Examples of Configurations and Extensions, and the Tools to Use

You can configure and extend the application using browser-based composers and other tools. Some configuration tools, such as Application Composer and Visual Builder Studio, are available only for specific product families.

Let's look at some of the key things you can do with these tools. Not all tasks are listed here.

Modify the UI

Use these tools and work areas to modify the UI:

• Page Composer: Configure application page components, such as page content, layout, and more for other users.

• Visual Builder Studio: Extend application page components for certain applications.

• Application Composer: Create fields, objects, and relationships between objects.

• User Interface Text: Edit text that appears on multiple pages.

• Appearance: Change the look and feel of the application pages.

• Page Template Composer: Edit global page template.

• Structure: Configure the Navigator and the icons on the home page for navigation.

• Announcement: Create, edit, and delete announcements displayed on the home page.

Here are some changes that you can make to pages, and the corresponding tools or work areas to use. You can modify certain pages only in either Page Composer or Visual Builder Studio.

Task	Tool or Work Area
Add, move, delete, show, or hide components on a page, including fields	Page Composer or Visual Builder Studio
Add validation to a field	Page Composer
Add external content	Page Composer
Change a page layout	Page Composer or Visual Builder Studio
Add business logic to display certain layouts	Visual Builder Studio
Manage saved searches	Page Composer
Modify dialog box content	Page Composer or Visual Builder Studio
Modify attributes for a flexfield on a page	Page Composer
Change properties for UI components on a standard page	Page Composer or Visual Builder Studio
Edit variables, constants, and events as needed	Visual Builder Studio
Configure the UI Shell template	Page Template Composer
Update a UI text across all pages, such as to change "buyer" to "customer" on all pages where the term "buyer" is used	User Interface Text
Change the look and feel of application pages	Appearance

Tip: In Page Composer, you can make changes using the WYSIWYG view. However, in some cases, you can also use the Source view.

Update the Branding

This table shows examples of where you can change the branding to your own logo, and the corresponding tools or work areas to use.

Task	Tool
Change the logo in the global header	Appearance
Change the logo that appears in report output	Layout editor in the BI application or external applications, such as Microsoft Word

Configure the Navigator and Icons on the Home Page for Navigation

Use the Navigation Configuration page in the Structure work area to configure the Navigator and the work area icons or Apps section on the home page. For example, you can show or hide certain items and reorganize what's there. You can also add a business object to the Navigator.

Configure the Home Page

Here are some things you can change on the home page, and the work area you use to make those changes.

Task	Work Area
Change the layout of the home page	Appearance
Configure the icons for infolet pages in the page control on the home page. You can rename these icons, change their visibility settings, and reorder them.	Home Configuration page in the Structure work area
Create, edit, and delete announcements on the home page.	Announcements

Add Attributes to Business Objects

You can use flexfield tasks in the Setup and Maintenance work area to add user-defined attributes to most business objects, except for those in Oracle Fusion Cloud Sales Automation and Oracle Fusion Cloud B2B Service products. With flexfields, you create your own attributes without coding. A flexfield captures data for a specific purpose, such as information about job positions or inventory items. Each attribute is a segment of a flexfield, and corresponds to a reserved column in the application database.

For Oracle Automation, Oracle B2B Service, and other products, you can use Application Composer to add attributes to business objects or create custom objects so that you can track and store any additional data you might need. For example, you can add new attributes (also referred to as custom fields) to an existing object, or create entirely new custom objects. There's no fixed limit on the number of custom objects that you can create. After you create an object, you can also edit its attributes.

Tip: You use the custom object's security node in Application Composer to secure custom object data.

Modify Reports and Analytics

Predefined analyses, dashboards, and reports help you meet business intelligence (BI) requirements. But you can still modify the reports and analytics to fit specific business needs. You start in the Reports and Analytics work area, and go from there to do more in the BI application. Let's see some examples of the changes you can make, and the corresponding tools or work areas to use.

Task	Tool or Work Area
Create an analysis	Reports and Analytics work area or the BI application
Create or change report layout	Layout editor in the BI application or external applications, such as Microsoft Word
Add more pages, or tabs, to dashboards	The BI application

For more information, see the Creating and Administering Analytics and Reports guides relevant to your products.

Manage Help Content

Many pages have help icons that you click to open help windows. Here, you can add your own content, such as your company policies or best practices. You can also find help on some UI elements, such as hints that appear when you click in a field.

This table shows a few examples of changes that you can make to help, and the corresponding tools to use.

Task	Tool or Work Area
Add help that users can see in help windows	Help windows
View and edit all of the help that anyone added to help windows	Manage Help Content task in the Setup and Maintenance work area
Modify text that's displayed when the user hovers over UI elements, such as a button, link, icon, or tab title	Page Composer
Simultaneously replace multiple occurrences of a word or phrase that appears in the help for UI elements	User Interface Text

Note: You must have the appropriate privileges to add and edit help.