Terminology

These terms are used throughout this guide.

Term	Definition
SCM	Supply chain management or Supply Chain & Manufacturing. The active management of materials and related data as they move from suppliers and manufacturers through the distinction chain to consumers. Supply chain management is the term used for the general business process.
CRUD	Create, Read, Update, Delete.
FBDI	File-Based Data Import. A method that allows users to load large volumes of data from external sources, such as spreadsheets or CSV files, into Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications using predefined templates. This method is particularly useful for migrating data from legacy systems or for bulk data uploads. It streamlines the data loading process and ensures data integrity by validating the data against predefined rules before importing it into the system.
UCM	Oracle Universal Content Management. Provides a comprehensive platform for managing digital content within an organization. It offers a range of features and functionalities to store, organize, secure, and retrieve various types of digital assets, including documents, images, videos, and web content.
BICC	Business Intelligence Cloud Connector. A bulk-data-extract tool that's built into Oracle Fusion Applications and is used to extract applications data and load it into an Oracle Cloud Storage Service or Universal Content Management server.
ADFdi	Oracle ADF Desktop Integration. One of the features of Oracle ADF is that it enables desktop integration with MS Excel spreadsheets to manage large volumes of data. It allows users to import data from Oracle ADF systems into Excel, manipulate the data using Excel's familiar interface, and then seamlessly upload the modified data back into the Oracle ADF application.
Oracle Analytics Publisher	A reporting solution that's embedded in Oracle Fusion Applications, allowing customers to design, create, and run reports.
REST	A REST service, or RESTful service, is a web service that follows the principles of Representational State Transfer (REST). REST is an architectural style for designing networked applications, particularly web services, that emphasizes a stateless client-server communication model and uniform, resource-based interactions.
SOAP	A SOAP service is a web service that follows the SOAP (Simple Object Access Protocol) protocol for communication. SOAP is a protocol for exchanging structured information in the implementation of web services, often used for exchanging data between applications over a network.
JSON	JavaScript Object Notation. A standard text-based format for representing structured data based on JavaScript object syntax.
OIC	Oracle Integration Cloud. A PaaS service offered by Oracle Cloud Infrastructure as an integration platform that enables businesses to seamlessly connect applications, data sources, and systems across cloud and on-premises environments.
VBCS	Visual Builder Cloud Service. A cloud-based service provided by Oracle that enables developers to rapidly build and deploy web and mobile applications without requiring extensive coding expertise.
SFTP	Secure File Transfer Protocol. A network protocol that enables secure and encrypted file transfers between a client and a server.
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange. A specification for the communication of business documents, such as purchase orders or invoices, in a standard electronic format.
XSL	eXtensible Stylesheet Language. A styling language for XML used to define the transformations between the XML generated by Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications and external XML message formats.
OAGIS	Open Application Group Integration Specification. An XML messaging standard that provides a canonical set of business objects and messages for information integration. The XML-based B2B Message standard published by OAGi (Open Applications Group, Inc.) Open Applications Group Integration Specification. For more information, go to http://www.oagi.org/.
B2B Service Provider	An external agency that acts as an intermediary to deliver or receive messages. The service provider handles B2B protocols and partner-specific format transformations based on Trading Partner Agreements that are defined between the two partners involved in the message exchange.
UBL	Universal Business Language. A library of standard XML business documents that businesses can use to create and process business transactions.