1. Configuring Applications Using Application Composer
  2. Audience and Scope

Audience and Scope

This guide provides information about how administrators and implementers can make application changes using Oracle Fusion Application Composer. Application Composer lets business analysts and administrators, not just programmers, make application changes.

Using this tool, you can make the types of data model changes that could only be made by application developers. For example, you can create a new object and related fields and then create UI pages to expose that object to users.

Application Composer is a "design time at runtime tool", which means that you can navigate to Application Composer directly from an application, make your changes, and see most changes take immediate effect, without signing back into the application. (For end users to see your changes, however, you must first publish your sandbox and then they must sign out and sign back in.)

Note: Application Composer isn't supported for use with iPad devices.

You can use Application Composer to configure supported product areas only, such as Oracle Sales and Oracle Fusion Service, Oracle Supply Chain Management, and Oracle Project Management. This guide covers common Application Composer task flows. For product-specific Application Composer examples and use cases, see the implementation documentation for your specific product area.

Other Configuration Tools

Application Composer is just one tool that administrators can use to make common application changes. Other tools in the configuration toolset includes Page Composer, BI Composer, and Business Process Composer.

  • Page Composer is a page editor that you can use to edit individual UI pages. You can do things like:
    • Create work area lists (saved searches) for use by the whole organization or by individual roles.
    • Reorder columns in search result tables.
    • Configure infolet pages.
    Note: Aside from the tasks listed above, don't use Page Composer in Oracle Sales. The use of Page Composer in Sales is limited to only these few tasks.

    To learn more about Page Composer, see the Configuring and Extending Applications guide.

  • Oracle Business Intelligence (BI) Composer is a tool you can use to build reports. When building reports, you select a report subject area from within BI Composer. A report subject area is a set of entities, attributes, and measures that represent information about the areas of an organization's business. To build reports, use either the predefined report subject areas that are delivered for you, or create your own subject area using a wizard available in Application Composer.

    To learn more about BI Composer, see the Custom Subject Areas chapter in this guide.

  • When working with object workflows in Application Composer, you can define an object workflow that will trigger an approval flow if certain conditions are met. Approval flows are defined as business processes using Oracle Business Process Composer. Business Process Composer lets you orchestrate predefined components such as human-workflow tasks, services, and BPEL flows.

    To learn more about Business Process Composer, see the Object Workflows chapter in this guide.