Redwood: Configure Conditional Content Display Using Business Rules

You can now use the restructured Visual Builder object pages that reflect the layout of the business user interface. As part of this enhancement, tab-specific pages have been introduced to help you easily navigate to the Item, or Workflow, or Manufacturer object pages for configuration.

Restructured Business Rules for Item, Workflow and Manufacturer

Item	Workflow	Manufacturer
Item Business Rule Structure	Workflow Business Rules Structure	Manufacturer Business Rules Structure

In this release, you can leverage Business Rules to perform the following configurations based on attribute values, users, or roles: 

• Hide or show tabs and tables using page properties constants

• Hide columns within the tables

• Hide or show attribute groups or attributes within an attribute group conditionally.

Hide or Show Tabs and Tables using Page Property Constants

You can leverage the page property constants provided in the following table to hide or show tabs by setting values to true or false. By default, a tab is displayed when the page property constant is left blank.  You can hide certain tables within the tab for Items, Workflows and Manufacturers using business rules:

Hide or Show Tabs and Tables using Page Property Constants

Object	Page Property Constant
Item	Hide Variants Tab
Item	Hide Categories Tab
Item	Hide Relationship Tab
Item	Hide Change Tab
Item	Hide Quality Tab
Item	Hide Structures Tab
Item	Hide Attributes Tab
Item	Hide Associations Table
Item	Hide Supplier Association Tab
Item	Hide Attachments Table
Item	Hide Revision Attachments Table
Item	Hide Corrective Actions Table
Item	Hide Problem Report Table
Item	Hide Quality Actions Table
Item	Hide Cross References Table
Item	Hide GTIN Table
Item	Hide Links Table
Item	Hide Related Items Table
Item	Hide Spoke System Table
Item	Hide Trading Partner Items Table
Workflow	Hide Affected Objects Tab
Workflow	Hide Attachment Tab
Workflow	Hide History Tab
Workflow	Hide Relationships Tab
Workflow	Hide Workflow and Tasks Tab
Workflow	Hide Activity Tab
Workflow	Hide Tasks Tab
Manufacturer	Hide Attachments Tab
Manufacturer	Hide Details Tab
Manufacturer	Hide Locations Tab
Manufacturer	Hide MPN Tab

Use the subpages under each object page to configure page properties. These pages have the same name as the corresponding object. You can similarly configure page properties for other objects as well. The following screenshot shows one of the configurations that you can apply to an Item.

Select Item Page Under Item For Configuring The Page Properties

The following screenshot shows an example of hiding tab and tables within a tab for an engineering item: 

• Condition: Engineered Item Flag = true

• Tabs being hidden: Associations Tab

• Tables being hidden:

  • Cross Reference

  • GTIN

  • Spoke Systems

  • Related Items

Hide Certain Tab Based On Condition Using Page Property Constants

Hide Columns within the Tables

Use the Configure Fields and Regions to conditionally display or populate values during view, edit, or create flows:

• Tables

  • Hide Columns

You can hide the following tables in the associated tabs for Items, Workflows, or Manufacturers using the business rules:

Hide Columns within the Tables

Item	Associations
Item	Attachments	Item Attachments Item Revision Attachments
Item	Categories	Item Category
Item	Changes	Change Orders Change Requests
Item	Create Item	Create Item Popup Create Item Primary Attributes
Item	Quality	Quality Issues Quality Actions Problem Reports Corrective Actions
Item	Relationships	GTIN Relationships New GTIN Relationship New GTIN Additional Attributes Existing GTIN Relationship Edit GTIN Relationship Edit GTIN Additional Attributes Trading partner item relationships New trading partner item relationship Edit trading partner item relationship Create Trading partner items additional attributes Edit Trading partner items additional attributes Create link Spoke System Relationships New spoke system item relationship Create Spoke System Additional Attributes Edit spoke system item relationship Edit Spoke System Additional Attributes Cross-references Relationships New cross-reference relationship Create Cross Reference Additional Attributes  Edit cross-reference relationship Edit Cross Reference Additional Attributes Related Items Edit related item relationship Edit Related Item Additional Attributes New related item relationship Create Related Item Additional Attributes
Workflow	Affected Object	Line Attachments
Workflow	Attachments	Workflow Attachments
Workflow	Create Workflow	Create Workflow Duplicate Workflow Additional Info
Workflow	Relationships	Relationships
Workflow	Workflow and Tasks	Workflow Create Task Workflow Edit Task
Manufacturer	Attachments	Attachment
Manufacturer	MPN	Manufacturer Part Number

Hide or Show Attribute Groups or Attributes within an Attribute Group

Use the Configure Fields and Regions to conditionally display or populate values during view, edit, or create flows:

• Attributes

  • Show or hide Attributes

  • Default value of an Attribute

  • Mark as read only

You can hide the attribute groups or attributes within an attribute group for the Items, Workflow and Manufacturer as described in the following table:

Hide or show attribute groups

Item	Attributes	Basic-Description Basic-Main Basic-Unit Of Measure Item Operational Attributes
Workflow	Attributes	General Information Formatted Description General Information Description General Information Main
Manufacturer	Attributes	Location Manufacturer Header

You can include the object attributes when building your conditions:

Hide or Show Attribute Groups or Attributes Within an Attribute Group Using Attributes Supported In Conditions

Item	Users Standard Item Attributes: Engineered Item Flag, Item Class Code, Life Cycle phase Code, and Organization Code Item Operational Attributes
Workflows	Users Standard Workflow Attributes such as: Base Change Management Type Code, Type, Status Type
Manufacturer	Users Standard Manufacturer Attributes

You can default attribute values and make them read-only to prevent users from modifying the default values. Select tab-specific pages or the create page of the objects under Product Management object -specific folder  to default attribute value. The following example shows how to default an attribute value based on a user role:

Attributes Page To Hide Operational Attribute Groups

Choose the Configure Fields and Regions as highlighted in the following image:

• Condition: Role= SupplierProductDesignEngineer

• Under Configure Regions and Fields expand Create Item Popup folder:

  •  Mark field as read only and Engineered value = true

Business Rule Created For A SupplierProductDesignEngineer In Condition

Another example of hiding certain attribute groups that is based on the Engineered Item Flag:

• Condition: Engineered Item Flag = true
• Hide Operational Attributes
  • In Regions and Fields use hidden column to hide operational attribute groups

Hide Operational Attributes Based on a Condition

This feature empowers your business with granular flexibility and control, enabling governance over which data is displayed across product and workflow objects. By allowing you to selectively share sensitive information such as pricing or R&D details, you can safe-guard business intellectual property and mitigate risks of miscommunication.

Steps to enable and configure

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Tips and considerations

You can now leverage business rules to:

• Test new configurations in Preview mode before publishing them.

• Configure for different users based on user roles in any given condition.

• Use page constants to show or hide tabs and tables within a tab.

• Hide the Activity and Tasks subtabs within the Workflow and Tasks tab of a workflow object using page property constants.

• If ACL is enabled, you must use ACL to show or hide tabs and tables instead of Business Rules.

• You can show or hide or default attributes within attribute groups, except Descriptive Flexfields and Extensible Flexfields, for item and workflow objects.

• You can't create conditions using Descriptive Flexfields or Extensible Flexfields for item or workflow objects.

• Use the status code when creating conditions based on workflow status.

• If you set up multiple rules, they're evaluated top-down and the first rule that matches the condition will be the only one executed. All the other rules are ignored.

Key resources

Oracle Fusion Cloud SCM Implementing Product Management Guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Extending Oracle Cloud Applications with Visual Builder Studio Guide, available on the Oracle Help Center.

Access requirements

To create business rules using Visual Builder Studio in express mode you must have the following privileges: 

• Application Implementation Consultant (ORA_ASM_APPLICATION_IMPLEMENTATION_CONSULTANT_JOB)

Privileges required:

Application Administrator (ORA_FND_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB) Human Capital Management Application Administrator (ORA_HRC_HUMAN_CAPITAL_MANAGEMENT_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB) Sales Administrator (ORA_ZBS_SALES_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB) Customer Relationship Management Application Administrator (ORA_ZCA_CUSTOMER_RELATIONSHIP_MANAGEMENT_APPLICATION_ADMINISTRATOR_JOB) Synchronization Enabled Administrator Identity (ORA_SYNC_ENABLED_ADMINISTRATOR_ABSTRACT)	VB Studio administrator (DEVELOPER_ADMINISTRATOR)
Application Developer (ORA_FND_APPLICATION_DEVELOPER_JOB) Synchronization Enabled Developer Identity (ORA_SYNC_ENABLED_DEVELOPER_ABSTRACT)	VB Studio user (DEVELOPER_USER)