Preface

Intended Audience

Welcome to Release 12.2 of the Oracle iStore Implementation and Administration Guide.

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Structure

1  Introduction
2  Verify Mandatory Dependencies
3  Implementation Overview
4  Implementation Tasks for Oracle iStore
5  Implementing Site Management
6  Implementing Initial Customer Application Pages
7  Implementing Products
8  Implementing Product Search Using Enterprise Command Center (ECC)
9  Implementing the Catalog
10  Implementing Content
11  Implementing Pricing
12  Implementing Payment Types and Shipping Methods
13  Implementing Carts and Orders
14  Implementing User Management
15  Implementing Customer Assistance
16  Implementing Messages and Prompts
17  Implementing Globalization and Multi-Org Architecture
18  Implementing Miscellaneous Internet-Related Features
19  Verifying the Implementation
20  Diagnostics and Troubleshooting
21  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Advanced Supply Chain Planning
22  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Bills of Material
23  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Configurator
24  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Content Manager
25  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle iSupport
26  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Marketing
27  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Partner Management
28  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Quoting
29  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Sales Applications
30  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Sales Contracts
31  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Shipping Execution
32  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Single Sign-On
33  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Application Server Web Cache
34  Integrating Oracle iStore with Oracle Workflow
35  Concurrent Programs
36  Advanced Display
37  Customer Application Process Flows
A  Profile Options
B  Seeded User Data
C  Seeded Display Data

Related Information Sources

Integration Repository

The Oracle Integration Repository is a compilation of information about the service endpoints exposed by the Oracle E-Business Suite of applications. It provides a complete catalog of Oracle E-Business Suite's business service interfaces. The tool lets users easily discover and deploy the appropriate business service interface for integration with any system, application, or business partner.

The Oracle Integration Repository is shipped as part of the Oracle E-Business Suite. As your instance is patched, the repository is automatically updated with content appropriate for the precise revisions of interfaces in your environment.

Do Not Use Database Tools to Modify Oracle E-Business Suite Data

Oracle STRONGLY RECOMMENDS that you never use SQL*Plus, Oracle Data Browser, database triggers, or any other tool to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data unless otherwise instructed.

Oracle provides powerful tools you can use to create, store, change, retrieve, and maintain information in an Oracle database. But if you use Oracle tools such as SQL*Plus to modify Oracle E-Business Suite data, you risk destroying the integrity of your data and you lose the ability to audit changes to your data.

Because Oracle E-Business Suite tables are interrelated, any change you make using an Oracle E-Business Suite form can update many tables at once. But when you modify Oracle E-Business Suite data using anything other than Oracle E-Business Suite, you may change a row in one table without making corresponding changes in related tables. If your tables get out of synchronization with each other, you risk retrieving erroneous information and you risk unpredictable results throughout Oracle E-Business Suite.

When you use Oracle E-Business Suite to modify your data, Oracle E-Business Suite automatically checks that your changes are valid. Oracle E-Business Suite also keeps track of who changes information. If you enter information into database tables using database tools, you may store invalid information. You also lose the ability to track who has changed your information because SQL*Plus and other database tools do not keep a record of changes.