Changes in This Release

This preface contains:

• Changes in Oracle Application Express Release 19.2
  

Changes in Oracle Application Express Release 19.2

All content in Oracle Application Express App Builder User’s Guide has been updated to reflect release 19.2 functionality.

New Features

The following features are new in Oracle Application Express release 19.2:

• Faceted Search

  • Provides a powerful new way to filter and display your data. A faceted search page features a faceted region that enables users to narrow down the search results and displays the results in either a report or cards view.

    See "Managing Faceted Search."

• New Team Development

  • Provides a simple, conversational approach to team communication. Create an issue to track everything in a single place.

  • Apply classifications using label groups and labels, create templates to provide users with starter text for issues and comments, and track progress by assigning milestones.

  • Individual users can register their interest in specific issues and define at a general level what attributes they are interested in watching. Users can also choose whether they wish to be notified in the application, by email, or both.

  See "Managing Team Development."

• Interactive Grid Support of External Data Sources

  Interactive grid now includes built-in support for the external data source you specify (Local Database, REST Enabled SQL Service, or Web Source Module).

  See "Creating a Report Using the Create Page Wizard."

• Data Loading into Existing Tables

  The data upload functionality has been extended to support uploading native Excel, CSV, XML, and JSON documents into existing tables.

  See "Creating a Database Application from a File."

• Specify Default Debug Level from Runtime Developer Toolbar

  Specify a Default Debug Level from Developer Toolbar Options on the Runtime Developer Toolbar. Default Debug Level options include: Info (default), App Trace, or Full Trace.

  See "Running an Application in Debug Mode" and "Runtime Developer Toolbar."

• Report Supplemental Text Attribute

  Interactive grids, interactive reports, and classic reports Attributes include a new Supplemental Text attribute. Use this attribute to include text at the top of download files (for example, for data classification or to include legal or warning messages about the data in the file).

  See "Configuring Interactive Grid Download Formats," "Enabling Interactive Report Download Formats," and "Enabling Classic Report CSV Output Option."

• Enhanced Application Logo

  Add an application logo by specfyng an image, text, image and text, or custom HTML.

  See "Defining an Application Logo"

Deprecated and Desupported Features

See Deprecated Features and Desupported Features in Oracle Application Express Release Notes.

Other Changes

• The previous Team Development application has been renamed Legacy Team Development and moved to "Managing Application Legacy Components." Legacy Team Development is deprecated and will be removed in a future release.

  See "Managing Legacy Team Development (Deprecated)."