1. Oracle Fusion Field Service Questions and Answers
  2. What types of plug-ins are available for Oracle Field Service?

What types of plug-ins are available for Oracle Field Service?

You can add a hosted plugin, an external plugin, or an external application as a plugin. You can also download and use sample plugins that are shipped with Oracle Fusion Field Service.

Oracle Fusion Field Service supports the following type of plugins:

  • PlugIn Archive: An archive plugin is hosted in Oracle Fusion Field Service and uses the Plugin API to interact with Oracle Fusion Field Service. This means, if your plugin consists only of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript files and doesn't contain server-side files, then you can host it in Oracle Fusion Field Service. No other hosting is required. The plugin framework handles the communication between the hosted plugin and Oracle Fusion Field Service.

  • External PlugIn: An external plugin is hosted elsewhere and communicates with Oracle Fusion Field Service through the Plugin API. You add only a link to the plugin here.

  • External Application: An external application can be added as a plugin and it will be opened as a web page in a new window, or the same window within Oracle Fusion Field Service.

  • Sample Plugin: There are some sample plugins such as Meter Reading plugin that you can use. You can download the sample plugins from the https://www.oracle.com/downloads/samplecode/ofsc-samplecode-downloads.html page. You may need to use the secure protocol https and a user account to access this site. Unless explicitly identified as such, the sample code available on this page isn't certified or supported by Oracle; it's intended for educational or testing purposes only.

Migration of Standard Plugins

Standard Plugins are integrated into the main structure of the application. They can now be found under User types → Screen in the following sections:

  • Asset Details, Debriefing - located in the Activity section
  • Parts Ordering - located in the Inventory section

This change means that the concept of Standard Plugins has been discontinued and is replaced by a set of default screens, but you can add more by creating forms or plugins.

Note: Asset Details, Debriefing, and Parts Ordering require additional setup before mobile workers can use them. For more information, refer to the activation steps mentioned in their sections.