrade process in general and lists database upgrade
and product–specific upgrade tasks. You must be at either Release 10.7
(NCA, SmartClient, or character mode) or Release 11.0 to upgrade to
Release 11i. You cannot upgrade to Release 11i directly from releases
prior to 10.7.
Using the AD Utilities
Use this guide to help you run the various AD utilities, such as
AutoInstall, AutoPatch, AD Administration, AD Controller, Relink,
and others. It contains how–to steps, screenshots, and other
information that you need to run the AD utilities.
Oracle Applications Product Update Notes
Use this guide as a reference if you are responsible for upgrading an
installation of Oracle Applications. It provides a history of the changes
to individual Oracle Applications products between Release 11.0 and
Release 11i. It includes new features and enhancements and changes
made to database objects, profile options, and seed data for this
interval.
Oracle Applications System Administrator’s Guide
This guide provides planning and reference information for the Oracle
Applications System Administrator. It contains information on how to
define security, customize menus and online help, and manage
processing.
Oracle Applications Technical Reference Guides
These reference guides contain database diagrams and a detailed
description of database tables, forms, reports, and programs for Oracle
Applications products. This information helps you convert data from
your existing applications, integrate Oracle Applications products with
non–Oracle applications, and write custom reports for Oracle
Applications products.
You can order a technical reference guide for any product you have
licensed. Technical reference guides are available in paper format only. vi Oracle Applications Developer’s Guide
Oracle Workflow Guide
This guide explains how to define new workflow business processes as
well as customize existing Oracle Applications–embedded workflow
processes. You also use this guide to complete the setup steps
necessary for any Oracle Applications product that includes
workflow–enabled processes.