This chapter contains the following topics:
Section 1.1, "Understanding the Composite Application Framework"
Section 1.2, "Accessing the Composite Application Framework"
Oracle's Composite Application Framework for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a user interface framework that enables users to work with content from multiple sources within a single browser window. The Composite Application Framework enables authorized users to embed external website page content, multiple EnterpriseOne forms, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) objects directly onto a defined EnterpriseOne application form. The same content can be reused and shared by multiple users in multiple transactions on the same EnterpriseOne application form.
A defined EnterpriseOne application form is a form that your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne administrator has enabled for you to access using the Composite Application Framework. The enabled form is fully functional. Web page content and OBIEE object content can be viewed and used the same way you use the web page or OBIEE object when you enter a URL on an Internet browser.
You can update an embedded EnterpriseOne form. When you save the change on an embedded EnterpriseOne form, the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne database is updated. You can refresh the enabled form to show the update that was made on the embedded form by clicking Find, and then all other embedded forms that show the updated field automatically refresh and display the change. (Release 9.1 Update 4)
When you open an authorized EnterpriseOne form, the framework always shows the EnterpriseOne form. Typically one or more layouts are available for the form. A layout consists of one or more frames of content. Content can be pages from a website and OBIEE reports. Layouts display content vertically and horizontally in the framework, and the EnterpriseOne form and content are viewed in a single browser window. You can view a frame of content in a separate browser window. You can resize, minimize, and maximize content frames.
The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Composite Application Framework provides the following features:
EnterpriseOne administrators enable the Composite Application Framework for a select group of users on select JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application versions and forms.
EnterpriseOne authorized users associate EnterpriseOne business data with external website pages or OBIEE objects, and then share the content so that other authorized EnterpriseOne users can view the EnterpriseOne application form and the content on the Composite Application Framework within a single browser window.
EnterpriseOne authorized users can associate different website pages and OBIEE objects for different EnterpriseOne application forms and business records.
Website page content and OBIEE object content are defined by a URL and are displayed on the Composite Application Framework as a frame of content for the EnterpriseOne application form, with the option to display the content in a separate browser.
The Composite Application Framework displays content from multiple sources, with the content information available in separate, adjustable frames that are positioned both horizontally and vertically on the framework.
EnterpriseOne authorized users can minimize content frames to provide more space on the framework for remaining frames.
EnterpriseOne authorized users can easily maximize minimized frames, which returns the content frame to its original position on the framework.
EnterpriseOne authorized users can define conditions for when to display specific content on the EnterpriseOne application form.
EnterpriseOne authorized users can map data values on the EnterpriseOne form to URL parameters (web pages, and OBIEE objects, so that the content dynamically changes when an authorized user or process changes the value on the EnterpriseOne form.
All functionality is accomplished using the web client without the involvement of development.
An authorized user can design a layout that contains one or more embedded EnterpriseOne forms as well as web page and OBIEE content that provide related information for working with the enabled EnterpriseOne form. These composite layouts can provide beginning-to-end information for a functional area (such as equipment, customers, suppliers, inventory, collections, employees) within a single browser window. (Release 9.1 Update 4)
Users can update fields on the embedded form and save the change. The change updates the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne database. When the enabled form is refreshed by clicking Find, the update appears on other embedded forms that show the field. (Release 9.1 Update 4)
The embedded EnterpriseOne form feature improves productivity by mimicking what a user currently can do manually in EnterpriseOne by building power forms that contain multiple subforms that show related information pertaining to a master record. (Release 9.1 Update 4)
Your EnterpriseOne administrator authorizes users and EnterpriseOne forms for collaboration on the Composite Application Framework. The Composite Application Framework is available for you to use when your administrator authorizes the combination of your user ID (or role), environment, application version, and EnterpriseOne form. Your administrator also grants you permission to view, create, and publish content. Your administrator assigns you as one of the following user types:
Enables you to run EnterpriseOne applications and view content associated with the EnterpriseOne application form.
Create Composite Application Layouts
Enables you to create layouts to share with authorized users.
Composite Application Framework Content Manager
Enables you to create, edit, publish, and delete content and create layouts.
Each user type is discussed in detail in subsequent chapters.