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Preface

• Audience
• Related Documents
• Customer Support
• Review Patch Documentation
• Oracle Retail Documentation on the Oracle Technology Network
• Conventions

1 Active Retail Intelligence (ARI) Help

• Organization and Intended Audiences
• Active Retail Intelligence Setup and Maintenance
• Active Retail Intelligence Use: View Alerts and Events
• Active Retail Intelligence Glossary
• Additional Active Retail Intelligence-Related Documentation

2 Common User Interface Controls in ARI

• Multisort
• Multisearch
• Multifilter
• Multiselect
• Workbench

3 Overview

• Dialogs
• Common Buttons and Controls
• Starting and Using Active Retail Intelligence
• To Maintain Active Retail Intelligence (Active Retail Intelligence Administrators Only)

4 Security Considerations

5 Metadata Maintenance

• What is Metadata?
• Metadata Concepts
• When to Maintain Metadata

6 Ongoing Metadata Maintenance

• Before Using Active Retail Intelligence
• Adding New Functions
• Changing the DDL
• Creating Function Shells

7 Impact of RMS Data Dictionary on Active Retail Intelligence Metadata Administration

• Split Location Tables
• DDL Navigation
• Metadata Definition
• Internal System Metadata Maintenance
• Example 1
• Example 2
• Challenges of Changing Table Structures During Production
• External System Metadata Maintenance

8 Windows and Dialogs

• Accessing Views of Metadata
• Realm Find Screen
  • Field Descriptions
• Adding, Deactivating, and Editing Realms
  • Add Button
  • Delete Button
  • Edit Button
• Realm Maintenance Screen
  • Field Descriptions
    • Adding a Realm from Realm Find Screen: Enabled and Required Fields
    • Editing a Realm from Realm Find Screen: Enabled and Required Fields
    • Adding a Realm from Parameter Maintenance Screen: Enabled and Required Fields
    • Validation Sequences Performed on this Screen
    • Change Effect Warning Dialog [metadata]
• Parameter Find Screen
  • Field Description
  • Adding, Deactivating, and Editing Parameters
• Parameter Type Find Screen
  • Field Description
  • Buttons
• Lookup Find Screen
  • Field Description
• Lookup Data Edit Screen
  • Field Description - Top Half: Existing Input and Output Values
  • Field Description - Bottom Half: New and Edited Input and Output Values

9 ARI User and Group Administration

• The Users and Groups Dialog
• User Setup/Maintenance Screen
  • Field Description
• User Details Screen
  • Field Description
• Group Setup/Maintenance Screen
  • Field Description
  • Buttons
• Users and Groups Dialog [usergrp]
  • Buttons
• User Membership Screen
  • Field Description
• Predefined User Groups
• Active Retail Intelligence Analyst/Administrator Group
• Active Retail Intelligence Error/Administrator Group
• Group Members Screen
  • Field Description
• Parameter Values Screen

10 Active Retail Intelligence End User Interface

• Alert Viewer
• Event Viewer
• Overview
• Users
• User Attributes
• Groups
• Groups and Event Routing
• Group Attributes
• Group Types
  • Parameter-Driven Groups
  • Simple Groups
• Making Users and Groups Members of Another Group
• Example Groups
  • Location-Based Group
  • Location and Business Role-Based Group
  • Supervision and Groups
  • Security Considerations
  • Ways to Create New Events

11 Exception and Event Definition

• Revalidation of External Realm Exceptions
• Testing Exception and Event Processes

12 Windows and Dialogs

• Exception Manager Dialog [exmgmt]
  • Ways to Create New Exceptions
• Exception Type - Event Type Link Parameter Mapping Screen
• Exception Type - Event Type Link Screen
  • Viewing Exception Type - Event Type Links
  • Maintaining Exception Type - Event Type Links
• Exception Type Conditions Screen
  • Exception Header
  • Exception Conditions
  • Condition Editor
  • Exception Condition List
• Exception Type Header Screen
  • Creating Exception Types
  • Editing Exception Types: Active and Required Fields
  • Viewing Exceptions: Active and Required Fields
  • Cloning Exceptions: Active and Required Fields
  • Versioning: Active and Required Fields
  • Start Date, End Date, and Versions
  • Exception Type Parameter Mapping Screen
  • Key Parameters Needed to Link to Selected Parameter
  • Exception Type Parameters Used to Make the Key Links
  • Mapping the Parameters
• Exception Type Parameters Screen
  • Viewing Exception Type Parameters: Active and Required Fields
  • Maintaining Exception Type Parameters: Active and Required Fields
  • Removing Exception Type Parameters
• Exception Type Schedules Screen
• Exception Types Summary Screen
• Needed Parameter Types Window [exmgmt]
• Condition Editor
  • How the Condition Editor Works
  • Field Description
  • Parameter or Value Radio Buttons
  • Conditions List

13 Event Manager

• The Event Viewer [arieview]
• Displaying Event Details: Images and Long-Text Files
  • Details of Events
  • Actions
  • Do Action Button
• Event Type Revalidation Schedules Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Type State - Action Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Type Header Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Type Parameter Mapping Screen
  • Issues
• Event Type Parameters Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Viewer Layouts Screen
• Event Type - Exception Type Link Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Type - State Rules Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Type States Screen
  • Field Description
• Event Types Summary Screen
  • Field Description
  • Buttons
  • Event Details
    • Parameters
    • Layouts
    • States
    • State Assignment Rules
    • Schedules for Revalidation
    • Exception Types
    • Closure Rules
• Needed Parameter Types Window [evmgmt]
• Condition Editor
  • How the Condition Editor Works
  • Field Description
  • Parameter or Value Radio Buttons
  • Conditions List

14 Schedules for Exception Scanning and Event Revalidation

• Schedule Dialog [schedule]
  • Filtering Buttons
  • Schedule Details
  • Schedule Dialog Confirm and Cancel Buttons
• Schedules for Exception Scanning and Event Reevaluation
• Schedule Types
• Using Signals with Schedules
• Specifying an Exclusion Window

15 Language Translation

• Language Translation Window [aritrans]
  • Field Descriptions - Search Window
  • Field Descriptions - Edit/View Window
• Translate Values into a Target Language
• Edit Translations in a Target Language
• Scheduled Batch Monitored Processes
  • Example
• View Translations in a Target Language

16 ARI Use: View alerts and events

• View Alerts
• Access Alerts
• Filter Events
  • Filter Event Data in the Alert Viewer
  • Filter Types
  • Available Criteria for Filter Creation
  • Displaying Owned and Supervised Events
• The Alert Viewer Dialog [aviewer]
  • User Filters
  • Event Type List
  • Owned Events/Supervised Events
  • Filtering and Sorting Buttons
• Alert Viewer Filter Definition Dialog [aviewer]
• Event Version Selection Dialog [aviewer]
• Procedures
  • Access the Alert Viewer
  • Apply Filter to Event Data
  • Open an Event in the Event Viewer
    • Defer Alerts
  • View Supervised Events
  • View Events
• Action Dialog [arieview]
• Expanded Details Dialog