Oracle Product Hub Implementation Guide

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Preface

Setup Overview

Setting Up Oracle Applications Technology
Setup Prerequisites
Using Oracle iSetup
Setup Steps
Profile Options
Other Default Options

Defining Responsibilities and Users

Defining Responsibilities and Users
Creating Responsibilities
Creating Internal Users
Setting Up Supplier Users
Setting Up Customer Users

Setting Up the Item Catalog

Overview of Item Catalogs
Building the Item Catalog Text Index
Defining Item Catalog Categories
Defining Item Attachment Categories
Adding Attachment Categories to an Item Catalog Category
Defining Item Templates
Managing Item Statuses
Defining Change Policies
Defining New Item Request Types
Defining New Item Request Workflows
Associating New Item Requests with an Item Catalog Category
Defining Item Numbers and Descriptions
Creating Pages for an Item Catalog Category
Managing Search Criteria
Managing Display Formats
Defining Item Catalog Import Formats
Assigning Systems to an Item Catalog Category
Publishing Item Catalog Categories
Defining Report Templates Using Business Intelligence Publisher
Defining Cross Reference Types
Importing Item Catalog Metadata

Setting Up Attributes and Functions

Defining Value Sets for User-Defined Attributes
Defining Value Set Versions for Transaction Attributes
Defining Table Value Sets
Creating Independent Values
Publishing Value Sets
Defining Item Attributes and Attribute Groups
Defining Transaction Attributes
Using Seeded Attributes
Using Additional Attributes
Creating User-Defined Functions for Item Attributes
Defining Attribute Usages
Displaying Attachments on Item Attribute Pages
Associating Attribute Groups with an Item Catalog Category
Adding Actions to an Attribute Group
Publishing Attribute Groups

Setting Up Catalogs

Overview of Catalogs
Defining Catalog Categories
Defining Catalogs
Assigning a Category to a Catalog
Mapping Catalog Categories
Administering a Category Hierarchy within a Catalog

Administering Item Business Rules

Overview of Item Business Rules
Administering Rule Sets
Building Rule Expressions
Viewing Attributes Used in Rule Sets
Including other Rule Sets
Viewing Rule Set Dependencies
Assigning Rule Sets to Entities
Using On-Demand Rule Set Execution
Copying Item Rules Data to Other Instances

Setting Up Change Categories and Types

Overview of Change Categories and Types
Defining Change Categories
Enabling Change Category Function Security
Creating Priority, Reason, and Classification Codes
Creating Statuses
Defining Workflow Templates
Creating Task Templates
Defining Header/Line Type Attributes and Attribute Groups
Defining Header Types
Defining Line Types
Optimizing the Change Management Text Index
Defining Change Category Search Criteria and Display Formats
Defining Change Category Reports
Subscribing to a Change Management Business Event
Customizing Change Management Workflows
Implementing User Defined Functions for Change Type Attributes

Setting Up Item Structures

Overview of Item Structures
Defining Structure Types
Associating a Structure Name with a Structure Type
Defining Structure Attributes
Defining Component Attributes
Defining Display Formats and Search Criteria for Structures
Creating an Item Catalog Category Structure

Setting Up Content Management Repositories

Integrating Oracle E-Business Suite Applications with Content Management Repositories
Setting Up a Content Management Repository

Setting Up E-Business Suite Attachments

Overview of E-Business Suite Attachments
Structuring Folders
Attachment Review and Approval
Change Management for Attachments

Implementing Roles and Role Based Security

Overview of Roles and Role Based Security
Administering Roles
Administering People, Groups, and Companies
Implementing Role Based Security
Implementing Change Management Role Based Security
Creating Custom Privileges

Setting Up Inbound Product Data Synchronization and Data Quality Management

Setup Overview of Inbound Product Data Synchronization
Creating Match Rules
Defining Source Systems

Workflows for Change Management

Workflows for Change Management

Item and Catalog Business Events

Business Events

Reading Data for User-Defined Attributes

Overview

Synchronizing Item User-Defined Attributes with Item Descriptive Elements

Overview

Change Management Business Events

Description of Change Management Business Events

Seeded Item Metadata Libraries

Sellable Product Information Library - Horizontal
Product Management Library - Horizontal
Communications Services Billing Library - Vertical
Communications Product Details Library - Vertical

Web Services for Publishing

Oracle Product Hub Web Services Overview
Value Set Web Service
Attribute Group Web Service
Item Catalog Category Web Service
Item Web Service
Controlling the Output Payload
Error Reporting

Index