6.14 Using Application Utilities

Access the Utilities page to view useful application summaries and reports.

• Accessing Application Utilities
  Access the Application Utilities page by selecting the application and then clicking the Utilities icon.
• Application Utilities Page
  Use the Application Utilities page to access the Application Dashboard, Advisor, Upgrade Application, Recently Updated Pages, Attribute Dictionary, Change History, Debug Messages, Application Express Views, Export Repository, Manage Backups, and the Embedded Code Utility.
• Viewing the Application Dashboard
  View a report that summarizes application components and attributes.
• Upgrading an Application to Include New Components
  Upgrade an existing application to include new components available in the current release.
• Viewing the Recently Updated Pages Report
  Displays a report of pages recently updated by the current user.
• Viewing the Change History Report
  The Change History report displays a summary report of edits to the current applications by developer, component type, and page number
• Accessing Application Express Views
  Query various views against Application Express metadata.
• Managing Application Backups
  Review backup history, perform manual backups, or restore an application from a backup.
• Using the Embedded Code Utility
  Review all embedded code used in an Application Express application on one page. Embedded code is defined as code (such as SQL, PL/SQL and JavaScript) entered in the App Builder but does not include code such as PL/SQL packages or JavaScript libraries that code may reference.
• Accessing Page Specific Utilities
  Use the links in the Page Specific Utilities region to access Cross Page Utilities and Page Groups as well as access handy utilities for regions, buttons, items, computations, validations, process, dynamic actions, and branches.
• Accessing Cross Page Utilities
  Use Cross Page Utilities to perform edits across pages in the application.
• Using Interactive Report Utilities
  View and delete saved interactive reports and interactive report subscriptions.

See Also:

"Creating Custom Activity Reports Using APEX_ACTIVITY_LOG"