Extend SCM Redwood Application Pages Using Visual Builder Studio
Tailor a seamless experience for the users in your enterprise using Oracle Visual Builder Studio. You can use business rules in Visual Builder Studio’s Express mode to:
- Make the fields and regions on a page required or optional.
- Make the fields and regions on a page read-only or editable.
- Show or hide fields and regions depending on specific criteria.
- Configure Redwood pages to best meet your specific business needs. For example, you can control which actions are visible on the Receipt Deliveries page, or you can set the default date range that's available on the PAR Counts Overview page.
The types of changes you can make to a page depend on the page you're modifying.
NOTE: In this update, business rules aren't yet supported on all SCM Redwood pages.
To determine whether you can extend a specific page using Visual Builder Studio, go to the page and open the Setting and Actions menu. Look for the Edit Page In Visual Builder Studio task:
If you don’t see the Edit Page in Visual Builder Studio task, then you can’t use Visual Builder Studio to edit the page, either because you're not assigned the necessary privilege to edit pages in VB Studio, or because the page can't currently be edited in VB Studio.
When you open a page in Visual Builder Studio, use only the Express mode to extend the page. Advanced mode isn’t supported. If Express mode isn't available when you open the page in VB Studio, then you can't extend the page in VB Studio. You can find the Express mode in the Visual Builder Studio header region:
See Extending Oracle Cloud Applications in Visual Builder Studio Express Mode for details about how to extend your application pages in Express mode.
Steps to Enable
Leverage the Visual Builder Studio to expose your applications. To learn more about extending your application using Visual Builder, visit Oracle Help Center > your apps service area of interest > Books > Configuration and Extension.
Before you can start working with Visual Builder Studio, a systems administrator must complete some initial setup. For instructions, see Set Up VB Studio to Extend Oracle Cloud Applications.
Tips And Considerations
Keep the Pages list closed while you work in Visual Builder Studio Express mode. Closing the list gives you a cleaner view of the page you’re extending.
In Visual Builder Studio Express mode, you might see capabilities that support defaulting and validation of field values. The features aren't supported in SCM Redwood pages in update 24B. You'll be able to use defaulting and validation for selected SCM Redwood pages in future updates.
Key Resources
To start extending your application pages in Visual Builder Studio, follow the instructions to access Visual Builder Studio. As you’re working, you can find additional information in these resources:
- Extend Oracle Cloud Applications in Visual Builder Express Mode
- Oracle Fusion Cloud HCM and SCM: Extending Redwood Applications for HCM and SCM Using Visual Builder Studio
Access Requirements
To extend application pages using Visual Builder Studio, you must be assigned a configured job role that contains this privilege:
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Administer Sandbox (FND_ADMINISTER_SANDBOX_PRIV)
This privilege was available prior to this update.