Oracle® Retail Merchandising System
Release Notes
Release 15.0.1
E76035-01
June 2016
Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS) Release 15.0.1 is a patch release for RMS 15.0. RMS 15.0.1 includes selected defect fixes and enhancements for RMS 15.0 code.
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This document contains the following topics:
n Overview
n About Patch Releases
n Hardware and Software Requirements
n Applying the Patch Release
n Running Scripts
n Functional Enhancement
n Defect Fixes and Documentation
n Noteworthy Defect Fixes
n Related Documentation
n Documentation Accessibility
Overview
Oracle Retail Merchandising System (RMS) executes core merchandising activities, including merchandise management, inventory replenishment, purchasing, vendor management, and financial tracking.
About Patch Releases
Oracle Retail patch releases are periodic releases that can include the following:
n New defect fixes
n Product enhancements
n Technical upgrades
Documentation for patch releases includes the following:
n New and updated guides (for example, operations and user guides) that apply to the patch release level. See Related Documentation for a list of the documents published for RMS 15.0.1.
n Defect reports for new fixes and enhancements for the patch release.
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Note Customers must apply the entire patch release to update their installation to the currently supported level. |
See the Oracle Retail Merchandising System Installation Guide for Release 15.0.1 for instructions about how to apply the defect fixes and enhancements that you have not already applied.
Hardware and Software Requirements
See the Oracle Retail Merchandising Installation Guide for additional information about the following:
n Hardware and software requirements
n Oracle Retail application software compatibility
Applying the Patch Release
Before applying the RMS 15.0.1 patch release, be sure that:
n RMS 15.0 has been installed.
Before applying the new files over your code:
n Note whether any modules have been customized. If so, the customizations must be reapplied to the new version of the module, or the fix may need to be applied to the custom version of the code.
n Copy the original files to a different directory before you copy over them, in case you need to refer to them at a later date.
Running Scripts
Back up data before running any script, because the scripts provided do not preserve data. See defect reports for details.
Check with your database administrator to determine whether your database should be analyzed after a script is run. In many cases, an analysis of the database is necessary to take advantage of new or modified indexes intended to improve performance of the application.
Functional Enhancement
The following functional enhancement is included in this release:
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Defect |
Description |
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20172469 |
Unable to create a customer order (CO) fulfillment request for a virtual warehouse: Retailers could be asked to fulfill e-commerce customer orders from both the digital and retail virtual warehouses. Oracle's standard integration/processing of fulfillment orders use the source virtual warehouse based on the virtual store representing the Web site and the physical warehouse. For some retailers, this will always be the digital virtual warehouse. This conflicts with the business requirement, where stock from the retail virtual warehouse should be used if there is an insufficient inventory in the digital virtual warehouse. With this enhancement, RMS supports both types of warehouses: the physical or the virtual warehouse. A CO fulfillment request for a virtual warehouse other than the e-Commerce virtual warehouse is created. |
Defect Fixes and Documentation
A defect fix is a modification to the base Oracle Retail code (for example, a bug fix, a performance enhancement, or a functional enhancement). Each defect fix that is included in this patch has a corresponding defect report titled <defect-number>.PDF (for example, 1234567.PDF) that is posted to My Oracle Support at the following location: Oracle Retail Defect Document Listings (MOS ID:2021275.1).
In the same folder, the file named DEFECT MODULE XREF RMS 15.0.1.XLS lists every defect number and the modules and scripts that are included in the patch. Review each defect report carefully before implementing the defect fixes. Note that scripts do not preserve data. Make sure that all data is backed up before you run any script.
Noteworthy Defect Fixes
The following noteworthy defects are fixed in this release:
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Defect |
Description |
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22933490 |
Applying an item location takes over forty minutes because of a new DE_TABLE_IL_AIUDR trigger. |
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21914889 |
Invoice Quantity value differs from that being received for an ERS supplier. |
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23006500 |
XITEMUDAMOD fails in the Oracle Retail Integration Bus (RIB) when a record already exists in the SVC_UDA_ITEM_LOV table. |
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22980714 |
The EDIDLINV batch generates an EDI file with a tax rate of zero when expecting a null value. |
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21862778 |
Below trans-level items are not recorded in the POS_MODS table. |
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22873413 |
OLD_UNIT_RETAIL and NEW_UNIT_RETAIL columns are incorrectly booked in complex promotions. |
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22863619 |
One day deals are removed from the Not Received purchase orders. |
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21870979 |
XITEM does not update the ITEM_MASTER.ORIGINAL_RETAIL field. |
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22747455 |
Future cost is incorrectly updated when there is more than one exclusive off-invoice. |
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22709944 |
Allocation ranging non-sellable packs to store. |
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22546066 |
Late sales posted incorrectly for a clearance item that is active. |
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21942269 |
Sales upload fails with an “Unable to get a stable set of rows” error for an ITEM_LOC. |
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22068825 |
You cannot restrict the ship function in the Options menu in the FM_RTV form. While applying the patch, be sure to run the populate_sec_form_action.sql installer script in the Maintenance mode (that is, pass input as ‘M’). |
Related Documentation
For more information, see the following documents in the Oracle Retail Merchandising System release 15.0.1 documentation set:
n Oracle Retail Merchandising System Installation Guide
n Oracle Retail Merchandising System Operations Guide
n Oracle Retail Merchandising System Data Model
n Oracle Retail Merchandising System Data Access Schema Data Model
n Oracle Retail Merchandising Implementation Guide
n Oracle Retail Merchandising Security Guide
n Oracle Retail Merchandising Batch Schedule
Documentation Accessibility
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Access to Oracle Support
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E76035-01
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Value-Added Reseller (VAR) Language
Oracle Retail VAR Applications
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(i) the MicroStrategy Components developed and licensed by MicroStrategy Services Corporation (MicroStrategy) of McLean, Virginia to Oracle and imbedded in the MicroStrategy for Oracle Retail Data Warehouse and MicroStrategy for Oracle Retail Planning & Optimization applications.
(ii) the Wavelink component developed and licensed by Wavelink Corporation (Wavelink) of Kirkland, Washington, to Oracle and imbedded in Oracle Retail Mobile Store Inventory Management.
(iii) the software component known as Access Via™ licensed by Access Via of Seattle, Washington, and imbedded in Oracle Retail Signs and Oracle Retail Labels and Tags.
(iv) the software component known as Adobe Flex™ licensed by Adobe Systems Incorporated of San Jose, California, and imbedded in Oracle Retail Promotion Planning & Optimization application.
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