Understanding the Composite Application Framework

Oracle's Composite Application Framework for JD Edwards EnterpriseOne is a user interface framework that enables users to work with content from multiple sources within a single browser window. The Composite Application Framework enables authorized users to embed external website page content, multiple EnterpriseOne forms, and Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition (OBIEE) objects directly onto a defined EnterpriseOne application form. The same content can be reused and shared by multiple users in multiple transactions on the same EnterpriseOne application form. The Composite Application Framework is informally referred to as CafeOne.

A defined EnterpriseOne application form is a form that your JD Edwards EnterpriseOne administrator has enabled for you to access on the Composite Application Framework. The enabled form is fully functional. Web page content and OBIEE object content can be viewed and used the same way you use the web page or OBIEE object when you enter a URL on an Internet browser.

You can update an embedded EnterpriseOne form. When you save the change on an embedded EnterpriseOne form, the JD Edwards EnterpriseOne database is updated. You can refresh the enabled form to show the update that was made on the embedded form by clicking Find, and then all other embedded forms that show the updated field automatically refresh and display the change.

When you open an authorized EnterpriseOne form, the framework always shows the EnterpriseOne form. Typically one or more layouts are available for the form. A layout consists of one or more frames of content. Content can be pages from a website and OBIEE reports. Layouts display content vertically and horizontally in the framework, and the EnterpriseOne form and content are viewed in a single browser window. You can view a frame of content in a separate browser window. You can resize, minimize, and maximize content frames.