Oracle is an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) member of the AppConfig Community. The AppConfig Community provides tools and best practices to secure, configure, deploy, and manage mobile enterprise apps. In principle, Oracle E-Business Suite mobile apps are compatible with AppConfig-based Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) integration, using native frameworks that are made available through operating systems (iOS and Android).
Note: For Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Release 10.x, this feature has been tested on iOS devices for Oracle Maintenance for EBS, Oracle Approvals for EBS, Oracle Self-Service HR for EBS, and Oracle Timecards for EBS.
This chapter provides guidance on integrating Oracle E-Business Suite mobile apps with EMM solutions based on AppConfig standard. It also includes some setup tasks that administrators can manage Oracle E-Business Suite mobile app configuration when the apps are deployed with an EMM solution.
Oracle E-Business Suite Mobile Apps with Enterprise Mobility Management Solutions
Setup Tasks for Deploying Mobile Apps with Enterprise Mobility Management Solutions
Oracle E-Business Suite mobile apps are expected to work with any EMM provider that supports common AppConfig standards provided by operating system vendors. Oracle does not explicitly certify permutations of Oracle E-Business Suite mobile app releases with given EMM providers and their releases. Oracle may test selected Oracle E-Business Suite mobile apps with selected AppConfig-compliant products, including VMware AirWatch. Oracle does not conduct comprehensive tests between all available Oracle E-Business Suite mobile app releases and all AppConfig-compliant products.
Oracle Support does not have access to third-party EMM AppConfig products and is unable to reproduce or investigate AppConfig compatibility issues directly. Oracle Support will ask customers to validate if the reported issue reproduces without third-party EMM integration in order to determine if the issue is specific to the third-party EMM solution. Issues with AppConfig-based configurations should be first reported to the affected EMM provider.
Users can install Oracle E-Business Suite mobile apps from an Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution's app catalog. To connect to Oracle E-Business Suite, users need to enter the Oracle E-Business Suite server URL after the initial launch of an app from an EMM console that the app is deployed. To simplify the deployment process for the app users, administrators can preconfigure the server URL in an EMM console. App users no longer need to enter this URL manually after launching an app from an EMM's app catalog.
EMM configuration is available for the following standard Oracle E-Business Suite mobile apps, either installed from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store or available through web page URLs:
Installed from Apple App Store or Google Play Store - Oracle Maintenance for EBS
Available through a URL - Oracle Approvals for EBS, Oracle Self-Service HR for EBS, and Oracle Timecards for EBS
Configure these three apps as web link applications in EMM which allows users to access the apps by tapping an icon on their devices.
Setup Tasks for Oracle Maintenance for EBS Only
To preconfigure the server URL for Oracle Maintenance for EBS, administrators need to configure the following String type properties in an EMM console to simplify the app deployment for users:
Note: This feature has been tested on iOS devices. To leverage this feature on Android devices, it is required to register your EMM provider with Google Play.
Server_URL
This is the Oracle E-Business Suite server URL that an app should connect to by default. If a valid Oracle E-Business Suite server URL is entered in this property, the app users will not be prompted to enter the server URL when the app is launched for the first time.
Ensure that the mobile app is already "Enabled" in the Mobile Applications Manager UI pages. For information on enabling an app, see Enabling a Mobile App Individually and Specifying the Configuration Through the UI Pages.
Server_URL_Allow_Change
If a default Oracle E-Business Suite server URL is entered in the Server_URL property, you need to explicitly indicate whether the app users can change the URL in the app. By default, users are not allowed to change. However, set it to "Y" only if you want to allow the app users to change the default URL.