JD Edwards EnterpriseOne

for Android-based Tablets Quick Start Guide

Release 9.1.x

E41161-03

March 2014

This document contains the following topics:

"Overview"
"Prerequisites"
"User Interface"
"Third-Party Web Site and Google Maps Application Support"
"JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Features Not Supported on Android-based Tablets"

Overview

Starting with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools Release 9.1 Update 4, Oracle supports JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client access through the Google Chrome Web browser on Android-based tablets. This availability enables Android-based tablet users who are in the field to react quickly and efficiently to time-sensitive business tasks in EnterpriseOne without having to download an application.

> Tutorial:

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Prerequisites

Before you access JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client on an Android-based tablet, make sure the following prerequisites are met:

Verify supported releases of Google Chrome Web browser for Android OS. Access the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Tools 9.1.x Minimum Technical Requirements for Clients on My Oracle Support. See document 745831.1 (JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Minimum Technical Requirements Reference) on My Oracle Support:

https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=745831
Disable the pop-up blocker in the tablet settings for Google Chrome.

To disable the Google Chrome pop-up blocker:
1. On the tablet, tap the Settings icon.
2. On Settings, scroll down and tap the Google Chrome option.
3. In the Advanced settings for Google Chrome, clear the "Block pop-ups" setting.

User Interface

In Google Chrome on Android-based tablets, the appearance of JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client applications is the same as how they appear in a Web browser on a desktop client. The difference between the two lies in how you navigate and interact with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application forms and features.

On Android-based tablets, you use touch-screen gestures to navigate and interact with JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client applications. You can use gestures that are native to the Android-based tablet. For example, if you enable the magnification gestures in the tablet settings, you can zoom in and out by triple tapping the screen. You can also use a native gesture such as swiping your finger upward on the tablet screen to scroll down through a form or grid. You can tap a field or a cell in the application grid to access a keyboard for entering data.

You also can use context-sensitive gestures designed specifically for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client. See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Context-Sensitive Gestures for more information.

Note:

Some JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client features are not supported on the Android-based tablets. See JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Features Not Supported on Android-based Tablets for more information.

Increasing the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Menu Display Size

You can use the native Android-based tablet reverse-pinch gesture to zoom in on the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Menu. You can also zoom in and zoom out by triple-tapping the screen. To perform some of these gestures and other native gestures on an Android-based tablet, you have to enable the magnification gestures in the tablet's settings.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Context-Sensitive Gestures

Oracle provides context-sensitive gestures for working with the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client on an Android-based tablet. To perform a context-sensitive gesture, you must begin the gesture in a particular area in the Web client application, either in the menu area, the form area, or the grid area. For example, performing a context-sensitive gesture in the menu area at the top of a form closes a form; performing a context-sensitive gesture in the form area opens the Form Exit menu.

To ensure successful navigation, make sure you focus on the proper area before performing the gesture.

Note:

On an Android-based tablet, you can access a description of all JD Edwards EnterpriseOne context-sensitive gestures by clicking the "About(i)" link in the upper-right corner of any JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application.

Welcome Page Context-Sensitive Gesture

You can double-tap with two fingers on the welcome page to access an open application.

Carousel Context-Sensitive Gestures

This table contains descriptions of context-sensitive gestures that you can perform in the EnterpriseOne carousel:

Gesture	Action
Tap and drag carousel	Moves carousel to left, right, top, or bottom of the screen.
Tap and hold (extended press) tile in carousel	Enables you to swap tiles.
Touch and drag tile in carousel	Moves or slides all of the tiles in the carousel.
Tap tile in carousel	Opens a corresponding application, favorite, or report.
Tap tile caption	Enables you to view the alternate description.
Tap collapse or expand icons in carousel	Collapses or expands the carousel.
Double-tap	Closes the carousel if the carousel is at the top or bottom of the screen.

Menu Context-Sensitive Gestures

This table contains descriptions of context-sensitive gestures that you can perform slightly above the toolbar on the upper left side of an EnterpriseOne form:

Gesture	Action
Description of the illustration cross_swipe.gif Cross swipe	Performs a close or cancel if one of these operations is on the form.
Description of the illustration letter_l_swipe.gif L-shaped swipe	Performs a close or cancel if one of these operations is on the form.
Description of the illustration swipe_down.gif Swipe down	Performs a find (search) if the Find operation is on the form.
Description of the illustration caret.gif Caret swipe	Performs an add if the Add operation is on the form.
Description of the illustration check_mark.gif Check mark swipe	Performs a select or OK if one of these operations is on the form.
Tap and hold (extended press) drop-down menu	Displays context form.

Form Context-Sensitive Gestures

This table contains descriptions of context-sensitive gestures that you can perform starting in the form area:

Gesture	Action
Three-finger, swipe left	If carousel is on the right side of the display, this opens the carousel. If the carousel is on the left side of the display, this closes the carousel.
Three-finger, swipe right	If the carousel is on the left side of the display, this opens the carousel. If the carousel is on the left side of the display and open, this scrolls through open applications. If the carousel is on the right side of the display, this closes the carousel. If the carousel is on the right side of the display and closed, this scrolls through open applications.
Two-finger, double tab	Opens the Welcome page.

Gesture

Action

Three-finger, swipe left

If carousel is on the right side of the display, this opens the carousel.

If the carousel is on the left side of the display, this closes the carousel.

Three-finger, swipe right

If the carousel is on the left side of the display, this opens the carousel.

If the carousel is on the left side of the display and open, this scrolls through open applications.

If the carousel is on the right side of the display, this closes the carousel.

If the carousel is on the right side of the display and closed, this scrolls through open applications.

Two-finger, double tab

Opens the Welcome page.

Grid Context-Sensitive Gestures

This table contains descriptions of context-sensitive gestures that you can perform starting in the grid area of a form:

Gesture	Action
Three-finger downward swipe	Performs a search if a Find button is available.
Three-finger upward swipe	After performing a find, you can use this gesture to perform the Next Page operation, which enables you to scroll through additional pages of records in the grid.

Third-Party Web Site and Google Maps Application Support

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client applications can contain URLs to third-party Web sites. If a user taps a URL on an Android-based tablet, the tablet opens another Google Chrome browser window with the specified Web site address in the URL.

If a JD Edwards EnterpriseOne application contains a URL defined with a Google Maps Web site address, you can tap the URL and the tablet will give you the option to launch the Google Maps website in another tab or the Google Maps application.

For example, the following URL will take you to Google Maps, showing the location of One Technology Way in Denver, Colorado:

http://maps.google.com/?q=one+technology+way+80237

If you initially launch the Google Maps application and at later time decide that you want to use the Google Maps website instead, you can disable the Google Maps application in the Google Maps application settings.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Features Not Supported on Android-based Tablets

The following JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Web client features are not supported on Android-based tablets:

New Window button.
Import/Export Grid functions.
Copy and paste feature in a grid.
Drag and drop features, except in the EnterpriseOne carousel.
Hot key support.
Accessibility.

Accessibility for users with disabilities is limited to native accessibility features available in the Android-based tablet.
Object linking and embedding (OLE) feature in the Media Object Viewer.

Documentation Accessibility

For information about Oracle's commitment to accessibility, visit the Oracle Accessibility Program website at http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=docacc.

Access to Oracle Support

Oracle customers have access to electronic support through My Oracle Support. For information, visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=info or visit http://www.oracle.com/pls/topic/lookup?ctx=acc&id=trs if you are hearing impaired.

JD Edwards EnterpriseOne for Android-based Tablets Quick Start Guide, Release 9.1.x

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