Changes in Release 23.1 for Oracle APEX App Builder User’s Guide

All content in Oracle APEX App Builder User’s Guide has been updated to reflect release 23.1 functionality and user interface changes.

New Features and Updates

The following topics have been added or updated for this release:

Template Components

Template Component are a new plug-in type for building re-usable UI components with support for actions, menus, and custom attributes within Page Designer. These components can be rendered standalone as regions displaying one or multiple rows of data, and can also be within reports as partials for a column.

See Template Components and About Template Component Type Plug-ins.
PWA Push Notifications

Low code push notifications, made available with a single switch. Easily notify desktop and mobile users who have opted-in to receive push notifications.

See Creating a Progressive Web App (PWA).
Background Page Processing

Background page processing enables developers to run a sequence of page processes that can execute in the foreground or in the background. The Execution Chain process type enables page processing to execute in the background so that users don't have to wait until processing finishes.

See About Background Page Processes.
REST Source Discovery Based on Swagger/OpenAPI

This release includes support Open API/Swagger for Simple HTTP Rest Data Source. Create a complete REST Data Source based on a response, including the data profile and additional metadata like operations, URL, or other parameters.

See Managing REST Data Sources.
New Application Security Attributes

Configure Session State Commits to control when session state is written and committed to the database. End of Request changes to the session and item values and the accompanying commit are deferred to the end of request processing. Immediate changes are immediately written and committed. Use this setting for better transaction control and application continuity in case of unplanned outages.

Enable the Pass ECID attribute to pass the Execution Context ID (with a request header named ECID-Context) to the external web services for end-to-end tracing.

See the discussions for Session State Commits and Pass ECID attributes in Configuring Security Attributes.
Improved Context-Sensitive APEX Help

Documentation links (both from the Help menu and Learn More... links in the UI) now redirect to the appropriate book or chapter.
Import and Export Styles in Theme Roller

You can now import and export theme styles directly from Theme Roller in JSON format. Use the Additional Options menu in Theme Roller to import, export, or reset a theme style..

See Importing and Exporting Theme Styles.
Save and Run from Code Editor

In Page Designer Code Editor now enables you to can now save and run a standard page directly from a code editor dialog without closing it first. Use the new Save and Run Page button in the editor toolbar or the default keyboard shortcut (Alt+F8).

See Page Designer Code Editor.

Deprecated and Desupported Features

See Deprecated Features and Desupported Features in Oracle APEX Release Notes.