This chapter covers the following topics:
This book contains a table of contents, examples, tables, figures, a reader comment form, a preface, several chapters, a glossary, and an index.
Chapter 1 - Introduction presents an overview of the materials covered in each chapter, Product Support, and Troubleshooting information.
Chapter 2 - Planning Your Model Design describes the high level flow of starting a project and designing configuration models. The chapter also presents guidelines to help you plan your Oracle Configurator project and determine which design questions you should ask.
Chapter 3 - Best Practices explains best practices for designing a configuration model with optimal performance, maintainability, and scalability.
Chapter 4 - Many Large BOM Models describes an Oracle Configurator project involving many large BOM Models with a great deal of explicit and repetitive structure that is best modeled as a single top-level BOM Model containing a deep hierarchy of generic structure and abstractions.
Chapter 5 - Many BOM Items describes an Oracle Configurator project involving many BOM Items that are not orderable and could be better implemented as Features or configuration attributes.
The Glossary contains terms that are used throughout the Oracle Configurator documentation set.
The Index provides an alternative method of searching for key concepts and product details.
In code examples, an implied carriage return occurs at the end of each line, unless otherwise noted. You must press the Enter key at the end of a line of input.
In rule examples, the order in which the rules are presented does not indicate a sequence in which Oracle Configurator processes the rules. You cannot assume a particular sequence, and the sequence can differ each time the rules are processed by the Oracle Configurator engine.
The following conventions are also used in this manual:
| Convention | Meaning |
|---|---|
| . . . |
Vertical ellipsis points in an example mean that information not directly related to the example has been omitted. |
| ... | Horizontal ellipsis points in statements or commands mean that parts of the statement or command not directly related to the example have been omitted. |
| boldface text | Boldface type in text indicates a new term, a term defined in the glossary, specific keys, and labels of user interface objects. Boldface type also indicates a menu, command, or option, especially within procedures. |
| italics | Italic type in text, tables, or code examples indicates user-supplied text. Replace these placeholders with a specific value or string. |
| [ ] | Brackets enclose optional clauses from which you can choose one or none. |
| > | The left bracket alone represents the MS DOS prompt. |
| $ | The dollar sign represents the DIGITAL Command Language prompt in Windows and the Bourne shell prompt in Digital UNIX. |
| % | The percent sign alone represents the UNIX prompt. |
| name( ) | In text other than code examples, the names of programming language methods and functions are shown with trailing parentheses. The parentheses are always shown as empty. For the actual argument or parameter list, see the reference documentation. This convention is not used in code examples. |
The mission of the Oracle Support Services organization is to help you resolve any issues or questions that you have regarding Oracle Configurator Developer and Oracle Configurator.
To report issues that are not mission-critical, submit a Technical Assistance Request (TAR) using Metalink, Oracle’s technical support Web site at:
http://www.oracle.com/support/metalink/
Log into your Metalink account and navigate to the Configurator TAR template:
Choose the TARs link in the left menu.
Click on Create a TAR.
Fill in or choose a profile.
In the same form:
Choose Product: Oracle Configurator or Oracle Configurator Developer
Choose Type of Problem: Oracle Configurator Generic Issue template
Provide the information requested in the iTAR template.
You can also find product-specific documentation and other useful information using Metalink. For a complete listing of available Oracle Support Services and phone numbers, see:
www.oracle.com/support/
Oracle Configurator Developer and Oracle Configurator use the standard Oracle Applications methods of logging to analyze and debug both development and runtime issues. These methods include setting various profile options and Java system properties to enable logging and specify the desired level of detail you want to record.
For general information about the logging options available when working in Configurator Developer, see the Oracle Configurator Developer User’s Guide.
For details about the logging methods available in Configurator Developer and a runtime Oracle Configurator, see:
The Oracle E-Business Suite System Administrator’s Guide for descriptions of the Oracle Applications Manager UI screens that allow System Administrators to set up logging profiles, review Java system properties, search for log messages, and so on.
The Oracle E-Business Suite Supportability Guide, which includes logging guidelines for both System Administrators and developers, and related topics.
The Oracle Application Framework Documentation Resources, Release 12, on MetaLink.