Note: This functionality is not available in all Framework-based products.
Oracle recommends that customers use Configuration Migration Assistant
(CMA) for their configuration data migration needs. ConfigLab may
continue to be used for migration of master and transaction data for
those products that support the tool. For details about features and
functionality for the CMA facility, see the
Configuration Migration Assistant section in
this document.
CAUTION:
This chapter is intended for users responsible
for testing configuration data and performing "what if" analysis in
non-production databases.
In order to implement new business practices, users change configuration
data. The best way to confirm the system will work as desired is to
test the changes using production data before the changes are promoted
to production. The Configuration Lab (or ConfigLab) tools exist to
support this methodology; specifically, the ConfigLab tools allow
you to:
- Copy data from production to a "test" environment.
- Change the configuration data as dictated by new / different business
practices.
- Confirm the changes are correct by using the system's online and
batch transactions.
- Approve or reject individual changes.
- Apply the approved changes to production.
The ConfigLab tools have many uses in addition to testing configuration
data and promoting the changes to production. To illustrate some of
the options, the following points describe ways that Oracle Utilities
Customer Care and Billing users can apply the ConfigLab tools:
- Problematic customers and bills can be transferred to a "playpen"
environment where the system's transactions are used to experiment
with potential corrections without affecting production.
- Historical bills are transferred to a "revenue analysis" environment
where the revenue team can perform what-if analysis to determine the
impact of rate changes on future revenue.
- Business process scripts developed in a "development" environment
can be promoted to a "QA" environment where they can be tested thoroughly
before being promoted to production.
In summary, the ConfigLab tools can be used to compare and promote
data between any two databases.
The topics that follow describe how to use the ConfigLab.
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